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Replying To grahamc9897:  "And your comment of no one else does that from open play are you forgetting Donal Lenihan.. Cillian O'Sullivan..Brian McMahon..Tobin kicked 3 points yesterday ! Micheal Newman If fit..Wallace and others !!"
Michael Newman???? Jesus wept.....he hasn't done it in 3 years....he's becoming meaths most valuable player in his absence...people have short memories. And anyway with the way mcentee has the team fitness wise he will be very much off the pace. Surprised if he figures this year in any capacity other then a 60th min sub

southmeathgael (Meath) - Posts: 889 - 28/03/2017 07:49:34    1972118

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Replying To southmeathgael:  "That is total and utter horse manure. Denying yourself at least 3 points from your final tally would be the definition of stupidity.....plus the 2 or 3 he gets fouled for. He had a quiet enough league and still scored very well.....to say he had a poor one is just plain wrong. Leno has being very hit and miss too...we'll drop him so..
Keogan got roasted twice v kildare and Cork..let's drop him too. Ridiculous. The league had one game left....he can rest for 2 or 3 weeks after it"
Oh bla bla bla !! My opinion is he has had a poor league and plenty of other posters agree with me! Now as I said I think he is an important player and deserves to start! He has more impressive performances in him and I would hope he delivers them moving into the championship.Now about your ridiculous smart point about dropping Keoghan or Lenihan obviously that's not gonna happen !

grahamc9897 (Meath) - Posts: 1174 - 28/03/2017 08:16:44    1972124

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He's been injured for half that time 60th min sub for someone who has his score ratio glad your not picking the team ..him and lenihan with a good full forward would be our best full forward line in my opinion b.mcmahon to replace either if there not playing well

royal7 (Meath) - Posts: 156 - 28/03/2017 08:26:10    1972127

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Replying To southmeathgael:  "Michael Newman???? Jesus wept.....he hasn't done it in 3 years....he's becoming meaths most valuable player in his absence...people have short memories. And anyway with the way mcentee has the team fitness wise he will be very much off the pace. Surprised if he figures this year in any capacity other then a 60th min sub"
bit harsh he has had injuries and was often rushed back. still an important player.

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 28/03/2017 08:27:49    1972128

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Biggie really divides this forum XD SMG is right about Newman, apart from his first year he hasn't been consistently good since but I have faith that can change, Lehnihan has really improved this year compared to last year so the same could happen for Newman but he has missed a lot of games so far.

I seen Andy MC was talking about Andrew tormey doing his cruciate, he must have been on the panel before that, it would be strange to be commenting about a player not on the panel. And I heard from someone that Forde will only be out for 4-6 weeks, not sure how true that is because he was in real pain and I was sure he was out for the year.

Barney123 (Meath) - Posts: 676 - 28/03/2017 08:50:32    1972134

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Replying To southmeathgael:  "Michael Newman???? Jesus wept.....he hasn't done it in 3 years....he's becoming meaths most valuable player in his absence...people have short memories. And anyway with the way mcentee has the team fitness wise he will be very much off the pace. Surprised if he figures this year in any capacity other then a 60th min sub"
Micheal Newman if fit starts simple as..Full forward line of

13.McMahon
14.Newman
15.Lenihan

grahamc9897 (Meath) - Posts: 1174 - 28/03/2017 10:10:24    1972158

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Replying To royaldunne:  "Would agree with that, while there is little hope of Kildare winning we must select our best team as if they will win. In that case biggy is a must."
100% in agreement, we cant start without Graham. We need our best out there and he by far needs to be on..

Loyalroyal17 (Meath) - Posts: 627 - 28/03/2017 10:41:02    1972170

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I wish ye would all calm down on the Biggy being no good anymore attitude...

Loyalroyal17 (Meath) - Posts: 627 - 28/03/2017 10:44:55    1972174

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Replying To royaldunne:  "Not game after game they don't, its consistency on grahams part. Now no way am I saying he doesn't need a rest. There us no other player on that team that has played so many games without a break for club and county. Fatigue is bound to play a part. Look Andy even dropped O'Sullivan for Fermanagh game, and btw I have said taking him off when game was won was absolutely right decision, and if we in same position v Clare I expect same thing to happen"
If Reilly needs a rest that badly then leave him off for the Clare match. There will be a rest period after that anyway. Andy will monitor him and others in training. If workrate is at an acceptable level he will return. I dont see any point in flogging a tired horse if that is the case. After rest there should be no questions about attitude or workrate so.

nobull456 (Meath) - Posts: 1224 - 28/03/2017 10:47:51    1972175

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Replying To southmeathgael:  "That is total and utter horse manure. Denying yourself at least 3 points from your final tally would be the definition of stupidity.....plus the 2 or 3 he gets fouled for. He had a quiet enough league and still scored very well.....to say he had a poor one is just plain wrong. Leno has being very hit and miss too...we'll drop him so..
Keogan got roasted twice v kildare and Cork..let's drop him too. Ridiculous. The league had one game left....he can rest for 2 or 3 weeks after it"
southmeathgael your definitely biggys biggest fan on here and are blinded by the fact that he has weaknesses one of which is his work rate.
he may well score 3pts per game but how many attacks has he allowed the opposition to set up by not tracking his man or getting back behind the ball as needed.
you cant expect the other guys on the team to do his work it makes for contempt in the team and Andy has to be seen to send a message to the WHOLE team that everyone is expected to put in the same effort, he was made captain in the hope it would inspire him to lift his game and maybe he will,
he is not a complete player nor are others but you have to start being realistic and balanced in your comments or you will start to be just not creditable

head4dblackspot (Meath) - Posts: 513 - 28/03/2017 10:56:28    1972181

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Replying To head4dblackspot:  "southmeathgael your definitely biggys biggest fan on here and are blinded by the fact that he has weaknesses one of which is his work rate.
he may well score 3pts per game but how many attacks has he allowed the opposition to set up by not tracking his man or getting back behind the ball as needed.
you cant expect the other guys on the team to do his work it makes for contempt in the team and Andy has to be seen to send a message to the WHOLE team that everyone is expected to put in the same effort, he was made captain in the hope it would inspire him to lift his game and maybe he will,
he is not a complete player nor are others but you have to start being realistic and balanced in your comments or you will start to be just not creditable"
Good point .

grahamc9897 (Meath) - Posts: 1174 - 28/03/2017 11:31:43    1972190

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Short term Andy might use biggy but long term i just cant see him being an Andy Mc type of player or fit into the type of team Andy is trying to build.

I hope that James Mcentee can challenge biggie for his starting position.

bert09 (Meath) - Posts: 1790 - 28/03/2017 12:16:27    1972201

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Replying To southmeathgael:  "Michael Newman???? Jesus wept.....he hasn't done it in 3 years....he's becoming meaths most valuable player in his absence...people have short memories. And anyway with the way mcentee has the team fitness wise he will be very much off the pace. Surprised if he figures this year in any capacity other then a 60th min sub"
Mickey Newman walks back into this team when fit, on his bad day he is still one of our better forwards

redser123 (Meath) - Posts: 402 - 28/03/2017 12:34:38    1972216

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Replying To Loyalroyal17:  "I wish ye would all calm down on the Biggy being no good anymore attitude..."
Any chance you could highlight a single post on this entire forum where a poster has claimed that Graham Reilly id "no good anymore". It doesn't have to be those exact words. Any post where someone claimed that Reilly used to be good, but now is not, would be fine!

Also your claim that we cannot start withour Reilly is just nonsense. We started without him in the Derry game, and still won. Don't get me wrong, I think he is our most potent attacker, and he would be a starter on my team every day of the week and twice on a Sunday. But this idea that we cannot play, or cannot win without him, is just plain wrong.

anfearbeag (Meath) - Posts: 1134 - 28/03/2017 12:44:21    1972220

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"southmeathgael your definitely biggys biggest fan on here"

Don't let Royaldunne hear you saying things like that around here!!

anfearbeag (Meath) - Posts: 1134 - 28/03/2017 12:46:25    1972222

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Replying To bert09:  "Short term Andy might use biggy but long term i just cant see him being an Andy Mc type of player or fit into the type of team Andy is trying to build.

I hope that James Mcentee can challenge biggie for his starting position."
I think longer term I think Andy will use him as a Jody Devine type player. There's no doubt Reilly running at a tiring defense would be a fantastic weapon off the bench. His workrate has never been great and Andy seems to require that from all his forwards.

pauk123 (USA) - Posts: 189 - 28/03/2017 13:07:27    1972229

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Replying To redser123:  "Mickey Newman walks back into this team when fit, on his bad day he is still one of our better forwards"
100% Correct.

grahamc9897 (Meath) - Posts: 1174 - 28/03/2017 13:15:54    1972233

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Replying To anfearbeag:  "Any chance you could highlight a single post on this entire forum where a poster has claimed that Graham Reilly id "no good anymore". It doesn't have to be those exact words. Any post where someone claimed that Reilly used to be good, but now is not, would be fine!

Also your claim that we cannot start withour Reilly is just nonsense. We started without him in the Derry game, and still won. Don't get me wrong, I think he is our most potent attacker, and he would be a starter on my team every day of the week and twice on a Sunday. But this idea that we cannot play, or cannot win without him, is just plain wrong."
because Derry were pure rubbish, last big game before that where biggy didnt start was Armagh 2014 championship in a game we were expected to win and lost badly, nonsense the thought of him not starting when he consistently delivers 3 points a game, crazy thing is hes actually been pretty good throughout this league, id imagine he's our top pointscorer from play

redser123 (Meath) - Posts: 402 - 28/03/2017 13:45:12    1972243

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Hopefully its third time lucky that the Admin will let this through. From an outsider's point of view I myself think that Biggy Reilly is a very good footballer. He had some year in 2010 when he scored four points in the Leinster Final against the Wee County. I remember the great Paddy Keenan tackling him in the final near the end of the match and if the black card was out at the time Paddy would of getting it. Biggy should of won the young player of the year that year. I have a friend who works in Navan. My friend is a Louth supporter. He said that alot of his Meath co workers are 50:50 on Biggy saying it only suits him when he wants to play. Do you think Biggy has underachieved when playing against the so called big teams like the Dubs etc?

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 28/03/2017 14:20:23    1972269

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Regarding the high work rate Andy demands from his forwards it looks like a real pity about Alan Ford, I know nothing has been confirmed but I fear the worst which is a real pity I thought he had a super league so far this year.

He'll be a big loss this year in my opinion, he really suits the modern half forward role.

Uncle_Fester (Meath) - Posts: 217 - 28/03/2017 15:34:32    1972312

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