I've been just thinking lately, who are the best players in the past 30 years not to play inter county? Hurling and Football

Meathgaalad (Meath) - Posts: 171 - 09/01/2021 17:22:21    2326798

MillerX (Meath) - Posts: 1080 - 10/01/2021 12:04:51    2326866

Paul Carey from Senchaltown. Best wing back in Meath for 5 or 6 years. Injury prone but great man when fit.

aces (Meath) - Posts: 162 - 10/01/2021 14:18:53    2326881

Bear10 (Meath) - Posts: 463 - 11/01/2021 09:29:18    2326941

jackhackett (Meath) - Posts: 773 - 11/01/2021 10:01:36    2326944

Without a doubt the whole Kells team from each of the last 5 seasons should have played championship football for Meath. Scandalous how theyve never fielded an all Kells Meath football team. Sure theyre the most consistent team in Meath

Meathgaa5 (Meath) - Posts: 339 - 11/01/2021 10:11:21    2326945

head4dblackspot (Meath) - Posts: 513 - 11/01/2021 16:33:46    2327008

brian (Meath) - Posts: 1973 - 11/01/2021 18:00:20    2327015

grahamc9897 (Meath) - Posts: 1175 - 11/01/2021 18:16:28    2327019

Did Brian Clarke of Seneschalstown ever get a shot with Meath? He was one of the best club players in the county in the late 2000s.

Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1374 - 12/01/2021 11:59:48    2327090

brian (Meath) - Posts: 1973 - 12/01/2021 12:37:35    2327098

Jackpauric30 (Meath) - Posts: 19 - 12/01/2021 15:02:08    2327132

brian (Meath) - Posts: 1973 - 12/01/2021 15:46:35    2327143

jackhackett (Meath) - Posts: 773 - 12/01/2021 16:08:03    2327145

Paddy Smyth - NOM

Meathmaverick (Meath) - Posts: 106 - 13/01/2021 11:25:11    2327221

Thomas Coyle from Blackhall.

Theheinoking (Meath) - Posts: 128 - 15/01/2021 15:19:23    2327585

Steven Corrigan

latouche25 (Meath) - Posts: 532 - 15/01/2021 16:30:47    2327598

We would nearly have to break it up into
-who was good but others during that era were unbelievable
- Who was Good but wouldn't of had the best application
- Who was good but didnt make it due to politics / Face didnt fit

I would put forward Cathal O'Dwyer and Trevor Dowd from Dunshaughlin - Politics
Trevor was one of the most under rated footballers in the county, superfluous skill and I assure you he was one of the main protagonists on that Great Dunshaughlin Team of the 00s

Cathal was an amazing footballer and dragged that team into an Inch of a county title v Summerhill , would of easily fitted into the Team of the Early 00s and how he didnt get a run with the county even to this day astounds and baffles me

Ciaran Macken of Senchalstown - application
a Classy footballer who could mix it and was a leading figure in that good Senchalstown Team - Would walk into the current Team , maybe didnt push himself hard enough or didnt want the commitment associated with the Meath Seniors
Id say the Same about Paddy Smyth for NOM

Joey Farrelly - Politics
The Blacks Hercules , Ive seen him hold off Senior Inter county men with one hand like they were a
Only rivalled by the Great John Mc for pure natural physical strength
Mightnt of been the most skillful but more than made up for it
Definitely better than Crawford , maybe if he lived in Dunboyne he could have a couple of All Irelands

Alan Fox - Era
A super little footballer , could run all day and lightning fast ,but had a lot more in his locker , very intelligent player and knew when to kick when to run , where to run and would put the ball in your chest . His size was the reason that he didnt get a run for the County but When you see the likes of some of the small lads playing for Meath today , he could definitely do a job

braxton_hicks (Meath) - Posts: 31 - 15/01/2021 17:39:02    2327608

Brian Sheridan had exceptional talent but for some reason just didn't make the grade.
Peter Sullivan comes to mind too. Paul Nestor was also an excellent player.

winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 587 - 15/01/2021 18:29:25    2327615

As a young lad I can't say I've a wealth of knowledge of the club game but from as long as I've been following it I can say that there was big potential in the early/mid-00s for aggressive changes in selection.

Indeed its an open secret that in Sean's last few seasons he stuck with the players who had delivered for him in the past- the hallmarks of many managers, they reward aging and/or decorated players who didn't let him down. This was also the beginning of the era of the detatched county board.

I would argue that this left a vaccuum in selection from players in that era and there are numerous clubs who were underrepresented at the time, remember Meath was a very dominant force in the Junior and Minor inter-county grades at the time, with few of the squads filtering through to the senior team until after Boylan retired, notably Bray and Farrell. There is a wealth of talent of lads now in their 40s who didnt get their opportunity at that time. The failure to properly plan and fill the void post-Boylan was the root and beginning of our selection issues over the last 15 years.

Young_gael (Meath) - Posts: 596 - 15/01/2021 20:50:17    2327644