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Dunsany Bective Final, with Dunsany to win it out. overthehill72 (Meath) - Posts: 334 - 15/08/2016 14:06:52 1901282 Link
Replying To 11jm11: "Are people happy to have second teams allowed to compete in the first team championships? Surely it isn't fair on the small rural clubs ?" No Brownepat (Meath) - Posts: 532 - 15/08/2016 16:30:07 1901361 Link
Replying To Brownepat: "No" I don't think you can get rid of them as your just going to bring down the level of the Junior A. the Junior B clubs that would be brought up to replace them would just end up getting badly bet. de_man (Meath) - Posts: 192 - 15/08/2016 16:58:21 1901382 Link
Replying To anystir: "So who are the 3 for relegation????" Drumconrath, st bridgits, clonard otherlad (Meath) - Posts: 137 - 15/08/2016 18:12:25 1901438 Link
Replying To 11jm11: "Are people happy to have second teams allowed to compete in the first team championships? Surely it isn't fair on the small rural clubs ?" Dont start this again otherlad (Meath) - Posts: 137 - 15/08/2016 18:13:12 1901440 Link
Replying To 11jm11: "Are people happy to have second teams allowed to compete in the first team championships? Surely it isn't fair on the small rural clubs ?" Skryne and Seneschalstown are both rural clubs. Summerhill isn't exactly a bustling metropolis either. So from what I can see, the current situation is very fair for rural clubs. The only urban clubs to make the play-offs are Dunboyne and Dunshaughlin. anfearbeag (Meath) - Posts: 1134 - 15/08/2016 23:53:50 1901550 Link
Junior A winner prediction: Bective Junior B winner prediction: Young Slane side to beat Moynalty tikitaka (Meath) - Posts: 8 - 16/08/2016 00:16:32 1901555 Link
Replying To anfearbeag: "Skryne and Seneschalstown are both rural clubs. Summerhill isn't exactly a bustling metropolis either. So from what I can see, the current situation is very fair for rural clubs. The only urban clubs to make the play-offs are Dunboyne and Dunshaughlin." Summerhill has a big pick, massive parish. Its about 20km from one end to the other! 11jm11 (Kildare) - Posts: 366 - 16/08/2016 07:52:07 1901573 Link
Replying To anfearbeag: "Skryne and Seneschalstown are both rural clubs. Summerhill isn't exactly a bustling metropolis either. So from what I can see, the current situation is very fair for rural clubs. The only urban clubs to make the play-offs are Dunboyne and Dunshaughlin." We had this earlier in the year 2nd teams like s'hill, s'town dunboyne and the others are a great acid to junior championship and are keeping the standard of junior football up in meath we should not be givin out just cause some small junior clubs want to put in a half effort and then complain when they dont get through,, end of storey otherlad (Meath) - Posts: 137 - 16/08/2016 08:23:39 1901579 Link
skryne have a massive pick as well huge parish bigger than summerhill i reckon srgt_slaughter (Meath) - Posts: 462 - 16/08/2016 09:16:20 1901596 Link
St. Brigids have been a real disappointment this year. I really thought they would give the junior a good shake up this year. Their league form has been so impressive, they must just bottle it come champ. anystir (Meath) - Posts: 41 - 16/08/2016 10:08:14 1901624 Link
A Q/F final on a monday day night, what the hell is going on with the county board? Can anyone explain this? rightthere (Meath) - Posts: 128 - 16/08/2016 14:17:11 1901817 Link
So after having the championship restructuring reversed because they knew they weren't good enough to stay up in a properly competitive division, the "rural" clubs want the 2nd teams dumped out of the championship in order to make it easier for them to win? Summerhill and Skryne have probably used 20+ players in the senior this year. If the rural club who have been training all year with one goal- the JFC, can't even beat what's left of a senior club,'s 2nd string, then I think it's more a case of just not being good enough. CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1646 - 16/08/2016 15:46:45 1901907 Link
Replying To CastleBravo: "So after having the championship restructuring reversed because they knew they weren't good enough to stay up in a properly competitive division, the "rural" clubs want the 2nd teams dumped out of the championship in order to make it easier for them to win? Summerhill and Skryne have probably used 20+ players in the senior this year. If the rural club who have been training all year with one goal- the JFC, can't even beat what's left of a senior club,'s 2nd string, then I think it's more a case of just not being good enough." FFS to be fair... As far as the structure goes,the clubs should be told,well this is happening etc for the good of the competitions. ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 16/08/2016 16:52:37 1901957 Link
I'm sure the sports reporters in the hoganstand would know at this stage how many players Dunboyne, Summerhill,Skyrne,Dunshaughlin and Senchalstown have used so far in the senior championship. Maybe they might publish it meathfan2 (Meath) - Posts: 7 - 16/08/2016 18:34:25 1901995 Link
Replying To srgt_slaughter: "skryne have a massive pick as well huge parish bigger than summerhill i reckon" The big difference between Skryne, Summerhill, Seneschalstown and the other "small rural clubs" is that in those 3 cases, there is only one club in the parish. That is why they have a big pick to choose from. Should players from those parishes be penalised and prevented from playing Junior football just because in other parishes people can't get on, and instead split the players available into 2 or 3 smaller clubs? Incidently, anyone like to hazard a guess as to when the last time a second team won the Junior A championship? The reality is that the winners list for the Junior A championship is dominated by first teams. Regardless of how much moaning that goes on about it, the reality is that the best team ends up winning the competition, and that is usually a first team, very often from a "small rural club". anfearbeag (Meath) - Posts: 1134 - 16/08/2016 23:46:43 1902082 Link
Replying To anfearbeag: "The big difference between Skryne, Summerhill, Seneschalstown and the other "small rural clubs" is that in those 3 cases, there is only one club in the parish. That is why they have a big pick to choose from. Should players from those parishes be penalised and prevented from playing Junior football just because in other parishes people can't get on, and instead split the players available into 2 or 3 smaller clubs? Incidently, anyone like to hazard a guess as to when the last time a second team won the Junior A championship? The reality is that the winners list for the Junior A championship is dominated by first teams. Regardless of how much moaning that goes on about it, the reality is that the best team ends up winning the competition, and that is usually a first team, very often from a "small rural club"." I think kells were the last second team around 30 years ago. O mahonys 2nd team haven't won a championship in over 40 years NaNa (Meath) - Posts: 49 - 17/08/2016 09:47:33 1902115 Link
Second teams competing is fair enough. What's grossly unfair is that the second teams are making mockery of the Junior competition by playing their Senior players in earlier games and then having clearly weaker teams in the latter stages of the groups. They're not even trying to hide this fact, have you seen the Skryne JFC report on here from the weekend? -- "The Blues had the luxury to take off one of their best players - Eoin Smyth - so he could join the Senior team as they prepared to play Ballinlough in the following match". Second teams should have to name their players before the Championship starts, like we go for the A and B League. I think this would make it fairer. Even if they were name to name 20 players. Would also like to see second teams put in their own group stage. I genuinely believe that Junior first teams care a hell of a lot more than the second teams. meathgaa91 (Meath) - Posts: 48 - 17/08/2016 11:04:02 1902164 Link
Replying To NaNa: "I think kells were the last second team around 30 years ago. O mahonys 2nd team haven't won a championship in over 40 years" Did Ashbournes 2nd team not win it a few yrs back???? Blackspot09 (Meath) - Posts: 870 - 17/08/2016 11:12:47 1902175 Link
Replying To Blackspot09: "Did Ashbournes 2nd team not win it a few yrs back????" I think they were promoted as beaten finalists NaNa (Meath) - Posts: 49 - 17/08/2016 11:41:52 1902200 Link