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Replying To Temple56: "Sam McCartan will be picked up by Charlie Drumm Ronan O Toole will be picked up by Joe Moran or Conor Coughlan Tj Cox and Dempsey will be picked up by Darragh Egerton and Peter Murray Mark Kelly will pick up John Heslin Luke Loughlin will be picked up David Whelan Mitchell will be picked up by Sean Flanagan Hard game to call. I'm going to go Lomans by 3" will be picked up is it a dance they are going to mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1807 - 03/10/2022 13:28:32 2442641 Link
Replying To mickcunningham: "will be picked up is it a dance they are going to" maybe tyrrellspass should try dancing, it might give them a bit of bottle. greenlatte (Westmeath) - Posts: 10 - 03/10/2022 13:51:03 2442645 Link
Who were the stand out players from each club that people saw in the championship to date ? exciting final ahead Lomans for me personally with their firepower. ear2ground (Westmeath) - Posts: 111 - 03/10/2022 14:19:51 2442651 Link
Loman's have an amazing forward line - all 6 pretty much county standard. Danny McCartan the youngest but has played county underage and will play county U20 in 2023. I heard Fola left at half time in the semi - could be bar stool talk but not sure how well he is going at the moment. Loman's defence has improved since Foy went to wing back. They will have their hands full with The Downs forwards too but overall hard to see past the three-in-a-row. 2 years ago in the semi, The Downs had them on the rack but a black card with 10 mins to go allowed Loman's to do enough and sneak through. In the intermediate, I expect the more experienced Shandonagh to prevail. I saw Tubberclair's semi win and I think they have flattered to deceive. Yes a brilliant win but they had all the momentum with the breeze and the 'Bridge just collapsed. They are an up and coming team but have overachieved this year. Junior - head says Multy by 6+ but a local derby of this nature and anything could happen. Multy seem to be the younger fitter team with a strong physical spine down the middle. A lot of grey heads on that Bun team. U17 Div 1 - Tubberclair v Lomans, no idea to be honest. I had expected Shamrocks to win this but they were pipped by Tubberclair as were Moate by Lomans. May the best team win. BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1131 - 03/10/2022 14:55:43 2442658 Link
Replying To greenlatte: "maybe tyrrellspass should try dancing, it might give them a bit of bottle." no great sense of humour here i see mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1807 - 03/10/2022 14:58:26 2442660 Link
Replying To Captainfantastic: "I wonder what new players will get the opportunity to make the WH senior squad after this years local championship. There must be a few guys from intermediate and junior teams strongly considered along with some more from the downs, Lomans, caulry and kinnegad. Some nice young forwards around." Would coughlan or Moran from the downs be worth a shout for the county team? Quite impressed with both any time I've seen them play for the Downs. Tubberclair have some nice footballers too which could be worth looking at. Dessie has said he will be looking for some new players to add to the set up. Lakecounty94 (Westmeath) - Posts: 58 - 03/10/2022 15:01:54 2442661 Link
Replying To mickcunningham: "no great sense of humour here i see" Lol Mick, you are paying for your previous sins and blinded loyalty to your beloved Tyrrellspass. BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1131 - 03/10/2022 16:08:52 2442674 Link
Replying To Lakecounty94: "Would coughlan or Moran from the downs be worth a shout for the county team? Quite impressed with both any time I've seen them play for the Downs. Tubberclair have some nice footballers too which could be worth looking at. Dessie has said he will be looking for some new players to add to the set up." Young Whittaker at centre forward for Tubberclair looks the real deal but only 19 so let's see him at county U20 first. David O'Reilly impressed in the hurling final and is only 18 this December, plays with Rosemount too. In terms of older lads, Andrew Kilmartin of The Downs looks decent. Caulry, Killucan and Kinnegad must have a few lads worth looking at. Smyth at full back for Killucan impressed me along with Leech and the Keyes. Presume Longford native Foy who is key to Lomans is in his early 30's and intercounty days are over. Presume Shane Dempsey will be called back in if interested. What about goalkeepers - Jason Daly currently no 1 and Trevor Martin no 2 - anyone else out there good enough to step up ? BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1131 - 03/10/2022 16:48:51 2442683 Link
Minor final could easily end in a draw, results in minor football championship all year were very close and semi finals resulted in one point victories. Loman's possibly favourites on basis of having more 17 year olds starting, Tubberclair will be very fancied in next year's minor. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1507 - 03/10/2022 17:06:18 2442688 Link
Between the League and the Championship both sides have played 15 games each, Lomans won 9 and lost 6, the Downs are unbeaten all year winning 13 and drawing 2, I still see Heslin lifting the cup on Sunday though. KooCullen (Westmeath) - Posts: 82 - 03/10/2022 19:34:48 2442707 Link
For the senior I'm going to go a bit against the grain & tip The Downs. They have been gradually improving each year & i think they'll take Lomans. Lomans extremely luck to win the last 2 finals, Tyrellspass should have taken them in normal time in 2020 & how Garrycastle left it behind them the first day last year i still don't know. It shows good experience from Lomans for them to win both times but i think their luck will run out on Sunday & Downs to win by 3 or 4. Agree with previous poster on the Intermediate. Tubberclare have had a brilliant year but i fully expect Shandonagh to make a quick return to senior by 5-6 points. Junior could go wither way, Multy have a younger fitter team but Bun have way more experience. Wouldn't be surprised to see a draw. Left Full (Westmeath) - Posts: 239 - 04/10/2022 09:07:26 2442729 Link
Replying To Left Full: "For the senior I'm going to go a bit against the grain & tip The Downs. They have been gradually improving each year & i think they'll take Lomans. Lomans extremely luck to win the last 2 finals, Tyrellspass should have taken them in normal time in 2020 & how Garrycastle left it behind them the first day last year i still don't know. It shows good experience from Lomans for them to win both times but i think their luck will run out on Sunday & Downs to win by 3 or 4. Agree with previous poster on the Intermediate. Tubberclare have had a brilliant year but i fully expect Shandonagh to make a quick return to senior by 5-6 points. Junior could go wither way, Multy have a younger fitter team but Bun have way more experience. Wouldn't be surprised to see a draw." Love to see the Downs winning it. I think it would be great for football within the County for someone else to win it. Lomans haven't been playing as well as other years so maybe the Downs can do it. In Inter I cant see anything other than a Tubberclair win. Shandonagh can count themselves extremely lucky to get to the final. Milltown should have beaten them in the Semi and they were lucky to get over Ballymore too. Junior i am tipping Multy to make the step up. Meridian (Westmeath) - Posts: 601 - 04/10/2022 10:41:25 2442740 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Shinrone's history making efforts in Offaly yesterday should inspire The Downs but I fancy Loman's for the following reasons. The Downs lads like Mitchell, Egerton, Loughlin, Loughlin Stones and Nolan have the distraction and the disappointment of the hurling yesterday. Loman's have had no such distractions all year. County final day experience counts for a lot. Loman's have huge experience of the day. Loman's are fitter than when they last met and at full strength. Fola likely to start. Loman's are in excellent form, they beat Kilcoo recently in a challenge match. That's a significant statement. The Downs defence is their weakest part of the team. Darragh Egerton prob mark Ronan O' Toole but their other defenders will struggle to contain Heslin, Cox and Dempsey. Loman's by 4-5." Lomans beat Kilcoo? When/where did that game take place? Beating the club all Ireland champions in the lead up to the county final has swayed me after hearing this! This is typical Lomans though, they perform at the end of the championship when it matters. Would like to hear more about that kilcoo game. Edman78 (Westmeath) - Posts: 100 - 04/10/2022 12:28:28 2442765 Link
Replying To Edman78: "Lomans beat Kilcoo? When/where did that game take place? Beating the club all Ireland champions in the lead up to the county final has swayed me after hearing this! This is typical Lomans though, they perform at the end of the championship when it matters. Would like to hear more about that kilcoo game." I could be wrong but this is what I heard They beat kilcoo the week before the killucan game by a point and I don't think either team scored over 10 points it was 10-9 or 9-8 or something like that good win and all but then they then went out and should've lost to killucan. They played them on a Friday night and 3 days previous kilcoo only played the second round of there championship so highly doubt kilcoo had anywhere near a full set probably more like the lads who didn't get played in teh championship few days before Westmeath213 (Westmeath) - Posts: 332 - 04/10/2022 15:04:18 2442791 Link
Loman's played Kilcoo at a neutral venue and both sides were close to full strength. It shows what Loman's are capable of but doesn't guarantee they'll do three in a row. Sunday's final promises to be a belter. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1507 - 04/10/2022 16:17:28 2442802 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Loman's played Kilcoo at a neutral venue and both sides were close to full strength. It shows what Loman's are capable of but doesn't guarantee they'll do three in a row. Sunday's final promises to be a belter." Would not look into a challenge game too much. Anyway Kilcoo are going very average this year needing penalties to get over a 1/4F. Lomans are there to be beat and they have stuttered in the last few finals. The downs will need to be at their tigerish best to win but I have never saw them loose a senior final (saw them in 3 finals) so they know as a club how to handle the big day. Might end in a draw - extra time or a replay? Captainfantastic (Westmeath) - Posts: 44 - 04/10/2022 21:51:01 2442830 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Loman's played Kilcoo at a neutral venue and both sides were close to full strength. It shows what Loman's are capable of but doesn't guarantee they'll do three in a row. Sunday's final promises to be a belter." Kilcoo were far from full strength and reintroducing a couple of players after an absence, Lomans were also missing a couple. The game was played at a challenge match pace so wouldn't be overly reading into it, that being said it was a useful run out, it's hard to get meaningful matches this time of year outside of the championship as most counties only have a handful of teams still involved in competition, and while it's good for preparation it never mimics a real knockout championship match. Lomans will have too much for The Downs on Sunday CleanShoulder (Westmeath) - Posts: 271 - 05/10/2022 10:01:42 2442840 Link
Replying To Captainfantastic: "Would not look into a challenge game too much. Anyway Kilcoo are going very average this year needing penalties to get over a 1/4F. Lomans are there to be beat and they have stuttered in the last few finals. The downs will need to be at their tigerish best to win but I have never saw them loose a senior final (saw them in 3 finals) so they know as a club how to handle the big day. Might end in a draw - extra time or a replay?" They have won their last two finals in 2005 against Garrycastle and 2003 against Athlone. But they lost the one before that in 1986 against Shamrocks. Unless you are counting 2003 twice with the drawn game. Anyway, don't see the relevance for the current team. Who is oldest player likely to feature? Luke Loughlin probably, and he was about 10 years old in 2005. jamsie (Westmeath) - Posts: 443 - 05/10/2022 10:40:42 2442848 Link
Replying To jamsie: "They have won their last two finals in 2005 against Garrycastle and 2003 against Athlone. But they lost the one before that in 1986 against Shamrocks. Unless you are counting 2003 twice with the drawn game. Anyway, don't see the relevance for the current team. Who is oldest player likely to feature? Luke Loughlin probably, and he was about 10 years old in 2005." As a club (history, know-how) they know how to win these finals just like as a county Mayo know how to loose AI finals. I think you know what I mean. Captainfantastic (Westmeath) - Posts: 44 - 05/10/2022 13:46:17 2442874 Link
SFC: St Lomans v The Downs IFC: Shandonagh v Tubberclair JFC: Multyfarnham v Bunbrosna Prediction is a Draw in all 3 games. Ultimately, St Lomans, Shandonagh & Multyfarnham to win. JoxerDaly (Westmeath) - Posts: 22 - 05/10/2022 16:19:04 2442901 Link