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Yeah that would seem right, without sounding too dismissive but I feel it's more a reflection on the first teams in Division 2 and 3 rather than those second teams being really strong. Has the standard dropped massively in terms of football in the county. I would say the top 3/4 teams in intermediate would be fairly similar to the bottom 3/4 senior teams in the county. Then there is a bit of a drop off. Multy and RBridge in Intermediate A are both Div 3 , while in Intermediate B they are almost all Division 3 clubs now. Finea being back to Division 5.
OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 85 - 09/06/2025 08:30:09 2615975 Link 0 |
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I know they beat us last year but I think that's the best draw we could have got. There's no excuse for complacency after last year Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 269 - 09/06/2025 09:23:02 2615983 Link 2 |
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Wicklow away not a bad draw really-would have that over going to Fermanagh or Kildare anyday.They beat us last year in Championship in Portlaoise but in my opinion very poor management was a huge factor.Winning the toss and deciding to play against a gale force wind was madness.-take every advantage you can -put up a big score against a div.4 team(?) and then see the game out.Saturdays performance should stand to the lads-people are saying Laois were very poor and they were becayse Westmeath made them look poor with their intensity so hopefully we can carry this performance onto Aughrim and get to a semi final Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 264 - 09/06/2025 10:50:08 2616023 Link 0 |
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Div 1 League Final on next Monday evening at 7.30pm. The showpiece of our leagues. Players working in Dublin, Galway and Limerick. How can the county board justify this. The match should be on Saturday with the Div 2 final. CHAMPS (Westmeath) - Posts: 45 - 10/06/2025 12:38:48 2616365 Link 0 |
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Players train most evenings midweek, I'm sure they'll be alright for the 'showpiece' event.
iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 157 - 10/06/2025 13:18:31 2616380 Link 0 |
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Who ever heard of a county league final being played on a monday evening??-just an inconvenience now for the county board-just get it out of the way scenario.Why play these leagues if the final is going to be disrespected like this. Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 264 - 10/06/2025 14:36:28 2616417 Link 0 |
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From your reply, it shows you know very little on what players commit in playing for their clubs. If players working away are training midweek, they are sometimes under pressure to be on time for training at 8pm. But a match is different. They are expected to be in mullingar for 6.30pm. To do this, they will have to take 1/2 from work. Our would you expect them not to travel back on that Sunday evening and take the day off.
CHAMPS (Westmeath) - Posts: 45 - 10/06/2025 14:51:00 2616427 Link 0 |
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You're not wrong but given our seniors are playing this weekend there was going to be finals on weekdays guaranteed. Lower division players also have jobs with equal demands so not really a fair argument for why the division 1 final should be on the weekend. Are the fixtures for the finals posted somewhere? Not on the Westmeath website as far as I can see
Iakecounty90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 16 - 10/06/2025 15:15:41 2616442 Link 1 |
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Agreed, but would it have anything to do with Kinnegad also been in the Div 3 final, Div 1 should take priority for sure and Monday evening is quite an unusual time for it. You imagine a Div 1 and 2 double header Saturday and Div 3 on the Monday would be more suitable. OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 85 - 10/06/2025 15:29:36 2616447 Link 0 |
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Just get on with it, ask the boss can you have a few hours off? The team that finishes top should get the Cup, hardly anyone gives a hoot about these finals, County Board obviously couldn't care less.
iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 157 - 10/06/2025 16:08:45 2616456 Link 0 |
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Christ what a ridiculous comment: "Just get on with it". Can you get any more out of touch? As a player who lost one of these finals last year, I can tell you that quite a few people "give a hoot" actually. ondeball (Westmeath) - Posts: 124 - 10/06/2025 17:01:21 2616476 Link 0 |
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A league is a league and whoever finishes first wins it-end of story -whoever heard of a team finishing second crowned league winners!! Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 264 - 10/06/2025 17:04:31 2616479 Link 0 |
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Final was fixed for Saturday evening, one of the clubs objected as they were in a final already scheduled for Friday evening and were using same players in both finals. That's the reason why it's on Monday. Fixtures had been sent out so hardly fair to rearrange all other fixtures to suit one club. It's a simple answer but that probably won't sit well with the previous posters who see all kinds of conspiracy theories about fixtures and want to hammer fixture makers without being in possession of the facts Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2205 - 10/06/2025 17:14:18 2616483 Link 0 |
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Eh Westmeath Div 2 in 2008. Dublin finished top, Westmeath finished second and won the final.
Chops (Westmeath) - Posts: 823 - 10/06/2025 20:29:09 2616533 Link 0 |
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Dublin finished top=league winners .As a famous manager once stated-finish top you are winners-finish second you are nothing!!
Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 264 - 10/06/2025 23:15:27 2616566 Link 0 |
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There are many examples of competitions run on a league basis but finish with playoffs, e.g. MLS in America, UEFA Nations League. A league final might not suit Lomans or the Downs in Division 1 but I can tell you that teams in lower Divisions relish the chance of a league final in Cusack Park. ondeball (Westmeath) - Posts: 124 - 11/06/2025 11:53:08 2616623 Link 2 |
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Shankley said "if you are first your are first. If you are second you are nothing", not "finish top you are winners finish second you are nothing". If you are going to quote someone at least do it right. Leinster Rugby are URC champions so? They finished top of the URC. No need for the grand final this weekend. Call it off. Should only 1 team be promoted from one division to the next so aswell, just the top team in soccer? Forget about playoffs etc?
Chops (Westmeath) - Posts: 823 - 11/06/2025 12:33:42 2616633 Link 0 |
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Ondeball is on the ball with his post; Its huge for players to be invoved in these finals
BarrRst (Westmeath) - Posts: 38 - 11/06/2025 13:54:50 2616664 Link 1 |
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Best of luck to the Westmeath management and players against Wicklow on Sunday. I expect this will be a very close tense game but if we get going from the first whistle hopefully we can get a good result from Aughrim. londoner (UK) - Posts: 112 - 13/06/2025 15:56:06 2617226 Link 1 |
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What's the views on Sunday, wicklow have beaten us recently but we more than capable of winning. Obviously the team named won't be starting but that's another day debate, I'd say Allen, scahill and mcCartan have to start, on last week. Best of luck to westmeath. It's knock out football and if we good enough we are good. Hopefully we get a bit of following to support team like cusack last week Upforthegame23 (Westmeath) - Posts: 146 - 14/06/2025 01:55:08 2617295 Link 0 |