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Replying To OverTheHill85: "It was NUIG first team; some good players from Roscommon on the TUS team also. Cian Whitney and Darragh Delaney from Moate, Taylor Slevin and Paul Keegan from Tubberclair, Shane Corcoran St. Malachys and Brian Ronan from Milltownpass. Good to see a strong representation from the county. The Sigerson team doesn't seem as strong alright; but a good freshers teams should improve that in the coming years." McNamee too, was on the winning cbs team from last year and Cole from Kinnegad is another decent player for them Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 122 - 09/01/2026 17:37:16 2650436 Link
Replying To Fighting-Cocks69: "Yeah it's kind of like the Trench Cup at Fresher level really - all the smaller colleges in it. You've got MTU,Kerry, Carlow IT, Donegal ATU, Trinity, Mary I, Limerick IT and Waterford IT, and I think St Mary's belfast as well. Only eight teams in it, so they're definitely one of the favourites. They've Trinity in the first round on the 26th of January." It's the top grade completion TUS are in it was Nuigs first team. jiminycricket (Offaly) - Posts: 38 - 09/01/2026 19:00:05 2650456 Link
Replying To Iakecounty90: "You can laugh but anyone can see 7 or 8 Caulry players would easily improve the standard we had on display in Lomans last night" People need to realise this is not my account. Somebody set up account in my name loser haha Look at number of posts Ive been here longer lakecounty90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 162 - 09/01/2026 20:07:20 2650461 Link
Replying To jiminycricket: "It's the top grade completion TUS are in it was Nuigs first team." apologies i was reading TUS MW, which was Limerick IT Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 122 - 09/01/2026 22:14:00 2650480 Link
Still no team selection for today's game 2 hours to kick of Mooo (Westmeath) - Posts: 73 - 10/01/2026 11:29:56 2650513 Link
Team is up there now, looks like basically full panel bar Sam McCartan. Any other main starters missing? Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 122 - 10/01/2026 13:00:12 2650528 Link
Yes very strong with Sam the obvious absentee, Ray on the bench. Senan Baker a sub too. BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1233 - 10/01/2026 13:13:28 2650529 Link
Very good display against a poor Offaly team. Westmeath dominated bar ten mins in second half, five goals with Brandon and Danny Mc scoring two goals each and Ronan Wallace three points from play. Senan Baker impressed when introduced. Final on Friday away Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2526 - 10/01/2026 15:47:26 2650549 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Very good display against a poor Offaly team. Westmeath dominated bar ten mins in second half, five goals with Brandon and Danny Mc scoring two goals each and Ronan Wallace three points from play. Senan Baker impressed when introduced. Final on Friday away" Very impressive display overall not to take away from the win but thought we were second best on our own and opposition kick outs. Also the 10 minutes either side of half time we were second best Offaly just not good enough to properly punishment. Midlandsman (Westmeath) - Posts: 48 - 10/01/2026 15:57:10 2650551 Link
Replying To Fighting-Cocks69: "Team is up there now, looks like basically full panel bar Sam McCartan. Any other main starters missing?" Ray Connellan Sam Smyth Shane Allen would be in contention also. A very strong performance today. Brandon Kelly was outstanding. He should take some of the pressure of Luke this year. So many people stood out today. Senan did well & got goal when he came on and Harry Niall also did well. Tadgh Baker is slotting in very well on the half back line. Some very healthy competition this year which is great to see. Matthew (None) - Posts: 1102 - 10/01/2026 15:59:57 2650552 Link
jesus, they were poor. They'll struggle badly in Division 2. Outside of Hayes and Egan, there wasn't much happening for them at all. What was really poor was the shooting. They must have kicked 7 or 8 straight into Daly's hands in the second half at our end. From our side, that was a solid performance. I'd be happy enough to stick with that half-back line going forward. Maybe move Whittaker to wing-forward when Sam comes back. Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 122 - 10/01/2026 16:17:37 2650559 Link
Replying To Matthew: "Ray Connellan Sam Smyth Shane Allen would be in contention also. A very strong performance today. Brandon Kelly was outstanding. He should take some of the pressure of Luke this year. So many people stood out today. Senan did well & got goal when he came on and Harry Niall also did well. Tadgh Baker is slotting in very well on the half back line. Some very healthy competition this year which is great to see." Agreed. Can't see Luke on the half-forward line again - it'll be himself and Kelly inside. I also think Cooney is better suited to midfield. I'd like to see Cooney and Ray start there in the final, and maybe push Lynam further up the pitch to give us another option on kickouts, can't always go short, probably won't work, but could be option Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 122 - 10/01/2026 16:24:52 2650560 Link
Good win moving well but can tell nothing at this time of the year. Longford won the last two o Byrne cups and look how bad they are Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 339 - 10/01/2026 16:46:59 2650566 Link
Replying To Bluelake: "Good win moving well but can tell nothing at this time of the year. Longford won the last two o Byrne cups and look how bad they are" Fitness is a huge issue at this time of the year and Westmeath look super fit, that will level out once league starts, good to win and get a third match but league is crucial Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2526 - 10/01/2026 17:01:41 2650570 Link
Replying To Bluelake: "Good win moving well but can tell nothing at this time of the year. Longford won the last two o Byrne cups and look how bad they are" We weren't as bad now in fairness we have got worse we wouldn't won any obyrne cup this year Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 1139 - 10/01/2026 17:14:40 2650574 Link
Well done to the lads on reaching a final. Thought we lost focus at times and let offaly get a run on us for 10 mins. Not much to be learned from that game. Offaly are poor. dakid (Australia) - Posts: 339 - 10/01/2026 17:40:48 2650575 Link