Dublin or Meath

arbarg · Post by **arbarg** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:26 pm

Whats everyones opinion on the match next sunday. Which team would you prefer Offaly to play and Why?????

the bare biffo · Post by **the bare biffo** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:32 pm

Prefer Meath, but Dublin will win.

Lone Shark · Post by **Lone Shark** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:39 pm

Exactly the same. I think that while Meath are much improved, I don't think that our lads would have as much difficulty with their more orthodox attack than they would with Dublin's ludicrous fitness levels and rotation of the front six.

Sherlock back would be a huge addition to their playmaking as well.

I expect the Dubs to win by five or six this weekend.

Sydthebeat · Post by **Sydthebeat** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:51 pm

i all honesty, dublin should have wrapped up the first match in the first half,,,... but they got too complacent and started shaping and saluting the crowd......

id prefer to meet meath, but i dont think that will happen....

i wouldnt mind having the opportunity to beat the dubs in their own back yard though... that would be sweet!!!

DD · Post by DD » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:52 pm

The Dubs should shake Meath off this time...then watch the complacency set in when they start talking up their chances of Sam again.

Jasus I'd love to beat them in Croker, love to..just love to

arbarg · Post by **arbarg** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:23 pm

Heres my two cents,

I expect Dublin to beat Meath Well in the replay, They looked like a team caught on the hop first day out. Meaths game plan seemed to be to try and rough the dubs out of the game which almost worked. It wont work this sunday. Dublin are one of the most physical teams in the country and arguably the fittest so I expecty them to pull away in the last quarter.

Offaly are well capable of beating this Meath team, Their game against Dublin was as good as they are and I think if it came down to a battle of hearts the faithful would win out.
Dublin on the other hand are just too physical for this Offaly team. We could probably match them for the first half like last year but if the game wqas being played at a high tempo The Dubs fitness would once again pull them through (damn them anyway)
Of course we would love nothing better than to knock out the Leinster champs at HQ but I just couldnt see it. Apologies for my honest pessism
So Id deffo say bring on the royals.

Allez les faithful

Sydthebeat · Post by **Sydthebeat** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:33 pm

DD wrote: Jasus I'd love to beat them in Croker, love to..just love to

be careful there DD, you sound like your having a 'kevin keegan' moment...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXpUdBlRZe8

peter · Post by **peter** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:41 pm

this is like reading the gaa in the evening herald, don't underestimate meath, think they will have the better of the dubs and they are rattled from the first match.

Sydthebeat · Post by **Sydthebeat** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:42 pm

Hope so Peter!!!

DD · Post by DD » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:45 pm

Sydthebeat wrote:
DD wrote: Jasus I'd love to beat them in Croker, love to..just love to

be careful there DD, you sound like your having a 'kevin keegan' moment...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXpUdBlRZe8

Oops..getting carried away with myself alright... that said I think there is no greater sight in sport than a blue motionless Hill 16 when the Dubs are on their way out of the Championship..

arbarg · Post by **arbarg** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:45 pm

its a catch 22 situation thjough isnt it,

I mean who do ya hate more the jacks(scum) or the royals(filth)

DD · Post by DD » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:54 pm

arbarg wrote:its a catch 22 situation thjough isnt it,

I mean who do ya hate more the jacks(scum) or the royals(filth)

The Dubs are the only ones where I truly am delighted to see them lose, and that's despite growing up on the border of Kildare and close to Meath. Meath do have an arrogant following and Kildare fans had more know nothing JCL's than any other county in the 90's but the Dubs just turn my stomach

TheManFromFerbane · Post by **TheManFromFerbane** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:05 pm

arbarg wrote:its a catch 22 situation thjough isnt it,

I mean who do ya hate more the jacks(scum) or the royals(filth)

Alot of the Dub fans are scum but I wouldn't class their team as that.

As for Meath, I have huge respect and admiration for how they play football, its tough, its honest and its entertaining.

Lone Shark · Post by **Lone Shark** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:35 pm

TheManFromFerbane wrote:
arbarg wrote:its a catch 22 situation thjough isnt it,

I mean who do ya hate more the jacks(scum) or the royals(filth)
Alot of the Dub fans are scum but I wouldn't class their team as that.

As for Meath, I have huge respect and admiration for how they play football, its tough, its honest and its entertaining.

I'd be along the same lines as MFF here. I love Meath football, but there's no doubt that they have more than their fair share of "distasteful" support. one of my worst days in Croke Park was June 1999 when we went out to Meath in the first round and Ollie Murphy made hay. Was meeting up with a cousin from Meath, we tossed a coin and I lost - into the Canal End we went. He ended up offering to move at half time because the crowd around were so bad. Spitting and all sorts going on. Obviously that's not the majority, but it's a side of GAA supporters I haven't seen since.

As for the Dubs, they just have more of everything - more soccer style supporters, more bandwagonners but more genuine decent supporters as well. I love league games against the Dubs because you get the best of them usually. I'd be slow to go along with the widely held view that they have a higher proportion of scum.

arbarg · Post by **arbarg** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:38 pm

Im sorry lads but the Allez crew are completley anti-dub after last year and the abuse we took off dubs fans on the hill.
I also remember a day against the royals LS, 2000 I think!! we were coming out of the hill and were set upon by a gang of meath fans. serious wankers, but thet are in a minority.
The dubs scum are a clear majority