Looking at the names put forward, there are very few that represent an injustice in them not being on the current panel. Some because they are good club players (Mooney from St Pats) and some because they have had alot of injury problems (Paudge Howard from Duleek) and have never managed a decent run.

I'd like to see a number of the current minor panel and last years minor panel train with the senior squad as a way of bringing them on and developing as intercounty players. In the modern world, if a player isn;t playing senior intercounty by the age of 20, chances are he will not make it.

DowdtoFoleyGoal (Meath) - Posts: 292 - 16/07/2009 17:04:16    348731

i think that niall mooney should be in the meath squad, i know there is a big difference between club and inter county football... but he would be the type of player that should be suited to playing county football as he is very fast and unbelievably fit! He was the best player on show against seneschelstown in the championship, he was miles ahead of the oposition. I just presumed EOB or any of his selectors were not at the game.

keeper91 (Meath) - Posts: 25 - 16/07/2009 17:34:01    348788

DowdtoFoleyGoal are you having a laugh???


you just said most lads wont make it at senior intercounty level if they are not playing at that level by the age of 20??? Sure most of the countries players wouldnt be playing then if that was the case!!! at least 60 per cent if not up to 80 per cent of players dont play senior intercounty football by the age of 20, only the exceptionally talented and 6 foot plus 20 year olds and under, make it by that age!!! the rest that do make it, would make it by the age of 23/24, after the age of 23/24 then they have little or no chance in making it!!! anyone else agree to a certain extent???

seanied (Meath) - Posts: 27 - 16/07/2009 17:48:09    348820

Graham Reilly (St Colmcille's)

Royalty (Meath) - Posts: 52 - 16/07/2009 18:58:03    348892

Seanied - think DowdtoFoleygoal is closer to the mark than you are. I would disagree that 60 - 80% of footballers don't play intercounty until they are older than 20. If you look at the current Meath team (ie the team that started last Saturday) most of the lads were knocking around the panel and playing either league or championship (or both) by the time they were 20. Paddy O Rourke, Harrington, Moyles, O'Connor, King, McGuinness, Crawford, Brian Meade, Stephen Bray, Big Joe, Cian Ward, Brian Farrell. Would have thought all of these were playing inter-county by the age of 20?.....Peadar Byrne, Seamus Kenny and David Bray would be the exceptions rather than the rule....

TheGrunt (Meath) - Posts: 55 - 16/07/2009 20:17:37    348957

moyles, McGuinness, Brian Meade, Stephen Bray, Cian Ward, Brian Farrell were all 21 or older when they made the meath team but i see your point about a lot of lads making it by 20 but i strongly believe a lot more make it after the 21 age mark!!!!

seanied (Meath) - Posts: 27 - 16/07/2009 21:37:44    349028

mark carey.

ggig (Meath) - Posts: 77 - 16/07/2009 21:39:29    349032

Henry Finnegan (NOM)
Paddy Smyth (NOM)
Brian Clarke (Sen'town)
Mark Carey (Sen'town)
Richie Hatton (S'hill)
Tadhg Brosnan(B'hall)
Stephen Corrigan (Wolfe Tones)
Paul Gilsenan (Trim)
Glen Loughran (Cortown)
Stephen Clynch (Dunsany)

julian (Meath) - Posts: 76 - 17/07/2009 11:09:43    349460

1: Shane O Rourke
2: Trevor Giles
3: Barry Lynch
4: Mark Carey
5: Henry Finnegan
6: John-Barry O Reilly
7: John Cullinane
8: Steven Clynch
9: Niall McGloughlin
10: Niall Kelly

James T (Meath) - Posts: 611 - 17/07/2009 13:09:30    349691

James Cullinane and Giles days are gone. players who should get a shout Are Ciaran Lynch (Michaels) ,Brennan (Simonstown) Donoghue(Moynalvey)

paudi (Meath) - Posts: 681 - 17/07/2009 14:18:23    349784

Eoin Carroll - Walterstown,

yeronlyman (Meath) - Posts: 11 - 17/07/2009 14:32:33    349804

Maybe 21 is closer than 20, but if guys are going to make it they should be close to the team at the age of 20 or so. This is proven by the fact that the average all ireland winning team is normally 23-25 years of age.

My only exception to this will be when Shane Horgan gives up the egg chasing and comes back to the GAA. The number 14 jersey is all his.

DowdtoFoleyGoal (Meath) - Posts: 292 - 17/07/2009 15:00:26    349843

JAMES T..... Explain to us all now why John Cullinane should be on the county squad, give me one good reason

King of the Hil (Meath) - Posts: 59 - 17/07/2009 17:25:23    350077

Niall Mooney(St Pats)-undoubtedly the best player in the county not on the county team!!
Keith Wearty(St Pats)
Alan Fox(Wolfe Tones)
Stephen Sheppard(Wolfe Tones)
Podge Howard(D/B)
Mark Collins(D/B)
Henry Finnegan(NOM)
Shane Carr(Simonstown)
Mickey Brennan(Simonstown)
Ricky Nolan(D/B)
Andrew Tormey(D/A)
Kevin Mulvanney(Skryne)

Pats4Keegan09 (Meath) - Posts: 10 - 06/09/2009 14:50:17    416948

im staying away from pats players on purpose because this thread will end up with everyone showing their club bias.i reckon mark battersby ricky nolan andew tormey niall kelly and graham reilly are all worth a look at by the management but what i really hope eamonn and the selectors do is take in every single game left in the senior inter and junior championships.leave no stone unturned.

just on niall mooney there i heard on good authority that he was highly annoyed at the way coyler dropped him off the panel and decided it wasnt worth going back to again in terms of time invested for what happened to him even if hes asked.

stamullenman (Meath) - Posts: 392 - 07/09/2009 13:09:12    417931

I was at a Pats match one night, just happened to be standing with two former All Ireland winning Meath men and they both agreed Niall mooney was not up to senior county football. They reckoned he just lacks the little bit extra you need. Too often he takes the wrong option after working himself in to great positions. In the last couple of minutes on Saturday night he brilliantly ran half the lenght of the pitch, defenders in his wake and when an easy point was on, elected to pass and ended giving the ball away.

qprmeath (None) - Posts: 434 - 07/09/2009 13:22:51    417951

What is the 'bit' that he lacks? qpr that was Daithi Whyte that had the handpass intercepted after the run, not Niall Mooney.

keeper91 (Meath) - Posts: 25 - 07/09/2009 14:00:44    418004

Keeper, you are right about Daithi Whyte having a great run that came to nothing. But I counted thre times in the last few minutes Niall Mooney had the ball in positions close to the Duleek goal and no scores resulted. The bit he lacks is the vision to take the right option when the chips are down. Compare his performance to Shane O Rourkes in the Simonstown game. There was no comparison. Dont get me wrong, Im not saying Niall is not a great dedicated club player but I believe he lacks what needed for inter county.

qprmeath (None) - Posts: 434 - 07/09/2009 17:24:06    418296

i disagree niall mooney is more than capable of stepping up to inter county matches givin a proper go!

Pats4Keegan09 (Meath) - Posts: 10 - 07/09/2009 21:38:03    418583

Trevor Giles? If Trevor comes back can we have Geraghty and Lyons and McDermott as well?:-)

Royal_Girl2k9 (Meath) - Posts: 2107 - 07/09/2009 21:55:42    418607