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When will Meath next win an All-Ireland SFC?

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We have in the history of gaa never been as far away from winning a all ireland as we are now, but surely with our population and tradition will we win one at best within the next 8 to 10 years , what are peoples taughts surely we will get our house in order but when.

Royal.Legend (Meath) - Posts: 678 - 05/07/2024 22:04:33    2557119

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Think 8 to 10 is a bit optimistic.

ParcT (Meath) - Posts: 14 - 06/07/2024 11:35:26    2557169

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Replying To Royal.Legend:  "We have in the history of gaa never been as far away from winning a all ireland as we are now, but surely with our population and tradition will we win one at best within the next 8 to 10 years , what are peoples taughts surely we will get our house in order but when."
Could you explain to us how 'tradition' might win us an all Ireland?? Or indeed high population??

Do you think that might land us an all Ireland someday?

royalproxy (Meath) - Posts: 40 - 06/07/2024 12:07:41    2557176

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Replying To royalproxy:  "Could you explain to us how 'tradition' might win us an all Ireland?? Or indeed high population??

Do you think that might land us an all Ireland someday?"
Well Meath are proof that tradion and population don't guarantee all irelands, but surely to have both helps the cause more then hinders it. Things can sometimes change fast hopefully by the end of this decade Meath can be competitive again.

Royal.Legend (Meath) - Posts: 678 - 06/07/2024 12:45:34    2557180

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Replying To Royal.Legend:  "Well Meath are proof that tradion and population don't guarantee all irelands, but surely to have both helps the cause more then hinders it. Things can sometimes change fast hopefully by the end of this decade Meath can be competitive again."
You more or less state that tradition and population could land an all Ireland 'hopefully' in 8 to 10 years .
How though?

royalproxy (Meath) - Posts: 40 - 06/07/2024 17:16:53    2557238

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Replying To royalproxy:  "You more or less state that tradition and population could land an all Ireland 'hopefully' in 8 to 10 years .
How though?"
Can only put 15 men on the pitch, putting a few wins together would be realistic progress.

Blueyellowandwhite (Meath) - Posts: 8 - 06/07/2024 17:40:48    2557246

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Replying To royalproxy:  "You more or less state that tradition and population could land an all Ireland 'hopefully' in 8 to 10 years .
How though?"
Do I seriously have to explain the numbers game to you, the more kids playing a particular game the greater the chance of finding a few gems, for example when was the last time a county with less then 100 thousand won the football all ireland, and when was the last time a traditional hurling county won the football all ireland.

Royal.Legend (Meath) - Posts: 678 - 06/07/2024 18:24:06    2557251

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Replying To Royal.Legend:  "Do I seriously have to explain the numbers game to you, the more kids playing a particular game the greater the chance of finding a few gems, for example when was the last time a county with less then 100 thousand won the football all ireland, and when was the last time a traditional hurling county won the football all ireland."
Oh yeah! All that makes perfect sense…!

royalproxy (Meath) - Posts: 40 - 06/07/2024 18:45:34    2557258

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Replying To royalproxy:  "Oh yeah! All that makes perfect sense…!"
Finally

Royal.Legend (Meath) - Posts: 678 - 06/07/2024 21:39:18    2557297

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Replying To Royal.Legend:  "We have in the history of gaa never been as far away from winning a all ireland as we are now, but surely with our population and tradition will we win one at best within the next 8 to 10 years , what are peoples taughts surely we will get our house in order but when."
Tradition means little, maybe when we played old school football. However for whatever reason we have gotten left benind as game evolved. Has increase in population added greatly to playing numbers, especially the further we move from Dublin border and do additional numbers add up to more players wanting to play for Meath? Future success may depend on getting these people involved, chicken and egg springs to mind.

seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 2193 - 07/07/2024 12:59:04    2557379

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Meath wont win an All-Ireland for the foreseeable future. We are in the wilderness.

Thats all that needs to be said.

Young_gael (Meath) - Posts: 596 - 14/09/2024 11:08:45    2569809

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Replying To Young_gael:  "Meath wont win an All-Ireland for the foreseeable future. We are in the wilderness.

Thats all that needs to be said."
A more meaningful question should be when will Meath actually be competitive again with the best team in the country. We should really be looking to do that in the next three years and why not?
Nobody knows who will win the All Ireland next but perhaps its still only a handful of teams and definitely not Meath.
Meath need to start making up ground and fast. Once they are competitive with the best teams consistently, anything can happen but need rapid improvement starting next year.

winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 568 - 14/09/2024 13:38:33    2569828

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Replying To Royal.Legend:  "Do I seriously have to explain the numbers game to you, the more kids playing a particular game the greater the chance of finding a few gems, for example when was the last time a county with less then 100 thousand won the football all ireland, and when was the last time a traditional hurling county won the football all ireland."
If only if was that simple! Bottom line it comes down to organisation and structure and development of players! We as a county have fallen way behind in that regard! Smaller counties than us - Tyrone, Monaghan have developed better teams, panels and systems in the past 20 years! Tradition only counts in history - armaghs tradition - 1 all ireland in 2002! I'd say it will be a while before we pass them out! Current players care less about tradition than ever before! Population is great but only if harnessed right! And our players living next to the best facilitated team in the country, when they are so poorly facilitated is not great for morale! I played at a golf fundraiser for the county recently and a Dublin panel member showed up in a sponsored Skoda while one of our starting players showed up in a 12 year old Vw! The playing field is not even! Not just on the pitch but behind the teams! The counties with the most professional structures are faring best - those without good structures are being left behind!

Royalblufill (Meath) - Posts: 504 - 15/09/2024 00:38:24    2569901

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Replying To Royal.Legend:  "Do I seriously have to explain the numbers game to you, the more kids playing a particular game the greater the chance of finding a few gems, for example when was the last time a county with less then 100 thousand won the football all ireland, and when was the last time a traditional hurling county won the football all ireland."
The answer to your questions:
A) Offaly in 1982.
B) Cork in 2010.

Ollie2 (Louth) - Posts: 877 - 26/09/2024 09:39:25    2571896

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