Hammer Archer wrote: » The thing about Cian is (and I'm a great admirer of his since he beat Ratoath on his own as a 17 year old) he's always been that way for Tones. He will tear teams to shreds from play and stick every free from inside and around the 45 over. Yet when it came to Meath, he was just infuriatingly inconsistent. Case in point was the Louth game where he scored 4-3 (and could have had more) yet in the next game against Galway, he was atrocious and missed countless easy frees. Maybe it would be useful to have him in the squad next season, but I wouldn't be pinning my hopes on him.
rpurfield wrote: » He replied to a Fergal Lynch tweet with something smart about Dunboyne having a lad on the line thats very fast but cant solo a ball so hes a better chance of getting in, but i see its deleted now. I'd still maintain himself and Jamie Queeney would be worth a place in the squad to have alternatives when the running game isnt working.
Hammer Archer wrote: » From what I can see in the SFC, Tones, Simonstown and Donaghmore/Ash are through to the knockouts. I'd say Duleek and O'Mahony's will follow them anyway (Duleek's last game is against Oldcastle). Winner of Skryne/Dunboyne will most likely go through. Too close to call for the other spots. Can't see anyone other than Oldcastle getting relegated.
Hammer Archer wrote: » What was the meaning behind the tweet? It went straight over my head I think. Agreed, I think both would be worth bringing back to see what happens, but with (hopefully) Eamonn Wallace and Cillian O'Sullivan coming back I couldn't see either of them starting. From what I can see in the SFC, Tones, Simonstown and Donaghmore/Ash are through to the knockouts. I'd say Duleek and O'Mahony's will follow them anyway (Duleek's last game is against Oldcastle). Winner of Skryne/Dunboyne will most likely go through. Too close to call for the other spots. Can't see anyone other than Oldcastle getting relegated. Any idea when the next round of games is?
rpurfield wrote: » Apologies I wasn't clear in my post actually. Fergal tweeted about him scoring 1-9 and that hes putting his hand up for selection for the county. Cian's reply I took to mean that the emphasis on the panel is on speed and not skill or scoring rates!
Hammer Archer wrote: » Still don't understand what Ratoath has to do to get SFC games consistently. You would think the Skryne - Dunboyne game would be perfect for Ratoath but instead they're sending them to Trim.
Obrieski wrote: » Ratoath has been consistently overlooked for big SFC games for at least the last 3 years. Sure earlier in the summer, Dunboyne played Blackhall Gaels I think, and it was brought to Ashbourne...despite both teams having to drive through Ratoath to get there! Summerhill recently complained about this kind of situation too, validly I believe, and were basically told to shut up! County board seems to have its favourites, the Summerhill ground is a lovely surface and set up too.
CrabRevolution wrote: » As I assumed they would, the county board have decided to part finance Dunganny with a mandatory club levy. €15'000 for a senior team €12'000 for an intermediate team €9'000 for a junior team. Seems it'll be paid over the course of 10 years, presumably 1500/1200/900 a year. I think it will be interesting to see how this is applied, a team who is senior in 2015 might be junior in 2019 and resent having to pay a senior team's levy. Also what counts as senior? Just football? What if a team is senior hurling but junior football? The cynic in me thinks the county board will classify you as whatever earns them more money. Seems a tough break for "paired" clubs, e.g Moynalvey with Kiltale, do they have to pay €15'000 each as senior clubs, and say a dual senior club like Dunboyne or Navan only pay it once?
iiHyPeRize wrote: » Just my take on where the Meath team are at after this year's championship This Meath team has potential, and has many of the components required, it just needs moulding together - I don't think Mick O'Down is the right man for the job. He's done well, brought through some young players, and if we don't make some sort of progress next year, I wonder how much longer can he stay on for. The current setup exudes a sense of unbalance, and a lack of real structure. We fell to pieces against a very well structured Armagh side, who in truth aren't as good as Meath. There's a huge lack of balance in the team's defence. We have a good goalkeeper. When Gillespie comes back, I think him and Adam Flannagan could be a formidable partnership. Eamon Wallace has mountains of potential, Michael Newman is a classic modern day forward, and has killer instinct. We have one of the best man-marker's and tacklers in the country in Donal Keoghan, on his day Kevin Reilly can be great. We have the components to do very well, but like I said we need someone who can come in, bring structure and balance to the team. Putting the Dublin game aside, we weren't awful this year. We easily could have been promoted to Division 1 but for a terrible defeat to Armagh in Navan, and Michael Murphy's last minute point in Donegal. We were great against Kildare for 55 minutes. I didn't think we were that far away from Armagh, we just lacked a plan. Poor coaches and no underage structure. I've saw Colm O'Rourke write in one of the papers a while back, that he put forward a number or proposals to the county board if he were to take the job. One included an underage structural plan - he was told no, IT WOULD COST TOO MUCH!!. There's the ambitious country board there for you. What good is Colm Brady going to do as a trainer? We need proper coaching, and need to pay for it.
Pipjam wrote: » Armagh not as good as Meath? Were you at the quarter final? They played Meath off the pitch for long periods and should have won by more.
iiHyPeRize wrote: » Armagh were relegated to division 3... Individually Meath are better, simple as. They simply had a plan and structure, and executed it. We played like headless chickens, because we had no plan. Oh and btw, it was actually the round 4 qualifiers, not the quarter final.
