yea surely they could of had davy dalton in place by the u17s in the autumn and he could have had a serious look at some players then at some matches..i know rooney is a selector and he knows most players but davy is the main man and he has to know the players...but no we are in meath...we will just be unorganised and not take it as serious as other counties...i know exactly how the kildare players are picked and how the trials are run..far more proffesinal and better run than ours...on our minor team players who the management think are good will be picked...not players who they know are good...thats why meath will not be challenging for honours either in the ulster league or the championship

proevo (Meath) - Posts: 296 - 02/02/2010 18:35:29    549692

any suggestions on possible starting teams?

jjon (Meath) - Posts: 6 - 02/02/2010 19:06:20    549734

I read an article in a match programme that stressed how wildy players development can vary as they grow, citing that no team that won the Tony Forristal (inter county U14) in hurling went on to win the minor championship 4 years later.

CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1685 - 02/02/2010 21:46:25    549959

leinster final should be within their sights at least!

royalhalfback (Meath) - Posts: 92 - 03/02/2010 15:30:48    550499

heard SEVEN players from ratoath got on the panel...definitely huge bias been shown by the management team considering one of the selectors are from ratoath...i know there 1st or 2nd best minor team in the county but seriously 7 players!!3 or 4 at most would be about right id say...cian o brien,bobby o brien,paddy haslam,mcgill....there the only intercounty standard players at ratoath...that means we could be missing out on 3 to 4 players who are better than some of these players picked...like do we actually want to win a leinster or just show favouritism to certain players for certain reasons and get hammered by a team with the right attitude

proevo (Meath) - Posts: 296 - 19/02/2010 21:16:41    567604

proevo, if ratoath are the 1st or 2nd best club minor team in the county like you say then surely 7 players on the panel is not excessive. The fact that one of the selectors is from Ratoath is irrelevant, given the underage success rate at Ratoath having 7 players on the panel is not suprising.

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3749 - 20/02/2010 11:04:19    567696

Proevo your wrong there mate Farrell McManus is Ratoaths best minor!
This could be close enough id say:
1.Conor McHugh
2.Conor O'Brien
3.Alistair Doyle
4.Alan Forde
5.Paddy Haslam
6.Brian Moore
7.Fergus Toolan
8.Farrell McManus
9.Conor Sheridan
10.Conor Devereaux
11.Brian Davis
12.Shane Barry
13.Donal Landy
14.Danny Queney
15.Liam Tolan

MeathMan9220 (Meath) - Posts: 45 - 22/02/2010 19:51:54    570143

im comparing it to the last few years lads....don/ash dominated minor for the last few years and they never had 7 players on the panel in any of them years

proevo (Meath) - Posts: 296 - 22/02/2010 20:33:52    570224

No cian o'brien? I think that goalkeeper is very good watched him in the vec game and he pulled of some super saves(although his kickouts weren't great). I'd say Conor McGill is deserving of a starting place and is at least on par with Doyle if not better. But still that team looks very strong.

johnmoore09 (Meath) - Posts: 61 - 22/02/2010 20:41:24    570241

well who would you replace with cian o brien? i have left alot of good players out but i think that 15 are the best which makes for a very good sqaud aswell

MeathMan9220 (Meath) - Posts: 45 - 22/02/2010 21:01:22    570287

Is alistar doyle not overage?

flyer (Meath) - Posts: 815 - 22/02/2010 21:31:37    570349

yea id rate mcgill higher than doyle..doyle has height but mcgill is a clever player...maybe move conor o brien out of Corner Back aswell

proevo (Meath) - Posts: 296 - 22/02/2010 21:46:40    570384

devro is some player.

BettystownRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 3353 - 23/02/2010 12:55:07    570633

Jesus proevo will you stop whingin. Any panel picked in February will have to be cut again before the championship and rest assured there won't be anything like 7 Ratoath lads on it by then. It's a process used throughout Ireland for picking your best panel in Springtime.

Your point regarding Donaghmore is very interesting also. Barring injury Sean Curran, Ciaran Ellis, Brian Menton, John Brodrick , David Morgan and Andrew Tormey should all make this years U21 panel. I can't think why any of them shouldn't either.

MeathMan9220
If Conor McGill get the Dunshaughlin CC and Meath VEC fullback jersey ahead of Doyle what's going to change between now and the Summer to say Doyle will suddenly become better suited?

Ratoathfan (Meath) - Posts: 20 - 23/02/2010 14:57:58    570786

Lads, as long as the team does well and represents the county, should we be not happy? Lets get behind them and not argue over who is the best player for their club and so on. Hopefully they go a long way come championship. Meath football need as much good youth coming through as possible, and negatitve comments here are damaging to young lads development as individuals and footballers. After all, are we all not Meath folk and wanting ALL our county teams to do the best they can!

David (Meath) - Posts: 567 - 23/02/2010 15:39:22    570858

There are some good minors in the county who are not on the panel, I have to assume it is because of injuries ( seven from one club seems a bit excessive condidering that there are 70 plus clubs). The guy who normally plays full back for St Pats (who is injured) is better than most of the backs that played on last years minor team. Most of the minors (if not all) that are there from last year are average players and to say that they are brillinat says more about the contributors making these statement. I think that the guys in charge of the minors have went about their task the correct way by ringing around the clubs (unlike the last two years) and I expect them do a decent job and I wish them the best of luck. Generally I'm not a fan of this type of trials (at any level) as you would require many many trials to discover the best players.

browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 23/02/2010 16:17:10    570926

the meath minor panel has been a joke for the last 3 years even tho they won a leinster in 2008 with a quite poor midfield the panel was without good team players like paul lyness jack grant, ben malone and in 2009 leaving eoin hegarty and fiachra ross(i think)who is playin out of his skin for pats out was a bit of a joke and this year danny thyne has missed the cut just what are these mentors looking for

meath1234 (Meath) - Posts: 203 - 24/02/2010 10:14:32    571594

oh sorry ratoathfan..did i annoy you sorry about that...ah no i see your point of view and sure fair enough!

proevo (Meath) - Posts: 296 - 24/02/2010 19:26:51    572356

ratoath deserve 2 have 7 players on the team because the 7 players are good enough to be on it simple as ... also ashbourne have 2 players that have made the cut... this years team is very poor considering last 3 or 4 yrs...

royalhalfback (Meath) - Posts: 92 - 24/02/2010 20:40:34    572458

1.Conor McHugh
2.Alistair Doyle
3.Conor McGill
4.Alan Forde
5.Conor O'Brien
6.Brian Moore (c)
7.Fergus Toolan
8.Farrell McManus
9.Conor Sheridan
10.Conor Devereaux
11.Brian Davis
12.Shane Barry
13.Donal Landy
14.Danny Queney
15.Liam Tolan

meathfan1 (Meath) - Posts: 231 - 25/02/2010 11:17:05    572722