tampa

nice positive post,I hope you are right :)

ziggy320001 (Meath) - Posts: 2432 - 23/03/2015 18:31:50    1705741

Yes I was at the game the Hyde is a very delapadted ground with the tricolour down in the corner and something very sparse in the look of the place. Fine stand though.
I will agree biggie did well in 1st half with 1 very wild wide but two decent points.... But I taught and everyone sees things differently that he was absent when he was needed in last 20 .... This is something that happens regularly in my mind... Don't get me wrong I would still always pick him but for him to become a top class player for meath he needs to stand up and be counted when the chips are down

That's what I think...... Sadly once again I was right in my predictions meath to lose and a bad week for meath football .... Somehow I think this week is actually worse than it seems at this moment in time for all concerned

glenny (Meath) - Posts: 1108 - 23/03/2015 19:14:44    1705757

Correct northmeathman the deluded comments are amazing.
Yeah ratoath royal, the organisation in Hyde Pk, was shocking.
As I've said in previous we lost the match ourselves. But I'm still positive for the future of this team.
Guys need to give some players a break.

David (Meath) - Posts: 567 - 23/03/2015 19:33:38    1705769

Glenny i guess people do see things differently, i thought he kept going even at the very end, im not having a go, different strokes for different strokes.
But i do agree with you on everything else, and the manner of this defeat, been the better team is hard to take.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 23/03/2015 19:49:48    1705784

Worst roscommon performance of the year yet they still won

mat (Mayo) - Posts: 182 - 23/03/2015 20:09:49    1705787

Look its been the better team by some distance and kicking the bloody thing away that annoys me, we kicked by my average 11/12 wides , 4/5 into keepers hands, went for goal/lost possession when point was there for taking on at least 3/4 occasions , kicked ball for second goal, .
Its not deluded comments to say we should have won that game with a bit to spare, we have won games in the past where we haven't been the better team, but that doesn't help. To allow a very mediocre Roscommon win that game regardless of ref is the worst part, Down are a better team and so are Cavan, we have our work cut out make no mistake its not going to be easy.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 23/03/2015 20:37:19    1705799

high king
Mick O'Dowd is not an intercounty manager. I have huge respect for the effort and time he puts in but let's be honest if our county board cannot identify a coach within Meath who is ambitious and smart enough to take this bunch of footballers to the standard they should be at (which is definitely not relegation candidates within Div.2) then they should simply resign
theres 6 teams in div 2 that are candidates for relegation

royal69er (Meath) - Posts: 96 - 23/03/2015 20:44:04    1705804

RD, Roscommon to be fair, were slow starters yesterday. I think had they played with the wind in the second half rather than the first the margin would have been greater. They must have taken at least 6 frees (inside our half) short after the two goals otherwise they could have increased the margin to an extent we wouldn't have stayed in touch. Take the second goal away and there was little between the teams in terms of scores in both halves including bad wides and kicks short into goalies.

GlasagusOr (Meath) - Posts: 1348 - 23/03/2015 21:14:50    1705823

not in any way rubbing it in here lads but does anyone know the last time Roscommon bet meath, lost in 2013 and 08 in league and got a few awful trimmings in qualifier games in navan on a few Saturday evenings

RealRossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 332 - 23/03/2015 21:40:23    1705836

Realrossie

Actually I can't! must have been a long time to be honest.

ziggy320001 (Meath) - Posts: 2432 - 23/03/2015 21:55:26    1705851

royal69er
County: Meath
Posts: 49

"theres 6 teams in div 2 that are candidates for relegation"

Yeah, we're one of them. We could have put ourselves in an ideal position for promotion but instead we came out against Laois in the second half and handed the game to them. Against Roscommon we were even worse.

This is one of the weakest Divsion 2s in a long time and we are seriously struggling, three years into Mick O'Dowd's term, no idea what our half-forward line should look like or play like, no game plan beyond running the ball down the middle and hope to win a free. That's it. Defend it if you like.

HighKing81 (Meath) - Posts: 129 - 24/03/2015 10:50:10    1705930

A couple of points;

1. What are you expecting from this current Meath set up. What has been coming through in the last number of years. Not a lot, no success at Minor or U21 and to be fair club football in Meath is poor. No success at club provincial and no real stars being developed. I think it is time to go back to the underage development and look at how we can build for the future and with the current set up get a touch of realism.

2. Do you really want Meath to be in Div 1 of the Football league for next year. Please. Meath would be destroyed and it would send the county back in time. It is not where Meath deserve to be or can honestly dream of being.

Meath are in the middle teir of national football, And at that it is the bottom of that tier.

Shivermetimber (Meath) - Posts: 124 - 24/03/2015 11:23:28    1705945

Shivermetimber , we could of and should of won v Laois and Roscommon, nothing to do with players , poor management decisions cost us on both . While u might have a point ,re div 1 been eaten alive but I'd rather be eaten alive in Div 1 than stuck in miserable Div 2 . I think we will win our last 2 games and then it's out if our hands .dont think having 5 players from 1 club is the right way to go either .

royalpainter (Meath) - Posts: 874 - 24/03/2015 12:21:37    1705979

Shivermetimber totally disagree, Meath are capable of playing in division one, based on this years division two standard, however next year it will be a lot higer standard and that makes me worry.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 24/03/2015 15:48:25    1706100

23/03/2015 20:37:19
royaldunne
County: Meath
Posts: 7040

1705799
Look its been the better team by some distance and kicking the bloody thing away that annoys me, we kicked by my average 11/12 wides , 4/5 into keepers hands, went for goal/lost possession when point was there for taking on at least 3/4 occasions , kicked ball for second goal, .
Its not deluded comments to say we should have won that game with a bit to spare, we have won games in the past where we haven't been the better team, but that doesn't help. To allow a very mediocre Roscommon win that game regardless of ref is the worst part, Down are a better team and so are Cavan, we have our work cut out make no mistake its not going to be easy

First off you are one of the most deluded posters on hoganstand. We didn't play well nor did we have to but the better team won and we would have won by more but for some dubious frees given towards the end of the game.

You kicked 9 wides which was less than we kicked, you kicked 3 into our keepers hands which again was less than us. You created no goal chances over the 70 mins never even looked like creating one either even though you told us all that Meath would hit the net a few times.

Free count was 33 to 28 in favour of Meath and your goalkeeping opting to kick short instead of long was eventually caught out by a deadly Senan Kilbride. If we are very mediocre well i'm afraid so are Meath.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3757 - 24/03/2015 16:28:17    1706115

The analyser that cant :). If you think Roscommon were the better team then you the one who deluded my friend.
Enjoy. Now run along onto Galway forums , we have other stuff to deal with.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 24/03/2015 19:34:26    1706185

Shivermetimber, at last someone on here who has some idea of football and where we are at the moment. Some of the clowns on here will berate and chastise you as negative,n pessimistic etc but the reality of the situation is that it's going to be a good while before we're competitive at the top level again. But it will come! Good to see someone talking sense

bluegossun (Meath) - Posts: 70 - 24/03/2015 21:14:33    1706230

I don't want to be perceived as negative because I am not. I know a few of the county panel and I know what they put into it from a training, nutrition and rest perspective but if we can get a little realistic and make the moves to promote and develop the game at grassroots we can then move forward.

Shivermetimber (Meath) - Posts: 124 - 25/03/2015 16:55:20    1706513