Tag: All Ireland SFC
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Not every picture tells a true story
MEATH… 0-15 DONEGAL… 3-24 A picture might be worth a thousand words but that’s damn all good if the majority of the words are bullsh** which completely distort the reality of a given situation. There is no way Donegal are 20 points a better team than Meath. They’re not that far ahead of anybody. Indeed,…
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Costello absence glaring as Meath face State exam
If the litmus test for the progress or otherwise of any Meath team is how they acquit themselves against Dublin, then for any senior inter county team attempting to gauge their current state of wellbeing, tackling Kerry must be the on-pitch equivalent of sitting the State exams currently frying the brains of young people nationwide.…
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If achievement is measured against expectations we’re well in profit
MEATH… 0-21 ROSCOMMON… 2-15 Meath teams have a glorious history of doing great things on Saturdays. In my lifetime at least, any such commentary must begin on July 6th, 1991. When Kevin Foley put the finishing touches to the greatest goal ever scored in Croke Park. Which in itself was the prelude to Liam Hayes…
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A little bit of history as evolving Meath break new ground
MEATH… 1-13 CORK… 0-12 The last time this writer can recall rain of such torrential proportions falling in Pairc Tailteann was on the occasion of Colm O’Rourke’s last outing for Meath on the home sod. The first round of the Leinster SFC of 1995. Now read on… So bad was it that day that Westmeath…
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Impact subs rewarded with a start
Robbie Brennan has made two changes to the side which went within one bad refereeing decision of winning the Leinster SFC two weeks ago ahead of Saturday’s All Ireland SFC opening round encounter with familiar foes Cork at Pairc Tailteann. Fair play to Sam Mulroy for exacting punishment on a foul which only one person…
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All Stars a noble nod to a world long passed out
The accomplished writer on all things Louth GAA Caoimhin Reilly recently posted a startling observation online – the last time there was an All Star selection without Dublin or Kerry representation thereon, the Wee County’s thoroughly deserving honouree Craig Lennon wasn’t even born. The statistic shouldn’t exist though. Having won the Leinster SFC for whatever…
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Geezer eventually gets to rock the establishment with deliverence day
Maybe I do know what I’m at after all. At the outset here, a shameless confession – outside of Meath, obviously, I’ve a fondness for Armagh greater than any other county. Perhaps for no particular reason, but broadly based upon: their people, their back-story, their song, Geezer, Francie, Jarlath Burns, Crossmaglen Rangers and the way…
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The call is from heroism, who will accept?
Perhaps if one had been around for the glorious yet curious duopoly between Dublin and Kerry in the 1970s and early 80s, it might be easier to reason with Dublin’s domination for the last decade and a half. Just to be clear, that is not in any way a criticism of those who are currently…
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Three out of four might go with form but there’s always the one…
There are always little signs. If you go back to one of the greatest GAA occurrences ever seen 33 years ago this week – Kevin Foley’s goal for Meath in the fourth game against Dublin – it’s hardly coincidence that they spent two hours rehearsing the move on a soccer pitch in Scotland seven days…
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When you’re neither up nor down
Meath…0-09 Kerry…2-18 A Kerry-bred friend of mine residing in these parts posted a photo on social media this (Monday) morning of his young daughter with the great Tom O’Sullivan on the Pairc Tailteann pitch after Kerry had done what most people expected them to do. Albeit with far too much ease than was comfortable for…