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Proposals For 2Nd Tier Championship Pathetic - 2 Like(s)
Choose Life,
Choose the League,
Choose emigrating for the summer,
Choose playing for your club,
Choose delegates 40 years removed from playing,
Choose capitalism over community,
Choose no media coverage,
Choose not playing championship games at home,
Choose a future professional game in all but name,
Choose John Horan's need for a legacy,
Choose Tier 2
Darragh (National) - 22/10/2019 12:57:15
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Should Westmeath V Dublin Be In Mullingar? - 2 Like(s)
Absolutely it should be played in Mullingar. I haven't seen a Dublin fan on this who wouldn't fancy a trip down and we would gladly welcome them. Cusack Park is not a great venue but it is in the middle of the town so the potential for local businesses to benefit would be great (also I am sure some proceeds could be used to renovate the old ground). The excitement of having the best team in the country on our own patch would make for a great buzz and we could build on this to try and get more kids training and taking the games up. It would be a full house (we can sort out the season tickets it doesn't have to be the issue most make out) with a cracking atmosphere, instead the Leinster Council want Tullamore which neither county want and won't sell out anyway
Darragh (National) - 14/10/2019 17:23:45
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St Joseph's Hosting Match Between Westmeath Minor And U21 Winning Teams - 2 Like(s)
https://hoganstand.com/Westmeath/Article/Index/299590
If at a loose end this Saturday why not come down to see some great servants of Westmeath tog out again. It will be a great day out and will be supporting a small but hard working Junior club
Iarmhi Abu
Darragh (Westmeath) - 10/06/2019 17:12:43
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New Senior Manager - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Wicklowfan1: "The ex wicklow manager won more as a player at club & county than any of your local lads! You should be asking the question why they are not putting there names forward. Maybe it's because they don't have courage to step up & look for it? Who did the clubs nominate? As for scrapping the bottom of the Barrel because he is the ex Wicklow manager is a cheap shot. It's probably the most difficult job to take on. He might not of got the results people wanted but you need to dig deeper to find out what he brought & tried to do for Wicklow with the resources & players he had. He definitely had the biggest turn over of any county players I have ever seen.
As for your players should stand up to the CB & demand who should mange them.
Over the last 5 years you have gone from D1 to D4 & back to D3 with a couple of different mangers with a good portion of the same players. So is it always the mangers fault or do your players need to stand up & be counted. There is no question you should be the 2nd best team in Leinster & you should be in D2. Mangers & coaches come & go all the time so the players should have their own standards & ambitions. I heard your previous Manger was a walk over & your players took full advantage of it. I don't need to go into details but maybe that is also why none of your local guys want the job because of the players & what has gone on?" The ex wicklow manager won more as a player at club & county than any of your local lads!......i presume you think then that anyone from Dublin or Kerry should manage us then....we have had Bealin and that's enough proof to not go back to that particular well purely because of where he comes from. I understand the difficulties in Wicklow however Magee was constantly in need of a microphone to complain about something or other. I think we can find better internally personally and would take Magees appointment as a step backwards
Darragh (Westmeath) - 16/09/2017 17:52:22
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Leinster Senior Football Championship - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BigRon1: "I would support a Boycott.
The chances of winning the game should not have anything to do with basic fairness and level competition.
Boycotts are terrible because we all want to support our lads who put in so much work but at some stage we have to think about the next generation, will they want to play and should they have to put up with this nonsense.
The Blue wave document clearly sets out the plan to make Dublin Gaa successful (it worked!), the moving of all league and championship games to croker for them, Bertie's 5 mil, 17 years of unfair funding that is countinuing this year next year and beyond and the constant denial that any of this makes a difference and we should just volunteer harder is an insult.
At some stage people are going to have to stand up to continuing skewing of fair competition or attendances will keep falling and apathy around inter county football will set in, if it hasn't already.
Boycott and if they throw us out we can have a great extended club season!, thats what the gaa is really about anyway and you never know it might make them think." Not getting into your figures there Ron as in my opinion this has nothing to do with Dublin. We should have the right to host our own games regardless of the opposition. Local businesses who support Westmeath clubs and county could do with having increased numbers of visitors on the streets. Westmeath kids deserve the right to watch their own county men on their own pitch against the best team in the country. Leinster Council has a chance to make the right decision here but history would say they won't budge until they are embarrassed into it
Darragh (Westmeath) - 08/10/2019 15:59:15
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Westmeath Hurling 2018 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Thechick: "A lot of discussion about naming players for junior etc. I would say most/all clubs need to be honest on this especially the Intermediate/Junior clubs. The amount of skullduggery that goes on naming lads that are two years in OZ or the states etc has always gone on. Any lad who ever played in the Intermediate grade and also the junior for the last number of years would tell you that the two junior B finalist's this year have always been able to put out virtually the same teams in both grades for years without any issue. The reason one of them can do it is obvious and well known and the other club chance their arm every year with a list and throw a hissy fit citing trying to develop hurling on the outskirts of a town and are let go. There used to be rows about it but most other clubs in the grade just take it for granted now ,one of them clubs in particular just have to see who wants to play junior and tog them, naming a guy from a neighbouring football club who never played hurling instead, again they have slightly different rules." It's a tricky balance between targeting those who are deliberately misleading and those who are struggling to field. One solution would be to review the named players to see how many played and at what level during the previous 12 months. If a club throws a bunch of names down who are not in the country or haven't played in years then it should be obvious
Darragh (Westmeath) - 20/12/2018 13:52:17
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Tipperary V Westmeath - 1 Like(s)
It's poor form from Tipp, Kilkenny have accepted such a request before. It would do a great deal for hurling in Westmeath and the surrounding midlands counties
Darragh (National) - 28/06/2017 14:12:49
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Westmeath Hurling 2018 - 1 Like(s)
Why the need to play the game in Portlaoise on Sunday while Carlow are due to play football in Antrim and we are due to play football in Longford. Both teams deserve their full county support as it will mean so much to either side to go up a division. Cannot fathom why Carlow or Westmeath would agree to this when there are other options
Darragh (Westmeath) - 13/03/2018 09:08:41
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Westmeath hurling - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pinkie: "The article re "Opinion: will Westmeath finally get the credit they deserve?" is not accurate in my own opinion. It suggests that nobody gives Westmeath credit for a win. It suggests Wexford had a spanish inquisition into why we were beaten by Westmeath. We have such inquisitions if we are beaten by anyone and at the end of the year we have reviews of the progress the teams have made. It was not just because we lost to Westmeath.
While there is plenty of hurling snobbery in the game, there is also plenty of siege mentality at play as well!" Westmeath didn't complain so can't be thrown in to the siege mentality argument. I think the article was more referencing the fact that when a weaker team beats a traditional power then the focus is usually on why the big team lost rather than praise the winner. Seemed fairly spot on in that regard as far more focus was put on offaly losing to Westmeath in senior this year than the positive option of praising the winning team
Darragh (National) - 26/05/2016 14:20:29
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So who will lift the Allianz league titles? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To wd45: "I am going with Wexford, tipp, Galway and Dublin. I hope Wexford win anyway. Some of them Westmeath lads are care more about there hair than football." Probably sinking pints tonight slapping the lads backs........
Darragh (National) - 08/04/2017 19:10:20
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Westmeath V Dublin - 1 Like(s)
I am a very proud Westmeath man who attends games both club and county all year. I am well used to being beaten by better teams which is fine but after yesterday I am questioning everything with regards to GAA and my participation in it. Maybe just the impact from yesterday talking but I cannot see a situation (aside from a Div 3 or 4 title) where we will ever again compete nationally under current structures. I don't even think a flash in the pan minor All Ireland or Under 21 title will ever happen again as we could see a lost generation through apathy after a result like yesterday and we need every kid we can to get playing. It's extremely demoralising being honest about it and the thoughts of having two kids at home who will likely never see their county win anything of merit is pretty heartbreaking stuff
Darragh (National) - 26/06/2017 12:42:40
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Big GAA Announcment at Midday? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Darragh: "Only benefits the teams in the last 8 so will improve their quality but anyone outside the top 8 will fall further behind. It's a typical response from top brass in GAA who are not interested in the lower end of the scale and only in making more money for the Association. I can't see the other counties agreeing to this but the County Boards in weaker counties are doing a fantastic job of destroying the game so they will probably agree in return for some lovely magic beans"
Sounds like a very negative posting as the overall restructuring has to be good for all.
Up4it. (Tyrone) - Posts:154 - 04/08/2016 14:47:16 1895564
OK firstly it is a negative posting as I believe changes like this will split the association into A and B for good. I am from one of the weaker counties and the proposals flat out ignore them. 'Overally restructuring has to be good for all'.........don't think this is about anything else but making more money. The football at quarter final stage on is not in need of change, it's before that stage that the problem is. If Duffy was really for change he would try and improve the quality of football of the weaker teams by giving them more games
Darragh (National) - 04/08/2016 15:41:34
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Westmeath Hurling 2018 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To valley84: "Read somewhere lately that 10 years ago only 7% of kids in Limerick City played hurling. Following introduction of their development plan it's now 57%. They saw the threat from rugby and took it on.
While in Westmeath we've two towns of 20,000+ people with no urban gaa development plan or dedicated gaa coaches" Valley I read that same article and was just about to post the same thing. It could be said a development plan is even more needed for us than Limerick as we are dealing with a smaller playing pool. It does go to show what can be achieved if plans are put in place and followed through
Darragh (Westmeath) - 21/08/2018 14:13:04
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Super8 - the end of intercounty football? - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TheUsername: "If the super 8, generates more revenue i think the bulk of it should be used for development funding for counties that play two championship games. Though i would be open to that, you have to be very careful not to incentive failure. I get the weaker county argument and know the reasons are multi layered their should be a tier of support in recognition but it is a fine balance as per my previous point. Sport is competitive at the end of the day. But who are these weaker counties 23 counties have been represented in the quarterfinals since they were introduced, its hardly an exclusive club, its hyperbole to suggest otherwise, when you take London, New York and teams that dont field football sides out of the equation almost the whole country have been represented. I dont think playing in super 8 is particularly advantageous to the counties playing in it, just increases workload." The 23 counties bit has been bandied about a lot but fails to mention how many of these have made it once, twice etc.......still glosses over the fact that Super 8s is trying to fix a problem that isn't there right now and yet again no plan for so called weaker counties who may or may not make the super 8s once every decade. Not expecting you (no disrespect) to understand the opinion of people from these counties who continually are ignored
Darragh (National) - 28/02/2017 17:32:59
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