Laois v Meath

[Dinny Breen]

Can Meath bounce back?

Laois very much under the radar, saw them against Carlow and while they poor they still moved through the gears when they had and closed out the game comfortably. Some big boys, have some tidy forwards and have a bench that can make an impact. Think Laois will win this.

[Captain Obvious]

Six day turnaround may help Laois however Meath should be able win.

[Dinny Breen]

Six day turnaround may help Laois however Meath should be able win.

I don't know, if you look at the graph of these teams since 2010 when it took a replay to separate them you can argue Laois has been on a slighly upward curve whereas Meath, one performance aside, have been on the wane.

Momentum and the 6 day turnaround as you state favours Laois, they have a good defensive structure too and I think that's enough especially if the start Tierney as his free taking could be invaluable.

[From the Bunker]

Six day turnaround may help Laois however Meath should be able win.

Ah the GAA, we are a few years into this back door craic and they still punish Provincial finalists with having to get things together in six days!

[Syferus]

Laois struggled over a poor Leitrim team (Eamonn O'Hara wasn't being all that unfair when he was calling it their third string team) and Meath were a kick of the ball off the AI champions. Would favour the Trimmers even with a 6-day turnaround - today shouldn't have been mentally destructive for them.

[Gazzler]

Laois struggled over a poor Leitrim team (Eamonn O'Hara wasn't being all that unfair when he was calling it their third string team) and Meath were a kick of the ball off the AI champions. Would favour the Trimmers even with a 6-day turnaround - today shouldn't have been mentally destructive for them.

And on the flip side Meath needed a replay to beat Carlow and Laois had a good win over Monaghan.

[Captain Obvious]

Laois struggled over a poor Leitrim team (Eamonn O'Hara wasn't being all that unfair when he was calling it their third string team) and Meath were a kick of the ball off the AI champions. Would favour the Trimmers even with a 6-day turnaround - today shouldn't have been mentally destructive for them.

And on the flip side Meath needed a replay to beat Carlow and Laois had a good win over Monaghan.

Wouldn't read much into that. Offaly had a good win over Monaghan last year.

[Gazzler]

Laois struggled over a poor Leitrim team (Eamonn O'Hara wasn't being all that unfair when he was calling it their third string team) and Meath were a kick of the ball off the AI champions. Would favour the Trimmers even with a 6-day turnaround - today shouldn't have been mentally destructive for them.

And on the flip side Meath needed a replay to beat Carlow and Laois had a good win over Monaghan.

Wouldn't read much into that. Offaly had a good win over Monaghan last year.

That's kinda my point.
I wouldn't be reading too much into previous matches of either team.

[Syferus]

Laois struggled over a poor Leitrim team (Eamonn O'Hara wasn't being all that unfair when he was calling it their third string team) and Meath were a kick of the ball off the AI champions. Would favour the Trimmers even with a 6-day turnaround - today shouldn't have been mentally destructive for them.

And on the flip side Meath needed a replay to beat Carlow and Laois had a good win over Monaghan.

I wouldn't be shocked by a Laois win, in terms of talent there's not much between them. It just seems like Meath could come in the game running hot after today. It's a great chance for both to make the quarter-finals.

[Dinny Breen]

Laois struggled over a poor Leitrim team (Eamonn O'Hara wasn't being all that unfair when he was calling it their third string team) and Meath were a kick of the ball off the AI champions. Would favour the Trimmers even with a 6-day turnaround - today shouldn't have been mentally destructive for them.

And on the flip side Meath needed a replay to beat Carlow and Laois had a good win over Monaghan.

I wouldn't be shocked by a Laois win, in terms of talent there's not much between them. It just seems like Meath could come in the game running hot after today. It's a great chance for both to make the quarter-finals.

Meath were very poor today I thought plus Kevin Reilly gone for next week's game, reoccurance of Achilles problem.

[Dont Matter]

Meath beat Laois by 10 points last time they met. They would have gained a lot from today's game. Coming close to the All Ireland champs. Leitrim should have beaten Laois plus they picked up some injuries and a good few on the squad aren't happy with McNulty. There can only be one winner.
Who do Meath hope they draw in the quarter finals?

[From the Bunker]

Meath beat Laois by 10 points last time they met. They would have gained a lot from today's game. Coming close to the All Ireland champs. Leitrim should have beaten Laois plus they picked up some injuries and a good few on the squad aren't happy with McNulty. There can only be one winner.
Who do Meath hope they draw in the quarter finals?

Mayo of course. They are the softest draw by a mile.

[Syferus]

Laois struggled over a poor Leitrim team (Eamonn O'Hara wasn't being all that unfair when he was calling it their third string team) and Meath were a kick of the ball off the AI champions. Would favour the Trimmers even with a 6-day turnaround - today shouldn't have been mentally destructive for them.

And on the flip side Meath needed a replay to beat Carlow and Laois had a good win over Monaghan.

I wouldn't be shocked by a Laois win, in terms of talent there's not much between them. It just seems like Meath could come in the game running hot after today. It's a great chance for both to make the quarter-finals.

Meath were very poor today I thought plus Kevin Reilly gone for next week's game, reoccurance of Achilles problem.

They were plenty poor but the fact they wasted so many chances and still almost over-hauled a 10 point deficit against the AI champions means they should have plenty of belief for Laois.

It was a game most in Meath would have expected to lose so it's hardly going to be a devastating blow for them to have been within a kick of the Dubs. If it had been tight throughout or it was a blow-out I'd wonder about their ability to perform next weekend but today was as perfect a loss as you could get.

[Jinxy]

With 10 mins to go I would have said we could forget about next week but that late rally will help from a psychological perspective.
Where will it be on?

[thejuice]

We might win, we might lose, not a whole lot between these teams I think.

Trevor Giles will be busy this week in the physio room putting some of the lads back together. Anyone know a good welder who can put Kevin Reilly back together properly.

Probably won't have Reilly or Bray.

Team might well be:

Gallagher,

Keoghan,
Menton,
Harrington,

D Tobin
McAnarney,
Burke,

G Reilly,
C Gillespie;

A Forde/D Carroll
J Sheridan,
P Byrne

S Bray/M Collins
C Ward
J Queeney


Hard to analyze Laois. You look at them  on paper and you expect them to be a lot better than they seem to show.