Championship Team - 3 Like(s)
Hopefully the lads will be allowed play some attacking football for the remainder of the championship, we were never gonna win Leinster and we're not going to win an All Ireland so why not respect the fans who pay hard earned money to go and watch the games. Longford scored 1-8 into the same first half goals that Westmeath shot a miserable 2 points into....why...because Longford played football...not basketball.

stonemadbeany (Westmeath) - 28/05/2019 13:28:15

Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
A great effort by all involved again today, plenty of chances to win it or get closer before Wexford got the 3rd goal. No blaming the ref but there were a few decisions I felt didn't go our way, Wexford seemed to be able to score easier, they were just a little bit sharper up front. D.McCormack would've made some difference, I doubt there's an u-20 defender in the country that would handle him. Andy Dermody & co have done a great job, Dermody's passion is absolutely mighty. Wexford also looked better conditioned, this needs to be addressed in the county, there's thousands and thousands being spent on our senior squads, some money needs to be ringfenced to physically develop our young hurlers & footballers, to give us every chance to complete. Offaly beat Galway today, and our lads only hurled for 10 minutes against Offaly. Anyways, fair play to this squad, you've done yourselves proud.

stonemadbeany (National) - 29/04/2023 15:41:45

Westmeath Hurlers 2021 - 2 Like(s)
All mind games...trying to throw Galway off.

stonemadbeany (Westmeath) - 07/05/2021 14:29:45

Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
I looked at a few league programmes from 2024, the following weren't on the panel on Sunday; The Doyle twins (Killian to come back), Charlie McCormack, Shane Clavin, Aenghus Clarke, Shane McGovern, Noel Conaty, Darragh Egerton (inj), Niall Mitchell (inj), David O'Reilly (inj), Conor Lynch, Jamie Mulkearns, Conor Murphy, Cormac Boyle, Davy Glennon, That's 15 off the panel, am I missing anyone? It's great to add Darragh McCormack, Gary Greville, Niall O'Brien and Shane Williams, but no county squad can afford to be missing so many players, let alone a small county like ourselves, if any of the counties in 1A were missing so many they'd be relegated straight away. We have to be realistic, the Laois, Offaly & Carlow games were always going to be big ones, and hopefully we can give Waterford a good rattle in the park, a good crowd is essential for our home games.

stonemadbeany (National) - 04/02/2025 15:56:53

Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)

stonemadbeany (National) - 06/10/2024 01:42:07

Westmeath Hurling 2019 - 1 Like(s)
The club secretary just told me that the football league finals have been put back a week to "give the teams involved the best opportunity of having all players available to them". But the hurling Division 1 and 2 league finals have been fixed for 28th June, two days before the Joe McDonagh final, is this to make sure county hurlers can't play in these finals? Add to this that Clonkill are in the D1 final and are in a strong position to make the D2 final, as far as I know there is a overlap of 7 or 8 players on their teams. The Division 3A and 3B finals are on Sunday 23rd in Cusack Park, Brigid's are in the 3A final and could make the 3B final. Were these fixtures sent up from Craggy Island.

stonemadbeany (Westmeath) - 17/06/2019 11:13:19

Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
I guarantee you the fixtures are already made for the 1st round of the championship, they will be released on the Sunday night if we don't beat Tyrone. The hurling championship could start 1st, one perceived problem is there is only 7 match days in hurling and 8 in football, so you'll end up with a gap in hurling and a glut of football games in a row, guarantee you the football clubs wouldn't be happy because of recovery times for injuries, most hurling clubs have dual players so they're used to playing every weekend. Shane Curran would hit the roof if Caulry had to play 3 or 4 games in a row, especially if any of their star players got injured, is there any hurlers in Caulry? As for the league finals, if you were Dessie would you let the lads play a club game, knowing that outside the starting 15, the bench isn't that strong? Last year there were only a few lads involved in league finals, and Cooney's club was in the D1 final, bit of a difference. If I was a club player on the co panel with a league final this weekend I'd make myself available for the league final without asking Dessie, if I ended up playin I'd face the music at county training. On the other side of it, P.Dowdall might be happy to play with the lads that played all through the league, imagine the dilemma with having to drop 4 or 5 lads that got you to a league final, what are you saying to them. A problem in Westmeath is that the second 16-30 on the football or hurling squads are not allowed play club games, and when they go back to their clubs they are like a sack of onions.

stonemadbeany (National) - 09/06/2023 13:11:15

Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)

stonemadbeany (National) - 02/07/2023 18:44:27

Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)

stonemadbeany (National) - 29/05/2023 13:40:18

Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)

stonemadbeany (National) - 20/03/2025 11:42:26

Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)

stonemadbeany (National) - 03/07/2024 10:31:05

Westmeath Hurling 2020 - 1 Like(s)

stonemadbeany (Westmeath) - 28/11/2020 10:35:05

Westmeath Hurling 2019 - 1 Like(s)

stonemadbeany (Westmeath) - 17/06/2019 23:06:41

Westmeath Hurling 2019 - 1 Like(s)

stonemadbeany (Westmeath) - 17/05/2019 09:23:07

Westmeath Hurling 2018 - 1 Like(s)

stonemadbeany (Westmeath) - 05/11/2018 21:25:27

Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)

stonemadbeany (National) - 30/10/2023 16:50:58

Westmeath Hurling 2018 - 1 Like(s)
Best of luck to the U-21s this evening, a decent looking team named with plenty of experience, should give Dublin a good rattle, Killian Doyle named to start also, did he go to the USA yet?

stonemadbeany (Westmeath) - 13/06/2018 13:30:53

Westmeath V Laois - 1 Like(s)
Loughlin was the only forward we had against Meath....all county players should be playing all year with their clubs, we're not going to win anything and the money wasted should be pumped into schools and underage, Kelly should've concentrated on winning the O'Byrne cup, a full egg cup is better than an empty soup bowl.

stonemadbeany (Westmeath) - 21/05/2018 13:02:32

Intermediate hurling - 1 Like(s)
Best of luck to Daltons in the Leinster semi-final today. Any reason why it's not in Cusack instead of Lakepoint? CTG playing in Tullamore tomorrow, Multy n The Bridge playing away today and Lomans playing away in Longford next Sunday. What are they minding Cusack Park for now?

stonemadbeany (Westmeath) - 04/11/2017 11:14:06

Intermediate Football Championship - 1 Like(s)

stonemadbeany (Westmeath) - 25/10/2017 11:05:16