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McEntee's comments re burning hurls - 13 Like(s)
Interesting article from Conall Collier in the Chronicle about McEntee's comments and hurling in the county.I suggest people read it..
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 16/09/2015 10:11:44
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McEntee's comments re burning hurls - 13 Like(s)
Some people prefer football and some prefer hurling.
I prefer football myself,but I would never discriminate against hurling.
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 15/09/2015 10:25:13
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McEntee's comments re burning hurls - 12 Like(s)
Better to read it but this is some of his quotes..
"The challenges facing Meath hurling have not been causes by Gerry McEntee,he outlined his opinion and he answered honestly"
"Meath hurling could be much stronger,could have a higher profile inside and outside the county"
"Its not Gerry McEntee who is the enemy of Meath hurling,Who is the real enemy? What are hurling people going to do about it? The evidence of the last 30 years or so suggests they will blame someone else"
Its a good article overall,but the general theme is for hurling people to stop blaming everyone else and do something about it.He also points to the improvements made in Kerry,despite them been a football mad county..
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 16/09/2015 19:05:40
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Championship Restructure?? - 10 Like(s)
Replying To juicy: "I have seen numerous comments through the different topics regarding the club championship and it got me thinking.
Is there any issues with the club championship in its current format? Personally I would say 'No'. If you look at the vast majority of games there is very little between the teams. People will argue that it is not competitive but if that was the case then there would be a lot of hammering occurring. If you look at the Dublin Championship, which is generally regarded as the most competitive in the country, the facts dont stack up. The top 4/5 teams are close but the remaining teams there is a massive difference in terms of quality.
I think we have a competitive championship and i think the major point here is competitive. I dont think it is a good championship in terms of quality, hence why the champions struggle in Leinster. But the quality has got nothing to do with the structure.
Opinions?" really? we have the worst championship in the country in terms of system. the clubs really made a balls of it last year and it should be changed regardless of what the clubs think.
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 04/08/2017 16:30:59
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Keegan Cup - 10 Like(s)
Replying To BigJoe14: "No underage success recently and an ageing senior team without the two Brays for a lot of games this season." yeah as far as i see they don't have any players on the u16/u17 teams and no real u20's either. they need to do better tbh.
see mcloughlin got 4-6 for moynalvey in the league and cillian o'sullivan did not score,anyone at that game?
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 08/08/2017 11:46:34
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County players not lining out for their clubs - 9 Like(s)
Replying To Barney123: "What club are you from or can you not say?
And it's funny browncows saying that some posters mix up fact with fiction and then he says we came third last year. We had to beat Laois on the last day to avoid relegation if my memory is correct. At the start of the league last year the management were aiming for promotion but by the end of the league they tried to make out our aim was always to maintain our div 2 status." 100% true,also one questions whether we would win that game if laois did not get a player sent off. look were laois are now too..
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 29/04/2017 15:18:02
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County players not lining out for their clubs - 9 Like(s)
Replying To Ratoath Royal: "Their wingback would be their main free taker." ha any corner back who gets 7 points wouldn't be playing corner back. :)
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 01/05/2017 11:21:57
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Will Meath contest an all Ireland this decade? - 9 Like(s)
Replying To Ratoath Royal: "Shane Clayton won an All Ireland with Kilmacud and he played underage with Ratoath up until U15 or U16. Glen O'Reilly was in the same team but then transferred to Na Fianna. Both these players won a Leinster minor title with Dublin.
I always laugh when people point to the big increase in population in the likes of Meath, Kildare etc. recently and ask why the senior teams haven't greatly improved because of this. Where did the majority of these new arrivals come from? You only had to look at the attire of people on busses from Dublin coming into Ashbourne/Ratoath on Sunday evening to know the answer. Most of these people and their kids would never have any intention of playing for their home county." still if you raise your kids in rataoth/ash/dunboyne and you start them of in those clubs from an early age and they become good enough,they should be playing for meath.
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 30/08/2017 23:23:34
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County players not lining out for their clubs - 9 Like(s)
Replying To LeitrimRoyal99: "[quote=Ibbecek: "Hope all those knockers of Mick O'Dowd now realize what we have bought.
Remember after four moths last year Miicko had secured our Division 2 status and won the O'Byrne Cup
Andy Mc already behind on that score.
Also by April last year Meath County Players had played at least 5 club matches. Some this year haven't played one.
Absolutely farcical that A.McEntee allowed dictate like this. County not playing for 6 bloody weeks. Come on." Behind the score of winning an O'Byrne cup. Will you cop on. Mick O'Dowd we were 6-8 in championship. Wins against Wicklow x2, Wexford, Carlow, Kildare and Louth. We lost to Westmeath to the first time ever. Went 0-4 in qualifiers. And ohh yeah we also lost to Dublin 3 times by 7,16 and 10 points. The 16 and 10 point losses being our worst to Dublin since the mid 70s. And yeah we had a few decent league campaigns (9 points in div 2 twice, same as we got in Andy's first year). But his last year was the worst of the 4 leagues. Most importantly only one time in the 4 years MOD was manager (1st half Dubs 2013) did I feel an ounce of pride about the team I was watching and that is sad.
So yeah maybe I will be proven wrong about Andy and maybe he won't be as good as I think. But to say he is behind a manager who brought Meath to all time low's because he won a Mickey Mouse cup in January is nonsense and you know well it is. So give Andy a championship and then come back and slander him, don't just push your own agenda. RANT OVER"]in a nutshell..
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 26/04/2017 10:58:51
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Keegan Cup - 9 Like(s)
Replying To Ratoath Royal: "Awful game but congratulations to Simonstown. The pitch looked incredibly slippy in both games today. Countless instances of players losing their footing. Very surprising given that it's been relatively dry over the last week.
McKeever 100% deserved the MOTM award and hopefully, for Meath's sake, he can commit to the county side in 2018. Was worried at how poor Conlon was for Simonstown but it wasn't til after the game I heard he was sick during the week.
Hard luck to Summerhill. Never went right for them. They kicked an awful amount of wides and the missed goal in the first half was a massive turning point.
Simonstown have a decent enough draw in Leinster with the Wexford champions up first so you'd hope that they can get a run going.
Can't help but think what might have been for Meath's midfield looking at O'Rourke and Nash for Simonstown and Gillespie on the sidelines for Summerhill." Shane O'Rourke was by far the best player on the field
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 29/10/2017 18:07:18
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Keegan Cup - 9 Like(s)
Replying To Northsidegaels: "That must be exactly it maestro hard to beleive its u21, minor and international rules threads dominating a few days before the county final! But the 2 best teams by far are in the final hopefully its a good game!" Yeah looking forward to it,fancy Simonstown but it could easily go the other way..
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 26/10/2017 19:26:39
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The young ones 2017 - 8 Like(s)
Replying To Damothedub: "No my fella training with the minor squad for Sunday's Leinster final v Kilkenny , forced into a choice about five weeks ago was dual until then , fair play to Meath good turn around as these teams met end of January in the league and Dublin won easy enough" like senior spose big difference between league and champ. think meath were missing some players that day. this win is great,but meath need to start winning trophies at underage now..
ziggy32001 (Dublin) - 28/06/2017 22:23:33
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Meath clubs in Leinster - 8 Like(s)
I think whoever wins between Ash/Simonstown may have little interest in Leinster to be honest and I wouldn't blame them.
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 20/10/2016 17:36:38
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Championship Restructure?? - 8 Like(s)
Replying To Talking_Sense: "When I hear this discussion about changing the championship structure I just have to laugh. It does not matter what the championship structure you run , 99% of all structures work if you have great county players and an abundance of really good club players making the championship competitive. Tyrone won in 2003, 2005 and 2008 and there Senior League and Senior Championship was champagne football week in and week out. Ultra competitive and massive crowds going to League games. In Meath clubs are simply not producing enough top players out of their respective schools. End of story.
Talk all you want, but asking for a restructure of the championship is like a club team in a relegation battle asking to get rid of the manager. Its always the manager to be blame, but in almost all cases teams are in Division 2 at National League and almost in Division 3 for a reason. There is simply not enough quality in the County.
And to finish look at Monaghan. Once Scotstown and few other clubs came good again at Senior Level and started producing top players, so to did the County Team. Did Monagahn change their championship in those interim years. Answer is no. Clubs worked harder to produce better club players. Scotstown made to he Ulster Final too. So we need to stop looking for excuses in Meath and thinking changing the championship structure is going to fix our ails. Its not. Clubs just need to get the finger out" fair points,how do you suggest clubs should do that?
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 30/08/2017 23:18:38
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The young ones 2017 - 8 Like(s)
Replying To Keegan123: "How are Dublin in the final they lost first round and should be either in the back door or out of the compition this system that is used for minnors and under 17 is ridiculous" it is a silly system yes,but we all know thats the way it is at the start. after beating dublin in the first round,i predicted we would meet again in the final and i am glad we are playing them to be honest. bigger test to possibly beat them twice.
ziggy32001 (Dublin) - 21/07/2017 10:56:43
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Championship hopes and aspirations - 8 Like(s)
Replying To OLLIE: "It looks like a Meath and Kildare Leinster semi-final appearance but hopefully the Wee County can spoil the party. Louth have only reached one Leinster semi-final since 1998 so the odds are stacked against them." louth are getting better,be interesting to see how ye get on against tipp this week.
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 06/04/2017 08:26:32
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The young ones 2017 - 8 Like(s)
Replying To Damothedub: "Best of luck to under 17 footballers playing Meath in Navan on Wednesday we beat them in the league by about 5 pts hopefully same result in championship." did you go?
thought meath controlled the game from start to finish. meath look big for an u17 team. the ref was terrible for both teams. bookings for little..
ziggy32001 (Dublin) - 28/06/2017 21:31:39
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Club Championship 2016 - 8 Like(s)
O'Mahonys
St.Colmcilles
Dunsany
Slane
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 03/02/2016 17:04:21
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The young ones 2017 - 8 Like(s)
Replying To Damothedub: "Ciaran Archer fine player , does the business again under 17s to play Meath again chance of revenge , minor hurlers this Saturday all Ireland quarter final v Antrim , next Wednesday under 17 hurlers go head to head with Antrim also , a mention to under 16 footballers who are in the Gerry O Reilly Plate final after a fine win at the weekend defeating Wicklow, only a very small margin defeat to Monaghan blotting the copybook in the tournament thus far" if meath beat dubs again it will be a huge statement..
by the way is their an all-ireland series?
ziggy32001 (Dublin) - 19/07/2017 10:50:15
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Meath v Laois - 8 Like(s)
Replying To Royalio11: "Laois are just outside the championship teams. They have been playing the likes of Galway, Offaly and Wexford for the last 3 - 4 years.
They have the championship edge that is alien to the Meath side and it was evident yesterday." yeah thats a fair comment. meath made a lot of progress quickly so yesterdays result wasn't a surprise.
ziggy32001 (Meath) - 01/05/2017 17:43:27
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