Meath GAA discussion thread

Wasn't a great game now for the neutral, very slow and ponderous and defensive.

As expected I suppose but didn't make for much of a spectacle.

Hope Ratoath go on now and push on in Leinster and at least give it a rattle. Nice turnaround time helps as at least the celebrations will be out of the system.

Nobody stood out although I felt Eamon deserved man of the match, 3 big points and at crucial times.

Colm O'Rourke wouldn't be overly inspired after watching the performances on show.

On a side note, i felt quite a disappointing crowd there. I remember county finals from when I was a child (maybe as a young lad my memory is off), but i seem to remember the county grounds being jammed. Plenty of room in the stand and terrace was hardly at 1/4 capacity i would say. Was the €20 price too steep, a lack of interest, not ideal weather or some other factors at play I wonder? The stand half emptied after the minor game!

The county PRO, tweeting off his own account, said a few weeks ago the demand isn't there to make it viable. I assume there is a cost to it so there needs to be a minimum amount of streams. We Are Meath have been saying the last few weeks there has been a couple of thousand tuning into some of their audio live streams so I would love to know what the minimum level is for the video stream

Any truth in rumours that the regional competition isn’t going well in regard to involvement? I’d heard management were asked to prioritise players between 20 and 26 as these would be ideal for intercounty trials but apparently it’s a lot of the older, former intercounty players, like Mickey Burke or Mickey Newman, that have been involved.

I wouldn’t imagine it’s a great time of the year to be running a midweek comp for lads that are away at college.

Its sent to you on a text that you reply Y or N to. So yeah you've a choice, it could be said some games get filled quicker than others :D

The Downs generally taking their chances, Ratoath a bit wasteful

Just glancing at the Cumann na mBunscoil results and there seems to be a lot of big wins in the finals. From 10 games the margins were 1,4,7,7,7, 9,10,10,19 and 29 points.

I know there's a few factors; big wins happen at all levels, they're only young kids who might not perform on the day, it's not a very focused or competitive grade etc. But is there something particular about the format or grading of the CnaB that leads to teams getting to finals and still getting hammered? Not a complaint, but I am curious.

The ladies All Stars passed me by until I seen plenty of giving out about it. The maddest one for me is Niamh O'Sullivan being nominated for player of the year and not getting an All Star. That beggars belief. Also seems to be a lot of talk about Vikki and Orlagh not getting them because they went to the AFLW. The biggest pity is all this talk is probably taking away from the 6 who won them.

I don't get the impression it was ever supposed to be a big deal anyway, it's effectively a trial game for O'Rourke to look over the players.