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County: Meath

How can you criticise mcentee? Considering he brought Meath to an all Ireland final last year. He needs players who are playing at the highest standard of football week in, week out. It's being made out that all 15 of the provisional panel are from the DB area when intact there is only 1 from RT and 3 from DB

So you think only players playing a high standard of club football should be looked at for county teams? Right.

Too many average players from big clubs knocking around that minor team if you ask me. Talented players from smaller clubs need to be given a chance to train with a higher standard of players from a young age. If they are just left with their club by the time they get to adult they will just be as good as those around them and won't be able to make the senior county team at that stage more than likely. Talent needs to be nurtured nowadays and needs to be snapped up at a young age and worked with. We were absolutely miles off Dublin last year and there was at least 3/4 players who should not have been starting in that final. Surely by the time any team gets to an All Ireland that the best 15 players in the county are on the pitch but thats not the case with Meath.

ClassApart (Meath) - Posts: 1200 - 01/02/2013 17:28:19    1326887

"best players are in div.1/2 which is exactly what the squad should be made up of, quality of football simply isn't good enough which is why a lot of average players stand out there"
That is some statement. Louth play Division 2 Football, therefore they are better footballers than Meath. Every single one of them according to that statement!
This is exactly what is wrong with Meath football, not enough attention being paid outside the obvious.

tackleberry (Meath) - Posts: 324 - 01/02/2013 17:33:30    1326890

meath lucky to get to all ireland last year robbed mayo in semi dublin hammered us in leinster final and never tried to win all ireland went out with wrong attitude damage limitations now anyone who see it different is blind as for north meath meath never won anything without a fair share of them playing and we all know dboynè ratoath are strong underage but that dosent mean there cant a good footballer in rural clubs




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anmhi99 (Meath) - Posts: 151 - 01/02/2013 19:08:57    1326949

Look the real story is other than Daire Rowe Kevin Traynor Ian Malone, there is not much more in North Meath most of the clubs are Division 5 & 6 and Gaeil Colmcille are poor. Carnaross Drumbaragh and Kilmainham joined up as are Ballinacree Moylagh and Ballinlough as well as Drumconrath Meath Hill and Kilmainhamwood and as proved last year Dunboynes B team could hanndle these teams as the Beat North Meath and Killary in the Minor Championship last year.
Andy McEntee dosen't care where lads are from he picks the best and has proven this by having a lad from Boardsmill on the team

glenny (Meath) - Posts: 1119 - 01/02/2013 19:12:50    1326953

yes the mighty men from north maaaaade,the truth is there is very nice footballers in north meath,but at this minute and time there is better ones in Ratoath.

In another 5 or 6 years time we will be talking about ratoath the same way we are talking about navan o'mahonys now ,i know alot of people still cant get there wee head around the fact that 10 years ago if you passed through Ratoath on a push bike with a 4 pronged pitchfork tied to the bar all there was was a post office, Auld pup and one or two nuns,now there is housing estates in ratoath so big that just one housing estate alone would provide accommodation to all the hens and chickens and people from north meath.

Fair enough few of them hens and chickens living in ratoath now may be from dublin and else were...but the truth is Ratoath is going up in meath football and north meath well i better not say...anyway i am sorry for not adding dragons to this story

WhyTheLongFace (Meath) - Posts: 949 - 01/02/2013 21:04:40    1327014

Martin O Connell, Bernard Flynn, Tommy Dowd, Evan Kelly, Brian Stafford, Robbie O Malley. Would any of these be playing Div 1/2 minor league if they were 18 again. The answer is no, any manager that ignores the players in the lower league clubs in the county isn't doing his job right. This is not my opinion on McEntee but more a response to some of the posters. Generally the teams in the higher leagues are from more densely populated areas which means that they will have a higher number of above average players to choose from, this however doesn't mean that they will have a higher quality of star players than the lower leagues. Just my opinion.

hootervillian (Meath) - Posts: 310 - 02/02/2013 11:56:55    1327102

No one should be jumping on Andys back this time of the year. He has raised the standard for future meath minor managers with his professionalism, commitment, attitude and enthusiasm. He treats it more than a team and does all he can for them lads football and education wise. He picked the best possible squad last year apart from one id say. This year he has had 80 lads in a gym session and has looked at a lot of them. It wont be til march before he can actually watch and assess potential players. Meath ABU

Footballonly (Meath) - Posts: 128 - 02/02/2013 12:08:39    1327110

any score??

Handontheback (Meath) - Posts: 44 - 02/02/2013 12:32:14    1327120

Meath 2-15 Wexford 0-7

TheRoyals94 (Meath) - Posts: 14 - 02/02/2013 14:43:48    1327178

they won! meath 2-15 wexford 0-7

meathalltheway (Meath) - Posts: 789 - 02/02/2013 14:45:15    1327179

How was the only 2 Navan players on the panel and no Ashbourne players on it as does two teams have me dominant In that age group ??

meathman20 (Meath) - Posts: 83 - 03/02/2013 13:50:52    1327480

From what I have heard the minor panel is almost picked the 24 players used on Saturday are confirmed in the squad and there was another trial game later in the day between the rest of the players who made up the 60+ squad, an additional 6 players will be picked from that match to make up the final squad of 30. In all the team on Saturday looked quite strong.

I watched a good bit of adult club football last year and a huge amount of U-16, 17 & 18 football and I can honestly say four of the best players I seen were Kyle Dixon (Bordsmill), Ronan Lynch (St. Michaels), Jonnie Reilly (Ballinlough) and Bruggach O' Fhinnagain (Wolfe Tones)...if these lads aren't good enough to make the 30 man squad it must be exceptionally strong.

Thunderstruck (Meath) - Posts: 483 - 04/02/2013 08:44:19    1327965

I would be very surprised not to see Nathan O Brien (Simonstown) Dougie Dillon (Navan) Shaun Byrne (Ashbourne) and Rowe (Killary Emmets) on the panel have seen them play over the years and all impressed

meathman20 (Meath) - Posts: 83 - 04/02/2013 15:43:11    1328386

Dara Rowe played second half and was exceptional.Shaun byrne was injured and will defenitly be included.

Handontheback (Meath) - Posts: 44 - 04/02/2013 17:33:11    1328488

Last year we had ian malone and shane mccabe who both played all our A championship games last year and neither made the final panel for the minors this year. Jack gore from rathekenny also played senior championship football and he wasnt in saturdays squad ? team is a joke so far !

meathhillman (Meath) - Posts: 58 - 04/02/2013 18:41:15    1328551

The minors win their first game by a scoreline of 2-15 to 0-07 with an impressive performance and people still insist on being negative. Do you really think that the selection of the panel is a "joke" if they can manage to produce a scoreline like that?

baba_purple (Meath) - Posts: 13 - 04/02/2013 19:22:50    1328591

So Andy gave the wrong 24 players a run out on saturday? There were clearly too many Ratoath and Dunboyne lads playing for Wexford so, judging by this thread because they weren't up to much!

rath_togh (Meath) - Posts: 740 - 04/02/2013 19:38:33    1328607

a mickey mouse leauge u have a serious chip on ur shoulder ratoath

anmhi99 (Meath) - Posts: 151 - 04/02/2013 19:59:49    1328626

I certainly wouldn't doubt Mc Entees ability to pick the best panel, I was merely stating that if the players I mentioned are not good enough for the squad that it must be exceptional, by all means it looks like a strong squad and with 10 of last years panel available they should be expected to do well again this year. Names are thrown about every year for potential members of the squad but its a totally different ball game when lads have to go into trials and work to earn there place in a squad rather that playing in a club team where they are the main man all the time.

The four players I mentioned (none from my own club) were players I picked out last year from various underage/adult games I seen. However I also seen players that have been mentioned by other people and although they are talented footballers at a certain level they would not have the full range of attributes you would need to survive at this level.

Thunderstruck (Meath) - Posts: 483 - 04/02/2013 20:01:35    1328629

baba_purple
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The minors win their first game by a scoreline of 2-15 to 0-07 with an impressive performance and people still insist on being negative. Do you really think that the selection of the panel is a "joke" if they can manage to produce a scoreline like that?

Yeh thats Wexford means nothing if we can't beat Dublin, who we are miles off, they are the standard we need to get to so I wouldn't get too excited. People are entitled to their opinion about players not being included.

ClassApart (Meath) - Posts: 1200 - 04/02/2013 20:28:58    1328655