Best of luck to the boys in green tomorrow

Been a long time coming but finally the day is nearly here - Meath and Carlow in Tullamore.

I'd be cautiously optimistic of a Meath win but have learned my lesson in the past not to take percieved weaker oppisiton as being a walkover - especially where Meath is concerned.

Good to see Stephen Bray back to lead the line. Dangerous full-forward line with Brian Farrell and Joe Sheridan too. Cian Ward likely to play alongside Bray on the forty. Four big names.

We've an All-Ireland medal winner in goals and a more confident looking midfield with Graham Reilly providing some assistance to Brian Meade and Conor Gillespie. Alan Forde is a very busy player and will operate around the middle third too.

Kevin Reilly was probably the best Meath player the last day and we've a solid defence of youngsters around him. Donnacha Tobin, Donal Keoghan and Brian Menton - names to look out for. Mickey Burke and Shane McAnarney bring a bit of experience and attacking flair to the defence too.

Mark Collins and Paddy Gilsenan could both come in for the Kildare match but other than that, this looks to be Banty's first choice fifteen (excluding long-term injuries).

Meath win.

I'd like to add my support to the Royals here. C'mon ye Boys in Green!

Parouisa wrote:I'd like to add my support to the Royals here. C'mon ye Boys in Green!

Thanks Parouisa - your support helped us.

Just stopped short of getting ye over the line but I am very confident for next week. Maybe Durrow is not the place for the warm up though ....

i heard meath won tonight any truth

Meath 2-21
Carlow 1-09.

The Carlow scores are stuck in their "sent box" and won't be opened till Monday.

Boxtyeater wrote:Meath 2-21
Carlow 1-09.

The Carlow scores are stuck in their "sent box" and won't be opened till Monday.

Total outmuscled in the tackle tonight. Brendan Murphy although a great player again tried to do too much himself. Hoping for a good draw in the qualifiers. Peader Byrne made some difference when he came in after 20 minutes.

hurlingguru wrote:

Boxtyeater wrote:Meath 2-21
Carlow 1-09.

The Carlow scores are stuck in their "sent box" and won't be opened till Monday.

Total outmuscled in the tackle tonight. Brendan Murphy although a great player again tried to do too much himself. Hoping for a good draw in the qualifiers. Peader Byrne made some difference when he came in after 20 minutes.

you only get once chance against the supposed bigger teams HG, the element of surprise usually doesn't last going into the second game.

bocerty wrote:
you only get once chance against the supposed bigger teams HG, the element of surprise usually doesn't last going into the second game.

What's that word, that's continually used when referring to lesser accoladed counties......begins with a P...Partionist.....Nay!

Patronising.....

Boxtyeater wrote:

bocerty wrote:
you only get once chance against the supposed bigger teams HG, the element of surprise usually doesn't last going into the second game.

What's that word, that's continually used when referring to lesser accoladed counties......begins with a P...Partionist.....Nay!

Patronising.....

Wasn't trying to be patronising at all Boxty, but we have seen it time and time again in many sports were the underdog pushes the supposed Big Guns (not suggesting for one minute that Meath are world beaters) to a tight game which the underdog should probably have won. The replay however turns out to be a completely different game with the underdog getting beaten convincingly.

Fair play to Carlow I hope they take something from the drawn game and give the qualifiers a good rattle.

I will be 4 square behind the Royals this Sunday though unfortunately I can't see them winning. Since the SJ nonsense Kildare have become the team I most want to see exit the C'ship.