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Replying To Westmeath25:  "I know the Wexford game is disappointing but we do overlook how inexperienced the team is and it's definitely part of the reason we have not been winning these tight games! Nearly 90% of the team is under 25/26 and hopefully with some more underage success like beating Louth tonight we can be very positive going forward. The season is not over and a good minor, u20 and senior championship and this year can still be seen as a massive success."
90% of the team are under 25/26???

Ages below for the players that played Sunday. I might be out by a year in some. Most lads are in their prime. I count 6 of the 20 lads used being under 25. That's 30% nowhere the 90% you have stated.

Jason Daly 36
Danny Scahill 22/23
Charlie Drumm 25
Boidu Sayeh 30
Matthew Whittaker 22/23
Shane Allen 26
Sam McCartan 26
Jonathan Lynam 26
Brian Cooney 21
Kevin O'Sullivan 25/26
Ronan Wallace 30
Conor Dillon 28
Tom Molloy 28
Luke Loughlin 31
Danny McCartan 23

Tadhg Baker 21
Robbie Forde 28
Ray Connellan 32
T.J. Cox 26
Brandon Kelly 25

Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 637 - 25/03/2026 16:25:50    2663144

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Replying To GCCABU:  "U/20 match off 2nite pitch waterlogged"
Interesting to know the criteria for these games; is Kinnegad and Loman's the only venues they consider. TUS, Tubberclair, Athlone and Garrycastle for example all have floodlights. Not saying they are available but do they even try these clubs.

OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 260 - 25/03/2026 16:38:04    2663148

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Replying To OverTheHill85:  "Interesting to know the criteria for these games; is Kinnegad and Loman's the only venues they consider. TUS, Tubberclair, Athlone and Garrycastle for example all have floodlights. Not saying they are available but do they even try these clubs."
When a venue is nominated a backup has to be also named. In this case Kinnegad. Both were unplayable and was going to be late notice to move anywhere else.

Chops (Westmeath) - Posts: 874 - 25/03/2026 16:49:09    2663152

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I said it a few weeks ago and will say it again, Longford won't fear us. They will have their tails up after gaining promotion and will smell the the doubt Westmeath have in themselves.

Chops (Westmeath) - Posts: 874 - 25/03/2026 16:53:01    2663154

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Replying To Chops:  "When a venue is nominated a backup has to be also named. In this case Kinnegad. Both were unplayable and was going to be late notice to move anywhere else."
So could a venue outside of Kinnegad and Loman's be used? Irrespective of the short notice.

OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 260 - 25/03/2026 17:30:09    2663163

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Replying To Temple56:  "90% of the team are under 25/26???

Ages below for the players that played Sunday. I might be out by a year in some. Most lads are in their prime. I count 6 of the 20 lads used being under 25. That's 30% nowhere the 90% you have stated.

Jason Daly 36
Danny Scahill 22/23
Charlie Drumm 25
Boidu Sayeh 30
Matthew Whittaker 22/23
Shane Allen 26
Sam McCartan 26
Jonathan Lynam 26
Brian Cooney 21
Kevin O'Sullivan 25/26
Ronan Wallace 30
Conor Dillon 28
Tom Molloy 28
Luke Loughlin 31
Danny McCartan 23

Tadhg Baker 21
Robbie Forde 28
Ray Connellan 32
T.J. Cox 26
Brandon Kelly 25"
Team that was named to start against Fermanagh

J Connaughton
D Scahill
C Drumm
S Smith
R Wallace
S Allen
M Whittaker
R Connellan
J Lynam
K O'Sullivan
S McCartan
B Cooney
D McCartan
L Loughlin
S Corcoran

3 players in this starting team are over 26 fair enough that's 80% not 90%. So to say the bulk of this team are in their prime isn't correct 12 of these lads have 6-9 years left of playing for Westmeath! Most of this team got their first senior championship game in the last 3 years.

Westmeath25 (Westmeath) - Posts: 12 - 25/03/2026 17:40:26    2663165

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Replying To OverTheHill85:  "Interesting to know the criteria for these games; is Kinnegad and Loman's the only venues they consider. TUS, Tubberclair, Athlone and Garrycastle for example all have floodlights. Not saying they are available but do they even try these clubs."
Doubt any pitch is playable. Multyfarnham has one of the best floodlight setups in the county.

Jack_Sparrow (Westmeath) - Posts: 1075 - 25/03/2026 17:58:20    2663169

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