This time yesterday clubs were preparing for 2 rounds of championship action over next 4 weekends. First of all the round 3 games are all pulled and then at 7 o clock yesterday evening most of the round 2 matches are pulled " for the foreseeable future"
We are back to the complete unknown now. Players had these weekends earmarked and clubs would have been looking at the traditional wuiet petiod in July with a holiday week in early August. This is also gone. No wonder Meath is in the state it's in. Clubs are only an inconvenience

Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 04/05/2016 09:47:45    1851835

The fixtures planner had Round 2 penned in for the W/E the 15th and Round 3 for W/E 22nd of may. I have looked this morning and these were not in planner as provisional fixtures as normally would b the case given that our Senior hurlers were in Ring Cup and provisional fixture could be pulled if the hurlers advanced to the quarter final or semi final of the Ring Cup. Clubs would see that the fixtures were in the planner as (Prov) fixtures and know that if the county hurlers went well in the Ring cup the football championship would be pushed out accordingly. The planner that was published was an insult to the clubs and the county hurlers, it totally ignored the chance that the hurlers might advance in the ring cup and has left the clubs high and dry . My club secretary informed me that their were efforts to pull in all the matches for the clubs with hurlers on the county squad to this weekend Saturday and Sunday the 7th and 8th, but this was not a runner as the football squad are away in Donegal for the weekend.

duelplayer1 (Meath) - Posts: 97 - 04/05/2016 11:07:46    1851868

duelplayer is right there was efforts made by one memeber of the ccc to have the games brought forward to this weekend on 4 days notice all throughout yesterday teams didnt know what was happening

srgt_slaughter (Meath) - Posts: 462 - 04/05/2016 11:58:19    1851896

I have been banging on about this now for a few weeks. after the first rounds the following weekend was totally wasted as the majority of the second round should have been done and dusted then..

I think its a digrace that because the meath footballers want to go all the way to Donegal for a challenge game in which it will be a pointless journey as Donegal wont play their strongest team as they don't have too so wont be any sort of championship standard. The fact that that trip has more standing than running off a round of club championships is beyond me.

I can already hear all the duel clubs kicking off in july/august/September when lads are being asked to play 3+ times a week

Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 630 - 04/05/2016 12:18:09    1851906

This is a total CCC Disaster and they only have themselves to blame, The duel clubs will suffer as per usual, The games involving the Meath hurlers should have gone ahead this weekend, MOD could have rescheduled his challenge match in the interest of fait play to all

duelplayer1 (Meath) - Posts: 97 - 04/05/2016 12:47:10    1851910

This is the Meath hurling management stomping their feet not MOD.

Ridiculous that this has been pulled at last minute. What harm is it that they play a game a week before. A lot of the guys playing football are not first 15. The 13 day rule applies only to hurling fixtures not football. The clubs need to act as one to ensure this is reversed and quickly. The games need to go ahead otherwise there will be chaos. We may all throw our hat at it.

Goldback (Meath) - Posts: 54 - 04/05/2016 12:56:48    1851913

Goldback (Meath) -
I have it from a member of the CB that the hurling management were ok with fixtures to go ahead this weekend !
Goldback do you expect the hurlers to play 6 days after every one of the squad play club football ????
MOD will have 3 weeks with players free from club action.
Get real and take your football hat off

duelplayer1 (Meath) - Posts: 97 - 04/05/2016 13:30:26    1851922

Is there a county board meeting in Carlanstown tonight ? There should be a rising and fixtures as planned should be adhered to. This is father ted stuff at this stage

Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 04/05/2016 13:39:03    1851923

GOLDBACK nearly everyone of the hurlers is a starting 15 footballer with their clubs with the exception of the few kiltale lads?

Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 630 - 04/05/2016 13:40:38    1851924

Sorry but there were no fixtures planned for this weekend and to expect clubs to play with 3/4 days notice is insulting. The fixtures were for 13th to 15th and were both in planner and offical fixtures sent out. Would do the lads on county panel no harm to be with their clubs and get the feel of a football as opposed to tunning marathons on the hill of tara

Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 04/05/2016 13:49:16    1851926

Sorry duelplayer, it's not a football hat, it's a club hat.

Many of the players being pulled are not going to start this game in Trim so are not first 15 for the hurlers (Not their club football team). It is an insult to the work that is being done by club to simply pull these games, then try and shoehorn them in at 3 days notice, then pull them again. (How kind of Meath hurling management to offer 3 days notice when they insist on 2 weeks themselves!). Holidays have been planned, weddings moved, and training has been tailored. Get on with it.

A game a week is what players want more than anything. The hurlers have had the players all year including the last few weeks when clubs haven't had them.

These games must be played.

Goldback (Meath) - Posts: 54 - 04/05/2016 14:53:01    1851955

An absolute disgrace. We really have pathetic GAA scene in Meath at the moment and this is largely down to the idiocy of the county board and especially the fixtures committee.

Its no wonder players are giving up the sport in such large numbers and playing more organised sports such as soccer and rugby. Why would you bother? Treated like s##t all year round...

Crinigan (Meath) - Posts: 1318 - 04/05/2016 15:14:35    1851963

Sorry but there were no fixtures planned for this weekend and to expect clubs to play with 3/4 days notice is insulting. The fixtures were for 13th to 15th and were both in planner and offical fixtures sent out. Would do the lads on county panel no harm to be with their clubs and get the feel of a football as opposed to tunning marathons on the hill of tara

Analyst (Meath) - Posts:558 - 04/05/2016 13:49:16


ANALYST,
are you a member of the Meath Senior back room team or where do you get your information from that the Meath Seniors are running on the Hill of Tara??
Are you saying that they don't use the football enough in training drills??

letDballdoDwork (Meath) - Posts: 6 - 04/05/2016 16:22:33    1851990

Looking at the bigger picture I think this type of ad-hoc fixture planning where a few players that are dual or involved with the county affect the majority only adds to the disillusionment that many of our players have with the GAA at club level.

Poormouth (Meath) - Posts: 204 - 04/05/2016 17:26:48    1852027

GOLDBACK
Has MOD not had the footballers in all year ?

How long will he let them back to the clubs for ?

Will he let the lads that play club hurling play for their clubs in the hurling championship the tuesday after the Louth game ????
Will these players be released to their clubs to prepare for the club hurling championship ? I think not
You say you have a club hat on , answer that question ????

I agree it is unreasonable to ask clubs to play at 4 days notice, but this is not the hurlers or their management fault, its the fault of the CCC for fixing the football for the 15th and 23rd of May when the Ring cup is in progress. They clearly made these fixtures in March with this knowledge and yet still fixed them. The fixed them for the hurlers to fail and now are the hurlers have won their first two matches the look really stupid.

Goldback you also say that it would be good for the players to go back to the clubs and play on the 15th, this would mean that the hurling management would have only 6 days to get the team right for the semi final, and that is not including the injuries they may pick up.
Do you not want the hurlers to succeed ?
are you a member of the CCC ? or are you one of the Football management team ????? either way your comments smack of football bias , we must cater for all Gaelic games not just one code

duelplayer1 (Meath) - Posts: 97 - 04/05/2016 17:34:12    1852031

You'd really have to feel for the club player... Always last to be thought of in these situations.

Is the championship free period in August/July being pulled too?? I know a lot of players have forked out money to go at the most expensive time of the year for the good of the club, be an out and out disgrace if this isn't kept.

begining (UK) - Posts: 300 - 04/05/2016 17:37:34    1852033

There is now no holiday period so players and clubs are going to be caught out. On the training issue this comes from club managers who have players in on the panel, yes the hill of tara is back in vogue and the sight of a football is rare indeed. Doesn't the amount of defections speak volumes.

Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 04/05/2016 17:55:28    1852044

I don't give a s**t where the Meath footbalers train to be honest.The dubs used to train on the sand dunes, Sean boylan had meath running up and down the hills behind the goals in PT, who cares.

I'm more concerned about my holidays. This championship free period better be upheld. People have no doubt given notice to employers and forked out a lot of money to travel at that time

begining (UK) - Posts: 300 - 04/05/2016 18:20:28    1852053

There is now no holiday period so players and clubs are going to be caught out. On the training issue this comes from club managers who have players in on the panel, yes the hill of tara is back in vogue and the sight of a football is rare indeed. Doesn't the amount of defections speak volumes.

Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 04/05/2016 19:07:13    1852067

Nor do i care where they train but point is they would be better off with their clubs more often, there are less lads injured playing with their clubs than there are at training and in any case isn't a chamionship game better than any training on the hill

Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1467 - 04/05/2016 19:13:26    1852068