If you disagree with him you must believe that the current Meath setup is as good as the multiple All-Ireland winning teams

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12122 - 15/06/2015 14:06:26    1737349

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1737333 Everyone thinks McHugh has it in for their county

You could spin that as a positive

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12122 - 15/06/2015 14:09:57    1737356

Raised that point myself a couple of weeks ago Countyman, no doubt they will come strong again but nothing to say that it will be anytime soon. Dickie maybe he is still sore from 1990 or maybe he is just telling it as it is.

benched (Tyrone) - Posts: 534 - 15/06/2015 14:14:30    1737361

Simply glorious mes?More like a inglorious b*sterds over dat way!A right shower it must be said.Johny Logan karaoke singers give me a break.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 15/06/2015 14:54:37    1737388

cuederocket
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Simply glorious mes?More like a inglorious b*sterds over dat way!A right shower it must be said.Johny Logan karaoke singers give me a break.

Go way outta that cuederocket!

All together now "HOLD ME NOW………"

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13718 - 15/06/2015 14:59:48    1737396

So Martin McHugh is a spoofer. Meath football is therefore in a great place is it ?? A lot of posters cannot get over the past ; Meath has great tradition but let's live in the present : they are poor and don't seem to have much coming through . Mayo poster raises some good points : given their proximity to Dublin , they should be much better . Some Donegal players have to travel 4 hours for training etc. Meath should be competing all the time ! Forget how much dislike you's have for McHugh and answer this : is he wrong ???

TheRightStuff (Donegal) - Posts: 1688 - 15/06/2015 15:01:41    1737399

Oh please no.Im on way into city for a few.I dont need this torture ringing in my ears..

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 15/06/2015 15:06:00    1737405

Spot on TheRightStuff

DoireCityFC (Derry) - Posts: 1580 - 15/06/2015 15:33:10    1737431

People say they are one of the traditional counties but are they? They only had 3 All Irelands in the first 100 odd years up until 1987. They had very good teams from 1986 - 1999, but that is only a small window to be one of the top teams. Not having a go but are they over hyped and made up to be something they're not? county man You gotta be kidding me saying Meath are not a traditional strong football county ?, only 3 counties have won more football All Irelands than Meath. Since Meath's Leinster breakthrough in 1939 they were usually amongst the top teams. They had a strong teams in the 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1980's, 1990's. They got to an All Ireland final back in 2001. Apart from the 1970's (Even if they got to an All Ireland final in 1970 with the remnants of their 1960's team) and the last 10 years (and even then they got to All Ireland semi-finals in 07 and 09) they were always competitive. 7 All Irelands, 9 times beaten finalists and 21 times Leinster Champions (And remember when judging the value of Leinster championships in the history of the GAA, while it is hard to believe it now traditionally Leinster and Munster teams usually expected to beat the Connaught and Ulster Champions in the All Ireland series). Paddy O'Brien on picked on GAA's team of the century, Martin O'Connell picked on GAA's team of the millennium. Meath are not a top team for a few years now but nonsensical to say they are not a traditional football power.

bdbuddah (Meath) - Posts: 1358 - 15/06/2015 15:50:35    1737443

Meath are struggling now that a lot of the violence and intimidation has gone out of the game.

Condorman (Dublin) - Posts: 983 - 15/06/2015 16:01:01    1737455

Don't have much time for McHugh as a pundit, but hard to argue with the obvious. On displays over last 2/3years in both league and championship we are in decline. The cause: we can all trot out our own lists

seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 2151 - 15/06/2015 16:24:55    1737473

Condorman

Dublin played their part in that era too

seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 2151 - 15/06/2015 16:26:11    1737476

When are we going to be spared of further mad ramblings from poor old Martin McHugh? You can see the thoughts formulating as he speaks and he just says what ever floats across his mind. There's no badness in him but he comes out with some mad stuff.

roundball (Tipperary) - Posts: 2514 - 15/06/2015 16:45:56    1737499

Nobody is saying Meath are fantastic or world beaters here. Everyones reaction is straight away oh yas think your great then? relax yourselves no meath fan has come on and said we are... It was simply mentioned that McHugh is always having a pop at Meath which he has done many times in the past to us and other counties and made a fair few comments that were totally wrong. Hes a nuisance and I barely even notice him anymore because his opinion is usually whack.

Beautiful.Meath (Meath) - Posts: 537 - 15/06/2015 17:04:34    1737517

Meath lads must be a little worried about a number of the new starters

Couple of them played well and that's to their credit but you couldn't say that about the rest

And the level of opposition has to be taken into account....

This is the poorest Wicklow side over the last 5 years

Yet they were within 2 points with just over 10 minutes to go... and this was at home

That's worrying for Meath... they just need to get lads back and playing soon... the cover isn't there.

I think Laois / Kildare / Wexford / Westmeath could have beaten Meath yesterday with that performance

I have no doubt that when Meath gets a few lads back they'll improve, but that needs to happen quick.. because WM will give them a right rattle...

Again I made the point that Meath were lucky to find themselves on that side of the draw... that was certainly proven yesterday

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 15/06/2015 17:16:13    1737525

The funny thing is so many people from other counties coming on here saying meath must be gone bad because we only beat Wicklow by 4 points and we let them score 3-12. 90% of these people probably including martin McHugh were not at the game or even listened to it, yet everyone comes on to tell us how bad meath have gotten and how bad of a team Wicklow are based on the league this year, which is just lazy analysis of the game.
yes meath wernt at their best yesterday but I wasn't expecting them to be with the amount of players out injured but the main thing people are failing to see is that Wicklow played well yesterday. they went out with no fear despite everyone saying they had no chance, and league form went out the window. our defence was a bit naïve but their forwards played well, all you have to do is listen to Wicklow supporters and they are all saying how their team played good football and not that meath were just very bad, they went to navan with the belief that they could beat meath and that showed throughout the game.

meathalltheway (Meath) - Posts: 789 - 15/06/2015 17:50:35    1737545

My cousin from Kerry text me today..

"Goodness,what did Meath do to Martin McHugh? Very harsh I thought,sure Kerry only beat Clare by 4 points last year and we went on to win Sam!All that matters in these games,is that you win.

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 15/06/2015 18:01:15    1737555

Breffni39
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If you disagree with him you must believe that the current Meath setup is as good as the multiple All-Ireland winning teams

Ha! To be honest I only say McHugh's name and had a pop at him.

However now that I see that he's having a pop at meath I've revised my opinion on him.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13718 - 15/06/2015 18:51:11    1737582

The reaction to the game yesterday has been completely over the top and exceptionally unfair to Wicklow and Martin McHugh is the exclamation point to that over reaction. I'm not trying to cover up our failings, certain players did not perform yesterday and the team looked at times disjointed, nervous and unsure but facts are this, we were without almost half a starting team yesterday including some of our best and most experienced players that we absolutely must have available if we are to have any success this year. I don't know of many teams, with the exception of the Dubs, that wouldn't struggle missing so many players. Wicklow played great stuff yesterday and focussed on our weaknesses in defence, I have no doubt the Wicklow management were drilling into their players heads all week about the players we had missing and the youth and inexperience of the players that would replace them, Wicklow's belief increased during the week and they came to Navan with confidence that they could expose that youth and inexperience and for large parts of the game they did and they deserve huge credit. As for Martin McHugh well any pundit or expert would would even think of calling the Gooch a one trick pony let alone to actually come out and say it deserves no recognition in my book and he can ramble away to his hearts content is that's what makes him happy. I expect Meath will improve from yesterday, this day last year we went to Dr Cullen Park and put 7 goals past Carlow. Did it do any good? No. Did we learn anything from it? No. Did the game yesterday do is good? Yes. Did we learn anything from yesterday's game? Definitely yes, and lol going well we will have the majority of our injured players back for the Westmeath game and have a more settled, experienced and confident team to put out. Yesterday was a big learning curve for some young Meath players, their reaction to that experience will decide their futures in a Meath jersey and hopefully when our new centre of excellence and training facility at Dunganny opens in August for which we have borrowed 1.25 million euro and received grants of around €700'000 (that's what's going on Mr McHugh) we will be able to enhance our development squads and under age teams even more. Yesterday was a trying day but not one that deserves seismic analysis or predictions of the implosion of Meath football, I dare to think what would be said if we had lost.

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 15/06/2015 18:51:24    1737584

I think what some of the Meath posters are failing to realise is that people aren't talking about the fall in Meath football on the back of one game, but the fact it now going over 15 seasons since their last Sam, nearly as long since they were last in the final and apart from 2 semi-final appearances since and even in those years I don't think many genuinely believed they would win Sam, it has been constant mediocrity. Ok a few memorable victories along the way in one off games but far from the glory days under Sean Boylan. Maybe people who know the club scene inside Meath can see causes for optimism but from the outside looking in it's hard to see any genuine signs of progress back to where they want to be

benched (Tyrone) - Posts: 534 - 15/06/2015 19:04:47    1737599