Better team won on the day. However I think a special mention should go out to Ross Munnelly for crippling our best defender. I'm guessing he broke a few ribs at least as a result of that deliberate/cynical tackle. Shouldn't have stayed on the pitch. Scored 1-3 after that. Do the maths

Totally agree jester ,very disappoined with only a yellow

Yeah it looked a bad challenge from where i was,i thought he should have walked

It wasnt a dirty tackle at all just clumsy. I looked at the game again when I got home and he looks like he went for the ball and to be fair Munnelly wouldnt be a dirty player. Also he knew he caught him hard but still stayed around Donal when he was down making sure he was alright. One more thing it looks like whatever belt Donal got he seemed to aggravate it or do some more damage when he was running in trying to help Gallagher as the penalty was given away.

Basically I think it was unfortunate but dont think it was intentional

Not intentional. Deserved a yellow. No way a red card.

I'm happy enough to give him the benefit of the doubt rags2royal but I was standing right in front of it and it looked intentional. I've seen munnelly do the likes of this before so I have major doubts that it was an accident. From my own experience rib injuries aren't always felt immediately and he definitely went off as a result of that foul.

I'd also like to point out that keoghan has been our best player this year along with g.reilly, if we got another round further keoghan would be a dead cert for an all star

Thought it was a nasty tackle. Obvious that Keoghan was going to pick the ball and then knee into the ribs from Munnelly. Forwards get away with heavier challenges than backs because they won't concede points out the field. Cynical fouling is becoming a tactical choice and it is ruining our football. Something has to be done - sin-bin, team foul rule. Hope the FRC sort it out.

Hard to see exactly from were I was,but all I know is that Keoghan was playing superbly..

On another note Laois were very cynical with their fouling,how many times were Meath running through only for a Laois man to rugby tackle them??

ziggy32001

Correct it was the theme of the day for laois, a reason why we did not get a lot of scores from play - Laois were too busy making sure Meath did not take their scores in the open. To be fair the ref did card the players that were doing it, and not many of them fouled as cycnically twice and so they got away with it.

It worked because it stopped us from getting goal chances,had a row with a Laois lad over it..

A definite poor challenge. However, I didn't think it was a red, but definitely a yellow alright. When Keoghan went off Colm Kelly got on the ball and created scores. In saying all this Laois were the better team attacking.

By god ye are some whingers. Was a nothing incident.

jimmyc

A nothing incident? Would you consider a player having to go off as a nothing incident? I'm not saying it was on purpose,but it forced our best player off the field.

Looked at this on the RTE Player. Happened at 21:45 on the clock if interested. Was definitely a yellow as he caught Keoghan illegally. However I cannot make a Red out of it as there does not seem to be any intention do Keoghan.

Jimmye cop on. Your comment says more about you than anyone else. This young man was hurt even if Munnelly didn't mean it.

I thought at the time it was intentional. The man was going down to pick up the ball, and fully exposed. A knee to the ribs can put a player out for weeks, and that's no secret. What was mug newly trying to do exactly? I wouldn't mind seeing mannerly on the end of a hefty challenge or two after that.

Which brings me to the next question: it seems in days past, a player would get a little payback for something like that. I guess there was just too much at stake for that yesterday? Any thoughts? Surely you can't stand by and watch your best players being taken out by questionable tackles?

It was a good hard challenge on him, nothing more. Yes it was done exactly because he was playing well but thats what you have to deal with at this level.

Its a pity our lads didnt go in as hard when they had the opportunity, or give Munally a taste of it later in the game.

Stop the whinging and over it.

After Keogan's great displays in the last few games and being hyped up on The Sunday Game, Laois seen him as one of Meath's best players and obviously set out to go in hard on him. Before Ross Munnelly's reckless tackle, Gary Walsh I think it was who went in knees first when tackling Keogan. Maybe this had an affect on his injury also?

NAIL_BAR/Jimmy- To say it was nothing but a hard tackle is more do to with how little either of you know about the game of football and it is quite obvious that neither of ye played very much!!. It was a dangerous tackle whether he meant it or not and should have got a straight red. A knee to the ribs area is one of the most dangerous tackle in the game. A Tyrone player the previous week got sent of for handbags in an incident that could never caused any injury but then again the ref on that day was a lad who never played football otherwise he would know the difference in what is potentially serious and what is akin to the waving of a handbag. Finally NAIL/JIM, if either of ye got that dig that young Keoghan got ye would not be able to post to this tread for a few weeks!!!

well said browncows and if munnelly was on the receiving end of that tackle the lad would never play again. should have been a red andif it was in soccer or rugby it would have been.

IMHO it was a yellow card tackle and it got a yellow card - correct decision. On the point of cynical fouling, why are we the only county not doing it? Possibly because we can never get close enough to a midfielder/forward to grab him. Much as we all dislike the tactic, it works and we should do it rather than let lads waltz throught the midfield and half-back line unchallenged. I am utterly sick of watching players make hald hearted slaps at a player as he sprints past them (Brian Meade is the worst offender but he is by no means alone). We are just so naive when it comes to defending and it is killing us time and time again.