Leinster Senior Football Championship 2025

[Blowitupref]

Well done Meath. I wouldn't have expected this from them at half time in Navan two weeks ago when Offaly were 10 ahead.

Taking Dublin out of Croke Park is the smaller factor. It's the new rules have thrown a cat among the pigeons.
Dublin being the best resourced county team, have been well ahead of the rest in implementing systems to dominate under the old system. The big reset has removed this, but there's a good chance Dublin will pull ahead again in the coming years once they suss out the best ways to win.

Dublin's dominance at senior level was in no small part to their success underage level.  In contrast this year has been their 5th year in a row to not win a Leinster U20 title.   Today's Senior dominance coming to an end was sooner than expected but it was eventually going to happen regardless of rule changes. 

[rodney trotter]

Dublin took a couple of poor options at the end when they were getting momentum. The teans of the past always done the simple things well. Theo Clancy was lucky not to be red carded in the first half.

[Dunneroyal]

Holy mary mother of god. I'll be honest I thought we had a chance. Why ? I think for last two years we were very badly managed. The players were insulted by saying there wasn't a David Clifford or con O'Callahan in Meath. And the reason we weren't competitive was because the players weren't there. Forget about beating them but competitive? 
Yeah get lost. We have a manager who players respect, we have a game plan and players who refused to play last couple of years back and putting everything on the line. 
That all said I was worried 12 points wasn't enough at halftime. And when it went down to two I got a sinking feeling. But by jasus did we dig in. I was one of the oldest on the pitch. I went absolutely bananas. I can't believe it still. 15 bloody years of hurt and pain. Over in 70 minutes.
The dubs around me shook my hand they congratulated us they wished us well. And deep down while they are disappointed I think some were glad we finally got them. Call it grudging respect. Or they sick of the whole Leinster is crap stuff and split Dublin in two.
It's midnight and my adrenaline is so high I don't think I'll sleep a wink.
One final thing.
Hon the royal

[SouthOfThe Bann]

Holy mary mother of god. I'll be honest I thought we had a chance. Why ? I think for last two years we were very badly managed. The players were insulted by saying there wasn't a David Clifford or con O'Callahan in Meath. And the reason we weren't competitive was because the players weren't there. Forget about beating them but competitive? 
Yeah get lost. We have a manager who players respect, we have a game plan and players who refused to play last couple of years back and putting everything on the line. 
That all said I was worried 12 points wasn't enough at halftime. And when it went down to two I got a sinking feeling. But by jasus did we dig in. I was one of the oldest on the pitch. I went absolutely bananas. I can't believe it still. 15 bloody years of hurt and pain. Over in 70 minutes.
The dubs around me shook my hand they congratulated us they wished us well. And deep down while they are disappointed I think some were glad we finally got them. Call it grudging respect. Or they sick of the whole Leinster is crap stuff and split Dublin in two.
It's midnight and my adrenaline is so high I don't think I'll sleep a wink.
One final thing.
Hon the royal

Fair play to you's.

Meath have some impressive athletes that are massive in height but can move at serious pace which isn't that common.

Where were these guys in recent years it usually takes several years of the right training and conditioning to get up to the level some of them guys showed today.

[Honda Royal]

It felt like this day would never come for Meath people. We've been through some awful times where we could have lost all hope.
Anyway, it's great to feel like we're back!
Pity it's Louth we're playing the Leinster final. Some people refuse to move on from 2010.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

It felt like this day would never come for Meath people. We've been through some awful times where we could have lost all hope.
Anyway, it's great to feel like we're back!
Pity it's Louth we're playing the Leinster final. Some people refuse to move on from 2010.

Louth marginal favorites with the bookies at the minute.

50 50 game.

[Honda Royal]

I'd like to think Meath have a better track record in closing out on titles. Louth will be under more pressure because of history. But then I look at the ages of the Meath team and plenty of them have no first hand experience of our great tradition.
I will avoid LMFM for a few weeks.

[laoislad]

Hopefully Louth can win the Final and avenge what happened in 2010.

[thejuice]

We've lost the last 2 games vs Louth which doesn't look good for us but at the same the way we played and achieved what we did yesterday without Flynn, Morris and a few others shows that there has been a shift in our mindset.

Yesterday we combined desire, physicality, tactical awareness and smartness on the ball which we only saw glimpses of over the last decade. It was all there today. Having said that we were clinging on at times and there is vulnerabilities in our team.

It's going to be a great final but we need to put yesterday aside now and focus on tightening up few things but the desire has to be maintained.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

Is it about time we started being more positive about football and quit letting people put the game down.

All 4 provinces have been very competitive this year and not too many hammerings.

Hurling which apparently can do no wrong has seen no end of hammerings in the last couple of weeks even Munster seen a couple today.

We need to be more like hurling people and talk up the championships.

[imtommygunn]

The two Leinster games yesterday were very good. The ulster one wasn't so good but you would hope for a good final. Munster had cork kerry which was exceptional. I don't think Connacht has set the world alight yet as well as ulster. The football has been very entertaining from what I have seen so far.

Munster hurling probably wasn't fantastic yesterday either.

It's the same in both - once the best teams (or teams at comparable levels) are playing each other it can be great.

[Milltown Row2]

Is it about time we started being more positive about football and quit letting people put the game down.

All 4 provinces have been very competitive this year and not too many hammerings.

Hurling which apparently can do no wrong has seen no end of hammerings in the last couple of weeks even Munster seen a couple today.

We need to be more like hurling people and talk up the championships.

Kilkenny were (unfortunately) were always going to stuff us today and that is the reality of that, but in fairness to the Cork Tipp game, when you lose a player at the throw in, in Cork, then there was only going to be one out come.

The Dub Wexford game was pretty good though and Wexford will feel hard done by, Galway hammered Offaly and no one seen that coming.

But yeah, the football bar the Donegal game which I watch in parts was pretty good, the second half of the Dublin Meath game was pretty good..   

[SouthOfThe Bann]

Is it about time we started being more positive about football and quit letting people put the game down.

All 4 provinces have been very competitive this year and not too many hammerings.

Hurling which apparently can do no wrong has seen no end of hammerings in the last couple of weeks even Munster seen a couple today.

We need to be more like hurling people and talk up the championships.

Kilkenny were (unfortunately) were always going to stuff us today and that is the reality of that, but in fairness to the Cork Tipp game, when you lose a player at the throw in, in Cork, then there was only going to be one out come.

The Dub Wexford game was pretty good though and Wexford will feel hard done by, Galway hammered Offaly and no one seen that coming.

But yeah, the football bar the Donegal game which I watch in parts was pretty good, the second half of the Dublin Meath game was pretty good..   

Don't get me wrong i'm not trying to run down Hurling.

Why cant we be positive about sports instead of pitting them against each other.

[jcpen]

Fantastic to see Dublin beaten, nothing against them but Leinster needed this and it will be great to see someone else win it for a change.
Wouldn't be ruling Dublin out of the All Ireland yet though.

[Dunneroyal]

Holy mary mother of god. I'll be honest I thought we had a chance. Why ? I think for last two years we were very badly managed. The players were insulted by saying there wasn't a David Clifford or con O'Callahan in Meath. And the reason we weren't competitive was because the players weren't there. Forget about beating them but competitive? 
Yeah get lost. We have a manager who players respect, we have a game plan and players who refused to play last couple of years back and putting everything on the line. 
That all said I was worried 12 points wasn't enough at halftime. And when it went down to two I got a sinking feeling. But by jasus did we dig in. I was one of the oldest on the pitch. I went absolutely bananas. I can't believe it still. 15 bloody years of hurt and pain. Over in 70 minutes.
The dubs around me shook my hand they congratulated us they wished us well. And deep down while they are disappointed I think some were glad we finally got them. Call it grudging respect. Or they sick of the whole Leinster is crap stuff and split Dublin in two.
It's midnight and my adrenaline is so high I don't think I'll sleep a wink.
One final thing.
Hon the royal

Fair play to you's.

Meath have some impressive athletes that are massive in height but can move at serious pace which isn't that common.

Where were these guys in recent years it usually takes several years of the right training and conditioning to get up to the level some of them guys showed today.

Some of them didn't make themselves available. Some were played out of position or a game plan that just didn't suit them. It really was a case of working on midfield the return of Menton and Flynn and jones and coffee was where we built from, some of these players have u20 and minor Leinster too