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Replying To Matthew:  "To be fair; they weren't expected to win and getting to the semi final can be viewed as a successful season.

Should be a good county final in the Downes can perform for the full match.

Surely a county manager will be appointed in advance of the county final.."
well beaten by a great team . good year getting to a semi final

mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1864 - 30/09/2024 08:03:05    2572451

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Replying To YellowandGold14:  "Easy enough win for Lomans. Tpass were very poor and were probably overhyped after beating an average Shamrocks side. Good wins for the Downs and it'll be a good final. Loughlin will have to be tightly marked. However, Lomans have so many good forwards. I'd say they'll win the final by 3/4 points.

Intermediate semis seemed easy enough. Good wins for Milltown and Garrycastle. Garrycastle will want to go straight back up after relegation last year. Dolan and Monaghan are flying for them.

Junior has been a brilliant championship. Great win for Josephs today. McDonnell is a brilliant footballer. Bun are very good and experienced. However, are lacking some underage through. Good win for Finea too with McCormack and Cunningham influential. Lomans probably were a it overhyped with a lot of youngsters. They are all probably junior footballers bar Sean Kelly and Conor Regan, who would probably start for each senior team in the county. They both could see senior minutes in the final. If i was a betting man, I would say Finea by 2/3 points due to their Intermediate experience.

Many brilliant finals in store!"
Sean Kelly and Conor Regan will defintely not play a part in the final you can take that to the bank. I would agree on Kelly being a senior footballer, I think Regan is probably at his level to be honest.

Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 136 - 30/09/2024 08:37:04    2572455

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Replying To TheGaaMan77:  "I don't get the hatred towards St Lomans on this …. They have just reached their 10th county final in a row and lads will tell you there not all that and their blown up …. That's a fair achievement for any team and we have an exciting final awaiting us…why can't we ever just give teams credit regardless of what club we are we'd all love if our club achieved half of what st lomans have yet here we are having lads tell us their not all that and they are blown up …. Fair dues to keep coming back year after year reaching finals and I for one would love my club to be able to reach those standards"
Hate is too strong a word. There's no dispute - St Loman's have been the best club side in the county since 2013. However, I don't see the current Loman's side as being their best, that's largely down to the full back line and their inability to deal with the high ball. That's their biggest weakness and it's for this reason that I think The Downs will do it. The Kinnegad game was the perfect test for The Downs as they will face a similar defensive set up against St Loman's - 13 men behind the ball. Darragh O'Keeffe and David Whelan haven't faced anything like Niall Mitchell and Luke Loughlin yet this year. Expect a similarly tight and tense final from 2022, low scoring and one goal may make the difference again. The Downs by 3 and don't believe the hype on the podcast or by Gerry B!!

iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 54 - 30/09/2024 08:47:16    2572456

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Replying To Claretandblue:  "Loman's deserved odds on favourites for senior with The Downs their only opposition. Loman's junior side will cruise to the junior championship, likes of Ryan Jones, Tristan Graham, Killian Plunkett, Rory Matthews, Gerry Grehan, Seani Bracken, Conor Regan, Sean Kelly and Chris Gilbert are unlikely to play senior championship with each of those guaranteed starters for every other senior club and they have fitness, youth and strength in depth. Hard to see any junior club with a mixture of lads focusing on hurling such as Ballycomoyle and Castletown Finea and St. Paul's and with older players such as Bunbrosna getting anywhere near Loman's. They arguably should have won the junior last year and Kilbeggan are now on the verge of promotion to section A in intermediate."
This is what I call hype, never heard of half of the St Loman's players mentioned.

iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 54 - 30/09/2024 08:53:51    2572458

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Also like to mention both referees in yesterday's games in cusack park , both excellent both got everything spot on and neither made the game about themselves … so credit to both for excellent jobs were always quick to slate a poor refereeing performance but both Barry Nea and Barry pierce were absolutely excellent

TheGaaMan77 (Westmeath) - Posts: 48 - 30/09/2024 10:05:47    2572475

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Replying To WmeathWarrior:  "Can't say I think that it's hatred towards Lomans but it's I guess, dismissive of Lomans on this forum because they are constantly achieving these things and it might be taken for granted. Was at the game this evening, Lomans just too strong everywhere, their starters too strong, their bench too strong. Teams just can't compete. It's a formidable task for any team. Tyrellspass never turned up, and maybe it's a case of, as usual, when a team plays Lomans they don't turn up because the opposition is just leagues and leagues ahead. Danny McCartan MOTM, he was outstanding. Great final ahead but I'm afraid we might be saying the same thing in two weeks time… the Downs just didn't turn up."
Yea I think The Downs starting team will match Lomans for 45 minutes, but the Lomans bench is stronger than The Downs and that will be the winning of the game.

stonemadbeany (USA) - Posts: 588 - 30/09/2024 10:14:40    2572480

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Replying To stonemadbeany:  "Yea I think The Downs starting team will match Lomans for 45 minutes, but the Lomans bench is stronger than The Downs and that will be the winning of the game."
Tj Cox was an unused sub yesterday too which I was suprised with but a possible injury there. Bringing in the likes of him and Peter Foy in a final when players are tired will destroy any team. Foy was electric yesterday and could've scored 3/4 points in the space of 15 minutes. Not like him but those days don't happen very often in front of the goals for him. They have danger everywhere, Kelvin Reilly, Conor O'Donoghue, Nathan Lally and Rory Sheehan all came in yesterday and would start on any other team. Scary depth.

WmeathWarrior (Westmeath) - Posts: 48 - 30/09/2024 11:33:11    2572497

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Replying To WmeathWarrior:  "Tj Cox was an unused sub yesterday too which I was suprised with but a possible injury there. Bringing in the likes of him and Peter Foy in a final when players are tired will destroy any team. Foy was electric yesterday and could've scored 3/4 points in the space of 15 minutes. Not like him but those days don't happen very often in front of the goals for him. They have danger everywhere, Kelvin Reilly, Conor O'Donoghue, Nathan Lally and Rory Sheehan all came in yesterday and would start on any other team. Scary depth."
Well said,
Lomans to wipe the floor with Downs.
Hope Luke can find his way out of Kinnegad mans pocket before Oct 13 th.

lakecounty90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 108 - 30/09/2024 12:51:34    2572526

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Replying To WmeathWarrior:  "Tj Cox was an unused sub yesterday too which I was suprised with but a possible injury there. Bringing in the likes of him and Peter Foy in a final when players are tired will destroy any team. Foy was electric yesterday and could've scored 3/4 points in the space of 15 minutes. Not like him but those days don't happen very often in front of the goals for him. They have danger everywhere, Kelvin Reilly, Conor O'Donoghue, Nathan Lally and Rory Sheehan all came in yesterday and would start on any other team. Scary depth."
Be careful naming lads from Loman's subs as IarmhiAbu probably has no idea who Kelvin Reilly is.

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1853 - 30/09/2024 13:19:29    2572535

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Replying To Claretandblue:  "Be careful naming lads from Loman's subs as IarmhiAbu probably has no idea who Kelvin Reilly is."
The St Loman's hype machine rolls on, Kelvin Reilly is a good footballer and hurler.

iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 54 - 30/09/2024 14:02:12    2572542

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St.Lomans win again without breaking sweat-thats 6 wins in c/ship and nobody came within an asses roar of them-and cant see the Downs changing that.10 finals in succession is some achievment but having it so easy in Westmeath might hamper their chances in Leinster but hopefully not-it would be great to see St.Lomans in a Leinster club final.

Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 207 - 30/09/2024 18:42:29    2572601

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The Downs have a good chance, bookies likely to price this at 4-6 Loman's, 6-4 The Downs, possibly closer. O' Sullivan, Mitchell, Loughlin, Nolan, Coughlan, Kilmartin, Lynam, Moran and Martin brothers are physically strong and well able to compete. Mark Kelly's absence will be felt though. He had a huge game two years ago and is missing.

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1853 - 30/09/2024 19:09:56    2572607

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Replying To Claretandblue:  "The Downs have a good chance, bookies likely to price this at 4-6 Loman's, 6-4 The Downs, possibly closer. O' Sullivan, Mitchell, Loughlin, Nolan, Coughlan, Kilmartin, Lynam, Moran and Martin brothers are physically strong and well able to compete. Mark Kelly's absence will be felt though. He had a huge game two years ago and is missing."
PP online; Lomans 2/9 The Downs 11/4. I wasn't expecting that.

stonemadbeany (USA) - Posts: 588 - 30/09/2024 22:45:23    2572632

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Replying To Claretandblue:  "The Downs have a good chance, bookies likely to price this at 4-6 Loman's, 6-4 The Downs, possibly closer. O' Sullivan, Mitchell, Loughlin, Nolan, Coughlan, Kilmartin, Lynam, Moran and Martin brothers are physically strong and well able to compete. Mark Kelly's absence will be felt though. He had a huge game two years ago and is missing."
Boylesports have it priced StLomans 1/3 The Downs 2/1

TheGaaMan77 (Westmeath) - Posts: 48 - 01/10/2024 08:55:20    2572644

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Replying To TheGaaMan77:  "Boylesports have it priced StLomans 1/3 The Downs 2/1"
Strange to see gambling odds being quoted on a GAA forum with all the issues it raises. I know in this case it being used to highlight the perceived chances for each team. Really down to what team really wants it on the day and that makes it so interesting a final. Both there on merit despite what some on forum here have said, both well capable of beating each other.

Convert2 (Westmeath) - Posts: 26 - 01/10/2024 09:32:56    2572648

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Replying To Convert2:  "Strange to see gambling odds being quoted on a GAA forum with all the issues it raises. I know in this case it being used to highlight the perceived chances for each team. Really down to what team really wants it on the day and that makes it so interesting a final. Both there on merit despite what some on forum here have said, both well capable of beating each other."
most here are adults gambling addiction can be serious no doubt but giving a price on a team is hardly pushing gambling.

jiminycricket (Offaly) - Posts: 29 - 01/10/2024 10:10:40    2572661

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Replying To Bluelake:  "Heard the same team, even the Delvin bench had a draw but will Garrycastle bother appealing ?"
I believe Garrycastle won't be appealing. That means both Junior finals will be contested by Junior clubs, which can't be a bad thing. Big finals coming up for Joseph's, Castletown-Finea, Ballinagore and Delvin.

midlands (Westmeath) - Posts: 581 - 01/10/2024 10:27:58    2572669

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Has anyone any news on a new County Manager. The situation is beyond ridiculous. Do those involved in selecting the manager not realise that a prospective new manager should be viewing the talent available during Championship action. Its very hard to believe what's going on.

Meridian (Westmeath) - Posts: 649 - 01/10/2024 10:48:28    2572676

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Replying To Meridian:  "Has anyone any news on a new County Manager. The situation is beyond ridiculous. Do those involved in selecting the manager not realise that a prospective new manager should be viewing the talent available during Championship action. Its very hard to believe what's going on."
I can only think it must be a Westmeath man or at least somebody very familiar with the local game if they've waited this long. That or they've already given it to somebody who's currently in another role and they're waiting until their year is over to announce it. I'd say it's probably the former. Did hear a rumour of Alan Mangan but that could be rubbish.

Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 136 - 01/10/2024 11:32:25    2572682

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Replying To Meridian:  "Has anyone any news on a new County Manager. The situation is beyond ridiculous. Do those involved in selecting the manager not realise that a prospective new manager should be viewing the talent available during Championship action. Its very hard to believe what's going on."
Who are the people picking the manager? Are they qualified to pick the manager? My answer is no. Jack Cooney the only one qualified so is it Jack Cooney picking the manager by himself? Looks like it. Why did one of the members of the committee leave the committee?

Clubs should have been allowed to nominate names at county board meeting then they could interview them names. The way it was done in Meath.

We are 2 months in and seems no one wants the job and the selection committee don't deem anyone within the county good enough

Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 486 - 01/10/2024 14:55:36    2572701

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