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Half time

Meath     01:13 (16)
Longford  01:06 (9)

Meath 0-10
Longford 0-03

After 24 mins

Meath 0-05
Longford 0-02

After 10 mins

Meath with a strong breeze behind them.

I know, my point is it soon won't exist.

Even out of pure selfishness and money making the GAA and Leinster council would benefit from a competitive competition. Meath and Kildare used to almost fill Croke Park.

Now you won't half fill it on a double header without the Dubs. But the top man in Leinster seems to think it's fine the way it is.

Something isn't right though and saying counties just need to shape up isn't enough. There needs to be a review across all of Leinster to understand what is needed to bring all counties up to a competitive level. Otherwise we're going to see decades slip by and we won't be any closer to solving the problem unless provincial competitions are done away with altogether. If provinces are to stay then this problem has to be solved by the GAA and the Leinster Council.

Leaving it up to the counties themselves isn't good enough and they aren't capable of saving themselves at this point.

(Playing devils advocate Here)

Other than the Cash Cow that is Dublin why should the GAA care about how any county does? When Meath were winning AI's and Leinsters for fun nearly a quarter of a Century ago, did ye care about how anyone else was getting on? It's basically tough sh*t if you cannot get your house in order. What do you want special treatment in Leinster?

No one was saying Leinster was a dead competition then. It's not like we won 13 in a row ever. It was competitive in the 80, 90 and 00. Granted more could have been done then to help weaker counties but with the rise of Westmeath, Laois, Offaly it looked to be happening for a while.

And I'm not asking for special treatment for Meath alone I'm asking for this for all counties in Leinster. Otherwise it's going the way of the Connacht hurling championship.

As for getting our house in order, fine, we're all up for that but what does that statement actually involve? No one seems to know. That's why  we need help as do so many other counties.

Something isn't right though and saying counties just need to shape up isn't enough. There needs to be a review across all of Leinster to understand what is needed to bring all counties up to a competitive level. Otherwise we're going to see decades slip by and we won't be any closer to solving the problem unless provincial competitions are done away with altogether. If provinces are to stay then this problem has to be solved by the GAA and the Leinster Council.

Leaving it up to the counties themselves isn't good enough and they aren't capable of saving themselves at this point.

Leinster GAA chief says provincial football and hurling championships are 'alive and kicking'

Maybe hurling but he must be living in a different world to the rest of us when it comes to football. Take Dublin out and you'd have a competitive championship.

Dublin probably won't be beaten in Leinster until another one of the teams becomes established Division one team and that doesn't look to be happening anytime soon.

It's a race for 2nd place at the moment which gives you a 2nd seed spot in the All Ireland championship group stage. Meath might see themselves as the 2nd best but have got the short straw getting Dublin.   Anyone of Kildare/Westmeath/Louth could reach the final making it interesting on that side of the draw.

Anyone who thinks Leinster football is alive is deluded.

The fact that the head man in Leinster is in denial about the problem is the most concerning fact. How long before they pull their heads out of the sand? Do stadiums have to be empty before they take some action on this.

The other counties in Leinster clearly need help and not just financial. There needs to be some sort of audit on it to see what the likes of Meath, Kildare, Laois etc are doing wrong and propose solutions. Otherwise a load of time, money and other resources will be wasted trying to keep up with Dublin.

I honestly think at this stage no one in Meath County Board has an answer to the problem. There was a lad appointed to over see S&C for all county teams but he walked away after 2 years. All of last years back room team with the senior team has left. You have to wonder why after winning the Tailteann Cup with a young team they would all leave.

Longford vs Dublin will be in Longford. Meath vs Dublin will be in Croker as far as I know.

I think we're too strong for Longford and we have a more settled team now than last year. Having a crack at the Dubs will be good for these young lads to prove themselves. After that they'll have a taste of what the levels needs to be for All Ireland success.

Do you think Meath have improved much since last year?

Enough to beat Longford anyway.

If we play smart against the Dubs and don't give the ball away needlessly we might stay with them for an hour but we need everyone back from injury and performing at our best. We rattled them in 2021 but haven't got back to that level since.

If we play to our typical league form we'll be steam rolled.

Longford vs Dublin will be in Longford. Meath vs Dublin will be in Croker as far as I know.

I think we're too strong for Longford and we have a more settled team now than last year. Having a crack at the Dubs will be good for these young lads to prove themselves. After that they'll have a taste of what the levels needs to be for All Ireland success.

Really? Thought it was a good hard hitting game, lots of turnovers and both teams going for it. Shooting let both teams down a bit but kept it close and exciting. Either team could have won it at the end thought we had it when we hit the post.

Happy enough with a draw and if we can beat Cork next game who knows.

I thought it was a strange atmosphere in comparison to our previous games tbh. Meath should've put them out of sight really. Was disappointed to come away with only a point.

Well no one can say we don't have fight in us. Just cutting out the sloppy shooting and handling errors and we might be in with a shout of Division 1.

Really? Thought it was a good hard hitting game, lots of turnovers and both teams going for it. Shooting let both teams down a bit but kept it close and exciting. Either team could have won it at the end thought we had it when we hit the post.

Happy enough with a draw and if we can beat Cork next game who knows.

Same Meath team as last week except Moriarty on the bench.

1. Sean Brennan (Dún Doire)

2. Donal Keogan (Rath Coinnig)
3. Adam O'Neill (Bhulf Tón)
4. Brian O'Halloran (Baile Íomhair)

5. Ciaran Caulfield (Átha Troim)
6. Darragh Campion (Scrín)
7. Sean Coffey (Baile na Breacaighe)

8. Ronan Jones (Naomh Peadar Dún Bóinne) (Capt.)
9. Cian McBride (Naomh Ultain)

10. Daithí McGowan (Rath Tó)
11. Eoghan Frayne (Druim Samhraidh)
12. Jack O'Connor (Currach Átha)

13. Shane Walsh (Na Fianna)
14. Mathew Costello (Domhnach Seachnaill)
15. Cathal Hickey (Baile Sencaill)

SUBS
Billy Hogan (Maigh Dearmhaí)
Michael Flood (Naomh Bríd)
Michael Murphy (Naomh Peadar Dún Bóinne)
Adam McDonnell (Druim Samhraidh)
Brian O'Reilly (Naomh Mícheál)
Ruairí Kinsella (Domhnach Seachnaill)
Ross Ryan (Druim Samhraidh)
Keith Curtis (Rath Coinnig)
Aaron Lynch (Átha Troim)
Danny Dixon (Bórd an Mhuilinn)
Diarmuid Moriarty (Currach Átha)

Doing an accum for the weekend.

Does anybody see any chance for Kildare this weekend?

Are they down more bodies from last weekend?

10/3 is fair odds.

I know Ben McCormick went off injured last week but not sure how he's faring at the moment. I would take a Cork win at home over Kildare, they collapsed against us after getting the lead.

i don't see signs of a revival but Cork are have shown something.

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Strong finish for Meath leaves us on 5 points and looking safe from the drop. A win against Cavan next weekend would be huge and if Cork are still floundering we could by on 9 points going into the final game against Donegal with it all to play for. But by no means are we favourite's to beat Cavan.