Replying To bdbuddah:  "Heard that, Colm Bally the Louth man is supposed to be very good coach. Overall preparation has been improved since McEntee came in, also I have heard Meath are susposed to be raising more money so can afford to prepare the team better than before."

Replying To TrueBlue35:  "The bookies have the handicap for this at -12 which I think is pretty on the money and in fact expect it to be a slightly bigger winning margin. I've watched Meath's three games so far in the championship in person and while yes they are showing signs of improvement they are still a huge way off Dublin. Offaly should have beaten them in Navan, Carlow had a whole host of issues leading into game 2 so I wouldn't overly read into that and if Laois the last day had their shooting boots on the result would have been a hell of a lot closer. I'd love if we got a tight game but nothing I've seen would worry me in the slightest from Meath. James Conlon is a handy player but I'm reserving full judgement on him until he goes out and scores 0-5 against a Mick Fitzsimons or Davy Byrne. That for me simply ain't gonna happen. This is where Meath want to be and is the first real measure of where they are at versus the top team of the last few years."

Replying To TrueBlue35:  "The bookies have the handicap for this at -12 which I think is pretty on the money and in fact expect it to be a slightly bigger winning margin. I've watched Meath's three games so far in the championship in person and while yes they are showing signs of improvement they are still a huge way off Dublin. Offaly should have beaten them in Navan, Carlow had a whole host of issues leading into game 2 so I wouldn't overly read into that and if Laois the last day had their shooting boots on the result would have been a hell of a lot closer. I'd love if we got a tight game but nothing I've seen would worry me in the slightest from Meath. James Conlon is a handy player but I'm reserving full judgement on him until he goes out and scores 0-5 against a Mick Fitzsimons or Davy Byrne. That for me simply ain't gonna happen. This is where Meath want to be and is the first real measure of where they are at versus the top team of the last few years."

Replying To TrueBlue35:  "The bookies have the handicap for this at -12 which I think is pretty on the money and in fact expect it to be a slightly bigger winning margin. I've watched Meath's three games so far in the championship in person and while yes they are showing signs of improvement they are still a huge way off Dublin. Offaly should have beaten them in Navan, Carlow had a whole host of issues leading into game 2 so I wouldn't overly read into that and if Laois the last day had their shooting boots on the result would have been a hell of a lot closer. I'd love if we got a tight game but nothing I've seen would worry me in the slightest from Meath. James Conlon is a handy player but I'm reserving full judgement on him until he goes out and scores 0-5 against a Mick Fitzsimons or Davy Byrne. That for me simply ain't gonna happen. This is where Meath want to be and is the first real measure of where they are at versus the top team of the last few years."

Replying To TrueBlue35:  "The bookies have the handicap for this at -12 which I think is pretty on the money and in fact expect it to be a slightly bigger winning margin. I've watched Meath's three games so far in the championship in person and while yes they are showing signs of improvement they are still a huge way off Dublin. Offaly should have beaten them in Navan, Carlow had a whole host of issues leading into game 2 so I wouldn't overly read into that and if Laois the last day had their shooting boots on the result would have been a hell of a lot closer. I'd love if we got a tight game but nothing I've seen would worry me in the slightest from Meath. James Conlon is a handy player but I'm reserving full judgement on him until he goes out and scores 0-5 against a Mick Fitzsimons or Davy Byrne. That for me simply ain't gonna happen. This is where Meath want to be and is the first real measure of where they are at versus the top team of the last few years."

Replying To DUBJOHN:  "Yeah RD seen young Conlon playing yesterday, very good player but he was playing against Laois, do you think he'll be allowed run riot like that against Dublin, i know the answer to that and so do you if you're truthful!"

Replying To Htaem:  "Good post, but I have to pull you up on point number 5 there, it's not our biggest Leinster semi win in 24 years, what about 2010 = Meath 5-9, Dublin 0-13 that was also 11 points :-)"

Replying To Furlong1949:  "Whats about these performances forget laois and Carlow
1 Tyrone All Ireland finalist last year. Meath played real passion and intensity and went toe to toe with Tyrone. Only a point from Tyrone in 6th min of injury time stops Meath beating the All Ireland finalist.
2 Donegal in Ballybofey a few months ago. For 65 mins Meath played quality div 1 football.
3 Donegal in Croker a few months. For 35 mins Meath were much superior. 9 points up after 15 mins; 5 up at half time. Meath lead to the last ten mins. Brillant attacking football in first 35 mins. Did u not see that.
4 Roscommon in Roscommon last year. Drawn with Connscht champions and div 2 champions in the Hyde last year. Only a peno scored by Roscommon in 4th min of injury time secure the draw for Rossies.
5 Galway 2 years ago. Meath played brillianty v Galway two years and defeated them, only kerry Dublin and Meath have beaten Galway in the league in the last 2 years.
6 Donegal 2 years ago. The lead changes 8 times. Meath played with great passion and intensity. Game level after 70 mins where a Paddy McBreaty wonder point secures victory.

That six games against 6 quality teams. People are ignoring Meath brillant performance v Tyrone All Ireland finalist, Brillant performance v best team in Ulster in Croker and Ballybofey in this spring eg Donegal and Meaths brillant performances v Connacht champions in last two years Galway and Roscommon.

And Meaths brillant performance in second half v kildare in the league. Where Meath showed the old never say die spirit of old. Or the 6 point win v Armagh a few months ago. Meath were 9 up at one stage playing some excellent attacking football.

If Meath play with intensity they showed v Tyrone last year and the second half v kildare this year and perform to the standard of the quality football they produced v Donegal in Ballybofey, v Donegal in first half in Croker and v Armagh in Navan , Dublin will not hammer Meath. It will be a contest and Meath will go toe to toe with Dublin. It will be closest contest in leinster since 2012 2013 when Meath lost by 3 points in 2012 and Meath led at half time and where the best team in first half and the game was in the balance til last ten mins in 2013.

I talked 6 Meath people in the last 24 hours face to face about the match in Meath and every single one of them expects Meath to put it up to Dublin and everyone of them are saying Meath can win. Thousands of thousands of Meath supporters when the ball is thrown in 23rd will believe we can win. Many in Meath wouldnt but the traditions of Meath football the quality of the manager and players football they have played in last 12 months. Meath expects. Other counties expect to be beaten by Dublin. Meath expects to put Dublin to the pin of their collar.

The feeling the intensity of 15 Meath dogs of war , eating the Dubs for every single ball like their lifes depended on it. We know the reality of the challenge. We know how strong Dublin r. We know its a mircale we need. But Meath football versus Dublin football has always being a miracle act. Every time we have beaten the Dubs it has been a mircae act from 1947 to 1952 to 1964 to 1975 to 1986 to 1991 to 1996 to 2001 to 2007 to 2010 all the 36 times we have beaten Dublin in league and championship has been act of miracle performances. Thats Meath football v Dublin . It proving that the impossible is possible.

In 1964 Dublin r reigning All Ireland champions. Meath are rank outsiders going into leinster final. 3 Quinn brother on the Meath team from Kilbride. Their father is a very sick man. The priest is sent for the father. The 3 brothers decide they shouldn't play in leinster final because of father ailing health. Their father on his death bed asks them to come to his room. And tells them to play in the leinster final v the Dubs. Next day three brother say goodbye to their father and in Croke Park perform greatest Meath performance v Dublin in a leinster final ever. And aganinst all odds Meath are crowned leinster champions. That night the 3 Quinn brothers from kilbride bring back the leinster cup to the fathers homeplace. In the following few days the father passes away.

The Quinn brothers, Sean Boylan , Peter McDermont, Mattie Kerrigan , Fr Tully, Mick lyons Liam Harnan, Gerry McEntee, Colm O Rourke, Darren Fay , John McDermont, Trevour Giles , Ollie Murphy, Graham Geraghty, Joe Sheridan , Stephen Bray never bowed to Dublin. Men from kilmainhamwood , Curraha , Navan , Bettystown , Skyrne , Summerhill , Nobber , Dunboyne , Ashbourne, Rsthoath , Rathkenny , Moynalvey never bow to Dublin. Men with the name McEntee from Nobber , Harnan from Moynalvey, Keoghan from Rathkenny and Newman from kilmainhamwood never bow to Dublin. We respect the Dubs even sneakily admire their great team. We enjoy the company of their great supporters. But when its leinster final day two tribes go to war and for Meath this is the closest to war without guns and tanks u can get. With just heart and soul and hands and legs 15 Meath men will fight like their whole family and neighbours lifes depended on it to bring back the Delaney cup. It matters.

Meath v Dublin matters more to Meath more then any other thing. Meath v Dublin it matters more to us more then anything its beyond a religious experience. It beyond words.

Mick lyons once said he was prepared to die to beat Dublin , put his life on the line to beat Dublin. It just matters that much to us. If we lose we lose . If we lose badly , we lose badly. But it is not question if Meath will beat Dublin its a question when so why not on the 23rd why bloody not.
Theyre are three certain things in life. The three certain things in life are paying taxes , dying and Meath beating Dublin in leinster finals in June or July. We have been doing for 100 years we do it for another hundred. It is passion, it is believe it everything to our county. Beating Dublin in leinster final is what Meath as a county stands for it is in our blood and dna and what we were put on this earth to do. Go toe to toe with men from the capital in front of hill 16.

The challenge is mighty but we wouldn't want it any other way in Meath. The more difficult the challenge the more we like it. The better the Dubs r , the more we raise our game. Its just part of living in the Royal county. To others they say Dublin are the greatest, to us they r just Dublin nothing more more nothing kess. To others they are invincible to us they are beatable. To others they are in awe to us we are hungry to knock them from their throne knock them from their pedestal. The higher the pedestal the higher the fall. The higher pedestal Dublin are o the higher Mesth jump and stronger we tackle gto topple Dublin from their pedestal.

The Dubs u have been warned. The Meath backlash has begun. 4 victories at minor in 4 years. Even youngster of 16 or 17 years of age in Meath have got the memo. Its only Dublin. 15 v 15 . Go out and beat them. We are now getting stronger by the year, by the week by the day and the countdown to Meaths next victory over Dublin is on way. Is it three years away , is it two years away or is it one year away or OR is it two weeks away. Take ur pick. Its any of the above. It just to be done. No ifs no buts no whinging no moaning. Just its mid June the hay is saved and The Dubs are beaten. A Meath war rallying cry for generations in the past and for generations in the future. And for this Meath generation of footballers it is here it now, it is time to become real Meath footballers For to be a real Meath footballer u have to beat Dublin in a leinster final. The real test for every Meath footballer. The gaunlet has been thrown down and the torch has passed to a new generation and standing on the shoulder of gaint the time of deliverance is here.
June 23rd Meath rock the Dubs and the GAA to it very foundations
Meath Leinster champions 2019"

Replying To DUBJOHN:  "Id be very disappointed if we only won by 5-6 points, anything between 10 - 15 points at least would be more like it, i think the meath fans are getting a bit carried away by the win over LAOIS! Having said that i suppose you have to believe otherwise what's the point in following your team? I don't mean to be derogatory to meath but they're miles behind Dublin in every aspect of the game and i think they'll be in for a rude awakening on Leinster final day!"

Replying To realdub:  "Fans like Furlong and RD are real fans. Oldschool passion, the games misses fans like these lads, totally my ilk!!"

Replying To Triple H:  "Great post Furlong. Should be pinned up on the Meath dressing room wall. Dont know about your geography though. Are you forgetting the near 30 mile corridor that travels from Kells to Lough Sheelin via Oldcastle. A lot more All Ireland medal winners in this area than in the likes of Curraha and Ratoath etc and absolutely no dis respect to these areas."

Replying To royaldunne:  "Lol. I love it. :)"

Replying To Furlong1949:  "Whats about these performances forget laois and Carlow
1 Tyrone All Ireland finalist last year. Meath played real passion and intensity and went toe to toe with Tyrone. Only a point from Tyrone in 6th min of injury time stops Meath beating the All Ireland finalist.
2 Donegal in Ballybofey a few months ago. For 65 mins Meath played quality div 1 football.
3 Donegal in Croker a few months. For 35 mins Meath were much superior. 9 points up after 15 mins; 5 up at half time. Meath lead to the last ten mins. Brillant attacking football in first 35 mins. Did u not see that.
4 Roscommon in Roscommon last year. Drawn with Connscht champions and div 2 champions in the Hyde last year. Only a peno scored by Roscommon in 4th min of injury time secure the draw for Rossies.
5 Galway 2 years ago. Meath played brillianty v Galway two years and defeated them, only kerry Dublin and Meath have beaten Galway in the league in the last 2 years.
6 Donegal 2 years ago. The lead changes 8 times. Meath played with great passion and intensity. Game level after 70 mins where a Paddy McBreaty wonder point secures victory.

That six games against 6 quality teams. People are ignoring Meath brillant performance v Tyrone All Ireland finalist, Brillant performance v best team in Ulster in Croker and Ballybofey in this spring eg Donegal and Meaths brillant performances v Connacht champions in last two years Galway and Roscommon.

And Meaths brillant performance in second half v kildare in the league. Where Meath showed the old never say die spirit of old. Or the 6 point win v Armagh a few months ago. Meath were 9 up at one stage playing some excellent attacking football.

If Meath play with intensity they showed v Tyrone last year and the second half v kildare this year and perform to the standard of the quality football they produced v Donegal in Ballybofey, v Donegal in first half in Croker and v Armagh in Navan , Dublin will not hammer Meath. It will be a contest and Meath will go toe to toe with Dublin. It will be closest contest in leinster since 2012 2013 when Meath lost by 3 points in 2012 and Meath led at half time and where the best team in first half and the game was in the balance til last ten mins in 2013.

I talked 6 Meath people in the last 24 hours face to face about the match in Meath and every single one of them expects Meath to put it up to Dublin and everyone of them are saying Meath can win. Thousands of thousands of Meath supporters when the ball is thrown in 23rd will believe we can win. Many in Meath wouldnt but the traditions of Meath football the quality of the manager and players football they have played in last 12 months. Meath expects. Other counties expect to be beaten by Dublin. Meath expects to put Dublin to the pin of their collar.

The feeling the intensity of 15 Meath dogs of war , eating the Dubs for every single ball like their lifes depended on it. We know the reality of the challenge. We know how strong Dublin r. We know its a mircale we need. But Meath football versus Dublin football has always being a miracle act. Every time we have beaten the Dubs it has been a mircae act from 1947 to 1952 to 1964 to 1975 to 1986 to 1991 to 1996 to 2001 to 2007 to 2010 all the 36 times we have beaten Dublin in league and championship has been act of miracle performances. Thats Meath football v Dublin . It proving that the impossible is possible.

In 1964 Dublin r reigning All Ireland champions. Meath are rank outsiders going into leinster final. 3 Quinn brother on the Meath team from Kilbride. Their father is a very sick man. The priest is sent for the father. The 3 brothers decide they shouldn't play in leinster final because of father ailing health. Their father on his death bed asks them to come to his room. And tells them to play in the leinster final v the Dubs. Next day three brother say goodbye to their father and in Croke Park perform greatest Meath performance v Dublin in a leinster final ever. And aganinst all odds Meath are crowned leinster champions. That night the 3 Quinn brothers from kilbride bring back the leinster cup to the fathers homeplace. In the following few days the father passes away.

The Quinn brothers, Sean Boylan , Peter McDermont, Mattie Kerrigan , Fr Tully, Mick lyons Liam Harnan, Gerry McEntee, Colm O Rourke, Darren Fay , John McDermont, Trevour Giles , Ollie Murphy, Graham Geraghty, Joe Sheridan , Stephen Bray never bowed to Dublin. Men from kilmainhamwood , Curraha , Navan , Bettystown , Skyrne , Summerhill , Nobber , Dunboyne , Ashbourne, Rsthoath , Rathkenny , Moynalvey never bow to Dublin. Men with the name McEntee from Nobber , Harnan from Moynalvey, Keoghan from Rathkenny and Newman from kilmainhamwood never bow to Dublin. We respect the Dubs even sneakily admire their great team. We enjoy the company of their great supporters. But when its leinster final day two tribes go to war and for Meath this is the closest to war without guns and tanks u can get. With just heart and soul and hands and legs 15 Meath men will fight like their whole family and neighbours lifes depended on it to bring back the Delaney cup. It matters.

Meath v Dublin matters more to Meath more then any other thing. Meath v Dublin it matters more to us more then anything its beyond a religious experience. It beyond words.

Mick lyons once said he was prepared to die to beat Dublin , put his life on the line to beat Dublin. It just matters that much to us. If we lose we lose . If we lose badly , we lose badly. But it is not question if Meath will beat Dublin its a question when so why not on the 23rd why bloody not.
Theyre are three certain things in life. The three certain things in life are paying taxes , dying and Meath beating Dublin in leinster finals in June or July. We have been doing for 100 years we do it for another hundred. It is passion, it is believe it everything to our county. Beating Dublin in leinster final is what Meath as a county stands for it is in our blood and dna and what we were put on this earth to do. Go toe to toe with men from the capital in front of hill 16.

The challenge is mighty but we wouldn't want it any other way in Meath. The more difficult the challenge the more we like it. The better the Dubs r , the more we raise our game. Its just part of living in the Royal county. To others they say Dublin are the greatest, to us they r just Dublin nothing more more nothing kess. To others they are invincible to us they are beatable. To others they are in awe to us we are hungry to knock them from their throne knock them from their pedestal. The higher the pedestal the higher the fall. The higher pedestal Dublin are o the higher Mesth jump and stronger we tackle gto topple Dublin from their pedestal.

The Dubs u have been warned. The Meath backlash has begun. 4 victories at minor in 4 years. Even youngster of 16 or 17 years of age in Meath have got the memo. Its only Dublin. 15 v 15 . Go out and beat them. We are now getting stronger by the year, by the week by the day and the countdown to Meaths next victory over Dublin is on way. Is it three years away , is it two years away or is it one year away or OR is it two weeks away. Take ur pick. Its any of the above. It just to be done. No ifs no buts no whinging no moaning. Just its mid June the hay is saved and The Dubs are beaten. A Meath war rallying cry for generations in the past and for generations in the future. And for this Meath generation of footballers it is here it now, it is time to become real Meath footballers For to be a real Meath footballer u have to beat Dublin in a leinster final. The real test for every Meath footballer. The gaunlet has been thrown down and the torch has passed to a new generation and standing on the shoulder of gaint the time of deliverance is here.
June 23rd Meath rock the Dubs and the GAA to it very foundations
Meath Leinster champions 2019"

Replying To royaldunne:  "He is one of the top young forwards in the country. In fairness even at the Carlow match the dubs backroom taking notes in reserved area leaned over to me to ask me about him, I jokingly told him where to go. But they were very impressed with him. Honestly once we can keep him safe and fit he will light up Croke park for years to come"