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1. Joe Hyland 2. Dillion Matthews 3. Charlie Drumm 4. Sam Smyth 5. Sam McCartan 6. Ciaran Nolan 7. Matthew Whitaker 8. Ray Connellan 9. Jonathan Lynam 10. Kevin O' Sullivan 11. Ronan Wallace 12. Shane Ormsby 13. Darren Giles 14. Luke Loughlin 15. Senan Baker 16. Ross Corroon 17. Daniel Scahill 18. Jack Geoghegan 19. Joe Moran 20. Darragh Lowry 21. Tadhg Baker 22. Robbie Forde 23. Brian Cooney 24. Shane Allen 25. Brandon Kelly 26. Brian Guerin Extended panel: David Giles Andrew Kilmartin Conor McCormack Eoghan McCabe Jack Duncan Injured Players: Conor Dillion Nigel Harte In my opinion the above is our strongest 26 within the county at the moment with 5 players on the extended panel and 2 injured players. I hope all the players above put their names forward. Our biggest problem within the county is a goal keeper. I don't think Jason Daly will go back in at his age. Hyland and Corroon the two best in the county in my opinion. Another problem we have is our midfield strength, we are not blessed with great midfielders in this county. After Ray and Johnny who else could do a job at midfield at inter county level in the county? Feel free to let me know if you agree or disagree with the above!!! Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 585 - 05/11/2025 11:27:06 2643113 Link 0 |
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1. Martin nadunta2025 (Westmeath) - Posts: 1 - 05/11/2025 11:40:27 2643119 Link 2 |
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Agree with much of the above however I think the intermediate team should be this from watching games 1. Kevin fagan 2. Mcmonagle 3. O'Reilly 4. Sculley 5. Whittaker 6. Scahil 7. Gunning 8. Delaney 9. Sam Duncan 10. Tom Burke 11. Fred kelleher 12. McCrossin 13. Wallace 14. Kelly 15. Connell / Duncan Football_multi200 (Westmeath) - Posts: 1 - 05/11/2025 13:47:05 2643140 Link 0 |
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I see o'byrne cup is back on the third of January. Good chance for McHugh to have a look at some new players. Out of interest , Are there any players from the junior grade capable of making a step up to the county panel? Lakecounty94 (Westmeath) - Posts: 82 - 05/11/2025 14:19:56 2643148 Link 0 |
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Saw most of Junior championship. Decent final. Ballinagore deserving winners. Josephs got their match ups a bit wrong though not far off it. Seery from Ballinagore worth a look again though gets gassed late in games. Pity Mc Daniels is not 10 years younger. His form is excellent now but age against him. The two Mc Donnells from Josephs who made Junior team on podcast could be worth a look. Byrne from Ballyncargy not bad either. Good competition this year.
Greengrass1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 35 - 05/11/2025 15:31:47 2643161 Link 0 |
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There is some amount of arrogance here with the Downs , all the rubbish posted about Leinster in the lead up to the county final and now fitting as many players possible into the team of the year. The Iarmhi Tv lads will have been at all the matches , there team will be the only one worth paying attention to. They had players from six different clubs on the junior team of the year.
A_Chairde (Westmeath) - Posts: 343 - 05/11/2025 16:46:17 2643177 Link 0 |
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In all fairness the downs were miles ahead of any Team this year. They won the championship winning 7 games and were not really troubled with a total winning margin of something like 60/70 points. Kinnegad in fairness gave them plenty of it but they never really looked like losing . Of course there is players outside of the downs who deserve a mention or make the team of the year.. the Team of the year is rightly picked based on individual performances but team results and performances have to come into it & play a big part in it too, every game in the championship should come into account and not just the good ones The downs won 7 games Kinnegad won 4 Garrycastle won 4 ( out of group B) Shamrocks won a total of 3 games and Lomans won a total of 2 games. The downs rightly should make up a large portion of the team of the year. As regards Leinster I don't think too many in the downs would've been thinking Leinster when the championship was not even won. The majority of people on here bigging them up probably want them to fail in Leinster! At the end of the day everybody will have a difference of opinion on different players mentioned for a Team of the year. Westmeath213 (Westmeath) - Posts: 341 - 05/11/2025 20:03:56 2643204 Link 1 |
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I tend to agree with you on the arrogance front. They have asked Micky Dan to wash the back of the lorry for last week in October for the next ten years. In saying that ,However, the song the team released is quite catchy and doing well on Spotify, I think it goes like Ten years, ten times, the champions stand tall, The Downs! The Downs! Giving their all! Raise a glass to the heroes, the legends we hail! The glory of The Downs will never, ever fail! Oh, ten in a row! Hear the crowd's mighty roar! The Downs GAA Club have conquered the score! A decade of dominance, a legend untold, Their names will be carved in letters of black and gold. From 'twenty six to ' thirty six' or however the years, We banished our doubts and silenced our peers. The Flanagan cup is ours to keep - we've won it again, The greatest Westmeath team ever, forever amen! (Apart from Caulry obviously) ExiledCuCu (Cavan) - Posts: 278 - 05/11/2025 20:34:41 2643205 Link 2 |
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Love the last line.
Meridian (Westmeath) - Posts: 705 - 06/11/2025 09:40:04 2643230 Link 0 |
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I'm just curious did you end up using Chat or Co-Pilot? It's been a while since you last used Commons etc.....
Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 101 - 06/11/2025 11:03:50 2643244 Link 3 |
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No doubt the Downs have been the stand out team/squad this season winning 7 out of 7 championship games including the final but can not be considered great until they win back to back or even 3 in a row -The Downs have not won back to back titles since 1969/70-a very long time.Hopefully they can do well in Leinster but a few good sides between them and that title. Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 284 - 06/11/2025 11:50:35 2643248 Link 0 |
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Alot of rubbish talk for sure. It was going on long before the final but I highly doubt its coming from genuine downs people. The senior club team of the year will have 6-7 downs players & that's about right.
Left Full (Westmeath) - Posts: 269 - 06/11/2025 11:53:27 2643249 Link 0 |
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Caulry are great
CleanShoulder (Westmeath) - Posts: 390 - 06/11/2025 16:17:08 2643291 Link 0 |
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The Downs were one of the favourites for Leinster before the County Final, it wasn't rubbish. They are genuine Leinster title contenders, Dermot Power will have instilled that kind of belief into them from the get go. The Team of the Year should represent the best players of the Championship in each of the 15 starting positions, rewarding individual consistency etc. I understand the argument that so much of the spotlight is on the players from the winning team or the teams that made it the furthest. Each team had a minimum of 5 matches though. A Team of the Year can be a reflection of how the Championship went, The Downs were utterly dominant. As pointed out, The Downs won 7/7 games, Kinnegad won 4/8, Shamrocks won 3/7 and St Loman's won 2/6. St Loman's actually won as many games as Tyrrellspass, Athlone won 1. So tell us, which of The Downs players are you going to replace in the team I picked? Trevor Martin Eanna Burke Charlie Drumm Peter Murray Oisin Murphy Ciaran Nolan Jack Geoghegan Jonathan Lynam Brian Cooney Kevin O'Sullivan Ian Martin Darren Giles Luke Loughlin Dean Egerton Tom Tuite iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 266 - 06/11/2025 17:20:38 2643295 Link 0 |
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Hey, I asked the same question earlier this week and the reply named 3 intermediate players. So what would I know :) I think Eoin O'Brien had a good season and should be there or there abouts IMO ExiledCuCu (Cavan) - Posts: 278 - 06/11/2025 18:14:56 2643300 Link 0 |