What is needed right now is people to say it as it is. We have enough wafflers. He has offered nothing constructive and refuses to say it as it is. In the present situation he is of no value to Meath in any capacity. I still hang on to some hope that our chairman will kick away the traces, and promote an honest and healthy debate, where all club delegates put the future of Meath football, and nothing else at the top of the agenda. If appointing a new manager is put back a couple of weeks so be it.

nobull456 (Meath) - Posts: 1224 - 30/07/2015 20:13:33    1761419

Uncle Fester

I agree with Moyles in that segment for sure..

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 30/07/2015 20:35:58    1761437

Was looking forward to reading part two of Moyles article but what a let down, sincerely hope this is not the type of rubbish we will hear from the clubs, its just bland, kop out thinking. Maybe has his reasons, but I expected some straight talking from him. Don't expect him to slate MOD or players but this was just waffle. Its the kind of analysis that will keep Meath football on the downward spiral.

seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 2144 - 30/07/2015 21:23:04    1761467

Has anyone had any inclination from their clubs on what they thinking ( i don't expect you to name clubs)

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 31/07/2015 09:44:56    1761538

RD

Well considering the county chairman is from my club,well........

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 31/07/2015 10:00:05    1761545

What about Bernard Flynn for Meath manager ? He could bring in Rob O Malley with him ?

subzero (Meath) - Posts: 69 - 31/07/2015 10:27:28    1761561

Flynn?

Not so sure to be honest..

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 31/07/2015 12:16:16    1761634

Bernard ? No certainly not at the moment. Maybe next time. But his tenure with shamrocks has been a rollercoaster to say the least. Id wait and see. Also shamrocks have some of the best players in wm playing with them and actually many would be of opinion he underperforming.
Id hold fire on that one , btw Bernard is a very nice guy who i know very well, but not yet, i am sure he would agree too.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 31/07/2015 12:33:09    1761645

Well both clubs i have been involved in Meath , one would vote him out the other is very much on the fence, so we will wait and see.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 31/07/2015 12:34:55    1761647

My club would vote "NO" too. 3 years and steadily getting worse. Time for new voice and idea's.

Redman7 (Meath) - Posts: 81 - 31/07/2015 19:26:29    1761838

Does there have to be a certain majority or is it simply if say 52% of the clubs vote NO,he is gone?

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 31/07/2015 19:42:39    1761843

Ziggy was wondering that myself

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 31/07/2015 20:29:04    1761856

Interesting article in to days Independent p66 where Wicklow chairman recommended Mc GEE be given another term as manager of football team. However,club delegates are unhappy with performance and refused to ratify at this point. Mc GEE has been invited to a meeting to outline his detailed plans etc.etc. Perhaps our delegates may also take the same road ,and put Meath football first.

nobull456 (Meath) - Posts: 1224 - 31/07/2015 20:30:11    1761857

nobull

They should,funnily enough though,I think they have been a bit harsh on McGee,they didn't perform too badly in the championship and could have beaten Meath had they kept 15 players on the field..

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 31/07/2015 20:35:35    1761860

Add to that the only two players on significance were missing due to injury for Wicklow, something McGee has not used as a excuse.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 01/08/2015 09:03:22    1761901

The romantic notion that some past player or combination of past players from the golden era is going to be the person/people to improve the current situation is stuff of dreamers.I don't know of too many who have any real proven credentials in management. Yet calls for
literally every player on every line of the past teams is being bandied about as the next messiahs.
The reality is over the last 10 yrs Tony Kearney wolfe tones, Damien Sheridan senchelstown and Davey Nelson O Mahonys have been the most successful managers in Meath. They offer real CV's with Real credentials. All up to speed in training methods dealing with the ridiculous fixture schedule to produce winning teams at the right time of the year. They have losses also against them but critically their teams came back to contest again, proving how they learn from defeat. They command RESPECT for their achievements.These are the people who should be seriously considered as the next Bainisteoir.
If we are serious in our efforts to put Meath back on the map these are the people the cb and the committee need to talk to in a hurry.
Nothing against MOD, but his time is up.Enough of the romantic dreaming.

leftnright (Meath) - Posts: 30 - 01/08/2015 10:41:06    1761919

How disappointing is Moyles' article. Terribly bland and brushes aside the real issue with Meath football.

"What can be done to make Meath great again? What can bring us back to the top again? Today is not the day for specifics as it will take more than these words to outline that plan and smarter people than me to flesh it out."

Such bull. Former player afraid to put his opinions out there in case someone gets upset. Instead have a go at the supporters. A public medium (newspaper, radio, TV) is the best way to get your opinion across so why not use that position.

men_of_49 (Meath) - Posts: 1989 - 01/08/2015 11:58:18    1761947

"The reality is over the last 10 yrs Tony Kearney wolfe tones, Damien Sheridan senchelstown and Davey Nelson O Mahonys have been the most successful managers in Meath."

I would add Declan McCabe to that list aswell. Done a great job with summerhill over the past few years.

delbert (Meath) - Posts: 10 - 01/08/2015 12:32:09    1761957

We certainly dont meed people like Moyles on a management team. Other than "SPOOFING" bull s. he has no value in any capacity in our present circumstances. Would be very difficult to continue supporting Meath football if it is decided to continue with more of the same . The dogs in the street know the problems .We need a completely new management team to begin with. Supporting structures underage etc. is a key requirement of course
The only comfort is the prospect that sufficient people including club delegates will say it as it is in the interest of Meath football. If we cannot fill the post with a suitable person WAIT until we can. We HAVE become another Offaly in the last few years. Lets not kid ourselves !!

nobull456 (Meath) - Posts: 1224 - 01/08/2015 12:59:06    1761963

Look the truth of the matter is you could have a management team of Sean Boylan mick o Dwyer and Micky Harte (all in their prime) and this Meath team would not win a Leinster never mind a all Ireland , we could have a different manager that would make us "hard to beat" but that's about it. So if mod stays or goes the out come for the time being will be similar
Under age structures are getting a lot of attention with all development squads being looked after well , of course things at underage could be better but we started well behind other counties and have a lot catching up to do, so we will just have to keep plugging away and hopefully it will come right , we are a proud footballing county and these are hard times but these things go in cycles and with the continued effort I'm sure we will reach the summit again sooner rather later.
Mick o dowd is not a bad manager maybe not a great manager but certainly not a bad manager and unfortunately we need a great manager right now to get the best out of the cards we are dealt right now but is that person out there , I think not???

head4dblackspot (Meath) - Posts: 513 - 01/08/2015 14:04:58    1761992