Tag: Sean Coffey
-
A time of opportunity rather than a problem
Transition. Movement. Change. Difference. Essentially, they all describe the same thing. But can have seismically different meanings for different people. Indeed, they can have vastly fluctuating connotations for the same people in differing circumstances. Even for yours truly. For instance, the notion of doing Transition Year after completing the Junior Cert. appeared to be a…
-
Meath Football Championships Update
And breathe! That was some weekend of club championship action in the Royal County. In the interest of fairness and transparency, it will be stated that, due to having to deal with some very trying personal circumstances, I was unable to get to any of the matches, but, thanks to the media miracles that are…
-
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,…
-
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…
-
With Captain Mainwairing’s torch we can see the light
MEATH…1-25 OFFALY…0-21 When under the black cloud that is depression, sometimes something as simple as a comedy on the television can start the engine running to start the wheels turning again. However, where people of a certain age group might go for an episode of Friends or The Big Bang Theory or, Lord help us…
-
Strong Coffey and The Duke Of Dunshaughlin concoct a winning recipe
MEATH… 2-18 ROSCOMMON… 0-17 Do not adjust your sets. This is not a drill. There may be genuine grounds for optinism. Not cockiness. Not arrogance. Hope. Whilst loathe to over egg the pudding, this was a significant shift put in by this Meath team. For not only was it a victory over a team who,…
-
‘Tis not the defeat but the manner of it which hurts the most
MEATH…0-09 LOUTH…3-10 Of course it had to happen sometime. And when it did, there could be no qualms about it. Louth were much the better side and thoroughly deserving of their win. Indeed, considering their Blitzkrieg start, the Wee County would be entitled to feel a little underwhelmed that they didn’t kick on to a…
-
Three League newcomers for Royals
Mick Murphy, Ciaran Caulfield and Sean Coffey will make their Allianz National Football League debuts for Meath tomorrow as part of the team announced to take on Fermanagh. Ballinabrackey’s Coffey holds the unusual distinction of having played Championship for the Royal County before featuring in the springtime competition. Elsewhere, skipper Ronan Jones reverts to his…
-
Royal templates usher in a new era
Meath… 2-13 Down… 0-14 In The Cure At Troy Seamus Heaney tells us “Hope and history rhyme”. Well, they most certainly did for Meath at Croke Park on Saturday afternoon as the county’s male senior footballers lifted a first trophy in the big field since 2010. Hopefully that will at long last extinguish dross about…
-
No Gray areas as Meath take care of business
Meath… 1-19 Tipperary… 0-11 In many ways, Meath were on a hiding to nothing this evening. They were expected to win and win well. Having done so, it’s very much a case of taking care of business. If they hadn’t, it would’ve been a case of wigs on the Fair Green. Doubtless, when the locals…