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all in all a great result.. from one of banty's critics I have to say tactics were spot on.. It may not be the prettiest but a win is a win.. Beggan having an off day kept tyrone in the match for periods.. the running game suited monaghan with ward oconnell and bannigan to the fore.. Malone was exceptional and them games suit him...scoring threats is still the problem.. Kieran hughes had a great game up until he got the line and conor McCarthy finally showing some of his promise.. non displays from McCarron McManus can be put down to the system...my man of the match would of been mc anespie.. had the job off marking McCurry and did a great job at it.. detruth (Monaghan) - Posts: 196 - 03/02/2020 08:35:12 2264730 Link 0 |
What is the problem ? Why are all these players injured. Here in monaghan we would never have a list like that ever. Somethings going wrong somewhere. No other division 1 team has that injury list
monaghanmad (Monaghan) - Posts: 377 - 03/02/2020 08:45:13 2264732 Link 3 |
That's it. Look when Meath supporters say we have so many injuries, our main problem is that we have a limited panel of players that can compete at this level. I'd say we have 18/20 players who would be of the required standard. Everyone is missing players. But the problem is our replacements are not yet upto this standard. So when you take 10 players out of that group you gonna be in trouble. Now hopefully the young lads can gain experience, that's the only positive we can take. Look at it this way we lost our first second and third choice free takers, and our fourth choice is reserve gk. We dust ourselves off and go again Hon the royal royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 03/02/2020 08:51:29 2264733 Link 0 |
Can Meath learn though? I would say the scoreline flattered Donegal but Meath have real trouble scoring. Like the the Leinster final last year they were doing some things very well but just can't score. Gator (Monaghan) - Posts: 238 - 03/02/2020 09:46:43 2264745 Link 0 |
A revised list for Dublin actually would be, Cluxton McMahon Cooper McCaffrey McCauley O'Callaghan A revised missing list for Mayo would be Clarke Barrett Darren Coen Seamus O'Shea McDonagh C O'Connor Boyle went off injured A revised Galway list would include be Power Lavelle Kerin Sean Andy Silke Cooke Molloy Fintain O'Currain Finnerty McHugh Burke Leonard Cummins Kyne Martin Farragher Mike Farragher Antaine O'Laoi and Daihi Burke but he is hurling What is your point? Every team else is missing players. EDH (Galway) - Posts: 367 - 03/02/2020 10:32:24 2264760 Link 0 |
Spot on. It's difficult to build up strength and depth but a tough league campaign might have some benefits in the long run. I wouldn't count MacNillais as a missing player for Donegal as he has opted out for the second consecutive year and I'd be surprised if we see him in a Donegal jersey again unfortunately. It was good to see Niall O'Donnell back yesterday, he's a player I think will a lot of people will be raving about later in the year. Serious talent. Daire O'Baoil and Oisin Gallen are two players missing at the moment and if we are to have a successful summer we will need these two as well as others you mentioned back for championship. Mobot (Donegal) - Posts: 459 - 03/02/2020 10:44:29 2264764 Link 1 |
The McDaid sin bin was supposed to be 10 mins, but time to move on and yes he must learn from it
maroondiesel (Mayo) - Posts: 1193 - 03/02/2020 10:50:46 2264768 Link 0 |
The point is Meath have little depth and so with all these players missing, their forward line in particular, the current team would struggle in Div 2, nevermind a particulary strong Div 1 this year. To me, the injuries are reflective of poor planning by management and perhaps the new S&C coach - I wonder what the hell they've been doing over the winter to have so many injuries. The league is basically our championship this year so we should have been making sure the players were right for it. All that was required over the winter was to sharpen up tactics from last year, kickouts with a new gk, attacking strategies, shooting etc and to keep the players fit and motivated. Instead we have a disasters on our hands playing with a team that, as I say, would do well not be relegated from Div2. Crinigan (Meath) - Posts: 1315 - 03/02/2020 10:53:06 2264769 Link 4 |
Conor O'Donnell from Carn another who probably would be involved with the wider squad especially after the under twenties. Shame himself and Gallen missing from that squad through injury as along with Aaron Doherty be few under twenty teams able to live with that forward line. Am I right in thinking that Gallen is in DCU as well so missed out on a Sigerson medal?
panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2771 - 03/02/2020 11:21:50 2264787 Link 0 |
That is a fair reply, but this craic of moaning about missing players is tiresome. You nailed it poor quality players and a poor game plan with poor skills, that is totally the opposite of traditional Meath football. Your manager has an issue, he can't go into the transfer market like he did with Ballyboden. Meath, need to return to there traditional football values. Galway had a similar issue but now appear to be returning to a better brand of football we hope this continues as difficult days will happen and they will get a trimming somewhere and everybody will he giving out, but they can't return to defensive football, the players and fans won't accept it.
EDH (Galway) - Posts: 367 - 03/02/2020 11:27:12 2264790 Link 2 |
The 4th offical is not in charge of the black card timing, it is the referee only, which is somewhat ridiculous. Discretion doe not come in to it!! In this instance the referee was ignoring the promptings from the 4th official telling him that it was time for the player to RE-enter the field. If he did so without the referee's permission he would have been shown a yellow followed by a red. The GAA hierarchy have certainly messed up this whole black card issue. How is the referee going to manage this in club championship games?
hashtag2017 (Galway) - Posts: 173 - 03/02/2020 11:42:58 2264800 Link 0 |
You are 100% right there. The teams that got closest to Dublin over the last 5 years played an attacking brand if football, Mayo initially, then Kerry. I totally agree that Meath losing so many players had to impact on them in this league, which by the way is no tougher this year than any of the previous 5 years we have been in it. What happened yesterday in the first half gave them no chance even had they a full team out. They should have pushed up and attacked Donegal, they had the wind to help them defensively and in attack. It is the way forward, and I hope Meath against Mayo and ourselves against Dublin go for it next week like we did two years ago, it's the only way to give yourself a chance mhunicean_abu (Monaghan) - Posts: 1042 - 03/02/2020 12:08:40 2264806 Link 0 |
The scoreline actually didn't flatter Donegal. We're missed 2 other very good goal chances and missed a penalty. We looked like we had another great whereas Meath looked like they just hadn't a clue.
Tir Conaill Abu (Donegal) - Posts: 1671 - 03/02/2020 14:21:28 2264871 Link 6 |
How did Ryan McHugh play? I was afraid he was injured quite badly in Ballybofey. Obviously not. Was it his hip or his side? Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 03/02/2020 15:19:15 2264887 Link 0 |
A player who gets the bin can not come back on until there's is a break in play...if that means he is off for over 10 mins then you have to wait...rules are clear...
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 03/02/2020 15:46:32 2264893 Link 2 |
Donegal didnt score a point from play until the 41st minute. 2 dubious penalties which were outside the square. Donegal the better team, deserved to win but if Meath had any idea to shoot it would have been a closer affair. Royalio11 (Meath) - Posts: 757 - 03/02/2020 16:17:31 2264900 Link 2 |
Did you even watch the incidents in the deferred coverage? On top of the two fouls inside the box that were given as 13m frees, the missed penalty, and Jamie Brennan having a shot brilliantly saved onto the crossbar. It could have been 6 or 7 goals. SurelyToGod (Donegal) - Posts: 363 - 03/02/2020 17:24:03 2264914 Link 3 |
You're right YT, the rule is clear, but it's also wide open for abuse. It will behoove some teams to play keep ball to potentially turn 10 minutes into 12 minutes or longer if the uninterrupted play means the other team is down a man waiting to get back on; so either it's a 10 minute sin-binning, or it's a minimum of ten minutes sin binning, it can't be both. I see no reason why the player can't be let on by the fourth official behind the ball once the 10 minutes are up. For the record, I actually like the sin bin; McDaid had it coming and I think it's a far more effective punishment of cynical play than the previous BC rule. There's just a need for a small tweak. festinog (Galway) - Posts: 3097 - 03/02/2020 17:57:05 2264920 Link 0 |
It'd be fair to say Royalio, that if our lads were to meet yours at the OK Corall just now there'd be very little danger of anyone getting hurt:) Next weekend is a chance for both teams to step up and show they're more than just hard working cowboys!
Pericles (Mayo) - Posts: 2521 - 03/02/2020 18:03:12 2264923 Link 3 |
Brilliant. Lol
David (Meath) - Posts: 567 - 03/02/2020 19:11:15 2264931 Link 1 |