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Meath 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Cabbagepatch1667: "A win is a win, but really poor at times and did our best to throw it away. Could have been 10 up at half time, and the wasted opportunities almost came back to bite us.
Brilliant from Jack Flynn to win it like he did with the 2 pointer. Poor clock management towards the end too, we were a point up with about 4 mins to go and, should have ran as much off the clock as possible.
But anyway, we looked good in transition, and we player some nice stuff at times. Just need to clean up the shooting. We'll take the 2 points and move on." Couldn't disagree more on your shot clock management opinion.
Trying to run the clock down with 4 minutes left when only 1 up would be madness and if the players did this and it backfired they and the management would be slated. If we were 3 or 4 up maybe but not 1 up with 4 minutes left .Too much time left to be doing that. You need to still go try win the game with better shot selection or execution.
Even if we did manage to keep it for 3 minutes which is an incredibly difficult thing to do at any level but in an inter county game at the end of a tough 70 minutes its even more difficult. All It takes is for one dropped short short or turnover with 50 or 60 seconds left they go up the pitch and bang over a 2 pointer and we've not enough time to get back up the pitch to score. In fact if he had done this and Banty dropped his short with 50 seconds or so left and they got their last score like they did we wouldn't have enough time to get Flynns 2 pointer.
Asking for trouble by trying to simply protect a 1 point lead with 4 minutes left rather to add to it and putting the game to bed
Blackspot09 (Meath) - 01/02/2026 20:25:18
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Meath 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Royalio11: "Get down the M3 quick. Won ugly that is all that matters today.
We made it hard for ourselves with a lot of poor shooting and missed opportunities.
I felt we did both good and bad around the middle with a lot the breaking ball going to a blue jersey.
It was a heavy pitch and that does not feed into our style of play. Credit to Cavan they kept chipping away and were always in the game but it certainly would have been a game Meath threw away if Cavan had won. We gave away too many frees and it's easy to have green glasses on but shouldn't give the referee a chance to blow them.
Another 2 points on the board, rest up and go again against Louth in two weeks.
I hope that is our poor performance of the league out of the way as I doubt we will get away with another one." Think it is slightly harsh to describe theperformance as a whole as poor imo. We dominated the game looked miles the better team and should have won pulling up. Was a poor performance in front of goal but pretty much in every other department we were well on top. Certainly won't get away with as poor a shooting performance as that again but I thought the rest of it was pretty impressive.
Blackspot09 (Meath) - 01/02/2026 18:50:24
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Meath 2026 - 1 Like(s)
A really solid, hard fought win in a heated derby.
Probably left at least one goal and 4/5 points out there as well. The ref gave Cavan an awful lot, but in fairness the Meath tackling around the D was heavy and they left a lot in the tackle, and to Cavan's credit, they were always in the hunt.
Apprently (could be wrong), but Meath havent any type of record in winning in Cavan going back 60/70 years so this is a good day. When Cavan went a point up in the last minute, the boys showed real steel to get the last 3 scores.
Young_gael (Meath) - 01/02/2026 17:50:21
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Meath 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To GreenMan1987: "Looking forward to this one, hopefully we play well and get the W.
Quick question, when did we last beat Cavan in Breffni Park?, I know it's a long time ago but not sure what year it was." Feb1965. Could say we are overdue a win there looking on the positive side.
KingofTara (Meath) - 01/02/2026 14:34:13
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