That is funny the way you have put it! but yeah Brennan comes with similar CV to McEntee
Meath are in the sort of position the Wexford hurling team was in circa 2016 - except much worse. They’ve long since ceased to be a serious football county, they’re a joke, and everybody both inside and outside the county knows it.
Actually Kildare before Mick O’Dwyer was appointed in 1990 might be the best comparison. They were an irrelevancy, one of the worst teams in Leinster.
They desperately need a high profile outside appointment to give the whole county a massive kick up the hole.
Basically they need Malachy O’Rourke at minimum, or even better, Jim McGuinness or Jim Gavin.
Will Banty stay on
The down hurlers have no problem committing
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I’d say it was different in the 90’s in the sense that if you got your house in order you had a chance in Leinster. Dublin’s demolition job against Kildare has quietened any talk of a Leinster renaissance anytime soon. I’d love to see a strong Meath again though. It would have been interesting to see how things would have unfolded if Boylan had been left at it in 2005. Essentially forced out when he was adamant that he was going to build another strong team with the likes of Stephen Bray to the fore.
Was 2005 Boylan’s last year? his achievements with Meath carry even greater stock now when you see how far they have plummeted since he departed
Yeah think he finished up after 2005. Absolutely ludicrous that people in the county board were questioning him. He seemed to have a template of building a team for about 3 years and then coming again with another successful wave. They replaced him with the managerial mastermind Colm Coyle if I remember correctly.
Kildare have won 3 Leinster titles since 1935. They’ve been an irrelevance for close to a century.
2 of them under Micko which Kildare seem to appreciate Micko for
Laois dont seem to hold Micko with the same fondness despite no one before him for a half century guiding them to one and no one after him going to for the best part of another half century
I don’t think it matters a fuck who Meath appoint. They are at nothing for another couple of years at least.
Incorrect. Eamon Barry replaced Sean.
Colm’s father in law made sure Colm was not to be the man to replace the man at the time. His time came after that.
Incorrect also.
People thought it didn’t matter a fuck who Derry appointed and look at them now.
Good managerial appointments can change everything.
Derry were down in Division 4 not so long ago. Meath were recently in Division 1 and in or around the top 8 or 10 teams in the country - even though it was well known and understood at the time that McEntee was light years off the real top managers in the country.
There are teams who can compete with Dublin now. There are teams who could compete with Dublin if they got their house in order. And Kildare - right now - are one of them. It wasn’t Dublin’s fault that Kildare chose to leave their defence wide open in the Leinster final.
Would I be surprised if Kildare turned around at the weekend and beat Mayo? Not that surprised.
As has been said ad nauseum, Kerry, Mayo, Tyrone and Donegal do not have anything Kildare and Meath do not have, in fact Kildare and Meath have big structural advantages over those counties.
Boylan was coming to the end of his time either way. The game had changed. Meath reached All-Ireland semi-finals anyway in 2007 and 2009. It’s post-2010 where they have really fallen away. They’ve never had an hour’s luck for not giving Louth a replay that time. Being cuntish on the the pitch - which the great Meath teams were and were repected for - is one thing but accepting stolen property is another entirely. I don’t think they’ve respected themselves as a county ever since.
In fairness what’s Micko won compared to Laois lads ?
The Laois lads were champion drinkers.
Micko was a champion driver.
Drinking and driving have always been a bad mix.
They weren’t even …
We kissed the sky.
I would know a former All Ireland winning Meath man and he would say the same re 2010. Haven’t had an ounce of luck since. And deservedly so as well.
Eamonn Barry did it for a year before him.
Well in mate