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Development squads are doing twice weekly sessions from October to April, that's 14s, 15s and 16s, it stops due to the clubs training and matches. I agree with the comments re physicality, minor footballers certainly seemed physically slighter than Meath yesterday, Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1478 - 14/04/2024 11:34:49 2537736 Link 0 |
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Just read this piece about Con Con O'Callaghan Headtheball1 (Louth) - Posts: 66 - 14/04/2024 15:42:36 2537755 Link 0 |
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We should get him to declare for Westmeath as his father hurled for us and his grandfather was chairman of the county board.
jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1445 - 14/04/2024 16:15:02 2537761 Link 1 |
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The question was posed about how we improve our football teams record after a poor four week spell where our three teams lost six championship matches in succession. No idea what relevance the scoring record of one of the country's finest forwards playing on the greatest team ever has??
Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1478 - 14/04/2024 17:19:57 2537764 Link 0 |
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I think its time to unite the 2 Meath's for GAA purposes, East and WestMeath together would have a decent outfit. maroondiesel (Mayo) - Posts: 1196 - 14/04/2024 17:47:29 2537772 Link 0 |
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Not so much about the player but more about the area of the field he's been scoring from. Inside the 21. Our lack of go forward attacking play and simply playing back and forth across the middle third of the field which has reflected in below average scoring in most of our games at all levels this season
Headtheball1 (Louth) - Posts: 66 - 14/04/2024 18:27:46 2537789 Link 0 |
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Team i would like to see and play more attacking, most forwards nowadays do there fair share of defending so we dont need defenders playing 10 and 12. PowellJohn3 (Westmeath) - Posts: 33 - 15/04/2024 10:31:25 2537941 Link 1 |
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Great way of playing if we enter the TC but if we play this way in the All Ireland Series games will be over by half time. There's a reason Lynch, Andy McC, C Dillon, J Lynam are in the starting team and that's because they have jobs to do. Lynch is great man to man marker in the half back line and I don't see him being removed from the team. I'd love to see us play more attacking football but we just don't we have the players to compete at the top if we play that way. We need to build on the way we played against Armagh, Galway and Tyrone last summer. We played some great counter attacking football in them games and that's the way we should set up if we enter the All Ireland Series. Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 383 - 15/04/2024 11:18:41 2537959 Link 0 |
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A strange team considering you say you want to see attacking football. David lynch is absolutely pivotal to westmeath at the minute, when Wallace (espically), mcCartan and other defenders drive forward at pace who is covering, who is our go to person to man mark, Lynch rarely if ever gives the ball away. Every manager he has played under starts him and in the absence of maguire it was lynch who stepped up to lead the team. Maybe the last few managers were wrong and the experts here are right.
Upforthegame23 (Westmeath) - Posts: 81 - 15/04/2024 12:31:09 2538002 Link 0 |
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I am no expert but i feel this is a team has a more attacking direct nature to it, Never gives the ball away is sometimes a sign of never trying things or being going very sideways, Dont remember him kicking it more than 20 metres, Westmeath have too many sideways safe players, The way we play theres very little man marking as its basketball style you have it then we have. Mccartan at 10 or at 5 again is irrelevant because he can adapt and is good enough. Dillon driving from deep would create a lot of overlaps for the likes of a mccartan or Whittaker in the wide channels. Dont get me wrong Lynch has been a fine player for us and suits the style there playing but if we want to actually outscore teams and go more direct i think him and andy mccormack lose out, 15 mins to go these lads are perfect to see out the game as they dont " Give away the ball" maybe start if playing against a gale. With the 5th best scoring in div 3 is what really worries me averaging 13 points in Div 3 we should really be higher, Defensive side one of things we were the best but it needs to work both ways and to win leinster championship games which we have seen we need a lot more scores and scorers. PowellJohn3 (Westmeath) - Posts: 33 - 15/04/2024 14:19:51 2538082 Link 1 |
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Although I hate commenting on amateur players that sacrifice so much I will in this instance. Have to agree Lynch far to lateral/safe with ball this year and sits behind the play to much. For such a powerful looking man you'd love for him to show more aggression. To say he's pivotal at intercounty football is a bit of a stretch? He is your standard modern manufactured player.I would consider O'Toole and Connellan pivotal and possibly maguire our best man marker. With that said i still think he should start in the middle sector. I never really understand the arguments with players starting its nearly the lads that finish you want to be talking about. ear2ground (Westmeath) - Posts: 109 - 15/04/2024 19:04:11 2538174 Link 0 |
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Dont like commenting either but i feel O Toole is not strong enough for centre half forward. Maybe wing or corner might suit.
gerry1414 (Dublin) - Posts: 42 - 15/04/2024 23:12:45 2538211 Link 0 |