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What's the verdict on the Junior and Intermediate Finals yesterday. As a neutral for all teams, I really enjoyed the day. gti (Westmeath) - Posts: 240 - 01/10/2023 10:35:06 2506432 Link 0 |
No need to click on group stages as they are finished. Just scroll down on main page to see fixtures.
BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1148 - 01/10/2023 13:53:04 2506449 Link 0 |
Minor game finished a draw and goes to a replay. 2 late goals from Shamrocks. BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1148 - 01/10/2023 14:05:52 2506450 Link 0 |
Should have been a draw how the reff seen a pick up off the ground is baffling with a wall of players around the ball poor decision on milltownpass
Mooo (Westmeath) - Posts: 41 - 01/10/2023 17:00:51 2506464 Link 0 |
As the season finishes with club championship football in Westmeath what a poor poor county senior final we got. It definitely wont live long in the memory, one of the worst i have witnessed but Lomans wont care. Kinnegad had chances but lacking firepower....Lomans didn't even look up for the game & still won it in 2nd or 3rd gear. Huge Kinnegad support, Lomans barely celebrated at final whistle.....i think they needed to be playing the downs to avenge last year to be more up for the game & that's no disrespect to Kinnegad who were there on merit. Kinnegad still have alot of work to do to win a senior championship. Left Full (Westmeath) - Posts: 247 - 01/10/2023 18:57:26 2506488 Link 0 |
Kinnegad lost a county final by 2 points. They competed extremely well with the favourites so how could they have a lot of work to do to win a championship. Surely minor tweaks needed Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1789 - 01/10/2023 19:18:00 2506494 Link 0 |
Kinnegad wait 25 years to get to a senior county final and then they put in a very lack lustre performance.,1 point in the first half and overall St.Lomans didnt have to get out of first gear to win a very poor final.But Kinnegad are a very young team and perhaps this season will stand to them going forward but they were very dissapointing today. Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 200 - 01/10/2023 20:00:13 2506499 Link 0 |
I don't think it was that their performance was lacklustre. Kinnegad had no shortage of intensity, work rate , etc. The problem was they had no idea how to get themselves in to scoring positions in the second half. Their gameplan worked defensively but they need to go to another level with it to beat a team like Lomans. They are young , almost all under 25, and have time. jamsie (Westmeath) - Posts: 451 - 01/10/2023 20:19:35 2506509 Link 0 |
Today's match was very similar to the group game where Killucan defeated Kinnegad in Rochfortbridge and also won 0-9 to 0-7
IarmhiSupporter (Westmeath) - Posts: 3 - 01/10/2023 21:02:32 2506514 Link 0 |
Agree wholeheartedly Neutral today in Cusack. Being a Caulry fan I did hope Coralstown Kinnegad would finish the job from the semi final. After 20minuites of the second half I was very optimistic that they would cause an upset. However Lomans showed their experience and class to see out the game and on the whole deserved the win Structurally Westmeath should be proud to have a club like Lomans represent us in Leinster. I would say the same if it had have been Kinnegad, Tyrrellspass or Caulry. All four clubs and move (including Mullingar Shamrocks/Tubberclaie etc) are doing great work at underage from Under 6 right up to adult Well done to everyone involved in all clubs in 2023. The GAA is a great organisation and we must always remember that no matter our circumstances Looking forward to 2024 for all our county teams and club teams Mountlin (Westmeath) - Posts: 57 - 02/10/2023 03:12:10 2506538 Link 1 |
One of the worst county finals I have seen in long time. Maybe the occasion got to them. But dire stuff. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 02/10/2023 08:28:45 2506544 Link 0 |
Lomans deserved winners yesterday. Very tame celebrations from them yesterday I think they knew after The Downs were knocked out that no one was going to stop them this year. I fancy them to beat both Wexford and then Longford champions in Leinster which will set up a SF with Kildare champions. Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 457 - 02/10/2023 10:00:36 2506555 Link 1 |
Kinnegad only scoring 4 pts from play is a very poor return in a county final.This team have some vety good attacking young players but their defencesive set up is hampering them and also dont forget Killucan were well deserving of their win against them and Caulry outscored them in the second half of their semi final -no doubting they have talent and great prospects moving forward but they have a bit to do yet to get to a St.Lomans level.Lomans won yesterday without Heslin or O'Toole scoring from play-actually O Toole didnt score at all-who would have thought that!-but other players stood up-they have scorers all over the park Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 200 - 02/10/2023 11:28:48 2506584 Link 0 |
Kinnegad went out to defend from the get go. Lomans didn't even try to get out of 1st gear and didn't need to. Extremely poor and disappointing game. Kinnegad have some young players who if let express themselves would cause more problems for teams. The likes of Cruise was good for 2-3 points a game a couple of years ago and wasn't brought on until the last minute yesterday. They are a young team but unless they are let play they won't be winning a county title soon.
The_Fonz (Westmeath) - Posts: 214 - 02/10/2023 11:31:14 2506586 Link 1 |
St Lomans defend the same way. At different stages in second half they had all 15 players in their own half or one up top. I thought Kinnegad defended brilliantly against an inter County standard forward line. I mean Heslin, Tooler and Danny Mc were anonymous yesterday but yet they still won. Kinnegad just lacked composure in front of goals and it cost them dearly because they were arguably the better team for large periods of the game. Not much scoring but it was enjoyable final. Liam Daly is an outstanding prospect for Kinnegad and Sam Mc was excellent for Lomans. Respect to Jack Cooney after passing of his dad Dermot (RIP ) during the week. A_Chairde (Westmeath) - Posts: 217 - 02/10/2023 12:33:51 2506601 Link 1 |
Lot of anti Kinnegad sentiment here, one poster criticised them for scoring 4 points from play only, Loman's only managed 5 with a stellar forward line. Kinnegad have made progress, first final in 25 years, bit to go yet but young side Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1789 - 02/10/2023 13:33:52 2506624 Link 2 |
Totally agree, what a shock Kinnegad set up to try and counter act St.Loman's danger players and it nearly worked.. They were never going to win a straight shoot out. Do people honestly expect them to throw their game plan that got them to the final out the window against the best team in the county. Jack Cooney went out to win the game and not to entertain the armchair pundits.
Yellow&Green (Westmeath) - Posts: 45 - 02/10/2023 14:48:41 2506644 Link 1 |
It was terrible to watch kinnegad were never going to out score lomans with that set up
royal1967 (Meath) - Posts: 275 - 02/10/2023 15:42:57 2506656 Link 0 |
Kinnegad knew yesterday they had to keep Lomans scores to as minimum as possible and not concede a goal if they were going to give themselves a fighting chance of winning the game. They did all of that. It ended up then as a real 50/50 game and Lomans emerged victorious. Kinnegad got tactics spot on really. Westmeathgael98 (Westmeath) - Posts: 50 - 02/10/2023 16:06:50 2506665 Link 0 |