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That is definitely not the reason.
Maestro (Meath) - Posts: 569 - 07/05/2017 13:54:40 1984961 Link 0 |
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Why should clubs be forced to field without county players when championship for meath is still a month away? Not fair on clubs. simonstown were dead right. Id expect more clubs to do the same db9 (Meath) - Posts: 283 - 07/05/2017 14:03:29 1984963 Link 0 |
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Though I have supported Meath for over 50 years, the county is no more important than the club. Is a County challenge match more important than a club league? Of course it is not. If Simonstown reason for not playing is genuine, I for one salute them. Ibbecek (Meath) - Posts: 196 - 07/05/2017 14:13:08 1984965 Link 0 |
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Simonstown emailed the county board last week expressing their disappointment at having to play without their county players. On Saturday Simonstown wrote to the county board and copied all clubs saying they would not be fielding against Na Fianna as they did not know the availability of their county players for the weekend. Royal_Gunner (Meath) - Posts: 534 - 08/05/2017 14:03:02 1985198 Link 0 |
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Fair play to them. I know the county team and preparation is extremely important, however the clubs are more important, as without them there would be no county football/teams. We now have a situation where nobody knows whether the club championship matches will be played on the scheduled dates.
browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 08/05/2017 14:33:12 1985208 Link 9 |
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AFL Div 1 de_man (Meath) - Posts: 192 - 10/05/2017 16:51:47 1985739 Link 0 |
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AFL Div 1 rightthere (Meath) - Posts: 128 - 10/05/2017 17:26:21 1985749 Link 0 |
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AFL Div 1 Cmc100 (Meath) - Posts: 18 - 10/05/2017 19:21:01 1985780 Link 0 |
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Serious win for Ratoath tonight 7-17 to 0-8 against Walterstown, one sided isn't an adequate description. Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 10/05/2017 21:18:20 1985817 Link 9 |
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AFL Div 1 ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 11/05/2017 08:47:07 1985875 Link 4 |
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big improvement from teams like Dunshaughlin and Rathkenny in recent weeks, I know its only league but Dunshaughlin got better of Dunboyne, senchalstown and ashbourne recently and i see rathkenny beat kells and na fianna in last 2 league games. anyone from either club have any reasons for improvement? Footnote (Meath) - Posts: 66 - 11/05/2017 10:06:08 1985889 Link 0 |
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Dunshaughlin are training like dogs so I've been told... Could be great value for Keegan
6Laps (Meath) - Posts: 27 - 11/05/2017 11:09:20 1985912 Link 0 |
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Dunshaughlin are useless
TakeYourPoints6 (Meath) - Posts: 230 - 11/05/2017 12:44:16 1985943 Link 5 |
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minor meath player ahearne got 4-7 for ratoath! ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 11/05/2017 14:38:44 1985967 Link 5 |
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It's league and it seems that clubs ain't that bothered about it anymore. All about championship now. This is a pity but is caused by players not being available and overall lack of real interest from clubs
Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 11/05/2017 15:00:11 1985976 Link 9 |
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Wolfe Tones seem to be making great strides. Very good young players coming through and not like a lot of teams they have the firepower to go far in the champo pretender (Meath) - Posts: 358 - 11/05/2017 15:28:49 1985985 Link 0 |
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Bit late there ziggy :)
rightthere (Meath) - Posts: 128 - 11/05/2017 16:26:15 1985999 Link 0 |
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The fiasco between the County board and the county team regarding release of players for league games coupled with the decision of Simonstown not to field last weekend has killed any lingering interest in the league which is bad for the development of football in Meath. Would you expect any guy in the middle of third level exams to go out and play a league match ? Would you expect a guy to change work rosters to play a league match ? It is time that a system is adopted in Meath like a lot of the Ulster counties have where there are specific rounds where county players are allowed to play and this is decided at the start of the competition and makes up about 70% of the matches. In Meath county players play about 3 out of 13 max. subzero (Meath) - Posts: 69 - 11/05/2017 16:30:53 1986001 Link 0 |
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Mad stuff - they had McGill, C & B O'Brien, E Wallace and McMahon back from county duty - they had Duffy back in goal. (Still missing Power, J Wallace and the two hurlers Kelly and McGowan (both serious footballers) Makes such a difference - but is that fair on the other teams - none of those lads were available against Nobber!
Royalblufill (Meath) - Posts: 476 - 11/05/2017 17:40:35 1986023 Link 0 |
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Not fair at all but not Ratoath fault. The league needs to be competitive and taken seriously but it has decended into little more than shadow boxing. If and it is an if the championship goes to schedule then every team will still be in with a chance of qualifying come July 21st when third round is due, 10 weeks away. As we seen last year it's all about having form at the right time
Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 11/05/2017 19:17:56 1986044 Link 9 |