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Any sign of the fixtures planner to end May, it was due out around now ? Count (Meath) - Posts: 93 - 31/01/2018 17:20:31 2072849 Link
Replying To Count: "Any sign of the fixtures planner to end May, it was due out around now ?" Due a week ago, meant to be out start of Jan but then said they had to wait for a meeting 10 days ago and you would think they woul have it ready to go directly after that, it awful annoying. If you want to plan holidays for work. You have to put them in now or someone else will take them but u cant plan coz your waiting on this fixture planner >:( rightthere (Meath) - Posts: 128 - 01/02/2018 09:19:59 2072992 Link
Released. RR (Meath) - Posts: 139 - 01/02/2018 10:13:54 2073000 Link
Leinster Senior Football Championship Fixtures: May 12th/13th (Preliminary Round) - Laois v Wexford Louth v Carlow Offaly v Wicklow May 26th/27th (Quarter-Finals) - Laois/Wexford v Westmeath Louth/Carlow v Kildare Offaly/Wicklow v Dublin Longford v Meath June 10th (Semi-Finals) - Offaly/Wicklow/Dublin v Longford/Meath Laois/Wexford/Westmeath v Louth/Carlow/Kildare June 24th 4pm (Leinster Football Final) - TBC v TBC Loyalroyal17 (Meath) - Posts: 627 - 01/02/2018 10:44:07 2073023 Link
Not easy for County Board, 5 week gap between R2 Champo for 1st teams and the Meath game vs Longford, that should be doable for all concerned.... Count (Meath) - Posts: 93 - 01/02/2018 12:22:35 2073062 Link
The Meath Club Fixture Planner for 2018 has been released. The first and second rounds of the football championship will go ahead in April with the third round fixed for late July. RoylerKing (Meath) - Posts: 809 - 01/02/2018 15:08:13 2073112 Link
So first team club footballers will have 2 games in the month of June! 2 games when the days are long, the weather is good and pitches are dry!! I know the county board have a hard task but surely it makes more sense to play 4 or 5 league games in June than rush them off in January and February!! Northsidegaels (Meath) - Posts: 237 - 01/02/2018 17:21:15 2073170 Link
Replying To Northsidegaels: "So first team club footballers will have 2 games in the month of June! 2 games when the days are long, the weather is good and pitches are dry!! I know the county board have a hard task but surely it makes more sense to play 4 or 5 league games in June than rush them off in January and February!!" That would make too much sense. Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 01/02/2018 18:04:12 2073183 Link
Replying To Northsidegaels: "So first team club footballers will have 2 games in the month of June! 2 games when the days are long, the weather is good and pitches are dry!! I know the county board have a hard task but surely it makes more sense to play 4 or 5 league games in June than rush them off in January and February!!" What's on the other weekends Brownepat (Meath) - Posts: 532 - 01/02/2018 18:46:21 2073195 Link
Replying To Brownepat: "What's on the other weekends" 2 rounds of hurling championship and 1 round each of hurling league and Davis Cup. Also how has nobody in the county board realised that "corn na boinne cup" is likely saying "the cup of the boyne cup"? CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1642 - 02/02/2018 10:33:16 2073321 Link
So the next round of championship football is a mere 7 weeks away. Will this be moved to an earlier date? Hopefully it is, and that the fixture planner can be updated soon. meathgaa91 (Meath) - Posts: 48 - 10/06/2018 16:01:47 2109437 Link
Replying To meathgaa91: "So the next round of championship football is a mere 7 weeks away. Will this be moved to an earlier date? Hopefully it is, and that the fixture planner can be updated soon." And club players with holidays and various other life commitments planned? That would be a total disrespect it was changed PoppinPoints (Meath) - Posts: 225 - 10/06/2018 18:12:01 2109491 Link
Replying To meathgaa91: "So the next round of championship football is a mere 7 weeks away. Will this be moved to an earlier date? Hopefully it is, and that the fixture planner can be updated soon." Won't be changed players and management will have holidays booked so their would be uproar and this isn't league games we're talking about so club's won't play if their missing 1 or 2 lads who are holiday and they shouldn't play . My suggestion would be run all the league's off and get the finals done and dusted as well which means for once we won't be playing league finals in October and November where some teams involved could be out of the championship 4,5,6 weeks previous Aloblack (Meath) - Posts: 265 - 10/06/2018 18:56:36 2109511 Link
Replying To Aloblack: "Won't be changed players and management will have holidays booked so their would be uproar and this isn't league games we're talking about so club's won't play if their missing 1 or 2 lads who are holiday and they shouldn't play . My suggestion would be run all the league's off and get the finals done and dusted as well which means for once we won't be playing league finals in October and November where some teams involved could be out of the championship 4,5,6 weeks previous" Absolutely, the league games can be used as huge preparation for the championship, leagues should be wrapped up ( finals included ) 3 weeks before 3rd round of championship, a game is better than 2 training sessions, only negative is why is the junior c & d championships is not up and running since April, both championships should be over by August/September, finals were in late October last year. thelutch (Meath) - Posts: 1047 - 10/06/2018 20:51:20 2109563 Link
Replying To Aloblack: "Won't be changed players and management will have holidays booked so their would be uproar and this isn't league games we're talking about so club's won't play if their missing 1 or 2 lads who are holiday and they shouldn't play . My suggestion would be run all the league's off and get the finals done and dusted as well which means for once we won't be playing league finals in October and November where some teams involved could be out of the championship 4,5,6 weeks previous" This will be the plan. Hurling may impact on finals and relegation / promotion playoffs depending on the clubs involved ahead of the championship but CCC will look to wrap up as much as they can before championship resumes. One good thing about the minors now being U17 is that county progress can't hold up adult football. Royal_Gunner (Meath) - Posts: 534 - 11/06/2018 08:32:23 2109711 Link
Planner wont and cannot change, 3 rounds of A league left along with play offs, finals etc to be played, when your knocked out the the championship that should be it for the year, lads have a game every 2 weeks for the next couple of months, perfect.... the teams in div 3 and 4 obviously wont do as they have less teams in so they will have 4 or 5 weeks with no game. not really ideal but dont see how that can be changed, very hard to have the same number of teams in all 4 divisions, in fairness the league is a very competitive competition. longroadback (Meath) - Posts: 324 - 11/06/2018 09:42:28 2109741 Link
Replying To longroadback: "Planner wont and cannot change, 3 rounds of A league left along with play offs, finals etc to be played, when your knocked out the the championship that should be it for the year, lads have a game every 2 weeks for the next couple of months, perfect.... the teams in div 3 and 4 obviously wont do as they have less teams in so they will have 4 or 5 weeks with no game. not really ideal but dont see how that can be changed, very hard to have the same number of teams in all 4 divisions, in fairness the league is a very competitive competition." League is a bit of a joke to be honest. A lot of clubs nowadays have little interest as they are playing league matches while missing a number of players. I believe Dunderry played last week missing 6 players who were tied up with county. How can a rural club be expected to compete on a level playing field with this. To save the leagues there needs to be a policy as is used in Monaghan and Tyrone where a specified number of rounds of league are played with all county players released to the clubs. Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 11/06/2018 12:03:22 2109875 Link
Replying To Analyst: "League is a bit of a joke to be honest. A lot of clubs nowadays have little interest as they are playing league matches while missing a number of players. I believe Dunderry played last week missing 6 players who were tied up with county. How can a rural club be expected to compete on a level playing field with this. To save the leagues there needs to be a policy as is used in Monaghan and Tyrone where a specified number of rounds of league are played with all county players released to the clubs." County players will play 5 or 6 league games for their clubs on average, that is not so bad, I totally understand that the clubs that are lucky enough to have a good representation of lads on the county players probably miss out as you can see, the teams on top of the various divisions have little or no county players. dont think that many view it as a joke nonetheless, some cracking games in it, we cant stop playing football because there are 35 or 40 lads on a Meath panel, leaving hundreds of lads in limbo longroadback (Meath) - Posts: 324 - 11/06/2018 16:09:32 2110038 Link
Replying To longroadback: "County players will play 5 or 6 league games for their clubs on average, that is not so bad, I totally understand that the clubs that are lucky enough to have a good representation of lads on the county players probably miss out as you can see, the teams on top of the various divisions have little or no county players. dont think that many view it as a joke nonetheless, some cracking games in it, we cant stop playing football because there are 35 or 40 lads on a Meath panel, leaving hundreds of lads in limbo" There are instances where one side will have county men while their opposition may not. It should be structured so as before draws are made their are rounds designated as all players available to help clubs. No intensity in league matches. Feis cuo is a better competition with a bit of bite due to knockout format Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 11/06/2018 19:18:41 2110194 Link
Replying To longroadback: "County players will play 5 or 6 league games for their clubs on average, that is not so bad, I totally understand that the clubs that are lucky enough to have a good representation of lads on the county players probably miss out as you can see, the teams on top of the various divisions have little or no county players. dont think that many view it as a joke nonetheless, some cracking games in it, we cant stop playing football because there are 35 or 40 lads on a Meath panel, leaving hundreds of lads in limbo" "County players will play 5 or 6 league games for their clubs on average" I'd argue that average, 2/3 games max more like. Speaking from my own club, we've played 10 games and haven't had any county lads released for any games. And has been like this for years. Going back to my original post about moving championship now that Meath are out - fair enough this can't be done, I thought more leagues were wrapped up but some divisions have a few more to go. I don't see any league finals fixed before the next round of C'ship, I doubt they'll be played but would be great if they were. Improvements for the league for me would be; 1) release county players more often (I know this doesn't affect too many clubs, fair enough) and 2) scrap mid-week fixtures. It's beyond a joke travelling an hour to a match, lads arriving late, struggling to leave from work, etc. Keep them to the weekends and if badly needed have them the same weekend as hurling. I think these two small changes would make the league a lot more competitive. meathgaa91 (Meath) - Posts: 48 - 11/06/2018 19:56:52 2110207 Link