good win,not ready for division 1,division 2 will be tough next year.roscommon will be trampled in the top flight next season,hope donal K not too bad.

thelutch (Meath) - Posts: 1047 - 05/04/2015 16:43:55    1710743

Good win , but meath going no where

Doitmyway1212 (Meath) - Posts: 72 - 05/04/2015 16:53:41    1710750

Awful game,Cavans style is terrible,but when Meath did open them up,they missed a lot of easy chances.. Again Graham Reilly went missing and essentially gave up because he wasn't having a good game.Eamonn Wallace should be starting at this stage,and Mark O'Sullivan offers little.Having said all that,we dug deep,and I thought Power had a really good game.Dv2 will be harder next year.

ziggy320001 (Meath) - Posts: 2432 - 05/04/2015 17:40:31    1710802

Well done lads. Terrible type football to play against. However it must b said once again....anyone who believes we could compete in division one with what we have is stone mad . I see no progress whatsoever apart from unearthing a gem of a full back

royalperro (Meath) - Posts: 21 - 05/04/2015 17:53:57    1710812

royalperro

But to be fair none of the sides in dv2 are good enough for dv1,but we were good enough to promote...

ziggy320001 (Meath) - Posts: 2432 - 05/04/2015 17:59:04    1710817

More doom and gloom here I see, even if we had of been promoted I dare say people still would have found plenty to moan about. I couldnt make the game today but I just got off the phone with my father who was there and left disgusted at the abuse our players and manager took from our own supporters, he described it as "an embarrassing disgrace", as far as I can see some of our so called supporters need to take a long hard look at themselves and are in no position to vent such criticism at our players and management

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 05/04/2015 18:02:29    1710823

Yep we were good enough for promotion, Roscommon will do a Westmeath on it, we would have been better, but we threw it away, actually didn't think graham Reilly had as bad as game as some, thought both bray and O'Rourke were very ordinary today and actually joey Wallace was a good sub, mcentee must have got injured cause he was playing excellent upto been subbed, micky burke was motm, so he is a nailed in certain to start come Wicklow also Tobin had a good game , menton is obviously carrying a injury, Newman better today.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 05/04/2015 18:11:18    1710834

Richieq , didn't hear too much after game, actually went onto field and the atmosphere was more one of disappointment then anything else.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 05/04/2015 18:15:02    1710837

Well done the lads winning today,took a while to open up the Cavan basketball defence (wonder where FredFlint is now??)

Good to see young O'Rourke back in some form too; all in all, can hold their heads high - always said the Rossies were good, well done to them too with back-to-back consecutive promotions - it was too much for us to expect WestMhi beat them.

RoyalSt.Pat (Meath) - Posts: 333 - 05/04/2015 18:16:50    1710840

Richieq I agree with your concern re negativity and personal remarks about players. An under age lad told me he would hate to be selected when he gets older, because as soon as your name is mentioned you are ripped to shreds on social media. It used to be a young lads dream to play for Meath. I am a supporter, for every training session they turn up for instead of staying by the fire. For every time they don't go to a stag or a wedding because they have a game. For every time they run till their hearts nearly burst. Thank you.

Sporter (Meath) - Posts: 2 - 05/04/2015 18:35:09    1710860

Some awful wides by both sides and we were lucky not to concede a goal (or two) at 12 each, that block and/or when their #11 tried to flick the ball to the net when he had time and space to catch it. Had one of those gone in we were beaten, but credit to the lads they finished strongly and won on merit given the number of chances created throughout the match. Burke and Power best of the bunch and Dalton played well at times. The Wallace's mobility and pace helped late on. Overall though, too much over elaboration in attack, player in possession trying to take on too many Cavan players at once and a lack of composure shooting. They need to be more patient at times, create some space and then have a few players with the confidence and ability to kick long range scores.

GlasagusOr (Meath) - Posts: 1348 - 05/04/2015 18:37:56    1710862

Ziggy - I think both styles were very similar and will win little. A poor standard of football with some players more like what you would see in a junior match.
royal -if you do not win your matches then you are not good enough to be promoted. It is a disgrace so called supporters shouting abuse at players or management and everyone would be better without that type of support - and they these guys are the ones who never attend or support a club. I did not see any stand out performances and there was no marking all over the pitch with most kick outs un-contested. I thought some of the ball played to big O'Rourke in first half was terrible and to the corner flag. Maybe when the championship starts a few new players could be un-earthed from the clubs. Does anyone know the type of injury Keoghan picked up? I just hope he has a speedy and successful recovery.

browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 05/04/2015 18:41:15    1710869

The most disappointing part of not getting promoted to division 1 today is that it was probably the easiest year to get promoted with the teams that were in the division. next year will be a lot harder to get promoted with all the ulster teams. Hope the lads are not too deflated after missing out on promotion, have championship to look forward to now.

meathalltheway (Meath) - Posts: 789 - 05/04/2015 18:42:27    1710871

Brutal game of football both teams using blanket and shooting was poor. My picks out of today were Tobin not just for the block and McGill.

showforit (Meath) - Posts: 156 - 05/04/2015 18:52:03    1710886

Presuming we play Galway at home, Cavan and Laois away - it could be worse next year. At least we will play two northern sides in Navan. Tyrone, Derry, Fermanagh and Armagh. It won't be as bleak as it sounds right now!

GlasagusOr (Meath) - Posts: 1348 - 05/04/2015 18:58:19    1710893

Lads you are disusional. I attended the game with many Meath supporters, true supporters that support through thick & thin. I have been attending Meath games with them for over 20 years. As passilnate as they are and my god their blood runs green, they were thankful that promotion was not achieved today. They and many in the crowd could see that despite cavan's inability to push forward it was clear the Meath were the exponents of the "blanket defence". We counted at least 3 times in the 2nd half that all 15 Meath players win the cavan half. Only difference was that Cavan didn't have a full forward to hold the ball and also at times like Meath didn't have a forward to take simple scores. To believe that Meath's rightful place is at the top table of gaa football is laughable.

offtheditch (Cavan) - Posts: 157 - 05/04/2015 19:09:18    1710902

Richieq

well I would agree with that,I did not hear anything like that were I was,but thats not acceptable. The players put in a good effort that is for sure.

ziggy320001 (Meath) - Posts: 2432 - 05/04/2015 19:49:16    1710934

RD

Reilly was poor,and actually SOR had a decent game and took some good scores.

ziggy320001 (Meath) - Posts: 2432 - 05/04/2015 19:50:07    1710936

Glas mightn't work out like that, we may only have 3 home games next year , and also just a note we played Monaghan in clones two years running, don't be surprised if we play Galway in Galway or Laois in navan.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 05/04/2015 19:51:10    1710937

likely we will have 4 away games next season.

ziggy320001 (Meath) - Posts: 2432 - 05/04/2015 19:57:37    1710947