While Westmeath manager Tomas O Flatharta will name his team for Sunday's Leinster SFC opener after training on Thursday night, his Longford counterpart Luke Dempsey won't announce his line-up until Friday evening. Dempsey is putting the delay down to the number of injuries he has had to contend with. "We're more or less there, but have to make doubly sure of some players," the former Lake County boss said. "Declan Farrell is the most serious doubt. He tore a quad muscle playing in the league against Sligo. Noel Farrell, his brother, and Declan Reilly, who's also from the same club, are nursing hamstring strains and Kevin Mulligan has an ankle injury but we'd be hopeful that they'll make it." Midfielder David Duffy and star forward Dessie Dolan are Westmeath's chief injury concerns. Tweet

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