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Meath v Carlow 3 Jan 2018

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One of our issues though, is the lack of a consistent freetaker/45 taker, that win/lose you a game ziggy320001 (Meath) - Posts: 2432 - 31/12/2017 20:58:57 2066403 Link
Replying To ziggy320001: "Think it is good to mix the old and the new though RD over the 2 games." Probably will happen. I suppose it's good to get new players use to playing with the established ones before league starts royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 17035 - 01/01/2018 09:06:26 2066413 Link
Replying To ziggy320001: "One of our issues though, is the lack of a consistent freetaker/45 taker, that win/lose you a game" Mckeever? Seems to be best in county from the twice I saw him this year. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 17035 - 01/01/2018 09:07:49 2066414 Link
Replying To royaldunne: "Mckeever? Seems to be best in county from the twice I saw him this year." He is pretty good, but more the long range ones and 45s, not sure we have a consistent one there. Unless the likes of Lenihan has been practising. ziggy320001 (Meath) - Posts: 2432 - 01/01/2018 11:39:02 2066420 Link
Superb post Crinnigan, really well put. But expect the usual old sly and degrading comments from RD. RoylerKing (Meath) - Posts: 809 - 01/01/2018 12:27:46 2066423 Link
Replying To RoylerKing: "Superb post Crinnigan, really well put. But expect the usual old sly and degrading comments from RD." So u know these players who aren't turning up. Name and shame. Or log back in as cringing. As per royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 17035 - 01/01/2018 16:12:24 2066431 Link
Replying To ziggy320001: "He is pretty good, but more the long range ones and 45s, not sure we have a consistent one there. Unless the likes of Lenihan has been practising." Anyway back to debate with ACTUAL Meath supporters. You make a fair point. I would hope that lenihane is a bit more accurate this year. Maybe a bit more confident this year. We need to be the type of team that if we get a free within 45 it's a point. We have been missing that for a number of years now. So hopefully it will be rectified. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 17035 - 01/01/2018 16:18:48 2066432 Link
Replying To ziggy320001: "He is pretty good, but more the long range ones and 45s, not sure we have a consistent one there. Unless the likes of Lenihan has been practising." I think Dardis could be an option for long range frees if he can cement a starting place, he has a great boot from placed balls for Summerhill. I'd leave the inside frees between Lenihan and Mckeever. UsernameInvalid (Meath) - Posts: 126 - 01/01/2018 17:19:12 2066436 Link
Looking forward to the Carlow game and the madness of another season kicking off! GlasgowRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 275 - 01/01/2018 19:14:31 2066443 Link
Replying To royaldunne: "Anyway back to debate with ACTUAL Meath supporters. You make a fair point. I would hope that lenihane is a bit more accurate this year. Maybe a bit more confident this year. We need to be the type of team that if we get a free within 45 it's a point. We have been missing that for a number of years now. So hopefully it will be rectified." A consistant free taker is one of the major priorities, a real drain on confidence when scoreable frees are missed. seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 1432 - 01/01/2018 22:54:16 2066450 Link
Replying To ziggy320001: "One of our issues though, is the lack of a consistent freetaker/45 taker, that win/lose you a game" I reckon we have our free taker in Ben Brennan. I think he is one to watch Loyalroyal17 (Meath) - Posts: 627 - 02/01/2018 09:19:26 2066461 Link
Replying To ziggy320001: "It's in this weeks Meath Chronicle. Barry Dardis from Summerhill is in it(you asked about Summerhill players) Other new players include.. Garry Halligan(both Rathkenny) Glynn O'Neill(both Wolfe Tones) Gallagher McCabe McKeever(All Simonstown) Conor Dempsey Luke Martyn (Dunderry lads) Luke Moran(Trim) Eoghan Greene (Skyrne) Liam Ferguson(Kells) Darragh Griffin( Athboy) You probably know the rest" Thanks Ziggy Some good young talent there - I saw that Luke martyn play a few times and could be a good player no doubt in the re . Pity about Daire Rowe as is a very excting player Bear10 (Meath) - Posts: 328 - 02/01/2018 12:36:59 2066474 Link
I was talking to quite a few people over the Christmas break and contrary on the mood music on here things are looking good everything was positive. Training has been very good, very well organized and very competitive. The focus is very much on the league this year. It was it's described as D1 or bust, Championship aspirations and Super 8's are taking a back seat this year. Andy believes consistent games against the top teams will sort the men from the boys and lead to greater success down the line. Should be an interesting start to the year. pauk123 (USA) - Posts: 189 - 02/01/2018 14:38:48 2066491 Link
Replying To pauk123: "I was talking to quite a few people over the Christmas break and contrary on the mood music on here things are looking good everything was positive. Training has been very good, very well organized and very competitive. The focus is very much on the league this year. It was it's described as D1 or bust, Championship aspirations and Super 8's are taking a back seat this year. Andy believes consistent games against the top teams will sort the men from the boys and lead to greater success down the line. Should be an interesting start to the year." That sounds like a sensible approach - the league has stepped up in importance in the past few years and without a doubt playing against the likes of Dublin, Mayo, Kerry, Tyrone, Monaghan etc on a regular basis will only stand to the squad. Getting into Division 1 is a realistic aim and any talk about the All Ireland or super 8's is pointless until teh league is done and dusted! That said, if Andy is hanging his hat on the league, then he should be judged on how the squad perform in the league. Last year was more a case of him getting settled in but everything is on his terms now. I can only imagine that the training and preparation has been much better this year! Royalblufill (Meath) - Posts: 284 - 02/01/2018 16:23:13 2066499 Link
Replying To LeitrimRoyal99: "A full Forward line of Morris, Conlon, Moriarty.Half Forward line of Ahern, Walsh, Daragh Campion. With Jason Scully, Frank O'Reilly, Sean Martin, Eoin Smyth on the bench. As forward units go, not too bad. Not sure will the defence be as strong is the only problem" Liam Shaw and Saran O'Fionnagain too! I think Morris is good but probably needs to be tested at Senior level. Conlon, Moriarty, Ahern, Campion, O'Reilly, Martin and Smyth have all played with their Senior teams this year and held their own. Morris and Walsh are good talents for sure but haven't played adult football yet. Royalblufill (Meath) - Posts: 284 - 02/01/2018 16:29:20 2066500 Link
Replying To Bear10: "Yes Devine from Na Fianna . What other players under 20 are playing in the midfield position at senior level for their respective clubs that might be good enough whether having played at County level or not before.? it is such a specialist position that their must be lads out there we don't know of on forums" Two McGowans in Ratoath - One played with their Senior team this year - seemed to go well for much of their group games - struggled in the game against Tones though! The younger lad - David - was outstanding in both the Minor and Under 17 finals but hasn't played adult football yet. Sean Reilly from Moylagh is good enough to play Mid Field in my opinion - he played their with the Minors a couple of years back and did very well. Brian Joyce has been good with Curraha although they moved him to the wing later in the year! Royalblufill (Meath) - Posts: 284 - 02/01/2018 16:38:00 2066503 Link
Replying To pauk123: "I was talking to quite a few people over the Christmas break and contrary on the mood music on here things are looking good everything was positive. Training has been very good, very well organized and very competitive. The focus is very much on the league this year. It was it's described as D1 or bust, Championship aspirations and Super 8's are taking a back seat this year. Andy believes consistent games against the top teams will sort the men from the boys and lead to greater success down the line. Should be an interesting start to the year." I would have thought the league was always very much the focus for the past few years. The first game against high flying Roscommon in Dr Hyde park will be so important. We absolutely must win this game. While very disappointed about last year I'm optimistic about the year ahead. The games against Galway and cork in particular stood out last year and there seemed to be a bit more steel about the team-something we haven't seen in a long time. New blood and calling out some home truths leading to departure of some players can only be positive. As Boylan would say we needed to clear the windscreen to see where we are going. bert09 (Meath) - Posts: 1668 - 02/01/2018 19:14:15 2066519 Link
Replying To pauk123: "I was talking to quite a few people over the Christmas break and contrary on the mood music on here things are looking good everything was positive. Training has been very good, very well organized and very competitive. The focus is very much on the league this year. It was it's described as D1 or bust, Championship aspirations and Super 8's are taking a back seat this year. Andy believes consistent games against the top teams will sort the men from the boys and lead to greater success down the line. Should be an interesting start to the year." Only ever heard positive talk coming from the meath camp over the last couple of months myself, it's normal for inter countie teams to lose players every year due to the shear scale of workload that it consumes, Andy mcentee is a proven winner meath will improve under his rein no doubt about that. Royal.Legend (Meath) - Posts: 461 - 02/01/2018 22:03:19 2066530 Link
Replying To Royal.Legend: "Only ever heard positive talk coming from the meath camp over the last couple of months myself, it's normal for inter countie teams to lose players every year due to the shear scale of workload that it consumes, Andy mcentee is a proven winner meath will improve under his rein no doubt about that." Should be a good game tonight and a stern test for us despite the fact it is only January and experimentation is in vogue The last time i saw Meath they put 7 goals in against. We have moved on from those days. It is an important game in the context of both counties aspirations for the league. Meath desparate to retrun to Div1 and Carlow to finally escape Div 4. The competitive games the better Should be a fair turn out in NCP tonight Blackbog (Carlow) - Posts: 527 - 03/01/2018 08:09:02 2066545 Link
Replying To seadog54: "A consistant free taker is one of the major priorities, a real drain on confidence when scoreable frees are missed." Very true. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 17035 - 03/01/2018 08:51:06 2066550 Link