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Great win for Trim today , Toher is doing some job coaching that team. Well done to all.
hurley1 (Meath) - Posts: 45 - 17/09/2016 22:16:26
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Two cracking games in PT last night, shame about the scoreboard fiasco. Kildalkey showed their strength in depth with scores coming from all over the field, Dunboyne didn't have enough scores from play and were living off Quigley's frees and 65s to stay in the game but once the goals started coming it was always going to end up one way. This sets up a great semi between Kildalkey and Kiltale and I'd say Kildalkey would be looking good to come out the right side of this.
Trim were clinical in finishing off BHG who never stopped trying, Toher was commanding and his goal was sublime, Douglas is always good for a goal but I fear Killyon might have a plan to contain him but there are plenty of other scoring forwards in that side.
Watched the relegation match in Dunderry earlier, as someone said earlier NOM are too reliant on Walshe for scores as their full forward line never managed a score all day. They must be wondering what happened in the second half after leading well at half time, CNG came out guns blazing in the second half for a couple of nice scores from Ennis and Fitz.
It was disappointing and disrespectful the amount of jeering and barracking that was going on on the sidelines and occasionally spilled over onto the pitch. Not something you normally see in GAA. CNG were deserved winners but they were badly let down by the behaviour of some of their supporters and the dug out. Shameful scenes.
Wedgie (Meath) - Posts: 253 - 18/09/2016 10:24:31
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Replying To MillerX: "Today's Q Finals reflected the strength of both groups. Kilmessan or Longwood would have qualified from the Dunboyne / Blackhall group. On another point, PT has already lost its floodlights and today we discovered that the scoreboard seems to be a thing of the past, what will fail next in the old stadium?
Then the County Board decide to keep us updated every 10 minutes of thy score except they then decide to give out any score, a bit like Croke Park.....it does not have to be correct......and when they are attempts made to correct this they give up and don't call any more scores. This might be fine if €5 was the entrance fee except it is now in the main €10. Not good enough." Totally agree. Countyboard should be ashamed at how they ran Senior hurling championship games on Saturday. No scoreboard and no linesmen. Wouldn't happen on a football championship day.
Redsalltheway (Meath) - Posts: 116 - 18/09/2016 10:30:11
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Replying To Redsalltheway: "Totally agree. Countyboard should be ashamed at how they ran Senior hurling championship games on Saturday. No scoreboard and no linesmen. Wouldn't happen on a football championship day." Unfortunately the County Board, like Pairc Tailteann is long past it's sell by date.
The CB seem to think we're the football stronghold we were back in the last century when we were taking part in AI football finals and structure their 'business model' around this, Pairc Tailteann has to be the worst county ground (apart from Louth's) in the entire country, its dilapidated and run down and crying out for redevelopment.
Wedgie (Meath) - Posts: 253 - 18/09/2016 11:13:46
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Aw come on any electrical yoke can breakdown did you ever plug in the kettle and it don't work.
Not too worry it br fixed and grand for the football next week
numberedjerseys (USA) - Posts: 348 - 18/09/2016 14:07:15
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I'm no big fan of the county board, but it's a bit paranoid to say that the scoreboard malfunctioning was some sort of anti hurling conspiracy.
CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1646 - 18/09/2016 14:42:33
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Replying To Wedgie: "Two cracking games in PT last night, shame about the scoreboard fiasco. Kildalkey showed their strength in depth with scores coming from all over the field, Dunboyne didn't have enough scores from play and were living off Quigley's frees and 65s to stay in the game but once the goals started coming it was always going to end up one way. This sets up a great semi between Kildalkey and Kiltale and I'd say Kildalkey would be looking good to come out the right side of this.
Trim were clinical in finishing off BHG who never stopped trying, Toher was commanding and his goal was sublime, Douglas is always good for a goal but I fear Killyon might have a plan to contain him but there are plenty of other scoring forwards in that side.
Watched the relegation match in Dunderry earlier, as someone said earlier NOM are too reliant on Walshe for scores as their full forward line never managed a score all day. They must be wondering what happened in the second half after leading well at half time, CNG came out guns blazing in the second half for a couple of nice scores from Ennis and Fitz.
It was disappointing and disrespectful the amount of jeering and barracking that was going on on the sidelines and occasionally spilled over onto the pitch. Not something you normally see in GAA. CNG were deserved winners but they were badly let down by the behaviour of some of their supporters and the dug out. Shameful scenes." ah come off it
2 really poor games with no intensity at all
toher goal was a fluke that went in direct from sideline, full back or goalie should have stopped it, rolled into the net
kildalkey going to beat kiltale now? why because they beat a awfull dunboyne team? second half was like a bad challenge match
hurlit (Meath) - Posts: 416 - 18/09/2016 14:43:49
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Wow hurlit , feeling a bit green there?.. definately showing that colour, personally I think kildalkey will beat kiltale ...no problem at all!!!
hurley1 (Meath) - Posts: 45 - 18/09/2016 15:09:28
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Replying To hurlit: "ah come off it
2 really poor games with no intensity at all
toher goal was a fluke that went in direct from sideline, full back or goalie should have stopped it, rolled into the net
kildalkey going to beat kiltale now? why because they beat a awfull dunboyne team? second half was like a bad challenge match" I respect your opinion, commentary on any game can be highly subjective depending on your point of view as a winner, a loser or a neutral observer.
As the old saying goes 'history is written by the victorious' and it would be a dull place if we all shared the same opinion.
Wedgie (Meath) - Posts: 253 - 18/09/2016 16:20:32
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Replying To hurley1: "Wow hurlit , feeling a bit green there?.. definately showing that colour, personally I think kildalkey will beat kiltale ...no problem at all!!!" couldnt care less who wins, only time will tell
they beat a bad team who finished 3rd in a poor group, im sure they will tell you that themselves
hurlit (Meath) - Posts: 416 - 18/09/2016 17:23:12
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Replying To hurlit: "couldnt care less who wins, only time will tell
they beat a bad team who finished 3rd in a poor group, im sure they will tell you that themselves" It's all window dressing. Kiltale will win semi and final and will win both games by at least 4 points.
oldsam_newsam (Meath) - Posts: 638 - 18/09/2016 21:48:53
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Ok I think anyone who is serious about this thread and actually attends hurling games in the county know that Kiltale are still the team to beat and will need to have a very bad day at the office in order for ANY of the other to have a chance,
Kildalkey will provided their toughest opposition yet and can push them all the way but cant see them keeping within 5 points of kiltale on the bigger pitch's like Navan or trim.
Trim vs Kilyon I would think trim will win this unless the county board put the game in kildalkeys soccer pitch like they normal do when these teams meet. Trim cant handle the tight spaces and kilyon thrive on it as they play a sweeper and always try close down from the front. That said Trim missed a lot of scoreable chances from well within the 40 the last time they played with Douglas hitting at least three of them. On a bigger pitch like navan where the game should be played, I would fully expect trim to win.
Therefore I think Trim will play kiltale in the final and Kiltale will win pretty easily as Trim just don't have the backs to handle kiltale's forwards unless they can recapture the intensity they showed when they beat them in the group stages last year.
Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 630 - 19/09/2016 08:48:08
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Replying To Irish_downunder: "Ok I think anyone who is serious about this thread and actually attends hurling games in the county know that Kiltale are still the team to beat and will need to have a very bad day at the office in order for ANY of the other to have a chance,
Kildalkey will provided their toughest opposition yet and can push them all the way but cant see them keeping within 5 points of kiltale on the bigger pitch's like Navan or trim.
Trim vs Kilyon I would think trim will win this unless the county board put the game in kildalkeys soccer pitch like they normal do when these teams meet. Trim cant handle the tight spaces and kilyon thrive on it as they play a sweeper and always try close down from the front. That said Trim missed a lot of scoreable chances from well within the 40 the last time they played with Douglas hitting at least three of them. On a bigger pitch like navan where the game should be played, I would fully expect trim to win.
Therefore I think Trim will play kiltale in the final and Kiltale will win pretty easily as Trim just don't have the backs to handle kiltale's forwards unless they can recapture the intensity they showed when they beat them in the group stages last year." Agree with you downunder ref Kildalkey / Kiltale.
Not sure about Trim though. I agree about the county board fixing for Kildalkey, I would have thought Athboy or Navan for this game. Regarding Trim, they will be playing each week with the football still going. Also, big losses with goalkeeper Brian Carley & full back Damien Loran out with injuries. Damien's particularly concerning. I don't know if Killyon have injuries but, considering Killyon beat them earlier, Killyon should be favorites.
trim1 (Meath) - Posts: 162 - 19/09/2016 09:49:05
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Was interesting alright to see the second and third team in Kiltale's group, being really outplayed on Saturday night. Dunboyne were truly awful against Kildalkey, so not sure how much of a test it was. I cant see them troubling Kiltale especially the way they played in the earlier games. Similarly, Trim had no trouble in disposing of Blackhall Gaels. Their game with Killyon could be interesting though. It was a good encounter the evening they played in Kildalkey with nothing between the sides.
On the issue regarding the score board, I wouldnt mind that too much, these things can happen, and in both games there was never an issue about who was in the lead. Might have been more annoying had either game been tight. But the whole thing with no linesmen is such a disgrace, especially in the county grounds and at this stage of the competition. And one more thing, how many grounds do you have to go into paying your €10 but then having to pay an extra €2 to park your car. I know its only €2 but how much of that supporters fund money goes back to the hurling.
hurlinglad (Meath) - Posts: 45 - 19/09/2016 11:16:05
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Replying To hurlinglad: "Was interesting alright to see the second and third team in Kiltale's group, being really outplayed on Saturday night. Dunboyne were truly awful against Kildalkey, so not sure how much of a test it was. I cant see them troubling Kiltale especially the way they played in the earlier games. Similarly, Trim had no trouble in disposing of Blackhall Gaels. Their game with Killyon could be interesting though. It was a good encounter the evening they played in Kildalkey with nothing between the sides.
On the issue regarding the score board, I wouldnt mind that too much, these things can happen, and in both games there was never an issue about who was in the lead. Might have been more annoying had either game been tight. But the whole thing with no linesmen is such a disgrace, especially in the county grounds and at this stage of the competition. And one more thing, how many grounds do you have to go into paying your €10 but then having to pay an extra €2 to park your car. I know its only €2 but how much of that supporters fund money goes back to the hurling." I think Kiltale will have a tougher time than you think as Kildalkey might have a couple of surprises in store. Besides they'll relish going into this one as underdogs.
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Replying To Wedgie: "I think Kiltale will have a tougher time than you think as Kildalkey might have a couple of surprises in store. Besides they'll relish going into this one as underdogs." Would they not have been underdogs for the county final last year?
begining (UK) - Posts: 300 - 26/09/2016 08:38:09
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Replying To begining: "Would they not have been underdogs for the county final last year?" Kiltale will be warm favourites obviously. Kildalkey haven't being firing on all cylinders since Ducksy got injured. Kiltale should have too much for Kildalkey but you never know in Sport. I expect Kiltale to pull away near the end though and win by 6 + points.
The other semi final will be a lot closer, Killyon have beaten Trim but I fancy Trim to come through.
A lot will depend on how both teams stop gannon / douglas respectively.
Wouldn't be suprised if the game went to Extra Time. Trim by 2.
overthehill72 (Meath) - Posts: 334 - 26/09/2016 09:22:04
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I know Douglas on his day is a fantastic hurler and one of the best in the county but he has been far from at his best this year. Indeed he should have put kilyon to bed on his own in the game at kildakly when he hit 3-4 wides from 40 yards. I am not slating the lad as he has had a lot on his plate this year with the county footballers too, but a lot of people are saying that he is the one to stop and I don't entirely believe that. Toher is the man that makes Trim tick and if you can limit him on frees and keep the play going down the wings trim will struggle.
That said with the football out of the way, this is Trims last chance of some silver for the year so I would expect them to be sharp especially with toher doing the coaching
Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 630 - 26/09/2016 09:59:14
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Replying To Irish_downunder: "I know Douglas on his day is a fantastic hurler and one of the best in the county but he has been far from at his best this year. Indeed he should have put kilyon to bed on his own in the game at kildakly when he hit 3-4 wides from 40 yards. I am not slating the lad as he has had a lot on his plate this year with the county footballers too, but a lot of people are saying that he is the one to stop and I don't entirely believe that. Toher is the man that makes Trim tick and if you can limit him on frees and keep the play going down the wings trim will struggle.
That said with the football out of the way, this is Trims last chance of some silver for the year so I would expect them to be sharp especially with toher doing the coaching" I thought Andrews was coaching Trim?
Wedgie (Meath) - Posts: 253 - 26/09/2016 13:57:11
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Replying To Wedgie: "I thought Andrews was coaching Trim?" helpin out
Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 630 - 26/09/2016 15:26:33
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