Monaghan are the only team capable of surprising Donegal

MB1 I don't think if Monaghan were to beat Donegal that it would be a surprise to anyone

turkeyplucker (UK) - Posts: 137 - 01/05/2015 15:58:40    1719535

I think Meath are as good Down and Roscommon to be honest..

There is probably very little between the likes of those teams and Galway, Armagh, Derry, etc.

Roscommon are getting all the hype though which probably won't be of benefit to them but in reality there is very little between all those sides on a given day.

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2216 - 01/05/2015 16:24:24    1719544

Roscommon are getting all the hype though which probably won't be of benefit to them but in reality there is very little between all those sides on a given day.

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Roscommon teams have never borne the burden of expectation well. Having said that, a lot of the younger lads on that panel have come through from Minor and U-21 teams where they would have been expected, or certainly not surprised, to beat your Galways and Mayos year in, year out. The old inferiority complex that teams in the past may have had isn't there in the same way anymore. I agree though, there's a lot of hype surrounding them and it never helps any team.

decky (Roscommon) - Posts: 384 - 01/05/2015 17:12:12    1719557

Marooned

I would agree with that 100%,I would have Galway in that too..

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 01/05/2015 17:43:14    1719570

outside the top 4 no one should be afraid of anyone else and 2 of the top 4 are beatable by a top 10 team when missing 1 to 2 crucial players
Kerry and Dublin have not got that problem with current panels

OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1764 - 01/05/2015 18:36:11    1719578

The injuries to Newman and Gillespie are worrying, while both should make it back, they are missing out on valuable training at this time, i just pray we aren't going the same way as last year with all the injuries.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 01/05/2015 19:11:05    1719583

Green and Red............Beware of Rossies in the long grass, particularly when they have a Kerryman hiding them !
Nothing to the HYDEing we're gonna give them.

Miler (Mayo) - Posts: 1015 - 01/05/2015 20:45:08    1719596

Making excuses already royaldunne, I think its a bit early, hang on till June.

giveballaghback (Roscommon) - Posts: 296 - 01/05/2015 21:10:09    1719598

Better hope they all recover before we get ya royaldunne, for every player you lose between now and then, you can add another couple of points to your inevitable beating :D

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8592 - 01/05/2015 21:29:21    1719600

I am hoping reald, :) missing 6 starters last year (including one of those mentioned) didn't help one bit.
Meath have a good squad but a limited one, these days it takes 21 top players to win, id say Meath scrape that by about 20 lads, we have more strength than last year with the new lads, but a injury to any key player and we are in the preverbal, finally when has stating that a player is injured been looking for excuses?? We will make Leinster final with or without those lads, but on final day i want everyone fit, then and only then will we know where we stand.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 02/05/2015 09:54:22    1719619

Only yanking your chain of course RD, hope things improve, we want a match :D

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8592 - 02/05/2015 10:32:10    1719624

RD Meath might make Leinster Final only because they can avoid the Dubs, sets you up nicely for the qualifiers. I would rate Derry, Down, Tyrone, Armagh, Galway, Tipperary, and Ros ahead of Meath also

maroondiesel (Mayo) - Posts: 1196 - 02/05/2015 11:29:01    1719626

Maroondiesel. Not a hope. Meath are better than Derry, better than Armagh Tipp down (who we beat by 7 in league) ross who needed us to kick 20 wides and gift them a goal to beat us by 2, Tyrone would probably be on par so would Galway with the corofin lads, only time will tell, but i would not fear any of those you mentioned should we draw them in rd 4, and then hopefully wed get mayo which would be a guaranteed win for Meath (again)

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 02/05/2015 11:54:23    1719632

Reald. Ahh i know you are. :) . Just like me with the mayo lad.
But if we are to give dubs a game we will have to have the following team Imo.
1,por, 2, keoghan, 3, McGill, 4, mcentee
5, burke, 6 k Reilly, 7 menton
8 Flanagan 9 Gillespie
10 tormey 11 harnan 12 g Reilly
13 e Wallace 14 s bray 15 Newman
Plus
Rooney (could swap with Flanagan)
Carroll
D Tobin (could swap with burke)
S Tobin
J Wallace
McMahon
D bray
Plus two more

If we field a mixture of that panel then we will give you a game and maybe just maybe a shock. But we cant afford any injuries in afraid.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 02/05/2015 13:05:02    1719645

You read a lot into the league RD I guarantee we are a far better team than that day and still won handy 5 Up Against Wind With 5 To Play
I only seen ye once this year to be Fair But From Match Reports Scoring Is Yer Biggest Problem Did Ye Not Kick It Away Against Laois And Ye Were Supposed To Be Cat Against Cavan
But there only league matches ild genuinely expect a 30 to 40 % improvement on our league games or we are at nothing.
And ye would have to be the same.

On a side note we had 7 changes in the final to the meath match and ild expect something similar for championship to the final team.
Yer Biggest concern seems ye only have the core 17 or 18 I can honestly say we have not that problem.

OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1764 - 02/05/2015 14:56:25    1719660

How any man can state with such gusto that Meath are better than Armagh & Derry is laughable.

BigTom2050 (Tipperary) - Posts: 289 - 02/05/2015 15:40:27    1719664

We are far superior to Armagh or Derry and Roscommon.
We just are id rate us on a par with anyone in Connaught and better than most, apart from Kerry and cork we would be same in Munster, same would apply apart from Donegal and Monaghan in ulster. But we have dubs who are head and shoulders above anyone of those and us too, it will take a off day for them for us to win, but if we were in Munster or ulster we would have a shout at provincial silverware and in Connaught we would have a serious shout, but we are where we are, gotta suck it up and do our best.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 02/05/2015 16:06:26    1719673

Otbar i agree our scoring hasn't been upto what's needed, but we have been given Newman alot of stick over the league due to his missing scorable shots and frees, but he still ended up in the leagues top scorers, so if he had his shooting boots on then i think he would be near the top, also the return of Eamon Wallace will increase that and tormey been back , O'Rourke should add a bit if he gets chance, s bray is much better in summertime too, so while it is a worry one could not be very hopeful of a win against anyone from div 2 this year a few from div 1 and any from div 3, league means nothing, but Meath will have to meet and compete with the greatest or certainly one of the greatest teams to play the game to even win a provincial title, a luxury that other provinces can avoid, then harp on how Leinster is not good. I guarantee dubs would dominate any province , but we get on with it and we know what we have to do.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 02/05/2015 16:35:23    1719679

Ye are poor RD
Problem is you and most of your county people don't see it
Sooner ye get beaten the better if only to stop u writing ur drivel cause u obviously know f all about football.

OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1764 - 02/05/2015 17:02:43    1719689

Otbar hahahaha. That statement would carry some weight if it came from a county with any tradition of football. Now go away and come back when you can go 22 7. Oh and ill wager we will be still in championship when your planning another rossies day for glorious failure.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 02/05/2015 17:26:13    1719693