Louth V Meath

Conor_M1990 · 13-06-2011 09:43AM #1

Never mind the All Ireland this will be the match of the Summer.

hisholinessnb · 13-06-2011 01:54PM

I can see Meath winning this comfortably, hopefully I'm wrong and it will be a cracker.

mossyc123 · 13-06-2011 02:01PM

http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0613/louth_meath.html

Breffni Park acccording to RTE.IE

Browney7 · 13-06-2011 02:04PM

A bit early for a match thread don't you think? It's two weeks away yet.

Meath will be up for this no question about it. They'll be out give Louth a good beating and Louth will be up for revenge. Perfect game for both teams after disappointing exits from the championship.

dcr22B · 13-06-2011 02:28PM

hisholinessnb wrote: »

I can see Meath winning this comfortably, hopefully I'm wrong and it will be a cracker.

Agree 100%, Louth needed to draw Meath like a hole in the head this early in the qualifiers.

looseygoosey · 13-06-2011 03:35PM

meath should win, but i cant believe anyone would say they will win comfortably. Breffni park will be full 30,000 plus at least 20000 routing for louth and i dont think the louth players need any more of a reason to beat them than what happened last year.
Meath are doubting themselves and i dont think the hunger to win is there.

Long Term Louth · 13-06-2011 03:50PM

mossyc123 wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0613/louth_meath.html

Breffni Park acccording to RTE.IE

Is this for definite? Only according to the bold RTE, Brefni Park is in Monaghan.

johnmcdnl · 13-06-2011 03:53PM

so what's the odds that meath run away with it from early on and then ill discipline takes over... at least 3 red cards if not more especially later on in the game... and lots and lots of yellow cards...

don't envy the referee at all...

Ash.J.Williams · 13-06-2011 03:56PM

f** the hype...Louth and Meath leinster ambitions are over so NON EVENT. If Louth win what will they prove exactly...

Kojak · 13-06-2011 03:58PM

hisholinessnb wrote: »

I can see Meath winning this comfortably, hopefully I'm wrong and it will be a cracker.

I think you might be right. Louth will find it very difficult to get over the way they lost yesterday, but I guess if they can't motivate themselves for a crack against Meath, then they might as well be out of the championship.

Long Term Louth · 13-06-2011 03:59PM

johnmcdnl wrote: »

so what's the odds that meath run away with it from early on and then ill discipline takes over... at least 3 red cards if not more especially later on in the game... and lots and lots of yellow cards...

don't envy the referee at all...

A normal Sunday match so.

looseygoosey · 13-06-2011 03:59PM

how the hell is this a non event Ash? that is a very naive statement. I fthis was an obyrne cup semi final it would still have the same hype.

Ash.J.Williams · 13-06-2011 04:04PM

looseygoosey wrote: »

how the hell is this a non event Ash? that is a very naive statement. I fthis was an obyrne cup semi final it would still have the same hype.

I just feel bad for Louth last year, beating them then would have gained them a place in history!

mossyc123 · 13-06-2011 04:08PM

Long Term Louth wrote: »

Is this for definite? Only according to the bold RTE, Brefni Park is in Monaghan.

I'd venture that a lot of the lads and lassies working in RTE Sport have only a passing interest in Sport, nevermind the GAA itself.

haydar · 13-06-2011 04:19PM

Cant believe Louth don't have a ground suitable for the match!

Meath will win easy against a team that couldn't Carlow.

There will definately be a few red cards when Meath start to walk away with it.

Long Term Louth · 13-06-2011 04:29PM

haydar wrote: »

Cant believe Louth don't have a ground suitable for the match!

Meath will win easy against a team that couldn't Carlow.

There will definately be a few red cards when Meath start to walk away with it.

Meath are 1/2, if I was as sure as you are, the mortgage would be on.

Browney7 · 13-06-2011 04:49PM

Long Term Louth wrote: »

Is this for definite? Only according to the bold RTE, Brefni Park is in Monaghan.

Never knew St Tiernachs Park changed to Kingspan Breffni park

It's in Kyavan (Cavan;))

Hammer Archer · 13-06-2011 07:19PM

Browney7 wrote: »

Never knew St Tiernachs Park changed to Kingspan Breffni park

It's in Kyavan (Cavan;))

I think he realises that :-P
Bit early for a match thread but what the hell. Both teams have something to prove but if we can't put in a performance for this game after the tripe that spilled out from all angles last year then quite frankly we don't deserve to stay in the championship. Hopefully whoever referees it calls everything as he sees it and doesn't let anyone get to him. Also don't understand where all the confidence that Meath will win easily is coming from. This is the same team that was humiliated by Antrim and Donegal during the league. I'd say it'll be close.

yeahimhere · 13-06-2011 07:26PM

johnmcdnl wrote: »

so what's the odds that meath run away with it from early on and then ill discipline takes over... at least 3 red cards if not more especially later on in the game... and lots and lots of yellow cards...

don't envy the referee at all...

I'd honestly be slightly worried about ill discipline off the pitch also.While the real Louth supporters are grand,there's a dodgy element with no real interest in the sport, who would go to cause trouble.

Hopefully there won't be,but myself and quite a few other meath fans are not going because of this.

It was shameful that meath reg cars had windows broken after last year.

Think louth will be up for this one though,will be close at half time,then meath will put a few (legal!) goals in the net to pull away.

BaltimoreJack · 13-06-2011 10:25PM

This game will go to the wire....local derbies always do. Louth are not as bad as they showed against Carlow yesterday (but fair play to the carlow boys) and Meath are not patch on teams gone by, especially midfield and defence. All the hype around this has been generated due to the biggest amateurly run organisation in the world....how it ever came down to being Meath's decision to offer a replay last year is beyond me. It would never have happened in any other sport. Now Meath are Public Enemy number 1 and were obviously rode 12/7 by a ref the last day...lets hope its a fair result whoever comes through and both teams & fans move on from this. Wonder who'll ref it...probably need to be Pat McEaneany or Marty Duffy

rebel girl 15 · 13-06-2011 10:43PM

haydar wrote: »

Cant believe Louth don't have a ground suitable for the match!

Meath will win easy against a team that couldn't Carlow.

There will definately be a few red cards when Meath start to walk away with it.

IIRC, Louth normally use Navan for home games, but that would basically be giving Meath home advantage - Louths home ground only holds about 15K, was reduced a few years ago due to health and safety concerns

Atomic Pineapple · 13-06-2011 10:50PM

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

IIRC, Louth normally use Navan for home games, but that would basically be giving Meath home advantage - Louths home ground only holds about 15K, was reduced a few years ago due to health and safety concerns

Is Louth's grounds not in Drogheda? Which only holds 4000.

Anyway if Meath cant beat a team that lost to Carlow then we may forget about it.

rpurfield · 13-06-2011 10:53PM

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

IIRC, Louth normally use Navan for home games, but that would basically be giving Meath home advantage - Louths home ground only holds about 15K, was reduced a few years ago due to health and safety concerns

4k now according to des cahill on the sunday game.meath have only won 1 game in competitve football since the start of the league so im really hoping it comes down to law of averages that we win.i might be wrong but i got the feeling wed have pushed kildare right to the wire only for the red card the last day and im hoping the louth backs are as loose as they were against carlow!!!

meath football really needs a big performance from the team and in an ideal world id love to stuff louth by 10 or 12 points and that would put all the s**te talk to bed about bad luck and karma and all.in the real world though i wouldnt be suprised if they turned us over

Cummybaby · 13-06-2011 11:44PM

I cant wait for this match. The grudge match of the decade. The fighting on the terraces will be immense. It will be like Millwall v. Chelsea. People glassing each other in the face. Mass brawls on street corners. :-) Peter "We were wobbed" Fitzpatrick against Seamus "Sure you just have to get on with it" McEnaney. Clash of the Titans.

event · 14-06-2011 12:44AM

yeahimhere wrote: »

I'd honestly be slightly worried about ill discipline off the pitch also.While the real Louth supporters are grand,there's a dodgy element with no real interest in the sport, who would go to cause trouble.

Hopefully there won't be,but myself and quite a few other meath fans are not going because of this.

It was shameful that meath reg cars had windows broken after last year.

Think louth will be up for this one though,will be close at half time,then meath will put a few (legal!) goals in the net to pull away.

:rolleyes:

if fitzer can do one thing, its get lads motivated. he needs to start the correct team though, which means mcdonnell and carroll both starting and here's hoping o brien is able to play.

think meath will have too much though

Cummybaby · 14-06-2011 01:16AM

haydar wrote: »

Cant believe Louth don't have a ground suitable for the match!

Meath will win easy against a team that couldn't Carlow.

There will definately be a few red cards when Meath start to walk away with it.

Why cant you believe Louth dont have a ground suitable for the match? Could it be that Louth has little success in the last forty years? Or that gaelic has taken a back seat to soccer in the county? Or maybe its because of all the new "supporters" who jumped on the bandwagon just in time for the Leinster Final last year. Beats me.

yeahimhere · 14-06-2011 08:38AM

event wrote: »

:rolleyes:

May i ask you what exactly in my post made you roll your eyes?

Was it the point that a few meath people are avoiding the match due to unsavory louth "fans"? If so,why don't you believe it.

Or my thoughts on how the match will go?

Conor_M1990 · 14-06-2011 10:37AM

yeahimhere wrote: »

I'd honestly be slightly worried about ill discipline off the pitch also.While the real Louth supporters are grand,there's a dodgy element with no real interest in the sport, who would go to cause trouble.

Hopefully there won't be,but myself and quite a few other meath fans are not going because of this.

It was shameful that meath reg cars had windows broken after last year.

Think louth will be up for this one though,will be close at half time,then meath will put a few (legal!) goals in the net to pull away.

yes cos there no scumbags from Meath you'll always get the people who will only support a team when theres a big match on and who use the game as an excuse to start hassle or get pissed but dont care the rest of the year.

Im from Meath and Im not to confident about this.both teams are fairly useless at the minute Meath have the better team but they'll go in half arsed expecting a handy game but Louth will put up a fight.

Bogman Billy · 14-06-2011 10:56AM

Louth county board should be ashamed of themselves not having a ground fit to hold a championship match, what were they at this last 20 years when most other counties were upgrading their grounds.....even our lovely Leitrim could host a connaught semi final on Sunday

Supporters can do very little about it but they must be fed up of it at this stage

Clareman · 14-06-2011 11:40AM

Imvho the Louth county board should be applauded for not wasting money in a ground which they wouldn't need, if more counties were to invest their money in teams rather than grounds we'd have a lot more top class teams.

Bogman Billy · 14-06-2011 11:46AM

Clareman wrote: »

Imvho the Louth county board should be applauded for not wasting money in a ground which they wouldn't need, if more counties were to invest their money in teams rather than grounds we'd have a lot more top class teams.

They didn't even do that, as far as I know they spent millions on land and turned it into a kind of big training camp, 4-5 pitches etc don't know what can be gained from this, every county is full of pitches.

What exactly do you mean when you say investing their money in teams, where would the money go etc

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