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Replying To grahamc9897: "Top Six are Simonstown ,Ratoath ,Sumerhill ,Dunboyne ,Wolfe Tones ,Moynalvey in my opinion" go along with that this year anyway. wouldn't rule any of them out of winning it either. ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 30/08/2017 23:16:16 2040936 Link
Replying To Jimmytheginnit: "Not a chance of them going down. They will rally the troops if they get anywhere near relegation." Just wondering are we sure that Skryne are not two games away from intermediate football for the first time. As I said, this will be bigger news than whoever wins the championship. Ibbecek (Meath) - Posts: 196 - 30/08/2017 23:34:40 2040943 Link
Replying To Ibbecek: "Just wondering are we sure that Skryne are not two games away from intermediate football for the first time. As I said, this will be bigger news than whoever wins the championship." Dreams do come true as they say. BigJoe14 (Meath) - Posts: 934 - 31/08/2017 08:40:10 2040991 Link
Replying To Maestro: "Well if your definition of a big team is 2 teams that haven't won one of their 4 matches in the group stages this year then good luck with that." I think most people would have seen Na Fianna and Skryne as strong contenders before the start of the season. Who would you classify as "big teams"? You seem reluctant to give your definition. Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1362 - 31/08/2017 09:03:29 2040999 Link
Replying To Ratoath Royal: "I think most people would have seen Na Fianna and Skryne as strong contenders before the start of the season. Who would you classify as "big teams"? You seem reluctant to give your definition." I don't believe too many would seriously have had either of those in the mix for this year. Before a ball was played this year i would have had Dunboyne to win it with Moynalvey as dark horses, bookies had O Mahoneys as favourites. If you look back i said at the time they should be 12/1 instead of 3/1. Simonstown for me are the surprise. Didn't expect t them to be there this year, further proof perhaps of where Meath football is at Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 31/08/2017 09:55:40 2041020 Link
Replying To Analyst: "I don't believe too many would seriously have had either of those in the mix for this year. Before a ball was played this year i would have had Dunboyne to win it with Moynalvey as dark horses, bookies had O Mahoneys as favourites. If you look back i said at the time they should be 12/1 instead of 3/1. Simonstown for me are the surprise. Didn't expect t them to be there this year, further proof perhaps of where Meath football is at" I broadly agree, I didn't think Skryne or Na Fianna would win it out although I didn't expect them to be in the lowly position there are now either, not shocked at Simonstown though as they have a good squad and I always felt if they got one they would get two or three championships, getting the monkey off the back can be a great catalyst for success. I wouldn't have expected NOM to be in the running this year either, didn't see anything to back those odds up. Simonstown still favourites for me although naturally I hope Ratoath can do it but if they don't this year I would be of the opinion they will win it in the next couple of years, the talent is there and the experience of senior football is building up, there is a changing scene in Meath football with some of the expected standard bearers seemingly falling by the wayside, Dunboyne could certainly be in with a shout this year too and whilst I haven't seen Summerhill they seem to be motoring along nicely also, certainly a few interesting clashes ahead in the last round of fixtures. Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 31/08/2017 11:29:26 2041073 Link
Replying To Analyst: "I don't believe too many would seriously have had either of those in the mix for this year. Before a ball was played this year i would have had Dunboyne to win it with Moynalvey as dark horses, bookies had O Mahoneys as favourites. If you look back i said at the time they should be 12/1 instead of 3/1. Simonstown for me are the surprise. Didn't expect t them to be there this year, further proof perhaps of where Meath football is at" I'm not sure what your opinion of Simonstown at the start year and how they actually competed has anything to do with the standard of the Meath club football They bet your "dark horses" by 12 points in the championship Maestro (Meath) - Posts: 569 - 31/08/2017 12:12:30 2041104 Link
Replying To Maestro: "I'm not sure what your opinion of Simonstown at the start year and how they actually competed has anything to do with the standard of the Meath club football They bet your "dark horses" by 12 points in the championship" Thats why i had the word " surprise " in there. The point on mesth football is that far superior Simonstown teams could win a senior and it seems like there is a good chance this side could win 2 on the trot Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 31/08/2017 16:31:53 2041248 Link
Replying To Analyst: "Thats why i had the word " surprise " in there. The point on mesth football is that far superior Simonstown teams could win a senior and it seems like there is a good chance this side could win 2 on the trot" What simonstown teams or in fact any keegan cup winning teams were superior than this one?? The standard of club football is certainly better than that of a few years ago Northsidegaels (Meath) - Posts: 237 - 31/08/2017 18:22:02 2041290 Link
Replying To Northsidegaels: "What simonstown teams or in fact any keegan cup winning teams were superior than this one?? The standard of club football is certainly better than that of a few years ago" Simonstown sides that lost 2 finals were in my opinion superior. Players like the Meades, Kelly, Traynor, Kearney, Mc Grath, Lunny, O Neill, Brady, mc Carthy, need i go on Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 31/08/2017 20:18:13 2041318 Link
Replying To Analyst: "Simonstown sides that lost 2 finals were in my opinion superior. Players like the Meades, Kelly, Traynor, Kearney, Mc Grath, Lunny, O Neill, Brady, mc Carthy, need i go on" Fair enough that was a quality side but as you say they lost 2 finals, throwing a 9 point lead away in one of them it's not like they were a million miles away from winning a championship and an average one then comes along and wins one a few years later reflecting a poor standard. This team has better players in my opinion and teams like dunboyne, ratoath, summerhill, the tones, Kells and moynalvey should make the next few years a good competitive championship. Northsidegaels (Meath) - Posts: 237 - 31/08/2017 21:31:47 2041364 Link
A lot riding on this weekends games Two great games in group C. Top of the table clash wit Dunboyne and Ratoath For me this will be a cagey affair with neither team wanting to pick up a suspension or injury prior to quarter finals Dunboyne to shade it And bottom of the table Skyrne and Dunshaughlin The loser will be in a relegation playoffs where anything can happen I think Skyrne are a bit better then a poor Dunshaughlin team and will have too much fight for Dunshaughlin Skyrne by 5 head4dblackspot (Meath) - Posts: 513 - 05/09/2017 17:17:52 2043088 Link
Ashbourne almost did the impossible.. TakeYourPoints6 (Meath) - Posts: 230 - 08/09/2017 22:14:35 2044283 Link
Replying To TakeYourPoints6: "Ashbourne almost did the impossible.." Don/Ash hockeying Duleek was always going to happen. Summerhill putting in a performance when they had already won the group was never going to happen. They must be kicking themselves over their game with Tones. If I remember correctly, they were cruising by 4 or 5 points with 10 minutes left and instead of pushing on, they decided to play keep ball. Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1362 - 09/09/2017 10:11:44 2044324 Link
Replying To head4dblackspot: "A lot riding on this weekends games Two great games in group C. Top of the table clash wit Dunboyne and Ratoath For me this will be a cagey affair with neither team wanting to pick up a suspension or injury prior to quarter finals Dunboyne to shade it And bottom of the table Skyrne and Dunshaughlin The loser will be in a relegation playoffs where anything can happen I think Skyrne are a bit better then a poor Dunshaughlin team and will have too much fight for Dunshaughlin Skyrne by 5" Ratoath v Dunboyne is a big deal loser with play Simonstown so it is a game worth winning numberedjerseys (USA) - Posts: 348 - 09/09/2017 10:35:42 2044329 Link
Replying To numberedjerseys: "Ratoath v Dunboyne is a big deal loser with play Simonstown so it is a game worth winning" With our injury situation and Dunboyne's gradual improvement throughout the campaign I can't see us winning tomorrow. Weather looks pretty horrendous tomorrow as well which could ruin the game as a spectacle. Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1362 - 09/09/2017 13:42:58 2044376 Link
The Wolfe tones looked very impressive against summer hill . The will take beating now . condae99 (Meath) - Posts: 34 - 10/09/2017 15:28:03 2044631 Link
So Skryne are in danger of ending their 80 year uninterrupted stay in Senior. I know that it was an awful day for football but not scoring in the second half is atrocious. Dunboyne were surprisingly abysmal today. Hardly used the wind at all in the first half and, at times, had 14 players in their own half with the wind at their backs. Even with our big injury list, we should really have won by more. Tones quarter final should be a cracker. Last time we met, a 17 year old Cian Ward tore us to shreds in the Junior final. Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1362 - 10/09/2017 19:04:35 2044673 Link
Replying To Ratoath Royal: "So Skryne are in danger of ending their 80 year uninterrupted stay in Senior. I know that it was an awful day for football but not scoring in the second half is atrocious. Dunboyne were surprisingly abysmal today. Hardly used the wind at all in the first half and, at times, had 14 players in their own half with the wind at their backs. Even with our big injury list, we should really have won by more. Tones quarter final should be a cracker. Last time we met, a 17 year old Cian Ward tore us to shreds in the Junior final." I don't think Dunshaughlin goalie even touched ball in second half . Regardless of conditions it was a total collapse showforit (Meath) - Posts: 156 - 10/09/2017 19:35:06 2044686 Link
Replying To Ratoath Royal: "So Skryne are in danger of ending their 80 year uninterrupted stay in Senior. I know that it was an awful day for football but not scoring in the second half is atrocious. Dunboyne were surprisingly abysmal today. Hardly used the wind at all in the first half and, at times, had 14 players in their own half with the wind at their backs. Even with our big injury list, we should really have won by more. Tones quarter final should be a cracker. Last time we met, a 17 year old Cian Ward tore us to shreds in the Junior final." It's one thing mentioning injuries and weather before games as excuses but discussing it after winning is desperate, I was going to post this before but I actually expected Ratoath to win this, it was a meaningless game with not much to gain for either side, bar maybe confidence for Ratoath. Lenihan and Jones are far better than anything on this magical injury list, and I wouldn't be worrying about Dunboyne, I'd agree on Dunboyne being poor today but that's hardly a shock, it changes nothing. dunboynelad (Meath) - Posts: 227 - 10/09/2017 20:17:01 2044699 Link