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Apologies in advance for starting such a pessimistic thread but I feel with the current era finished a debate of this nature is suitable. Having achieved more or less nothing over the last four years bar promotion to division three and beaten heavily in consecutive Leinster finals the level of apathy is at an all time high. At least in the barren years under Barry, Banty and co. there was something to cheer about. Collapsing to a team we have never lost to before was bad but our captain not knowing the history behind the fixture made it even worse. Is this the worst Meath team we have ever had? In the 70's we were bad and Dublin were exceptionally good winning six Leinsters in a row just like yesterday. Arguably the current Dublin side are way ahead of the team of the 70's. The opposite would hold true for our respective teams. Jimin10 (Meath) - Posts: 783 - 18/07/2016 10:41:57 1885311 Link
Meath were competitive during the 70s and a better team than current crop. But I would agree this team is the poorest to represent Meath over the last 50 years. Is it down to bad management or lack of talent? the next two years will answer that question. The last ten minutes of Dublin game was for me the lowest point in Meath football, a Dublin team toying with us and showing us the respect we deserved on the day. seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 2151 - 18/07/2016 11:07:12 1885337 Link
Terrible thread begining (UK) - Posts: 300 - 18/07/2016 11:15:55 1885353 Link
Christ Almighty, what a ridiculous thread. Let's have a look: 1981 and 1982: we lose to Wexford and Longford in our first games. We were conceivably in the bottom 3 or 4 teams in Leinster. 2005: Get knocked out of Leinster, scrape by Leitrim AET thanks to a last minute point in normal time, before surrendering meekly against Cavan. 2006: Beaten out the gate by Wexford in Croke Park before eventually losing easily to Laois in the qualifiers. Seriously, some people really need to get a grip. Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1362 - 18/07/2016 12:10:07 1885410 Link
Replying To Jimin10: "Apologies in advance for starting such a pessimistic thread but I feel with the current era finished a debate of this nature is suitable. Having achieved more or less nothing over the last four years bar promotion to division three and beaten heavily in consecutive Leinster finals the level of apathy is at an all time high. At least in the barren years under Barry, Banty and co. there was something to cheer about. Collapsing to a team we have never lost to before was bad but our captain not knowing the history behind the fixture made it even worse. Is this the worst Meath team we have ever had? In the 70's we were bad and Dublin were exceptionally good winning six Leinsters in a row just like yesterday. Arguably the current Dublin side are way ahead of the team of the 70's. The opposite would hold true for our respective teams." The team in 1910 was our worst bert09 (Meath) - Posts: 1792 - 18/07/2016 12:55:23 1885453 Link
Replying To Jimin10: "Apologies in advance for starting such a pessimistic thread but I feel with the current era finished a debate of this nature is suitable. Having achieved more or less nothing over the last four years bar promotion to division three and beaten heavily in consecutive Leinster finals the level of apathy is at an all time high. At least in the barren years under Barry, Banty and co. there was something to cheer about. Collapsing to a team we have never lost to before was bad but our captain not knowing the history behind the fixture made it even worse. Is this the worst Meath team we have ever had? In the 70's we were bad and Dublin were exceptionally good winning six Leinsters in a row just like yesterday. Arguably the current Dublin side are way ahead of the team of the 70's. The opposite would hold true for our respective teams." Unfortunately have to agree. The loss to Westmeath is the lowest point ever for our county, it was compounded by our captain not knowing the history . I have never felt ashamed to be from Meath, but I came damn close to it that time. I remember the loss to Longford, I was at the game in cusack park jj McCormack was our captain, I was at the Wexford mauling, but Wexford were as good as us that time, so no real complaints, Matty forde was perhaps the best footballer in country at time, the limerick game was bad, but I was at that too, and again limerick would have been better than what we lost to under mod. But he is gone ,, so things can only get better. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 18/07/2016 13:29:15 1885482 Link
Meath are similar now to the time of the late 70's early 80's. ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 18/07/2016 13:57:16 1885513 Link
Replying To royaldunne: "Unfortunately have to agree. The loss to Westmeath is the lowest point ever for our county, it was compounded by our captain not knowing the history . I have never felt ashamed to be from Meath, but I came damn close to it that time. I remember the loss to Longford, I was at the game in cusack park jj McCormack was our captain, I was at the Wexford mauling, but Wexford were as good as us that time, so no real complaints, Matty forde was perhaps the best footballer in country at time, the limerick game was bad, but I was at that too, and again limerick would have been better than what we lost to under mod. But he is gone ,, so things can only get better." No the Limerick game was without question the lowest point.We were a total shambles and were 20 points down! ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 18/07/2016 13:59:16 1885514 Link
I think a few drama queens here are selectively forgetting some results in order to slate this team. Do none of you remember about 2002 till 2008? Aside from 2007 we were worse than now. Losing regularly to Fermanagh, Wexford, Laois in the championship. We didn't even make a Leinster semi final between 2004 and 2010, when Dublin weren't half the team they are now. In 2004 we got relegated to division 2A of the league, which was effectively division 3 as there were 16 teams higher than division 2A. We came straight back up in 2005 (anyone remember the last minute free vs Monaghan dropping into our net in the final?), but then got relegated back to 2A in 2006. There's a thread on boards.ie about statistical football rankings over the years, and purely from a numbers perspective, Meath reached their lowest point in the early 60s. It won't come as a shock that we haven't been ranked number 1 since the year 2000. CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1646 - 18/07/2016 14:34:03 1885561 Link
Replying To ziggy32001: "No the Limerick game was without question the lowest point.We were a total shambles and were 20 points down!" No totally disagree with you on this. Limerick were a better team than Westmeath in every position. Plus we didn't have that proud great record that meant so much to so many, (even if the captain didn't know about it) against limerick. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 18/07/2016 16:39:47 1885720 Link
Replying To royaldunne: "No totally disagree with you on this. Limerick were a better team than Westmeath in every position. Plus we didn't have that proud great record that meant so much to so many, (even if the captain didn't know about it) against limerick." RD Take it as a match and nothing else.. At least we played some good football against Westmeath in the first half.Down in Limerick,the team were all over the place for the whole 70mins,plus the team were disinterested for the whole 70mins. ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 18/07/2016 17:21:37 1885751 Link
I was at the games i 81 and 82. We were expected to beat wexford and Longford respectively. .and lost..81 blew a lead and eamonn Barry hit post with penalty. .edmahon a meath man played a blinder for wexford. ..In 83 we took that years all Ireland winners to a replay..things were looking up..I never thought after losing to Longford in 82 that five years later we would win sam sob (Meath) - Posts: 492 - 18/07/2016 18:26:47 1885783 Link
Replying To sob: "I was at the games i 81 and 82. We were expected to beat wexford and Longford respectively. .and lost..81 blew a lead and eamonn Barry hit post with penalty. .edmahon a meath man played a blinder for wexford. ..In 83 we took that years all Ireland winners to a replay..things were looking up..I never thought after losing to Longford in 82 that five years later we would win sam" Amazing what a good manager can do. That is why I have faith, only one man can redeem us and that man is Andy McEntee. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 18/07/2016 20:08:22 1885834 Link
The Meath teams of 1888 to 1918. They could not beat the Wee County. The turning point was when the Royals finally beat the Wee men for the first time in 1919 after a replay. It was Meaths first Battle of the Boyne victory in eleven attempts. Since then the Royals have not looked back. The Meath County Board wanna mark the 100th anniversary in 2019 with a big bon fire on the hill of Slane. OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 18/07/2016 20:33:45 1885860 Link
Replying To sob: "I was at the games i 81 and 82. We were expected to beat wexford and Longford respectively. .and lost..81 blew a lead and eamonn Barry hit post with penalty. .edmahon a meath man played a blinder for wexford. ..In 83 we took that years all Ireland winners to a replay..things were looking up..I never thought after losing to Longford in 82 that five years later we would win sam" I never would have thought Donegal would be champions two years after Cork beat them by 20 points.. Not many would have tipped Dublin the year after Meath hammered them etc etc. ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 18/07/2016 20:46:45 1885871 Link
Lads talkin about times of the easter rising and how bad we were then is a waste of time, now about the 80s while it is relevant but gaps were easier to close back then, now this may be the worst meath team ever it may not be but it definitely definitely ia a terrible meath team, an again i see people talking here an clearly they wont except how bad we are otherlad (Meath) - Posts: 137 - 19/07/2016 08:02:20 1886000 Link
Replying To otherlad: "Lads talkin about times of the easter rising and how bad we were then is a waste of time, now about the 80s while it is relevant but gaps were easier to close back then, now this may be the worst meath team ever it may not be but it definitely definitely ia a terrible meath team, an again i see people talking here an clearly they wont except how bad we are" I think the whole thread is waste of time :0). bobkarlgees (Meath) - Posts: 1263 - 19/07/2016 11:24:16 1886116 Link
I don't know or care about which team was the worst.. But for me, the worst day since before the mid 80s was that wexford match in '08. TobinsBeard (Meath) - Posts: 125 - 19/07/2016 12:25:09 1886178 Link
It made for interesting reading what MOD had to say about the meath team he inherited and certain people tin the media sob (Meath) - Posts: 492 - 19/07/2016 14:55:45 1886373 Link
Replying To bobkarlgees: "I think the whole thread is waste of time :0)." You may be right there otherlad (Meath) - Posts: 137 - 19/07/2016 21:34:01 1886676 Link