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The problem with Gerry Cooney is that most people have never heard of him until he got nominated for the Meath job.


Sean Boylan wouldn't have been too well known in footballing circles before his managment tenure.

But I understand what your saying & these are different times. But cooneys anonymity shouldn't go against him.
I think things have to be weighed up & balanced out. The manager shouldn't be picked because he's cheaper, or better known or lives in a certain place. He should be picked because he's the best man to bring Meath Football forward.

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 27/10/2010 16:52:18    804486

scarroboy
your embarrassing yourself with all this o malley talk. i dont think us know all meath fans as you called us in your last post just go around making legends out of anyone that played for meath.but for me anyway that meath team off 1987-91 are all legends

1987 (Meath) - Posts: 95 - 28/10/2010 11:25:27    804883

agree 100% with jinxie,the best man for the job has to get it and not appoint someone who might keep certain delegates happy.

thelough (Meath) - Posts: 6 - 28/10/2010 12:25:59    804925

Scarraboy has some ideas of meath football but really o malley wasn't that bad a footballer my father played for the cills at the time and he was nearly as good as o malley but I never heard of anyone call him a legend even around Bettystown Also people saying that they never heard of Gerry Cooney an ex meath footballer so you are in no position to criticise scarra boy Also I agree that a meathman should get the job as manager

HungryMeathMan (Meath) - Posts: 22 - 28/10/2010 13:05:48    804952

Different game,different era. Don't know Cooney,but what has he done of late in terms of coaching/managing? Is this the Co. Board blundering along...again??!

gaagaa70 (Dublin) - Posts: 3 - 28/10/2010 13:24:34    804970

Hungrymeathman - To be fair I dont recall too many people saying that they hadn't heard of Gerry Cooney. Most Meath fans of a certain vintage, would know of Gerry and his Meath career (and the younger posters could be excused for not knowing him so well - he is not one of the names that would be passed down from generation to generation in the same way that the names of Paddy O'Brien or Jack Quinn or Pat Collier or Mick Lyons would be).
I think most posters (myself included) are not familiar with his managerial career. Which is not entirely surprising as he hasn't exactly set the managerial world alight. That is not to say he wouldn't do a good job with Meath though - many a good club manager has failed at county level and vice versa.

anfearbeag (Meath) - Posts: 1134 - 28/10/2010 15:59:43    805086

does anyone know when the new meath manager is going to announced

meathandproud (Meath) - Posts: 37 - 28/10/2010 18:05:32    805229

meathandproud
County: Meath
Posts: 34

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does anyone know when the new meath manager is going to announced

Next Monday or Monday after. Whichever one the co board meeting is.

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 28/10/2010 18:44:14    805283

Gerry Cooney should be givin a chance and with a decent back line coach either Fay or Harnan we should be still playing at the business end of things come next August.
Just a note on the real legends from East Meath there were only B Flynn and Pat Collier. really not an area for producing real legends or footballers

scarraboy (Meath) - Posts: 70 - 28/10/2010 19:01:56    805303

Its going to be announced next Wed the 3rd of Nov at the Co Board meeting !!!

Stillsenior (Meath) - Posts: 125 - 28/10/2010 19:04:47    805304

scarraboy
east meath produce a good one this year graham reilly

1987 (Meath) - Posts: 95 - 28/10/2010 19:48:23    805345

thanks jinxie and stillsenior should be interesting to see who gets the job all the talk is of cooney now if harnan didnt team up with banty i think he would of been a shoe in to get it

meathandproud (Meath) - Posts: 37 - 28/10/2010 20:17:59    805387

scarraboy
County: Meath
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Just a note on the real legends from East Meath there were only B Flynn and Pat Collier. really not an area for producing real legends or footballers

Could I plead with everyone not to bother reponding to this fool. Seriously, it only encourages the likes of him/her and you end up with nonsense threads like the Oldcastle one. Lets all agree just to ignore WUMs like this and get on with discussing the real issues of Meath football.

anfearbeag (Meath) - Posts: 1134 - 29/10/2010 11:15:01    805559

Bob O malley not a legend? Here are the Texaco Footballers of the year since 1977. Not keeping bad companyon that list? How some of you can justify what you publish about people on the worldwide web?! If you havent a educated, pre-bebo opinion dont give one please............


2009 Tomás Ó Sé Kerry An Gaeltacht Played right-half back
2008 Sean Cavanagh Tyrone Moy Played at full forward
2007 Marc Ó Sé Kerry An Ghaeltacht Corner back
2006 Kieran Donaghy Kerry Austin Stacks Full Forward
2005 Stephen O'Neill Tyrone Clan Na Gael Full Forward
2004 Colm Cooper Kerry Dr Crokes Corner Forward
2003 Peter Canavan Tyrone Eirigail Ciaran Full Forward
2002 Kieran McGeeney Armagh Na Fianna Centre Back
2001 Padraig Joyce Galway Kilererin Full Forward
2000 Séamus Moynihan Kerry Glenflesk Centre Back
1999 Trevor Giles Meath Skryne Centre Forward
1998 Michael Donnellan Galway Dunmore Wing Forward
1997 Maurice Fitzgerald Kerry St. Mary's Cahirciveen Corner Forward
1996 Martin O'Connell Meath St. Michaels Wing Back
1995 Paul Curran Dublin Thomas Davis Wing Back
1994 Mickey Linden Down Mayobridge Corner Forward
1993 Henry Downey Derry Lavey GAC Centre Forward
1992 Martin McHugh Donegal Kilcar Centre Forward
1991 Colm O'Rourke Meath Skryne One of only two winners to win, despite their county not winning that year's All-Ireland.
1990 Shea Fahy Cork Nemo Rangers
1989 Teddy McCarthy Cork Glanmire
1988 Robbie O'Malley Meath St Colmcille's
1987 Brian Stafford Meath Kilmainhamwood Full Forward
1986 Pat Spillane Kerry Templenoe Wing Forward, second win.
1985 Jack O'Shea Kerry St. Mary's Cahirciveen Midfield, fourth win.
1984 Jack O'Shea Kerry St. Mary's Cahirciveen Midfield, third win.
1983 Tommy Drumm Dublin
1982 Martin Furlong Offaly Goalkeeper
1981 Jack O'Shea Kerry St. Mary's Cahirciveen Midfield, second win.
1980 Jack O'Shea Kerry St. Mary's Cahirciveen Midfield
1979 Mikey Sheehy Kerry Austin Stacks Corner Forward
1978 Pat Spillane Kerry Templenoe Wing Forward
1977 Jimmy Keaveney Dublin St Vincents Full Forward, second win.

Ratoathfan (Meath) - Posts: 20 - 29/10/2010 12:26:17    805634

ratoathfan
great post about o malley hopefully that puts a end to it .

1987 (Meath) - Posts: 95 - 29/10/2010 13:09:12    805670

O Malley must come close to being the best corner back ever, certainly the best in my time watching football?

qprmeath (None) - Posts: 434 - 29/10/2010 20:39:30    806092

it was between o malley and enda colleran for the corner back spot in the team off the millennium .o malley was very unlucky not to get on to that team .colleran was the captain off the the galway team the year they won the 3 in row so that proabably gave him the vote over o malley

1987 (Meath) - Posts: 95 - 30/10/2010 09:39:37    806153

I hear that they are in the process of building a monument to O malley over in Bettystown and there is going to be a east Meath national day for him so I hope all his fans will be there to adore their own legend

scarraboy (Meath) - Posts: 70 - 31/10/2010 18:23:34    806739

heard over the weekend cooney will be the new manager.

The.Rock (Meath) - Posts: 582 - 01/11/2010 11:33:04    807005

Anyone really know if Cooney has managed ANY team of ANY description in recent years?

spillanesmeat (Meath) - Posts: 103 - 01/11/2010 12:14:06    807034