You have to wonder are they putting something in the water in Meath with six players including top full back Darren Fay sent off in a club championship match at the weekend.
Now the Royals have never been known to be faint hearted but following so hot on the heels of the Parnell Park brawl with Dublin you would have thought that players would have taken a few chill pills.
Not so it seems but at least there is the consolation of heading off to Portugal this week to do a spot of training for the All Ireland.
Have to admit that I am green with envy about the week's training in the sun, our management at home thought that training us in Ardoyne on the nearby Bone Heights was as good as it gets. At the time the Bone Heights were about as exotic as the Golan Heights and almost as heavily militarised.
But then we have never been as good at boxing as any Meath team despite being trained of late by former European boxing champion Darren Corbett.
I wonder if we get in to our next opponents in the league with as much abandon as the Royals would the club foot the bill for a trip overseas?
I'd even get into the row myself!
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Hi Sean,
It's really disappointing to see another brawl involving Meath players so soon after Parnell Park. It is surprising to see such an incident occur in a game between Kilmainham Wood and Trim,as they are usually good footballing teams.
What is most disappointing however, is the Meath County Board's attitude to the suspensions arising from the Dublin Meath match. Trying to get the players off on a farcical technicality makes a mockery of the whole system and sullies everyone involved with Meath football.
If that's the attitude they are taking then it does not bode well for dishing out punishment to those involved in the club game. There was a video camera present so all those involved could be and should be singled out.
It seems however, that there are a lot of people in the GAA who don't consider these incidents serious unless someone has at least a broken jaw.
Ronan
Hi Ronan,
Good to see you back on the air. What has really struck me about discipline this year has been the Dublin approach to it. By and large the county board has tackled any problems without any messing around.
I wish more county boards would follow this example. I don't think that the Meath Board is covering itself in glory or the reaction of the Meath players to the bans.
If you are going to get involved in this type of nonsense then you should take your oil and you're right the county board should not be aiding and abetting these free for alls.
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