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Replying To overthehill72:  "wouldnt blame mcgill... i think o'rourke is over rated even still and why no try joe sheridan..

our backs are not up to scratch.. good forwards though if they can get going.

huge game coming up"
McGill is the full back, regardless of size the square is his domain. Its his fault. Mick Lyons or Darren Fay would never have allowed something like that happen.
Agree with what you say about O'Rourke. Joe is not a keeper and should be put in there. Hannigan is the choice or bring Burlingham back in.
Backs need to get organised and structured.. I'm like a broken record on this and have been calling it since banty was in charge. Get six backs, pick them and play them together as a unit so they each know the man on their left right in front or behind and what that player is likely to do
Good forwards, but none that are scoring 3-5 scores consistently and you need at least three of those in your forward line to be challenging. None of these are doing that.

brian (Meath) - Posts: 1954 - 02/03/2017 12:45:15    1962773

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Replying To brian:  "McGill is the full back, regardless of size the square is his domain. Its his fault. Mick Lyons or Darren Fay would never have allowed something like that happen.
Agree with what you say about O'Rourke. Joe is not a keeper and should be put in there. Hannigan is the choice or bring Burlingham back in.
Backs need to get organised and structured.. I'm like a broken record on this and have been calling it since banty was in charge. Get six backs, pick them and play them together as a unit so they each know the man on their left right in front or behind and what that player is likely to do
Good forwards, but none that are scoring 3-5 scores consistently and you need at least three of those in your forward line to be challenging. None of these are doing that."
McGill's job is to mark his man and not let him score.....which he did well enough against Down!! By your thinking we should have got rid of Kevin Reilly after the 2005 league final when Monaghan scored a goal from a 40 metre free lobbed in and dropped into the net by Mark Ward!! What was Reilly thinking leaving a high ball like that to a midfielder when it was in 'his domain'!!!

O Rourke is the best keeper we have from those available from selection, hes better than Hannigan and Joe by a long way and just about pips Burlingham, but he does need to improve and cut out errors from goal kicks!!

ratlag (Meath) - Posts: 557 - 02/03/2017 13:34:55    1962796

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Replying To brian:  "McGill is the full back, regardless of size the square is his domain. Its his fault. Mick Lyons or Darren Fay would never have allowed something like that happen.
Agree with what you say about O'Rourke. Joe is not a keeper and should be put in there. Hannigan is the choice or bring Burlingham back in.
Backs need to get organised and structured.. I'm like a broken record on this and have been calling it since banty was in charge. Get six backs, pick them and play them together as a unit so they each know the man on their left right in front or behind and what that player is likely to do
Good forwards, but none that are scoring 3-5 scores consistently and you need at least three of those in your forward line to be challenging. None of these are doing that."
so its mgills fault that o'brien didn't go for the ball with his man..

right! :P

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 02/03/2017 14:54:44    1962840

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Replying To ziggy32001:  "Fair point,think how the team apply themselves is more important overall. We showed some toughness against Derry and workrate was very good.That is our foundation,Andy will have to try and get them to play this way more often.We tend to be too soft mentally and physically in the tackle,but we proved against Derry that we can do that.I am sure he is trying to get through to the players this way,but it will take more time than a few months after the last 6 years or so of not showing that.."
Yeah I agree its about the over all effort and determination to win that that matters. I know a lot more time is needed. I just wouldn't overly confident in the selections so far there seems to be a element of panic to certain ones. The decision to play Biggy in them OBC games is one that stands out giving that he cant be fresh as we would like at this early stage of the League.

bobkarlgees (Meath) - Posts: 1263 - 02/03/2017 15:11:11    1962848

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I hope we can get a reaction out of Meath and I have a feeling we will, I'll admit it's not based on any evidence or form, I'm just hopeful. It's been a tough start to the league for us and it's going to take a lot of time, commitment and effort for us to improve our situation, hopefully we're up to it.

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 02/03/2017 15:45:39    1962863

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Reaction,,, Reaction,, were brutal ,, one of the worst teams in the country

otherlad (Meath) - Posts: 137 - 02/03/2017 19:49:14    1962934

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If Sean boylan was there he would have the lads out doing meditation -- the power of positive thinking. Or something unconventional.

The lads heads look to be fried completely.

bert09 (Meath) - Posts: 1792 - 02/03/2017 20:14:34    1962940

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Looking forward to a good game and of course a royal win, the weather is to be cat though. So plenty of keep ball

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 02/03/2017 20:34:09    1962946

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Looking forward to a good game and of course a royal win, the weather is to be cat though. So plenty of keep ball

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 02/03/2017 20:34:55    1962947

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If none of the injured players are back to start on Sunday this is a team I'd like to see start against Galway.

Paddy O'Rourke

Donal Keogan
Conor McGill
Dan O'Neill (if added to the panel). If not then Seamus Lavin.

Brian Conlon
Brian Power
Alan Forde

Bryan Menton
James Toher

Cillian O'Sullivan
Graham Reilly
Ruairi O'Coileain

Bryan McMahon
Brian Sheridan
Donal Lenihan

jackhackett (Meath) - Posts: 773 - 02/03/2017 20:46:38    1962952

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Replying To royaldunne:  "Looking forward to a good game and of course a royal win, the weather is to be cat though. So plenty of keep ball"
The weather was poor enough when we played Derry aswell :-)

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 02/03/2017 20:48:24    1962953

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if we keep it tight at the back early on we could get a win. the early goals, Kildare and down were a killer and can only come down to players not having a 100% focus from the get go. Surely we have to give it a good now for our home games and stay in the division. promotion I think was never on the cards we are a division 2 team end of. We cant compete with Dubs etc in February or July

RoyalToon (Meath) - Posts: 13 - 02/03/2017 20:55:03    1962956

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We badly need to win our home games just to stay up so hopefully the players will be fired up for this one

SheridansTry (Meath) - Posts: 180 - 02/03/2017 21:08:15    1962961

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I would like to see different goalkeeper for the Galway game...i think Paddy is struggling a bit with form !

WhyTheLongFace (Meath) - Posts: 876 - 02/03/2017 21:23:47    1962969

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Replying To Htaem:  "The weather was poor enough when we played Derry aswell :-)"
in that case it will be interesting to see the plan Andy has for the game. Not much room for manouvre players wise. We have to go with what we have available. I imagine a lot of talking around teamwork,tactics,playing to strenghts etc.will have taken place this week. Of course we know you can take the horse to the well etc. I will settle for clear evidence of a plan A and the ability to deviate from that as required. Evidence that every player is giving it everything...for the team. Any player standing back with hands on hips when he should be fully involved to be removed from field of play regardless. Not forgetting the time and effort these lads put in for us. I am not forgetting the massive honour bestowed on every player when wearing the jersey. If we are mentally strong enough we can win. Weather ,well we wont look for excuses before the game starts or afterwards either.

nobull456 (Meath) - Posts: 1227 - 02/03/2017 21:45:19    1962978

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a pity nash didn't think the same.

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ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 02/03/2017 22:16:15    1962993

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Replying To ziggy32001:  "a pity nash didn't think the same.

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I Doubt He regrets it now.

Kc77 (Meath) - Posts: 36 - 03/03/2017 03:38:36    1963035

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Replying To Kc77:  "I Doubt He regrets it now."
indeed!

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 03/03/2017 08:39:48    1963047

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I'd imagine it will be a pretty slow start to the game Sunday.
As Rd mentioned the weather will be cat but also I'd say management will want it to be as tight as possible for the first 10! Given the damage that the concession of early goals v kildare and down done I'm sure they'll be anxious to avoid a repeat.
Had those early goals not gone in I'm sure both games would have panned out completely different.

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6344 - 03/03/2017 08:42:21    1963048

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Replying To Jinxie:  "I'd imagine it will be a pretty slow start to the game Sunday.
As Rd mentioned the weather will be cat but also I'd say management will want it to be as tight as possible for the first 10! Given the damage that the concession of early goals v kildare and down done I'm sure they'll be anxious to avoid a repeat.
Had those early goals not gone in I'm sure both games would have panned out completely different."
Just thinking about the weather I would fear for us if it rain heavily. I think we got muscled out it by Down with the wet surface. That pitch surface in Newry was awful with patches with hardly any grass. Navan surface will not be as bad . All in all a dry would suit us better sad to say it used to be the other way around. Years ago.

bobkarlgees (Meath) - Posts: 1263 - 03/03/2017 09:45:55    1963066

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