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Meath 2027 - 1 Like(s)
2027 is a big, big year for this team and arguably for the game in Meath for the remainder of the decade.
There's no doubt about it at this stage, this team is the best we have had since the very early 00s. 2025 as a whole, and backed up by this season's league campaign and the championship win in Celtic Park cement that in my mind. People will have good memories of the team from 07-11 and there was some good days then for sure, but overall in hindsight that era was most certainly a false dawn for Meath men's football.
On their day, this team can genuinely roll over anyone. These guys are decorated minors, U20s, Sigerson, and Tailteann Cup winners. They have all the attributes of the great Meath teams. However, the inconsistency shown in the Brennan era in the games vs. Louth last year, Donegal (which could be forgiven given the circumstances), and particularly against Westmeath (disaster), Cork and Mayo this year are concerning. In my view, and it pains me to say it, but the loss against Mayo in particular was in part down to bizarre positional switches at an early part of the game and the team giving away momentum and not getting it back. Injuries notwithstanding, I am still sore after that game. Mayo deserved their all-Ireland and I was delighted for them, but we should have put them out in Castlebar that day.
The team is no longer a "young" team in my eyes and need to go a step further in their development, and more importantly need to be willing to go that next step, which many teams cant. I genuinely, genuinly can see an All-Ireland in this team, 100%, but I can also see another false dawn taking shape if they dont take the bull by the horns in 27 and have a serious rattle at silverware come championship.
Young_gael (Meath) - 31/08/2026 14:57:23
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