royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 26/02/2017 10:17:27    1960819

gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 26/02/2017 10:34:25    1960827

Ok so I saw the second half live then rewatched the whole match last night

Here's my honest opinions

I said Friday if they did there best and left it all out there we could have no complaints. Unfortunately we didn't see this an we're staring down the gun at a relegation battle.

Players :
Paddy Costs us too much and in my opinion needs to be replaced. 1-1 last night and always liable to do so in games as well as pick up cards etc.
Donal - a class act,we're lucky to have
McGill - no idea what he was doing with goal, out muscled easily and it's too regular an occurrence that's happening. Not god enough for intercounty in my opinion
Rory - disn't play corner back but grew into it as he seemed to understand better what he should be doing.
Half back line - just not good enough for intercounty football. Carry was nowhere, power I had high hopes for but he's not done it, McEntee maybe deserves a few more games but I'm not confident
Menton is not a midfielder and he along with toher (bar two great scores) were out of the game at midfield.
Forde and O'Sullivan not great but we'll see how they progress
O'Brien- doesn't seem ready from r this level
Biggy - two great scores, not his best performance but hardly to blame fated there amount of football ad effort he's expended recently
Sheridan Don't see why he's in there
Lenihan now delivering at this stage.

Subs three ratoath forwards, alll similar size build and come ntributed nothing my. All far too inconsistent from game to game to be relied upon. McMahon the pick of the three. Othe s two subs didn't get much time to impress

Game plan
I've no idea what it was
Far too ponderous and laboured coming out, not moved at speed so down could get organised and build their shield at the forty five, turned over multiple times leading to down scores
Lost count of the number of times we'd three to five players getting attracted to the ball and being left for dead on the break.
The long ball into brian wasn't working and no alternative was tried
We still have no idea how to break down massed defences
The centre half back didn't hold the centre and we could get easily run at through that channel, this is a failing of our last three managers. Please sort it out, teams know to do this and they can beat us
No players were working off the shoulder to take passes at speed and often players were isolated and given no out ball

Sorry that a bit rambling but those are the thoughts I have from recall.

Andy has a lot of problems in the team that he needs to start addressing quickly or we'll be in division three and a short championship run.

For next day I'd start all being fit
Hannigan

Donal
Power played here for minors under Andy, let's see if he could be an option otherwise get Dan O'Neill in now
Rory give him another game and see how he goes in the same role. Tobin here when cleared to. Play and Rory out to wing half back

Mcentee one more game to see
Conlon let's get him in and give him the next four games and championship. No more chopping and changing
Menton is a wing back and plays there're or nowhere

Toher and Flanagan atleast give Adam a start and chance to show what he can do

Forde play deeper to attack and go forward at pace
Sully one bad game doesn't make him a bad player
Biggy back to his usual spot

Kenneally to go back out the field and be third midfielder
Newman is our best big man let's get him and do al working together
Donal obviously starts here


This won't be a starting team but let's at least start a discussion

brian (Meath) - Posts: 1954 - 26/02/2017 10:35:03    1960830

gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 26/02/2017 10:36:11    1960831

cilles man (Meath) - Posts: 142 - 26/02/2017 10:37:31    1960834

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 26/02/2017 10:45:21    1960842

I've missed one game so far this year but in the other 5 I can't see any plan or method. It's hard enough to win games but when you hand scores on a plate like O'Rourke and Forde did last night to the opposition it makes it even harder. Was very surprised that O'Rourke didn't contest the high ball from the free (which was never a free in the first place) for the goal. When Lenehan and Sheridan did make runs in the first half in particular, players out the field were not looking up and delivering early and then giving the Hail Mary ball in. We don't have the pace or the strength to play a counter attacking game and it looks awful and frustrating when you see lads back in our Half Back line defending space. I'd rather we push up man on man regardless of whether people say that the game is not played like that these days but at least a player had a focus. How many Meath players slipped or got easily done when attempting a tackle last night. Charging in with no method or idea how to tackle and to make matters worse Most times we did make a tackle the ref blew against us. I arrived at the pitch just after 6 and Meath were already out warming up. Down didn't come out for another 20 minutes. Are we doing too much of a warm up and using up valuable energy before the game even starts. As several people have said Meath looked tired and Lethargic during the game.

Diego (Meath) - Posts: 1205 - 26/02/2017 10:54:41    1960848

bdbuddah (Meath) - Posts: 1358 - 26/02/2017 10:56:51    1960852

Royalio11 (Meath) - Posts: 757 - 26/02/2017 10:57:44    1960853

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 26/02/2017 11:02:11    1960857

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 26/02/2017 11:12:09    1960867

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 26/02/2017 11:13:41    1960870

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 26/02/2017 11:17:46    1960874

bdbuddah (Meath) - Posts: 1358 - 26/02/2017 11:19:13    1960876

Meath Football is at an all time low, Neither Mc Entee or any other manager in Ireland can rectify the situation. Our much talked about U21 team lost out to a very poor Westmeath. Our Much talked about Minor team is average.
The whole setup from U12 up is a total disaster, people are coming on here and talking about the good work being done at underage level. All the talk of development teams is total nonsense. 25 15 year old running their guts out on a Saturday morning is not developing anything, But rather turning young lads off. I have said for years that the county needs to have regional development teams at all ages, and instead of 25 lads training at a specific age group we need to have upwards of 30 per region. With these regional teams playing regular games against each other and other county's. There is no real work being done by the Minor or county board to address the issues we face here in the county at the moment. Yes they will point to the fact there are development panels but this is a whitewash. We will drop a lot further if something is not done to rectify it soon.

latouche25 (Meath) - Posts: 520 - 26/02/2017 12:25:45    1960895

pauk123 (USA) - Posts: 189 - 26/02/2017 12:26:00    1960896

Awwwwnow (Cavan) - Posts: 1050 - 26/02/2017 12:29:19    1960900

Kc77 (Meath) - Posts: 36 - 26/02/2017 12:38:17    1960905

Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 26/02/2017 12:43:04    1960909

Hearing a lot about the demise of Meath football, allow me to offer this thought. I was 6 months old when Meath last won Sam, 2 when we were last in a final. For people of my age profile we are just used to losing, especially to Dublin. For people my age there is a huge lack of interest in Meath football. The worst part is I don't know how you fix it, I suppose winning at underage might change it, but that is also easier said than done

LeitrimRoyal99 (Meath) - Posts: 1463 - 26/02/2017 12:46:03    1960912