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Meath v Sligo

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Replying To royaldunne:  "Absolutely, this year like I said while been optimistic I said it would probably be a bit early as mistakes will be made, next year? Maybe bit definitely within andys first year."
Within andys "final" year. Ie year 3. Of course he will remain afterwards.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 24/06/2017 17:18:42    2004346

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Replying To ziggy32001:  "interesting this..

https://performtraynor.wordpress.com/2017/06/21/meath-warmup-performance/"
Ziggy I'll start with the obvious, he missed the actual warm up when they came out in training jerseys as they were out well before 6.23. , actually about 20 minutes earlier. He made no mention of the heat compared to Louth game.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 24/06/2017 17:26:48    2004349

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C'mon kids pick your toys

jackmeyhoffer (USA) - Posts: 148 - 24/06/2017 17:44:44    2004357

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Replying To ziggy32001:  "interesting this..

https://performtraynor.wordpress.com/2017/06/21/meath-warmup-performance/"
Yeah, that's very good. Got timing right. Warmup had nothing to do with anything.

icehonesty (Wexford) - Posts: 2553 - 24/06/2017 17:52:32    2004363

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I think this one will be a close enough affair. Meath looked a poor side against Kildare and may well have performed below themselves and could show better form at home.
The warm up lark is a bit worrying for Meath and while McEntee is a good manager ,a more wily and knowledgeable one would never make that mistake.
You would need to see a far better performance from Meath to have any hope that they have the minerals needed going forward.

catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 24/06/2017 18:03:00    2004370

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Replying To royaldunne:  "Within andys "final" year. Ie year 3. Of course he will remain afterwards."
One thing you certainly are is optimistic good sir, we shall see in 2019 I guess ;)

Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 24/06/2017 18:52:57    2004394

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Replying To royaldunne:  "Ziggy I'll start with the obvious, he missed the actual warm up when they came out in training jerseys as they were out well before 6.23. , actually about 20 minutes earlier. He made no mention of the heat compared to Louth game."
he said 6.13 and that was about right. kildare were out about 10 mins before.

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 24/06/2017 18:59:41    2004397

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Replying To ziggy32001:  "he said 6.13 and that was about right. kildare were out about 10 mins before."
Ok but the main point is he is actually missing the heat, exact same warm up v Louth? Probably but what was Parnell that day? 15/16c whereas Tullamore was 26c. . That's got to have been a factor, do you not think?
Maybe I'm wrong (it happened once before that I was) :) but on a day like that I would have done a light warm-up.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 25/06/2017 08:49:00    2004621

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Ah bloody hell lads, if you think one of the reasons Meath were hammered by Kildare was because of the Royal warm up pre-match, then I dispair.
I have heard it all now.

Surprisingly outplayed and deserved to lose by more.

I also heard about using the excuse of your Star player having a slight injury - well he must have that recurring injuring every time he plays against a better footballing team than Meath.


Anyway, getting back to the subject matter - I fully expect Meath to account for Sligo comfortably.
Put it this way, and no dusrespect to Sligo, but if Meath can't best Slgo in Navan in the championship them it is more than Messiah Andy you need ...

By the way a little birdy has told me of some Meath players are not happy with the inclusion of a certain player on the Meath team.
All will come out in due course...!

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3738 - 25/06/2017 09:27:58    2004633

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Replying To Royal.Legend:  "That's what supporters do they believe in there team when no neutrals do supporters can be very naive, just like mayo supporters they convince themselves every year that this year they'll win Sam when everyone else knows they won't, it's totally natural there's nothing wrong with Meath fans thinking they'll beat Sligo, as I'm sure there's Sligo fans thinking they'll beat meath, it's not being disrespectful are we supposed to keep our opinions to ourselves"
there's a big difference between being optimistic about your team's chance's and totally disrespecting the other team by saying "we'll win this one but it's the next game that will define Andy's first year"of course we all like to think we can win the next game but i would never just dismiss the opposition out of hand

glasagusdhearg (Mayo) - Posts: 55 - 27/06/2017 23:31:10    2006606

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Interesting to hear Mickey Burke highlight that a video session showed 7 of Kildare's first half points came directly from Meath turnovers/errors, now there lies a problem that needs rectifying, we made too many errors and wrong decisions in carrying the ball that good teams like Kildare will punish. I would expect that bit of video analysis will lead to changes come Saturday.

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 28/06/2017 05:09:32    2006628

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Replying To glasagusdhearg:  "there's a big difference between being optimistic about your team's chance's and totally disrespecting the other team by saying "we'll win this one but it's the next game that will define Andy's first year"of course we all like to think we can win the next game but i would never just dismiss the opposition out of hand"
Ok we wont win this one, but its the next game that will define our year.
Happier???

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 28/06/2017 06:50:48    2006632

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Replying To royaldunne:  "Ok but the main point is he is actually missing the heat, exact same warm up v Louth? Probably but what was Parnell that day? 15/16c whereas Tullamore was 26c. . That's got to have been a factor, do you not think?
Maybe I'm wrong (it happened once before that I was) :) but on a day like that I would have done a light warm-up."
my honest opinion that the warm up was not an issue. they had the same warm up against cavan in similar conditions in a challenge game and we looked way sharper in that game.

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 28/06/2017 08:24:05    2006642

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Replying To glasagusdhearg:  "there's a big difference between being optimistic about your team's chance's and totally disrespecting the other team by saying "we'll win this one but it's the next game that will define Andy's first year"of course we all like to think we can win the next game but i would never just dismiss the opposition out of hand"
mayo and galway down through the years would worry a bit about sligo. meath must be right mentally for this game and up the workrate considerably,otherwise they will be beaten.

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 28/06/2017 08:25:13    2006643

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also sligos strengths are clearly their forwards,so we must tighten up big time. the forwards must work harder off the ball too and not let players wlak past them like they did against kildare.

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 28/06/2017 08:28:05    2006644

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Replying To glasagusdhearg:  "And off you go again disrespecting another team rd, just totally dismissing Sligo. Constantly telling us over the last few month's how you's were better than Galway and Kildare and the last couple of year's how you's were so much better than Cavan and Roscommon too yet all of these team's have been promoted ahead of Meath over the last couple of year's. And then you wonder why people on here let rip at you after you're beaten, a little bit of humility from you would go a long way"
People seem to throw this "disrespectful" tag about like confetti. What's disrespectful about having the confidence to predict his county will win? If he's said there's no point Sligo turning up or something along those lines then fair enough but don't slag the man for having an opinion.

MedwayIrish (Wexford) - Posts: 2324 - 28/06/2017 10:07:18    2006688

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Sligo have the forwards to cause us serious problems and in our last 2 games we've coughed up 5-25 without scoring a goal ourselves. That's a worrying statistic and it's pretty disappointing considering how well we finished the league, seems like we've gone back a bit at the most crucial time of the year.

Hopefully we can put in a good performance against Sligo and make progress on a few of our recent problems but unfortunately, indications are that we will struggle.

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 28/06/2017 11:21:47    2006734

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Meath finished 3rd in Division 2 and Sligo finished 4th in Division 3.

It really should be a Meath win.

However Sligo will have gained hope from seeing Meath's horror show of a performance against Kildare. In saying that Meath butchered some great chances to create goals against Kildare, it'd be far worse if they weren't getting into those positions and something that is easier to rectify than the other.

Their defence looked all over the shop though and Sligo have some decent forwards.

Still you'd have to expect Meath to have too much in the end unless it is the case that they really are going backwards.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13718 - 28/06/2017 11:53:47    2006754

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Having seen the two teams play on telly I'd say Meath to win by 4/5 points.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 28/06/2017 11:59:40    2006757

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Replying To MedwayIrish:  "People seem to throw this "disrespectful" tag about like confetti. What's disrespectful about having the confidence to predict his county will win? If he's said there's no point Sligo turning up or something along those lines then fair enough but don't slag the man for having an opinion."
Thank you.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 28/06/2017 14:22:52    2006879

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