Tag: Colm Collins
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Advantage forwards after weekend of Retro Ball
You can bring the horses to water but you can’t make them drink. For more than a decade now, Gaeldom, myself included, have been articulating ad nauseum how pedantic, restrictive, and frankly boring snooze fest Gaelic football has become. You can blame Mickey Harte or Jim McGuinness or Eamon Ryan or Elon Musk or whoever…
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Glenn might be left thinking ‘less said, soonest mended’
Undoubtedly one of the most famous – or infamous, depending on whicb way you view it – media interactions in the history of the Premier League was when Kevin Keegan absolutely lost the plot during the season in which his Newcastle United were engaged in a protracted title tussle with Manchester United. The Magpies boss’s…
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A lot done, more to do
Meath… 4-08 Clare… 0-16 Not only was the above one of the greatest political slogans of all time, it also sums up Meath’s positioning in Div. 2 of the Allianz NFL after two rounds perfectly. After last week’s terrific trip to Cork, producing as good if not better again looked like an onerous task. However,…
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Two changes for Clare clash
The Meath team to play Clare in tomorrow’s Allianz NFL encounter at Pairc Tailteann shows two changes from that which started in Cork last week. Two of those who impressed when introduced during the very impressive victory – Adam O’Neill and Diarmuid Moriarity – are rewarded with starting berths. MEATH: Harry Hogan; Adam O’Neill, Michael…
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Banty bags the winner as Meath maintain momentum
Meath…0-10 Clare…0-09 If the GAA ever ask each county to nominate their prototype for an impact sub, it is most likely Meath would look to either Mattie McCabe or Jody Devine. However, the name of James ‘Banty’ Conlon can now be added to any such ensemble. The diminutive corner seldom fails to make an impact…