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Replying To lakecounty90:  "
Replying To martyW:  "Senior
Kinnegad vs Tyrrellspass - Kinnegad by 1
St Lomans vs Tang - Lomans by 7
Mullingar Shamrocks vs Moate - Mullingar by 4
Killucan vs Shandonagh - Draw
The Downs vs St Malachys - Downs by 9
Caulry vs Athlone - Draw

Intermediate
Maryland vs Kilbeggen - Maryland by 2
Milltownpass Vs Milltown - Draw
Castledaly V Garrycastle - Garrycastle by 12
Ballynacargy V Multyfarnham - Multy by 5
Ballymore V St Mary's - St Mary's by 3
Tubberclair V Rosemount - Draw"
Im signing in from sunny Spain to give my honest predictions.
Caulry V Athlone, Pat flanagan hasnt added anything in fact Caulry are gone back since last year and Athlone are improving, Athlone by 4
Kinnegad V Tyrrellspass Pass by 5, Kinnegad cant score and Tyrrellspass are in the mood this yeae
Lomans V Tang, lets be real about it Lomans 2nd team would beat Tang Lomans by 12
Shamrocks V Moate, wasnt alot in this game last year, feeling a draw.
Killucan V Shandonagh, Shandonagh need to get there act together fast and can against a backwards Killucan team, Shandonagh by 3
Downs V St Malachys, nearly a bigger mismatch than Lomans and Tang, Downs by 10"
Every team earns thru place senior tang beat kunnegad mot saying they lomans but they aunt that far off

Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 391 - 26/07/2024 14:55:46    2561791

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Westhmeath were highly compeditive against both Galway and Armagh , who are both in an All-Ireland Final. Ideally, the extended panel should ideally be attend the Final as a group to better understand the improvements required to compete at this level. and at the very least, club games should not be organised, restricting the panel from attending the Game.
Many Galway supporters would have been happy to accept a draw in Mullingar with 65 minutes played in June this year.
Westmeath Gaa's biggest issue is that it lacks the belief it can compete at this level. The games against both Galway and Armagh show that much is good in the County , with Vision and some small but important improvements, Westmeath can be competitive.

BarrRst (Westmeath) - Posts: 20 - 26/07/2024 15:03:13    2561794

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Caulry and Athlone is the big game this weekend. Loser will most likely not qualify for the knockouts. Sounds harsh but it's rare enough a team qualifies after losing the first two games. I know Lomans lost the first two in 2021 and ended up winning it but seems an outlier. Would also make things very interesting if Tpass were to beat Kinnegad, by all accounts Tpass a lot stronger than last year and seem more together

Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 89 - 26/07/2024 15:05:51    2561796

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Replying To Bluelake:  "Caulry and Athlone is the big game this weekend. Loser will most likely not qualify for the knockouts. Sounds harsh but it's rare enough a team qualifies after losing the first two games. I know Lomans lost the first two in 2021 and ended up winning it but seems an outlier. Would also make things very interesting if Tpass were to beat Kinnegad, by all accounts Tpass a lot stronger than last year and seem more together"
It's not that rare. Athlone lost their first two last year and came 2nd in group B. In 2019 The Downs lost their first 3 and still made the semi final.

jamsie (Westmeath) - Posts: 451 - 26/07/2024 16:15:33    2561821

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Replying To Claretandblue:  "Two matches at 5.45 on Sunday evening, All Ireland final over at 5.00, hardly warrants the overreaction on your part."
Ah jheez Claretandblue.. you're posts are normally very good on here, but surely you can see you're way off the mark here..

First of all, even if the final did finish at 5.00, what do you expect players to do? Rock up to the match 15 minutes before throw in? Not to mention the fact that extra time is a very distinct possibility and if it did happen, the All - Ireland would probably finish at same time the championship game is throwing in.. and if that happened I can guarantee the number of supports who attend the game will be way down.

I don't have an issue with games being on the Sunday morning or maybe even a 7.30pm throw in, but even that is pushing it.

Iarmhí TV is a brilliant service to have, but i feel like if there was no games streamed live this weekend the county board wouldn't have made the decision to play games at 5.45. Feels like they tried to shoehorn too many live streamed games into the one weekend.

westmeathman99 (Westmeath) - Posts: 109 - 26/07/2024 17:08:38    2561833

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I dont think the Westmeath senior panel get all Ireland final tickets free-they get an option to buy 2 tickets at face value-but not much good to them if they have a match that day.

Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 200 - 26/07/2024 17:22:54    2561836

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Replying To mickcunningham:  "kinnegad will hardly score much more than 6 points so we will score 2 after scoring 2 12 against a tean containing one of the best in leinster"
Caulry one of the best in Leinster is a slight exaggeration. Not every game plays out how it is predicted and this is one I think won't. I see Kinnegad bouncing back with a big performance and TPass being the unfortunate team that gets that performance.

Midlandsman (Westmeath) - Posts: 26 - 26/07/2024 17:53:49    2561843

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Replying To Claretandblue:  "County players get extremely well looked after in 2024, don't be naive, tonnes of gear, generous expenses, nutrition allowance, there's only a couple of fixtures on Sunday evening,"
Getting any team to play on All Ireland final day is a joke ask the players themselves they . Maybe it's time the players withdraw from playing on the day of a All Ireland because leaving it to the fixture committee is guaranteed to be a mess.Have a bit of respect for the players you be the very one coming on here criticising our own players when they lose a O'Byrne cup game in January.

Undertheroad (Westmeath) - Posts: 46 - 26/07/2024 18:26:27    2561846

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Replying To mickcunningham:  "kinnegad will hardly score much more than 6 points so we will score 2 after scoring 2 12 against a tean containing one of the best in leinster"
Kinnegad by 4. Seems like I have TPass more credit then I should've after all.

Midlandsman (Westmeath) - Posts: 26 - 26/07/2024 21:34:35    2561857

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Replying To Claretandblue:  "County players get extremely well looked after in 2024, don't be naive, tonnes of gear, generous expenses, nutrition allowance, there's only a couple of fixtures on Sunday evening,"
Also check the WTS app amazing to see we are the only county playing Senior championship on All Ireland final day

Undertheroad (Westmeath) - Posts: 46 - 26/07/2024 22:25:35    2561865

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Replying To westmeathman99:  "Ah jheez Claretandblue.. you're posts are normally very good on here, but surely you can see you're way off the mark here..

First of all, even if the final did finish at 5.00, what do you expect players to do? Rock up to the match 15 minutes before throw in? Not to mention the fact that extra time is a very distinct possibility and if it did happen, the All - Ireland would probably finish at same time the championship game is throwing in.. and if that happened I can guarantee the number of supports who attend the game will be way down.

I don't have an issue with games being on the Sunday morning or maybe even a 7.30pm throw in, but even that is pushing it.

Iarmhí TV is a brilliant service to have, but i feel like if there was no games streamed live this weekend the county board wouldn't have made the decision to play games at 5.45. Feels like they tried to shoehorn too many live streamed games into the one weekend."
Fair enough, some clubs got together and organised their original Sunday evening match for Sunday morning, sensible option.

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1789 - 27/07/2024 08:17:37    2561886

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Replying To Claretandblue:  "Fair enough, some clubs got together and organised their original Sunday evening match for Sunday morning, sensible option."
And some clubs got together and got their game brought back to saturday from sunday and some clubs were asked to move their game from sunday to saturday but refused!!-so not every club player is interested in all Ireland final-apparently.!!

Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 200 - 27/07/2024 11:29:06    2561904

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Replying To Bruno@1:  "And some clubs got together and got their game brought back to saturday from sunday and some clubs were asked to move their game from sunday to saturday but refused!!-so not every club player is interested in all Ireland final-apparently.!!"
It should not be up to the players or clubs to ask total disrespect from county board who have put the clubs in this position end of

Undertheroad (Westmeath) - Posts: 46 - 27/07/2024 18:30:30    2561984

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Replying To Midlandsman:  "Caulry one of the best in Leinster is a slight exaggeration. Not every game plays out how it is predicted and this is one I think won't. I see Kinnegad bouncing back with a big performance and TPass being the unfortunate team that gets that performance."
best full back kevin maguire

mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1856 - 27/07/2024 19:07:19    2561989

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Interesting results on the second weekend of the football championship. Kinnegad bounced back as expected vs Tyrrellspass, Tang and Loman's was a real battle in Ballymore, plenty of battles throughout, Loman's won by 2 with a late Tang goal almost resulting in a shock, Killucan look to be back in form with a comprehensive win over a very poor Shandonagh, a 15 point beating is a significant win, Moate in a bit of bother in Section B as well, lost a low scoring game vs Shamrocks and Moate's match with Shandonagh will be vital, seems likely after tomorrow that three teams in Section B will have full points after two rounds and three teams on zero points. Milltown again impressive versus Milltownpass in the Intermediate championship with Milltownpass onno points after two games like last year, Garrycastle too good for Castledaly who look favourites to drop to section B. Kilbeggan prob the surprise team of the year, last year's junior champions have full points from two matches in six days, are virtually safe from relegation already and will now be focused on gaining promotion to Section A, Maryland's match with Ballynacargy already has the look of a relegation decider.

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1789 - 27/07/2024 20:38:56    2562009

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Replying To mickcunningham:  "best full back kevin maguire"
Maguire was missing against Tyrrllspass and I would agree with you Mick definitely one of the best defender's in lenister not sure if he was injured as not on match day panel

Undertheroad (Westmeath) - Posts: 46 - 27/07/2024 21:15:26    2562017

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Replying To lakecounty90:  "
Replying To martyW:  "Senior
Kinnegad vs Tyrrellspass - Kinnegad by 1
St Lomans vs Tang - Lomans by 7
Mullingar Shamrocks vs Moate - Mullingar by 4
Killucan vs Shandonagh - Draw
The Downs vs St Malachys - Downs by 9
Caulry vs Athlone - Draw

Intermediate
Maryland vs Kilbeggen - Maryland by 2
Milltownpass Vs Milltown - Draw
Castledaly V Garrycastle - Garrycastle by 12
Ballynacargy V Multyfarnham - Multy by 5
Ballymore V St Mary's - St Mary's by 3
Tubberclair V Rosemount - Draw"
Im signing in from sunny Spain to give my honest predictions.
Caulry V Athlone, Pat flanagan hasnt added anything in fact Caulry are gone back since last year and Athlone are improving, Athlone by 4
Kinnegad V Tyrrellspass Pass by 5, Kinnegad cant score and Tyrrellspass are in the mood this yeae
Lomans V Tang, lets be real about it Lomans 2nd team would beat Tang Lomans by 12
Shamrocks V Moate, wasnt alot in this game last year, feeling a draw.
Killucan V Shandonagh, Shandonagh need to get there act together fast and can against a backwards Killucan team, Shandonagh by 3
Downs V St Malachys, nearly a bigger mismatch than Lomans and Tang, Downs by 10"
Come in out of the sun.

A_Chairde (Westmeath) - Posts: 217 - 27/07/2024 21:42:43    2562020

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Replying To Claretandblue:  "Interesting results on the second weekend of the football championship. Kinnegad bounced back as expected vs Tyrrellspass, Tang and Loman's was a real battle in Ballymore, plenty of battles throughout, Loman's won by 2 with a late Tang goal almost resulting in a shock, Killucan look to be back in form with a comprehensive win over a very poor Shandonagh, a 15 point beating is a significant win, Moate in a bit of bother in Section B as well, lost a low scoring game vs Shamrocks and Moate's match with Shandonagh will be vital, seems likely after tomorrow that three teams in Section B will have full points after two rounds and three teams on zero points. Milltown again impressive versus Milltownpass in the Intermediate championship with Milltownpass onno points after two games like last year, Garrycastle too good for Castledaly who look favourites to drop to section B. Kilbeggan prob the surprise team of the year, last year's junior champions have full points from two matches in six days, are virtually safe from relegation already and will now be focused on gaining promotion to Section A, Maryland's match with Ballynacargy already has the look of a relegation decider."
Was at the Tang Vs Lomans game and it was a 2 point hammering if that even makes sense. I find it hard to describe what I saw from Tang, never ever going to win the game but yet never really out of it as regards the scoreline. I can see what Tang attempted but for GAA's sake, just go out on your shield, lose by 20 points and play the game. St. Lomans were in zero danger of losing the game. Tang with a goal from the last kick of the game with a high ball. Ballymore club should be proud, pitch was perfect, well organized, the atmosphere was great. Pity we didn't get a game.

WmeathWarrior (Westmeath) - Posts: 27 - 27/07/2024 22:28:30    2562029

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Replying To WmeathWarrior:  "Was at the Tang Vs Lomans game and it was a 2 point hammering if that even makes sense. I find it hard to describe what I saw from Tang, never ever going to win the game but yet never really out of it as regards the scoreline. I can see what Tang attempted but for GAA's sake, just go out on your shield, lose by 20 points and play the game. St. Lomans were in zero danger of losing the game. Tang with a goal from the last kick of the game with a high ball. Ballymore club should be proud, pitch was perfect, well organized, the atmosphere was great. Pity we didn't get a game."
Stupid question lads ...but remind me again of the relegation rules, football...within senior and relation to intermediate. Thanks.

jfd (Westmeath) - Posts: 245 - 27/07/2024 23:09:07    2562040

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Harsh on Tang, their job is to be competitive, they changed manager six weeks ago, have a pool of players prob 20% of the big town clubs, they had the toughest draw possible and emerged with two points and negligible scoring difference. Competing on Loman's terms would be lunacy, a shootout would have seen Loman's winning 2-18 to 0-5, they turned it into a grind, possibly never looked like winning but the Tang supporters of which there were plenty weren't complaining. their ambition is to be in Section A next year, likes of Shandonagh, Tubberclair. Garrycastle, Moate, Milltownpass and Shamrocks would love to be in Tang's position, one more win from their three fixtures will virtually ensure a quarter final.

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1789 - 27/07/2024 23:15:39    2562041

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