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Replying To hurlit: "Very hard pick a winner in the hurling which can only be a good thing. The strong group finished very tight , only 2 points from 1st to 5th place , proves that its competitive and in any other year longwood would have picked up points which would have made it even tighter." Agree, I think any of the top four can beat the other on their day. Ratoath now out of the football surprisingly, should help them. They were physical (not dirty) vs Kiltale and knocked them off their game so I see that continuing. Cillian O'Sullivan is adding an 'x-factor' that Kiltale haven't had since Anthony Forde went on his travels and could yet make a significant impact though he needs more ball work. slane85 (Meath) - Posts: 13 - 24/10/2021 20:56:15 2387212 Link
Id tip Kiltale to win Ratoath are carrying too many injuries Bryan McMahon - running on 1 leg yesterday McGill - Out for rest of year Ben McGowan - Out for rest of year Cian Rogers - Doubtful after pulling hamstring yesterday Only other Team that might pull rug under Kiltale i feel is trim , havent gotten going yet but in knockout stages they will come alive lagoreX (Meath) - Posts: 220 - 25/10/2021 13:19:01 2387287 Link
i think kildaalkey will finally click and beat Trim not sure after that though. i think dunboyne will run trim close. kiltale could turn over ratoath. dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 688 - 25/10/2021 21:07:01 2387351 Link
I didn't realise that Kildalkey and Dunboyne were out of the championship and what happened to Killyon? Posters on here writing Kildalkey off for years, they will be considerably strengthened when a few come up from Intermediate. MillerX (Meath) - Posts: 1063 - 25/10/2021 21:35:42 2387356 Link
Have to say that I hope any of the teams remaining win except, perhaps, Kiltale. They have won enough in recent years and havent really been firing this year. I would agree with above that Kildalkey are in with a real shout. Ratoath have those injuries and Trim distracted by football and not playing particularly well either. In fact Dunboyne could cause an upset at the weekend. stillaroyal (Meath) - Posts: 224 - 26/10/2021 10:39:50 2387381 Link
Replying To MillerX: "I didn't realise that Kildalkey and Dunboyne were out of the championship and what happened to Killyon? Posters on here writing Kildalkey off for years, they will be considerably strengthened when a few come up from Intermediate." Kildalkey raided their intermediate team for the last group game v Kiltale. No one really left to come off it except maybe Heavey. Strange decision taking lads off their intermediate team for what was essentially a dead rubber game for them v Kiltale. Dunboyne and Kiltale to win his weekend. begining (UK) - Posts: 300 - 26/10/2021 11:11:34 2387399 Link
Replying To MillerX: "I didn't realise that Kildalkey and Dunboyne were out of the championship and what happened to Killyon? Posters on here writing Kildalkey off for years, they will be considerably strengthened when a few come up from Intermediate." I didnt realise the other teams didnt have second teams still involved either? Kildalkey supporters on here are to hurling , what kells are to football. hurlit (Meath) - Posts: 415 - 26/10/2021 12:34:28 2387422 Link
Replying To hurlit: "I didnt realise the other teams didnt have second teams still involved either? Kildalkey supporters on here are to hurling , what kells are to football." Kildalkey still in….Kells out… MillerX (Meath) - Posts: 1063 - 26/10/2021 18:05:20 2387497 Link
Kiltale v Killyon - Kiltale now my favourites to win the senior championship, can never write them off and just think the addition of some footballers will give them what they need to push on. Killyon May be able to keep with them for 30-40 minutes but Kiltale will have too much in the end. Kiltale by 8/9 Trim v Dunboyne - Trim haven't been performing anywhere near the standard they should be but when your winning games in the football it carries momentum, Dunboyne will come into this game confident and won't fear trim at all, close game here in HQ. Trim by the minimum Boardsmill v Ratoath - If Boardsmill can perform consistently for the next month there's a championship there to be won, no football distractions will help them big time, a proud hurling club who want to be back senior, Ratoath won't be any pushover but I feel like boardsmill will just have some extra quality on display. Bmill by 10 Kildalkey v Drumree - Drumree will find this difficult, this won't be a case of a first team walking over a kildalkey second string, Kildalkey will have some experienced heads and who knows what Drumree will show up, hard to see Drumree play well on a bigger pitch like trim, kildalkey will relish it, maybe a slight upset here. Kildalkey by 2/3 ClashofAsh85 (Meath) - Posts: 20 - 29/10/2021 09:47:05 2387787 Link
Replying To MillerX: "Kildalkey still in….Kells out…" think your missing my point hurlit (Meath) - Posts: 415 - 29/10/2021 10:28:40 2387795 Link
Killyon V Kiltale Killyon will need goals in abundance to win this but cant see that happening kiltale by 10 Trim v Dunboyne tight affair, Trim just, by 2 maybe hope the referees don't have a big say in these games StickFan (Meath) - Posts: 217 - 29/10/2021 13:12:15 2387820 Link
Replying To StickFan: "Killyon V Kiltale Killyon will need goals in abundance to win this but cant see that happening kiltale by 10 Trim v Dunboyne tight affair, Trim just, by 2 maybe hope the referees don't have a big say in these games" I just hope they have a referee in Navan, I see Derek Ryan is down the referee it and also appointed for the Louth Football final. MillerX (Meath) - Posts: 1063 - 30/10/2021 19:12:48 2387907 Link
Today's result shower the gulf in class between group a and group b. Surely must be sign to consider an 8 team championship and a senior b championship. Fancy trim to beat kildalkey in the semis by the minimum and kiltale to beat ratoath by 3 with both sides benches being key to victory tuppy23 (Meath) - Posts: 154 - 31/10/2021 18:19:17 2387985 Link
To be fair kiltale scored about 14 frees and got a lucky goal. Killyon were in it until getting a player sent off. Referee was very poor. Dont know what happened to dunboyne. Who'd be in your 8 team championship only the the same teams that were playing today. Foley91 (Meath) - Posts: 418 - 31/10/2021 20:25:11 2388011 Link
Replying To Foley91: "To be fair kiltale scored about 14 frees and got a lucky goal. Killyon were in it until getting a player sent off. Referee was very poor. Dont know what happened to dunboyne. Who'd be in your 8 team championship only the the same teams that were playing today." Eight frees not fourteen. And yes the goal was lucky but there wasn't really a doubt of the result at that stage. Killyon scored 2--02 in the first qtr (1-02 in first five minutes) and only scored 6 points for the rest of the game. Speaking of frees, Kiltale free-taker Jack Regan was constantly being hit throughout the game and the sending off was for an off the ball strike on him. slane85 (Meath) - Posts: 13 - 31/10/2021 20:48:03 2388013 Link
Replying To Foley91: "To be fair kiltale scored about 14 frees and got a lucky goal. Killyon were in it until getting a player sent off. Referee was very poor. Dont know what happened to dunboyne. Who'd be in your 8 team championship only the the same teams that were playing today." Dunboyne forwards had quit after 10 mins. Was embarrassing to watch even when one of them managed to get possession in the trim half the others were literly walking. Had clearly accepted defeat before a ball was pucked. Hard to argue that trim were even in first gear. Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 630 - 31/10/2021 21:01:54 2388017 Link
There needs to be some restructuring I think though not saying 8 is the best way. But as it is with 4 teams qualifying from 6 makes it almost too easy , look at trim this year for example any other county they'd have been gone. tuppy23 (Meath) - Posts: 154 - 31/10/2021 21:02:37 2388018 Link
I'm not sure what lads are expecting. Why should putting the 6 weakest senior teams in their own group make them any more likely to beat the strong teams? Of the 8 QFs since the A/B group system came in, only Trim (twice) and Na Fianna have won a QF from the B group. In the current A/B group format, the 8th best team gets into the QFs, while under the old format the 8th best team would have been knocked out in the group stage. If anything we're going to get more hammerings in the QFs as a result. People claimed the new format had improved the championship by removing hammerings. It hasn't removed hammerings by making any teams better though, it has just stopped them playing each other. CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1644 - 31/10/2021 21:32:13 2388020 Link
Replying To CastleBravo: "I'm not sure what lads are expecting. Why should putting the 6 weakest senior teams in their own group make them any more likely to beat the strong teams? Of the 8 QFs since the A/B group system came in, only Trim (twice) and Na Fianna have won a QF from the B group. In the current A/B group format, the 8th best team gets into the QFs, while under the old format the 8th best team would have been knocked out in the group stage. If anything we're going to get more hammerings in the QFs as a result. People claimed the new format had improved the championship by removing hammerings. It hasn't removed hammerings by making any teams better though, it has just stopped them playing each other." Some good points here. My summary of the SHC clubs would be. 5 good competitive and close teams any of whom have a shot at it. four of these are in the semis and also Na Fianna. 4 teams that are senior level and would see themselves as senior but are not up to the levels of the top 5 - at the moment. 3 teams that are well off the level and would be of intermediate standard. So I would suggest that we should reduce the numbers in the SHC by 2 teams and have two groups of 5 teams and the top two of each group contest the semi finals and the bottom teams contest a relegation playoff. Perhaps keep the finalists from any year in a separate group in the following years championship to avoid totally lob sided divisions in the draw. The Intermediate Hurling Championship would then have to be looked at in the context of the two teams dropping down from senior. stillaroyal (Meath) - Posts: 224 - 01/11/2021 09:57:54 2388036 Link
Replying To tuppy23: "There needs to be some restructuring I think though not saying 8 is the best way. But as it is with 4 teams qualifying from 6 makes it almost too easy , look at trim this year for example any other county they'd have been gone." Why are people on here calling for restructuring? Nothing wrong with the current format. All games are competitive and the 4 best teams ended up in the semi finals. Who is out of the championship that can feel screwed over by the format? It wasn't too long ago when the groups weren't seeded and there used to be some terrible hammerings, I remember Dunderry gave a walkover to Kiltale in a SHC match, unheard of. A red card cost Kilyon yesterday, they definitely seemed to have kiltale rattled early on. I tipped Dunboyne to beat Trim on here earlier in the week. I don't think the score line is a fair reflection of where they're at. Probably just one of those days. Leave things as they are. 4 teams in the semis and I think there is going to be two epic games. 4 teams very evenly matched. All will feel there is a championship there for them. begining (UK) - Posts: 300 - 01/11/2021 10:13:24 2388039 Link