New Westmeath hurling manager Seoirse Bulfin has called on those who opposed his appointment to "spare their judgement".

The Bruff man was ratified as Joe Fortune's successor last month, but only after delegates from Lough Lene Gaels and Castlepollard spoke against his appointment after he departed neighbours Meath on the eve of their Joe McDonagh Cup campaign in what were understood to be acrimonious circumstances.

“Anyone can have an opinion, but I would be hoping that people would spare their judgement until we get going with the players,” Davy Fitzgerald's former right-hand man told the local media after taking in two club games at TEG Cusack Park last Sunday.

“This is a very democratic organisation, so everyone's entitled to their opinion. What I would say is, from my point of view, I can only focus on what I can control and for me, it's making contact with the players, getting to see as many matches as possible.

“I will probably look to have a couple of trial matches, maybe in October, for guys who wouldn't have been seen in the past.”

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