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Scahill worth to the panel will be seen over the next decade, he is 18/19, got great experience in the league. I was dissapointed with him in the 20s campaign and maybe that knocked his confidence a little bit. I dont think he is at Bakers level and he for example found the going very tough in the athletic ground. I would like to see him have a good club senior club championship before he's made an automatic part of this team by posters here.Dolan on the other hand has proven he has it at this level and i cant understand lack of game time. The same with c.mccormack.
ear2ground (Westmeath) - Posts: 117 - 29/05/2023 18:19:59 2482710 Link 2 |
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Why was Lynam brought on for Baker 2nd half and then subbed late on in game ? Was he injured ? If he wasn't that's fairly rough on the player, drain the confidence surely... philbrown (Westmeath) - Posts: 236 - 29/05/2023 21:07:49 2482748 Link 0 |
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great assesment claret and blue
mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1879 - 30/05/2023 07:43:33 2482773 Link 0 |
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He was very poor when he came on, gave away multiple balls..
dec (None) - Posts: 287 - 30/05/2023 12:35:21 2482852 Link 0 |
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I think the Armagh fans travel with the expectation of winning anytime they play us, normally we would take a beating from Armagh, we had an excellent performance on Saturday which was unexpected. But people don't have the money to travel to Armagh to witness in all likelihood a hammering..
dec (None) - Posts: 287 - 30/05/2023 12:37:20 2482853 Link 0 |
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Agree on all points, exactly the points i tried to make. The experience gained this year is a stepping stone for both , both did not stand out in the last two 20's games as senior county players ,they are only starting out on that road ,but this year will stand to them going forward no end.
Thechick (Westmeath) - Posts: 250 - 30/05/2023 14:48:59 2482925 Link 0 |
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The money to travel to Armagh? It's a two hour road trip, not Sydney. We're not living in a third world country, living costs have increased but not to that extent. We always have excuses, wouldn't like to see it if we had multiple outings each year like Mayo in Croke Park. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1961 - 30/05/2023 15:26:07 2482944 Link 1 |
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I'd say this Saturdays game could have a very small attendance. Galway people don't tend to leave home on hot bank holiday weekends, and the more floating fan has a trip to Croker for the Leinster final the week after. PressureKick (UK) - Posts: 241 - 30/05/2023 15:55:28 2482953 Link 0 |
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Chambers. Good sports bar
CasKD (Westmeath) - Posts: 38 - 31/05/2023 08:19:35 2483061 Link 2 |
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A very sound synopsis of Saturdays game and the year so far Claretandblue. The amount of games we have let go from commanding positions is so poor. Our lack of game management shone through on Saturday; as it did in previous games during the league and especially against Louth. Feel Saturday's result; although we came away with nothing could be a watershed moment. We went toe to toe with Armagh; probably the 6/7th best team in the country on current form. It was a game of fine margins. Felt sorry for Senan Baker; who couldn't get into the game and gave away some popes frees (as did the very experienced John Hemline) that kept Armagh in the game. And his replacement Johnathan Lynam was very unfortunate in being taken off again (a decision I respect and admire by Dessie. Lynam gave away the ball 4/5 times in ad many possessions which is criminal. He'll learn from the experience which can only benefit him and the squad. The lads should take a lot from the performance and reflect that they were so close. Use it as a positive against Galway and Tyrone to go out and go toe to toe with two heavyweights and see where we end up. No one is expecting miracles. The Armagh fans love their football just like a lot of Westmeath fans do. Disappointing that so few Westmeath supporters attended the game. No doubt a lot thought it was a wasted journey. That should not matter though. Support your county no matter what. The lads done us proud last year being the first team to win the Tailteann Cup. Yes we have had a disappointing league and lost games we were in control of. That doesn't mean you don't go and support them. I saw Shane Curran on Twitter regards the All Stars being more fair and saying Kevin Maguire should get one. If Kevin Maguire, John Heslin & Ronan O'Toole were plying their trade in Dublin, Galway etc, I have no doubt they'd have an all star by now; or at least close to getting one this year. One last point. Westmeath have an excellent club structure. They have a lot of clubs doing Trojan work. We could cry wolf and say…"sure there no point Dublin will win it." - "sure why bother when we're nowhere near Dublin." There's people in some of our clubs who actually work for Dublin GAA who care about Westmeath football and who have contributed to Westmeath coaching courses. I don't know if Jack Cooney is still involved in Westmeath Coaching with his new role and being heavily involved with his club; but getting the likes of Jack Cooney & young Mooney with Caulry involved in putting together a plan with Magee would hugely benefit Westmeath in the long term Mountlin (Westmeath) - Posts: 59 - 31/05/2023 09:37:00 2483069 Link 0 |
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Well done on the performance to the players and management up in Armagh. You made Armagh look v ordinary. I think the plan for seeing out games does need to improve. Also, the subs bench had zero impact. Jim Gavin spoke about 'finishing team'... we need to improve on that when we are ahead in games. Most people spoken to are going to the game and going for a few after (...or are bringing the kids). A sunny Saturday evening 'in the park' V genuine All Ireland contenders. It doesn't get much better than that!!! I think Cusack Park will be packed out... Get your tickets early ... and lets get behind WH Laker1500 (Westmeath) - Posts: 20 - 31/05/2023 10:28:23 2483087 Link 1 |
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Kerrigans or Gillerans, both a 2 minute walk from Cusack, Gillerans also do decent food and usually has a good pint if you're having one.
stonemadbeany (USA) - Posts: 596 - 31/05/2023 11:51:34 2483127 Link 1 |
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2.5 hours from Athlone, so a 5 hour round trip, plus leaving early to account for traffic and finding parking, stopping for food etc talking close to 8 hours. Now for a family like myself with 2 adults and 3 children (one of whom is autistic and one diabetic/coeliac) it's €65 on tickets, we have a people carrier which is heavy enough on juice so €40-50 on fuel plus another €60-70 on food if we pull in somewhere. You are close to €200. I will make no apologies for putting my financial well being or my families well being before a GAA match. Clearly you haven't the same issues some people in the county have. I spent 20+ years driving the length and breath of this country following Westmeath footballers and hurlers. But I am at an age where I realize that there is more to life than stressing over trying to get to matches. In an earlier post you made a reference to "Real Westmeath supporters" can you please define what a "Real Westmeath" supporter is please? The_Fonz (Westmeath) - Posts: 214 - 02/06/2023 14:12:23 2483587 Link 2 |
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Team named with one change, Wallace for Baker. Best of luck lads! TheLineKing (Westmeath) - Posts: 25 - 02/06/2023 15:39:26 2483613 Link 0 |
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Another decent performance for 55 mins, sending off finished the game but at that stage Galway had turned the screw and looked likelier to win. We needed a goal in second half but never looked likely. Sam McCartan was excellent and losing Sam Duncan early on was a blow although Jonathan Lynam did well. Galway's bench was also crucial. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1961 - 03/06/2023 20:14:14 2483809 Link 0 |
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Should have tried to limit the score difference because if you beat Tyrone you could still end up 4th. Parkman (Westmeath) - Posts: 2 - 04/06/2023 01:23:03 2483859 Link 0 |
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It's just brilliant that westmeath are so competitive at the level, another fine performance where galway were rattled but finished stronger. Dessie and his management team deserve great credit, getting tactics and match ups so good against armagh and galway Upforthegame23 (Westmeath) - Posts: 115 - 04/06/2023 11:40:00 2483882 Link 0 |
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If only games lasted 45-50 mins!!-once again very good first half albeit against a very lacklustre Galway outfit but Westmeath didnt let them settle and were well deserving to be ahead at half time and into the second half but once Galway upped their game we couldnt cope-sending off didnt help matters and personally thought the ref gave Galway every decision-standard of refs/linesmen/persons in GAA is puke-.When Connellan was gone Peter Cooke ran the show from midfield and Comer coming on really sealed it for Galway.Once again our bench coming on had zero impact-anyways on to Tryone in 2 weeks where honestly I fear we wont match their physical impact on games but theres always hope !! Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 215 - 04/06/2023 11:58:27 2483889 Link 0 |
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Great performance again yesterday for about 50 mins. Red card was the turning point. Very harsh in my opinion. Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 520 - 04/06/2023 12:42:19 2483895 Link 0 |
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So disappointed for our lads yesterday Mountlin (Westmeath) - Posts: 59 - 04/06/2023 14:13:07 2483907 Link 0 |