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Replying To Meathmaster: "Jones gone to America but my understanding is that he will be flown home for every remaining game. As far as I know will also miss the 2018 season with Meath..." Ronan Jones gone to america is it? Will Harry Rooney be back from Australia. Just when we looked to be getting sorted with midfielders at county level we're losing them. brian (Meath) - Posts: 909 - 12/09/2017 13:28:22 2045247 Link
Replying To brian: "Ronan Jones gone to america is it? Will Harry Rooney be back from Australia. Just when we looked to be getting sorted with midfielders at county level we're losing them." Simonstown are looking good but dunboyne will be a test lucky to beat them last year . Think winners play ratoath Not convinced with them yet but they can topple tones. On other side Most will be looking over there shoulders at omahonys they will trouble summerhill who will be effected by a longer wait with kiltalehurling Kells are sitting pretty if they get over moynalvey they can make final Brownepat (Meath) - Posts: 463 - 13/09/2017 10:20:28 2045552 Link
Replying To Brownepat: "Simonstown are looking good but dunboyne will be a test lucky to beat them last year . Think winners play ratoath Not convinced with them yet but they can topple tones. On other side Most will be looking over there shoulders at omahonys they will trouble summerhill who will be effected by a longer wait with kiltalehurling Kells are sitting pretty if they get over moynalvey they can make final" To be honest I fancy Moynalvey on that side of the draw. I think Kells will be their biggest test as they always seem to do well, despite in my opinion not having the most talented of individuals. They are a very solid championship team and I reckon the winner of that game will make the final. On the other side I think Ratoath have what it takes to go all the way this year BUT if they get over the tones, a game against Simonstown or Dunboyne will literally come down to who performs on the day as in my opinion they are the 3 best teams in this years Championship. If the rumors are true about Jones being flown home and also Nash being allowed to play once his AFL season is over then that should be a cracking game of ball, but I think Dunboyne will reverse last years result and set up a rematch with Ratoath. I'm going to go with a Ratoath v Moynalvey final with Ratoath to win it outright. ratlag (Meath) - Posts: 323 - 13/09/2017 10:51:22 2045569 Link
Will Nash be allowed to play? Considering he already has a Keegan and an injury may harm his AFL progress TakeYourPoints6 (Meath) - Posts: 223 - 13/09/2017 12:19:58 2045603 Link
ratlag (Meath) -wish full thinking and nothing wrong with that. Kells have a decent side because the have some players as good as any in the championship-they may not be on a county team but that says little. browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2189 - 13/09/2017 12:58:17 2045610 Link
Replying To TakeYourPoints6: "Will Nash be allowed to play? Considering he already has a Keegan and an injury may harm his AFL progress" I don't know to be honest, it may just be pub talk but that's what I heard anyway. That and Jones coming back is all just hearsay until we see them on the pitch and are as useful as an injured player until then. As I said before, best 15 players a club has are the ones available on match day. ratlag (Meath) - Posts: 323 - 13/09/2017 13:01:17 2045611 Link
Replying To browncows: "ratlag (Meath) -wish full thinking and nothing wrong with that. Kells have a decent side because the have some players as good as any in the championship-they may not be on a county team but that says little." What I meant by that was they have no big names that would be well known around the county apart from say Mattimoe. The likes of Beano and one or two others are getting a bit older and will struggle with the pace of Moynalvey. It wasn't a dig at Kells, as I said I think they are a very good team, solid in every area of the pitch and a tough task for anyone to beat. I just think Moynalvey will have a bit to much with the two O Sullivans, Harnan, Forde etc will be a bit toquick and turn them over. After that Moynalvey have beaten O' Mahoneys (who I expect to beat Na Fianna with ease) already and will be a match for Summerhill. Like I said, just an opinion on how I see things going based on what I've seen from all the teams involved so far. ratlag (Meath) - Posts: 323 - 13/09/2017 13:21:38 2045619 Link
I've seen 3 matches over week end and also the one on Sunday which was played in very difficult conditions. I must say that I would find it difficult to hazard a guess on who will win the championship. I think the team who wins will be the one who can improve the most from now on and how teams have been performing up to present may count for little. An aspect of football which is a concern is the number of clubs with a number of injuries- or has this anything to do with the type of training that is now carried out. browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2189 - 13/09/2017 16:03:47 2045687 Link
Replying To ratlag: "What I meant by that was they have no big names that would be well known around the county apart from say Mattimoe. The likes of Beano and one or two others are getting a bit older and will struggle with the pace of Moynalvey. It wasn't a dig at Kells, as I said I think they are a very good team, solid in every area of the pitch and a tough task for anyone to beat. I just think Moynalvey will have a bit to much with the two O Sullivans, Harnan, Forde etc will be a bit toquick and turn them over. After that Moynalvey have beaten O' Mahoneys (who I expect to beat Na Fianna with ease) already and will be a match for Summerhill. Like I said, just an opinion on how I see things going based on what I've seen from all the teams involved so far." don't forget about mcloughlin as good as any inside forward so far in this campaign. just quickly on the midfield thing for meath,ethan devine is playing well for na fianna this year and is only 20(i think) ziggy320001 (Meath) - Posts: 2432 - 13/09/2017 16:32:29 2045696 Link
Meant to post this in here, not the other thread. 2/5 Navan 5/2 Na Fianna 2/5 Ratoath 5/2 Wolfe Tones 5/6 Dunboyne 5/4 Simonstown 4/6 Moynalvey 6/4 Gaeil Colmcille That's how the bookies have it, don't have time to type out the prices on the draws as well! Very interesting weekend ahead anyway. For all the negativity around some parts of Meath GAA, you'd do well to find a more open knockout stage in any county. Certainly doesn't lack in the competitive stakes, now that the formalities are over with. dunboynelad (Meath) - Posts: 198 - 21/09/2017 10:20:00 2048905 Link
Is Lenehan back for Dunboyne? Personally think that Tones are a great price. Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1198 - 21/09/2017 11:15:17 2048934 Link
Tones are a serious bet now. Ratoath wont know what hit them Friday night. pretender (Meath) - Posts: 358 - 21/09/2017 12:50:04 2048972 Link
Replying To Ratoath Royal: "Is Lenehan back for Dunboyne? Personally think that Tones are a great price." I'd be lumping on simonstown at them odds if Lenihan is still out. Without him and Jones dunboyne are missing probably their two best players TakeYourPoints6 (Meath) - Posts: 223 - 21/09/2017 13:27:25 2048995 Link
Replying To pretender: "Tones are a serious bet now. Ratoath wont know what hit them Friday night." While i agree tones are a serious price at 5/2, i would not call the result. As i said already Ratoath are unproven but so are Tones who like Ratoath beat 2 poor sides and their last round win is similar to Ratoath against a side who had nothing to play for. Ratoath will get a big test tomorrow and it will interesting to see how they respond Analyst (Meath) - Posts: 1338 - 21/09/2017 14:09:26 2049011 Link
Replying To Analyst: "While i agree tones are a serious price at 5/2, i would not call the result. As i said already Ratoath are unproven but so are Tones who like Ratoath beat 2 poor sides and their last round win is similar to Ratoath against a side who had nothing to play for. Ratoath will get a big test tomorrow and it will interesting to see how they respond" think Mahoneys will be very close as they look like they are beginning to peak . Could be between them and Simonstown Bear10 (Meath) - Posts: 328 - 21/09/2017 14:49:51 2049032 Link
Replying To dunboynelad: "Meant to post this in here, not the other thread. 2/5 Navan 5/2 Na Fianna 2/5 Ratoath 5/2 Wolfe Tones 5/6 Dunboyne 5/4 Simonstown 4/6 Moynalvey 6/4 Gaeil Colmcille That's how the bookies have it, don't have time to type out the prices on the draws as well! Very interesting weekend ahead anyway. For all the negativity around some parts of Meath GAA, you'd do well to find a more open knockout stage in any county. Certainly doesn't lack in the competitive stakes, now that the formalities are over with." Completely agree you couldn't rule out anyone apart from maybe Na fianna although think the winner will come from the tones, simonstown, dunboyne and ratoath side of the draw, it will be seriously tough to come through that. Summerhill, Kells and moynalvey all look good too though! Northsidegaels (Meath) - Posts: 227 - 21/09/2017 20:56:34 2049163 Link
Replying To TakeYourPoints6: "I'd be lumping on simonstown at them odds if Lenihan is still out. Without him and Jones dunboyne are missing probably their two best players" Both of them lads are gonna play I think. Huge question is does Conor Nash LeitrimRoyal99 (Meath) - Posts: 833 - 22/09/2017 01:12:57 2049223 Link
Replying To Northsidegaels: "Completely agree you couldn't rule out anyone apart from maybe Na fianna although think the winner will come from the tones, simonstown, dunboyne and ratoath side of the draw, it will be seriously tough to come through that. Summerhill, Kells and moynalvey all look good too though!" My beloved Tones are looking good. An almost perfect squad coming together with serious firepower up front. I think O' Mahone'y won't go far Lonetone (Meath) - Posts: 10 - 22/09/2017 04:49:20 2049225 Link
Wolfe Tones by a point against Ratoath, sounded like end to end stuff, dissapointed by well done Tones they could be hard bet after a win like that Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3590 - 22/09/2017 21:57:16 2049449 Link
Replying To Ratoath Royal: "Depends on your definition of "big team". Na Fianna made the SFC final 2 years ago. Skryne made last year's semi finals (beating Summerhill). We've beaten (mostly comfortably) all 4 teams we've faced so far." Tones was the first big team you played this year. The Dunboyne game meant nothing. Maestro (Meath) - Posts: 473 - 22/09/2017 21:57:40 2049450 Link