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Replying To WestmeathGael1: "Young Geoghegan from Lomans/Turin maybe? Or the Ormbsys from Shamrocks/Plunketts" Buckley Leech and Maguire I'd imagine they'd be on extended panels at this stage of the year TheWagonWheel-N91Y529 (Westmeath) - Posts: 62 - 06/11/2026 13:15:58 2699608 Link
Replying To TheWagonWheel-N91Y529: "It's true if that's what's happening. It's very disrespectful to club hurling if players are being told they can't train or play with their clubs and must attend U20 or senior county sessions or risk their place on the panel. If Kevin O'Brien told hurlers they couldn't train with their football clubs, he'd get serious abuse for it. It's becoming a joke. What's going on with Gonoud and McHugh? Clubs need space to breathe." Back training in early October, is it any wonder the footballers were crippled by injuries by the end of the season DanGer966 (Westmeath) - Posts: 72 - 06/11/2026 13:30:15 2699611 Link
Replying To TheWagonWheel-N91Y529: "It's true if that's what's happening. It's very disrespectful to club hurling if players are being told they can't train or play with their clubs and must attend U20 or senior county sessions or risk their place on the panel. If Kevin O'Brien told hurlers they couldn't train with their football clubs, he'd get serious abuse for it. It's becoming a joke. What's going on with Gonoud and McHugh? Clubs need space to breathe." The man was dealt a bad hand of cards the minute he took the job, I said here on this forum last year that the management at the time was going to set back hurling in the county thirty years and it's coming to fruition now. Imagine to think three years ago Wexford were beaten in the Liam McCarthy and ever since that game the team/county had nosedived off a cliff to an extent it has is unbelievable. Will the best minors now choose football over what is being witnessed, another lost generation of talent is going to happen if something not done. The talent is there with everyone on board to win a joe McDonagh and comfortably stay in Liam McCarthy. preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 845 - 06/11/2026 13:37:26 2699612 Link
Replying To DanGer966: "Back training in early October, is it any wonder the footballers were crippled by injuries by the end of the season" Yeah no surprise when McHugh comes from the Mcguiness school of thought Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 389 - 06/11/2026 13:57:09 2699615 Link
The past is the past we have to move on and the board have to get this right. I see there is a meeting of hurling clubs monday night and it is very important we have total unity.The hurling clubs and 1 or 2 senior players have to have an input into the selection of new manager and county officials who have no history of involvement with hurling none. jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 2055 - 06/11/2026 14:33:59 2699622 Link
The players need a very hard luck at themselves. Unbelievable unfit over the last few years. Always someone else fault etc etc… They have full use of a local leisure centre and they're constantly in the sauna there! You'd never see one of the footballers in the place; unless in the gym in the same facility. All you have to do is look at how fit the footballers were last year. That wasn't by accident… Matthew (None) - Posts: 1127 - 06/11/2026 14:51:27 2699624 Link
Replying To preddan: "The man was dealt a bad hand of cards the minute he took the job, I said here on this forum last year that the management at the time was going to set back hurling in the county thirty years and it's coming to fruition now. Imagine to think three years ago Wexford were beaten in the Liam McCarthy and ever since that game the team/county had nosedived off a cliff to an extent it has is unbelievable. Will the best minors now choose football over what is being witnessed, another lost generation of talent is going to happen if something not done. The talent is there with everyone on board to win a joe McDonagh and comfortably stay in Liam McCarthy." What talent is there to win a Joe McDonagh? Name a team plus five subs capable of doing that. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2867 - 06/11/2026 15:35:47 2699629 Link
Replying To jobber: "The past is the past we have to move on and the board have to get this right. I see there is a meeting of hurling clubs monday night and it is very important we have total unity.The hurling clubs and 1 or 2 senior players have to have an input into the selection of new manager and county officials who have no history of involvement with hurling none." Players selecting managers? Seriously? Would any half serious hurling county have players selecting a manager? That's one reason our hurling is in a mess for the last few years. Players play. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2867 - 06/11/2026 15:38:02 2699630 Link
Replying To Bluelake: "Yeah no surprise when McHugh comes from the Mcguiness school of thought" Yes and very easy buy into after last years success DanGer966 (Westmeath) - Posts: 72 - 06/11/2026 15:42:42 2699631 Link
Replying To jobber: "The past is the past we have to move on and the board have to get this right. I see there is a meeting of hurling clubs monday night and it is very important we have total unity.The hurling clubs and 1 or 2 senior players have to have an input into the selection of new manager and county officials who have no history of involvement with hurling none." What prospective manager/coach will take the job if that's the approach. The first thing anyone considering the manager/coach position will ring O Brien and ask his opinion on what's what if from outside the county and anyone inside would be very foolish going for the job under those circumstances. A poisoned chalice by the sounds of it if other posters comments here regarding the players are any way near the mark. It needs a hurling director approach with full buy in from every hurling man woman and child in Westmeath to fix the mess that is now. Otherwise it'll be the same again in 5 yrs time. Sure the center of excellence would be nice but didnt Westmeath hurling prosper and thrive without one for years. 2maroonjerseys (Galway) - Posts: 209 - 06/11/2026 16:00:26 2699637 Link
You can have the best manager and as many coaches and 20 in a backroom team but if you haven't got the talent there is nothing you can do plus players getting far too much power at county and club level they seem to dictate what goes on look at this year's 3 senior finals in westmeath would you realistically pick out 6 or 7 top top inter County hurlers out of the 6 teams.only thing co board can do now for a start is appoint a county manager who the players will look up too and respect and has had success in previous jobs this has to be a given for a county manager as clubs now won't appoint a manager unless he has a proven track record let alone a county manager. Facethepuckout1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 4 - 06/11/2026 16:02:08 2699638 Link
Replying To Gaaforlife2023: "Again eho are players you digging at many gave westmeath great service" I'll accept my initial post was very emotive and yes county board on reflection need to also be included in the ownership of this. But this is 4 managers is 4 years I'm not naming individual players but the group as a whole. Every manager can't be terrible and can't be setting poor standards surly ? ear2ground (Westmeath) - Posts: 128 - 06/11/2026 16:57:06 2699644 Link
Replying To Facethepuckout1: "You can have the best manager and as many coaches and 20 in a backroom team but if you haven't got the talent there is nothing you can do plus players getting far too much power at county and club level they seem to dictate what goes on look at this year's 3 senior finals in westmeath would you realistically pick out 6 or 7 top top inter County hurlers out of the 6 teams.only thing co board can do now for a start is appoint a county manager who the players will look up too and respect and has had success in previous jobs this has to be a given for a county manager as clubs now won't appoint a manager unless he has a proven track record let alone a county manager." Anyone that knew anything about Westmeath hurling would have said we would be where we are now , the fact posters here are surprised shows the disconnect Thechick (Westmeath) - Posts: 293 - 06/11/2026 20:26:52 2699653 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Players selecting managers? Seriously? Would any half serious hurling county have players selecting a manager? That's one reason our hurling is in a mess for the last few years. Players play." I agree i didnt put it across correctly i should have said recently retired senior players which has been the norm i believe apart from the Bulfin appointment. jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 2055 - 06/11/2026 22:32:43 2699657 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "What talent is there to win a Joe McDonagh? Name a team plus five subs capable of doing that." Sean Jackson Daragh Egerton, Conor Shaw, Shane Williams; Aaron Craig, Rory Keyes, Daragh Mccormack; Eamonn Cunneen, Peter Clarke; Cormac Mckeogh, David Williams, Eoin Daly; David O Reilly, Niall Mitchell, Kilian Doyle. Conor Bracken, Eoin Keyes, Daragh Smith, Dara Clinton, Jack Galvin, Conor Mcrossan, Naoise Mckenna,Mark Cunningham and Owen Mccabe. Thats 24 and not including Johhny Birmingham who rumour has it is going abroad or any under 20s jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 2055 - 06/11/2026 23:01:30 2699660 Link
I find it crazy that a manager has been ousted (if this is actually true). We all know we are in a period of transition , was KOB not just brought into steady the ship? Better teams have gone in the past with less glamorous setups but got stuck in. Would love to know what type of manager they are looking for. As many posts above say , the players aren't there at the moment and we can't always be relying on trying to get players who have retired back , they have put in great years. You just need to look at the standard of the club games to see this. mul (Westmeath) - Posts: 26 - 07/11/2026 09:58:24 2699669 Link
Delvin u14 division 1 champions Dheen (Westmeath) - Posts: 1188 - 07/11/2026 15:16:41 2699686 Link
Well done to Plunketts and Turin in Leinster today Dheen (Westmeath) - Posts: 1188 - 07/11/2026 16:01:55 2699689 Link