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Tomorrow night is a real potential banana skin. Laois been a bit inconsistent although they beat Sligo comfortably who we were fortunate to beat

Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 351 - 27/02/2026 12:09:43    2658870

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fair play to Lakecounty90, he's doing some work with those updates, every game's score was up by around 10 last night, and it looks like he's doing it mostly on his own. He's built a huge following already. Not trying to be negative here on ClaretandBlue, but it probably should be a bit of a reality check for the county board.

Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 147 - 28/02/2026 09:33:42    2658978

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Late inclusion to the Congress table. A motion to change an existing Championship structure which will see the 9th best placed team replace the 4th best placed team in qualifying for the group stage, in the same grade. Seriously, can you imagine such ludicrously being debated and voted (fairly) on at Congress? No, you can't because it would be laughed at and thrown out. Fantastic to see such a strong representation at Congress "shaping the future of our games".

iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 308 - 28/02/2026 13:36:11    2659029

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Replying To iarmhiabu:  "Late inclusion to the Congress table. A motion to change an existing Championship structure which will see the 9th best placed team replace the 4th best placed team in qualifying for the group stage, in the same grade. Seriously, can you imagine such ludicrously being debated and voted (fairly) on at Congress? No, you can't because it would be laughed at and thrown out. Fantastic to see such a strong representation at Congress "shaping the future of our games"."
Does anyone know what position Patrick Doherty has within the county board? Has it changed ? Last time I checked he was head of operations. What does head of operations do? I see he was at congress representing Westmeath. Just thought it was abit odd since being a county board delegate isn't in his job spec when he was interviewed in 2020?

In an interview he did in 2020 with Westmeath topic he said the following " The role itself is many and varied. Basically it involves dealing with finance, liaising with team managers, and liaising with team co-ordinators and working with the clubs. I have a good relationship with the clubs, so you could say I'm acting as a conduit between the county committee and the clubs.
I also work with the CCC on fixtures, and the scheduling of games throughout the calendar for their master fixture plans. So, overall the job involves many roles incorporating all aspects of Westmeath GAA."

Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 624 - 28/02/2026 13:55:58    2659036

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Replying To iarmhiabu:  "Late inclusion to the Congress table. A motion to change an existing Championship structure which will see the 9th best placed team replace the 4th best placed team in qualifying for the group stage, in the same grade. Seriously, can you imagine such ludicrously being debated and voted (fairly) on at Congress? No, you can't because it would be laughed at and thrown out. Fantastic to see such a strong representation at Congress "shaping the future of our games"."
Was it premature since cpubty season not extended for westmeath change championship structure

Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 1206 - 28/02/2026 14:05:33    2659040

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Replying To iarmhiabu:  "Late inclusion to the Congress table. A motion to change an existing Championship structure which will see the 9th best placed team replace the 4th best placed team in qualifying for the group stage, in the same grade. Seriously, can you imagine such ludicrously being debated and voted (fairly) on at Congress? No, you can't because it would be laughed at and thrown out. Fantastic to see such a strong representation at Congress "shaping the future of our games"."
Last year the apparently 7th best team in Intermediate Milltownpass easily beat the apparently 4th best team Multy in the intermediate quarter final. The idea of the top 6 being automatically being way better than the bottom 6 just isn't the case. It's all a flawed system which suits some clubs and is all based on the previous year. Imagine a player who is in Australia or somewhere can influence a championship this year even though he didn't play in it. All players in senior or intermediate should have the same chance of winning it or being relegated but no, some teams can't be relegated and some can that's where the lack of fairness really lies. They are all in the same competition. It's different than being relegated from senior to intermediate for example as they are different grades.
The structures the last few years which you are in favour of, and this years structure both are unfair and not even handed. Probably going to get chewed up for this post but explain how I'm wrong.

Jack_Sparrow (Westmeath) - Posts: 1066 - 28/02/2026 17:56:46    2659074

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What a win for CBS - superb game from start to finish. Thought Masterson, O'Brien, Ormsby, Moloney and Scahill were absolutely outstanding. Byrne and McWade were very impressive too. Serious finish to a cracking game - Scahill must've hit 11 or 12 points and set up the goal to kill it off at the end.

In fairness, O'Rourke and the Abbey's number 12 were excellent as well. Roll on Paddy's Day - fair play to CBS, and great to see the students and teachers out in force supporting the team on a Saturday in Dublin.

Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 147 - 28/02/2026 18:01:01    2659075

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And we wonder why westmeath supporters don't go to games. Tonight answers that. Promotion long gone now. Not good enough

Mattyreilly (Westmeath) - Posts: 179 - 28/02/2026 19:53:59    2659089

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Replying To Bluelake:  "Tomorrow night is a real potential banana skin. Laois been a bit inconsistent although they beat Sligo comfortably who we were fortunate to beat"
The lack of proper training facilities is really coming home to roost. I fear for the hurlers tomorrow. Laois will drag them into a physical battle.

2maroonjerseys (Galway) - Posts: 132 - 28/02/2026 20:25:08    2659096

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Replying To Mattyreilly:  "And we wonder why westmeath supporters don't go to games. Tonight answers that. Promotion long gone now. Not good enough"
If we win our last 2 games we are promoted. It's a big ask after this evening. But it's do able

mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1932 - 28/02/2026 21:07:53    2659107

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Very rare we get a decent travelling support. Tonight we did and the team gave us nothing to get behind. Awful.

westmeathman99 (Westmeath) - Posts: 136 - 28/02/2026 21:08:43    2659108

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Replying To 2maroonjerseys:  "The lack of proper training facilities is really coming home to roost. I fear for the hurlers tomorrow. Laois will drag them into a physical battle."
I'd say injuries played a big part as well. Most of the bench today haven't seen much league game time yet, and the lack of midfielders is going to be a serious issue, especially with Johnny and likely Ray out for the next game. We were poor today, but Sligo and Clare going head-to-head is the only thing keeping promotion slightly in our favour.

Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 147 - 28/02/2026 21:32:45    2659111

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Correct me if I'm wrong but I think we will still go up if we win our last two games so tonight's result may not matter too much. I'm hoping that McHugh had his eye on that scenario and heavy loaded training this week. Otherwise it's a worrying result. We will have a better idea of the players when the chips are down these last two games now that they really matter. It's win or bust! It's great scoring at will against the bottom team last week but now we will learn who can step up or not!

Iarmhisamhi (Westmeath) - Posts: 41 - 28/02/2026 21:37:45    2659113

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