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Great win yesterday, just need to beat Louth who have gone backwards this year in my opinion. Thought Biggy was exceptional, as he was in the last two or 3 games, hopefully he can continue this form into the championship. That team that started yesterday will most likely be the team against Longford.
Adam Flanagan made a couple of basic errors yesterday but we should stick by him, him and Menton are our best midfielders. Didn't like the way McEntee was roaring at Flanagan though, he seemed to be nervous after it which doesn't help a lads confidence.
I don't know how Power lasted the 70 minutes, it seemed like in the first half any ball his man got he just went around him with ease, performances of Lavin and McGill were very good though.
Last point is what I have said before and a win won't change my mind on it, the way we play will not be good enough to beat some of the better teams. At times yesterday we had all 15 men back in their own half, and when we attacked a lot of the time Downs man marking of McKeever and Lenihan was poor, something which will not happen against the teams we come up against in the qualifiers.
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That's the first game I've enjoyed watching this year. Thought whole team played well and management mixed up the tactics a bit. Well done.
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Replying To bdbuddah: "Good win. O'Sullivan was outstanding. Beat Louth now and we actually might have a bit of positivity around the team for the first time in a while." Positivity just before the Championship , is always a good thing . But please lets not be loosing the run of ourselves here , Down were atrocious even by Div. 2 standards .
Look who have progressed out of Div 2 this year . We are clapping ourselves on the back when we beat a team that are as bad as a lot of the Div. 2 football has been this year . Totally inconsistent , look at Tipperary ,Meath , we are inconsistent and have been for a number of years . I hope we do get to remain in Div 2 , just for the sake of attempting to get to Div 1 next year otherwise we could very easily become the New Derry .
It's not about good or bad footballers its about how you use them . Derry have good footballers , take a look at Slaughneill , however the Derry County set out is atrocious . And the county is suffering that system .......
Against Down there were a number pf passages of play that were direct and penetrating , and they got results . But there were also the periods of play where we were afraid to try to penetrate for fear of loosing the ball . They were atrocious .
I counted numerous occasions where we took too much out of the ball ( hand passing laterally , and backwards ) and made absolutely no forward progress . Been on the back foot is not our style of football , 15 behind the ball is not our style of football . It gives us a false sense of security , and in reality our defence even with 15 behind the ball is not all that , recall the second half goal scored by Down , not one Meath player put in a telling tackle in before the ball was despatched to the net .By the way where is Harry Rooney , and or Daniel O Neill .
Why was Mickey Burke introduced and not some one else that could fight for a starting position ?
Eamon Wallace for all the speed that he did or has , slowed the ball down every time he got it . If it's not for his speed then what does he bring to the party , as his shooting was also out of a Div 3 -4 drawer .
Again Tobin despatched his opportunity well when he got it , but there were numerous occasions that he made rus but was not spotted ...... Our problems with decision making still appear .
Meath_True (Meath) - Posts: 285 - 26/03/2018 09:41:13
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Replying To Meath_True: "Positivity just before the Championship , is always a good thing . But please lets not be loosing the run of ourselves here , Down were atrocious even by Div. 2 standards .
Look who have progressed out of Div 2 this year . We are clapping ourselves on the back when we beat a team that are as bad as a lot of the Div. 2 football has been this year . Totally inconsistent , look at Tipperary ,Meath , we are inconsistent and have been for a number of years . I hope we do get to remain in Div 2 , just for the sake of attempting to get to Div 1 next year otherwise we could very easily become the New Derry .
It's not about good or bad footballers its about how you use them . Derry have good footballers , take a look at Slaughneill , however the Derry County set out is atrocious . And the county is suffering that system .......
Against Down there were a number pf passages of play that were direct and penetrating , and they got results . But there were also the periods of play where we were afraid to try to penetrate for fear of loosing the ball . They were atrocious .
I counted numerous occasions where we took too much out of the ball ( hand passing laterally , and backwards ) and made absolutely no forward progress . Been on the back foot is not our style of football , 15 behind the ball is not our style of football . It gives us a false sense of security , and in reality our defence even with 15 behind the ball is not all that , recall the second half goal scored by Down , not one Meath player put in a telling tackle in before the ball was despatched to the net .By the way where is Harry Rooney , and or Daniel O Neill .
Why was Mickey Burke introduced and not some one else that could fight for a starting position ?
Eamon Wallace for all the speed that he did or has , slowed the ball down every time he got it . If it's not for his speed then what does he bring to the party , as his shooting was also out of a Div 3 -4 drawer .
Again Tobin despatched his opportunity well when he got it , but there were numerous occasions that he made rus but was not spotted ...... Our problems with decision making still appear ." Agree with a lot of things mentioned here, especially the Mickey Burke part. You can add Brían Conlon to Rooney and O'Neill...he actually was out of the car park before I got out and didn't look one bit pleased!
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Great to get the result, fairplay to the lads, at least now survival is in our own hands rather than depending on results elsehwere. We still have to get a result against Louth to be certain of safety and that won't be easy, Louth have nothing to play for but it is a derby match and they'd love to bring us down with them so we have to stay fully focused.
Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 26/03/2018 10:44:55
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Replying To Meath_True: "Positivity just before the Championship , is always a good thing . But please lets not be loosing the run of ourselves here , Down were atrocious even by Div. 2 standards .
Look who have progressed out of Div 2 this year . We are clapping ourselves on the back when we beat a team that are as bad as a lot of the Div. 2 football has been this year . Totally inconsistent , look at Tipperary ,Meath , we are inconsistent and have been for a number of years . I hope we do get to remain in Div 2 , just for the sake of attempting to get to Div 1 next year otherwise we could very easily become the New Derry .
It's not about good or bad footballers its about how you use them . Derry have good footballers , take a look at Slaughneill , however the Derry County set out is atrocious . And the county is suffering that system .......
Against Down there were a number pf passages of play that were direct and penetrating , and they got results . But there were also the periods of play where we were afraid to try to penetrate for fear of loosing the ball . They were atrocious .
I counted numerous occasions where we took too much out of the ball ( hand passing laterally , and backwards ) and made absolutely no forward progress . Been on the back foot is not our style of football , 15 behind the ball is not our style of football . It gives us a false sense of security , and in reality our defence even with 15 behind the ball is not all that , recall the second half goal scored by Down , not one Meath player put in a telling tackle in before the ball was despatched to the net .By the way where is Harry Rooney , and or Daniel O Neill .
Why was Mickey Burke introduced and not some one else that could fight for a starting position ?
Eamon Wallace for all the speed that he did or has , slowed the ball down every time he got it . If it's not for his speed then what does he bring to the party , as his shooting was also out of a Div 3 -4 drawer .
Again Tobin despatched his opportunity well when he got it , but there were numerous occasions that he made rus but was not spotted ...... Our problems with decision making still appear ." While i do agree with what you are saying I know every other supporter will aswell because what you have said is obvious and everyone knows this, can you not just let us enjoy our glory from yesterday. Yes we are in-consistant but come on we played out of our skins and full credit to the lads for this. We as supporters in general are NEVER happy. Leaving all the false sense of security behind i don't honestly think anyone is saying that we are going to play like yesterday all of the time and by no means are we perfect....obviously.
But come on just let us enjoy the feeling we all had yesterday i am sure yourself included. Or were you one of the supporters beside me on the terrace that had nothing with criticism and negatively towards lads yesterday??
We ALWAYS seem to take the absolute negative out of games that we played extremely well in, postmortems and dissecting of games are great but come on full credit where it was due yesterday. I myself am still smiling over this, i have no false sense of security nor am i losing the run of myself, i am just proud of what we achieved yesterday.
Loyalroyal17 (Meath) - Posts: 627 - 26/03/2018 10:54:43
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Replying To Meath_True: "Positivity just before the Championship , is always a good thing . But please lets not be loosing the run of ourselves here , Down were atrocious even by Div. 2 standards .
Look who have progressed out of Div 2 this year . We are clapping ourselves on the back when we beat a team that are as bad as a lot of the Div. 2 football has been this year . Totally inconsistent , look at Tipperary ,Meath , we are inconsistent and have been for a number of years . I hope we do get to remain in Div 2 , just for the sake of attempting to get to Div 1 next year otherwise we could very easily become the New Derry .
It's not about good or bad footballers its about how you use them . Derry have good footballers , take a look at Slaughneill , however the Derry County set out is atrocious . And the county is suffering that system .......
Against Down there were a number pf passages of play that were direct and penetrating , and they got results . But there were also the periods of play where we were afraid to try to penetrate for fear of loosing the ball . They were atrocious .
I counted numerous occasions where we took too much out of the ball ( hand passing laterally , and backwards ) and made absolutely no forward progress . Been on the back foot is not our style of football , 15 behind the ball is not our style of football . It gives us a false sense of security , and in reality our defence even with 15 behind the ball is not all that , recall the second half goal scored by Down , not one Meath player put in a telling tackle in before the ball was despatched to the net .By the way where is Harry Rooney , and or Daniel O Neill .
Why was Mickey Burke introduced and not some one else that could fight for a starting position ?
Eamon Wallace for all the speed that he did or has , slowed the ball down every time he got it . If it's not for his speed then what does he bring to the party , as his shooting was also out of a Div 3 -4 drawer .
Again Tobin despatched his opportunity well when he got it , but there were numerous occasions that he made rus but was not spotted ...... Our problems with decision making still appear ." Nobody is losing the run of themselves, just stating that to end league with 2 wins would lift the gloom that has been around the team since the Cavan game. I would not consider that Burke can't fight for starting place in championship matches, last year people thought he was out of McEntees plans after not being picked for some league games but started and finished every Championship match. Regarding Rooney I'm not sure what the story is, I was talking about him to a guy in stand and he maintained his fitness levels this year were an issue (anyone else know if this is the case?)
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Replying To Loyalroyal17: "While i do agree with what you are saying I know every other supporter will aswell because what you have said is obvious and everyone knows this, can you not just let us enjoy our glory from yesterday. Yes we are in-consistant but come on we played out of our skins and full credit to the lads for this. We as supporters in general are NEVER happy. Leaving all the false sense of security behind i don't honestly think anyone is saying that we are going to play like yesterday all of the time and by no means are we perfect....obviously.
But come on just let us enjoy the feeling we all had yesterday i am sure yourself included. Or were you one of the supporters beside me on the terrace that had nothing with criticism and negatively towards lads yesterday??
We ALWAYS seem to take the absolute negative out of games that we played extremely well in, postmortems and dissecting of games are great but come on full credit where it was due yesterday. I myself am still smiling over this, i have no false sense of security nor am i losing the run of myself, i am just proud of what we achieved yesterday." Spot on. It feels like it's almost sacrilege to celebrate the county winning at times on here. I'm not under any illusions about this season in the league either, we've had to fight for our lives to retain Division 2 status and still are fighting for it, and while I'd rather we were battling it out at the top end of the table the point stands that the lads are out there fighting for it, they deserve a bit more respect.
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Replying To Loyalroyal17: "While i do agree with what you are saying I know every other supporter will aswell because what you have said is obvious and everyone knows this, can you not just let us enjoy our glory from yesterday. Yes we are in-consistant but come on we played out of our skins and full credit to the lads for this. We as supporters in general are NEVER happy. Leaving all the false sense of security behind i don't honestly think anyone is saying that we are going to play like yesterday all of the time and by no means are we perfect....obviously.
But come on just let us enjoy the feeling we all had yesterday i am sure yourself included. Or were you one of the supporters beside me on the terrace that had nothing with criticism and negatively towards lads yesterday??
We ALWAYS seem to take the absolute negative out of games that we played extremely well in, postmortems and dissecting of games are great but come on full credit where it was due yesterday. I myself am still smiling over this, i have no false sense of security nor am i losing the run of myself, i am just proud of what we achieved yesterday." Spot on fella.
If we were to win anything with this team it would seriously unsettle a handful of Meath "supporters".
Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6342 - 26/03/2018 11:51:06
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Replying To Meath_True: "Positivity just before the Championship , is always a good thing . But please lets not be loosing the run of ourselves here , Down were atrocious even by Div. 2 standards .
Look who have progressed out of Div 2 this year . We are clapping ourselves on the back when we beat a team that are as bad as a lot of the Div. 2 football has been this year . Totally inconsistent , look at Tipperary ,Meath , we are inconsistent and have been for a number of years . I hope we do get to remain in Div 2 , just for the sake of attempting to get to Div 1 next year otherwise we could very easily become the New Derry .
It's not about good or bad footballers its about how you use them . Derry have good footballers , take a look at Slaughneill , however the Derry County set out is atrocious . And the county is suffering that system .......
Against Down there were a number pf passages of play that were direct and penetrating , and they got results . But there were also the periods of play where we were afraid to try to penetrate for fear of loosing the ball . They were atrocious .
I counted numerous occasions where we took too much out of the ball ( hand passing laterally , and backwards ) and made absolutely no forward progress . Been on the back foot is not our style of football , 15 behind the ball is not our style of football . It gives us a false sense of security , and in reality our defence even with 15 behind the ball is not all that , recall the second half goal scored by Down , not one Meath player put in a telling tackle in before the ball was despatched to the net .By the way where is Harry Rooney , and or Daniel O Neill .
Why was Mickey Burke introduced and not some one else that could fight for a starting position ?
Eamon Wallace for all the speed that he did or has , slowed the ball down every time he got it . If it's not for his speed then what does he bring to the party , as his shooting was also out of a Div 3 -4 drawer .
Again Tobin despatched his opportunity well when he got it , but there were numerous occasions that he made rus but was not spotted ...... Our problems with decision making still appear ." Who's losing the fun of themselves?? Look we won a very important match we were under huge pressure to win and we kicked 4-14 and still you want to pick the negatives, if we lost we would be in Division 3 today and the place would be in uproar but we won and won well so just for today can we hail the effort and not crap all over the team for work rate and performance yesterday, it seems they are in an unwinnable position with some people here.
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Replying To GlasgowRoyal: "Spot on. It feels like it's almost sacrilege to celebrate the county winning at times on here. I'm not under any illusions about this season in the league either, we've had to fight for our lives to retain Division 2 status and still are fighting for it, and while I'd rather we were battling it out at the top end of the table the point stands that the lads are out there fighting for it, they deserve a bit more respect." That's it, the lads need to be getting the level of respect from us that they deserve. Every one of them in their own way contributed to that win yesterday, whether it was flawed or not they got the result that we have been whinging about since Cavan that we badly needed, then BANG... we are still not good enough. I agree it would be better if we were battling it out at the top of the table but as you say it is what is it is & we live to fight another day!
Loyalroyal17 (Meath) - Posts: 627 - 26/03/2018 12:14:12
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Replying To Meath_True: "Positivity just before the Championship , is always a good thing . But please lets not be loosing the run of ourselves here , Down were atrocious even by Div. 2 standards .
Look who have progressed out of Div 2 this year . We are clapping ourselves on the back when we beat a team that are as bad as a lot of the Div. 2 football has been this year . Totally inconsistent , look at Tipperary ,Meath , we are inconsistent and have been for a number of years . I hope we do get to remain in Div 2 , just for the sake of attempting to get to Div 1 next year otherwise we could very easily become the New Derry .
It's not about good or bad footballers its about how you use them . Derry have good footballers , take a look at Slaughneill , however the Derry County set out is atrocious . And the county is suffering that system .......
Against Down there were a number pf passages of play that were direct and penetrating , and they got results . But there were also the periods of play where we were afraid to try to penetrate for fear of loosing the ball . They were atrocious .
I counted numerous occasions where we took too much out of the ball ( hand passing laterally , and backwards ) and made absolutely no forward progress . Been on the back foot is not our style of football , 15 behind the ball is not our style of football . It gives us a false sense of security , and in reality our defence even with 15 behind the ball is not all that , recall the second half goal scored by Down , not one Meath player put in a telling tackle in before the ball was despatched to the net .By the way where is Harry Rooney , and or Daniel O Neill .
Why was Mickey Burke introduced and not some one else that could fight for a starting position ?
Eamon Wallace for all the speed that he did or has , slowed the ball down every time he got it . If it's not for his speed then what does he bring to the party , as his shooting was also out of a Div 3 -4 drawer .
Again Tobin despatched his opportunity well when he got it , but there were numerous occasions that he made rus but was not spotted ...... Our problems with decision making still appear ." The more i read this the more annoyed im getting, i hope you only represent yourself and nobody else has such strong opinions as you on this game.
How can you even remember all this? You should have been enjoying that game instead on concentrating on what we were doing wrong
Loyalroyal17 (Meath) - Posts: 627 - 26/03/2018 12:31:44
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Jinxie ,
That's not the case , there's a issue here that anyone that raises any points that are in truth obvious to all , are anti Meath , and that could be no further from the truth .
It would be brilliant for us to pick ourselves up after the O Byrne and league outings and close out the failings that were noted in the league once and for all . Putting the fixes in place , And then go into the Championship with all guns blazing , so much so that our climb back to the Leinster Summit while exhausting is achievable. I /We'd love that . But if you look round the garden and all you see is roses , and none of the weeds are noted , when the Summer days come around the weeds will overpower things and you'll be back to digging everything up again and re planting for the next year .
There's a standardised 7th man theory in systems that goes like this , in a room of 6 agreeing men you should always have a 7th man whose sole job is to ask the awkward questions , to question things even when they all appear rosy . That's to ensure that complacency doesn't settle in , in truth its to look for continual improvement in any arena . Don't get personal with people because they ask the hard questions. Think about the questions been asked , Answer them isf you can and then move on .....
Gaelic games is no different , in Meath or any other County .
There's no black magic to what Dublin/Tyrone /Kerry / Roscommon have done over the last 10 years . It was just good Coaching , and Development of players. And curiously enough that doesn't stop at Senior level , you develop your senior players , like Rooney , O Neill , Thomas Reilly et al . Development however doesn't happen as quickly on the training field ,as it does happen on a field of play .That's why the questions on Rooney and O Neill were asked . Midfield , Defence ( especially half back line)
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Just looking at Meath True's negative comments. It might be useful to you to have someone at the games to explain to you what is going on.
The players you criticised had specific roles which demanded they play the way they played. Note nowadays forwards also have big defensive roles.Also it is neccessary to slow play down when the opposition have their defense in place. and rotate the ball until a crack appears.
It is not very entertaining for the paying fan but the players can only play the game as it is set out. That is until the GAA gets serious about tackling cynical play and/or reduces the number on a team to13.
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Replying To Meath_True: "Jinxie ,
That's not the case , there's a issue here that anyone that raises any points that are in truth obvious to all , are anti Meath , and that could be no further from the truth .
It would be brilliant for us to pick ourselves up after the O Byrne and league outings and close out the failings that were noted in the league once and for all . Putting the fixes in place , And then go into the Championship with all guns blazing , so much so that our climb back to the Leinster Summit while exhausting is achievable. I /We'd love that . But if you look round the garden and all you see is roses , and none of the weeds are noted , when the Summer days come around the weeds will overpower things and you'll be back to digging everything up again and re planting for the next year .
There's a standardised 7th man theory in systems that goes like this , in a room of 6 agreeing men you should always have a 7th man whose sole job is to ask the awkward questions , to question things even when they all appear rosy . That's to ensure that complacency doesn't settle in , in truth its to look for continual improvement in any arena . Don't get personal with people because they ask the hard questions. Think about the questions been asked , Answer them isf you can and then move on .....
Gaelic games is no different , in Meath or any other County .
There's no black magic to what Dublin/Tyrone /Kerry / Roscommon have done over the last 10 years . It was just good Coaching , and Development of players. And curiously enough that doesn't stop at Senior level , you develop your senior players , like Rooney , O Neill , Thomas Reilly et al . Development however doesn't happen as quickly on the training field ,as it does happen on a field of play .That's why the questions on Rooney and O Neill were asked . Midfield , Defence ( especially half back line)" Replying to Meath- True I must say i completely agree with your basic point. I would hate to think that we in Meath would settle for mediocrity. Yes yesterday was better, but we have a long way to go. We will improve when we examine and rectify our weaknesses. I think we need to look at the standard each player aspires to. Traditionally i would measure a player on how he performs under pressure in the championship preferably in Croke Park against Dublin. That is when the chips are down. Let's not fool ourselves that is where we aim for. Keep plucking away at the weeds so that the roses will be healthier....Meanwhile there will always be someone who will only see the roses. We all want the same outcome anyway.
nobull456 (Meath) - Posts: 1223 - 26/03/2018 13:42:09
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Replying To Ashrules: "Just looking at Meath True's negative comments. It might be useful to you to have someone at the games to explain to you what is going on.
The players you criticised had specific roles which demanded they play the way they played. Note nowadays forwards also have big defensive roles.Also it is neccessary to slow play down when the opposition have their defense in place. and rotate the ball until a crack appears.
It is not very entertaining for the paying fan but the players can only play the game as it is set out. That is until the GAA gets serious about tackling cynical play and/or reduces the number on a team to13." You should have gone to the said game to come up with those statements . If there's space in front of you , you generally move into it . The support players should get there to help out . Its normally lead by the person on the ball with support coming from the L or R , yesterday Meath broke out of defence and then stalled the horses on numerous occasions ( putting a large number of hand passes together to go backwards is maddening , and most definitely not progressive , and things got slowed down allowing the Down defence to get back and defend . Stalling the horses on the oppositions 20 M line is totally different to doing it on their 45M line . Which is what we've done on a number of occasions . Meath scored / created the 4 goals by penetrating runs , not by the lateral movement that a lot of Meath supporters have now gotten to abhor.
Meath_True (Meath) - Posts: 285 - 26/03/2018 14:23:39
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Great result yesterday. They started the match with real intensity and played very well at times throughout. However, the two goal head start and Sean Tobin's clinical finish (at the end) was the difference between the teams on the scoreboard. I thought for long spells Meath went through the motions somewhat, just defending their lead (4-6 points) for most of the match. This was a game they could and should have won by far more.
Quite a few players are indecisive on the ball when they counter attack and the opposition haven't numbers back ... they run down a wing so far and then stop and check back (the attack loses its momentum), instead of kicking a ball into an inside forward (with plenty of free space around them) or taking on their opponent (one on one) and running at them/past them ... I think that is why some people get frustrated with recycling ball, not when they are faced with a blanket defense in front of the player in possession. Biggy and COS are very direct at times (if a few more were it would be great). Even Donal Keoghan sets a good example for others on how to counter attack when he gets forward. No messing around, he runs at defenses with purpose.
GlasagusOr (Meath) - Posts: 1348 - 26/03/2018 14:29:08
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Replying To royaldunne: "Ref was awful. But I've come to expect that.
The players played out of their skins, Andy got every call right. If we had done this up to today we would be promoted but we are where we are. Colgan phenomenal save within first minute, McGill lavin power did well in backs. Also lot more structured half back line both mentees and keoghan much better today. Midfield was still hit and miss , that been said we fought more for the breaking ball Reilly was just magnificent again today as was cillian.
Ben did a lot of the donkey work Wallace ran his legs off, yes made a few errors but also tried very hard,
Leninhane was much better today as was mckeever delighted to see kennelly back and he really did well.
Overall cannot complain. Was it a perfect display? No but it was more structured and better executed than we have seen since Clare game." i must be the only one who didn't think it was a good performance yes they played well at times during it but its still to negative at one point we had 15 men inside our half, eamon wallace are quickest player seem to be playing more defensively which is ludicrous. midfield is a problem, but the big problem that i took away from sunday is our speed of transition way to slow at this level. there was times we did make breaks up the field but had no options as we sat back to much. if we had kept at least two up top instead of funnelling men back we could have one by more. just my opimion but its not good football to watch
srgt_slaughter (Meath) - Posts: 462 - 26/03/2018 14:35:17
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Replying To Ashrules: "Just looking at Meath True's negative comments. It might be useful to you to have someone at the games to explain to you what is going on.
The players you criticised had specific roles which demanded they play the way they played. Note nowadays forwards also have big defensive roles.Also it is neccessary to slow play down when the opposition have their defense in place. and rotate the ball until a crack appears.
It is not very entertaining for the paying fan but the players can only play the game as it is set out. That is until the GAA gets serious about tackling cynical play and/or reduces the number on a team to13." i agree with you hear but this is down to the manager, yesterday if we drove at down all the time we would have won by 20 points. i agree you have to slow the game down at times but not to the extended where yesterday we were 30 yards from the down goal and ended up nearly back in our full back line retaining possession. there was not enough players breaking the line, we do have quick players like james mcentee wallace o'sullivan and biggy who can do this but dont either want to or are told not too. the crowd forgives a p;layer who takes a chance and misses and not one who doesnt
srgt_slaughter (Meath) - Posts: 462 - 26/03/2018 14:40:36
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Yesterday was much better, much better balance to the team, and they way we are set up makes it crucial to get the lead early, need to try and move the ball forward with more purpose all of the time, we are predicable when we slow things down. Cillian O'Sullivan was a joy to watch, always getting dogs abuse and just gets on with it, always trying to be positive. Backs done pretty well yesterday, Power struggled at corner back i thought, midfield much better in Second half, Flanagan was poor in possession in the first. Still a couple of fellas who seem undroppable but yesterday was positive given the pressure the team was under. I think every man fought for the jersey which is always positive
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