They play Killoe Longford champs, who are flying at the minute. Killoe to win by a few points.

lifebuoy (Cavan) - Posts: 628 - 29/10/2012 13:58:39    1289589

They should beat kiloe but not sure after that, the first match if linford final was suppose today be a. Total disaster

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 29/10/2012 14:16:21    1289599

RD ,sorry would disagree re stephen bray ,imo harro keeped him in his box for most of the game bar when harro slipped near the end.

royalpainter (Meath) - Posts: 874 - 29/10/2012 21:06:08    1289838

The crowd was very disappointing for sundays games. the two biggest club matches in the county and there must have only been about 4 to 4500 there.I know the weather was bad but think the co. board needs to look at addmission prices big time, also how they promote the finals and of course the biggest thing of all they need to make more effort to get the final played at least a month earlier especially any year when meath dont progress out of leinster.

johnsee (Meath) - Posts: 389 - 30/10/2012 08:33:04    1289891

I thought the crowd was quite good for the fixture. Regarding the admission price get the impression that some people wouldnt be happy unless they were handed money at the turnstile. 15 euro is reasonable for a county final, and a tenner for students wth U16s in for free.

I know many see giving any money to the county board as something best avoided, but we have to remember the county finals are probably the biggest source of income for the county. Say 4500 turn up, with 2000 paying 15 in and 1500 paying 10 euro (the rest being kids), that gives 45000euro of a gate, before taking away match costs. If you dropped the prices to 10 euro and 5 euro you would get 27500.

Thats a drop of 17500 euro. To recoup that you would need an extra 1000 people paying full price and 1500 students to pay in. Can anyone honestly say that an extra 2500 people (plus their kids) would show up if they slashed a fiver off the admission? The vast majority of people I know only found out the price at the gate, they would have been at the match anyway and none were put off by the price.

I know it shouldnt be about the money, but the gain gotten by lowering the admission would be very small. A few dozen people at most would be swayed by saving a fiver. I know it's just guesswork now, but I cant imagine anyone who would rather save a fiver than attend their clubs game would be very passionate about the game or contribute much to the atmosphere in a match. I sound like a county board apologist here when I'm usually the opposite, but it does slightly annoy me when people blame everything on ticket prices.

CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1692 - 30/10/2012 13:54:27    1290080

johnsee
County: Meath

Dont know if I agree with you there johnsee. €15 for both the senior and intermediate finals is not bad value at all.

The is also the club+ season ticket which makes all games very cheap to attend depending on how many you go to.

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 30/10/2012 14:04:00    1290088

I think the admission prices are a little high considering the financial climate. I'll always be there and so will most of us who are genuinely interested in Meath football but if you want to attract the good club follower who needs a reason to go when his club is not involved then admission prices have to be considered. If we had 1,000 more there, with just the same revenue then we would have a better occasion. Since 1966 I have only missed three finals and that was because I was in hospital at the time so I will go unless the price gets ridiculous. I presume it is the same for most of you.

On the game itself well the Tones just didn't get going from the start. Bad start, wrong options taken, some forwards very ponderous on the ball. But don't take it from the O'Mahonies. They were brilliant. They made things happen particularly Stephen Bray. Don't think Ref was particularly hard on Fiacra Ward. He has to learn to deliver the ball quicker. It's not the Refs job to make it easy for a minor. In fact I thought, and I say this as a Wolfe Tones supporter, that the Ref gave a little more to the Tones than to NOM. Definite penalty claim denied. Pity Wardie's goal effort didn't go in. It would have made a much better game out of it.

The real Árd Rí (Meath) - Posts: 990 - 30/10/2012 15:32:27    1290156

If it was €10 instead of €15 do you honestly think that would bring an extra 100 not to talk of 1000 people. I think if people are going to go they are going to go. A fiver is not going to make a difference! Maybe I'm wrong.

ClassApart (Meath) - Posts: 1200 - 30/10/2012 15:47:09    1290168

Shane Gillespie for O'Mahony's played really well. From what I say ,he looked like a real player. What age is he and how come he's not on the Meath panel

seamusmac (Meath) - Posts: 379 - 30/10/2012 16:52:59    1290220

shane gillespie is 21 and should get a spin with meath,he's a quality classic feen!

northsideblues (Meath) - Posts: 25 - 30/10/2012 17:09:30    1290231

ClassApart I don't honestly know. I know I wouldn't miss it if it was twice the price and probably neither would you. However if we could attract say an extra 1,000 by reducing the price to €10 would you not think that would be better for Meath football. Also in these straightened times should the GAA not be leading by example. Most genuine fans pay out a lot in going to our games Sunday after Sunday and during the week as well. They contribute to local lottos. local fundraisers and indeed to other clubs fundraisers. Many have young families and times are considerably tougher now than they were even in the Eighties when my family was young. I would like to see us bending a little. I don't know what other organisations are doing but we should not be led by others. We should set the example. Just my opinion

The real Árd Rí (Meath) - Posts: 990 - 30/10/2012 18:06:45    1290271

point taken castle bravo on the financial implications for the co. board but dont agree with you that a tenner is ok for students a fiver for pensioners and students would be fine. Jinxie i agree with you that 15 isnt too bad for two county finals but thats in our eyes because we are mad interested in our football and most of us on here would never miss county final day. But you have to think of the ones who have only a passing interest in one of the finals because their local club might be involved, if a man and woman go its 30 euro buy a programme and probably pay for carparking it gets expensive enough. The crowd for the two senior semi finals was bad as well. A big factor is the timing of the finals I know when ginnity was chairman he always maintained that by not having the county finals ready for the end of september or early october it was a big financial loser for the co.board.

johnsee (Meath) - Posts: 389 - 30/10/2012 18:32:26    1290294

I think 15 euro is ok for an individual. However, a husband & wife would be expensive at 30 euro, especially if they have a couple of over 16 children.
I am not sure how you get around that. Perhaps a family ticket of 20 euro would have been appropriate.

Overall, well done Navan, it wasnt a great game. In fact the Intermediate was more exciting. I thought that Cian Ward went for goals on three occasions in the first half when points were there for the taking. Points on those occasions would have kept them more in the hunt.

oldsam_newsam (Meath) - Posts: 638 - 30/10/2012 19:55:29    1290362

when is the leinster club quarter final involving NOM being played?

BettystownRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 3353 - 30/10/2012 20:49:21    1290396

"I thought that Cian Ward went for goals on three occasions in the first half when points were there for the taking....."

I think to be fair that even at that early stage Cian Ward knew that with a non-functioning full forward line up, the only goals they were going to get were those he scored himself, this is why he appeared to be grasping at straws and taking 'half chances'. Most people I spoke to were baffled by the Tones starting line up and completely mystified why they persisted with it when it was obvious from the first few minutes of play that some players were clearly out of their depth.
The NOM forward line were so mobile in attack, dropping deep to win the ball then surging forward in attack while the Tones forward line remained static waiting for the ball that never came. They were so ineffective for most of the game that the NOM full back was able to push forward and wreak havoc in the mid field area of the pitch. That team was beaten before they even took to the pitch.....

Ex_Pat (USA) - Posts: 186 - 30/10/2012 21:42:17    1290444

ex pat that was the same forward line that destroyed senchelstown in the semi final so why would they have changed it. and anyway they wouldnt have the alternatives that the o mahoneys have .

johnsee (Meath) - Posts: 389 - 30/10/2012 22:01:50    1290471

The championship winners were always gonna be decided the minute don/ash and navan got the same side of the draw the winner of that game was always gonna be crowned county champions the other teams in the county wouldn't even get a look in with either of these two... As tones showed on Sunday afternoon

tic_for_tac (Meath) - Posts: 151 - 31/10/2012 09:27:15    1290486

The man that O Mahonys can thank for winning the championship is Cormac Reilly. He won the semi final for them against Ashbourne and as last Sunday showed that was the final.

kingofclubs (Meath) - Posts: 350 - 31/10/2012 10:00:17    1290498

I wouldnt be so sure about that tic for tac O mahoneys were a vast improvement on sunday from their semi final performance and listening to davy nelson afterwards he stated that. Dont think ashbourne had that improvement in them and the Tones would have handled them much better than o mahoneys. O mahoneys got the dream start which is what seems to be vital in football nowadays and they kicked on from there and controlled the game.

johnsee (Meath) - Posts: 389 - 31/10/2012 10:02:08    1290499

O Mahonys only looked better in the final because they were up against a poor back line in Tones. The Ashbourne defence is way ahead of Tones defence and handled the O Mahonys forwards well in the semi final.

kingofclubs (Meath) - Posts: 350 - 31/10/2012 10:12:19    1290505