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Im sure eventually all tvs will be 3D ready and then it will be something else, holographic tv!
I will just stick to me black and white and wireless thank you very much

Looks like HD will be made redundant in the not too distant future. Sky due to bring out their 3D tv in the coming months!!

You can argue this around in circles til the cows come home. Fact is the game is over and Meath won. There was a mistake by the referee but it happens. Meath are blameless in all of this but Irish people like both their scapegoats and band wagons. As many posters suggested mistakes happen in every single game, just see Wexfords game changing "penalty" vs Galway, and if we are going to go down this road the championship would be an endless farce with county after county looking for replays because of some injustice or other. Its tough luck on Louth but they would be better served putting the heads down for a run in the qualifiers rather that whinging and moaning on every media outlet they can get on board. What will the Irish nation be outraged about next week, its beacause of this type of response to petty little things that has the country the way it is. Maybe people should be more concerned about the things that really matter such as those poor lads in Donegal.

Fairly shoddy looking pitch. Think i can make out E=MC Squared whatever that has to do with football or serious bits of kit

Anybody any idea what Mr Mcstay had on the back of his notes. Looked like an arrow going from midfield to full forward line. Intriguing stuff! Thats why they get the big money!!!

Have to agree croi. John Maughan of all the lugs. Im sure the great man was well impressed when he was told he had that lad beside him butting in. Had the pleasure of meeting him once upon a time and he is an utter gent, couldn't give enough of his time to anybody who fancies chewing the cud with him. Done a bit of a voice over for a charity gig in our club. Legend

Dunno which meathmen croi was chatting with but obviously were either winding him up or dont know too much!

I didn't get their names but I'll be sure to have them for you the next time.

Would much prefer playing westmeath in the final as they are always an easy touch and louth always seem up for a battle with meath, much more of a rivalry with the wee county and are never beaten too easily.

Classy guy, you could do with having a look at this post http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=16568.msg807188#msg807188

That i am. You seem to be concerned about how meath are doing rather than your own county, closet fan maybe!!!!!!! Or just envious! One or other i suspect

Or I happened to be at the game & was just throwing in my two bobs worth. I hope you were half as smart during the Junior Cert, mind your arse now when u head back to the hoganstand...

Now there is an original reply.Best of luck against Derry by the by. I am fairly confident yee can turn em over in cusack park. Seems to be plenty of infighting as always this time of year within the Derry camp ( to my mind both Derry and Donegal should try and form the one team might get 15 dedicated players outa the pair of em Donederry pehaps) Never know a few more games get dessie that bit of match practise and get flanagan back fully fit (who knows what would have happened if he was in from the start v Louth) We may even meet at some stage this year

Dunno which meathmen croi was chatting with but obviously were either winding him up or dont know too much!

I didn't get their names but I'll be sure to have them for you the next time.

Would much prefer playing westmeath in the final as they are always an easy touch and louth always seem up for a battle with meath, much more of a rivalry with the wee county and are never beaten too easily.

Classy guy, you could do with having a look at this post http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=16568.msg807188#msg807188

That i am. You seem to be concerned about how meath are doing rather than your own county, closet fan maybe!!!!!!! Or just envious! One or other i suspect

I don't know what to make of it, really. It was fantastic to watch the confidence of the forwards in going for their goals every time and the execution was sublime - just brilliant to watch. But I can't escape a negative feeling about the whole thing. We beat a very poor team (with all due respect, but I think the Dublin lads agree) only because we have forwards who can stick the ball in the net the way they did. We were beaten in every other aspect of play until we had finally sapped the will of Dublin towards the end.

The wipeout at midfield, against a pretty poor opposition midfield, was frightening. If it wasn't for Seamus Kenny (my MOTM) doing the work of three half-backs in mopping up breaks I don't want to think about how little ball our forwards would have got. That and Joe, Bray and O'Rourke foraging deep for their own ball. 



What worries me is that Louth is an ambush waiting to happen. It's always hard to keep feet on the ground after a big win and I fear the result will mask the dire performance of the midfield. I can only hope the return of Crawford and the half hour under his belt yesterday will help to fix the problem.

I would agree with all of that and it's the first bit of sense I've heard from a Meathman since this time yesterday. Anyone I was talking to last night were convinced that winning Leinster is a shoe in, far from it IMO. I thought Dublin looked comfortable enough until the goals started flying in and they weren't killing themselves. It could have been a different result if Flynn's effort had gone in. I suppose Ward will never be as poor again from the placed ball though. I got some laugh though when he goaled and gave the best twirling Cantona impression ever seen in Croke Park 

It's all set up for Louth, talk will seep down from the supporters to the team and complacency will set in, will it be enough though is the question...

Dunno which meathmen croi was chatting with but obviously were either winding him up or dont know too much! While it was a great win and worth waiting for i for one am not getting carried away with it. The dubs were awful yet still won the midfield battle with ease. Hopefully Crawford will be back to sort that out. Would much prefer playing westmeath in the final as they are always an easy touch and louth always seem up for a battle with meath, much more of a rivalry with the wee county and are never beaten too easily. They too have a decent midfield and some classy forwards but cant see them holding the meath forward line sufficiently. Unfortunately we are getting touted as all ireland contenders by breheny among others so it will depend how well o brien keeps the players grounded over the coming weeks. Although no meath players celebrated excessively a the final whistle which was good to see and all interviews by players and management after the match paid tribute to the dubs and were conducted with modesty. Anyway onwards and upwards we are in the leinster final and sure we will see where we are after that

While Galvin is undoubtedly a great player why does he continually let both himself and his team down. Its not a question of whether to blame the cccc or RTE pundits how about blaming mr paul galvin who has been here many times before and should have grown up at this stage. Its obvious the chap is not the brightest because every year we seem to be talking about the same thing. In saying that though i cannot see why there is nothing being made of this incident http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fde7QKKkFyw&feature=email It was just as bad if not worse than Galvins yet got no coverage on the sunday game.

Capello seems to have lost the plot like every other engerland manager before him, seems to be making some very strange decisions if it is James he is going for tonight. Maintained always that his decisions would be based on form- Heskey, Green, Lennon didnt even have average seasons at their clubs yet started first game. Surely the form keeper has to be Joe Hart. And bringing along David Beckham for the jaunt and to promote Brand Beckham in another continent!!!!! All very strange