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Now that the dust is settling on the club championship, are there any players that put their hand up to feature for Meath next season? Feels like we need to find 2/3 new starters to push things on a bit. Particularly with the injuries to likes of Kinsella and Coffey. gwanyagudthing (Meath) - Posts: 225 - 21/10/2026 07:37:18 2698073 Link
Replying To gwanyagudthing: "Now that the dust is settling on the club championship, are there any players that put their hand up to feature for Meath next season? Feels like we need to find 2/3 new starters to push things on a bit. Particularly with the injuries to likes of Kinsella and Coffey." In the backs I didn't see anyone put their hand up apart from Robin Clarke and Liam Kelly. I think Charlie O'Connor will be pushing for more midfield minutes, he had a strong championship. In the forwards I think Michael Mcivor and Cian Commons are the most likely, some people are calling for Thomas O'Reilly to get back in but i don't see it myself. Maybe Rian Stafford gets a chance but i think he needs to bulk up a lot to play senior inter county. GILES96 (Meath) - Posts: 22 - 21/10/2026 10:38:08 2698081 Link
Replying To gwanyagudthing: "Now that the dust is settling on the club championship, are there any players that put their hand up to feature for Meath next season? Feels like we need to find 2/3 new starters to push things on a bit. Particularly with the injuries to likes of Kinsella and Coffey." I think we have plenty of players capable of coming in, the new rules probably give you more options, and a few of the older lads who you wouldn't look at 4/5 years ago might have something to offer. But injuries are a killer, Coffey and Kinsella were 2 massive players for us, both likely to miss some of the championship, Jack Kinlough had a reoccurrence which is disappointing, Gray obviously out too. But the likes of Jamie Murphy, Liam Kelly, Cian Commons, Stephen Cahill, Oisin Martin, Rian Stafford are all lads who are coming through who haven't been massively involved, but all should be involved. A few of the older lads like Robin Clarke, Daragh Campion, Thomas O'Reilly are more than capable of adding depth, Cabbagepatch1667 (Meath) - Posts: 196 - 21/10/2026 11:38:33 2698093 Link
Replying To GILES96: "In the backs I didn't see anyone put their hand up apart from Robin Clarke and Liam Kelly. I think Charlie O'Connor will be pushing for more midfield minutes, he had a strong championship. In the forwards I think Michael Mcivor and Cian Commons are the most likely, some people are calling for Thomas O'Reilly to get back in but i don't see it myself. Maybe Rian Stafford gets a chance but i think he needs to bulk up a lot to play senior inter county." I think it is going to be a very similar squad to last year with the injured guys being replaced and maybe 3 or 4 further alterations in the entire 36. Robbie Brennan may ultimately promote more fringe players from last years panel who will ultimately get more game time due to the injuries rather than bringing in lots of new players straight in from the cold to start. Expect Jamie Murphy, Liam Kelly and Michael McIvor to get plenty of minutes. Killian Smyth will likely play more as could Charlie O'Connor. Robin Clarke and Thomas O'Reilly were standout club players and deserve a chance if they want to give it another go. Managing the squad, ensuring peak fitness and energy to our best players at most important stages of the year could be key to success. The next few months will be crucial in mapping out plans for the year ahead. winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 1072 - 21/10/2026 19:17:12 2698156 Link
On the final the last day, there's 3 lads from Wolfe Tones that I would be looking at, I know they were all around the panel at the start of last year but they were head and shoulders above everyone the last day - Oisin Martin kicked 3 points from wing back the last day and set up the goal - Saran Finnegan man of the match in the final and is a physical presence in the half forward line - Thomas O Reilly would add depth to the centre forward position UsernameInvalid (Meath) - Posts: 483 - 21/10/2026 20:06:32 2698159 Link
Interview yesterday with RB on LMFM. Keogan confirmed to come back, Menton still TBC. Core of 22/23 definitely back in and remainder of last year squad going to play in regionals. With the injuries there is scope for 3/4 new faces and scope for some of the fringe guys to stake a claim during league. gwanyagudthing (Meath) - Posts: 225 - 22/10/2026 10:15:38 2698185 Link
Replying To gwanyagudthing: "Interview yesterday with RB on LMFM. Keogan confirmed to come back, Menton still TBC. Core of 22/23 definitely back in and remainder of last year squad going to play in regionals. With the injuries there is scope for 3/4 new faces and scope for some of the fringe guys to stake a claim during league." Scope for more than 3/4 new faces. Need to have the courage to try out players, reluctance to introduce new blood to give them gametime. Loyalty to the old guard can sometimes get in the way of progress. There has been successful underage teams and there are players on the fringes that warrant a fair crack of the whip Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1526 - 22/10/2026 12:45:45 2698205 Link
Replying To Analyst: "Scope for more than 3/4 new faces. Need to have the courage to try out players, reluctance to introduce new blood to give them gametime. Loyalty to the old guard can sometimes get in the way of progress. There has been successful underage teams and there are players on the fringes that warrant a fair crack of the whip" Perhaps but who is best placed to go straight in and start ripping it up? Yes there are a few past U20s but I think the best of them will get chances. I think the feeling is that Meath are not far away and there is a bit more in existing set of players where a few underperformed in championship last year. Injuries whether we like it or not will happen too. Expect 3 or 4 changes plus those coming in a cover for injuries to be it regarding changes. winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 1072 - 22/10/2026 20:31:45 2698271 Link
Of course whe should be looking to develop our underage talent, and id hope plenty are brought in and hit the griund running, but I dont see any reason why 3 or 4 of our older players that had excellant club championships shouldn't be at least asked to go back in and see how they go, the likes of oreilly and saran from tones and clarke from duleek, all at or pushing 30..... worked out extremely well for robbie with menton conlon etc and may be beneficial to have a few lads around the place and on the field that have that bit of experience and are less of an unknown southmeathgael (Meath) - Posts: 1096 - 23/10/2026 07:26:51 2698285 Link
Realistically, unless management get creative with who plays where, which could mean a back playing forward or vice versa so on, I think Killian Smyth is logically a first 15 player now Caufield will drop back into the half-back line along with him. It's interesting regarding Menton. If he decides to step away, we're obviously at a loss, but would it be the worst thing to have Adam O'Neill or Charlie O'Connor as a first-choice midfielder along side flynn or mcbride? We'll probably get six or so games out of Jones, considering he's currently available, so he'll be a welcome utility presence around midfield and half-forward. 3 men i would identify as needing to be optimised/encouraged/facilitated to be first choice players. Keith curtis, aaron lynch and conor duke. We need one of them to take a slot in the forwards to allow caufield and costello to be able to float. I think coffey will be a huge loss, hes like a rash to the ball. His ability to repeat sprint is phenomenal. I dont see anyone as of right now to be able to do what he does athletically. Im a bit stung from last year so im defintely not as giddy for the league as i was the year previous. Div1 will be hard honestly i dont think we have the players/athletes to maintain elite competivness for both league and championship. What is relaistic? return to leinster final and survive div 1? I think thats fair. royalcounty1 (Meath) - Posts: 112 - 23/10/2026 08:28:20 2698288 Link
Replying To winatallcost: "Perhaps but who is best placed to go straight in and start ripping it up? Yes there are a few past U20s but I think the best of them will get chances. I think the feeling is that Meath are not far away and there is a bit more in existing set of players where a few underperformed in championship last year. Injuries whether we like it or not will happen too. Expect 3 or 4 changes plus those coming in a cover for injuries to be it regarding changes." Mcivor and Commons in my opinion could go in and impact straight away. Two big units, they'd be physically ready for the challenge of inter county football. They've got the skills and athleticism too. I think they are better than most of the existing players you are referring too. GILES96 (Meath) - Posts: 22 - 23/10/2026 10:43:18 2698298 Link
Listening to RB, I get the sense that something will have to change - there is a disappointment there with how the season panned out so it can't be just rinse and repeat. That might involve freshening up the panel, backroom additions and / or plotting out the season a bit differently. Personally, I think survival in Div 1 has to be a huge target - such an effort went into getting promoted so would be very disappointing to go straight back down. So then it's a case of either going all out for Leinster or going all out for AI championship as I don't think you can do all three, particularly with the depth of squad that we have. gwanyagudthing (Meath) - Posts: 225 - 23/10/2026 12:06:18 2698321 Link
It's great to hear Donal Keogan will go again. He's one of our key players even now and adds much needed experience to the team. I'm hearing Bryan Menton has had enough though sadly RoyalStalwart24 (Meath) - Posts: 131 - 23/10/2026 20:14:44 2698385 Link
Replying To RoyalStalwart24: "It's great to hear Donal Keogan will go again. He's one of our key players even now and adds much needed experience to the team. I'm hearing Bryan Menton has had enough though sadly" Good news on Keoghan but its to be expected as he is still flying. Menton should be given a couple of weeks. He has just lost a county final in his home pitch and has been on the go for 12 months. If he does step away, Charlie O'Connor and hopefully Ronan Jones will play more. With Gray out too, anyother midfielder needed in squad and that is likely Michael McIvor. Charlie Gallagher also waiting in the wings but perhaps will remain with U20s for time being. If 22/23 places are locked into squad, that leaves another 13 or 14 places up for grabs to make the 36. The regional championship should be interesting in that regard. Robbie Brennan and his management team show alot of loyality to existing panel so don't expect huge overhaul to team and its going to take something excrptional to break into first 15 for any new player. winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 1072 - 24/10/2026 09:44:22 2698405 Link