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I fancy the Gaels, they've looked the best all year and I hope they do it after the heartbreak of the last three years.

Dheen (Westmeath) - Posts: 1165 - 05/10/2026 13:21:15    2696263

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Replying To Greengrass1:  "CTG very poor on Sunday. Too many of their top players either injured of just back from injury. Raharney were ok but only ok. They deserved to win but got a fair few easy frees imo. Had CTG got their goal ten minutes earlier they may well have won but Raharney deserved their win."
Raharney looked like winners from an early stage yesterday deserved there victory ctg not really at it from word go but they were good champions they showed that with a very good run in leinster,whether that performance from raharney yesterday will be good enough to beat the gaels remains to be seen possibly I'm not sure,plunketts showed enough at different stages in yesterday's game v brownstown to give pollard lots to worry about going into senior b final.

Facethepuckout1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 3 - 05/10/2026 14:14:35    2696283

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Replying To westmeathgaa11:  "Raharney will blow them away with how they performed today. Best performance I've seen from any team inside this county in years"
On the whole, a poor enough game yesterday. It was flat for long spells, with too many handling errors and poor retention in the short game.
Based on that performance, Raharney won't blow anyone away, although that doesn't mean they won't end up champions.
The game can almost be summed up by two identical moments. In the first half, CM through quick, decisive team play, moving the ball across the square resulting in a simple finish.
In the second half, DC found himself in an almost identical position, but instead of the pass or early release, he was closed down and the goal chance disappeared. One a team score, one individual opportunity denied. Fine margins, but often championship matches are decided by those moments.
Is that coaching, instinct, S&C, or a combination of all three?
Reverse the outcome of those two chances and you could easily reverse the result. CTG were very flat, yet you say Raharney are going to blow LLG away. Yesterday certainly didn't suggest that from my stand point.

Loughlenegale (Westmeath) - Posts: 72 - 05/10/2026 16:17:15    2696312

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