Replying To royaldunne:  "Last word on this ,If you think Meath were a 100% today you haven't been at a match all year, which is a possibility."

Replying To royaldunne:  "Thank you for calling me Mr Dunne. It shows my superiority and your respect. Today was as expected, tired players who wouldn't be looking at anything other than getting over the line against a shocking team (I'd rate one of the worst in ire) who came for their all ire in tip top shape and we still won. It will be light training this week and next the hard graft is over, and teams who will be hell of lot better than than Offaly. Job done like I expected played worse football in 2 years. AND STILL WON."

Replying To nobull456:  "[quote=brian:  "KK here's where you're wrong. Andy has had Mayo, Donegal, Tyrone and Kerry all in Navan, between league and championship and some of them in both. He has won the sum total of none of those games. Meath have stagnated since 2019. You said all the names people suggest aren't worthy because they don't have the CV or were only part of backroom staff's on multiple all ireland winning teams. They were integral parts of those all ireland winning teams. It's not all down to Jim Gavin and Pat Gilroy that Dublin won things. You mentioned Andy had a minor all ireland final appearance and club all ireland final to his name. What about his own failures as a a manager. Don/ Ash had multiple chances under him and they won nothing. Ultimately every first time manager has to start somewhere and they don't all start with a glittering CV. Lets not forget our greatest ever Sean Boylan applied for the hurling managers job. I don't believe Jim McGuinness or James Horan started with all irelands in their back pockets as managers but they were given a chance. Our results, our performance, our consistency, our morale, our strength and conditioning, our fitness, our tactics have all improved under McEntee. Our results haven't improved, they peaked in 2019 and we've not been close to it since then. Our performances have been laboured at best when playing teams at a similar standard. Our morale... did you see the performance and attitude v Kildare, only started caring when the game was out of reach.. Have you seen the morale of players leaving the panel after being brow beaten by Andy (Donal Lenihan) Our tactics, gimme a break, Can't get our kick outs right, run up blind alleys, can't get a good free taker. He's hardly reinvented the wheel Our S&C and Fitness have improved because Niall Ronan has worked with the players for 3 summers now i believe. They're consistently working with the same person, they have programs and plans and are monitored. You talk about him bringing through young players, i would say he's not the right kind of manager to bringing through the modern player. He rules by fear and dictation. Don't do what he says and you're out. Modern players look for guidance, support and information to improve, not the old school approach of being roared at from the sidelines. If he was developing such a good team why can't he resolve some of the most basic skills and strategies within the game? Kickouts and free taking. Huge important parts of the game and virtually ignored. The first thing a new manager would come in and do is work on those and we'd improve our scoring by 3-4 scores a game on our side and reduce our opponents scoring by at least 2 scores a game. Its as simple as that. But Andy doesn't seem to think that's important. As I've said all along does this matter. Will Brian on hoganstand.com/meath and his opinion mean anything to the county board and Andy? No it won't and we'll be having very similar discussions a year or 2 down the line."

Replying To Jinxie:  "A bit contradictory there? Your' opinion is that he should keep his opinion to himself.... on a message board... which is based on the fundamental concept of people sharing and exchanging views and opinions... You may not have the same opinion as him, but it doesn't me he is not entitled to it, or that yours carries and more weight than his. Most of the county would have had a similar mindset before the game, and even after that close shave, the mindset will still be the same against Carlow. We should be beating those teams and expect to beat them. Simple as that."

Replying To royaldunne:  "Same as that. The worst I've felt all year. Totally and utterly devastated. We were the better team today. And so much for the all singing and all dancing Galway. They showed antics today that would shame any Ulster county"

Replying To royaldunne:  "Actually it was Barney who said it first. And if you think Meath need to be at 100% to beat Offaly I are the one talking silly, actually talking utter scutter, 20-% would beat Offaly. That's a fact. They aren't and won't need to be in til top shape tomorrow."

Replying To grahamc9897:  "What do you suggest we do then !"

Replying To Foley91:  "graham Reilly and Mickey Burke will likely be given a run aswell in what would be their last games for meath. They would get a great send off"

Replying To latouche25:  "Well it's to be expected that Royal Dunne a la McEnroe, would bring out the CB spin. We achieved our goals for the year. The reality is. We scored 4 points in the Leinster final. The worst ever by a Meath team. We have played 2 games in the super 8's and have lost heavily in both. How or where have we improved under Mc Entee. He said he would put the foot back in Meath football, yet we are passing it more now than ever. Have we really gone to the point of bringing in a Louth man to help Meath football. The fact that he has his son on the team who is an average club player undermines his credibility. Kells have the best forward line in the county. Why is Hanlon Reilly or Matimo not on the panel. Indeed Oisin Reilly at midfield would be an option. If we want to improve its time to move on and bring in a manager who can unite the county. Mc Entee is to decisive"

Replying To royaldunne:  "First off Westmeath won the final of div 3. Secondly will many go?? Sorry jack what sort of question is that?? Any self respecting Meath supporters will be there and if they not , unless for some very good reason they NOT Meath supporters. I will be there should we get there and so will every member of my family from youngest (2yp son) the whole way up. And furthermore I will not be going to see a foregone conclusion, we will be going with flags and anything else we can find green and gold to watch Meath win Leinster, (I have never gone to a Meath game thinking we will get beat, and I never will) I will fully expect Meath to win and Donal and Bryan to lift the Delaney cup. Now of course if I take off the Meath glasses , it will be difficult, but at the match I will expect nothing less than a Meath victory."

Replying To Htaem:  "To hell with the Chronicle, somebody in there obviously doesn't like McEntee and engineered a controversial story to stick the boot in. This is really kicking the whole Meath setup and Meath supporters while we're down and a most unwelcome distraction while the squad are trying to pick themselves up for a huge qualifier game. Obviously apart from the attack on McEntee the other objective is to sell papers, well the ironic thing is I was planning on buying the Chronical this week to have a look but they can stick it now! They've published some right tripe in the past but this is as low as they've stopped for a long time. We await the apology from the Chronicle....."

Replying To stillaroyal:  "Firstly, I think that Andy should stay on another year. Its too close to the start of next year to be chopping and changing at this stage. Not sure if the O'Byrne Cup will go ahead but we probably should field a second team in that to give new players a chance to impress. Regarding the goalkeeping position I think Andy should ask Brendan Murphy would he come in as a goalkeeping coach. Brendan has finished as manager of Trim and he should be given the task of identifying and developing a goalie for next season. Trying 11 goalies and ending up with the kickout performance we had yesterday is just not good enough and puts all the other good work in jeopardy. Probably a freshening up in the backroom team needed also."

Replying To royaldunne:  "Facts are I was right. There was never a need to be in peak condition or performance for that game. And maybe they did have a few scoops. They won like I said they would. Playing at about 20% potential. You really need to learn about championship football, you build game by game."

Replying To royaldunne:  "Yes there is. Look the starting 15 plus subs could go out tonight on the lash get absolutely plastered , have a line of women not get to bed until 6 am, head to pt puke in changing room and the would still account for Offaly, and this yarra yarra crap of showing respect and been 100% is nonsense. There is ABSOLUTELY no need to, they would still beat Offaly."

Replying To royaldunne:  "No one said they looking down the road. Barney said they won't be at peak performance, I agreed with him, they won't be, they will be fully focused on Offaly but not in absolute tip top performance, why? They don't need to be, and secondly it would be very stupid there at least has to be another 10 percent that will be needed later on. Forget about longford, it wasn't that we weren't in peak it was that longford have a decent team (better than Offaly) and things went right for them. In their home venue where they have beat plenty of top sides. This is Offaly in navan."

Replying To FoolsGold:  "Any word from Meath Cavan match?"

Replying To icehonesty:  "You can't start GR the next day. You just can't. No way. If McEntee is a serious manager he'll leave him out. There's no way his performance last night can be justified by anyone. Centre forward has to be O'Sullivan."

Replying To royaldunne:  "Yes look where O'Dowd had us. We now in division one. And had one bad extremely bad game against the greatest team of all time. Thank god for Andy rescued us from the abyss"