Replying To Talking_Sense:  "Dunboyne V Wolfe Tones. This has got to be a tight game. There is plenty the other night to suggest Tones will ask plenty of questions of Dunboyne. The Lights in Paddy O'Brien park were terrible and must have contributed to some serious wides. This will go to the wire . Perhaps Tones to cause a shock

Colmcilles V Simonstown. The Cilles played quite well the last day but their achilles heel is their defence . They employed loads of men behind the ball last year and they got to the Quarter Final and put on a fine show against Summerhill. Simonstown looked red hot in opening quarter other night and hit crossbars and had loads of wides. Had they scored they were out of sight on the Tones. Going very well in League and whilst St Colmcilles have firepower up front, they need to stop shipping goals. Think Navan boys will be too hot and will win

Curraha V Na Fianna
Walshe is a talent for Na Fianna. Caused St Colmcilles all sorts of problems. Curraha ran Dunbonye to 5 points. Feel this will be close. Na Fianna are decent without being contenders. Their 1st and last goal the last day was as much to chronic bad defending of aerial ball as it was good play from Na Fianna. Feel Curraha might cause a mild upset here. Could end up a draw.

Rathkenny V Longwood. Rathkenny got tanked last day, Longwood got murdered. Based on this Rathkenny can still play poor but they will beat Longwood.

Ratoath V Ashbourne. I did not see Ratoath V Longwood but sure the opposition was so bad Ratoath could have played with 10 men and won. So no form to guide us. Ashbourne I seen last year and they were toothless up front and employed loads of men behind the ball. I seen them in League this year and they still look toothless up front. They beat Summerhill I appreciate in Round 1 but unless they found new players or Summerhill had loads missing I am going to shoot for Ratoath. Cant see this Ashbourne team having become a serious contender overnight.

Summerhill V Moynalvey. If Summerhill can lose to Ashbourne then they can lose to Moynalvey. However full out and finger out they will beat Moynalvey

O Mahonys V Skyrne. Skyrne going bad. Struggled to beat St Pats who are also going bad. O Mahonys were just ok V Seneschalstown. The new Mayo or Galway chap is good and put a gloss on them the last day but the Furze were jogging miles behind their forwards and Stephen Bray had all the time in world to kick scores. 2nd Half Seneschalstown exposed the O Mahonys at the back and marked tighter themselves. Skyrne at themselves would put it up to the Navan Boys. NOM are going well in League but they have played a fair few of the poorer teams. I would question the form coming into this game. NOM to win but it could be very close

St Pats V Gael Colmcille - Kells to win . Did not see these teams the last day but from what I hear they Where not great against Dunshaughlin and too dependent on Beano. Pats will huff and puff but wont blow this house down.

Dunshaughlin V Seneschalstown . Again I heard Black and Amber played quite well V Kells , but Kells from all accounts were fairly poor on the night and made Dunshaughlin look better than they are. That said the Dunshaughlin boys will take encouragement from that performance and will be favourites here. However Seneschalstown were good when they finally decided to mark tight and attack the NOM last day. This will be a lot tighter that one would think. Draw for me as the Furze can improve"

Replying To ISupposeSoSheehan:  "Wolfe Tones v St Peters Dunboyne - Will Tones have their injured players back for this? If they do I fancy them to sneak it. Verdict: Tones by 1-3 points.

St Colmcilles V Simonstown - Cilles must shore up their defence or else they've no chance. Leaked three goals against Na Fianna. Verdict: Simonstown by 4-6 points.

Curraha v Na Fianna - Curraha put in a credible effort against Dunboyne the last day but will be found wanting again. Verdict: Na Fianna by 4-6 points.

Rathkenny v Longwood - Two teams that will be smarting after a nightmare start in Group B. Longwood are way out of their depth though. Verdict: Rathkenny by 4-6 points.

Ratoath v Donaghmore/Ashbourne - Ahearne took up the scoring mantle for Ratoath in the absence of McMahon and the Wallaces against Longwood. He won't be afforded much breathing space in this derby. Verdict: Draw.

Summerhill v Moynalvey - Moynalvey are a different side this year. Three Harnans back fully fit, Cillian O'Sullivan the best forward in the county at the moment and David McLoughlin on the bench. Summerhill aren't playing well. Verdict: Moynalvey 1-3 points.

Navan O'Mahonys v Skryne - Niall McKeigue v Paddy O'Rourke will be an interesting duel on Saturday. Both sides were unconvincing in their opening round wins. Verdict: Draw.

St Patricks v Gaeil Colmcille - Pats will make it difficult for Gaeil Colmcille but you'd expect the Kells men to see it through. Verdict: Gaeil Colmcille 4-6 points.

Dunshaughlin v Seneschalstown - Both teams will view this game as a massive opportunity to get two points. Verdict: Dunshaughlin 1-3 points."

Replying To GhaothDobhair123:  "Most impressive player from round 1?"

Replying To Royalblufill:  "You missed the Don/Ash Ratoath game!

Most impressive player!! Mickey Burke!"

Replying To GhaothDobhair123:  "Tones v Dunboyne- County champions were less the convincing against a curraha team who wouldn't be much fancied you would also have to suggest that tones will improve from simonstown game in which they were unlucky not to get a result bar a few very good saves from simonstown keeper- I am going to go with tones by 2


Cilles v Simonstown- Simonstown got there campaign off to a good start last week and in parts looked like the simonstown of 2 years ago, cilles attacking threat though is not to be underestimated with brennan reilly conlan but for all their attacking options they are weak in defence and simonstowns well coordinated forward unit will be too much - simonstown by 4-5

Curraha v Na Fianna- Curraha pushed dunboyne close last week but I fear that was just the buzz of first round football and without moriarty I think that mcentee and toner won't be able to pull them over the line in this one with devine and walsh in the forward unit and neary and baldwin keeping it tight at the back I fancy Na fianna buy 5/6

Rathkenny v Longwood- The opening round defeat would of been a tough one for the longwood men and the hurt from that came has got to be shown in this game similarly rathkenny were also poor in their opening game so i'd expect both team to bounce back and go hell for leather in this, could be a tight one but rathkenny by 2-3

Summerhill v Moynalvey - Summerhill were in the game right till the end against ashbourne but on the day important players like larkin and Dalton weren't firing and ashbourne just had too much on the day but I expect them to coe out flying in this one and if ryan or young can halt O'Sullivan you would expect summerhill to power through, summerhill by 6/7

Navan v Skryne- Yes skryne are without some big players like rooney and O'Brien but they grounded out a bi win against a pats team who are always tough to beat so they will carry some confidence into that game, navan without o'coileain in the first game still got over the line if he is back I expect them to win comfortably- Navan by 7/8

Pats v Kells- Pats will be looking to bounce back after a losing a game they would of fancied themselves to win also they always take a scalp in the championship and maybe this will be the game, kells overcame a resilient dunshaughlin side but mattimoe was very good on the day and got them over the line you would expect they would improve from that. Kells by a goal

Senchalstown v Dunshaughlin - both teams will be looking to bounce back from defeats in the opening round, senchalstown done well to so close to a very good navan team to they will have confidence going into this similarly so will dunshaughlin havinh been unlucky not to come out with something in kells game, they will also be looking to bounce back from a defeat in championship to same opponents last year, too close to call"

Replying To TakeYourPoints6:  "From my calculations Dunboyne started v Curraha without 6 of their starters from last years county final. Be tough going for any team to be down 6. Will be a good game in Skryne Tomorrow"

Replying To Royalblufill:  "You missed the Don/Ash Ratoath game!

Most impressive player!! Mickey Burke!"

Replying To ASaminthehand:  "Obviously taking the p*** there!

Cillian O'Sullivan looked good - especially as he was up against Keoghan. O'Connor was good for Curraha!"

Replying To GhaothDobhair123:  "Dunboyne were missing 3, they had byrne mcentee and McCarthy who all started and lowndes came on, the 2 that they were missing from county final were jones and lenihan 2 big absences but am told they won't have their services for the whole year so not really in the equation."

Replying To GhaothDobhair123:  "ye o Sullivan is class act, hard to look past Ahearne , also young Costello from dunshaughlin 0-7 in senior championship debut"

Replying To GhaothDobhair123:  "Dunboyne were missing 3, they had byrne mcentee and McCarthy who all started and lowndes came on, the 2 that they were missing from county final were jones and lenihan 2 big absences but am told they won't have their services for the whole year so not really in the equation."

Replying To head4dblackspot:  "Think your way off the mark here with your Ashbourne analyses
They were really good against Summerhill, playing a real good team game
I think they are genuine contenders and will be too strong for a Ratoath team who are far from full strength"

Replying To Jack_Goff:  "Meath club football has been ultra competitive over the last 10 years with multiple winners. Yesterday's results between Dunboyne vs Tones and Simonstown vs Cilles shows how wide open this year is. One of the best championships in the country."

Replying To Barney123:  "Definitely very competitive and most games are good to look at but quality is not great in my opinion."

Replying To Barney123:  "Definitely very competitive and most games are good to look at but quality is not great in my opinion."