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Comfortable win in Kilcormac against an Offaly who as usual blew themselves up.Bigger tests ahead .Sets us Up nicely for the other neighbours at home next wednesday.9 points from Finn Duffy. jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1665 - 26/03/2025 21:03:53 2598770 Link 1 |
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Encouraging display in FF, great to win convincingly, we faded in last quarter with some players looking gassed out but they had worked hard, Shane Corcoran, Ryan Kelly and Finn Duffy lively in attack, midfielders were good and used ball well, defence solid. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2087 - 26/03/2025 21:04:40 2598771 Link 0 |
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Not sure about Offaly bigging themselves up, they won one match in the build up and lost six, they played Kerry in a challenge recently and were annihilated, lost to Wexford and Limerick too. There's some difference between sides at this level, we lost recently to Fermanagh and they lost tonight to Tyrone by 33 points. Antrim also hammered by Donegal and Kildare likewise beat Laois by over twenty points. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2087 - 26/03/2025 21:35:03 2598780 Link 1 |
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To be fair Offaly did not build up this team at all. They had zero expectations. I thought Ormsby and Baker were absolutely outstanding. Duffy had a very good game also. Duncan, Corcoran and Boffatt also had good games. Meath will be a lot tougher test! It would be a great boost if the minors could also win on Saturday.
Matthew (None) - Posts: 1067 - 26/03/2025 22:21:59 2598793 Link 0 |
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Ridiculous comment Offaly haven't been going well and a lot of our stronger footballers were playing hurling . Well done Westmeath better team tonight but to say we were blowing ourselves up is ridiculous.
jiminycricket (Offaly) - Posts: 32 - 26/03/2025 22:24:00 2598794 Link 1 |
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Very good performance by the u20s tonight in their win over Offaly.Defence was very solid and the pace at which they moved the ball was very impressive and scored some great points.Shane Ormsby is a very good player and his high fielding from kickouts was brilliant but to be fair all the players put in a huge effort.A mention and congrats to Offaly GAA on the wonderful facilty at the Faithful Field arena-a fantastic set up. Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 251 - 26/03/2025 22:27:07 2598795 Link 7 |
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Top class facility In Kilcormac. Congratulations to our lads on a great performance , we were almost completely dominant around the middle and it paid dividends.i think all our forwards scored from play which bodes well. Meath will be a step up in class but nothing to fear about these games against our neighbours.
A_Chairde (Westmeath) - Posts: 282 - 27/03/2025 17:27:38 2598956 Link 0 |
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€400k spent on a 'small project' in Cusack Park. Where is this money from if we haven't two penny's to rub together and could it not have been put into the pot for the Centre of Excellence? iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 141 - 29/03/2025 16:57:44 2599277 Link 1 |
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Anyone make it to the minor football game? I had heard a few people talking this group of players up but it was always going to be difficult go to Navan and get a win. How many from the winning Leinster CBS team were starting? Matthew (None) - Posts: 1067 - 30/03/2025 09:28:04 2599399 Link 0 |
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What is going on with underage in westmeath, is it 5 years since they won a leinster championship game now. In that time, rochfordbridge, mullingar, moate and marist have all competed in A level Schools so talent is there. Surely should be more competitive. Upforthegame23 (Westmeath) - Posts: 141 - 30/03/2025 09:47:59 2599406 Link 1 |
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Poor stuff from the minors yesterday, you never want to be overly critical as they are young lads trying their best but it was definitely a case of get it to Scahill and let him do the rest which at that level is never going to be enough, whether or not that's the game plan is a separate issue. A lot of people hyping up the Mullingar CBS team but honestly bar Scahill I don't think there's many that will end up playing senior county on that team. It was a fantastic achievement but I think they were the best team rather than a group filled with individual talent. Off the top of my head I can't think of really anyone of it who you'd say will be near a senior county team within the next three years bar the already mentioned. I'm not sure if any of them are starters for the County U20 team either. OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 42 - 30/03/2025 11:01:49 2599414 Link 0 |
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Not one message all week or yesterday wishing the minors luck in what was always going to be a difficult fixture but today we are out pick at them. Watching the game Meath made the most of the wind in the first half. We had two frees in the second half for two pointers , the goalie got his finger tips to one , so it ended up going for 1 point and we dropped the other just short. Thechick (Westmeath) - Posts: 261 - 30/03/2025 12:52:43 2599436 Link 1 |
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It's incredible the stuff people are allowed to post here about young players. A group of all Westmeath players win a Leinster Colleges title and now we have experts here writing off any of them as potential seniors of the future one month after winning the Colleges. Another poster wondering why none of them are starting for under 20s when at least 8 of the starting team are 18 or younger this year.
Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2087 - 30/03/2025 13:54:40 2599446 Link 3 |
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How is that critical, it's praising them for been the best team and also naming one of their players as a potential superstar. Nobody said they won't be all county seniors in 10 years, but I don't think any of them are at the level to go close in the next couple of years. If you disagree please name out the players you think will be close to Westmeath Seniors in the next number of years. Again, it's not a criticism that they aren't on the U20 panel just maybe a bit of hindsight and realism is needed. We are the best in the world to make young lads into superstars well before time. So please, go ahead and list the lads you think.
OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 42 - 30/03/2025 14:42:40 2599455 Link 0 |
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Of course they won't in the next couple of years. Kind of stating the obvious. They are all under 18.5. Our u20s comfortably beat Offaly and none of that team got a single minute with senior team in league this year. That's normal now, the step up is too big. Was very different when it was u21, as a year is huge at that stage. Next years u20 team will have a lot of that CBS team , and the year after will have even more again. jamsie (Westmeath) - Posts: 469 - 30/03/2025 15:19:16 2599462 Link 0 |
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You're on about not making young lads into superstars as you claim we do and then you want me to name senior footballers of the future out of 18 year olds? A modicum of common sense might be appropriate. The Offaly lads who won an All Ireland under 20 title three years ago starred today in Croke Park when they're now 23, it has taken them that long to develop, therefore players on a schools team a month ago might feature in 2030 at inter county.
Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2087 - 30/03/2025 15:53:03 2599476 Link 0 |
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Your previous posts show a Mullingar bias so no point debating it; people were trying to connect our Minor and U20s to the Mullingar team and I just don't see it yet. Hopefully I'm wrong, time will tell. There was no criticism and you'd see that if you'd look beyond the Mullingar tinted glasses. Only an observation that clearly isn't allowed if it's not pro-Mullingar.
OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 42 - 30/03/2025 16:17:08 2599483 Link 0 |
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That's sort of my point. Most schools who reach an All Ireland A semi final would surely have 4 or 5 earmarked at that age for senior intercounty especially in a county like ourselves; bar Scahill I'm not aware of any on that Mullingar team. If I'm wrong no issue I'd love to know who they are. Hence why I said it was a brilliant team but not particularly full of individual talent. People would rather go on the attack rather than actually read the comments in full.
OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 42 - 30/03/2025 16:24:58 2599485 Link 0 |
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Only Will Scahill. Few that were subs for CBS started, the likes of Finn Higgins an d Aaron Connaire. Most of the CBS team are a year or 2 older. I agree that we may have got a little bit of stage fright yesterday. But this has to be said, the fact what we have at least 7 or 8 lads involved in both the football and hurling is a problem straight away. These players are getting no break and should be told to pick one. Meath for example have not one player playing both football and hurling. Were a smaller county and we want the best players playing but also want to get the best out of them.
A_Chairde (Westmeath) - Posts: 282 - 30/03/2025 16:39:53 2599486 Link 0 |
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I think the point of my question is been missed. Why are westmeath underage teams so far behind other teams, no win in leinster for 5 years, what's going on, what plan is there, what's the strategy from co board. I have seen players from rochfordbridge, moate, mullingar and athlone schools excel in recent years, so I believe the talent is available and from all over the county. Where is the breakdown from schools to county teams. Upforthegame23 (Westmeath) - Posts: 141 - 30/03/2025 16:51:47 2599490 Link 0 |