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Intermediate championship has delivered once again this year. Hopefully we get a cracking final with the 2 best teams in the division deservedly there. Awful pity Kavanagh will miss it, he's a huge loss for Shandonagh. Whole county was looking forward to himself and Kiernan going at it again crispsandwich99 (Westmeath) - Posts: 22 - 28/09/2026 15:36:22 2695362 Link
Replying To crispsandwich99: "Intermediate championship has delivered once again this year. Hopefully we get a cracking final with the 2 best teams in the division deservedly there. Awful pity Kavanagh will miss it, he's a huge loss for Shandonagh. Whole county was looking forward to himself and Kiernan going at it again" Would be only one winner there again Lakeman93 (Westmeath) - Posts: 32 - 28/09/2026 16:05:44 2695370 Link
Maybe Kavanagh wasn't!!!!!!! Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2824 - 28/09/2026 16:06:07 2695372 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Answer the question that was asked? It's not that difficult surely." Why are the players and manager being left to fundraise? They already give an enormous amount of their time to representing the county. Fundraising should be driven and organised by the County Board, with players there to help promote the initiatives, not the other way around. This works for all other Counties. All other Counties have structured fundraising initiatives, commercial partnerships and supporter networks. Why can't we? Can you answer that? Given what this group of players and management has achieved this year, they absolutely deserve a team holiday as a reward for all their efforts, but they shouldn't have to go cap in hand looking for the money to fund it. iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 413 - 28/09/2026 16:34:13 2695377 Link
Replying To Temple56: "They weren't there on merit. Today showed what people have said over the last few weeks. Massive difference between Group A and Group B. A joke of championship. To say that was semi final of our county championship. The Downs won't be overall happy with their performance today either. A lot to improve on for the county final. Lets be fair after today's showing we should all agree that the format should be back to what it was! Moate deserved to be in QF. No further." The structure should never have been changed I totally agree and there was a huge gulf in class in that match , but they were there on sporting merit, they can only play the games stipulated by the structure of the competition they play in, how many more hoops do you want them to jump through? Anyway there's no talking to some so I'm wasting my time MichaelScott (Westmeath) - Posts: 7 - 28/09/2026 16:40:57 2695379 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Answer the question that was asked? It's not that difficult surely." I did but if you dont like the answer thats not really for me. Players should not have to beg for a holiday. Seems like every question on here lately is someone either defending or having a go at County Board. I have no interest in that argument, I am only thinking of the players who put their bodies and lives on hold Darragh (Westmeath) - Posts: 384 - 28/09/2026 16:47:40 2695383 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Presumably some county board officials are going which is always the case in any county. You think Kerry team holiday went ahead minus their chairman or secretary going? People talk here about the players giving hours and hours, no player remotely puts in what some people do on county board. The usual whingers here won't like that, Cusack Park was open at 12.15 yesterday morning and didn't close until 6.45, it doesn't close or operate automatically. I would have an issue if paid people linked to team are going, physios, nutritionists, etc get handsomely remunerated for their work, a holiday surely should be paid for by themselves. Paddy Wallace and Keith Quinn must put in 25-35 hours per week voluntarily." Players allowed bring +1 dont think anyone would complain about Doherty, Quinn, pro or wallace going id imagine TheWagonWheel-N91Y529 (Westmeath) - Posts: 36 - 28/09/2026 17:32:59 2695391 Link
Replying To RamblingHen: "I can agree with a lot of the points being made here, although I think there's another side to it as well. Both Moate and C/K were beaten by better teams, but I also thought both management teams left a lot to be desired. If C/K and Moate want to improve next year, I honestly think they need a fresh approach. C/K looked very stale against Lomans and, at times, seemed to have run out of ideas. Lomans were supposed to be a team on the decline. But C/K have a problem big matches to bottle it.For me, Jack Cooney may have taken C/K as far as he can. With Moate, they were fortunate enough to get a favourable quarter-final draw and ultimately reached a senior semi-final from Section B, which, as has been discussed here, was clearly the weaker section. But I don't think you can put everything on the players either. Their management was a major concern for me. Val Daly seems to favour a very old-school approach, or maybe there just isn't a clear tactical plan - I'm not sure which. There didn't seem to be any real solutions against The Downs, and I thought the some of the same problems was evident against Athlone. They were fortunate to get the goal that got them through that game. The players obviously deserve credit for getting as far as they did, but if Moate want to take the next step, I think they need to look at the management structure as well. Sometimes I think there are just too many people involved. You can have the manager, selectors, coaches, backroom staff and everyone else giving their input, but at the end of the day the manager has to make the decisions when the game is being played. You could nearly have the person mowing the grass having an input at this stage! Both Moate and C/K have plenty of good footballers. I think with a fresh management approach and a clear tactical plan, both could improve next year." Stupid post , Moate as a team have improved a tonne under Val Daly. Nobody bar maybe Moate themselves believed they were ever going to get near The Downs. Getting to a senior semi for the first time since 1997 and making it out of Section B is a real measuring stick for Moate regardless of what people think of how they got there. I personally know some of the Moate lads and they are very happy with there progress under Val Daly. Youd imagine he will stay on for a third year with a young team that should still have plenty of development in them. For Kinnegad one poor performance doesnt suddenly make you a poor team. Jack Cooney transformed them into genuine title contenders having made two county finals and two semi finals. Most other clubs can only dream of that and hes probably saved them a fortune. Kinnegad just havent been good enough to win one but there is hardly shame in that. Jack will know better than anyone whether hes taken Kinnegad as far as he can. The Downs and Lomans always bring the best out of each other so looking forward to a great battle between them. Milltown and Shandonagh is a tasty intermediate final for obvious reasons. It would be nice to see Josephs finally win the junior as well but couldnt write off any team from the Downs. A_Chairde (Westmeath) - Posts: 396 - 28/09/2026 17:38:39 2695392 Link
Replying To A_Chairde: "Stupid post , Moate as a team have improved a tonne under Val Daly. Nobody bar maybe Moate themselves believed they were ever going to get near The Downs. Getting to a senior semi for the first time since 1997 and making it out of Section B is a real measuring stick for Moate regardless of what people think of how they got there. I personally know some of the Moate lads and they are very happy with there progress under Val Daly. Youd imagine he will stay on for a third year with a young team that should still have plenty of development in them. For Kinnegad one poor performance doesnt suddenly make you a poor team. Jack Cooney transformed them into genuine title contenders having made two county finals and two semi finals. Most other clubs can only dream of that and hes probably saved them a fortune. Kinnegad just havent been good enough to win one but there is hardly shame in that. Jack will know better than anyone whether hes taken Kinnegad as far as he can. The Downs and Lomans always bring the best out of each other so looking forward to a great battle between them. Milltown and Shandonagh is a tasty intermediate final for obvious reasons. It would be nice to see Josephs finally win the junior as well but couldnt write off any team from the Downs." Agreed; how people can turn around and blame the Moate management after reaching a Senior Semi Final is crazy; maybe some agendas at play. Cooney has done very well with Kinnegad they probably just lack that forward in the big games, they've lots of very good forwards but not a Heslin or Luke, any there's a number of teams that don't have them lads. Very early but you'd imagine there will be some changing to managements for next year. The early rumours are the Caulry manager stepped down. Otherwise you'd imagine a lot will remain the same. DelaneyCup2026 (Westmeath) - Posts: 69 - 28/09/2026 18:17:33 2695394 Link
When are Caulry out in the first round of Leinster? I'm not up to date as things seem to have gone very quiet about them on here Midlandsman (Westmeath) - Posts: 51 - 28/09/2026 18:30:38 2695397 Link
Replying To Midlandsman: "When are Caulry out in the first round of Leinster? I'm not up to date as things seem to have gone very quiet about them on here" Give it a rest ffs. Not from Caulry myself but that joke is well past its sell by date. Constant re-hashing of it doesn't make it any funnier! kingfixer1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 13 - 28/09/2026 19:29:40 2695404 Link