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Congratulations to CBS, unbelievable achievement, ive been saying it for years, the players are in westmeath but the ambition or belief is not. Was really happy to hear glennon and obrien raise that point last night on podcast. County board need to get into schools and see what they are doing, all those cbs and marist players were in Div 1 mentality setup. Now they returning to div 2 and 3 mentality with county set ups. Offaly, longford, louth, roscommon have bypassed us. We back to the same historical issues with dual players at minor again this week, which is crippling BOTH teams. I would ask the county what is the county ambition, mine is for westmeath to be the best that they possible can be and to win trophies it we are way of that with the current structures and alot of the decisions been made at executive level. Upforthegame23 (Westmeath) - Posts: 170 - 19/03/2026 08:49:55 2661763 Link 0 |
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I'd agree with parts of that, but not all of it. Those CBS lads trained a lot on the Shamrocks back pitch which, to be fair, isn't a great surface, and even places like The Downs or Shandonagh would be better grounds. But I don't think the pitch is the main factor here. For me, it's down to the coaching. You've a group of young coaches there who are either still playing or only recently finished, so everything they're doing is modern, sharp, and very game-focused. The patterns of play, movement, and decision-making those lads showed against Tralee were top class, and that doesn't happen by accident-that's coaching and proper training. Don't get me wrong, a COE would be massive and would bring the county on hugely, no doubt about that. But even with facilities, if the coaching and setup aren't right, you won't see the full benefit. Another thing I noticed-Granard winning the All-Ireland B at the weekend. A lot of that team were part of the Longford minor side that won Leinster recently. That's no coincidence. They're coming from a strong, well-coached setup. Then you look at CBS-they had a good few lads involved with Westmeath minors, who didn't get out of the group from what I remember. That kind of tells its own story. So overall, I'd lean towards it being more about coaching and the structures in place rather than facilities alone-though both obviously matter. Could be wrong, just something I picked up on. And fair play to Granard as well, great win. Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 153 - 19/03/2026 11:40:39 2661803 Link 1 |