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Meath 0-07
Tipp 0-04

Half time. Slow start. Well on top now scoring 7 points to 1 after 15 minutes

Meath going with 3 debutants tomorrow including goalkeeper. Three other changes from the Offaly game but the same 6 backs are named. So hard to know with this team how they'll perform but definitely aren't hitting their potential as far as I can see.

1. Seán Brennan

2. Adam O'Neill
3. Ronan Ryan
4. Michael Flood

5. Donal Keogan (Captain)
6. Padraic Harnan
7. Seán Coffey

8. Ronan Jones
9. Conor Gray

10. Cillian O'Sullivan
11. Jack Flynn
12. Jack O'Connor

13. Jordan Morris
14. Mathew Costello
15. Aaron Lynch

Charging €15 and €5 for children to Group games is crazy stuff and will do nothing to attract people to the games.

Those prices aren't bad at all. Paid way more for the hurling group stages last year.

I remember rumours went around about Graham Geraghty doing similar back in the 90's but turned out to be malicious lies being spread. So it might not be true at all but you'd expect Rory will have to step aside till it's proven to be one way or the other.

They beat Donegal though. If it's in Clones they'll be more at home than us too.

As bad as we've been I'd fancy us to get over Tipp at home and Waterford but I'd have Down as strong favourites to beat us which will probably be played in Clones. Where we go after that is anyones guess.

At least we have 3 games to try and put some sort of shape together as the O'Byrne Cup, League and Leinster championship obviously wasn't enough for CO'R to do that.

https://m.soundcloud.com/user-331988822/talk-a-good-game-episode-32-tagg

Worth a listen. I think there is merit to the idea that we need to reduce the number of clubs at senior level and increase the stakes for those remaining. The senior club championship in Meath should be an absolute dogfight that turns out battle hardened troops for the county panel.

Reminded me of Galway around 2013. When you have young players blending with older ones who don't know how to win it takes time.

Kevin Walsh brought a culture to Galway football, when you look at Galway now it's worth remember the ground work was done by him.  Meath need a similar change. After Andy McEntee departed Meath needed a solid appointment to move them forward, they opted for nostalgia trip with Colm O'Rourke.

Agreed, while he probably stayed too long in the job Andy did put some decent foundations in but that seems to be thrown out now and we're back to "building a team" once again.

My preference was for an outside manager as I wasn't convinced by O'Rourke or Bernard Flynn as candidates. I would have thought Eamon Fitzmaurice would have been a better choice given he'd won something in recent times as a player and manager. Him plus some top quality coaches and keeping the core of Andy's team together with a select few U20's might have resulted in us being able to progress again.

However it's a bit of a mess now with lads in and out of panel from week to week like Ronan Ryan who didn't play the league suddenly comes back and plays in the full back line. Strange.

https://m.soundcloud.com/user-331988822/talk-a-good-game-episode-32-tagg

Worth a listen. I think there is merit to the idea that we need to reduce the number of clubs at senior level and increase the stakes for those remaining. The senior club championship in Meath should be an absolute dogfight that turns out battle hardened troops for the county panel.

Grand, Plenty of time to work on defending, attacking, midfield, strategy, finding a few new players and so on.

So in plain English when are we likely to play our first game and how soon will we know who the opposition?

Meath wouldn't be in this position if the GAA hadn't decided to put funding the game in before the competitiveness of the Leinster football championship.
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs and that 6 in a row broke Meath and Kildare

Still not a reason why we can't compete with everyone else in the chasing pack. How are we not as good as Galway, Roscommon, Monaghan, Derry etc. we should be well up there with the rest. Irish rugby team used to get trounced by everyone but with right people behind it it's turned around. No reason why we can't do the same. Need to have the best coaches, best managers, best S&C and make sure we're the fittest team in Ireland. That should be where were at now. That's not dependent on individual talent. We have enough people and resources involved to get all the above in order but instead we are back to square one.

The Meath result was shocking. Meath have been mediocre for a long time but this is a new low.

The new low was a few years ago when we beat them. This is not lower than that. Offaly always have a touch of class.

Problem for Meath now is that they don't have Andy McEntee to blame the ref, the linesman, the woman who makes the tay, Lee Harvey Oswald, or the end of the Ice Age for the defeat.

At least with Andy you felt we were building towards something and we just needed someone who could find that extra level that Andy wasn't able to manage. However it's like it's all gone out the window and we're in a complete tailspin. Lads playing most league games like Scully and Moriarty get dropped for the championship. Jones on the bench due to hamstring concerns but can come on a kick two points makes you wonder.

Serious questions need to asked if the current Meath management. I'm not sure I have the patience for 2 years of trying to figure things out. We need someone who can make us better straight away. I don't believe there is anyone in the county that can do it. Should have looked outside the county but we gave it to a lad who is well past it in terms of football know how. It should have been obvious to anyone listening to him on the Sunday Game that he didn't understand modern football. The Cork game glossed over some big problems that were there.

If we can't even put it up to Offaly then I don't see us doing a whole lot in the Tailteann Cup sadly. Once we're out of that I can see us looking for a new manager.

Disappointing, thought we matched them in most places except in attacking which didn't use the space that was there and just some poor shooting in general.

As a way of curbing the influence of athletes on the game rather than drinking bans we make drinking obligatory for county players. A feed of Supermacs after training to keep things balanced.