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Best Meath Line Up Of Players Who Established Themselves Since Our Last All Ireland Win

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Replying To Young_gael:  "Yeah, absolutely. He didnt get a specific mention in my post but he'd be a standout too when he really performed. The game vs. Mayo in 2009 stands out as a powerful performance, likewise for Ward. I felt David Bray was very good in that match as well as Farrell. We left a goal or two on the field that day. Could have marched into the semi-final 6/8 point winners that day against a Mayo team that was simply meant to turn up and win. That year was a missed opportunity in hindsight. The semi-final v. Kerry was a rotten day and two goals conceded in the first half were a killer against that level of opposition. And a possible final vs. Cork?! A big missed opportunity."
Moyles was a good half back but he was never good as a full back. Before the match we all knew this was our biggest weak link and so it proved to be.

bdbuddah (Meath) - Posts: 1337 - 28/05/2020 20:07:54    2279407

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Replying To bdbuddah:  "Moyles was a good half back but he was never good as a full back. Before the match we all knew this was our biggest weak link and so it proved to be."
When you look back to that time, and specifically the time EOB was manager, there was a lot of talent playing for Meath. Serious talent, also throw in a few remaining players from the late 90s and early 00s. The issue then was that there was a problem making all the pieces fit together, hence why there could be emphatic victories such as Tyrone 07, Mayo 09, Dublin 10, and the comprehensive beating of Louth in 11, but also times when they massively let themselves down like the losing of a big lead over Wexford in 08, and Louth a year earlier in 2010. For whatever number of reasons, things just never came together enough times. People say that in that era Meath were a physically strong but slow team, and didn't have great organisation in the face of the height of blanket defenses etc. The way a lot of that generation just quietly dissapeared from the county team is a shame. They may not have won All-Ireland's, or even another Leinster or two, but they under-achieved. You often hear similar things said about the Meath of the 70s.

Young_gael (Meath) - Posts: 587 - 30/05/2020 05:18:22    2279493

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