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Replying To ratlag: "Judging by your comments your obviously not up to scratch on football or sport in general!!! What difference does it make on how many they have won in the past?? How many had Simonstown won before last year?? The answer is 0. How many times had Westmeath beaten Meath in the Championship before 2015?? Again the answer is 0. How many Premier league titles had Man City won before 11/12 season?? I'll give ya a hint, its less than 1........its 0. I could go on.... Predictions for this year are based on current form not past accomplishments. Name a better team on form at the minute than the 3 I have picked. If you think any other team will win it this year then thats your opinion and your entitled to it but to base it purely on the fact that because they only have 3 Keegan Cups between them is ridiculous, especially seeing as Ratoath are only in their second year in the competition." Judging by your post you obviously know little. Current form will not win a championship and Man City or any other soccer team has little relevance to the discussion. Current form will keep a team in the championship but to win, its the form in October that will matter most. Any one of about at least 6 or 7 teams can win it, maybe more with a long journey to go yet. browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 26/07/2017 13:12:25 2023833 Link
Replying To browncows: "Judging by your post you obviously know little. Current form will not win a championship and Man City or any other soccer team has little relevance to the discussion. Current form will keep a team in the championship but to win, its the form in October that will matter most. Any one of about at least 6 or 7 teams can win it, maybe more with a long journey to go yet." What a ridiculous post!! Obviously any one of 6-7 teams can win it, in fact at this stage any one of 18 teams can still win it!! I merely narrowed it down to 3 of whom I think will win it and your response was that because a team hasn't won many Keegan Cups in the last few years then they have little chance of winning it this year and anyone suggesting that they might "knows little about senior football"!! Like I said, you're entitled to your opinion on who will win/be relegated etc but if your going to debate someone elses post/points then at least make the argument logical!! Plus you still haven't named which team/teams you think are better at the moment or in general that you would consider to be more of a favourite??? ratlag (Meath) - Posts: 557 - 26/07/2017 13:59:33 2023866 Link
Went to see the omahoneys v colmcilles last night.. Easy enough win for omahoneys missing some key players!! Was not impressed by colmcilles at all ..First time I have seen them and they will struggle in the championship !! I Personally think the tones might do something this year! But a long way to go and many chances for all grahamc9897 (Meath) - Posts: 1174 - 26/07/2017 14:07:05 2023878 Link
Replying To browncows: "Judging by your post you obviously know little. Current form will not win a championship and Man City or any other soccer team has little relevance to the discussion. Current form will keep a team in the championship but to win, its the form in October that will matter most. Any one of about at least 6 or 7 teams can win it, maybe more with a long journey to go yet." So current form won't win a championship but past Keegan cup wins are somehow a better indicator????? ratlag gave his opinion on who he thought would win the Keegan Cup. That seems to have upset you for some reason. Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1362 - 26/07/2017 14:18:12 2023889 Link
Replying To grahamc9897: "Went to see the omahoneys v colmcilles last night.. Easy enough win for omahoneys missing some key players!! Was not impressed by colmcilles at all ..First time I have seen them and they will struggle in the championship !! I Personally think the tones might do something this year! But a long way to go and many chances for all" Spoke to a lad who was at the Tones/Ashbourne game. He said Tones were poor and Ashbourne would have won by 7 or 8 points if they took their chances. Fair enuf Tones were missing Cian Ward but Ashbourne are missing half their team from last year. subzero (Meath) - Posts: 69 - 26/07/2017 14:18:32 2023891 Link
Yea think Duleek will struggle to stay up this year after Fridays result against Rathkenny. That was the relegation game in the group for me. To be fair to Duleek, they are without their two best players in Howard and Collins this year. Any time to lose their two best players is always going to struggle but esp for a team that has been hanging on for the few years. Wouldnt be writing any teams off from winning a championship. Nobody would have predicted Simonstown to get to a 1/4 final last yr never mind win it after 2 rounds. Still alot of football to be played yet juicy (Meath) - Posts: 399 - 26/07/2017 15:22:45 2023943 Link
Whatever about who wins or does win the senior championship, if mighty Skryne are relegated, it will be national not county news. Is it possible the the great Royal Aristocrats could actually go down to intermediate. Looked appalling against Dunboyne. Ibbecek (Meath) - Posts: 196 - 26/07/2017 18:33:39 2024074 Link
Replying To Ibbecek: "Whatever about who wins or does win the senior championship, if mighty Skryne are relegated, it will be national not county news. Is it possible the the great Royal Aristocrats could actually go down to intermediate. Looked appalling against Dunboyne." Not a chance of them going down. They will rally the troops if they get anywhere near relegation. Jimmytheginnit (Meath) - Posts: 14 - 26/07/2017 19:38:11 2024097 Link
Replying To Jimmytheginnit: "Not a chance of them going down. They will rally the troops if they get anywhere near relegation." Who Trevor Giles and John McDermott?? grahamc9897 (Meath) - Posts: 1174 - 26/07/2017 20:26:22 2024123 Link
Dunshaughlin will have to fight not to go down Poor league and should have lost to Na Fianna only for the last kick of the game scoring a point to level matters May well be the only points they get head4dblackspot (Meath) - Posts: 513 - 26/07/2017 20:38:09 2024128 Link
Replying To Ibbecek: "Whatever about who wins or does win the senior championship, if mighty Skryne are relegated, it will be national not county news. Is it possible the the great Royal Aristocrats could actually go down to intermediate. Looked appalling against Dunboyne." No reason why they couldn't go down. It happened to O'Mahony's a few years back, and they have a far bigger claim to the title of "Aristocrats" of Meath football. anfearbeag (Meath) - Posts: 1134 - 26/07/2017 20:50:00 2024134 Link
Replying To grahamc9897: "Who Trevor Giles and John McDermott??" No he means Colm o'Rourke and Liam Hayes..i think ? WhyTheLongFace (Meath) - Posts: 876 - 26/07/2017 20:55:44 2024136 Link
Replying To WhyTheLongFace: "No he means Colm o'Rourke and Liam Hayes..i think ?" They will all gel together when the dung hits the fan and produce the goods. Wait and see Jimmytheginnit (Meath) - Posts: 14 - 26/07/2017 23:37:51 2024250 Link
Replying To Jimmytheginnit: "They will all gel together when the dung hits the fan and produce the goods. Wait and see" They don't have many troops to rally at the minute and the dung has been hitting the fan for them all season! BigJoe14 (Meath) - Posts: 934 - 27/07/2017 08:09:45 2024279 Link
Replying To Ibbecek: "Whatever about who wins or does win the senior championship, if mighty Skryne are relegated, it will be national not county news. Is it possible the the great Royal Aristocrats could actually go down to intermediate. Looked appalling against Dunboyne." think they will just about stay up. ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 27/07/2017 08:50:18 2024289 Link
Looking at the fixtures to come it is hard to see where D/B will pick up a point. Cilles were missing 6 starters against NOM on Tuesday night. The main goal is get out of the group and then anything can happen. As said above, after 2 rounds in 2016 it looked more likely Simonstown could be in a relegation battle rather than lifting the Keegan at the end of the year. Royal_Gunner (Meath) - Posts: 534 - 27/07/2017 08:54:02 2024291 Link
Replying To head4dblackspot: "Dunshaughlin will have to fight not to go down Poor league and should have lost to Na Fianna only for the last kick of the game scoring a point to level matters May well be the only points they get" Dunsahughlin will beat Skyrne and Pats. Probably will pip Ratoath as well. A good mix of youth and experience in that team. 6Laps (Meath) - Posts: 27 - 27/07/2017 09:03:09 2024294 Link
Replying To head4dblackspot: "Dunshaughlin will have to fight not to go down Poor league and should have lost to Na Fianna only for the last kick of the game scoring a point to level matters May well be the only points they get" I actually thought Dunshaughlin should have beaten Na Fianna, agreed it was a monster point in the end that earned them the draw, but on the overall balance of play I felt that they created more chances and only for some poor shooting and free taking they would have won by 4-5 points. Na Fianna on the other hand had very few wides and Jamie Queeney was highly impressive from long ranged placed balls in particular. Both teams will beat Skryne and St. Pats based on what I've seen so far, so it will come down to score difference who finishes 3rd in that group I would imagine. ratlag (Meath) - Posts: 557 - 27/07/2017 09:16:07 2024299 Link
Skryne should have enough quality to stay up but I can't see them avoiding a relegation playoff at this stage. Can't see Duleek/Bellewstown escaping this time. But I thought the same last season. Anything can happen in a relegation playoff. Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1362 - 27/07/2017 10:06:31 2024318 Link
Replying To ratlag: "I actually thought Dunshaughlin should have beaten Na Fianna, agreed it was a monster point in the end that earned them the draw, but on the overall balance of play I felt that they created more chances and only for some poor shooting and free taking they would have won by 4-5 points. Na Fianna on the other hand had very few wides and Jamie Queeney was highly impressive from long ranged placed balls in particular. Both teams will beat Skryne and St. Pats based on what I've seen so far, so it will come down to score difference who finishes 3rd in that group I would imagine." Yes Dunshaughlins shooting and free taking was bad against Na Fianna. If they sort the frees out and start scoring more from play they might see the quarter finals this year. 6Laps (Meath) - Posts: 27 - 27/07/2017 12:14:08 2024396 Link