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Team named for Sunday

1. P. O'Rourke
2. D. Tobin
3. D Keoghan
4. M. Burke
5. D. Smyth
6. P Harnan
7. A Douglas
8. H Rooney
9. A Tormey
10. C. O'Brien
11. G. Reilly
12. C. O'Sullivan
13. E. Wallace
14. D. McDonagh
15. M. Newman

Up Meath. Roll on Sunday.

RedMeath12 (Meath) - Posts: 117 - 10/06/2016 08:51:55    1864570

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Not the best looking team but we can only play with the cards we have.

Think there'll be a change or two before throw in. MOD never starts the team he names.

With Power and McGill out we're limited in what we can do in the defence, Keoghan and Tobin could swap positions. I could see Finn starting ahead of Smyth or Douglas come throw in time,
Midfield is a lottery and any of Tormey, Reilly or O'Brien could end up out there with Rooney
Forwards as expected but think we'll see McMahon start and O'Brien drop out before the match. Wallace out to HF line and McMahon into CF. McDonagh could do with an early goal to settle him into it as he's not the best when starting.

brian (Meath) - Posts: 1981 - 10/06/2016 08:52:08    1864571

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I still think McMahon will start but I'm not sure who he'll replace.

Barney123 (Meath) - Posts: 676 - 10/06/2016 09:30:19    1864585

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Replying To oldsam_newsam:  "I am pretty disappointed with the Chronicle. I know it's a fine line but they seem to have become a mouthpiece for MOD without actually reporting on anything meaningful associated with what lineups were playing in challenges, who is moving well etc. With that in mind I didn't even buy the Chronicle this week and I would have always bought most weeks especially championship weeks. I just don't think they will be reporting anything that we don't know already."
This might come as a surprise, but we live in an era where county teams play challenge matches behind closed doors and everyone involved is under strict instruction not to breathe a word about line-ups/who is 'going well' etc. Also, it's rare that a manager says anything remotely interesting these days, so I'm not really sure what you expect local papers to do given the information vacuum that generally exists not just in Meath, but all over the country.

Unfortunately they aren't in the same position as some posters on here and can't print stuff like "I spoke to a panel member who told me so-and-so is flying and scored 1-5 v Donegal..."

BarneysTie (Meath) - Posts: 262 - 10/06/2016 09:49:06    1864590

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Great buzz when you see that the team has been announced, the only 2 lines I got fully correct (I had a go at picking the team before reading it) were the FB line and centre field.

Positives: Great to see O'Sullivan starting his 1st championship game, Douglas is a big physical presence and I hope he can take his opportunity and good to have Eamon Wallace back in thr corner, hopefully he can find some of his 2013 form.

Negatives: McEntee injured, Tobin is a good player but he's not a corner back, Keogan is an excellent player but he's not a FB. I'm not sure about Tormey around the middle either, don't think he tries hard enough and Paddy O'Rourke is a mistake waiting to happen.

Anyway hopefully we can get the win, and most of all, hopefully MOD has the team, fit, focused and every player has clear instructions on their role. Also every player should know what their position is, it's like a lottery at this stage!

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 10/06/2016 10:14:48    1864603

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Replying To Barney123:  "I still think McMahon will start but I'm not sure who he'll replace."
I think this is a strong team . I can see tormey switching with o brien from the start but that will be all the changes this time around. Full forward line looks good with the guile of Newman . the speed of Wallace and sheer physicality and power of mcdonagh. .mcmahon unlucky to lose out but he will have input into game st some stage

Bear10 (Meath) - Posts: 463 - 10/06/2016 10:46:37    1864630

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Replying To Barney123:  "I still think McMahon will start but I'm not sure who he'll replace."
Have a feeling O'Brien may not start

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 10/06/2016 11:08:24    1864651

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Replying To brian:  "Not the best looking team but we can only play with the cards we have.

Think there'll be a change or two before throw in. MOD never starts the team he names.

With Power and McGill out we're limited in what we can do in the defence, Keoghan and Tobin could swap positions. I could see Finn starting ahead of Smyth or Douglas come throw in time,
Midfield is a lottery and any of Tormey, Reilly or O'Brien could end up out there with Rooney
Forwards as expected but think we'll see McMahon start and O'Brien drop out before the match. Wallace out to HF line and McMahon into CF. McDonagh could do with an early goal to settle him into it as he's not the best when starting."
He might make those changes but I am not sure if either of those changes (Finn for Smith/ Douglas or McMahon for O'Brien) would improve the team very much. Remember it's a 20 man game these days so subs just as important.

oldsam_newsam (Meath) - Posts: 638 - 10/06/2016 11:08:26    1864652

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How many chances will POR get. He always loses the head. Wouldnt be suprised if he once again loses it against Louth if meath are under any pressure.

Has McHugh not done enough in the final few games of the league to deserve his place.

Dissapointed with this decision by management

Other than that team is ok.Need injured players back asap.

Come on the royals.

paudi (Meath) - Posts: 681 - 10/06/2016 11:10:33    1864653

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Replying To Bear10:  "I think this is a strong team . I can see tormey switching with o brien from the start but that will be all the changes this time around. Full forward line looks good with the guile of Newman . the speed of Wallace and sheer physicality and power of mcdonagh. .mcmahon unlucky to lose out but he will have input into game st some stage"
McDonagh has sheer physical power? Now I would not say he is light,but thats going a bit far.

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 10/06/2016 11:10:38    1864655

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Replying To paudi:  "How many chances will POR get. He always loses the head. Wouldnt be suprised if he once again loses it against Louth if meath are under any pressure.

Has McHugh not done enough in the final few games of the league to deserve his place.

Dissapointed with this decision by management

Other than that team is ok.Need injured players back asap.

Come on the royals."
Think Louth might play a few high balls into Grimes.May be better off putting Burke on him.

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 10/06/2016 11:14:55    1864662

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With Tobin Keoghan and Burke at full back line., and McGill injured I think there isn't much room to change things around in the back line if things go wrong.. Our hands are lied there. Not that MOD would change anything anyway as Mc Gill was awful against Cavan second half and never changed anything and I am not sure what he could have done either to be honest. He is slow to make changes. The forward line is different there is plenty of options positional changes and subs to come on with Mc McMahon, Connor Downey , and Sean Tobin etc. A bit more freedom up there.

bobkarlgees (Meath) - Posts: 1266 - 10/06/2016 11:17:29    1864665

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Replying To ziggy32001:  "McDonagh has sheer physical power? Now I would not say he is light,but thats going a bit far."
Have to agree with ziggy
Mcdonagh seems very light to me and would be blown of balls by a Dublin player
He's hardly a bomber liston type...

brian (Meath) - Posts: 1981 - 10/06/2016 11:20:54    1864666

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Replying To ziggy32001:  "Think Louth might play a few high balls into Grimes.May be better off putting Burke on him."
Alot of talk about Grimes sure he is a power house but we have a few forwards of our own that will cause problems.

bobkarlgees (Meath) - Posts: 1266 - 10/06/2016 11:41:33    1864676

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Replying To brian:  "Have to agree with ziggy
Mcdonagh seems very light to me and would be blown of balls by a Dublin player
He's hardly a bomber liston type..."
yeah your right he is no bomber but I do think he will cause a lot of trouble for Louth fullback line as he is quick and bright. Micky Newman and Eamon Wallace will definitely do very well off him. I think Cillian O Sullivan will be our best forward on the day but the 20 that play I wish them all the best

Bear10 (Meath) - Posts: 463 - 10/06/2016 11:48:04    1864680

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Decent team, interesting to see how it would of shaped up if we had a fully fit mcentee power and mcgill, think the two boys in the back are huge loss

MeathGaaLad15 (Meath) - Posts: 19 - 10/06/2016 11:50:37    1864685

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Ye I don't think McDonagh is particularly physically imposing either, but MOD seems to prefer small fast players rather big physical lads.

I wouldn't mind seeing a physical FF line with Newman and Tormey in around the square and you could have Wallace running off them to add pace. But either way, again I'd rather see a team full of players who know their position and their role and are capable of fulfilling both.

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 10/06/2016 11:55:04    1864688

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Replying To Htaem:  "Ye I don't think McDonagh is particularly physically imposing either, but MOD seems to prefer small fast players rather big physical lads.

I wouldn't mind seeing a physical FF line with Newman and Tormey in around the square and you could have Wallace running off them to add pace. But either way, again I'd rather see a team full of players who know their position and their role and are capable of fulfilling both."
Agree with you 100% Htaem..

If we are playing Tormey I would play him in there.Wallace works well working off Newman.He is a player(Wallace) that I would name corner forward,but I would play him between the lines of the half forward line and full forward line.His best games for Meath are in this role.

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 10/06/2016 12:21:26    1864712

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Replying To paudi:  "How many chances will POR get. He always loses the head. Wouldnt be suprised if he once again loses it against Louth if meath are under any pressure.

Has McHugh not done enough in the final few games of the league to deserve his place.

Dissapointed with this decision by management

Other than that team is ok.Need injured players back asap.

Come on the royals."
Yeah I was quite disappointed when I saw that too. O'Rourkes indiscipline has been known for some time and the fact that the management persist with him reflects quite badly on their part.

That defence doesn't inspire a whole lot of confidence in me but neither does this Meath team as a whole anyway. I think this is gonna be a hard game for Meath. Louth will be well up for this game. It'll be fast and physical and if we let them get on top I'd be worried. This Meath team lack leaders when the going gets tough.

I'll be honest in saying that that's the poorest looking Meath team I've seen in years. Apart from a few good young players the overall quality is poor.

RoyalClass (Meath) - Posts: 789 - 10/06/2016 13:18:28    1864793

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Pretty disappointed with the goalkeeper choice again lads. How many chances can this man get... Pretty demoralising for young Mchugh.
I think we have enough with this team to get by Louth. But I think we must have the next game in mind. And to be honest I'm really worried about the lack of physicality in our forward line. Wallace, McMahon, McDonagh.. These are all light guys. I think we need more of a target man in there. Look at Rock, Connoly (Dublin), Donaghy, Geany (Kerry) Murphy, McFadden (Donegal) o'shea (Mayo)

Am I wrong here..??

Aboutthehouse (Leitrim) - Posts: 5 - 10/06/2016 13:33:32    1864807

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