Replying To Loyalroyal17:  "I 100% agree with you on Ben he without a doubt is the rough diamond, great free taker and scorer, major competition for Biggy ha. I have been of that opinion a long time about him. It was only a matter of time before he got a proper chance with us. Heres hoping he doesn't mess it up as you know yourself he can lose the head too easy but hopefully with more experience he will learn to control this. I reckon him & Biggy playing together is going to give a boost to the team as the two of the most energetic on the field...in my opinion. Feeling fairly positive about our new young team!"

Replying To Evernal:  "Back to Mods trademark second half collapses......totally looked lost out there. Some bad decision making at crucial times. Seasons over now."

Replying To Furlong1949:  "I dont mind if you disagree with what I say, or think what I say is rubbish.. Its good to have a debate, I could be right I could be wrong. Its just a single irrelevant opinion. But I think u r being very unfair to me. You have focussed in on one line I said and have exaggerated it. I have written on that the Meath have produced big performances v top teams in last year v Galway etc extensively. If you disagree grand. I have wrote about the state of leinster football extensively. If u diagree with my comments on that grand. No problem. I have written about how there has been few wins for leinster teams in this decade v top teams extensively. Again if u disagree thats no problem. If u are critical grand. But I have written lots lots of long messages about the above and in one small message in passing I make the comment about our players not getting on Dublin team once. I was responding to that nearly every week, every game people on this forum for years have said No Meath player would get on the Dublin team. And u didnt criticise that or any of them, many many many comments. I write extensivly on other areas. Which if you want to criticise no problem thats your perogative. I might wrong I might be right..My opinion is irrelevant and unimportant. But I try my best to not degrade or insult anyone of the forum. But it is unfair to say I have been going on and on about our players not getting on the Dublin team when I have mentioned it once in passing. It seems people go through my messages zoom in on one mistake and highlight or exaggerate it. I write in long winded away..Some people don't like that. If u think what I write is rubbish. I have no problem with that. If u want criticise, criticise. But try and criticise on what points Im trying to make eg Meath play well against top teams. If u disagree grand. But dont zoom on one throwaway comment , that was really referencing that so many other people on this forum have said that no Meath players would get on the Dublin team. Why did u criticise me and not all the people that spoke on this. I think that was very unfair. Im sure you will go through this message and pull me up on some throwaway remark but not talk the pages and messages I have wrote about us playing well v Galway Rossies Donegal lst year. Criticize disagree debate it all good. But be fair. And the chap Oldham above who criticised me for mentioning that Alan Forde and Padraig McKeever very good players. Whats wrong with saying two Meath players on a Meath GAA forum are very good players. Whats rule have I broke talking about Meath footballers on Meath GAA forum. All I said was they were very good. They are current players and hopefully both will be back next year and play for the county for years. If u said there not on the panel this year , so I shouldn't mention them. Fair enough..But why have you not criticised nearly every second person on this forum who have mentioned players who are not on the panel. There has been lists and list of players and discussions constantly on this forum about players missing or leaving panel for months. Discussiin on what players should be on the panel. I mention that two of these players are very good. I am highlighted in doing so. Why didnt u highlight and criticise the months of messages and comments regarding this topic by others. Im not the only person who has talked about players missing or players who have left the panel. I would say there is very few on this forum that have mentioned it. Yet Im the one that is highlighted. If u don't like my style our mentioning the past grand. But I was talking about two current players who should hopefully play for Meath for years to come. Anyway I feel in my waters , in my guts that we can do this I could be right. I could be wrong. Im just a simple bogman fron the backend from the backwoods of Meath who loves his county. And I believe in our players. I believe in the management.I believe in our values and our traditions. I believe that Meath football stands for something special. I believe that u can never right us off. I believe that it doesnt matter how far we have fallen, how many years we r down we will always always always bounce back.Its what we do. If we dont today. Grand. But we will someday. But I think we can do it. I cannot read the future. So I could be wrong. But this is what I believe. Tyrone have had 4 great teams in 80s 90s 00s and now. Best Tyrone teams ever. In everyone of those decades they have come to try and win Sam with those teams. And everyone one of those teams Meath has beaten up to the current one..We defeated their excellent team in the 80s by 10 points in a div 2 league final. In the 90s they came with another excellent team. No one and I mean no one gave us a chance. And we won by 9 points in an All Ireland semi final. In 00s they can5e with their best team ever. In 2007 no one gave us a chance and yet we beat them. I n this decade we could have beaten them in 2013, we should have beaten them in 2015 and I believe today we will beat them in 2018. And another Tyrone team is beating by the Royals. Our minors our under 17 and our under 20s have shown the way. It times for for our seniors to man up and do the business. And hopefully at 7.00 on saturday Navan will be rocking as Meath have just rocked Tyrone and Meath have just rocked the GAA world to its very foundations like we did n 96 and 07. It will be said across the land across the country on sat evening once again the lenght and breath of the country once again people will utter those words that have been said down the ages " You can never ever right of Meath". This is our time , this our monent. Stand up one and all be proud of your county and Navan will rock on sat evening. Come on An Mhi. Im sure if we lose this will be brought back up and laughed at . But I dont care. I believe we will come back its not a question of if its a question of when we will come back. Hopefully I belive this evening is the moment. Prediction Meath to beat Tyrone with a massive performance. We can do this. A united Meath, Meath united will never ever be defeated."

Replying To latouche25:  "Well it's to be expected that Royal Dunne a la McEnroe, would bring out the CB spin. We achieved our goals for the year. The reality is. We scored 4 points in the Leinster final. The worst ever by a Meath team. We have played 2 games in the super 8's and have lost heavily in both. How or where have we improved under Mc Entee. He said he would put the foot back in Meath football, yet we are passing it more now than ever. Have we really gone to the point of bringing in a Louth man to help Meath football. The fact that he has his son on the team who is an average club player undermines his credibility. Kells have the best forward line in the county. Why is Hanlon Reilly or Matimo not on the panel. Indeed Oisin Reilly at midfield would be an option. If we want to improve its time to move on and bring in a manager who can unite the county. Mc Entee is to decisive"

Replying To bert09:  "Does anybody know if Brian Conlon is back in the set up?"

Replying To gardentree:  "Staying in Div 2 is going to be a hug battle, I don't think that we have the players to keep us in Div 2. The management are doing some very strange things , playing Dardis in goals is just plain stupid and they are making a complete joke out of the young lad. Is the Dun/Ash lad on the panel ?"

Replying To royaldunne:  "Not nit picking but what has t O'Reilly done more that Brennan??"

Replying To royaldunne:  "The problem in this game is the injuries to James McEntee, Brennan O'Sullivan primarily and the injury to Reilly since obc, has biggie got 70 mins in him? How long is mcentee out for? How bad is the injury to Brennan? How bad is injury to O'Sullivan? I'd be more hopeful if we knew the answer to these questions."

Replying To summerof09:  "Not my cup of tea I'm afraid. I don't agree with the personal jibes for instance calling a young county player a party animal or another player a baldy maestro. I'm surprised Meath GAA approve of this type of thing. Why can't they they get proper reporting on matches. Take a look at the Dublin GAA website now. Match reports and round ups from club games this week."

Replying To bert09:  "I don't see anything wrong with it especially for an O'Byrne cup game. We desperately need some competition for places within the team."

Replying To royaldunne:  "Not a bad looking team at all. Conlon could do very well in the corner. Still have dardis, biggy (who needs to seriously up his fitness levels). Campion, Devine really thought lynch did exceptional when he came on last day and I would not be adverse to him starting"

Replying To LeitrimRoyal99:  "I'd love to know where these stats came from. I did a bit of research and in the 4 champo games last year we scored 1-68, so 69 scores. In order to account for 45% Biggie would need to have scored or assisted on about 31 scores. He scored 10 points so that leaves 21. I then watched the highlights of the 4 games on Youtube (short but best available). Of all the scores that Biggie didn't score himself in the clip he assisted on 2/14. So in order for Royal Dunne to be correct Biggie would have to have directly assisted on another 19 points not shown in the clips. Don't know about you but I never remember Biggie picking out a pass, only thing I can think of is maybe he is fouled for some frees. But the stats seem a bit BS without anything to back them up"

Replying To Evernal:  "Well lad I've a season ticket and if you've been following I went to Clare turned back and went again. I've been to all games with my daughter. Its fair weather fans such as yourself i have a problem with. Only turn out for big games in Croker. Were you in Owenbeg few years ago? Ennis Ballybofey? I could go on. I thought this is in an open forum and if you don't agree with it fair enough move on but don't you dare question my loyalty to the cause. For me the league is the be all. Championship is skewed in my opinion hence why I wanted to win some silverware."

Replying To royaldunne:  "Actually it sounds like he walked. After donegal game. But pointless in discussing it. He was a fantastic player and like ken rennicks at the wrong time. Again all the best to the man. He owes us nothing. And more importantly no one outside of himself and Andy have heard what actually went on , as it should be. Unlike a few others over the years. Class is permanent."