Replying To ratlag: "I think you need to look into things a bit more: 1) Conlon and McKeever were both played quite regularly during the league, neither standing out as nailed on starters and by all accounts left to play over in the states along with club mate Sean Tobin who is back in this year. 2) Agree here, they went to study abroad, Harnan back now but injured and O Coilean also in Meath squad and played with the Juniors. 3) Agree again, I think aNdy made a mistake bringing in Gallagher and Sherridan 4) The Wallace brothers aren't even playing with the club at the minute so that has nothing to do with the Meath set up, Brian Power has moved to New York to live which is a life choice, nothing to do with Meath set up and I'm not sure who the O' brien brothers you are talking about are.
Darragh Campion did ok during the league, but when he came on against Fermanagh in the last game and again against Donegal in the final he slowed the ball down to much and was wasteful in possession, he is still young and will no doubt learn and improve but I don' think he has earned his place over anyone who has played ahead of him."
Growing up close to the Meath border in the 90's, we had to endure the sight of proud Meath men from Meathhill, Drumconrath and further afield marching on our terrain on errands in to Carrickmacross. I sometimes felt they did so just to show off their proud attire to their downtrodden neighbours. They overtook our pubs and nightclubs with more Meath jerseys than Monaghan on display - often with more success in Billy Brennan's barn too!! The local schools were thronged with happy Meath folk and we dare not cross the border in the Summer months as there was only so much yellow and green fertiliser bags wrapped around a telegraph pole we could take!!!
More recent years has seen this trend reverse in our local town. The proud Farney folk have fought back and damned the Meath and Cavan jerseys to the backbenches! We found our new found fame quite satisfying….we got our Monaghan back!! But in the past few week - there's been a noticeable re-emergence of the green and gold colour around home. A recent trip to Navan and regular trips up the N2 to Dublin witnessed a new found pride in the Meath colours (although not a fertiliser bag to be seen!). It was refreshing and drowned out the odd persistent horrible navy and blue alternative that dared to rear its head!!
Look - we all have a duty for our next generation to restore pride in our respective county. I came home from Clones last Saturday evening battered and bruised but equally as proud to see the disappointment in my kids faces. God forbid they chose Brogan or Cluxton as their hero over McManus or Beggan - just because the media loves to push them that little bit more…but let's not go there. So while your pride might be dinted after Sunday - Meath are on an upward curve. You have to buy in to that. You need to invest in it. I've followed Meath club football for years and I know that your time is coming.
You have my absolute permission to cross the border to Carrick thronged in yellow and green on the absolute condition that common order will have been restored and Meath football will have found its voice again to drown out the common enemy of blue and navy… who's name we dare not mention…#notVoldemort
Growing up close to the Meath border in the 90's, we had to endure the sight of proud Meath men from Meathhill, Drumconrath and further afield marching on our terrain on errands in to Carrickmacross. I sometimes felt they did so just to show off their proud attire to their downtrodden neighbours. They overtook our pubs and nightclubs with more Meath jerseys than Monaghan on display - often with more success in Billy Brennan's barn too!! The local schools were thronged with happy Meath folk and we dare not cross the border in the Summer months as there was only so much yellow and green fertiliser bags wrapped around a telegraph pole we could take!!!
More recent years has seen this trend reverse in our local town. The proud Farney folk have fought back and damned the Meath and Cavan jerseys to the backbenches! We found our new found fame quite satisfying….we got our Monaghan back!! But in the past few week - there's been a noticeable re-emergence of the green and gold colour around home. A recent trip to Navan and regular trips up the N2 to Dublin witnessed a new found pride in the Meath colours (although not a fertiliser bag to be seen!). It was refreshing and drowned out the odd persistent horrible navy and blue alternative that dared to rear its head!!
Look - we all have a duty for our next generation to restore pride in our respective county. I came home from Clones last Saturday evening battered and bruised but equally as proud to see the disappointment in my kids faces. God forbid they chose Brogan or Cluxton as their hero over McManus or Beggan - just because the media loves to push them that little bit more…but let's not go there. So while your pride might be dinted after Sunday - Meath are on an upward curve. You have to buy in to that. You need to invest in it. I've followed Meath club football for years and I know that your time is coming.
You have my absolute permission to cross the border to Carrick thronged in yellow and green on the absolute condition that common order will have been restored and Meath football will have found its voice again to drown out the common enemy of blue and navy… who's name we dare not mention…#notVoldemort"