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Replying To Westmeath213: "Div 1- Lomans by 5+ Div 2- athlone +3 Div 3- shamrocks beat malachys in group fixture so I think they will do it again- by 4 Div 4- st Joseph's" Lomans by 8, first league title for since 2019, without or without county men involved Athlone by 1, comeback kid John Egan to come on and kick winner Shamrocks by 3 Conor O Brien to be the very difference Joes by 6, should have enough to beat Tyrellspass lakecounty90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 62 - 08/06/2023 17:04:33 2484993 Link
Replying To Temple56: "It's not only about giving the inter county players a rest but also letting club managers get used to county players and practice game plans. For example if you are Shane Curran you wouldn't have has access to Baker, Maguire and McCormack all year and before the 1st round of championship you will only get 1 training session with them. Hurling week should have been 1st to give football clubs 2 weeks to train with county players! Common sense. Very few of the inter county footballers play hurling. I'd say 2/3 at most." Shane Curran could keep Baker, Maguire and Mc Cormack in reserve for first round. That worked out well last year against Lomans lakecounty90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 62 - 08/06/2023 17:25:51 2484998 Link
Replying To lakecounty90: "Lomans by 8, first league title for since 2019, without or without county men involved Athlone by 1, comeback kid John Egan to come on and kick winner Shamrocks by 3 Conor O Brien to be the very difference Joes by 6, should have enough to beat Tyrellspass" Lomans last league win was 2017 2017 - Lomans 2018 - Garrycastle 2019 - Garrycastle 2020 and 2021 - no winner due to covid 2022 - The Downs Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 402 - 08/06/2023 17:37:25 2485001 Link
Replying To lakecounty90: "Shane Curran could keep Baker, Maguire and Mc Cormack in reserve for first round. That worked out well last year against Lomans" Maguire was on holidays for the Lomans game. He was back for the Garrycastle game 3 days later starting alongside Baker & McCormack so it did work out well Mountlin (Westmeath) - Posts: 52 - 08/06/2023 17:37:32 2485002 Link
Replying To lakecounty90: "Lomans by 8, first league title for since 2019, without or without county men involved Athlone by 1, comeback kid John Egan to come on and kick winner Shamrocks by 3 Conor O Brien to be the very difference Joes by 6, should have enough to beat Tyrellspass" Div 1: Kinnegad - by 2 Div2: Athlone: - by 7. Div3: Malachys - by 3. Div 4: St Josephs - by 4. Div 5 - Athlone by 3. Laker1500 (Westmeath) - Posts: 20 - 09/06/2023 13:00:20 2485111 Link
I guarantee you the fixtures are already made for the 1st round of the championship, they will be released on the Sunday night if we don't beat Tyrone. The hurling championship could start 1st, one perceived problem is there is only 7 match days in hurling and 8 in football, so you'll end up with a gap in hurling and a glut of football games in a row, guarantee you the football clubs wouldn't be happy because of recovery times for injuries, most hurling clubs have dual players so they're used to playing every weekend. Shane Curran would hit the roof if Caulry had to play 3 or 4 games in a row, especially if any of their star players got injured, is there any hurlers in Caulry? As for the league finals, if you were Dessie would you let the lads play a club game, knowing that outside the starting 15, the bench isn't that strong? Last year there were only a few lads involved in league finals, and Cooney's club was in the D1 final, bit of a difference. If I was a club player on the co panel with a league final this weekend I'd make myself available for the league final without asking Dessie, if I ended up playin I'd face the music at county training. On the other side of it, P.Dowdall might be happy to play with the lads that played all through the league, imagine the dilemma with having to drop 4 or 5 lads that got you to a league final, what are you saying to them. A problem in Westmeath is that the second 16-30 on the football or hurling squads are not allowed play club games, and when they go back to their clubs they are like a sack of onions. stonemadbeany (USA) - Posts: 543 - 09/06/2023 13:11:15 2485113 Link
Why would anyone in Westmeath be concerned about Shane Curran's reaction to anything? He is here for one reason only and when his term is up he won't care less about anything Westmeath related unless some other club decides to 'employ' his services Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1515 - 09/06/2023 13:41:23 2485120 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Why would anyone in Westmeath be concerned about Shane Curran's reaction to anything? He is here for one reason only and when his term is up he won't care less about anything Westmeath related unless some other club decides to 'employ' his services" I was using Curran as an example, but I'd say all the football managers are happy playing every second weekend as most football clubs only have a few dual players. The likes of Killucan, Malachys, and most of the north Westmeath football clubs would have more though. stonemadbeany (USA) - Posts: 543 - 09/06/2023 17:26:35 2485159 Link
are any of the finals on Iarmhi tv this weekend Bettyboo22 (Westmeath) - Posts: 108 - 09/06/2023 20:15:53 2485182 Link
The Downs Adam Loughlin (Younger brother of Luke) starting today at corner forward for New York against Carlow. Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 402 - 10/06/2023 17:31:57 2485308 Link
Replying To Temple56: "The Downs Adam Loughlin (Younger brother of Luke) starting today at corner forward for New York against Carlow." Ye watching it there Doing v well Hope they can keep it up Bettyboo22 (Westmeath) - Posts: 108 - 10/06/2023 17:48:39 2485315 Link
Well done Kinnegad winning today. Lomans will kick themselves. 1-3 to no score up after 10mins. Kinnegad then woke up and they played with 14men with Fox getting the line after two silly yellows. You would have thought it was St Lomans with 14men. TJ Cox excellent after coming on in second half and Shane Dempsey kicked lovely points Thought Giles goal for CK should not have been given as he bounced it twice. Brian Cooney and Shane Fleming played well Saw Shane Curran and Eoin Mooney in watching the game making lots of notes. Caulry play Kinnegad in the first round. Should be a good game Mountlin (Westmeath) - Posts: 52 - 11/06/2023 21:02:43 2485625 Link
Replying To Mountlin: "Well done Kinnegad winning today. Lomans will kick themselves. 1-3 to no score up after 10mins. Kinnegad then woke up and they played with 14men with Fox getting the line after two silly yellows. You would have thought it was St Lomans with 14men. TJ Cox excellent after coming on in second half and Shane Dempsey kicked lovely points Thought Giles goal for CK should not have been given as he bounced it twice. Brian Cooney and Shane Fleming played well Saw Shane Curran and Eoin Mooney in watching the game making lots of notes. Caulry play Kinnegad in the first round. Should be a good game" It's the league. Well done CKG. It's the league. fizzygravy (USA) - Posts: 147 - 12/06/2023 00:08:07 2485663 Link
Cant understand why county players were not allowed play for their CLUBs in the finals. Really bad form... gti (Westmeath) - Posts: 240 - 12/06/2023 09:29:34 2485697 Link
League finals without county players makes zero sense. Heslin and Co should have been allowed play 30 mins each. Great attendance last evening, decent game. Loman's were short their four county starters and Conor Regan, Oisin Hogan and Kelvin Reilly so won't be overly worried. They have decent strength in depth with the likes of Enda Gaffney, Ryan Jones and Peter Foy, they also had Kevin Regan back. Kinnegad were the most consistent team throughout the league and deserved title, they look very fit and likes of Torpey, Cruise will be likely championship starters. Their championship meeting will be interesting as no love lost between them. Athlone have now won 10 successive league matches from div 2 and look like they're moving well, very young side, they will be a challenge for any side in section B, Shane Allen a fine player, young McNamara at corner back a find and good forwards. Milltownpass played well but missed Finbarr Coyne and Brandon Kelly and Sam Duncan. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1515 - 12/06/2023 09:56:57 2485717 Link
Replying To gti: "Cant understand why county players were not allowed play for their CLUBs in the finals. Really bad form..." Agree, it was very disappointing and all for a dead rubber of a game against Tyrone at the weekend. It makes a mock of the league. St.Lomans would have wiped the floor with Kinnegad yesterday with their County players. I know it's only league, but still. Let the lads play. And that's across the board for all the finals that were played not just Div1. The Div1 was a good game yesterday though, for the players that did play. There was more than enough bite to the game. St. Lomans defence suspect as we expected. Lots of poor performances from St. Lomans especially. TJ Cox should have started. Peter Foy was his usual warrior self but 2 or 3 trying to do everything just doesn't work. Kinnegad full value for their win. A real team spirit about them this year and they won't be far off. Down to 14 men for majority of that game. Fantastic resolve. Roll on the Championship. Edman78 (Westmeath) - Posts: 100 - 12/06/2023 09:58:27 2485721 Link
Well Done Ck unreal win . They won't fear Lomans County or no county lads Bettyboo22 (Westmeath) - Posts: 108 - 12/06/2023 09:59:25 2485722 Link
Replying To Mountlin: "Well done Kinnegad winning today. Lomans will kick themselves. 1-3 to no score up after 10mins. Kinnegad then woke up and they played with 14men with Fox getting the line after two silly yellows. You would have thought it was St Lomans with 14men. TJ Cox excellent after coming on in second half and Shane Dempsey kicked lovely points Thought Giles goal for CK should not have been given as he bounced it twice. Brian Cooney and Shane Fleming played well Saw Shane Curran and Eoin Mooney in watching the game making lots of notes. Caulry play Kinnegad in the first round. Should be a good game" Well Deserved Win Bettyboo22 (Westmeath) - Posts: 108 - 12/06/2023 10:00:31 2485723 Link
Replying To gti: "Cant understand why county players were not allowed play for their CLUBs in the finals. Really bad form..." Its only the league finals not the end of the world. Its really the O'Byrne Cup of club football. Championship is everything!! Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 402 - 12/06/2023 10:08:47 2485727 Link
Replying To gti: "Cant understand why county players were not allowed play for their CLUBs in the finals. Really bad form..." Excellent decision made by Des the lads that havent got much game time in recent weeks( giles, cooney, dempsey , cox allowed play) and then heslin, toole, mccartan, daly, duncan stood down given they would then have to play 4 hard games on the body in 4 weeks. Again totally agree with above post league is a secondary competition and yesterdays poor attendance highlighted that further. The Tyrone game is a massive challenge for senior team (very capable challenge) and i can imagine the group players are soley focused on that. Congrats to CkG and well deserved given what the club experienced in last few months with tragedy . ear2ground (Westmeath) - Posts: 111 - 12/06/2023 10:10:40 2485729 Link