Battle of the Boyne - Meath Vs Louth - Leinster Final 11/7/2010

[thejuice]

Meath (SFC v Louth):

1 - Paddy O'Rourke (Skryne)

2 - Mickey Burke (Longwood)
3 - Conor McGill (Ratoath)
4 - Donnacha Tobin (Blackhall Gaels)

5 - Padraic Harnan (Moynalvey)
6 - Donal Keogan (Rathkenny)
7 - Shane McEntee (Dunboyne)

8 - Bryan Menton (Donaghmore/Ashbourne)
9 - Ronan Jones (Dunboyne)

10 - James McEntee (Curraha)
11 - Cillian O'Sullivan (Moynalvey)
12 - Eamon Wallace (Ratoath)

13 - Graham Reilly (St Colmcilles) Captain
14 - Bryan McMahon (Ratoath)
15 - Donal Lenihan (Dunboyne)

My pick wasn't far off. Interesting that Jones is getting the start. He's highly rated though didn't play any senior county matches before. Hopefully he'll nail down a place in midfield for the future.

[Jinxy]

Plenty of pace in that forward line anyway.
Would rather see Graham out at wing-forward and Newman in the FF line though.
He'll probably switch with Wallace I'd say.

[manfromdelmonte]

As always, I hope Louth win

[thejuice]

Is Newman on the bench?

[seafoid]

Plenty of pace in that forward line anyway.
Would rather see Graham out at wing-forward and Newman in the FF line though.
He'll probably switch with Wallace I'd say.

will they be getting any supply of ball in to run after ?

[Kuwabatake Sanjuro]

Looks like a good Meath team apart from the full back line and Paddy O'Rourke.
Is Jones the answer in midfield, I don't recall seeing him play before.
McMahon is a class act and I was surprised he wasn't selected in the early stages of the league.

[thejuice]

Jones hasn't played senior county before in anything except some recent challenge games. Was U21 before that. James Toher is on the bench as backup but isn't fully fit.

[seafoid]

Meath winning by 4 but it's first half and Meath haven't played a decent second half in quite a while ....

[seafoid]

Louth penalty with Big Joe as the goalie or was he ?

Goal.
Level

[Jinxy]

Have to watch TSG tonight because I still don't know what the hell happened for the penalty and the 2nd goal.
Good crowd & atmosphere in Parnell Park.
We were lively up front but very reliant on Graham Reilly to get scores when it mattered.
Impressed with Lenihan as well.
McMahon nearly scored a peach and can turn on a six-pence.
Jones excellent around the middle during the 2nd half.
Our full-back line worries me and Keoghan may have to go back in there.
The Louth folk around me were gentlemen and it was a good day out all told.

[Itchy]

The 2nd goal!


Louth should have had 6 goals.

What in the name of god was the keeper at???

[Jinxy]

That's classic Paddy in fairness.
If he doesn't have at least one howler in a game something is wrong.

[Jinxy]

'It looked like he thought the goals were somewhere else' - Meath boss Andy McEntee on bizarre Louth goal

"It was very strange. I wasn't quite sure. When the Louth man mis-hit the shot and I saw Paddy turning and going away I thought to myself, 'Well, it's obviously going wide' and then the net started to rattle.
"I think he thought it was going wide, he actually thought the goals were to his left, and they were to his right.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/it-looked-like-he-thought-the-goals-were-somewhere-else-meath-boss-andy-mcentee-on-bizarre-louth-goal-35788648.html

[BennyCake]

Peter Fitzpatrick and Joe Sheridan discussed the incident last night on TSG.

Fitzpatrick says he thinks about that game every day.

One thing that I'd forgotten about that incident was, it was definitely a penalty. Had Meath scored the winner from a penalty, it wouldn't have been half as bad as losing the way they did.

[mrdeeds]

Peter Fitzpatrick came across very bad. Him giving out about having an Ulster referee was bizarre.