Hammer Archer wrote: » Are Dunshaughlin the last Meath team to get to the Leinster final back in 2002? Really awful record for our club champions recently..
homeofhurling wrote: » in fairness Rhode are no fools and will get to the final at least it will be hard to see Dublins st vncents bet, the papers and the sunday world gave Rhode no chance witch was silly as navan o mahonys would'nt have a footballer better than Niall Mac .
royaler83 wrote: » No need for half of that. The main terrace is perfect, the two ends need to be done up to similar standard. It's the stand that needs knocking and a new stand erected that should be the full length of the pitch or near enough with all tv amenities etc that you mentioned.
chrysagon wrote: » what a let down by navan...club football in meath that bad?
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Hibbeler wrote: » The only thing that can be said is that club football in Meath is at least competitive. A lot of club teams that do well at provincial level seem to be regular winners at county level. Rhode for example have won 6 out of the last 10 (since 2005) Offaly championships, while over the same period in Meah we've had 6 different winners. Also Portlaoise are on 8 in a row in Laois and you can be sure that other teams that have done well are dominant in their own counties. I wonder how good Armagh club football is if Crossmaglen can win 18/19 club championships? Would you rather O'Mahony's or Seneschalstown or someone dominated club football in Meath, Crossmaglen style if it brought provincial club success? Meath clubs have never really been any at all successful before post senior county championships. I wonder was this considered an issue before when the inter-county team was a bit more competitive?
Hibbeler wrote: » If I were responsible for the redevelopment I would start by knocking the terrace on the commons road and replacing it with a stand similar to parnell park or in Longford to begin with. This stand would have all the TV gantries and media facilities etc so we have that out of the way. While this is going on concrete the end terraces. Then once that's done replace the current stand with something considerably bigger. Something like tullamore or newry in this case. I think that this would result in something quite good and would stand out in having two covered stands. If I had a huge pot of money I would do something like Thomond park with the two stands looking similar architecturally.
homeofhurling wrote: » also Hibbeler navan o'mahonys have also won 3 and lost 2 county finals since 2005 so they are regular enough winners or are there or there abouts most years in meath.
Hammer Archer wrote: » By the reports, it looks as though a 9 point victory for Rhode was very flattering for them given that NOM were only 2 points behind with less thab 5 minutes left. Again going by reports, their defence seems to have once again been the main culprits having been poor in the final as well. About PT, was the asbestos not removed in the last 10 years or am I imagining that?
Royal Legend wrote: » Ballinlough vs St James has been moved to Wexford Park with a 12.30pm throw in next Sunday, due to the Wexford Senior Final being played afterwards. Should be a good game Come on the Lough
Buncha Fives wrote: » Have to say it is a bit of a blow to Ballinlough's chances that the game has been switched to 12.30 in Wexford town so that it can be played be before the Wexford senior final after it had been originally been fixed for 2.30 in New Ross. The Wexford club will have a much bigger crowd shouting them on while it will surely reduce the travelling support as you would have to leave very early to be down in Wexford town for 12.30. Supposedly St. James put the proposal forward at a Leinster council meeting last week to have the game switched, the Meath delegate did not attend the meeting and as a result the match got changed because there was no objection...thought it was a bit harsh on Ballinlough who seemingly new nothing about the situation until it was too late to do anything about it!!
HighKing33 wrote: » Some good points above about club football but in all honesty the overall standard is poor by my reckoning. Sean Boylan himself admitted it on occasion. Case in point - last year's final aired on TG4 as a double-header, followed by the Kerry county final. The gap in standards was obvious for all to see, like watching a senior final after a junior decider. The competitiveness of the county championship is probably a good thing, won't argue there. We have a bigger pool of talent than most counties and the football renaissance in south Meath is a boon going forward. Still, tough on O'Mahonys. Rhode are a very good side and would tip them as outsiders for Leinster. David Bray was held scoreless - disappointing as he could be a huge asset for us if he's on form. Jake Regan's been posting good score totals, is he worth a shot on the county side? Doesn't seem to be in O'Dowd's plans but it must be hard to ignore him.
RoyalCelt wrote: » But if you compared say their intermediate clubs on their own with ours there wouldn't be the huge gap you think there appears to be. Just ask any Kerry lad playing in meath.
Boom__Boom wrote: » Sorry - have to take issue with this In the 11 years of the club intermediate All-Ireland, Kerry clubs have won it 3 times and lost the final twice. - This was 5 different Kerry clubs. In the same time period only one Meath intermediate clubs has even got out of Leinster. Based on this evidence, I think it's very hard to argue that there isn't a gap there.
Hibbeler wrote: » Worth noting though that since 2002 Meath clubs have won 8/12 Leinster Junior Club titles. Nobber and Wolfe Tones won All-Irelands out of it also. Reckon Ballinlough would have a good chance of going far in the intermediate competition this year however
HighKing33 wrote: » I've yet to see a Meath side defend well in the modern game. In Boylan's years you could go man-for-man, there was no zonal defending but that's all changed now. Kerry have adapted to it, beating Donegal with a better organised defence. We have yet to adapt. Look at our underage teams and our seniors, they cannot defend as a unit. So while I admire the job that Mick O'Dowd is doing I just worry that it's going to take some kind of messiah to drag Meath out of the stone age and build a real defence.
HighKing33 wrote: » Last year's Kerry county final was between two town sides though. Not sure how much regional teams have impacted on the standard of football in Kerry, I would put it down to a better understanding of the game, better coaching, etc. I would rate club football in Mayo and Donegal to be much better than in Meath, not to mention Derry and Dublin and there are no regional teams there.It comes down to how you coach the game. I've yet to see a Meath side defend well in the modern game. In Boylan's years you could go man-for-man, there was no zonal defending but that's all changed now. Kerry have adapted to it, beating Donegal with a better organised defence. We have yet to adapt. Look at our underage teams and our seniors, they cannot defend as a unit. So while I admire the job that Mick O'Dowd is doing I just worry that it's going to take some kind of messiah to drag Meath out of the stone age and build a real defence.
