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Chops (Westmeath) - Posts: 814 - 21/05/2025 22:07:41 2611658 Link 0 |
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Brilliant game, fantastic advertisement for the grade and the new rules, credit to Kenny Mc and his management who clearly focused on the competition after being beaten by Dubs, really good preparation for those lads as they prepare for adult inter county next year, in some cases this year's Tailteann cup based on displays. Seven championship matches is great grounding and to win a competition builds confidence and team spirit. Lots of players stood up, Jack Duncan, Tadhg Baker, Adam Keane, Finn Duffy's goal was vital, Ronan Murray's crucial two pointer, Shane Ormsby must be close to Dermot McCabe's thinking for TC involvement based on his displays for this side, he was immense last night, real leadership throughout. The likes of Gareth Mullanniff, Billy Moffet, Oisin Shortall, Seani Bracken will benefit greatly from this and their club sides will benefit too. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2163 - 22/05/2025 11:20:38 2611708 Link 1 |
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Shane corcoran was great too you left him out
Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 709 - 22/05/2025 12:05:22 2611720 Link 1 |
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Well done Westmeath 20s was there last night great achievement ,We're talking about bringing some of those players to the senior panel There is a massive step up for a young players it's different when you're playing with your own age group when you meet a senior player he is a lot more physical and stronger. I think there would be better playing with their own club team and next year bring them in on the county panel.
Mick1234 (Westmeath) - Posts: 28 - 22/05/2025 12:19:54 2611725 Link 0 |
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I mentioned one player who could step up to play TC, Shane Ormsby, he's already on senior panel and a sub for last 4-5 championship matches, Tadhg Baker already on panel and features in matches, I didn't suggest bringing any other player in but emphasised that these matches would be great foundation for adult inter county, I also stressed how clubs would benefit from their experience, not sure how you could base your response on what I said
Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2163 - 22/05/2025 14:35:32 2611755 Link 0 |
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Its a fantastic achievement , credit to Kenny Mc Kinley and his management team. These successes are rare especially All Irelands and are hugely important stepping stones that build confidence for the future. The 1995 minor win spawned the success of the U21 teams of 1999 and 2000 and provided many of the senior team that made the breakthrough in Leinster in 2004. Hopefully we see plenty of this crop breakthrough to the senior team in the years to come. Definitely a few of them not far away.
A_Chairde (Westmeath) - Posts: 296 - 22/05/2025 14:37:15 2611757 Link 1 |
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Are we getting carried away with the fact that it's an all Ireland B competition?
westmeathgaa11 (Westmeath) - Posts: 315 - 23/05/2025 12:58:05 2611869 Link 2 |
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When you factor in the size of the county , and the fact that it is one of a small number of genuine duel counties , then any all Ireland B is an excellent achievement. It's like a small rural club winning an u20 division 2 championship. It's significant, in it's own right. More important, is the difference between the results of this team and the u17 team 3 years ago. Moving in the right direction. jamsie (Westmeath) - Posts: 473 - 23/05/2025 13:48:13 2611882 Link 0 |
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Well it's pretty much the same level the seniors are at now essentially! We win very little in Westmeath so we can't afford to turn our noses up at anything. As previous posters have mentioned I'd be very tempted to give Ormsby a run off the bench against Limerick. It's not our strongest area of the pitch and he's as good as I've seen in the air for a young lad.
Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 255 - 23/05/2025 14:18:00 2611892 Link 0 |
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Surely it's commendable to try to win whatever competition you're entered in and to give it your best shot. We weren't good enough to win the Leinster under 20 and given our population and dual players such chances are probably rare. To then fully engage with the secondary competition was important and they did so in every way, training continued, the squad was focused and management ambitious. It's not as if they've had parades celebrating the win since, a small but enthusiastic crowd in Breffni and clubs praising their representatives on social media has been the height of the reaction. The win certainly boosts the chances of 6-7 of those lads being introduced to senior inter county fare over the next 12-24 months and that's a good thing. Our seniors winning the TC would mean a very good year football wise, minors displays were more than decent and ran Louth close, seniors have revamped squad and played consistently well all year.
Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2163 - 23/05/2025 15:13:00 2611903 Link 0 |