Replying To royaldunne:  "I just can see Meath doing something that no one expects, if dubs win and they may, it mightn't be as easy as some think (or hope)
Hon the Royal"

Replying To clondalkindub:  "Forget what I posted yesterday will win by 20 points that Meath back line will be destroyed, mickey Burke full back ahhhh here lever outttt Mannion destroyed him 3 years ago I'm sorry but he's not good enough. That Meath back six is nowhere near the standard require to hold our forwards and our forwards that come on , no chance."

Replying To clondalkindub:  "Cluxton dodgey haha the best there's every been, there all trying to copy him but every week I see goalies killing there team with short kicks while Cluxton makes it look easy. Royaldunne its getting near the time when you change your mind and predict a Meath win, is it that time yet???"

Replying To RoyalClass:  "I'm assuming or rather hoping that whatever gameplan O'Dowd has in store for Dublin is a lot more complex than what's being suggested on here.

He'll have been looking at Dublin for a long time so he knows how efficient, intense and complex their system is.

First of all he's got to deal with Cluxtons kick outs which are very difficult to defend against. If you don't push up on his kick outs he goes short and If you do he'll hit one of his half backs dropping back for the ball. If you succeed in negating that then he's got Paul Flynn and Diarmuid Connolly to aim for. If you ever watch Dublin's half forwards you'll see how they come at the kick out with a lot of pace and without breaking stride such is the precision and timing of the pass. Straight away you've got a half back coming on the inside receiving the reverse pass and then all of a sudden the oppositions defence is stretched and Dublin players are running at angles everywhere. And that's just one facet of their system you have to think about.

They can play a kicking game and they can play a running game such is the quality of their attack. The thing is when they attack it's not the kicker you need to focus on or the receiver. It's the 3rd man coming through at pace who's the real danger because once he's got the ball it's usually too late. The overlap is there and the defense has been breached. This is very hard to stop because everyone is watching where the ball is so they're drawn to it while the 3rd man is timing his run and knows exactly where to be for the pass.

Another issue for Meath will be getting around Cian O'Sullivan. He plays the sweeper role very effectively and sits right on the edge of the D to give maximum cover to his full back line. For Meath to be able to expose Dublin's full back line will require our number 11 whoever it may be to keep O'Sullivan pre-occupied. A player who has the ability to get on the ball and attack his player directly and kick a point. This way O'Sullivan has to try and do 2 jobs and pulling him out of position gives the opportunity to our attackers to find the men inside. Easier said than done of course.

Making turnovers is going to be very important as well because I believe that if you bring an aggressive collective running game with players running at angles and at pace you can trouble Dublin. You need to play two big men inside with another 3rd pacey attacker coming in on the loop. The ideal ball inside shouldn't be a regular pass inside though. To beat the sweeper and test the smaller full back line you'd really need a deep-lying ball coming in on the diagonal that's going to suit the bigger man.

That's all very specific but Dublin's potential flaws are going to be very specific because they're a very good team. I genuinely believe even if Meath come out with a game plan of any substance that they'll ultimately fall short. You'd need the right kind of players to beat Dublin and Meath I believe don't have the capacity. I hope I'm wrong though."

Replying To realdub:  "Man, can't imagine the late start will do some of our colleagues on the Hill a favour :D"

Replying To royaldunne:  "Best there's ever been?????
Hahaha. That's hilarious, 5 past cluxton , 5 past cluxton, 5 past cluxton. Dodgy dodgy keeper."

Replying To bert09:  "Your post more or less summarises what Jimmy MC Guinness said in the times

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Replying To realdub:  "Man, can't imagine the late start will do some of our colleagues on the Hill a favour :D"

Replying To Htaem:  "Sensible move by the Gaa to move the games back, the attendance would have been badly affected of they didn't."

Replying To waynoI:  "Cool story bro!!"

Replying To Dubsfan28:  "The sad thing is nowadays that's the equivalent to Meath winning an All Ireland for their fans....putting 5 past Cluxton that day all the way back 6 years ago, how the paths both counties have taken have differed since then, eh? ;)"

Replying To Dubsfan28:  "The sad thing is nowadays that's the equivalent to Meath winning an All Ireland for their fans....putting 5 past Cluxton that day all the way back 6 years ago, how the paths both counties have taken have differed since then, eh? ;)"

Replying To hill16no1man:  "dont really agree
anybody going to croke park would be doing so anyway
its done for television as rte are brodcasting all three games live
plus are people going the pub for the soccer going to leave if ireland win?"

Replying To royaldunne:  "Even sadder is that wasnt even a great Meath forward line that day, take out Reilly and bray and the rest wouldn't be that hot .
But sure they must have been excellent to pass the best ever (lmfao) FIVE TIMES."

Replying To Htaem:  "The attendance will be down either way, but it would certainly be doen more if they didn't move the games.

Personally I'd go either way but that's just me, there's many more who wouldn't go if the games clashed and there's plenty who still won't go even with the throw in times changed, each to their own."

Replying To hill16no1man:  "dont really agree
anybody going to croke park would be doing so anyway
its done for television as rte are brodcasting all three games live
plus are people going the pub for the soccer going to leave if ireland win?"

Replying To MesAmis:  "Stay in the pub if you want Hill.

Us real fans will head into Croker after the Ireland game without you!"