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Replying To Cuckoosinging: "Pretty silly and disrespectful that he mentioned Leitrim though who were not in the round 1 draw and come Saturday evening will be still in the Championship with 1 win under thier belt with when Meath could be gone" I would not have seen it as a dig at any of the teams mentioned even though I would rather be playing any of those teams instead of a Div 1 team. Leitrim have a better record than Louth considering that they did not win a game in last 12 months if I am correct (Louth lost 5 or 6 of their best players shortly after they got promoted) so a downward movement was always on the cards for a county with a small pick.
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royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 07/06/2018 19:55:52
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Replying To Furlong1949: "Loyalroyal lagrag and Royaldunne or correct we do up our game v top teams in general. Leaving Dublin aside since 2012, 2013 we havent put it up to Dublin. But that was the last time any team in leinster put it up to Dublin.
In the past we always seems to raise our game v the top counties, traditional sucessful counties eg Dublin kerry Mayo Cork Tyrone as we have an excellent record against them all. We dont have the players we once have but we still up our game v the top teams. It doesnt make sense. In that our record is very inconsistent and up and down and very hard to anaylsis. In that we can lose to team in div 3 this year and lose to team like Cavan this year or Down mid table div 2 div 3 last year. And yet we can beat Galway. We couldnt beat kildare twice.Kildare couldnt Galway twice and in two games v Galway we were unbeaten drawn 1 and 1 win in 2016 and 2017. Explain that.
We think we are better then Fermanagh or limerick or Wexford or Westmeath. We arent. They have beaten us all in the last 15 years. But when it comes to the more sucessful counties we see ourselves as equals we dont fear them are not in awe of them , we dont have an inferior complex. We lack belief in many ways , but there is inner belief something Galway footballers have, Down footballers have, Cork hurlers have that can come to surface now again. look at how Galway footballers did well in div 1 not kildare. Yes Galway have good underage talent but so do kildare. Kildare lack the inner belief to take on the kerrys and Dublins and Tyrones. Galway see themselves as equals as a top county. Pyshology has a role to play so much in sport and the GAA.
I feel we do up our games still v top opposition, sucessful counties. And yet we can lose to longford this year who r in div 3 or Westmeath who were in div 3 in 2015 or Armagh in 2014 who were in div 3. It doesnt make sense.. But in a way it does. Anyway here our performances v top teams in last few years that indicate usually out of nowhere we can play well. Not all the time but most of the time we do up our game v top teams.
2013 v Tyrone. Tyrone were a top 8 team. I think they reached All Ireland semi final in 2013. Yet we played very well. And I actually thought we were the better team with Meade and Gillespie at midfield. With ten minutes to go we were playing real well it nip and tuck, both teams level, Tyrone got two soft frees and won by 2 points. An example of upping our game v top team.
2014 we played Donegal in the league in Ballybofey. Donegal 12 months earlier were All Ireland champions and in 2014 would be the All.Ireland finalist and beat Dublin in a famous semi final, Dublins last lose in the championship. Donegal had won all their opening games. i think we lost to Fermanagh in the second game. Open to correction there. But we started with up and down league erformances. No one gave us a chance v McGuiness Donegal in Donegals backyard of Ballybofey. Yet we tore into Donegal from the start went 4 or 5 points and were the better team well into second half. Donegal finished strongly. But only for a throw up ball for wasting time. And Donegal winning free from throw up and Murphy hitting extraordinary point from the free in injury time we would have beaten not drew with 2012 All Ireland champions in their backyard. Another example of upping our game v top counties
2015 v Tyrone in Omagh. Again lost to Westmeath noone gave us a chance v Tyrone who were top 8 team and would reach an All Ireland semi final that year and unluckily lose to kerry. We went toe to toe with Tyrone until dying mins. When they got a peno which wasnt a penalty. They scored. We went up the field Wallace was taken down in the square no peno.Tyrone win by 2 points. Again we played well and upped our game v top team.
2014 2016 and especially 2017 v Galway. We beat Galway in 2014 with an excellent attacking performance by 7 points. Drew with them in Galway in 2016. And in the last 12 months or so we beat them.
We have played 3 top 8 teams in the last year and a played well with 2 results of a win and a draw. Cavan kildare or not top 8 teams. Galway Roscommon and Donegal are in the top 8 teams in the country. We played well in all those 3 games and got a result in 2 of them
2017 v Galway Galway were flying we had lost to kildare and Down and no one gave us chance v Galway. Yet again we are upped our game and played really well. And we defeated Galway the last time Galway were beaten in the league before the Dubs beat them this year in the league final
2017 v Donegal are top team. Yet again we upped our game v them. Went toe to toe with them. And with ten mins to go went two ahead and looked liked winners. Donegal won in injury with last second wonder point from McBreaty. Again we upped our game v top team.
2018 v Roscommon. They are not All Ireland contenders but they are a top 8 team. Connacht champions drew with Mayo last year and won div 2 this year. For the second year in a row the team which won div 2 Roscomon this year and Galway last year we were unbeaten. Very few gave us a chance v Rossies in Hyde. Yet only for last second penalty we would have won by 3 points. We drew and again upped our game v top 8 team.
Can you find any county in the last 12 months in div 2 3 and 4 ( besides Roscommon) and besides Meath who have had such good performances and results v top 8 teams. Yet we lost to Kildare Twice Cavan Down and longford. We can up our game v top 8 teams but lose v div 2 teams top and mid even bottom div 2 teams. We are incredibly inconsistent and incredibly unpredictable.
But I alway believed Meath in watching them in last 35 years upped their game v sucessful traditional counties eg Dublin 86 to 01, Mayo 96 07, Cork 87 88 99, Tyrone 96 07 kerry 01 etc..And in this decade why we dont beat the top teams , we do seem to well v top 8 teams or a traditional sucesful county like Galway or Tyrone, we do up our game. Hopefully on sat we will up our game for the third time v Tyrone and this time we are third time lucky with a win.
Another point regards sat. So many players who will play on sat were involved in Meath v Tyrone minor q final in 2012 where Meath defeated a highly fancied Tyrone team under Andy McEntee. Lavin S McEntee J McEntee P Kennelly C Sullivan were all playing in that minor quater final. And up to 8 of the current Tyrone teams played in 2012 quater final. Tyrone could have 6 starters that played in 2012 anf Meath have 5 and the same manager in Andy. To show how good that Tyrone minor team was they went onto win under 21 All Ireland. And yet Meath minors beat them in 2012.I wonder will we repeat the result at senior. Its unlikely but not impossible." Excellent intelligent post.
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 07/06/2018 19:57:48
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Replying To Royal_Gunner: "If we beat Tyrone at the weekend I will be shocked.
Granted they are missing Peter Harte but I don't see how Meath will have enough to beat them.
Meath have struggled to break down any team the last few years that play defensively.
Tyrone are the masters of the blanket defence.
They are cute - the current Meath team have no cuteness whatsoever, just look at the leads given up in injury time this year.
Meath labour the ball from the full back line to the opposition 40 and then play laterally until we cough it up or kick a ridiculous attempt. Tyrone will lap this up knowing the Meath defense is going to leak enough scores for them to get out of Navan with the win.
We can point to the fact that Meath seem to lift themselves against the bigger teams but that contains an element of looking through rose tinted glasses in my opinion.
We performed well against Donegal last year but ultimately Donegal looked rather poor in the following round.
Kildare wiped the floor with us twice last year, the only consolation of losing to Longford is that it is them who'll be getting the hammering in Croke Park this Sunday and not Meath.
I hope I am wrong but I don't see how we can go from what I witnessed in Longford to beating Tyrone.
Posters can ridicule this post but I'm watching Meath long enough to know what I'm looking at.
I'll be standing on the terrace cheering on my beloved county but in blind hope rather than expectation.
Hon the Royals" You are entitled to your opinion. My one thing though, is that you I and everyone else know Meath can play better than they did against longford. If they play the same we are out. But I don't think they will. Let's remember we missed 4 goal chances, one of which was easier to score than miss.
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 07/06/2018 20:03:29
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Replying To royaldunne: "Excellent intelligent post." Thanks Royaldunne, your a legend, a gentleman and a great Meath supporter through the bad and the good days.
Regards the point someone made we up our game in the past, this is looking through rose tinted glasses. Well 2013 and 2015 performances v Tyrone many of the current players where playing . And 2014 v Galway and Donegal also are not that long afo.
But in the last year, thats not that long ago, we have played 3 top 8 teams. Only 3 top 8 teams . All possibly of those three teams could in the next couple of weeks have provicial titles. Roscommon won Connacht last year. Galway could win this year Conancht and Donegal have a great chance of winning Ulster this year. The fact is the winners of division 2 last year and this year we are unbeaten we defeated and drew in the two games. We defeated Galway who are a top 8 team and while they were up and down in the championship last year, in last years league and this years league Galway have been very hard to beat. In their last 10 or 11 league matchs Galway played in last years league and this year , the only teams to beat them in the league in those 10 or 11 games, were Dublin and Meath. Not Kerry or Tyrone, Dublin and Meath.
Regards Donegal they were up and down in the championship last year, but they had a very good league last year and look like possible Ulster champions in waiting this year. The fact is Donegal were in the top 8 teams last year and are in the top 8 teams this year and yet we gave them a good games and in last 10 mins to go last year we looked like we were going to beat them.
Roscommon won div 2 this year, are reigning Connacht champions and are in the top 8 teams in the country and yet
only for injury time peno we would have beaten them not drawn them .
All those games are in the last year or so; yes I know we were poor v kildare Cavan Tipp and longford. We are so bloody inconsitent it would drive you around the bend. But the fact is I cannot think besides Roscommon, I cannot think of a team in div 2 3 or 4 who have had 3 performances , 2 results and 1 point loss v top 8 teams in the last year since start of 2017. If we could find a level of consistency we wouldbe a team that could get promoted and could go on a run in the championship. But we have again got a tough draw , another Ulster team. Its unlikely we will win, but again its not impossible.
Furlong1949 (Meath) - Posts: 1067 - 07/06/2018 21:02:39
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We need to win this game to finally give the players, management and supporters a lift, a hammering is no good, a valiant effort but no luck is no good (as v Donegal last year), we desperately need a win against a good team.
Now while Tyrone may not be at the peak of their powers, they still would fancy themselves against a struggling, inconsistent Meath team. The bookies are happy enough to go with Tyrone @ 1/3 so we are firm outsiders in our own back garden, but it would be a great place to spring a surprise.
Not expectant, but fingers crossed.
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I hope I'm wrong but my head tells me we have no chance this Saturday..I have seen all these comments this year before Roscommon.. Cavan.. Cork.. Tipperary... Longford and look what happened !! This team is not good simple as..this team does not win the do or die games !! Any other county looking in seeing comments that we should be playing in division 1 would be laughing at us..division 1 is earned and we have not earned it ! We haven't had a decent win in the championship in years lads!!
grahamc9897 (Meath) - Posts: 1174 - 07/06/2018 21:44:12
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People keep saying we dont have the footballers that would get on the Dublin team. There are very few footballers in div 2 3 or 4 in any county that would get on the Dublin team. There r quite few teams in div 1 who would have problems getting their players good enough to play Dublin..Its not a fair comparison as Dublin are one of the greatest teams ever with some of the greatest Dublin players ever. Very few counties and very players in the country would get on Dublin team outside Mayo kerry and handful of other counties.
We might not have all time great players like Dublin have eg Cluxton . But we have some very good footballers. Keoghan and McGill are top class defenders. keoghan is one of the best defenders in the country. McGill is the best young full back in the country and one of the best full backs in the country..Name a couple of better full backs. I rate him higher then the current Galway full back who people r raving about. Since he was 20 he has been carrying on the great tradition of Meath full backs. Keoghan would walk on to the teams of 80s and 90s.
Tyrone I believe dont have two defenders as good as keoghan or McGill. Many teams have issues at the back. kerry are class going forward but shaky at the back. There are very few top class defenders in the country and they mustly play for Dublin and Mayo. Blanket defences has ruined the art of defending. In 80s or 90s you had to be a good defender because if the opposing player got inside u, he was in for a score. Now behind every defender is a sweeper and other players back to defend. Where are the Fays and Moyihans?. There is a serious shortage of top class backs in the country but we have two in Keoghan and McGill.
James McEntee is a very good footballer..And has really adapted and been very effective at wing back.
Brian Menton is a very good footballer. He is a very versatile modern Atletic footballer. He could play full back wing back or midfield at inter county level easily. His best position is wing back.
Cillian Sullivan is a very good footballer. He has pace skill and vision. He is our best young footballer and I am a big fan. Can only get better
Donal lenihan is a very good footballer. He is a proven intercounty inside forward who has really stepped up to the plate in last 2 years.
Graham Reilly has been a great servant and a top class footballer for Meath for a near decade. He would walk onto teams of 80s and 90s. And he would flourish with playing with players like Giles and Geraghty. Outside div 1 , in div 2 3 and 4 there has not been a better attacking wing forward in this decade. He will join Bray and Rennicks as the greatest Meath player never to Sam.
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Alan Forde is a very good footballer. Im a big fan..A modern wing forward who can attack and defend. A future Meath captain. Reminds me of Colm Coyle but a better all round footballer.
Padraig McKeever is a very good footballer. The best finisher in Meath football
In the next two years if we see the return of Jones Harnan O Coilean Mckeever Rooney Conlon and introducing some underage talent we do have the making of a team that could get promoted to div 1 and reach Super 8 and compete in both. I could be right I could be wrong. But we need to keep McEntee on board and in charge. We chopped and changed managers in 00s and that was a disaster. And having 5 managers in 7 year we blew a chance of more titles between 2006 and 2011. We cannot afford to make the same mistake again.
Furlong1949 (Meath) - Posts: 1067 - 07/06/2018 23:02:27
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agree with the points made on keeping Andy , no point replacing him , he has an excellent record at club level , secondly i don't think we will win tomorrow , i really hope we get a good performance , but after witnessing the longford game i just think our confidence is very low . I really hope i am proved wrong though .
meath1987 (Meath) - Posts: 127 - 08/06/2018 09:28:29
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Replying To Furlong1949: "People keep saying we dont have the footballers that would get on the Dublin team. There are very few footballers in div 2 3 or 4 in any county that would get on the Dublin team. There r quite few teams in div 1 who would have problems getting their players good enough to play Dublin..Its not a fair comparison as Dublin are one of the greatest teams ever with some of the greatest Dublin players ever. Very few counties and very players in the country would get on Dublin team outside Mayo kerry and handful of other counties.
We might not have all time great players like Dublin have eg Cluxton . But we have some very good footballers. Keoghan and McGill are top class defenders. keoghan is one of the best defenders in the country. McGill is the best young full back in the country and one of the best full backs in the country..Name a couple of better full backs. I rate him higher then the current Galway full back who people r raving about. Since he was 20 he has been carrying on the great tradition of Meath full backs. Keoghan would walk on to the teams of 80s and 90s.
Tyrone I believe dont have two defenders as good as keoghan or McGill. Many teams have issues at the back. kerry are class going forward but shaky at the back. There are very few top class defenders in the country and they mustly play for Dublin and Mayo. Blanket defences has ruined the art of defending. In 80s or 90s you had to be a good defender because if the opposing player got inside u, he was in for a score. Now behind every defender is a sweeper and other players back to defend. Where are the Fays and Moyihans?. There is a serious shortage of top class backs in the country but we have two in Keoghan and McGill.
James McEntee is a very good footballer..And has really adapted and been very effective at wing back.
Brian Menton is a very good footballer. He is a very versatile modern Atletic footballer. He could play full back wing back or midfield at inter county level easily. His best position is wing back.
Cillian Sullivan is a very good footballer. He has pace skill and vision. He is our best young footballer and I am a big fan. Can only get better
Donal lenihan is a very good footballer. He is a proven intercounty inside forward who has really stepped up to the plate in last 2 years.
Graham Reilly has been a great servant and a top class footballer for Meath for a near decade. He would walk onto teams of 80s and 90s. And he would flourish with playing with players like Giles and Geraghty. Outside div 1 , in div 2 3 and 4 there has not been a better attacking wing forward in this decade. He will join Bray and Rennicks as the greatest Meath player never to Sam.
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Alan Forde is a very good footballer. Im a big fan..A modern wing forward who can attack and defend. A future Meath captain. Reminds me of Colm Coyle but a better all round footballer.
Padraig McKeever is a very good footballer. The best finisher in Meath football
In the next two years if we see the return of Jones Harnan O Coilean Mckeever Rooney Conlon and introducing some underage talent we do have the making of a team that could get promoted to div 1 and reach Super 8 and compete in both. I could be right I could be wrong. But we need to keep McEntee on board and in charge. We chopped and changed managers in 00s and that was a disaster. And having 5 managers in 7 year we blew a chance of more titles between 2006 and 2011. We cannot afford to make the same mistake again." I really cant understand these types of posts. They are completely irrelevant- he's a great footballer that would make the Meath team of the 70s, he's a great manager, best manager since Sean Boylan , he would get on to any team , he would make the current Dublin team etc . You might as well say if my aunt has bxlls she would be my uncle. What's the point of them.
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Replying To Poormouth: "I really cant understand these types of posts. They are completely irrelevant- he's a great footballer that would make the Meath team of the 70s, he's a great manager, best manager since Sean Boylan , he would get on to any team , he would make the current Dublin team etc . You might as well say if my aunt has bxlls she would be my uncle. What's the point of them." I have to say I agree. We in Meath look to the past too much. I was only young for 96 and 99 but I do remember the hysteria. As long as we look back and judge the current set-up only against the period 86-01, we'll be setting ourselves and Meath teams up for failure and dissapointment every year. Its hard not to imagine it all being recreated again, and its easy to be frustrated with how far things have fallen, we're all guilty of it. But as the years go on, its imperative we move on and build on what we actually have for the future. A time is coming soon when there will be Meath teams with players who werent even alive when those days ended, in the period after 2001. Its a long time ago now.
Young_gael (Meath) - Posts: 589 - 08/06/2018 11:04:17
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Tomorrows game is a huge one for this county as a whole. A win and the whole narrative changes around the team and confidence would sore for these lads and maybe lads might think twice about not committing to this team again. It is though going to be seriously tough and if we do manage to get a result it would be our biggest win since the 2010 game against Dublin. This team is capable of turning up and giving Tyrone a right dam rattle but we will need 9/10 performances for all our key men, especially in the forwards, with Donal Lenihan, Cillian O'Sullivan and Graham Reilly needing massive performances that they are all capable of. Joey and Eamon Wallace have to start in my opinion with Joey coming in for Ben Brennan and Eamon coming in for Shane McEntee and Mickey Burke going to wing back. I don't care what team Tyrone have out and who they have or don't have as regardless of who they have it will be seriously tough. Tomorrow is the day for this team to prove to the country that we are not slipping away and that we have a future!
BigJoe14 (Meath) - Posts: 935 - 08/06/2018 12:09:28
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Replying To Poormouth: "I really cant understand these types of posts. They are completely irrelevant- he's a great footballer that would make the Meath team of the 70s, he's a great manager, best manager since Sean Boylan , he would get on to any team , he would make the current Dublin team etc . You might as well say if my aunt has bxlls she would be my uncle. What's the point of them." I was just responding to people saying on the forum many many times I would say I have read 10 times or more on this forum that how many players from our team would get on the current Dublin team. My point is very few players in div 2 3 or 4 from any county and very few players outside Mayo kerry etc a handful counties in div 1 would get on the current Dublin team, one of the greatest teams ever.
My point is we have some very good footballers. I believe Donal keoghan, Conor McGill, Brian Menton, Cillian Sullivan, Graham Reilly,Donal lenihan, Alan Forde and Padraig McKeever are all very good footballers. Thats the only point Im making. Im not talking 80s or 90s. Im talking these current players here and now.
Furlong1949 (Meath) - Posts: 1067 - 08/06/2018 12:54:08
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Replying To Furlong1949: "I was just responding to people saying on the forum many many times I would say I have read 10 times or more on this forum that how many players from our team would get on the current Dublin team. My point is very few players in div 2 3 or 4 from any county and very few players outside Mayo kerry etc a handful counties in div 1 would get on the current Dublin team, one of the greatest teams ever.
My point is we have some very good footballers. I believe Donal keoghan, Conor McGill, Brian Menton, Cillian Sullivan, Graham Reilly,Donal lenihan, Alan Forde and Padraig McKeever are all very good footballers. Thats the only point Im making. Im not talking 80s or 90s. Im talking these current players here and now." Indeed. I understood that. It was in reference to other posters.
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 08/06/2018 13:56:15
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The first 10 mins of this game are going to be crucial. I would love to see someone like Biggy going out there, getting the opening score within the 1st minute to settle this game down for the lads from the word go, something he is more than capable of.
We need Lenihan & O'Sullivan in goal scoring form. I think goals are whats going to win this game for us. Keep Brennan on, don't take the chap off, young lad in his prime, well able for 70+mins (never should have been taken off in Longford) & he knows how to blast a few over at critical times & we need him. Let lads play in their positions, none of the craic like the Longford game, Biggy & Burke could have done alot of damage if they were just let stay in their positions.
Few schoolboy errors that needed sorting one major one is dropping balls short out of pure panic, like the ball was on fire, dont even look up to see who is there to help you, just boot it and hope for the best. We are seeing far too much of this in recent times. All this quick play is ridiculous, if the game is slowed down half these stupid mistakes wouldn't be made.
Could stay here all day analyzing our game of play & the lads. With this massive game ahead of us tomorrow i hope the lads will be resting up well tonight and in fine form raring to go with the best positive mental attitude they can have bring with them. Im feeling we have a good shot at this game, even reading all the negatively and gloom with some supporters I refuse to believe we are bet before we even get to Navan. We can do it, and you know what, i think we will.
Loyalroyal17 (Meath) - Posts: 627 - 08/06/2018 14:24:30
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Replying To Furlong1949: "I was just responding to people saying on the forum many many times I would say I have read 10 times or more on this forum that how many players from our team would get on the current Dublin team. My point is very few players in div 2 3 or 4 from any county and very few players outside Mayo kerry etc a handful counties in div 1 would get on the current Dublin team, one of the greatest teams ever.
My point is we have some very good footballers. I believe Donal keoghan, Conor McGill, Brian Menton, Cillian Sullivan, Graham Reilly,Donal lenihan, Alan Forde and Padraig McKeever are all very good footballers. Thats the only point Im making. Im not talking 80s or 90s. Im talking these current players here and now." Meath have always had good footballers but you don't need to go on and on about the past and that this player or that player would make this team or that team . You will never be able to prove that point so its completely nonsense . The topic of this particular forum is "Meath V Tyrone" so if you want to start another topic about what Meath player would make the Dublin team please do.
Re the game tomorrow. All I hope is that Andy takes off the straight jackets and lets them have a real go. If we try this half baked blanket defence we will get wiped out.
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Replying To Poormouth: "Meath have always had good footballers but you don't need to go on and on about the past and that this player or that player would make this team or that team . You will never be able to prove that point so its completely nonsense . The topic of this particular forum is "Meath V Tyrone" so if you want to start another topic about what Meath player would make the Dublin team please do.
Re the game tomorrow. All I hope is that Andy takes off the straight jackets and lets them have a real go. If we try this half baked blanket defence we will get wiped out." Good point well made there Poor mouth
On your last sentence and maybe its a suicidal idea but whats the point of us going blanket defence tomorrow. We know Tyrone will play with men back in defence and attack at speed. So why not push up on to the start of their blanket. Have our players higher up and closer to goal. The higher our players are the better chance we have of turning over the ball. That might leave us with a 1 on 1 or 2 on 2 but we should be able to trust our defence. What we've lacked in recent years is committing numbers to attack and its hard to break the blanket when you don't have the numbers forward to support the men on the ball.
Feck it go down in a blaze of glory and leave nothing out their and no regrets. Walking away from the Donegal game last year i felt we could've done more to win and you could see in Andy and players they felt they had it in them to win it and left it behind. Lets not do that tomorrow evening. So lets see that level of commitment tomorrow.
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Replying To Loyalroyal17: "The first 10 mins of this game are going to be crucial. I would love to see someone like Biggy going out there, getting the opening score within the 1st minute to settle this game down for the lads from the word go, something he is more than capable of.
We need Lenihan & O'Sullivan in goal scoring form. I think goals are whats going to win this game for us. Keep Brennan on, don't take the chap off, young lad in his prime, well able for 70+mins (never should have been taken off in Longford) & he knows how to blast a few over at critical times & we need him. Let lads play in their positions, none of the craic like the Longford game, Biggy & Burke could have done alot of damage if they were just let stay in their positions.
Few schoolboy errors that needed sorting one major one is dropping balls short out of pure panic, like the ball was on fire, dont even look up to see who is there to help you, just boot it and hope for the best. We are seeing far too much of this in recent times. All this quick play is ridiculous, if the game is slowed down half these stupid mistakes wouldn't be made.
Could stay here all day analyzing our game of play & the lads. With this massive game ahead of us tomorrow i hope the lads will be resting up well tonight and in fine form raring to go with the best positive mental attitude they can have bring with them. Im feeling we have a good shot at this game, even reading all the negatively and gloom with some supporters I refuse to believe we are bet before we even get to Navan. We can do it, and you know what, i think we will." since the draw was made I was saying we our gone out of the championship again in early june but in the last day or 2 I have just gotten a feeling that we just might pull this off I don't know why and don't really have any evidence to back it up cause tyrone are strong favourites and rightly so just call it a gut feeling we are going to win and with the home crowd behind us hope we can do it and I hope we turn out in great numbers and support the lads for this one cant wait
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Here's hoping for performance tmw
Need to watch runs of Tyrone corner backs you could see early on they coming in for scores in the system we play our forwards are out the field. Not tracking these runners will kill us. Otherwise I wish all the best of luck tmw
Up the royals
Reco (Meath) - Posts: 419 - 08/06/2018 16:20:16
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My big hope for tomorrow is that the team has a bit of fire and venom and throws the kitchen sink at Tyrone, this is a big match and I get the feeling these lads are tired of losing these types of games. Donegal last year in Navan was one that was left behind for example, Roscommon in the league seemed similar, and a few other games the past few years; this could really be a big match for Meath, this situation of being out of Leinster so early could be a big motivation and they are good enough to win it. It'll take a big and passionate performance though... we havent seen that in a long time.
Young_gael (Meath) - Posts: 589 - 08/06/2018 16:35:49
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