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No doubt they will, may be to our advantage. But if we steady the ship next weekend we should be capable of picking up enough points to keep us up. ( Derry/Fermanagh/Down and Clare) Tough ask but not impossible seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 2151 - 06/02/2017 21:57:51 1953066 Link 6 |
I seen lowndes in the O'Byrne cup he's not the answer!! No where need good enough
grahamc9897 (Meath) - Posts: 1174 - 06/02/2017 22:51:47 1953088 Link 7 |
Won't be the team for sunday but Would like to see this team tried royal69er (Meath) - Posts: 96 - 06/02/2017 23:01:14 1953094 Link 0 |
GlasagusOr (Meath) - Posts: 1348 - 07/02/2017 08:17:55 1953141 Link 0 |
Worrying that Meath had 2 weeks to prepare for the Kildare game and we got hammered by 10 points. I would hve taught getting knocked of the OBC was blessing in the disguise. But now are are no further on. Only roughly about 7 or guaranteed starers . bobkarlgees (Meath) - Posts: 1263 - 07/02/2017 11:29:20 1953210 Link 0 |
McGill is i no way a guaranteed starter
brian (Meath) - Posts: 1954 - 07/02/2017 13:17:03 1953257 Link 1 |
Paddy o Rourke no 14 and for 45's and long range frees as a trial. We have to exploit long high early delivery to him, with players feeding off his deflections even. Midfield we need players hoovering lose ball to supply forwards. Maybe Flanagan could try clean fielding of high balls when possible . Our Kickouts short when possible with players running into position for possession. Variety in approach to reduce predictibility. limited in what we can do .but we have to use what we have more productively,or at least try. Keoghan no 6 [for 1st half) In general play must be much more direct, as we simply do not have the time or the players for over elaboration. A lot of blanks to be filled in.' all forwards run into position for a pass.out in front rather than parked behind a defender. nobull456 (Meath) - Posts: 1227 - 07/02/2017 13:21:12 1953260 Link 0 |
how can you seriously say McGill is a guaranteed starter? how many roastings has he got over last 2 years?? Meaths main problem is we don't have a commanding full back and centre back. teams running through to easily for goals
meathforsam09 (Meath) - Posts: 116 - 07/02/2017 13:23:05 1953261 Link 0 |
Anyone expecting Graham Reilly to play next Sunday is clueless and ignorant. The lad is playing the biggest game in his clubs history and good luck to them. I would expect him to be unavailable until after their All Ireland Final is done. leftnright (Meath) - Posts: 30 - 07/02/2017 13:24:56 1953263 Link 0 |
Mc Gill is not a guaranteed he is one of the ones I would have listed as dodgy. But this first goal was Keoghans man when Mc gill pulled out and it was Keoghan that got swiped out one on one. So are you going drop him as well ?? My point is we just cant drop everyone my list is only the ones that I think will make it one way or another for the Derry game. Sure we played Killdare with 4 players Forde Lenihan COS Reilly in bits. The rest where poor to say the least.
bobkarlgees (Meath) - Posts: 1263 - 07/02/2017 14:01:04 1953285 Link 0 |
nobull456 (Meath) - Posts: 1227 - 07/02/2017 14:26:19 1953293 Link 0 |
Based on the performance in the Kildare game only COS, Reilly, Forde and Lenihan would be guaranteed, but I would continue with the same full back line for at least the next game and try a completely new Half back line and midfield as they were anonymous and it would matter if you had the best 3 defenders in the country in there the last time they would have been turned over with the amount of space out in front of them!! Now none of them played well don't get me wrong, but if we held our own further out the field maybe we would have done better in the full back line. McGill got his hand in on a number of balls that got played in, and did well under the one high ball played in in the 2nd half. Keoghan is Keoghan and was poor by his standards but still is our best back, and Burke wasn't on long enough to play well or poorly. ratlag (Meath) - Posts: 557 - 07/02/2017 15:09:55 1953311 Link 0 |
We have 5 or 6 players at the required standard ,and they pick themselves. The rest are much of a muchness,and really eny meeny on the day. The manager's job is more difficult in that case. Critical that every player is used to his full potential,after it is clear he is fit for purpose. Confidence building is critical from here for most players. Laps of the field on its own simply a waste of time in this case. Anyway ,strenght and conditioning takes care of physical fittness issues. So Andy more or less gets a player fit for purpose physically,and he has to coach him onwards. One to ONE coaching, team coaching, individual and team goal setting,. video work, individually and collectively ,reviews etc. Dont know how long it takes to do that in a given week. My point is that is what has to be done. To say they spend 6 nights a week training means nothing. What is the training about ? seems a good question. Are we more of a team now than 2 months ago because of that training ? Yes it will be slow, but like building a house you need solid foundations. Yes my remarks may sound cheeky, but as a life long Meath supporter i just thought 2017 would see us turn the corner at least. Maybe next Sunday could show some light!! nobull456 (Meath) - Posts: 1227 - 07/02/2017 17:14:57 1953359 Link 0 |
Does he need to do anything on the mental side of things?
bert09 (Meath) - Posts: 1792 - 07/02/2017 17:40:28 1953372 Link 1 |
Without mental preparation and toughness..... the rest is a waste of time.........Its clear this Meath team weakest point is its lack of mental toughness.
nobull456 (Meath) - Posts: 1227 - 07/02/2017 17:57:49 1953382 Link 2 |
I am going to be very interested in the team announcement for this game, will lads get a chance to redeem themselves? will there be positional switches? will there be wholesale changes? Personally I think there will be changes and I'm all for Lowndes getting a shot at midfield and Menton going to full back with McGill going to half back with PO'R to return in goals, I would imagine there was little or no craic about Dunganny last night with the cat o nine tails being used in abundance during training, I expect to see a very different performance next Sunday Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 07/02/2017 18:12:40 1953390 Link 6 |
I have been saying this for 2 years. I got to be honest since the defeat to Westmeath we seem to be very fragile mentally, that has also seemed to pass onto the newer lads coming in. How Andy address this is his major hurdle. I was not the only one scarred by that defeat, I think players were too. The team has only gotten worse since that day. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 07/02/2017 18:38:35 1953399 Link 0 |
Mental toughness in a key objective of overall coaching rather than just a separate module exclusively. Its without doubt the most difficult part of the job in this case from where the team is at. Requires delicate and confident delivery ,and highlights a key skill for a good coach especially now. Note how the greats in this area joe Smidt rugby and our own Sean Boylan operated silently behind the scenes where SHOUTING on the day seemed unnecessary.
nobull456 (Meath) - Posts: 1227 - 07/02/2017 18:45:48 1953403 Link 0 |
Sorry 13 should be Cillian o Sullivan
royal69er (Meath) - Posts: 96 - 07/02/2017 19:34:38 1953411 Link 0 |
Will have to be changes, but Menton is not a full back, bring him back to halfbacks. Andy Mc (unsurprisingly) sounded fairly glum in todays Indo
seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 2151 - 07/02/2017 19:57:39 1953421 Link 7 |