Are Meath the most glorified side? Limerick were very unlucky last year in Quarter Final and Kerry were in 3rd gear and walked the Semi. Apparently John Evans was missing big players yesterday and beat them. Well done Tipp

castlemaine (Kerry) - Posts: 546 - 15/03/2010 20:28:54    589112

Very harsh there as meath are rebuilding i feel and there some good players coming through there team dalton, J Queeney; S O Rourke coming back from injury .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 15/03/2010 20:37:28    589126

No. Meath rarely peform well in the league and come championship time I feel they will make the last 8 and possibly 4. 2010 is also their best chance to win Leinster. I'm not biased in any way of course!!!!!!!!!! ;-}

dammon (Meath) - Posts: 1291 - 15/03/2010 20:42:49    589139

In fairness castlemaine Limerick could and should have beaten Kerry in the last couple of years and should have beaten Cork in last years Munster final, Sligo were unlucky against Kerry last year too, thats not to hide the fact that Meath dont't have problems and a lot of work to do but to call us the most glorified side is somewhat , there is potential there but getting together and finding some degree of consistency and sutible gameplan is proving problamatic

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3772 - 15/03/2010 20:51:37    589154

I dont think anybody, in Meath or elsewhere, would claim that their team today is anywhere near as good as 10- 15 years ago. However they have made the last 4 twice in the last 3 years. This year will be important to see just how good they are.

JPM1981 (Kildare) - Posts: 825 - 15/03/2010 20:51:56    589156

we really are in big trouble, never i feel has the future been so bleak for us, we have not even contested a leinster final for allmost 10 years now , and leinster football is very poor in all fairness. our under 21s were well beat by westmeath just over a week ago, we have just lost to tipp in the league a team that kildare trounced just a couple of weeks ago, we are probably 3rd best in leinster at best way behind kildare and dublin, i wont use the excuse that we are rebuilding because we have beeen stuck in a rut now since 2001 apart from 07 when we played some really good stuff in beating tyrone and galway, the return of shane o rourke will improve us come summer but we still have alot of ground to make up even to contest for a leinster title.

millhouse (Meath) - Posts: 892 - 15/03/2010 20:54:03    589159

Lots of Meath fans think they're so good since they got to th last 4 a couple of times lately. And they shouldn't a been there last year...........

PRDY (Mayo) - Posts: 141 - 15/03/2010 21:14:52    589195

as bad and all as we are ,we will never let mayo beat us.

millhouse (Meath) - Posts: 892 - 15/03/2010 21:24:26    589218

PRDY
County: Mayo
Posts: 35

589195 Lots of Meath fans think they're so good since they got to th last 4 a couple of times lately. And they shouldn't a been there last year...........

Yes we should. We beat yous get over it.

Royal_Girl2k9 (Meath) - Posts: 2107 - 15/03/2010 21:41:42    589256

millhouse
County: Meath
Posts: 374

589218 as bad and all as we are ,we will never let mayo beat us
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LOL, nice one. To add to that, Meath are one of those teams that I just hate to see us up against, you may not be at the top of your game but you are damned difficult to beat all the same.

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 15/03/2010 21:59:30    589291

We just don't seem to be treating the league with the respect it deserves and are suffering in the championship as a result. We are far from a finished article and have not won two consecutive games in the Leinster championship for maybe seven or eight years - a terrible, terrible record. O'Brien has us set up very defensively and scores are hard to come by as a result. The game against Westmeath was a perfect example where we were in total control for 50 minutes but couldn't get the scores to bury a team. I think our score difference in the league has been negative for five of the last six years.
Our championship performances in 2007 and last year were on merit and with a bit of momentum, beating the likes of Mayo, Galway or Tyrone is something we can do repeatedly. Our problem is that we are not consistent enough to beat teams ranked just below them - the likes of Laois, Wexford, Limerick, Fermanagh - nine times out of ten. And if you can't do that, you will not have the platform to move up a level.
Are we over rated - no, because even when we got to the semi-final last year it was not like people were raving about us, most had the sense to realise that we were fifth or sixth in the pecking order, no better.

Roger (Meath) - Posts: 481 - 16/03/2010 10:05:10    589371

No offense but last year was the first year in a long time meath were above laois in leinster. And that's because we've went back so much.
One thing i will say is that when meath smell blood they have the winning mentality to nick a win. Like against tyrone when they kicked wide after wide. And mayo when they got that goal from the line ball that shouldn have been theirs and pushed on for the win. It is good luck but they have the drive to never give up. Its probably something they've gained from living from past glory but there's not one thing wrong with that if it works!

Markymark (Laois) - Posts: 644 - 16/03/2010 11:19:49    589476

I don't think any honest Meath supporter is living on past glories. We in Meath are used to long spells of unachieveing. I wish Meath would go back to the old style of play though. We were great exponents of the long game and getting the ball in quickly to the forwards but now we are at this short passing game. If you give the opposition defences time to reorganise and close off the space than the best teams in Ireland let alone Meath will struggle to score.

Diego (Meath) - Posts: 1210 - 16/03/2010 11:25:17    589484

Meath Still have an average team just like most of the better Leinster teams bar Dublin.

ColinWex (Wexford) - Posts: 901 - 16/03/2010 11:26:28    589488

Yes we should. We beat yous get over it.


ya ye beat us but not fairly and you know it.

PRDY (Mayo) - Posts: 141 - 16/03/2010 13:15:38    589644

When they played Down recently in Newry they were a typical Meath team, big, strong, physical, & tough.

They probably lack a bit more quality up front & maybe a bit of belief, but are a team no-one would want to be drawm against. They will give most teams a tough game.

Probably are in the second bracket of teams.

blu (Down) - Posts: 1240 - 16/03/2010 13:29:52    589662

PRDY - Yes we got a couple of lucky decisions, they can't be changed so stop whining. Next thing you'll be harping back to '96 and trying to say that McHale should never have been sent off etc., the usual tripe I have to listen to. Get over it and move on.

Bermuda_Bomber (Meath) - Posts: 101 - 16/03/2010 13:31:43    589665

PRDY - Yes we got a couple of lucky decisions, they can't be changed so stop whining

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thats rich coming from a meath fan , yous where still whinging about GG's perfectly good goal being disallowed in 07 after your leinster exit last year , and up until last july yous where complaining and whinging about the added time at the end of our dual last june

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13659 - 16/03/2010 13:37:24    589669

waynoi - I for one have no complaints, what happens happens and can't be changed. While some Meath people may still be giving out, it is certainly not reflective of all Meath people. Anyway back to the question without being drawn into a slagging match with a child, no, I don't believe there are too many Meath people with dilusions of grandeur right now, you only have to look at the Meath board to see that there are not too many optimistic about the current set-up. We've gotten to 2 semi-finals since 2001, and has been pointed out, we've not won back-to-back games in Leinster in a long time. While I feel with some of the players we have we should maybe be doing better, we have no divine right to win Sam and though I'd love to see us win it, I fear it will be some time before I do again.

Bermuda_Bomber (Meath) - Posts: 101 - 16/03/2010 13:46:14    589682

Sure every county will always have that kind of supporter Waynol - the ones who will bitch and moan about the extra minute not being played and the square ball not being called that cost them the game etc. etc etc.

Laytown Legend (None) - Posts: 424 - 16/03/2010 14:02:24    589705