Naturally disappointed even though I taught Donegal might win by a few points.

A couple of points.

1 I echo People the praise of Michael Murphy a master class is the second first we did a decent job on him. But what a class player he has the skill as well as tricks.

2 I second a lot of peoples opinions that Mc Mahon going off was a blow for us it he was playing well is speed was needed in croke park, also it forced us to use Biggy a bit earlier that we wanted too.

3 Midfield is a massive problem for us it has been all league. Its the reason the lost the game. And we where shown up in the second half it needs to be addressed. I wouldn't kick the can the road until Ronan Jones comes back. Why have Adam Flanagan on the bench if he is not going to use him ? The problem is Shane Mc Entee is not a midfielder. So Menton is soldiering largely on his own. So now we have Shane Mc Entee who is not a midfielder and a back up of Adam Flanagan that we are afraid to use.

4 Yes Brennan was taken off to early he was after winning a few decent balls and was going to though a decent spell and he was whipped off. Campion didn't was much when introduced. Over all our subs did'nt perform. I think the sideline let the team down some more decisions cost us.

Finally I hope the lads enjoyed themselves last night over all the did well yesterday. And listen we will re group and will head in to the championship in good shape.

bobkarlgees (Meath) - Posts: 1263 - 31/03/2019 12:09:15    2176592

I thought McGill did very well on Murphy. He didn't score from play and only began to dominate when he went out around half forward/midfield

TakeYourPoints6 (Meath) - Posts: 230 - 31/03/2019 12:26:09    2176594

TakeYourPoints6 (Meath) - Posts: 230 - 31/03/2019 12:27:39    2176595

Hard luck to the lads, the best first half I've seen from a Meath team in a long time. Unfortunately we came up short in the in the end but you couldn't fault the effort. I will say that we need more from our midfield. I cant remember them winning any aerial balls. Perhaps we're lacking in size there. Thomas O'Reilly was having a stormer until one of the Donegal lads picked a row with him. That seemed to put him off his game then.

ISupposeSoSheehan (Meath) - Posts: 86 - 31/03/2019 12:36:54    2176598

Cuter team won. We played into it a lot.

As I said in an earlier post I am thrilled at our first half play.

But the obvious signs are there. We need to sort out midfield. It was the losing of the game as it gave Donegal almost all the attacking possession.

Once Murphy was dropped in at full forward and ball was serviced to him he took his mark or laid it off. We had no secondary option.

We have come a long way but yesterday is a key example of why we will be pipped in close games.

We lack the cuteness (all from inexperience) and hopefully a year in Division 1 against the top 6-8 teams will improve that

Royalio11 (Meath) - Posts: 757 - 31/03/2019 12:43:32    2176599

mmc (Meath) - Posts: 266 - 31/03/2019 13:03:37    2176604

just on our subs is devine injured he was starting games early on in league and coming on in others but the last few games no sign of him he might have been a good option yesterday in the half forward line also helping out the midfield

thecraw1 (Meath) - Posts: 106 - 31/03/2019 13:04:33    2176605

redser123 (Meath) - Posts: 402 - 31/03/2019 13:25:23    2176609

Reco (Meath) - Posts: 419 - 31/03/2019 13:38:30    2176610

Great to see mostly positive comments on here, i'm sure when the management team sit down and analyze the game they will learn from it, the first twenty minutes of that game was as good as i have seen from a Meath team in years, i'm sure they will see that certain players just cant last that pace for 70 minutes plus and that some players are completely out of position, one or two little twerks can make this team more solid and getting 6 players to come on for twenty minutes to keep the intensity up are basic things they need to see and implement, there are some great lads in that squad and some of them have not even got a minute of league football that i personally believe they could have brought energy into the team yesterday when we looked out on our feet. saying that andy mc took a very depressed county team out of the gutters and back competing with some of the top teams in the country in this short period of time so credit where due, although i think he can and will make it even better, we have nothing to loose now in the champo so lets have a real go and make those super 8's which is achievable. #hontheroyal

thelutch (Meath) - Posts: 1047 - 31/03/2019 13:39:35    2176611

Young_gael (Meath) - Posts: 587 - 31/03/2019 13:58:48    2176618

mmc (Meath) - Posts: 266 - 31/03/2019 14:09:29    2176622

I don't know why anyone on here is surprised the ulster champions won Division Two.

Chubby (Louth) - Posts: 102 - 31/03/2019 15:08:40    2176639

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 31/03/2019 15:17:14    2176641

lads as far as i'm aware the goal was correctly disallowed, when MC mahon passed the ball Newman was already in the square, you may enter the square after the final play of the ball, in other words, if a player kicks a ball in from 50 meters you can run in straight away and be standing beside the keeper when it arrives, its a little confusing and in fairness you would need a TMO in many cases as it could be virtually impossible to be sure, to be honest i think this call came from the 4th official who can watch the monitor, he also called the ref to check hawk-eye for a point we got and then disallowed, who would be a referee ?

thelutch (Meath) - Posts: 1047 - 31/03/2019 15:45:25    2176646

ISupposeSoSheehan (Meath) - Posts: 86 - 31/03/2019 15:50:08    2176647

Young_gael (Meath) - Posts: 587 - 31/03/2019 16:10:52    2176655

jackhackett (Meath) - Posts: 773 - 31/03/2019 16:40:15    2176660

Reco (Meath) - Posts: 419 - 31/03/2019 16:58:42    2176671

For Meath allot of positives after a sucessful campaign. Alot to work to do. But thats all part in parcel of team development. To get to the top table and stay ( super 8/ division 1 level ) there will many up and downs and moral victories and lessons learned. Meath football is definitely on an upward curve. I definitely feel and if u look at everything from underage we r entering a new period in Meath football and the post Boylan era of 2006 to 2016 is over. And while its impossible to predict actually what level of sucess Meath will have. I think if u anyalsis Meath football from top to bottom , u can conclude Meath will be much stronger in the next ten years, in the 2020s then we have been in the last ten years. There will be ups and downs and everything will be very hard and tough to achieve . But Meath football is definitely going the right direction .

Furlong1949 (Meath) - Posts: 1067 - 31/03/2019 18:09:59    2176707