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Replying To Irish_downunder: "I'd like to know where our county board is.. or are the just shoving TJ out front to soak it up.." Well apparently by this evening the County Board had not received any official word on the decision of the CCCC, that's according to the Meath PRO so in fairness its hard to make official reply when you haven't received the official decision in the proper way, just highlights again the complete lack of respect shown regarding this Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 07/06/2016 20:54:54 1863190 Link
Replying To Richieq: "Well apparently by this evening the County Board had not received any official word on the decision of the CCCC, that's according to the Meath PRO so in fairness its hard to make official reply when you haven't received the official decision in the proper way, just highlights again the complete lack of respect shown regarding this" Lord jaysus..it's looking like a screw job alright! WhyTheLongFace (Meath) - Posts: 876 - 07/06/2016 21:26:24 1863223 Link
Replying To Richieq: "Well apparently by this evening the County Board had not received any official word on the decision of the CCCC, that's according to the Meath PRO so in fairness its hard to make official reply when you haven't received the official decision in the proper way, just highlights again the complete lack of respect shown regarding this" Thanks for filling us in.. so as it stands officially we have yet to hear of a confirmed date.. if it arrives tomorrow that's 3 days to prepare (that's including tomorrow night) which is a joke.. that is not enough time and meath have te first round of club games this weekend which should come first.. Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 630 - 07/06/2016 21:43:11 1863245 Link
Replying To Irish_downunder: "Thanks for filling us in.. so as it stands officially we have yet to hear of a confirmed date.. if it arrives tomorrow that's 3 days to prepare (that's including tomorrow night) which is a joke.. that is not enough time and meath have te first round of club games this weekend which should come first.." It's a joke that Meath should have to replay this.Is it not time for Leinster to tell the other provinces that the Leinster round robin 2017 is Laois,Westmeath,Meath and Carlow and let Munster,Ulster and Connacht look after their own business jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1458 - 07/06/2016 22:01:38 1863269 Link
Why not allow this game to replayed as a curtain raiser to the Leinster Final. Would give both teams time to prepare and play in Croke Park on a fitting occasion. hurlingnut (Wicklow) - Posts: 311 - 07/06/2016 22:10:53 1863274 Link
If the Meath hurlers cannot play on Saturday night because they were out celebrating for 3 days how on earth were they meant to play club championship games this weekend? They must be 'fair professionals' these Meath hurlers and obviously a lot of respect for their clubs too. Sticking it down their necks not giving a damn. Quit yer crying and play the game. After all it was a draw. You robbed little old Louth. Now you want to rob Antrim. Shame on you. paddyokane (Longford) - Posts: 69 - 07/06/2016 22:29:15 1863296 Link
Replying To hurlingnut: "Why not allow this game to replayed as a curtain raiser to the Leinster Final. Would give both teams time to prepare and play in Croke Park on a fitting occasion." Sorry thats too sensible for the GAA :) ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 07/06/2016 22:31:21 1863302 Link
Replying To paddyokane: "If the Meath hurlers cannot play on Saturday night because they were out celebrating for 3 days how on earth were they meant to play club championship games this weekend? They must be 'fair professionals' these Meath hurlers and obviously a lot of respect for their clubs too. Sticking it down their necks not giving a damn. Quit yer crying and play the game. After all it was a draw. You robbed little old Louth. Now you want to rob Antrim. Shame on you." Ok ok pipe down, we hear you. Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 07/06/2016 22:43:19 1863315 Link
Replying To paddyokane: "If the Meath hurlers cannot play on Saturday night because they were out celebrating for 3 days how on earth were they meant to play club championship games this weekend? They must be 'fair professionals' these Meath hurlers and obviously a lot of respect for their clubs too. Sticking it down their necks not giving a damn. Quit yer crying and play the game. After all it was a draw. You robbed little old Louth. Now you want to rob Antrim. Shame on you." how ur hurlers do? showforit (Meath) - Posts: 156 - 07/06/2016 22:47:42 1863318 Link
Replying To paddyokane: "If the Meath hurlers cannot play on Saturday night because they were out celebrating for 3 days how on earth were they meant to play club championship games this weekend? They must be 'fair professionals' these Meath hurlers and obviously a lot of respect for their clubs too. Sticking it down their necks not giving a damn. Quit yer crying and play the game. After all it was a draw. You robbed little old Louth. Now you want to rob Antrim. Shame on you." We robbed no one and we don't cry! We are Meath. On both occasions the ref made a decision and we complied, i.e. He gave the goal in the game against Louth in 2010 and he recorded Meath as victorious last Saturday albeit mistakenly. The whole country whinged in 1996 when Mayo started the row and Meath finished it. Cop yourself of on and start hauling for gods sake!! GREGADETH (Meath) - Posts: 7 - 07/06/2016 22:49:36 1863320 Link
Replying To Torcaill: "Would love to know the source of the info re ref!!" LOL... it's like the GAA keystone cops... The ref. losing his pencil, an umpire writing on the goalpost and still confused, the scoreboard official can't do simple maths, also confused and I saw a sideline steward reading a tabloid newspaper through the whole thing, totally comical. I think since the day was so nice out these officials just had rather be somewhere else than officiating same with GAA ruling committee, had wait until Tuesday to give a decision. murrax (Wexford) - Posts: 90 - 08/06/2016 07:05:54 1863358 Link
Replying To GREGADETH: "We robbed no one and we don't cry! We are Meath. On both occasions the ref made a decision and we complied, i.e. He gave the goal in the game against Louth in 2010 and he recorded Meath as victorious last Saturday albeit mistakenly. The whole country whinged in 1996 when Mayo started the row and Meath finished it. Cop yourself of on and start hauling for gods sake!!" agree here we robbed no one ever hardly our fault the establshment ccouldn'tman up in 2010 and make a decision on the leinster final instead of putting it on meath. if the shoe was on the other foot louth would have been out the gate with the cup and nearly in drogheda in 10 minutes..but thats beyond the point. the fact that meath officials asked the ref what was the correct score during the game proves we did not rob anyone. srgt_slaughter (Meath) - Posts: 462 - 08/06/2016 08:15:33 1863368 Link
As far as I'm aware the Meath team and management have yet to come to a decision on what course of action to take.Not sure if any of them are monitoring these forums but if they are know this, Whatever decision you come to the hurling people of Meath will be behind them. Lot of people weighing in including the GAA president, numerous journalists, pundits etc. trying to influence Meaths decision and force a replay. Lets get one thing straight, none of these gave a sht about Meath hurling before last Saturday, and won't again next week. If the team and management don't want a replay, that's fine with the hurling people of Meath that were in Croke Park last Saturday begining (UK)* - Posts: 300 - 08/06/2016 09:14:56 1863384 Link
Replying To hurlingnut: "Why not allow this game to replayed as a curtain raiser to the Leinster Final. Would give both teams time to prepare and play in Croke Park on a fitting occasion." No chance GAA would ever come up with such a sensible idea seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 2144 - 08/06/2016 09:50:03 1863407 Link
Replying To begining: "As far as I'm aware the Meath team and management have yet to come to a decision on what course of action to take.Not sure if any of them are monitoring these forums but if they are know this, Whatever decision you come to the hurling people of Meath will be behind them. Lot of people weighing in including the GAA president, numerous journalists, pundits etc. trying to influence Meaths decision and force a replay. Lets get one thing straight, none of these gave a sht about Meath hurling before last Saturday, and won't again next week. If the team and management don't want a replay, that's fine with the hurling people of Meath that were in Croke Park last Saturday" Well I can assure you begining, you don't speak for me as a hurling fan in the county of Meath as I would not support Meath refusing a replay. The fact of the matter is the match was a draw and there are TWO teams affected by this and not just MEath. A replay is the only fair way of sorting this whole mess out. I completely agree the timing of the replay is all wrong but otherwise we would spend the whole summer whinging and moaning about this. For what it's worth I believe Meath would be very capable of winning the replay. And you can whinge on and on about how the mess happened in the first place and how Meath checked the score and how Togher was told to kill the match with the last free (what a stupid decision by management decision anyway) and how the players have been on the beer for the past few days and everything else that has been thrown into the mix but the fact of the matter is as I said already the match was a draw and if Meath want to hold on to the title and the cup at another teams expense when they didn't score more than them on the day then it doesn't say a whole lot for sportsmanship in this county. And as for the poster who said Meath should hand back the cup full of dogsht, well what a disgusting thing to say. Grow up. hilloftara (Meath) - Posts: 48 - 08/06/2016 10:02:39 1863419 Link
Ultimately this is for the TEAM to decide what they want to do , people come and go ,but this bunch of lads will have to live with the concequences of a decision that will stay with them their whole lives---- while it will be completely irrelevant to everyone else in a very short time. I expect we will here from them very soon. hurley1 (Meath) - Posts: 45 - 08/06/2016 10:33:06 1863443 Link
Why on earth did the GAA leave this to fester so long while the powers that be at GAA HQ enjoyed their nice weekend off yet Diarmuid Connolly's case could be heard at two in the morning...? This is a huge embarrassment for the chimps that run this organisation and theyre now desperate to shift the focus and the blame onto someone else. This is the reason the announced the short notice replay knowing full well that Meath would never be able to accept this date, they could then strip Meath of the title and hand it to Antrim while at the same time blaming Meath for refusing to fulfill the fixture. Like most of what happens behind closed doors in GAA HQ this stinks to high heavens. None of this is the fault of either team, why should it be left to them to clean up the mess of others? Wedgie (Meath) - Posts: 253 - 08/06/2016 10:33:25 1863444 Link
Replying To paddyokane: "If the Meath hurlers cannot play on Saturday night because they were out celebrating for 3 days how on earth were they meant to play club championship games this weekend? They must be 'fair professionals' these Meath hurlers and obviously a lot of respect for their clubs too. Sticking it down their necks not giving a damn. Quit yer crying and play the game. After all it was a draw. You robbed little old Louth. Now you want to rob Antrim. Shame on you." Jesus someone give this fella a Snickers quick...... Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 08/06/2016 10:46:05 1863454 Link
Replying To Richieq: "Jesus someone give this fella a Snickers quick......" Suggested on HS mainpage So, instead of playing a replay, what the CCCC should have decided on was to turn around and say that Meath are the champions, but let the sides play a preliminary game ahead of the 2017 Leinster SHC round robin series. The winner goes into the provincial campaign while the loser remains in the Christy Ring Cup for another year. Both teams will have a league campaign under their belt by that stage and will be ready for another year. seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 2144 - 08/06/2016 11:47:00 1863504 Link
Replying To seadog54: "Suggested on HS mainpage So, instead of playing a replay, what the CCCC should have decided on was to turn around and say that Meath are the champions, but let the sides play a preliminary game ahead of the 2017 Leinster SHC round robin series. The winner goes into the provincial campaign while the loser remains in the Christy Ring Cup for another year. Both teams will have a league campaign under their belt by that stage and will be ready for another year." ...err, isn't that a replay.... murrax (Wexford) - Posts: 90 - 08/06/2016 12:20:31 1863529 Link