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Where is the Updated Fixture Planner?

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Surely the county board can now put up a fixture planner for the rest of the season for both hurling and football. Seeing as the county teams are finished. They have had a joke of the year so far with planning fixtures. No wonder players are stepping away from GAA when they can't plan work of in advance, a social life or family trips etc. rightthere (Meath) - Posts: 128 - 13/07/2016 12:35:38 1882455 Link
Replying To rightthere: "Surely the county board can now put up a fixture planner for the rest of the season for both hurling and football. Seeing as the county teams are finished. They have had a joke of the year so far with planning fixtures. No wonder players are stepping away from GAA when they can't plan work of in advance, a social life or family trips etc." You are right there rightthere. begining (UK) - Posts: 300 - 13/07/2016 12:42:13 1882456 Link
Its a well known fact CCCC meet on a Tuesday so after Saturdays defeat I expect something will be out later this week or early next week. I reckon they would have anticipated Meath going out last week or this week so should have been working on some plan. The most recent release in June after the Chisty final was re fixed gave us what is on till end of July. In my humble opinion Fixtures have not been too bad plenty of Hurling and Football played despite all the hassle around the Christy Ring starting early and the unforeseen delay at the end with plenty of Club Hurling in July. numberedjerseys (USA) - Posts: 348 - 13/07/2016 14:08:38 1882523 Link
is there not a 2 week holiday break in place since the start of the year ? Id imagine come the 7th of august it will be championship every weekend with the football and hurling staggered thelutch (Meath) - Posts: 1047 - 13/07/2016 19:32:27 1882739 Link
Before the two hurling finals which obviously would cause delays and i have no problem with, there was issues and mess ups by the County Board e.g putting fixtures out as they didnt think meath would do well in the Christy Ring cup. Also there is no two week holiday this year. They have championship the week ending the 31st July which clashes with Galway races this year as they are no 2 week holidays. Mainly i would hope that the fixture planner for the rest of the Year would be out already as they should of had a plan for the year already in place if Meath Lost to Derry. Just very slack once again. rightthere (Meath) - Posts: 128 - 14/07/2016 09:53:26 1882936 Link
Replying To thelutch: "is there not a 2 week holiday break in place since the start of the year ? Id imagine come the 7th of august it will be championship every weekend with the football and hurling staggered" There has not been a 2 week break for years somehow I don't think there was ever that lenght of time last few years there was a whittled down championship free period from Thursday eve to Tuesday. This year it was announced that that too was gone. Anyway not much miss anyone who goes on holidays go in May June or September/October now when the deals are on Brownepat (Meath) - Posts: 532 - 14/07/2016 09:53:37 1882937 Link
I see they fixed 4 rounds of championship games for August.. Thick n' fast lads! shldrs2thewheel (Meath) - Posts: 200 - 14/07/2016 10:46:50 1882965 Link
Ya its good to see they have it up. I noticed they havent fixtured KO Cup Finals, league finals A&B or Playoffs into the planner though. rightthere (Meath) - Posts: 128 - 14/07/2016 11:57:17 1883024 Link
The Fixtures committee should be ashamed of themselves Championship started in April Meath Knocked out on July 9th Championship ends end of October(supposedly) its a Farce of a county board no wonder the county team is so poor RobertEmmet (Meath) - Posts: 2 - 14/07/2016 11:58:03 1883026 Link
dual players will have championship every week between now and middle of september! overthehill72 (Meath) - Posts: 334 - 14/07/2016 12:24:31 1883045 Link
Replying To overthehill72: "dual players will have championship every week between now and middle of september!" Whether people like it or not, when it comes to club level, Meath is a dual county, and has been for quite a number of years ( the "argument" about it being a dual county at inter county level is one for another day!). Which is why it is madness using the championship formats we have in football and hurling. Groups of 6 in both senior hurling and football is just too much, and in fairness tho the fixture committee, must be a nightmare to plan. At the end of the day, when clubs complain about restructures, its the players that pay the price. Some players will end up having played championship almost every weekend now from July through to the end of September, and the county finals still won't have been played by then! SO much for family time, holidays, even a relaxing weekend! Yes, the county board do have to take some of the blame, but clubs and players need to drive this change. It makes the decision by some clubs earlier this year to force the county board to backtrack on the proposed changes even more infuriating! hurlingroyals (Meath) - Posts: 45 - 14/07/2016 13:08:39 1883088 Link
Replying To RobertEmmet: "The Fixtures committee should be ashamed of themselves Championship started in April Meath Knocked out on July 9th Championship ends end of October(supposedly) its a Farce of a county board no wonder the county team is so poor" Nothing to do with the fixture committee. There's championship every weekend from now until November. Unless we play championship mid-week there's no other time to play these games. The structure of the championship was changed earlier this year and certain clubs forced us to change back. And then we give out about congestion. begining (UK) - Posts: 300 - 14/07/2016 14:34:37 1883170 Link
Replying To rightthere: "Ya its good to see they have it up. I noticed they havent fixtured KO Cup Finals, league finals A&B or Playoffs into the planner though." Yeah I see that but I studied it and I suppose they have to wait and see when the chance arises. numberedjerseys (USA) - Posts: 348 - 14/07/2016 14:37:59 1883173 Link
Replying To rightthere: "Ya its good to see they have it up. I noticed they havent fixtured KO Cup Finals, league finals A&B or Playoffs into the planner though." Yeah I see that but I studied it and I suppose they have to wait and see when the chance arises. numberedjerseys (USA) - Posts: 348 - 14/07/2016 14:38:15 1883175 Link
Replying To overthehill72: "dual players will have championship every week between now and middle of september!" Don't get me wrong but it is the same since February ok that is league mostly till now but I don't see many weeks with either football or hurling not on numberedjerseys (USA) - Posts: 348 - 14/07/2016 14:41:20 1883180 Link
Absolute farce... RedMeath12 (Meath) - Posts: 117 - 14/07/2016 14:41:45 1883181 Link
In fairness to the county board when do you expect them to play these games? The last few years we've barely squeezed the fixtures in based on the predictable situation of our hurlers being knocked out in a CR semi/quarter, and our footballers being out in July. This year the Christy Ring started a week early, so we lost a round of football for some clubs in April. Meath then reached the CR final, so that lost us at least 1 round of hurling and in some cases a round of football. Then there was the replay which resulted in us losing a whole month of hurling. Some clubs have 4 rounds of hurling and 4 of football to play before September. Where do you expect the board to fit them in? As for streamlining the championships, you can't blame our county board there. They had decided to run 4 groups of 4, which would have cut 2 rounds from the calendar. But lo and behold the clubs got rid of it. CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1643 - 14/07/2016 16:09:04 1883284 Link
Replying To numberedjerseys: "Yeah I see that but I studied it and I suppose they have to wait and see when the chance arises." ya it is fair enough, you would just think they would have a date for such big fixtures. rightthere (Meath) - Posts: 128 - 14/07/2016 17:17:26 1883343 Link
Replying To CastleBravo: "In fairness to the county board when do you expect them to play these games? The last few years we've barely squeezed the fixtures in based on the predictable situation of our hurlers being knocked out in a CR semi/quarter, and our footballers being out in July. This year the Christy Ring started a week early, so we lost a round of football for some clubs in April. Meath then reached the CR final, so that lost us at least 1 round of hurling and in some cases a round of football. Then there was the replay which resulted in us losing a whole month of hurling. Some clubs have 4 rounds of hurling and 4 of football to play before September. Where do you expect the board to fit them in? As for streamlining the championships, you can't blame our county board there. They had decided to run 4 groups of 4, which would have cut 2 rounds from the calendar. But lo and behold the clubs got rid of it." Good point in regards to the cutting of two rounds. I wish they were just more organised in the time between April and July. Could of fitted two rounds of championship in which would of eased the strenuos fixtures in August and September. rightthere (Meath) - Posts: 128 - 14/07/2016 17:21:51 1883346 Link
Why is the Feis Cup semi-final on tomorrow when the Ulster Final is on at the same time. Why won't they play the feis cup at 12? Barney123 (Meath) - Posts: 676 - 16/07/2016 13:30:10 1884215 Link