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Replying To Northroyal55:  "I might be naieve but the reality is we played the eventual All Ireland winners off the pitch for 35 minutes and with better finishing that game would have been over at half time. This has to be a positive heading into 2027. Its definitely a starting point for the Division 1 campaign anyway."
Definitely agree. But has to be said how Mayo got so much better since we last played them, I don't think if we played that Mayo team from yesterday or even the one that played against Louth that we would win. But the real positive is look how quickly Mayo turned it around and where they ended up? New guys given chances, sticking to the game plan and sports psychology could really get us where we belong, at the top.

Royalroyal97 (Meath) - Posts: 44 - 27/07/2026 23:06:46    2687668

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Replying To Northroyal55:  "I might be naieve but the reality is we played the eventual All Ireland winners off the pitch for 35 minutes and with better finishing that game would have been over at half time. This has to be a positive heading into 2027. Its definitely a starting point for the Division 1 campaign anyway."
I doubt we would've gone on to win the All-Ireland, but your overall point is correct. We kicked too many wides and the management made a mistake taking off Cian and Jack (though Mayo were already getting at this before that). He brought on Charlie, who's as green as the grass around us and Jones, who hasn't played in ages. We should learn from these mistakes, and I think there are positives and negatives from the season. We do so much right, but need to stamp out the collapses and inconsistency.

There's always going to be periods where the opposition dominates, that's just the new rules. We need to adapt to that, and learn to weather the storm.

RoyalStalwart24 (Meath) - Posts: 62 - 27/07/2026 23:49:07    2687680

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Replying To Northroyal55:  "I might be naieve but the reality is we played the eventual All Ireland winners off the pitch for 35 minutes and with better finishing that game would have been over at half time. This has to be a positive heading into 2027. Its definitely a starting point for the Division 1 campaign anyway."
True and we also beat the 2025 All Ireland champions well last year too but until consistency in performance across games and for full games is maintained to improve results we are still a bit off but agree not very far at all. Meath actually played the man to man game against Mayo much better than Kerry did and it shows Meath have excellant individual players with good athletic profile. The sending off ruined Meath's gameplan. A few tweaks and Meath could be there or thearabouts with anyone but 6 or 7 teams have the same idea.

winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 1037 - 28/07/2026 08:34:58    2687694

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A few other things: (i) Mayo had Paddy Tally who has coached 3 different counties now to all Irelands plus got to a final with Down. Robbie is in the same mold as Andy Moran - plenty of positivity, is a good man-manager and gives the players licence to express themselves. Do we have the right calibre of coach though who will work on defensive structures, tactics etc? No offence to the current set-up but it needs to be top notch to win an All Ireland. (ii) The results in the championship this year show that any team from within the top 12 teams can beat each other on a given day but you will need to win the midfield / kick-out battle and you'll probably need to kick a few 2-pointers. They are definitely areas where we should be able to thrive. (iii) You need to peak at the right time - Mayo had a good league, got hammered in Connaught but then came back into form in June & July. I'd like to see us do the same - use the league to consolidate Div 1 status while trying out some new players, new positions and new tactics. Give Leinster a go certainly but give lads a break if they need it after club, Sigerson and league and then come into the All Ireland series as fresh as possible.

gwanyagudthing (Meath) - Posts: 214 - 28/07/2026 09:32:57    2687700

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Replying To gwanyagudthing:  "A few other things: (i) Mayo had Paddy Tally who has coached 3 different counties now to all Irelands plus got to a final with Down. Robbie is in the same mold as Andy Moran - plenty of positivity, is a good man-manager and gives the players licence to express themselves. Do we have the right calibre of coach though who will work on defensive structures, tactics etc? No offence to the current set-up but it needs to be top notch to win an All Ireland. (ii) The results in the championship this year show that any team from within the top 12 teams can beat each other on a given day but you will need to win the midfield / kick-out battle and you'll probably need to kick a few 2-pointers. They are definitely areas where we should be able to thrive. (iii) You need to peak at the right time - Mayo had a good league, got hammered in Connaught but then came back into form in June & July. I'd like to see us do the same - use the league to consolidate Div 1 status while trying out some new players, new positions and new tactics. Give Leinster a go certainly but give lads a break if they need it after club, Sigerson and league and then come into the All Ireland series as fresh as possible."
I'm not sure if we will do that. I think it is in Robbie Brennan's DNA to go full out and win absolutely everything

RoyalStalwart24 (Meath) - Posts: 62 - 28/07/2026 12:17:37    2687758

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Suppose we can take some solace in the fact the 3 teams we lost to this year had very strong years:

Mayo - All Ireland Champions
Westmeath - Leinster Champions
Cork - Promoted to Division 1, and narrowly beaten 1/4 finalists.

We're not too far away, it's fine margins that separate teams at this level, and all the breaks went against us in the championship.

Roll on 2027

Cabbagepatch1667 (Meath) - Posts: 177 - 28/07/2026 15:05:29    2687818

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Replying To Cabbagepatch1667:  "Suppose we can take some solace in the fact the 3 teams we lost to this year had very strong years:

Mayo - All Ireland Champions
Westmeath - Leinster Champions
Cork - Promoted to Division 1, and narrowly beaten 1/4 finalists.

We're not too far away, it's fine margins that separate teams at this level, and all the breaks went against us in the championship.

Roll on 2027"
I think you have nailed it on the head here. I think management will have learned alot aswell.

Anyonebutlouth (Meath) - Posts: 2 - 28/07/2026 16:00:50    2687831

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The key take away from Mayos All Ireland win for Meath is that they adapted their style and addressed problems.

We did not. A lot of our persistent failings this season, and last, comes from naivety on the line.

Let's be honest, honours habe been left behind at provincial level the last 2 years. After that the All Ireland series was pointless for us and this was evident in the games we lost from commanding positions.

The game is a lot more level now amongst teams and many teams can beat each other on any given day.

Time now Meath get real and focus on honours as Mayo have ripped up the script with a very young team without senior success - until the big one last week

Royalio11 (Meath) - Posts: 855 - 28/07/2026 17:04:32    2687847

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