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How Do We Improve Meath Inter County Hurling?

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Will reserve judgment until the league and know it is an experimental squad but could be a long year for the hurlers and their supporters, and not in a good way. Put in a decent second half Sunday but hard to see where scores are going to come from.

Hopefully Nicki, Paudge OHanrahan and Cian Rogers go in. Rumors that James Togher not asked back which is madness if Burke and Healy were. Age only a number.

Anyone know a full 30 man panel?

off_the_wall (Roscommon) - Posts: 80 - 13/01/2026 13:17:42    2650926

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Replying To off_the_wall:  "Will reserve judgment until the league and know it is an experimental squad but could be a long year for the hurlers and their supporters, and not in a good way. Put in a decent second half Sunday but hard to see where scores are going to come from.

Hopefully Nicki, Paudge OHanrahan and Cian Rogers go in. Rumors that James Togher not asked back which is madness if Burke and Healy were. Age only a number.

Anyone know a full 30 man panel?"
JT for Manager 2027

Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 669 - 14/01/2026 09:18:27    2650989

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Replying To off_the_wall:  "Will reserve judgment until the league and know it is an experimental squad but could be a long year for the hurlers and their supporters, and not in a good way. Put in a decent second half Sunday but hard to see where scores are going to come from.

Hopefully Nicki, Paudge OHanrahan and Cian Rogers go in. Rumors that James Togher not asked back which is madness if Burke and Healy were. Age only a number.

Anyone know a full 30 man panel?"
Don't know the full panel and that's the problem for a lot of people, it seems to be a big secret.

Of the team that played at the weekend all i see to come back onto it are Geraghty, Whitty, Rodgers, O' Hanrahan and Byrne.
Players from last years panel that have turned down the call up this year are Murray, Potterton, Darragh Kelly,
O 'Rearden, Regan.
Additional players of note that turned down the call up are McGann, Quigley (Trim), Gleeson, Walsh, McGowan's by3, McMahon.
No Toher in the panel or James Kelly, very strange call. Then as far as i know Burke and Quigley not called back

I also see the Na Fianna (Dublin) corner forward King is with the panel, as a goal keeper!! What's that about?

Gonna be an interesting year:)

Tobefair80 (Meath) - Posts: 105 - 14/01/2026 09:23:46    2650990

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Result aside, I was happy leaving Dunganny Sunday. They looked fitter and worked harder than they did at any stage during the Christy ring last season. The tackling and work off the ball was something that was massively missing last year.

Speaking to one of the players fathers at the game I got the impression there's no secrecy around the panel and submitting one it was more waiting on players to see if they were committing or not. We have an awful problem with lads doing year on year off and it's very evident if you go back through the teams over the last few years. We will never build anything unless that changes. Said players father also said that the group is a lot happier with some of those lads mentioned not being asked back in, take from that what you want but it sounded like there was a lot of egos there and lads doing their own thing last year.

Was surprised as anyone by the Gavin King call but he was miles better than Philly O Brien. His puckouts were hitting the man or space. Looks like an Eoin Murphy Nickie Quaid scenario out the field for the club on goals for the county

Wicklow this weekend will be interesting because they will basically have their championship team playing

Slowandonesided25 (Meath) - Posts: 10 - 15/01/2026 09:28:32    2651118

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I would be extremely worried about hurling on the county scene this year. I think the first half the other day showed a lot and we have to remember down had another ( stronger) team playing on Sunday whereas we weren't a million miles from full strength.
I don't think we can afford to lose the players we have and if we are saying lads are over the ditch at 32/33 we'll never get back to Joe Mac!

Meathgaalad (Meath) - Posts: 181 - 16/01/2026 02:41:43    2651256

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Slowandonesided25 - you a very positive and well informed on the current setup which is great.
You wouldnt be part of the management setup by any chance?

hurlit (Meath) - Posts: 450 - 16/01/2026 09:37:25    2651272

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Replying To hurlit:  "Slowandonesided25 - you a very positive and well informed on the current setup which is great.
You wouldnt be part of the management setup by any chance?"
I've never been so sure of anything in my life

begining (UK) - Posts: 330 - 16/01/2026 10:09:43    2651279

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Replying To begining:  "I've never been so sure of anything in my life"
I am in fact Johnny Greville ……

Not on the setup but very close to a players family - just want to see this group do well is all. I hear what these guys are doing on a weekly basis to try and better themselves and meath hurling and want to support them

Slowandonesided25 (Meath) - Posts: 10 - 16/01/2026 10:32:54    2651287

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Was at the game yesterday and last week.
We're going to be in for a rough year by the looks of things. Scored 1-2 in the 2nd half yesterday with a breeze. They seem obsessed with hand passing the ball. It was like watching a game of football. So many times they should have just let the ball in. Tried the short puc out a good few times in the first half and ended up conceding 4 points off it. Sloppy handling, sloppy passing, Panicking under pressure. Looks like they're being told to not play a direct game. Just seem to be taking too much out of the ball and then they end up invariably getting dispossessed.

Selwyn (Meath) - Posts: 439 - 19/01/2026 14:13:15    2651893

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To Answer the question in the Title. P45 time for management.

Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 669 - 20/01/2026 11:46:04    2652043

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Replying To Irish_downunder:  "To Answer the question in the Title. P45 time for management."
Hurling in Meath has gone backwards but the county team should still be doing better than they are. The last couple years have been dire. Playing players out of position and playing a brand of hurling that just doesn't seem to suit them. Add to that mishandling of some of the better hurlers in the county and is a recipe for disaster. I hope I'm wrong but this year could be pretty bad.

Amarach (Meath) - Posts: 67 - 20/01/2026 13:04:00    2652063

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There appears to be very little buy in from the bigger clubs. Most clubs have dual players which in its self takes seriuos commitment so I suppose why would anyone want to also commit to training with the county hurlers when there is very little return or potential of winning.

Rickoshay (Meath) - Posts: 53 - 21/01/2026 09:25:29    2652242

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Good win for the Hurlers on Saturday. Anyone at it? Who played well?

Selwyn (Meath) - Posts: 439 - 26/01/2026 07:22:42    2653244

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Replying To Rickoshay:  "There appears to be very little buy in from the bigger clubs. Most clubs have dual players which in its self takes seriuos commitment so I suppose why would anyone want to also commit to training with the county hurlers when there is very little return or potential of winning."
Dont agree tbh honest as if the best 20 in the county were on the panel there is a chance of winning it.

Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 669 - 26/01/2026 09:19:17    2653251

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If you had best 20 playing you are solid mid table joe mc team.

hurlit (Meath) - Posts: 450 - 26/01/2026 11:27:55    2653281

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Replying To hurlit:  "If you had best 20 playing you are solid mid table joe mc team."
If you had the best twenty committed to putting the effort required.
You had a young fiercely committed team in Mullingar last Sunday and if Meath hurling people have any sense thats the road to go. They might not be the best players in Meath but Johhny Greville is creating a team thats playing the best brand of hurling from a Meath team in many years.

jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1886 - 11/02/2026 08:37:44    2655878

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Replying To jobber:  "If you had the best twenty committed to putting the effort required.
You had a young fiercely committed team in Mullingar last Sunday and if Meath hurling people have any sense thats the road to go. They might not be the best players in Meath but Johhny Greville is creating a team thats playing the best brand of hurling from a Meath team in many years."
Careful Jobber they will think you are Johnny Greville too or part of the back room team with comments like that

We left two points behind us in mullingar I was gutted leaving for them and should have had 4-20+ on the board. And that was without Tom Shine and Darragh Heffernan who both started against London and were injured and also without Shane Whitty , Sean Coloe, Kyle Donnelly, Podge Hanrahan,

In all my years going to meath hurling games I've never seen a Meath team move the ball the way they did. Granted over played at times but it was easier watch than just hitting 50/50 ball up the field

Slowandonesided25 (Meath) - Posts: 10 - 11/02/2026 09:14:44    2655884

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Replying To Slowandonesided25:  "Careful Jobber they will think you are Johnny Greville too or part of the back room team with comments like that

We left two points behind us in mullingar I was gutted leaving for them and should have had 4-20+ on the board. And that was without Tom Shine and Darragh Heffernan who both started against London and were injured and also without Shane Whitty , Sean Coloe, Kyle Donnelly, Podge Hanrahan,

In all my years going to meath hurling games I've never seen a Meath team move the ball the way they did. Granted over played at times but it was easier watch than just hitting 50/50 ball up the field"
Have to agree with your comments, left 2 points behind, playing a decent style all be it a pass to many a few times, woudl love to see the genuine hurling people get behind them because there will be tougher league days ahead, you can see there is a proper coach involved this year as there is a game plan and system. long may it continue

ParcT (Meath) - Posts: 40 - 11/02/2026 16:09:37    2655951

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Replying To Slowandonesided25:  "Careful Jobber they will think you are Johnny Greville too or part of the back room team with comments like that

We left two points behind us in mullingar I was gutted leaving for them and should have had 4-20+ on the board. And that was without Tom Shine and Darragh Heffernan who both started against London and were injured and also without Shane Whitty , Sean Coloe, Kyle Donnelly, Podge Hanrahan,

In all my years going to meath hurling games I've never seen a Meath team move the ball the way they did. Granted over played at times but it was easier watch than just hitting 50/50 ball up the field"
I wont agree on the two points being left behind as forwards have to have the quality to take them and really we were pretty comfortable until we started putting on subs and according to our lads Peter Clarkes no goal was over the line.

Nevertheless I have been going to WH v MH games for a long time and i have never seen a Meath team play such a good brand of hurling. I think there is a lot of promise there and your lads were super committed like a Meath football team

jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1886 - 12/02/2026 22:30:56    2656141

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