ok lets have a try and picking the starting 15 for the opener against louth

here for what its worth is my prediction

quinn

k daly maguire f boyle

gonoud k martin p holloway

sharry egan

j dolan d glennon j egan

dempsey heslin mcormack

subs bryan corcoran corroon gaughan mcnicholas smullen

any thoughts lads

mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1903 - 19/01/2017 15:13:17    1947010

martyW (Westmeath) - Posts: 338 - 19/01/2017 15:55:59    1947033

I would start some of the lads who did well in the O'Byrne Cup. Bryan in goals, Gaughan in midfield and Luke Loughlin corner forward. It's important to keep things fresh with a few new lads. I can't see Quinn keeping his place this year after a dreadful year in 2016 for the county. Dean McNicholas will probably be tried a few more times in midfield in the league I expect.

Matthew (None) - Posts: 1095 - 19/01/2017 16:27:00    1947048

Quinn
Daly:Boyle:Maguire
Dolan:Holloway:Gonoud
Sharry:Corroon
McCormack:Egan:Martin
Dempsey:Heslin:Loughlin

Left Full (Westmeath) - Posts: 264 - 19/01/2017 16:57:12    1947061

Quinn;
Gonoud, Maguire, Boyle;
Dolan, Holloway, Stone;
Sharry, Egan;
Martin, Corroon, Loughlin;
McCormack, Heslin, Dempsey

iarmhi_an_mhaith (Westmeath) - Posts: 287 - 19/01/2017 17:28:09    1947076

Are you not playing CARLOW in your 1st league game. Something tells me Louth are in DIV 3!!!!!!

Carlow won't be easy!!

fullbach (Carlow) - Posts: 266 - 19/01/2017 17:46:49    1947088

iarmhi_an_mhaith (Westmeath) - Posts: 287 - 19/01/2017 18:18:44    1947104

my mistake it is indeed carlow in first round

mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1903 - 20/01/2017 09:09:06    1947236

1-David Bryan
2-Killian Daly
3-Francis Boyle
4-Kevin Maguire
5-Jamie Gonoud
6-Alan Stone
7-James Dolan
8-Paddy Holloway
9-Alan Gaughan
10-Paul Sharry
11-Ger Egan
12-Kieran Martin
13-Luke Loughlin
14-John Heslin
15-Shane Dempsey

dec (None) - Posts: 307 - 20/01/2017 09:15:47    1947240

Team I would like to see throughout entire league and championship; David Bryan, Killian Daly, Frank Boyle, Kevin Maguire, James Dolan, Alan Stone, Paul Sharry, Alan Gaughan, Denis Coroon, Kelvin Reilly, Dean McNicholas, Kieran Martin, Luke Loughlin, John Heslin, Shane Dempsey.

XPAC (Westmeath) - Posts: 86 - 20/01/2017 10:08:48    1947259

Chops (Westmeath) - Posts: 859 - 20/01/2017 10:49:50    1947278

1. Quinn
2. Gonoud
3. Boyle
4. Maguire
5. Dolan
6. Stone
7. Hollaway
8. Corroon
9. Egan
10. Reilly
11. Glennon
12. Sharry
13. Mc Cormack
14. Heslin
15. Dempsey

Paddyfla19 (Westmeath) - Posts: 114 - 20/01/2017 11:49:52    1947303

Quinn;
Daly, F Boyle, Maguire;
Dolan, Holloway, Gonoud;
Corroon, Egan;
Reilly, Sharry, C Boyle;
Martin, Heslin, McCormack"

Croí na hÉirean (Westmeath) - Posts: 71 - 20/01/2017 15:20:33    1947380

1.Bryan
2.Killian Daly
3.Kevin Maguire
4.Jamie Gonoud
5.Cormac Boyle
6.Holloway(stone could replace holloway if u moved holloway to midfield)
7.James Dolan
8.Egan
9.Corroon(holloway maybe)
10.Kelvin Reilly
11.Paul Sharry
12.Denis Glennon
13.Kieran Martin
14.John Heslin
15.Paul Greville

be a great team,if we went with 3 up top

footiemad (Westmeath) - Posts: 733 - 20/01/2017 16:04:58    1947388

1. Quinn
2. Ganoud
3. bOYLE
4. Maguire
5. Corcoran
6. Gilligan
7. dOLAN
8. hALLAWAY
9. Coroon
10. Sharry
11. Glennon
12. Egan
13. Loughlin
13. Heslin
15. Martin

Djkray (Dublin) - Posts: 152 - 21/01/2017 00:05:47    1947496

A narrow defeat today for Limerick today after extra time against Kerry. Their u 21s are winning games too. Gonna be a hard fought league. Carlow and Leitrim both seem to putting in an effort this year player commitment wise too. Add in Wexford under Banty. It's all to play for.

Jack_Sparrow (Westmeath) - Posts: 1057 - 22/01/2017 17:39:18    1947766

I see Paul Greville's name mentioned earlier - is he involved this year ?

BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1200 - 22/01/2017 20:22:47    1947853

Sunday Week we have Carlow at home and ok ok i hear you say i taught you were not going to go to any league games. well here is the thing i have a Season Ticket that was bought for me at christmas at a cost of 99 euro so i might as well go to the games. also i hear from the one member my club has on the panel that Cribbin is going all out attack v Carlow so i must say i want to watch that and then i can comment after the game. Anyway feeling a lot better about the season ahead i think it could be a great one and we should have some silverwear at the end of it which is somehting we need as a county. What you think guys

Djkray (Dublin) - Posts: 152 - 27/01/2017 23:03:45    1949359

Chops (Westmeath) - Posts: 859 - 28/01/2017 15:16:03    1949445

Laughing stock if Westmeath don't win out div 4. No two ways about it. Cribben wont make the championship if they don't. He was lucky to survive after the league last year.

To the poster saying Westmeath will go all out attack v Carlow, I wouldn't hold my breath. They will be plenty of Westmeath men marking space on Sunday. The manager is know to revert to type in the week leading up to a game.

the21yardline (Westmeath) - Posts: 182 - 31/01/2017 08:26:21    1950428