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Are Eamon and Joey Wallace not available to play this year? meathalltheway (Meath) - Posts: 789 - 12/01/2019 22:19:37 2156779 Link 0 |
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A lot will have been learned from today and a few lads will get a wake up call. UsernameInvalid (Meath) - Posts: 126 - 12/01/2019 22:20:30 2156780 Link 0 |
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Shooting seemed a major problem tonight, some poor wides and balls dropped short ruining some good build up play, we must become ruthless in front of goal come the league, I don't read too much into this Dublin third team chat, a hell of a lot of that Dublin team would be good enough to start for over 90% of other teams in the country, that's the embarrassment of riches available to them. Focus on Tipp now in what is, and I don't like using this phrase, a must win game. Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3590 - 12/01/2019 22:21:28 2156781 Link 13 |
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McEntee saying it very important game so he was goin for it.
Reco (Meath) - Posts: 419 - 12/01/2019 22:37:26 2156782 Link 1 |
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It might not have been a game with a very high standard of football but for €10 admission fee it was the best entertainment value I got in a very long time. I thought Lavin played well in the corner and although we made plenty of mistakes, the one that really punished us was McGill dropping the ball when catching which led to the Dublin goal, he redeemed himself later winning high balls. madmeath (Meath) - Posts: 44 - 12/01/2019 22:57:26 2156785 Link 0 |
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Are you my brother from another motha? :). As that's pretty much what I was thinking. Nothing to be worried about, but ruthlessness in front of goal is badly needed.
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 17035 - 12/01/2019 23:00:01 2156787 Link 0 |
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Disappointing not to get a result tonight. Andy was right to put out a strong team in a hostile Parnell park. I honestly think we are improving - there is much better shape to the team, transition to attack is quick, we have a kick out strategy and our rate of turnovers looks much better. The team is starting to show a bit of a backbone and I enjoyed watching some of our players playing on the edge tonight. bert09 (Meath) - Posts: 1668 - 12/01/2019 23:02:02 2156788 Link 0 |
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Again fair points all of them. Thought Conlon showed how good he can be when coming on. think the horrendous miss when he should have popped ball over can be put down to maybe a combination of inexperience and maybe naivety. This young lad is the prime example of where Andy must put arm round shoulder and encourage. I am counting the days to tipp game. I'm really looking forward to it. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 17035 - 12/01/2019 23:04:53 2156789 Link 0 |
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dont mean to be pedantic but its still a third strength dublin team 30+ lads where on a caribbean cruise.. thats our whole panel. Our first 15, our second 15 and so tonight was our third 15 with every single one of the 30 odd that went not involved/seeing game time. just cause alot of those players may make other teams doesnt mean they arent dublins third strength. Thats like saying man city players that are regularly on the bench arent second choice vause theyd start for most pl clubs. On the game, fully expected a meath win. They have more game time under their belt. Have beeb training longer, have had more in game experience with the new experimental rules, had a far more experienced team against a team who for the most part have never played together, a manager who was sitting on a cruise ship on monday, have played no games with the new rules and had players dropping all over the gaff with cramp late on, and only one run out where your 2 pt win in navan didnt do you justice. While you obviously dont read a whole lot into that, its a bit disconcerting as i said on the main forum. I know RD states that McEntee will know whst he needs to address, tbh if he didnt know before nkw then he never will, he is a decent manager, but you cant get blood out of a stone and alas, the players at his disposal just arent good enough to compete with stronger Dublin teams and based on tonight where most your experienced fellas played some part, if they arent beating that Dublin team at this time of year then it's massacre stations in the summer if/when we play you with the main lads there. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13574 - 12/01/2019 23:14:15 2156790 Link 13 |
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Eamonn is taking the year out, not sure on Joey. Where are Brian Power and Cian O'Brien this year too? McGill is the only Ratoath man left! Belt (Meath) - Posts: 205 - 12/01/2019 23:21:12 2156791 Link 0 |
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No don't believe so
Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3590 - 12/01/2019 23:28:47 2156792 Link 12 |
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Positives, Our back 6 looks quiet settled. Ronan Ryan and Daragh Campion look ready to make a significant impact and Seamus Lavin seems to have continued his club form into county. Negatives I don't trust Dardis or Brennan in goal in a big game, Quinn and Hickey didn't look up to it and we haven't got many players to add to the team today LeitrimRoyal99 (Meath) - Posts: 833 - 12/01/2019 23:59:28 2156795 Link 13 |
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Scoring one penalty is pathetic. I know it's popular to bash soccer but some decent penalty takers would have done the trick.
GlasgowRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 275 - 13/01/2019 01:59:07 2156799 Link 0 |
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Couldn't make it to Parnell Park myself but quite encouraged from what I heard. I think it was a good call to play a strong defence and give the new fellas a springboard to go and try make a name for themselves, no point in us being beaten out the gate as the game then tells us nothing about any new forwards coming in when the pressure is off, and the likes of Ryan Basquel can kill off any game, as mentioned by someone else any team Dublin put out will be strong, their strength in depth is ridiculous. dunboynelad (Meath) - Posts: 198 - 13/01/2019 06:19:15 2156802 Link 1 |
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Already seeing a lot of blame being pointed at Andy McEntee after the loss v. Dublin in the O'Byrne Cup. I couldnt make the game myself. In my own opinion, in spite of results, this is the best man for the job in Meath. They need a pragmatic, disciplined coach. The reality is that Meath have no standout star players, but under McEntee they have shown in the National League (a few good wins) and v. Tyrone last year and Donegal the year before that as a team they are well drilled and well trained and can be a challenge for anyone when their game comes together. Its when the plan doesent work that they look average in the extreme, hence the results and total lack of consistency from 2016 onward. From what I see, a more naive manager could potentially lead Meath into the abyss with this current squad. I cant see the argument for change here at all. Thoughts? Young_gael (Meath) - Posts: 391 - 13/01/2019 07:17:20 2156804 Link 13 |
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Well obviously mcentee is the only man for the job. But I actually haven't seen the comments blaming him, now I'm trying to drop down on the social media, but apart from a few gombeens who know very little, I think mcentee has the vast majority of the supporters behind him.
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 17035 - 13/01/2019 09:50:28 2156811 Link 1 |
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Anybody that can't see we ar e improving ,particularly defensively , hasnt a rashers. It wont be enough to get us promoted but should see us push hard to get to Leinster final southmeathgael (Meath) - Posts: 709 - 13/01/2019 09:51:33 2156812 Link 14 |
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Wayne you call call them a third team, back up reserves, Dublin light whatever you want it still doesn't mask the fact that last night Meath played 15 odd footballers who were playing at "ahem" home, mad to make an impression and stake a claim in the squad come league and championship, we wouldn't have faced such eagerness if we played the normal Dublin starting 15. I do not see defeat last night as a cause for alarm bells as some Meath supporters have, we have a lot of new players cutting their teeth and established players trying to shake off the effects of some scarring defeats in recent years but I like the approach being taken and an optimistic of a relatively decent year, I am also heartened by our recent underage successes which have included victories over Dublin etc so we aren't going to throw ourselves overboard on the basis of last nights game, we are well aware of the work needed and our position in the football world, defeat last night makes that position no worse than before the game.
Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3590 - 13/01/2019 09:57:59 2156814 Link 13 |
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Power is off travelling I believe, O'Brien injured
Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3590 - 13/01/2019 09:58:52 2156815 Link 13 |
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Supporters? What supporters? Seriously- where was the Meath support last night? I couldn't believe how few travelled... bert09 (Meath) - Posts: 1668 - 13/01/2019 10:07:55 2156817 Link 1 |