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We need to talk about this.

Is this a new Ulster-Scots championship you're referring to?

Have we the time to give this the in depth discussion it deserves?

I'd say Meath will scrape it by about 35-40 points.

Does Tommy Gill still play for Wicklow?

Are they going ahead with a Leinster Championship this year?

have Mayo pulled out of connacht  :D

If there isn't a full on brawl or a ref stuck in a boot I want my money back.

Ireland expects Meed/wickla...you had better deliver.

Sure this game is in navan. The Wickla lads will have to be on their best behaviour and be observant of our customs and laws.

Quote from: Rossfan on April 08, 2015, 11:59:58 PM
Are they going ahead with a Leinster Championship this year?

What is the point? Wicklow won't get within 20 points of the Dubs but neither will anyone else

It's like the Wizard of Oz. Meath have no heart. Kildare have no brain. Offaly have no players coming through.
Westmeath have no self  belief. Etc.

Quote from: seafoid on April 09, 2015, 10:50:11 AM

Quote from: Rossfan on April 08, 2015, 11:59:58 PM
Are they going ahead with a Leinster Championship this year?

What is the point? Wicklow won't get within 20 points of the Dubs but neither will anyone else

It's like the Wizard of Oz. Meath have no heart. Kildare have no brain. Offaly have no players coming through.
Westmeath have no self  belief. Etc.

To see where the rest of us enter the qualifiers.

Quote from: seafoid on April 09, 2015, 10:50:11 AM

Quote from: Rossfan on April 08, 2015, 11:59:58 PM
Are they going ahead with a Leinster Championship this year?

What is the point? Wicklow won't get within 20 points of the Dubs but neither will anyone else

It's like the Wizard of Oz. Meath have no heart. Kildare have no brain. Offaly have no players coming through.
Westmeath have no self  belief. Etc.

So does that mean we have a brain?

Quote from: Jinxy on April 09, 2015, 12:20:24 PM

Quote from: seafoid on April 09, 2015, 10:50:11 AM

Quote from: Rossfan on April 08, 2015, 11:59:58 PM
Are they going ahead with a Leinster Championship this year?

What is the point? Wicklow won't get within 20 points of the Dubs but neither will anyone else

It's like the Wizard of Oz. Meath have no heart. Kildare have no brain. Offaly have no players coming through.
Westmeath have no self  belief. Etc.

So does that mean we have a brain?

Still. But not the  defence or something

Quote from: thejuice on April 09, 2015, 10:00:00 AM
Sure this game is in navan. The Wickla lads will have to be on their best behaviour and be observant of our customs and laws.

What no fighting allowed during the National Anthem then?

Quote from: seafoid on April 09, 2015, 10:50:11 AM

Quote from: Rossfan on April 08, 2015, 11:59:58 PM
Are they going ahead with a Leinster Championship this year?

What is the point? Wicklow won't get within 20 points of the Dubs but neither will anyone else

It's like the Wizard of Oz. Meath have no heart. Kildare have no brain. Offaly have no players coming through.
Westmeath have no self  belief. Etc.

What do you mean Offaly have no players coming through? How would you know that? Our underage is slowly but surely starting to gather momentum, and we can always produce the odd 'player'. Willie Mulhall and Bernard Allen are two useful forwards coming through this year for example. You make these blanket, blasé statements with no grounding in reality.

And I'll let the Meath and Kildare lads respond to the no heart/no brain comment.

Who let this guy in here?

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Imagine some fancy dan from Galway accusing us of having no heart!

The Dubs have won 15  of the last 10 Leinster finals and have enough points left over to buy everything in Argos.

Fair play to them if they've won 15 of the last 10.

Serious dominance.

Quote from: Jinxy on April 09, 2015, 12:20:24 PM

Quote from: seafoid on April 09, 2015, 10:50:11 AM

Quote from: Rossfan on April 08, 2015, 11:59:58 PM
Are they going ahead with a Leinster Championship this year?

What is the point? Wicklow won't get within 20 points of the Dubs but neither will anyone else

It's like the Wizard of Oz. Meath have no heart. Kildare have no brain. Offaly have no players coming through.
Westmeath have no self  belief. Etc.

So does that mean we have a brain?

Ye hoors always had brawn.

Here we go, only 4 days till we get to spill some blood in the 2015 championship.  :D

Early summer excitement already there, looking forward to it.

A few injuries means Gillespie, Menton, K Reilly, Newman and both O'Rourkes are likely to be sitting out this one which to be fair are all probably among the most talented players we have. So with those guys out, I get the feeling we'll make hard work of it but hopefully come through in the end.

But it's early days in the competition and we could be ripe for an ambush at home.

Presumably O'Dowd will be expected to win something soon or make way. We've had the exact same campaign the last three years running, and it's getting a little dull. Obviously it's next to impossible for him to do any better with the players available but you wouldn't expect that to dissuade people from calling for his head if we go out in the same fashion again. Despite our injury concerns, I don't think Wicklow are in any position to beat us in a championship match at the minute. I could be wrong, but I anticipate a reasonably comfortable victory.

When was the last time we had all our best players fit going into a championship match?

Quote from: thejuice on June 09, 2015, 12:47:56 AM
Here we go, only 4 days till we get to spill some blood in the 2015 championship.  :D

Early summer excitement already there, looking forward to it.

A few injuries means Gillespie, Menton, K Reilly, Newman and both O'Rourkes are likely to be sitting out this one which to be fair are all probably among the most talented players we have. So with those guys out, I get the feeling we'll make hard work of it but hopefully come through in the end.

But it's early days in the competition and we could be ripe for an ambush at home.

It's a serious injury list. They'd be six of the first seven names on the teamsheet.

Bloody Wicklow thugs targetting our best players. Even before the game.

Quote from: Jinxy on June 09, 2015, 10:22:30 AM
When was the last time we had all our best players fit going into a championship match?

Problem is I think some of them lads were born injured, particularly SOR and Kevin Reilly.

I think they had to use a calving jack on Kevin Reilly.

I don't recall Meath ever starting a weaker team in the championship. Much as Wicklow are not generally considered to be at our level, get this wrong and it will be a very short summer.

To be fair they've all been blooded in the league and lads like Dalton, Joey Wallace, Judge and McMahon have been on the panel for long enough now, so it's not before their due time to get a championship start.

There's a bit of inexperience in the half back line which might be a worry. Rooney has shown a lot of early promise so hopefully championship football doesn't phase him.

Probably the most annoying thread title ever. Other than that, nothing to see here.

Good Wicklow performance. For a team that had a poor run in Div 4 they gave the Royals a tough day in Navan. Now they face Armagh - who they won't fear from previous encounters.

Not a meath man in sight, silence is golden, that head scratching is hard work!

Not really. The game went almost exactly as anticipated. We got through it with a weakened side and that's enough to be said.

Nice to see the Meath players acknowledge the young fans at the wire coming out onto the field, i don't seen that too much in football any more!