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anybody at Minor game on Sat...Good win...Were Laois any good. believe they have one or two exceptional players. Dessie15 (Westmeath) - Posts: 215 - 04/06/2024 13:20:24 2549400 Link 0 |
mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1856 - 04/06/2024 14:44:25 2549441 Link 0 |
Players have been getting experience ? Or who else do you want ? Scahill, whitaker, forde, drumm, Allen all have played championship football this year. Westmeath were in a position to win the game as much as galway were before the game defining moment occured? Who did they rest by the way ? Looked like a full strenght side to me. Is every championship game not high stakes at that level. Or would you argue differently. Again my eyes do decieve me at times so i could be wrong but could you go through your theory of how we were NEVER winning that game ? Id say a team down by 10 points half time possibly never winning no ? Again you sound like you know your football well so i look forward to seeing any future posts. I see Mick Cunningham made his annual trip into Cusack full of hope as ever Mick. Did you have your Galway Jersey on ? I saw you were looking forward to seeing a good Maroon and White team..
ear2ground (Westmeath) - Posts: 116 - 04/06/2024 15:32:07 2549452 Link 0 |
Tight margins at this level. We set up to nullify Galway and did a fairly good job of doing that, but on the other hand we had no forward shape whatsoever. Heslin, O'Toole completely nullified. iarmhi_an_mhaith (Westmeath) - Posts: 273 - 04/06/2024 15:34:50 2549455 Link 0 |
Exactly ear2ground, Whitaker & Scahill to name 2 of them. I don't see any different an outcome to the game with them 2 playing instead of Gonoud or O'Toole (given his current form). At least Senan Baker (who isn't firing either) is getting game time which will stand to him. Both Comer and Finnerty were rested from what i have heard from Galway friends. I have no doubt that had Galway been playing Derry or Armagh those 2 lads would have been played despite the yarns Joyce is spewing to the press. You always had the sense that Galway had another gear or two in them if they needed to use it. Look, i'm just looking at this with one eye down the road and how can we get as much benefit from this series as possible. Meridian (Westmeath) - Posts: 636 - 04/06/2024 17:13:17 2549494 Link 0 |
Mickey Harte now has a point to prove-they cant lose 4 in a row surely!!Derry's physicality will be s huge plus for them -we cant just sit back -we need to have a real go at them and hopefully our forwards will have a bigger impact than lately-A draw will see us qualify on scoring difference and I fear Mr.Dolan will set the team up for that end but a dangerous tactic to play-best form of defence is always attack. Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 200 - 04/06/2024 17:21:26 2549496 Link 0 |
Derry got the game on there back door. Mattyreilly (Westmeath) - Posts: 160 - 04/06/2024 18:23:12 2549510 Link 0 |
Suggesting Matthew Whittaker starts instead of Ronan O' Toole is insulting to the Loman's man, he's not in the stellar form of previous years but he's still one of our top forwards and obviously opposing sides realise he's the one who makes our forwards tick, I've criticised the management team in the past but performances in the All Ireland series the last two years have been excellent, competitive in every game against highly rated top five or six opposition Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 1789 - 04/06/2024 18:44:04 2549514 Link 4 |
Pretty sure Newry is further from Derry than Enniskillen or Cavan
Jack_Sparrow (Westmeath) - Posts: 1024 - 04/06/2024 21:59:25 2549554 Link 0 |
my annual trip . i will treat that remark with the contempt it deserves . westmeath played well but if your ambition is to keep the score down you have no chance
mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1856 - 05/06/2024 07:29:49 2549588 Link 0 |
I think the sideline had a big hand in that defeat. PowellJohn3 (Westmeath) - Posts: 45 - 05/06/2024 08:39:21 2549603 Link 1 |
"Please try beat Derry and not contain them for 70 minutes" Do you honestly think we have the players to play free flowing attacking football and beat a top side like Derry? Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 457 - 05/06/2024 12:55:49 2549680 Link 0 |
Would never take John Heslin off if he is fit to stay on just need to play a more forward style of play because he still is the best forward we have to score from play.Whats the story with Lorcan Dolan and Conor McCormack both on match day squads but not getting a look in-either of them would get you a score or two
Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 200 - 05/06/2024 14:52:07 2549715 Link 0 |
Temple 56 contain for large periods but need to try win the game, whats there to lose? Seriously 1 point loss or a 7 point loss whats the difference? Not saying playing all out attack but Dessie has set this team up not to lose by much, not to actually try and win PowellJohn3 (Westmeath) - Posts: 45 - 05/06/2024 16:01:16 2549733 Link 0 |
I was at the game as I was at every other game this season both home and away and I see John Heslin-when he is selected to play-make countless runs into space off his defender calling for the ball but its never delivered-just back and sideways across the middle.He then has to come deep to get envolved but thats his markers dream-keep him away and out the field.I always judge a player by his efforts off the ball and wouldnt judge a player by his touches if he is not getting the service and your right -give it a good rattle against-if you lose you lose but try and set the team up to win.!!
Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 200 - 05/06/2024 17:20:38 2549752 Link 0 |
Heslin is our best scorer by a mile. It wasn't a forwards game no matter who was there. Sure look at Walsh barely got a kick up the other end and then scored a goal from a mistake. We were relying on the same. The solution isn't to take off the best scorer, if not the best player on the team still!
Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 89 - 06/06/2024 08:43:35 2549800 Link 0 |
I travelled to Mullingar as a neutral last Sunday. I thought it was a brilliant game, great atmosphere and a great day out. I thought the game was definitely there for ye, about ten minutes into the second half, the Galway players looked disillusioned and playing against the breeze. But Westmeath probably lacked the belief to go after it. Westmeath have some quality players, number 6 and McCartan were excellent. Connellan is also a class act but I don't know what he was thinking, if I remember correctly he had already given possession away in a similar fashion in the first half. Pity the Derry game isn't in Breffni 97Cavans (Cavan) - Posts: 360 - 07/06/2024 10:13:41 2549953 Link 0 |
Is it possible to seethe entire game online?, I can see small snipits on youtube. but would like to see the whole game. BarrRst (Westmeath) - Posts: 20 - 07/06/2024 11:22:30 2549969 Link 0 |
Is it possible to seethe entire game online?, I can see small snipits on youtube. but would like to see the whole game. BarrRst (Westmeath) - Posts: 20 - 07/06/2024 11:23:24 2549970 Link 0 |
From frees yes, but otherwise he is a passenger now. Fitzgerald had his number physically. The way the game is gone I don't think he's suited to it; he hasn't the engine to get behind the ball and then carry it, and if he's left isolated up front I don't think he has the pace to win direct ball and get scores. Funny how Smyth and Whittaker went well against Armagh and barely featured a week later whereas Senan Baker wasn't considered good enough against Armagh but yet started the Galway game; very hard to get consistent performances from players with that going on.
TigerWoods90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 150 - 07/06/2024 13:08:04 2549995 Link 0 |