Meath GAA discussion thread

Meath Centre Forward · 01-02-2015 9:20pm

I would agree with most of that. The performance was poor.

O'Rourke was good in goals. Those kick-outs that don't go past 50 yards have got to find a Meath man. That's my only complaint but he's a great option for the long range frees.

I thought McGill was Meath's best player. The rest of the backs weren't up too much and I thought Harnan and Keoghan had their hands full. Menton and Tobin didn't do much and Burke was struggling throughout.

The midfield was shakey to start with but goy into it.

The forwards were poor. Wallace and McMahon weren't in it at all and just don't get on the ball enough or they are small enough compared to their opponents. Newman was very rsuty and didn't contribute much. Tormey and Reilly worked around the half-back line but offered nothing from an offensive point of view. And even at that Reilly's man was probably the man of the match. Bray was a threat throughout but his conversion rate was something like 2 out of 6.

The subs offered nothing. Carroll was worse than McMahon and Queeney did nothing.

It was a really disappointing start to the League. It makes next week a must win, otherwise we'll find ourselves at the wrong of the end of the table for the remainder of the League, and probably fighting relegation. Any hope I had of promotion went up in smoke with what I saw today.

rpurfield · 01-02-2015 10:10pm

Disappointing stuff today, I was fairly hopeful heading down that we'd pick something up. There was some awful handling and bad wides too in the first half, and we let them run through us far too easily. Much improvement needed for next week now.

HighKing33 · 01-02-2015 10:10pm

A goal from Mickey Newman would have brought us level with fifteen minutes to go. It's still a work in progress, no doubt about that. When we had big players on the pitch we were told by the experts that it's all about pace. Now we have pace but it's all about big players.

Calm down. It's not the end of the world just yet.

dixiefly · 01-02-2015 10:48pm

HighKing33 wrote: »

A goal from Mickey Newman would have brought us level with fifteen minutes to go. It's still a work in progress, no doubt about that. When we had big players on the pitch we were told by the experts that it's all about pace. Now we have pace but it's all about big players.

Calm down. It's not the end of the world just yet.

I am not sure who in the county was calling for fast players that contribute very little else. Eamonn Wallace was going in the right direction last year before his unfortunate injury. I have seen Joey in several games now and struggle to see what he is bringing to the party. Totally exposed against Dublin and Armagh last year and now the same thing in our first league game.

I am not looking for big players with nothing else, what I want is a minimum size / physique unless the player is top class talent wise which (so far) Wallace and McMahon have proven not to be.

royaler83 · 01-02-2015 11:10pm

Royal Legend wrote: »

Not a nice thing and something I did or would not condone now, but JJ must have been the most vilified Inter County player ever to play for Meath.
If you watched Meath at the time live, you would know what I mean

Who is JJ?

royaler83 · 01-02-2015 11:12pm

Burke still in the full back line shows that Micko and co have learned nothing from the last few years :mad:

Meath Centre Forward · 01-02-2015 11:31pm

I think anyone following Meath senior teams over the last 10 years or so will have learned the only thing consistent about them is their inconsistency !

Meath supporters are by nature a passionate bunch too and tend to get excited by a good result/performance but very downbeat when the opposite happens.

So I can see both sides of the argument. People are rightly concerned about the direction Meath are going in but the other side is they have followed up bad performances with good performances in the past, and vice-versa.

Really wouldn't be surprised to see a different team next week, but likewise we could see a worse one too. That's the nature of Meath. On a good day we'd be topping Divison 2, on a bad one, we'd be in the relegation zone - probably wouldn't put us above or below or that. But on a given day the table topping team Meath are as likely to show up as the one fighting relegation. Would that be a fair summary of what we're dealing with here?

Hammer Archer · 02-02-2015 2:31am

Think you're being a bit harsh on the Ratoath lads, dixiefly. Agree they weren't great, but in my view, Biggy was the worst player out there today. Offered next to nothing going forward and whenever we lost the ball, he simply stood where he was with his hands on his hips. At least McMahon and Wallace tracked back when we lost possession. He is one of the most infuriating players I've seen in Meath colours.

Simply atrocious today. At times it was worse than the Monaghan performances. Can't think of any player who played any way decent. But the funny thing is, we probably could have gotten something out of it were it not for 3 minutes of madness with 15 minutes to go when we went from 2 points down to 8 points down.

Anyone else think that the pitch itself was an absolute joke today?

iDave · 02-02-2015 10:20am

Is it me or are we complaining about the same things we did 5, 6, 7 years ago. Inaccurate forwards, ineffective midfield and leaky defence? Nothing seems to change except the personnel.
My hope is that we have had a bad first away day 3 years in a row and now its out of our system and we can move on from here. I don't believe this Galway generation to be 8 points better than us and wouldn't fear them in the championship.
A derby against Kildare is probably the last thing we need right now and with Kildare also losing the pressure is on them as much as it is us. Wouldn't surprise me if we beat them for 5 points but conversely I wouldn't be surprise if we were beaten out the gate.
Consistently inconsistent.

HighKing33 · 02-02-2015 12:20pm

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Simply atrocious today. At times it was worse than the Monaghan performances. Can't think of any player who played any way decent. But the funny thing is, we probably could have gotten something out of it were it not for 3 minutes of madness with 15 minutes to go when we went from 2 points down to 8 points down.

That's the thing. We've yet to see a sustained seventy minute performance from this Meath side, yet when we get a bit of momentum behind us we look lethal.

Joey Wallace and Brian McMahon seem to be the scapegoats of choice this week - not big enough for intercounty football etc., yet look at our midfield - Rooney, Flanagan, Reilly and Tormey - all big men and natural midfielders so that can't be the root of the problem. The notion that there isn't room for two quick, creative players around the 40 is kind of ludicrous.

Like I said before, we need to wise up, stop running the ball into trouble. Anyway, Division 2 could be very, very open. Next weekend's results will tell us a lot.

mattser · 02-02-2015 12:29pm

Why are we always chasing bloody games. Even in the good times it was the same with few exceptions.
On the odd occasion when we do blitz the opposition early on, we freeze and let them back into it.

rpurfield · 02-02-2015 12:31pm

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Think you're being a bit harsh on the Ratoath lads, dixiefly. Agree they weren't great, but in my view, Biggy was the worst player out there today. Offered next to nothing going forward and whenever we lost the ball, he simply stood where he was with his hands on his hips. At least McMahon and Wallace tracked back when we lost possession. He is one of the most infuriating players I've seen in Meath colours.

Simply atrocious today. At times it was worse than the Monaghan performances. Can't think of any player who played any way decent. But the funny thing is, we probably could have gotten something out of it were it not for 3 minutes of madness with 15 minutes to go when we went from 2 points down to 8 points down.

Anyone else think that the pitch itself was an absolute joke today?

At a remove of a nights sleep I agree with what you are saying on the McMahon anyway, I personally thought he wasn't the worse forward on the pitch, to hook him when they did was strange. And I thought Biggy was fairly ineffective myself. The problem with Joey Wallace is he seems somewhat reluctant to take the ball into contact. If he had done yesterday we would've had some frees as we drew plenty when we ran at them.

I thought Mickey Burke was alright yesterday, and McGill struggled initially but seemed to grow into the game as it went. Menton and Tormey were very quiet and we needed an impact off them.

As I said last night my biggest disappointment was that they would have been missing a few players yesterday, and we would have been looking to have a good start which hasn't happened.

dixiefly · 02-02-2015 3:51pm

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Think you're being a bit harsh on the Ratoath lads, dixiefly. Agree they weren't great, but in my view, Biggy was the worst player out there today. Offered next to nothing going forward and whenever we lost the ball, he simply stood where he was with his hands on his hips. At least McMahon and Wallace tracked back when we lost possession. He is one of the most infuriating players I've seen in Meath colours.

Simply atrocious today. At times it was worse than the Monaghan performances. Can't think of any player who played any way decent. But the funny thing is, we probably could have gotten something out of it were it not for 3 minutes of madness with 15 minutes to go when we went from 2 points down to 8 points down.

Anyone else think that the pitch itself was an absolute joke today?

I dont want to come across as scapegoating particular players and they are all making great efforts to represent the county. McGill is the best option that we have at Full back at the moment as I dont think Mention should be brought back. As an aside, I think that the management need to continue to look at games to identify new players.

Last year I actually thought that McMahon was doing well before his injury and the team should be able to live with one player of his type once he is of sufficient to make that talent pay in scores. McMahon didnt show that yesterday. He is a good footballer but I was a bit disappoined to note that he hasnt bulked up but that's not easy.

Regarding Wallace, I honestly think that he shouldnt be near the team based on the games that I have seen him play. He made a couple of good moves when he came on against Westmeath but nothing else. Meath football would have been far better served and possibly Joey himself if he had been left with the under 21's to develop and it would have benefited the under 21's that have been pitifully neglected within the county. Hopefully Joey will eventually come good for the county.

I re-iterate that our managerment should prioritise playing players with a minimum physical presence, not necessarily big players. It is physical game and Joey seemed to be mostly doing crossfield runs to avoid physical contact. The problem is Mick must have seen this last year and repeated the mistake.

Regarding the pitch, I agree. It's a new prunty pitch I believe.

Rock Lesnar · 03-02-2015 12:16pm

I dont blame the players, the management set up on paper looks brilliant yet now in the 3rd year i dont see any improvement, i just dont know what the gameplan is.

We hand pass around alot, yet look totally uncomfortable doing it,

We seem to leave 1 man on the full forward line, yet leave him totally isolated because the other forwards seem to drop that deep, they find it hard to support him.

The half backs get the ball, look up and theres no movement ahead of them.

I dont see any other players coming into the team, Reilly and O'Rourke we wont see them til the summer at the latest and thats a big if we see them, Wallace will no doubt be a boost, but after an injury like he had, it'll be a tough ask for him to come back and hit the ground running.

Maybe im a bit harsh but i can only see us doing, probably the same as last year i suppose.

HighKing33 · 03-02-2015 8:59pm

Poor ball handling is an issue, particularly as we seem determined to run the ball. Also, the spine of the team is very young and relatively inexperienced - Rooney and Flanagan in the centre, Keoghan at 6 and McGill at 3. Finally, Mickey Burke is probably not a specialist man marker. His best attribute is his ability to get on breaking ball and drive forward from midfield - he was a key part of McEneany's team, probably the best half-back line we've seen in Meath in some years - left-half back for me.

We've yet to click. Damian Carroll is definitely needed to play quarter-back and pump the ball in to the square. Why else are we isolating our full-forward inside?

dixiefly · 06-02-2015 10:40am

It's been pretty quiet on here, probably an indicator of how far Meath football has dropped with the resultant lack of interest.

Team for Saturday: Meath (FL Division 2 v Kildare) – Paddy O'Rourke; Donnacha Tobin, Conor McGill, Mickey Burke; Padraic Harnan, Donal Keogan, Bryan Menton; Harry Rooney, Adam Flanagan; Graham Reilly, Mark O'Sullivan, Andrew Tormey; Joey Wallace, Stephen Bray, Mickey Newman.

Great to see mark O'Sullivan get a run. I am pretty amazed that that is the only change. If I hadnt been there myself and saw MOD there I would have thought that Mick was not in Pearse Park, Galway last weekend.

If I was David Bray and Sean Tobin I would be packing my bags like others have done. Life is too short to be sitting on bench in January / February watching a performance like last Sunday and not being given a chance to do a bit better.

I will still go Saturday as usual. Hoping for the best but fearing the worst.

Hammer Archer · 06-02-2015 11:00am

Whatever about Tobin, what did David Bray do to deserve a start? He was average/poor in the O'Byrne Cup and I don't think he would improve on the players already in the team.

Surprised MOD stuck with Joey and dropped Bryan. Hopefully Gillespie will be back soon enough. Saw him warming up before last week's game. Rooney and Flanagan have done OK, but their lack of experience shows at times.

Win tomorrow and we're still in with a shout of promotion with our two most difficult games, in my view, out of the way.

iDave · 06-02-2015 11:07am

We wont be as bad as last Sunday. Combination of being at home, derby and pressure should see an improved performance. Will that be enough to win I have no idea. We beat them at a canter in the championship with a lot of injuries and Kildare themselves should themselves unable to close a game out against Down.
Delighted for MOS.
Lets get NFL 2015 on track. COYBIG.

dixiefly · 06-02-2015 11:54am

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Whatever about Tobin, what did David Bray do to deserve a start? He was average/poor in the O'Byrne Cup and I don't think he would improve on the players already in the team.

Surprised MOD stuck with Joey and dropped Bryan. Hopefully Gillespie will be back soon enough. Saw him warming up before last week's game. Rooney and Flanagan have done OK, but their lack of experience shows at times.

Win tomorrow and we're still in with a shout of promotion with our two most difficult games, in my view, out of the way.

David Bray is not a world beater but if you check the stats he was top scorer in the o'Byrne Cup and didnt start all the games. He made a few errors but took some fine scores also. I think he would have put Newman's chance away but that's conjecture. Joey definitely more potential in the future but at the moment, for tomorrows game i would have started Tobin or bray ahead of him.

I agree regarding Gillespie, he is really needed in there.

I cant believe that the fullback line is left as is. McGill deserves to continue but Mickey Burke can get badly exposed at corner back. Need Keoghan back in fullback line.

Anyway, lets hope they can do the business.

rpurfield · 06-02-2015 2:04pm

I'm suprised there is only one change to the team myself now, going on last week Stephen Bray was probably the only forward who you could argue had a decent game.

chrysagon · 06-02-2015 2:24pm

home advantage to prove a winner, but meath cannot afford to lose,but hopefully not the same rhetoric from MOD about team building if Meath lose.

Hibbeler · 06-02-2015 5:37pm

Is the game tomorrow on tg4 or setanta?

iDave · 06-02-2015 5:48pm

Hibbeler wrote: »

Is the game tomorrow on tg4 or setanta?

Setanta

Hibbeler · 06-02-2015 7:32pm

iDave wrote: »

Setanta

Cheers will have to renew GAAGO now. Hoping for a better performance than last week to be sure. We need a win tomorrow for team confidence if nothing else

Remember we beat Kildare in the championship last year at a canter so will be hoping for a repeat

RoyalCelt · 07-02-2015 2:02am

Horrible memories of the last 2 times we played Kildare in navan. 2011 qualifier and 2012 league game. This is another must win game so hopefully the bad run at home to Kildare stops tomorrow night.

On the team. A lot of people giving out. All I'm going to say is this. If our forwards get their shooting boots on we should win. Loads of shocking misses in the last 2 games.

Hibbeler · 07-02-2015 9:49pm

Delighted to get the win in the end, especially after playing poorly in the first half. Newman and O'Rourke had a bad day with the frees it must be said.

Black card for Graham Reilly early on I though was harsh. Andrew Tormey won man of the match for his second half display, thoroughly deserved in my view. Good to see Eamonn Wallace back playing.

Should hopefully see more improvement as the league goes on

snowgal · 07-02-2015 10:24pm

Agreed it was a great win to get. Wasn't overly excited by what I saw though. Free taking was dire, really dire. Thought Sean Tobin was useful tonight and ran every blade of the park. Didn't get to see the Reilly incident properly, was the other side, what happened? Yes great to see Walkace back, hopefully we'll build from here.

dixiefly · 07-02-2015 11:23pm

Hibbeler wrote: »

Delighted to get the win in the end, especially after playing poorly in the first half. Newman and O'Rourke had a bad day with the frees it must be said.

Black card for Graham Reilly early on I though was harsh. Andrew Tormey won man of the match for his second half display, thoroughly deserved in my view. Good to see Eamonn Wallace back playing.

Should hopefully see more improvement as the league goes on

I agree, it was great for the morale of the guys to get the win and to grind it out showed a level of character that was not there in the closing stages of the Galway game.

I would agree with Tormey MOTM but he was closely followed by McGill at full back and the defence in general. They worked their socks off. Keoghan was great though I still would like to see him at corner back and Menton burst forward several crucial times and Dalton made some good interceptions. Power also did well when on for Tobin. Overall full marks to the defence.

Midfield came good once again and for two inexperienced guys they did well. We do need Gillespie back to challenge the better teams if that's not being disrespectful to Kildare.

Up front we are still poor. Tormey and Menton to a lesser extent pulled us across the line by sheer force of will. After that, Stephen Bray worked had and created some chances but is not the player he was in front of goal but is still a cert to start the next day. Newman was poor in the first half again but improved a bit when played on the half forward line in the second half, Reilly was unlucky to get a black card considering some tackles that did receive them (though Tormey was a little lucyk later on).

I am sorry to say this but the Joey Wallace experiment is well and truly over and I would be flabbergasted if he started the next day. David Bray wasnt any better but Sean Tobin probably merits a start next day. Our forwards overall were poor tonight, free taking was as bad as I have ever seen from a Meath team. Two positives towards the end were Mickey Newman scoring a crucial point from play and Eamonn Wallace's introduction, he demonstrated in 2 minutes what we have been missing since his injury. He's not the finished article but, as they say, hope springs eternal.

NufcNavan · 07-02-2015 11:51pm

I was fully expecting a draw when we went 1 up late on so I was pleasantly surprised. The defense made some good stops when needed. Mickey Burke played well today.

MOTM was Tormey by far. Stephen Bray probably the second best forward but they were all poor apart from AT.

It was disappointing in one sense that we only showed up for one half. Another hallmark of a MO'D Meath team. Cannot pull off a 70 minute performance. We seen how ordinary Kildare were when we tightened up at the back and played with some sort of fluency in attack.

Reilly's black card was deserved. It was stupid. The Kildare no.6 should have gotten a red for a thump off the ball in the 2nd half. Linesman bottled it.

Hammer Archer · 08-02-2015 12:15am

What did Reilly do for the black card? Amazed Kildare didn't get at least one, especially when Keogan was dragged down in the second half.

Encouraging performance in the second half. But it was a shocking Kildare team. They resorted to 14 men behind the ball in the first half. If we had a consistent free taker we would have won at a canter.

With regards Joey, he's a corner forward. Don't know why MOD is persisting with bringing him out the field where he's wasted. Not fair on him of all people.

Three weeks to prepare for Roscommon. Win that, and we've a great chance of promotion.

NufcNavan · 08-02-2015 12:24am

Reilly checked his man well after the ball was gone. He didn't get him that hard, but it was clearly deliberate and the black card was brought in to stop that sort of sh*t.

Jampip · 08-02-2015 12:30am

NufcNavan wrote: »

Reilly checked his man well after the ball was gone. He didn't get him that hard, but it was clearly deliberate and the black card was brought in to stop that sort of sh*t.

Just reading this thread to get views on the game this evening and saw this discussion. The black card at this stage is a joke.

Referees just don't seem to know when to use it and it is rarely utilised until late in games. The inconsistency isn't fair on the players.

Well done to Meath on a good win this evening. This Division is going to be tight.

rpurfield · 08-02-2015 12:37am

Delighted with the way we ground that out tonight now, as said above though if we had a free taker we would've won handy. The same below in Galway I thought, bad shooting has crept in. Sean Tobin deserves a start next day, and I was impressed with how Conor McGill played, he seems to be growing into the full back role. The defence really stood up in the second half and bottled up Kildare very well, if we can improve the shooting in the forwards we will be going somewhere.

I thought the difference in the second half was the willingness to push up on the Kildare kick outs and make it hard for them to send them short and use them to run. Kildare were fierce cynical, pulling and dragging everytime we got a run on them, probably in the knowledge we were so patchy at the frees. Menton and Tormey were excellent too, again they got a run, which Galway didn't allow them both to last week and it made a massive difference.

Onwards and upwards to Kiltoom now, it's going to be a tough one, hopefully a few weeks to sort out the wrinkles up front and move on.

NufcNavan · 08-02-2015 12:38am

I think the black card is a good idea but referees need to implement it consistently. Kildare should have had at least one black card 2nd half.

iDave · 08-02-2015 8:56am

Well what to make of that! Firstly delighted to get our first win under our belts and do it against the noisy neighbours. But my god Meath and kildare are so behind the top teams its scary. Both sides with problems from 1-15.
I was amazed at half time how kildare had a lead. We seemed to dominate in midfield and picked up all the dirty ball. We then ran at their blanket got a free and missed. Rinse and repeat. Game played mostly in their half. They then enjoy a good spell in the second quarter and actually took their chances.
We really came into life in the final quarter where it counted. Free taking accuracy improved slightly and we broke well and got the odd point from play.
A win is a win i suppose but big improvements needed. Tormey MOTM. Reallly thought he took it by the scruff of the neck and made things happen. .

Meath Centre Forward · 08-02-2015 11:31am

I also thought the game had draw written all over it coming towards the end but fair play to Meath, it was ugly but they ground it out. I've watched Meath, Galway & Kildare, the top 3 in the betting before the campaign started and they've all been disappointing. Maybe it's a sign of the time of year?

As regards the players, I thought Paddy O'Rourke was very good where goalkeeping was concerned but I think his record from frees was 1 out of 4.

The full-back line started out as Tobin-McGill-Keoghan but it got very crowded towards the end with mass defences on both sides, I think everyone became a full-back or a half-back when we didn't the ball. McGill was good and he's really improving and Keoghan led by example too in the second half.

The half-back line of Burke-Dalton-Menton was strong too. Burke had a good game and Dalton is a good defender but also he uses the ball well when he gets it. Menton was my MOTM just ahead of Tormey because in the first half, he really drove Meath on when we were under a bit of pressure.

The midfield is improving all the time. Rooney had some good catches and he's probably ahead of Flanagan at the moment. But game-time will bring both on especially when they're doing well. The return of Gillespie will also heat up the competition for places.

Reilly will have learned a lesson last night too. It's interesting Meath only had one black card in last year's League. They've had two so far this year. So that has to be a focus now going forward too - no more black cards. Harnan probably wasn't at his best in a new position and I'd worry for him that Dalton has taken his position in the half-back line. Tormey really stepped up in the second half with some excellent point-taking. Even the free he hit was important and it took nerve to put it over the way he were going.

Joey Wallace was poor again. Micko needs to take him out the limelight for a game or two. The two AllStars on the pitch had a great battle with Bray probably shading it. The thing with Bray is his erratic shooting. He does everything else right. He works and tackles, he's always on the move, he's fast and he's a ball winner, and he wins frees but he needs to make sure and put the ball over the bar! He can be frustrating because of that. Newman is very rusty looking and he'd be in danger of losing his place if putting in too many performances like that.

Of the subs, Brian Power done well and Tobin wasn't bad although my concern with him is he's not that quick. David Bray could have done better and it was good to see Eamonn Wallace back. I was surprised Damian Carroll didn't get a run out - he was poor when he fame on against Galway and must be slipping down the pecking order.

The main things Meath that need work are shooting from play and from frees. Also need to cut out the silly handling errors, giving up possession easily can be very costly. Also one other point, Meath got the tactics right last night, the likes of Tormey, Harnan, Rooney, Flanagan and Newman made a huge effort to get back and stand in front of the full-back line and that cut off a lot of options for a pass out the field.

Major improvement needed for the trip to Roscommon who had a good win away from home last night and that'll be another tough one for Meath.

dixiefly · 08-02-2015 1:21pm

I think we are moving in the right direction number 1 to 9 (with Gillespie due back).

Up front, there needs to be a fair bit of soul searching from management with only Tormey and S. Bray from starters last night guaranteed starting slots (though I do think Biggie is there or thereabouts and fingers crossed for E. Wallace).

Tactics and personnel should be reviewed and fresh faces considered for the championship panel.

Hibbeler · 08-02-2015 2:19pm

Well in terms of the forwards, shooting definitely needs to be looked at both from play and from frees. I'd hope that some practice in this will be had over the 3 week break before we play Roscommon.

Though hopefully the poor freetaking we saw from Newman and O'Rourke last night will turn out to just be a once off bad day at the office

iDave · 08-02-2015 4:24pm

Kehoe cup champions

CrabRevolution · 08-02-2015 4:49pm

iDave wrote: »

Kehoe cup champions

Finally move ahead of Westmeath to top the roll of honour. They have a feeble 7 Kehoe cups, compared to our magnificent 8*

*Well, if you want to get very, very picky, we finally join them at the top. Westmeath are down as having won the Walsh cup in the early 80s. Looks like a great achievement, but at the time the Walsh and Kehoe cups werent run as we know them now. They swapped the trophies each year. So one year Meath, Carlow, Westmeath etc. would compete in the Kehoe cup and Kilkenny, Wexford, Dublin would be in the WalshCup. The following year Meath would compete for the Walsh Cup and Kilkenny would compete for the Kehoe Cup. Westmeath effectively won a "Kehoe" Cup.

rpurfield · 08-02-2015 9:22pm

Just had the following come up on my timeline on Facebook it's from Wicklow People Sport, anyone able to shed any light on it? And mods apologies if I'm crossing a line posting it and feel free to delete, but seen as it's on another social platform I assume it's ok

Wicklow County PRO Dave Murray has said that he cannot comment on exact details of the alleged verbal abuse of Andy O'Brien by some Meath players and at least one official today because of the investigation that the GAA will undertake.
He did however, say that "in this day an age we have to examine ourselves as a society if people think that racial or sectarian abuse is acceptable in any form.
"We're failing ourselves, our children and our fellow man if we accept these standards.
No member of any culture or of any creed should have to listen to the abuse that I heard today. It was vile, it was humiliating, it was disgusting and there was genuine hurt".

Edit: I see a remark further down the page saying it was related to the chap being from the travelling community, it was also the lad that was sent off for Wicklow.

Rock Lesnar · 09-02-2015 1:35pm

dixiefly wrote: »

I think we are moving in the right direction number 1 to 9 (with Gillespie due back).

Up front, there needs to be a fair bit of soul searching from management with only Tormey and S. Bray from starters last night guaranteed starting slots (though I do think Biggie is there or thereabouts and fingers crossed for E. Wallace).

Tactics and personnel should be reviewed and fresh faces considered for the championship panel.

Tactics definitely need to be reviewed, i still after 2+ years dont know what the gameplan is, if its to drop the half forwards so deep that they then cant get up to support the Full Forward then its working perfectly, We have to support and get players around whoever is there, otherwise we end up like the other night, shooting from long range, where some went over but alot didnt.

A few times the other night, wing backs were higher up the field then the wing forwards, that shouldn't be happening

Hammer Archer · 10-02-2015 11:16am

Football Championship and Hurling Championship draws made.

Tough draw for Ballinlough in the senior. Ratoath will have to do it the hard way if we're to get out of the IFC with Ballivor, Castletown, Trim and Dunderry in our group.

chrysagon · 10-02-2015 11:41am

The wicklow player claims rascism, fairly mild to some of the names i have heard players being called down through the years, even though i dont agree with it...it still happens..ask any referee!

Royal Legend · 11-02-2015 11:30pm

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Football Championship and Hurling Championship draws made.

Tough draw for Ballinlough in the senior. Ratoath will have to do it the hard way if we're to get out of the IFC with Ballivor, Castletown, Trim and Dunderry in our group.

Hon the Lough

The last time we won the Intermediate grade the following year we made the Senior Semi Final and were unlucky not to win through to the final.
Hope Springs eternal

Hammer Archer · 14-02-2015 5:39pm

Minors beat Louth 5-17 to 3-11 in the MFL.

rpurfield · 14-02-2015 8:32pm

Folks is the Roscommon game in Kiltoom or the Hyde does anyone know, because I see from tickets.ie they have it down for Kiltoom and the Gaa site have it for Hyde Park?

Hammer Archer · 14-02-2015 8:47pm

Hoganstand have it as Kiltoom as well. Is that just outside Athlone?

The GAA website is generally atrocious for fixture information.

westernfrenzy · 14-02-2015 9:00pm

They played Cavan in Kiltoom so I'd imagine it'd be the same for Meath.

CrabRevolution · 14-02-2015 9:37pm

A lot of sources, the GAA's main website included, are incapable of even thinking that some counties might play in more than one ground. Same with newspapers, more than once I've gone to a hurling match in Trim and later would read a report claiming the match was in Navan.

Meath GAA discussion thread

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