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Put one over the county board at the expense of young fellas. Real classy from Maryland tang. They'll get no luck for it.
2maroonjerseys (Galway) - Posts: 76 - 23/10/2024 12:18:32 2576533 Link 1 |
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In 2019, Milltown, Ballymore, Tang, and Maryland were combined into one team. It was an insane amalgamation, and it's baffling how the county board allowed it.
Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 23 - 23/10/2024 12:22:39 2576535 Link 0 |
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Brian Guerin, Eoin Doran, Sean Leech, Jack Duncan a few i can think of
dec (None) - Posts: 287 - 23/10/2024 12:30:15 2576537 Link 0 |
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I heard over the weekend otoole is going down under. Big loss for Westmeath if true.
Westmeath213 (Westmeath) - Posts: 336 - 23/10/2024 13:13:46 2576546 Link 0 |
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https://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/2024/10/22/were-gone-like-soccer-declares-downs-boss-after-shootout/ lakecounty90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 109 - 23/10/2024 13:25:00 2576551 Link 1 |
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Yes but I'm fairly sure they were defeated by The Downs on their own in 2018 in the Division 1 Final. Yeah that amalgamation was ridiculous in all fairness.
TigerWoods90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 155 - 23/10/2024 16:19:21 2576577 Link 0 |
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think it was a fair reaction after losing on pens after a replay. its gotta hurt.
Meridian (Westmeath) - Posts: 653 - 23/10/2024 18:41:28 2576592 Link 0 |
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A loss yes, but i'm not sure its that big a loss. Always thought that Westmeath never got the best out of him.
Meridian (Westmeath) - Posts: 653 - 23/10/2024 18:43:03 2576593 Link 0 |
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There's literally no bigger loss off the current panel
Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 149 - 23/10/2024 19:15:41 2576598 Link 1 |
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The bitterness from some here is off the wall. You'd know very few have any input in underage coaching or administration and no doubt are from town clubs where lack of numbers is the furthest thing from a problem to them. What was insane about that amalgamation. Milltown and Ballymore are already joined and have been for years as Millmore Gaels and Maryland/Tang have been amalgamated underage for over 30 years. Just because they are the formation of two senior clubs doesn't mean they struggle any less for numbers at underage than if they were stand alone. Maryland/Tang and Millmore Gaels are neighbouring each other so what's the problem with them amalgamating to ensure football for young lads. That year they so happened to have a group of talented footballers and won a championship. It could very easily happen they get together and have a less talented group that don't win but at least lads are getting football. The bottom line is the county board put in the rule in the planning report at the start of the year about clubs with two teams have to play at the same time. They broke this rule with the under 16 championship debacle and lost out in their appeal so now they have to enforce it. Fairness is entitled to all teams and Maryland/Tang are no different. Young lads aren't been deprived football like has been suggested. If a team enters two teams it is on the premise they have more than enough numbers to field two teams and this should not be an issue when this arises. And there is no case Maryland/Tang are only doing this to get at the county board as has been immaturely stated here too. Some keyboard warriors here need to take a good look at themselves before posting scurrilous rubbish without knowing full facts.
mintyfresh (Westmeath) - Posts: 243 - 23/10/2024 19:18:03 2576599 Link 2 |
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If you have heslin , o toole , Martin gone , that's a hammer blow . Hope I'm proven wrong but I really fear for westmeath this year , if 1 or 2 big names step away on top of maguire and James dolan then the whole nucleus of the team could be ripped out. O Toole was instrumental for Lomans, hes a vital cog for westmeath as a creator and finisher .The whole process of recruiting a new manager was shambolic , would likes of Solan that's at Longford plus Andy moran not have been attainable . If we had moved sooner got in someone high profile it could have resulted in a domino affect and lot of players change their minds for 2025 , instead we're messing around watching all our neighbours getting business sorted. Are there doubts around Wallace and Conellan aswel ? Large chunk of 1st 15 seems in doubt philbrown (Westmeath) - Posts: 236 - 23/10/2024 19:24:27 2576601 Link 0 |
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Arguably our most consistent forward at inter county level over the past 5 years. We'd never have won the Tailteann cup without him.
Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1867 - 23/10/2024 21:29:33 2576614 Link 1 |
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No bitterness, it's the only underage team in lilliput that has those numbers, I can list off the numbers for the teams underneath while I'm at it for ya but I'm not going to. I'm well aware of the town teams having huge numbers to pick from. That problem arises with no parish rule or boundaries enforced. Parents keeping a link to their club rather than the one they're nearest to now. It'll go the way of the four town clubs lomans, shamrocks, downs and shandonagh hoovering up and fighting over young lads to play for them. The size of the lilliput panel is an outlier to the rest of the teams. I know of parents cribbing about their kids missing out on coaching at the bigger clubs because the cream gets the attention. Drive the 10/15 mins out to us and you'll get coaching and game time instead of kids dropping out at 12/13 they might stick with it. All this fiasco will do is create the headache it's caused already and the weekend finals are the culmination of it. We're here trying to unearth future senior club and county players. This will cause a few to say f this and walk away from football. Common sense rather than oneupmanship has to prevail, shortsighted decisions have massive implications only 3/4/5 years down the line. 2maroonjerseys (Galway) - Posts: 76 - 23/10/2024 22:20:51 2576622 Link 0 |