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Is Ray leaving the panel? Nowhere to be seen with players or the panel today.

Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 150 - 15/03/2026 13:48:37    2661255

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Replying To Wmeath2:  "The first 3 rounds of the league have been a washout with so many games cancelled. This will inevitably lead to a backlog of fixtures needing to be finished in May before league finals in June. If the county board really want to reduce games on dual players the ACFL leagues should be reduced to 8 teams, or two groups of 6 with a semi final and final. 7 league games is plenty, start at the end of March when the weather has improved a bit and pitches are in better condition."
Or reduce the ACHL number of games.

OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 250 - 15/03/2026 16:03:39    2661276

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Replying To Fighting-Cocks69:  "Is Ray leaving the panel? Nowhere to be seen with players or the panel today."
You must be blind. Ray was there with the squad today! A good second half performance. Lynam had a very strong match. A lot of mistakes were made though and it's going to be very tough away to Wexford next Sunday. Massive improvement needed. Two of the goals conceded were very poor.

Is Sam Smyth out injured for long? I didn't see Mitchell there today though and he was there for previous matches. Great to see Conor Dillon back on the pitch!

Matthew (None) - Posts: 1114 - 15/03/2026 16:07:03    2661279

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Replying To Wmeath2:  "The first 3 rounds of the league have been a washout with so many games cancelled. This will inevitably lead to a backlog of fixtures needing to be finished in May before league finals in June. If the county board really want to reduce games on dual players the ACFL leagues should be reduced to 8 teams, or two groups of 6 with a semi final and final. 7 league games is plenty, start at the end of March when the weather has improved a bit and pitches are in better condition."
No way, if you reduce the league to 5-7 games per team and the championship is minimum 5 games, max 7 as well, then that means some players only get 10 fixed matches in a calendar year or 10 month season, challenge matches notwithstanding…
the training to games ratio is already gone ridiculous, players want matches not endless training. The solution here is more midweek games when the evenings get longer and pitches get firmer, we are the only county I know that doesn't stage full rounds of league matches midweek.

CleanShoulder (Westmeath) - Posts: 413 - 15/03/2026 16:46:27    2661290

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