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Replying To Gaaforlife2023: "Shandonagh miltpwn way ahead malachys poor today maybe they caught shandonagh on the hop" I Don't follow your logic, Multy could have beaten Shandonagh in previous match. Don't agree that they are suddenly way ahead. A lot of these matches take on a life of their own. St Malachys will be a different story in a knock out match than they were today I think.
Jack_Sparrow (Westmeath) - Posts: 1090 - 06/09/2026 19:32:07
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No surprises in section A. The Downs, though stuttering at times eventually overpowered Garrycastle in a ten minute spell from midway through second half. Did what they had to do. Will be delighted to get J. Lynam on the pitch, though will have concerns over Drumm and Moran who exited the game with injuries. Looked good when they looked good but won't get away with this kind of performance against Kinnegad, if that ends up being the final.
The other games went on expected lines. The biggest talking point for me is that Tubberclair, after topping the group were rewarded with a q/f against the third best team while the teams that finished 8th and 9th in the championship were rewarded with a q/f against each other. Did you ever see such a farce in all your life?It actually demeans this championship. The only thing is.. the cream will probably rise to the top anyway and the final will be contested from the top 3. That is the only saving grace of an embarrassing format.
On form it should be the Downs and Kinnegad but Lomans will be dangerous if they reach the semi final. Tubberclair will be an unknown quantity for the A teams so it will be interesting how they perform against a clearly struggling Lomans team who are waiting forever for some team to kill them off. The fact that they are still alive though, will still give the top two some food for thought.
Ultimately today was a bit of a damp squib after all and the abacus wasn't needed.
Iarmhisamhi (Westmeath) - Posts: 74 - 06/09/2026 20:18:24
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The Downs v St Lomans/Kinnegad Final. The more they change the format, the more things stay the same.
iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 383 - 06/09/2026 20:32:52
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Shandonagh at full throttle are a serious outfit. Speed and power all over the pitch and their six forwards are as good as any senior team bar The Downs and Kinnegad . They've good options off the bench too with O'Brien Killian Donnelly and Craig all able to come on and score. I think their half-back line finished with 4-2 or 4-3 between them which is some going. The only thing that could catch them is their inconsistency. They were 17 points up and cruising yesterday then conceded three goals in about ten minutes and Milltownpass missed a penalty too. Theyhave the panel to win Intermediate and stay senior for years but those mad spells will cost them against better teams.
They could easily have scored another 2-8 as well. I think they missed around 1-7 in the first half and Milltownpass young side looked shocked.
Kinnegad probably won't be overly happy with their performance. The game lacked bite and intensity but I've no doubt Cooney will get them quality games around Leinster before the knockouts.
At the minute it looks like Milltown v Shandonagh in the Intermediate final and Kinnegad v The Downs in the senior if The Downs can get their injuries sorted.
Would love to see Ballinagore put up a huge contest but i can't see them coming within 9/10 points of Shandonagh
TheWagonWheel-N91Y529 (Westmeath) - Posts: 19 - 07/09/2026 09:10:20
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Replying To Iarmhisamhi: "No surprises in section A. The Downs, though stuttering at times eventually overpowered Garrycastle in a ten minute spell from midway through second half. Did what they had to do. Will be delighted to get J. Lynam on the pitch, though will have concerns over Drumm and Moran who exited the game with injuries. Looked good when they looked good but won't get away with this kind of performance against Kinnegad, if that ends up being the final.
The other games went on expected lines. The biggest talking point for me is that Tubberclair, after topping the group were rewarded with a q/f against the third best team while the teams that finished 8th and 9th in the championship were rewarded with a q/f against each other. Did you ever see such a farce in all your life?It actually demeans this championship. The only thing is.. the cream will probably rise to the top anyway and the final will be contested from the top 3. That is the only saving grace of an embarrassing format.
On form it should be the Downs and Kinnegad but Lomans will be dangerous if they reach the semi final. Tubberclair will be an unknown quantity for the A teams so it will be interesting how they perform against a clearly struggling Lomans team who are waiting forever for some team to kill them off. The fact that they are still alive though, will still give the top two some food for thought.
Ultimately today was a bit of a damp squib after all and the abacus wasn't needed." I agree, it should have been 3rd in Section A v 3rd in Section B and 1st in Section B v 2nd in Section B which would mean Lomans v Athlone and Tubberclair v Moate in Senior. For intermediate the draw actually worked out that way anyway. Still in all, if you are to believe all the hype from the Tubberclair camp they are going to win the Flanagan Cup anyway so it doesnt matter who they get in the draw.
The championship was quite disappointing overall this year and really needs to go back to either the old format or there needs to be a mix of the top teams and weaker teams in the two groups.
No disrespect to any of the Section B teams in Senior and Intermediate but none of those teams have a hope of winning the championship and yet at least one of them will be in a semi final.
BadgerDog (Westmeath) - Posts: 50 - 07/09/2026 10:49:17
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