2011 NFL Division 2

Loyal2TheRoyal wrote:Oh my god - Derry 1-18, Meath 3-08, are we really worse than Derry?

Bring back Eammon O'Brien.

What is Banty at... Like we were not this bad last year I'm sure of it. What's changed?

I haven't seen enough of Meath this year to know what is going wrong, but I wonder are we seeing something similar to what happened in Kieran McGeeney's first year in Kildare, when he and Grimley tried to implement a new (Armagh) style of football, but the players just didn't seem able to make the change.

It could, on the other hand, be what happened in Galway under Joe Kernan, when the problem appeared to be a lack of willingness of players to change, rather than ability to adapt.

Either way, with the league almost over, Meath seem to be on the wrong track.

Royal_Girl2k9 wrote:

Loyal2TheRoyal wrote:Oh my god - Derry 1-18, Meath 3-08, are we really worse than Derry?

Bring back Eammon O'Brien.

What is Banty at... Like we were not this bad last year I'm sure of it. What's changed?

Well firstly, Stephen Bray was around. Secondly, EOB applied common sense and stuck with the tried and tested, aristocratic long ball style. Thirdly, players like Graham Reilly (injured a lot this year) were unearthed. We probably over-achieved under EOB but that's testament to him. As Jayo Cluxton often said, he dosen't rate this current Meath side, and he's probably right.

Thomas Clarke wrote:I haven't seen enough of Meath this year to know what is going wrong, but I wonder are we seeing something similar to what happened in Kieran McGeeney's first year in Kildare, when he and Grimley tried to implement a new (Armagh) style of football, but the players just didn't seem able to make the change.

It could, on the other hand, be what happened in Galway under Joe Kernan, when the problem appeared to be a lack of willingness of players to change, rather than ability to adapt.

Either way, with the league almost over, Meath seem to be on the wrong track.

Galway part two possibly. Although I'd disagree that Meath have the ability to adapt.

Some good Meath forwards - always lacking in midfield and defence. When you lose some of those good forwards then ...... Not sure about the no 12s commitment to the League either.

Laois were very good today but I am worried about Justins tactics up front, Fancy them to give Donegal a good game next day out and we may find ourselves in a league final but cant see them winning it however if Laois do play Dublin on June 5th it potentially could be another great game between the two counties.

GAAGenious wrote:Laois were very good today but I am worried about Justins tactics up front, Fancy them to give Donegal a good game next day out and we may find ourselves in a league final but cant see them winning it however if Laois do play Dublin on June 5th it potentially could be another great game between the two counties.

Haven't seen you here in a while welcome back-Good to see Laois going well Leinster is yours to lose at the moment

GAAGenious wrote:however if Laois do play Dublin on June 5th it potentially could be another great game between the two counties.

Jaysus GaaGenious all I can remember in recent times is hammering ye out the gate! Mind you if you look at the Tips thread you will see that I suggested Laois at 16/1 for Leinster were worth a look. McNulty is a serious operator.

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

GAAGenious wrote:however if Laois do play Dublin on June 5th it potentially could be another great game between the two counties.

Jaysus GaaGenious all I can remember in recent times is hammering ye out the gate! Mind you if you look at the Tips thread you will see that I suggested Laois at 16/1 for Leinster were worth a look. McNulty is a serious operator.

Haha ! Ah sure I cant remember that dont know what you on about haha ! Mc Nulty im reserving judgement as of yet, very poor against Tyrone and Should of beat Kildare. I just amnt getting too excitied yet in the knowing that the teams we have beaten arnt what you call the best teams going including Meath who have lost all form and Derry who played a weakend team against us because of the Mc Kenna final the wednesday after. I think the Leinster draw is very difficult for Laois but would fancy them to beat dublin on dublins first day out come june.

We are notoriously bad first time out alright. Even Meath got a draw with us a few years back. If ye do turn Dublin over - and I wouldn't rule it out - ye will win Leinster.

ps Yourself aside I don't like the Laois fans much ....

Jayo Cluxton wrote:We are notoriously bad first time out alright. Even Meath got a draw with us a few years back. If ye do turn Dublin over - and I wouldn't rule it out - ye will win Leinster.

ps Yourself aside I don't like the Laois fans much ....

A draw which we should have won if I remember correctly.. The ref just didn't like Graham..

Jayo Cluxton wrote:We are notoriously bad first time out alright. Even Meath got a draw with us a few years back. If ye do turn Dublin over - and I wouldn't rule it out - ye will win Leinster.

ps Yourself aside I don't like the Laois fans much ....

I blame their parents

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Jayo Cluxton wrote:We are notoriously bad first time out alright. Even Meath got a draw with us a few years back. If ye do turn Dublin over - and I wouldn't rule it out - ye will win Leinster.

ps Yourself aside I don't like the Laois fans much ....

Yourself aside I cant stand the Dubs

mullins wrote:I blame their parent

Fixed ...

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

mullins wrote:I blame their parent

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And the sheep...

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

mullins wrote:I blame their parent

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And the early release prisoners before they get the train back to DUBLIN

i wasnt at the Tyrone game yesterday but have spoken to several people today who were and they are very upbeat about Tyrones championship credentials following this easier than expected victory. Tyrone seem to have played some decent football with Brian McGuigan and Joe McMahon being singled out for particular praise and Sean Cavanagh getting a few more positive comments than he has been lately.

One guy in particular who i spoke to is off the opinion that SAM is there for the taking if Tyrone want it enough!!! Whilst the victory over Kildare was certainly very welcome and achieved a lot handier than many expected it shows we are heading in the right direction compared to earlier performances, i would still have my doubts about this Tyrone team having an All-Ireland in them. Granted there isn't much out there in terms of competition but Tyrone have yet to prove they can hold their own against teams with at least one marquee forward such as Brogan or Cooper.

That said Down and Mayo faired a lot better against Cork and Dublin than many would have thought so all is not lost yet!!!

bocerty wrote:i wasnt at the Tyrone game yesterday but have spoken to several people today who were and they are very upbeat about Tyrones championship credentials following this easier than expected victory. Tyrone seem to have played some decent football with Brian McGuigan and Joe McMahon being singled out for particular praise and Sean Cavanagh getting a few more positive comments than he has been lately.

One guy in particular who i spoke to is off the opinion that SAM is there for the taking if Tyrone want it enough!!! Whilst the victory over Kildare was certainly very welcome and achieved a lot handier than many expected it shows we are heading in the right direction compared to earlier performances, i would still have my doubts about this Tyrone team having an All-Ireland in them. Granted there isn't much out there in terms of competition but Tyrone have yet to prove they can hold their own against teams with at least one marquee forward such as Brogan or Cooper.

That said Down and Mayo faired a lot better against Cork and Dublin than many would have thought so all is not lost yet!!!

Jasus Boc Have you actually seen Tyrone in action since the '08 final?????

Don't tell me your coming back up..

Look lads, this recent lack of form by Meath is just a ploy by Banty. We are in fact not as bad as we seem, it's all just to lure everyboyd else into a false sense of security for when the championship comes. The plan is if we're really bad at the moment, people will forget all about last summer and they won't remember that we do actually have a couple of good footballers stalling it around the county. So come June when we arrive in Croke Park for our first match nobody will think that we'll be up for anything so they won't even start their best team. This win for us as under dogs will get some of the true Meath fighting spirit back in the lads so it will greatly improve the already good couple of players so we will then actually be a good team. We will be beaten in Leinster but go on a good run through the back door and eventually meet Dublin in the All Ireland Final. It will be a tight match that will have three replays. Meath will score the winning goal (Kevin Foley style as opposed to Joe style) in the last seconds of the match and we will be crowned All Ireland Champions, legitimately.


I hope.

Good Start by Laois against Donegal, Impressive start. League Final beckons.

Bye bye Sligo and Antrim.

Laois in Divison 1 now i think ? Still at maych have not seen final score from Navan

GAAGenious wrote:Laois in Divison 1 now i think ? Still at maych have not seen final score from Navan

Draw

Donegal and Laois in D2 final

Good luck to Laois and Donegal in the final and next year in Div 1, To be perfectly honest I'll lose no sleep over Tyrone not gaining promotion to Div 1 this year, Only too glad to do our friends in Meath a big favour helping them to stay in the second division even though they wouldn't know a good referee if he jumped up and bit them in the ****.
Its quite amazing to see how much work the cccc had to do this year given the amount of tyrone games televised.