clondalkindub
County: Dublin
Posts: 3208

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Bryan Menton where has the Meath accent gone? Is the Dublin accent taking over Meath aswell now? Great stuff from DIT there midfielder was outstanding mcgibney I think his name is, O Conor and O Sullivan very good aswell. Aidan O Shea is a beast and great player but I don't think he's the best midfielder in Ireland

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 23/02/2013 18:17:08    1338272

If not yet , he will be if he gets a injury free run, sure he is only a young chap 22 or 23!!!!

maxitwist (Kildare) - Posts: 144 - 23/02/2013 18:58:21    1338289

Givney mustn't be far off on current form.
2 great displays in 2 days and an All-ireland final with ulster tomorrow...

wishfulthinkin (Cavan) - Posts: 1732 - 23/02/2013 19:30:24    1338300

Yes. Lets hope he will keep current form up for Cavan V Meath on Sat night.. That game is a must win for Cavan V

BreffniBlue (Cavan) - Posts: 278 - 24/02/2013 09:41:48    1338390

Hi lads,

Tactical analysis of yesterday's game up here for anyone interested http://action81.com/blog/?p=6776

Emmet

emmetryan (Dublin) - Posts: 154 - 24/02/2013 16:55:09    1338520

Jesus if menton keeps this up he could keep Kevin oreilly out of full back osition, lot off meath think he needs to be in middle or no six, but his rformance would make you think

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 24/02/2013 19:27:31    1338610

This is the problem Royaldunne we have 2 very good full backs, and a few good corner backs Dalton, Curran, Keogan, no midfield and don't know our best 6 forwards. Givney will be a handful next week whoever is on him, seems to have played well in the Sigerson and is good for a score as well.

ClassApart (Meath) - Posts: 1200 - 24/02/2013 19:49:25    1338630

23/02/2013 18:01:29
maxitwist
County: Kildare
Posts: 89

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A O Shea is an animal of a player, best midfielder in the country at the minute.

O'Shea didn't play much of yesterday game in midfield the best midfielder on show was the Cavan Lad. Only the last year or so have Mayo used O'Shea in midfield even now some supporters are talking about playing him as forward this year?

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3624 - 24/02/2013 20:03:02    1338643

yep would fully agree with most of what you said there classapart, what do you think of the idea of menton in midfield?

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 24/02/2013 20:30:30    1338660

O Shea played a more defensive role yesterday in the first half and set dit on there way. Played a similar role for Mayo against Dublin in the al semi final last year. His position in the Mayo squad is midfield and thats where he will be played. He was tried in the forwards before, midfield is his natural position..

maxitwist (Kildare) - Posts: 144 - 24/02/2013 20:41:24    1338672

Great win for DIT, really impressive performances over both days, especially from Givney and O'Shea in midfield. Really bossed the final on Saturday. Defence was really strong too, Menton as we said after the semi final was a standout player, but the likes of Colin Walsh and the Devereaux lad from Dublin also put in quality performances, good going to only concede 4 scores from play in 2 hours of football.

DIT have a good panel with a lot of experience on it and won the league back before Christmas, they've also produced some good freshers teams over the last few years so it was surprising they didn't get much of a mention beforehand, a lot of talk seemed to be about the winners of the DCU - UCD quarter final going on to winning it, with DCU very heavy favourites before Friday.

Good two days of football anyways, was nice to see AIT make the semis as the host college.

if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3691 - 25/02/2013 17:41:44    1339043

Not a very wise photo posted on twitter by an other from dit!!!

Brolly (Monaghan) - Posts: 4472 - 26/02/2013 19:35:32    1339585