pim etc. The Tones have just absolutely walloped Moylough 3-09 to 0-06. The westmeath senior club team must have had the junior z team out and as for o'mahoneys it was obviously a weakened second team Moylough played.

BBD (Meath) - Posts: 228 - 25/05/2010 21:22:26    658422

I see the Tones had a comprehensive win over Moylagh last night, by 14 points I have been told. This leaves them unbeaten for the year and two out of two in the championship. Would 2 wins be enough to get them to the semi finals in their group. Who else is in their side of the draw does anyone know

MinorStar (Meath) - Posts: 294 - 26/05/2010 11:26:24    658621

Minorstar, they have Ratoath and Kilskyre left. Two tricky games to say the least..am I right in saying boardsmill are the other team in that group?

InTheLoop (Meath) - Posts: 147 - 26/05/2010 11:41:15    658641

InTheLoop I believe so as the Tones beat Boardsmill in the first round. I agree two further tricky games left. I know they have beaten Ratoath in the league but this wont pay any significance to championship form.

I am happy for the tones to be going well as they are a good club who have struggled for numbers etc recently. Must be a lot of work going on behind the scenes there. Any idea who is looking after the junior team.

MinorStar (Meath) - Posts: 294 - 26/05/2010 11:50:07    658652

dID RATOATH NOT BEAT MOYLOUGH WELL IN THEFIRST ROUND ALSO....LOOKS LIKE MOYLOUGH WONT REACH SEMI`S???

Bobas69 (Meath) - Posts: 114 - 26/05/2010 12:12:18    658691

bobas69, No last night was Moylaghs first game in the championship. They would not have played Ratoath in the league either as they are in division 3.

MinorStar (Meath) - Posts: 294 - 26/05/2010 12:38:29    658735

minorstar... you are also a wum from moylogh...

iamgod (Meath) - Posts: 86 - 26/05/2010 15:19:30    658991

iamgod, not a chance I am from Moylagh. Im not even from the county. I am a Limerick man but now living in navan. Im purely a follower of hurling as I am a little over the hill ow to compete. What I will say is that I would never want to be associated with Moylagh after their display last night. It was nothing short of disgraceful the pulling on players. I was appauled by it, and if anyone else who was at the game saw otherwise let me know. Referee was a disgrace also.

MinorStar (Meath) - Posts: 294 - 26/05/2010 16:48:05    659156

every post you make is associated with moylogh..i just reckon your on here as a wum..was at the match also and taught moylogh were poor..they will go nowhere this year.. they are playing division 3 hurling and this is not good enough at junior a level

iamgod (Meath) - Posts: 86 - 26/05/2010 17:10:07    659207

iamgod, Not a chance I am associated with Moylagh in any shape or form. I am very unbiased towards any club, but myself and my son went to Moylagh game on Tuesday night out of interest and as I said I didn't like the way they played. They on a number of occasions pulled on players in a very vicious way in my opinion and it was disgusting to watch.

I am purely a hurling man not affiliated to any club, but just love the game to be played the right way, hard but fair.

MinorStar (Meath) - Posts: 294 - 27/05/2010 08:55:33    659570

Out of interest Minorstar - as an outsider, what do you think of the hurling set-up in Meath?

As in quality of junior, inter and senior? Style of play? Referees..pitches etc??

InTheLoop (Meath) - Posts: 147 - 27/05/2010 10:45:32    659655

were the Tones missing anyone tuesday nite? they played well and should've got more scores if they were let play hurling....i have to agree with Minorstar the late pulling on and off the ball was disgracefull,why did'nt any umpires or linesmen bring this to the attention of the ref?? which was very poor i thought.

Deepheatforpain (Meath) - Posts: 76 - 27/05/2010 10:52:19    659667

intheloop, I have been in Meath for 10 years now and I ahve always been impressed with the standard of Senior hurling. The quality diminishes dramitically as you go down the grades. There are less and less quality hurlers at intermediatte and junior level. I think the county board have a lot to answer for as the development of the game is overlooked. In my view the county board shoul start a coaching template for all underage clubs. This at least would develop the skills from u8's upwards. That in my view is what is lacking. The skills of the game in Meath are poor, such as sidelines, free taking, first touch and distribution.

I dont want to appear hard on the clubs because it is very difficult but they need a chance form the county board and assistance such as development coaches spending time in the schools and everyone teaching the same.

I wont get started on referees because it is a disgrace what is going on out there. It wont be long before someone is hurt in the game. As a knock on then players will continue to play dirty if allowed.

Pitches are good by and large, the only issue is they are all mainly sized for football, therefore a wee bit on the narrow side. Athboy, kiltale and kilskyre are good, but why not allow all grades of club hurling be played in Pairc Tailteann. That would be a nice gesture for club players.

MinorStar (Meath) - Posts: 294 - 27/05/2010 14:00:21    659898

deepheatforpain, I am not sure if the tones were missing anyone on Tuesday night, didnt seem to look like it as thay had a good number on the bench. I was chatting to a mother of a player after (she was blocking my car) and she said they had 1 player injured but whether he would have started im not sure.

It's hard now anyway to notice players since helmet rule came in. They all look the same.

I will say I thought the tones were good value for their win, and if it were not for the sledging by Moylagh and proper refeering they probably would have won by more.

MinorStar (Meath) - Posts: 294 - 27/05/2010 14:05:04    659906

the only reason ratoath didnt beat kilmessan and kildalkey in the last 2 JHC finals was because they wont give there young talented players a chance! and if they dont this year, i am of the opinion that moylagh or kilskyre will also pip them this year.

overthehill72 (Meath) - Posts: 334 - 27/05/2010 16:35:08    660138

overthehill, the bet kilskyre easily and i think they will do the same to moylogh.. having played agaisnt them in minor this year, can you name the stand out stars..there arent many young stars from ratoath

iamgod (Meath) - Posts: 86 - 27/05/2010 18:00:15    660272

stephen cooper colm o riordan and bryan mcmahon are excellent young players.. even if they win the junior ratoath as a hurling club will not develop until these young players are given a chance.. just my opinion!

overthehill72 (Meath) - Posts: 334 - 27/05/2010 18:45:17    660319

Haha over the hill you must be joking 11 of the starting 15 are under 25 and I don't believe it has to do with playing more young lads they just need to stand up when it really counts in finals, they were well beatin by kilmessan in 08 but just straight up bottled it against kildalkey last year. Should be interesting to see how it goes this year I think Wolfe tones will be ratoath's biggest competition. And your right about McMahon he is a super hurler, not sure about the other two they have proven themselves at any sort of level really( apart from playing on this years rather shambolic meath minor hurling team)

johnmoore09 (Meath) - Posts: 61 - 27/05/2010 20:08:15    660402

Was at the match between wolfe tones/moylagh and tones wont win a junior championship.they had 90% of play in the 1st half and all they had was 2-2 to show for it against a very very poor moylagh team.they should also concentrate on playin hurlin rather dan givin out to the ref the whole time.In all fairnest to the ref he likes to keep the game flowin and not be blown the whistle everytime a tones player goes down as if he"d been pole-axed.. i still think ratoath are the team to beat..

trap (Meath) - Posts: 175 - 27/05/2010 20:08:19    660403

overthehill72, how in gods name can you say that either kilskyre or moylagh will pip ratoath this year.. That is pure crazy. Neither of those teams will be in the final shake up. In my view ratoaths biggest competition is from the other side of the draw or the tones. The tones have beaten you already in the league by 16 points, donaghmore ash beat you last sat night in league, and kiltale will provide some opposition to anyone in the championship this year.

This junior championship I think will be a classic if it is tones, ratoath, kiltale and don ash left as the last 4. Then we might see good hurling games. I think the remainder of clubs are poor.

MinorStar (Meath) - Posts: 294 - 28/05/2010 11:39:59    660632