eastmeathmary

Aside from my own team that I picked,your team would be my favorite

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 29/01/2012 11:18:17    1101984

Mark Collins is recovering from an injury unless I'm mistaken? He should definitely get game-time during the league. We need to find our best full-back line, priority number one - O'Brien, Reilly and McGuinness for me. We need to find someone to partner Mark Ward at midfield - Menton or Meade unless Gillespie matures quickly.

Other than that, start Joe Sheridan at 14 and play Gilsenan and Eoin Reilly as half-forwards, add some pace to midfield.

Ollie99 (Meath) - Posts: 442 - 29/01/2012 13:38:08    1102036

My 15

1.D Gallagher (any other suggestions??)
2.C king
3.k reilly
4.g obrien
5.lenihan
6.mcinarney
7.c mcguiness
8.menton
9.ward...with shane here when fit
10.s kenny (c)
11.g reilly
12.gilsenan
13.bray
14.sheridan
15.ward

grahamc9897 (Meath) - Posts: 1178 - 29/01/2012 14:07:13    1102052

Loyaltoroyal think you mis read my post. ON THERE DAY cian joe shane and in particular graham reilly would make any team in country. Biggy was by far the player of 2010 and was even tipped for player of the year before leinster final that was by sunday game panel yes last year his form was poor proving my point about consistency and again this year sublime v louth but v dcu kept running into crowded areas. Cians performance when came on a sub remember point from sideline to draw that game? Joes fantastic goal prowess? Shanes outstanding ability s bray already a all star. The problem is not there abundance of ability that these players have and any county would love to have when they turn it on. The problem is no consistency one day sublime next poor. So why can they not perform on 90% of occasions? That is the question. But I stand over my 2 points that on there day they are worthy of any team in country and if they do perform to consistent level then meath will very much be a top 3 team. Simple

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 29/01/2012 15:39:47    1102115

Yes, royaldunne there are very good footballers in this county. Most of them young and more than capable of winning trophies. It's been a long time since we've had a serious, inspiring manager over this team and that's not meant as an insult to anyone involved in the backroom set-up over the past few years. Jack O'Connor, Peter Harte, Joe Kernan, Pat Gilroy... Sean Boylan - bad managers don't win all-Irelands.

Liam Harnan with Andy McEntee as assistant manager. We need young blood on the sideline and I'm not referring to Geraghty coming out of retirement.

Ollie99 (Meath) - Posts: 442 - 30/01/2012 14:03:29    1102527

I agree with you that a good manager gets the best out of players. If we do not progress to div 1 , do not reach leinster final, or last 8 of all ire. If we do not achieve 2 of these goals then Banty's tenure has to be seriously considered. However I am willing to give him the opportunity to prove himself. I think we have been in shambles with our managers since sean boylan. Eamonn barry should never have been appointed in my opinion, eomonn obrien well should he have been removed? I'm stiil not sure. Colm coyle fantastic player but could not stay after those 2 dreadful games against wexford and limerick. In my view the above people mentioned in your post may have brought something to the set up but they were on sideline during league campaign in 11 and to be honest them nor banty at the time offered anything it was only after there leaving that we got slightly going again and I do mean slightly. My view is that graham geraghty is the manager who will bring us back to the top. But he still needs to learn more. Perhaps next year. And he should be nominated alone. No contest. That is if banty fails this year which I hope he will not.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 30/01/2012 14:55:46    1102573

royaldunne.... do you really think GG is the man to bring meath to the top?
that is a monster statement. he hasnt enough managerial experiance to be honest. if banty isnt here next yr (which i strongly think he wont) i'd like to see someone with more experiance at the helm. i think people are listening to there hearts and not there heads. if were going to pick a manager from within meath next time id like to see SEAN KELLY OR TONY KEARNEY. NOT GG.

isTHIS4real (Meath) - Posts: 97 - 30/01/2012 16:17:31    1102629

I really do worry for our league campaign since seeing the DCU game.. whether people would put the players performance down to a lack of interest or it "only" being the O'Byrne Cup I really don't know. It didn't inspire confidence with only 2 weeks before the league. Teams like Tyrone, Kildare, Derry etc. who play the running game similar to that of DCU will give us a lot trouble if our defense is as stretched as it was in the DCU game. There seemed to be a massive hole in the center of our defense every time DCU broke forward so despite McAnarney's work rate at center back I'd really feel more secure to have a bigger presence like Bryan Menton in this position with Kevin Reilly being reverted back to full back.

We seem to be very naive going forward and for the life of my I don't understand why players still persist with the long ball into the FF line when the opposing team have a sweeper employed in front of the FF. I also saw Graham Reilly a few times trying to carry the ball through the center despite being surrounded by 3 players which just played right into DCU's hands. Forwards playing as individuals is exactly what we don't need and I also wouldn't have Graham Reilly on the forty. Wing forward is his best position.. I'd actually like to see Seamus Kenny on the forty, he always seems to be very direct with his passes, his vision isn't bad and it wouldnt be pulling him away from the middle third either where he can still pick up breaking ball.

My first 15;

1.) Gallagher
2.) Gary O'Brien
3.) Kevin Reilly
4.) Chris O'Conner
5.) Ciaran Lenehan
6.) Bryan Menton
7.) Shane McAnarney
8.) Mark Ward
9.) Tom Walsh
10.) Graham Reilly
11.) Seamus Kenny
12.) Stephen Bray
13.) Paddy Gilsenan
14.) Joe Sheridan
15.) Cian Ward

RoyalClass (Meath) - Posts: 790 - 30/01/2012 16:30:00    1102634

Is it free under 16?

Anonymousdb1 (Meath) - Posts: 6 - 30/01/2012 17:28:06    1102673

Royal dunne: what makes you think gg should manage Meath?!

bert09 (Meath) - Posts: 1856 - 30/01/2012 18:52:04    1102707

Geraghty should prove himself as a coach before he's considered for manager. Yes Sean Kelly and Tony Kearney, both knowledgable football men but the latter doesn't seem to have any desire to involve himself in intercounty management.

When you look at the impact a young manager can have taking McGuinness' Donegal and Horan's Mayo I really feel we should be doing the same. Asides from Andy McEntee I can't really think of another young manager with the credentials. Maybe Mark O'Reilly in time? Most of our lads are coached in a direct, long-ball game. Our system should be based around this, especially considering the number of big, target men available to us. An accurate long-ball will beat the sweeper everytime, especially if the forwards' movement takes him into account. What's really depressing is the fact that both Dublin and Kildare are now a more proficient long-ball team than us. McGeeney's building is team around a full-forward line of Tom O'Connor and Kavanagh. Dublin's system is based around the long ball into the corner for Brogan or Connolly. And now Meath play like Monaghan...

Ollie99 (Meath) - Posts: 442 - 30/01/2012 19:17:18    1102722

No disrespect to either men mentioned but county manager? Seriously? No. Graham is the man. What this team needs is passion desire and hunger all which have been sadly lacking lately. Gg will bring that. A sense of going to die for the jersey. Last man to bring that to meath was sean boylan who incidentally had no football experience at all. And look at what he did he brought pride to wearing the jersey the exact same as gg would. Two others mentioned would not. Only other options are mcentee or c orourke. Neither wanted last time so don't see that changing. By way gg is selector at min has managed club in westmeath and was forwards coach for longford. I'm not saying put him in immediately but in time and next manager which I hope won't be for a few years

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 31/01/2012 16:34:17    1103110

royaldunne i cant agree with you here..yes i seriously mean those two lads ahead of GG ANYDAY..they have proven themselves most places they have gone to.and it was only a few years ago tony kearney was considered for the mayo job IF MY SOURCE WAS RIGHT.. dont let your heart rule your head, but has GG won anything or semi final stage etc, i dont know if he has.. he could turn out to be a good forward coach etc but you cant throw a man into a county job when he very little experiance and is banty a good role model to be learning his trade?? i dont think so. it would be like throwing a junior d player into a keegan cup final.. sure your point could be said for the likes of tommy dowd or darren fay. they busted a gut for meath, tommy dowd even more so GG but does that mean he'd get the best out of players.. and he was there with colyer as well.
IN regards to sean boylan, there'll never be another one like him. one great e.g of his genius was when Boylan used buoyancy aid to train us in water in gormanstown.
he sourced 30 buoyancy suits for a fair sum from america. we all thought he was mad and look how that worked for us. there should be a statue outside park tailteann for that man for what he achieved.

isTHIS4real (Meath) - Posts: 97 - 31/01/2012 18:01:17    1103172

Having read Royal Dunne's reply to me about Meath forwards, and then his above post about Geraghty being "the manager to bring us back to the top", I can only conclude that he is a small bit delusional!

Loyal2TheRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 4522 - 31/01/2012 18:38:36    1103196

Agree with everything you've said isThis4real. Geraghty needs to prove himself before he can be considered for the position.

Tony Kearney does not seem to be interested in the Meath job but this is all rumour and hearsay. Whoever succeeds Banty I would hope that Andy McEntee is involved in some kind of assistant manager role. There are serious football coaches based around the county, Kearney, Kelly, Farrell among them. Disappointing that there isn't more young blood involved or younger candidates pushing for Meath manager.

Horan, McGuinness and McGeeney are all building quality football teams and one of the above will be in an all-Ireland final very soon. They know their stuff. Pride in the jersey's not enough anymore. Football is a very technical game now. Look at the detail and planning that goes into kickouts. It takes brains.

Ollie99 (Meath) - Posts: 442 - 31/01/2012 18:53:15    1103203

Ollie ,i feel when the co board chair is up for renewal next year ,it will be the start of meaths arrival into the twenty first century and themodern game .hopefully the club delegates will have copped on bythen a see what everyone else sees and will vote for a complete new regime .its NOT ALL about the manager ,he can only work with what tools he is allowed and anyway i feel hes just a stop gap . So i suppose we can only ride the wave of bantys boat till then or till im proven wrong.

royalpainter (Meath) - Posts: 874 - 31/01/2012 19:22:10    1103219

looking forward to getting 2 points on Sat night and getting our promotion campaign off to a flyer!

mcsta (None) - Posts: 74 - 31/01/2012 20:43:06    1103284

Just in case you're wondering...I'm referring to Monaghan!

mcsta (None) - Posts: 74 - 31/01/2012 20:54:51    1103296

When are we going to get the team for Sat so we can have a proper debate with no second guessing. C'mon Banty give us the team in the next day or two.

Diego (Meath) - Posts: 1210 - 31/01/2012 21:30:49    1103319

He likes to play The guessing game

royalpainter (Meath) - Posts: 874 - 01/02/2012 08:19:34    1103349