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Replying To Meridian: "Anyone see Paudie Clifford's back heeled goal at the weekend for Fossa. Great improv by him at the time but......... Watch it again. Was he not in the square before the ball?" I think you're in the wrong forum thread but yeah it looks like a square ball not that it mattered to the result of the game at that point. He's there before the ball arrives. I don't think it's a particularly notable goal or piece of skill even if it was legal, lads would be fluting around with that in training etc. Square ball rule info for anyone interested is below. I didn't know that it could be given when a point was scored if the circumstances were appropriate for interference. Learned something new today! [url=]https://learning.gaa.ie/referee/squareball#:~:text=(i)%20If%20an%20attacking%20player,or%20interfere%20with%20the%20defence. gedupoutofit (Westmeath) - Posts: 178 - 13/12/2022 11:00:48 2450273 Link
Three league matches rather than nine?? Bit drastic. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2139 - 13/12/2022 11:02:49 2450274 Link
Replying To Meridian: "Anyone see Paudie Clifford's back heeled goal at the weekend for Fossa. Great improv by him at the time but......... Watch it again. Was he not in the square before the ball?" junior football mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1898 - 14/12/2022 08:57:29 2450369 Link
Replying To mickcunningham: "junior football" just to say a wor of gratitude to ger egan for his wonderful contribution to westmeath football hopefully we see him for the pass for years to come mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1898 - 14/12/2022 10:53:22 2450379 Link
What a player Ger Egan was for Westmeath. But surprised at his retirement - what age is he Mick 31/32 ? In fairness to him over the last few years he seemed to be plagued with injury and probably never got time to fully recover - always playing through injury for club and county. I guess it's bad news for the rest of the senior clubs as he should now get a chance to fully recuperate and chase that elusive senior medal in the summer. Thanks for the memories Ger. BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1182 - 14/12/2022 11:38:07 2450388 Link
Replying To mickcunningham: "just to say a wor of gratitude to ger egan for his wonderful contribution to westmeath football hopefully we see him for the pass for years to come" One of the best ever Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 547 - 14/12/2022 12:16:12 2450391 Link
Congratulations to Ger on a stellar career in the Westmeath jersey. One of the best players to wear the maroon. Just Kevin maguire, Bear Martin, Jimmy Dolan and John Heslin left off the u21 team that reached the Leinster final 12 years ago A_Chairde (Westmeath) - Posts: 294 - 14/12/2022 12:45:07 2450392 Link
Replying To BigSur: "What a player Ger Egan was for Westmeath. But surprised at his retirement - what age is he Mick 31/32 ? In fairness to him over the last few years he seemed to be plagued with injury and probably never got time to fully recover - always playing through injury for club and county. I guess it's bad news for the rest of the senior clubs as he should now get a chance to fully recuperate and chase that elusive senior medal in the summer. Thanks for the memories Ger." 34 id say he has had some terrible knee injuries and its a credit to him that he has continued at such a high level mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1898 - 14/12/2022 13:10:05 2450395 Link
Replying To mickcunningham: "34 id say he has had some terrible knee injuries and its a credit to him that he has continued at such a high level" He was minor in 2009, so he's 31. jamsie (Westmeath) - Posts: 471 - 14/12/2022 14:02:56 2450403 Link
Well done to Ger Egan on a great inter-county career. One of my favourite Westmeath players of the last 15-20 years. Remember him scoring an unbelievable point in the Leinster final v Dublin a few years ago. westmeathman99 (Westmeath) - Posts: 125 - 14/12/2022 16:26:56 2450422 Link
Excellent contribution by Ger over a long spell, was our best player for a couple of years, understandable decision given his injury record recently, Tyrrellspass will certainly benefit. Prob the first retirement of quite a few key players over the next 12 months or so. Jimmy Dolan, Kevin Maguire, John Hes, Kieran Martin, Jason Daly will all be difficult to replace, Des will need a good first year as manager as replacements for that quality are not overly obvious. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2139 - 14/12/2022 18:20:15 2450437 Link
A great servant to Westmeath. As I've said on here before, if he didn't suffer that bad injury a few years ago when he was one of the most consistent forwards in the country we would be looking at him play on for another couple of years. He was rarely below 8/10 in any game he played in a Westmeath jersey. He certainly owes the county nothing and Westmeath's loss will definitely Tyrrellspass gain mintyfresh (Westmeath) - Posts: 257 - 14/12/2022 21:56:42 2450444 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Excellent contribution by Ger over a long spell, was our best player for a couple of years, understandable decision given his injury record recently, Tyrrellspass will certainly benefit. Prob the first retirement of quite a few key players over the next 12 months or so. Jimmy Dolan, Kevin Maguire, John Hes, Kieran Martin, Jason Daly will all be difficult to replace, Des will need a good first year as manager as replacements for that quality are not overly obvious." He'll have to have a good first year indeed or he'll have the likes of Edman on here calling for his head in no time. Meridian (Westmeath) - Posts: 676 - 15/12/2022 10:25:35 2450462 Link
Replying To mintyfresh: "A great servant to Westmeath. As I've said on here before, if he didn't suffer that bad injury a few years ago when he was one of the most consistent forwards in the country we would be looking at him play on for another couple of years. He was rarely below 8/10 in any game he played in a Westmeath jersey. He certainly owes the county nothing and Westmeath's loss will definitely Tyrrellspass gain" ...what a great servant is right. One of the best! Laker1500 (Westmeath) - Posts: 20 - 16/12/2022 11:42:33 2450544 Link
O'Byrne Cup Fixtures: Wednesday 04th January Louth GAA Training Centre, Darver (8.00) Lu v Iarmhi Saturday 07th January The Downs GAA (2.00) Iarmhi v Loch Garman Wednesday 11th January Kinnegad GAA (8.00) Iarmhi v Cill Dara BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1182 - 16/12/2022 12:21:56 2450548 Link
Replying To BigSur: "O'Byrne Cup Fixtures: Wednesday 04th January Louth GAA Training Centre, Darver (8.00) Lu v Iarmhi Saturday 07th January The Downs GAA (2.00) Iarmhi v Loch Garman Wednesday 11th January Kinnegad GAA (8.00) Iarmhi v Cill Dara" I hope the management team use the OByrne cup to have a look at a few more players. There has been nice u20's coming through and some very good club game performances by some players worth a look. Laker1500 (Westmeath) - Posts: 20 - 20/12/2022 09:59:27 2450789 Link
So any word on new players in the current training squad ? I presume most of The Downs lads have been given a break ? BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1182 - 20/12/2022 17:37:14 2450830 Link
I'm just finished for the holidays and I just did a quick summary of the best of the current Westmeath panel v best of rest. These teams will be open to debate, I'm going off the last couple of years club/ county matches from what I have seen. Would this be a forgone conclusion or would the best of the rest come anywhere close. Just an interesting one as I read an article recently on some counties not having some of the top club players making themselves available too county panels. Best of the rest - 1. David Bryan 2. Mark mccallon 3. Jack Donoghue 4. Darragh Egerton 5. Joe Moran 6 conor slevin 7 Kelvin Reilly 8 Denis corroon 9 Justin Barrett 10 Wayne fox 11 ger leech 12 Andrew kilmartin 13 Finbar coyne 14 Niall Mitchell 15 Ger Egan Best of Westmeath Panel - 1. Jason Daly 2. Jamie Gonoud 3. Kevin McGuire 4. Jack smith 5. David lynch 6. Ronan Wallace 7. Jimmy Dolan 8. Sam Duncan 9. Ray Connellan 10. Sam McCarton 11 Ronon o toole 12 Luke Loughlin 13 senan baker 14 John heslin 15 Lorcan Dolan Sullbull2004 (Westmeath) - Posts: 1 - 21/12/2022 10:20:23 2450853 Link
Replying To Meridian: "He'll have to have a good first year indeed or he'll have the likes of Edman on here calling for his head in no time." Not sure what you're talking about here lol I'll be calling for Dessie's head? Why? Edman78 (Westmeath) - Posts: 100 - 21/12/2022 10:29:56 2450856 Link
Replying To Sullbull2004: "I'm just finished for the holidays and I just did a quick summary of the best of the current Westmeath panel v best of rest. These teams will be open to debate, I'm going off the last couple of years club/ county matches from what I have seen. Would this be a forgone conclusion or would the best of the rest come anywhere close. Just an interesting one as I read an article recently on some counties not having some of the top club players making themselves available too county panels. Best of the rest - 1. David Bryan 2. Mark mccallon 3. Jack Donoghue 4. Darragh Egerton 5. Joe Moran 6 conor slevin 7 Kelvin Reilly 8 Denis corroon 9 Justin Barrett 10 Wayne fox 11 ger leech 12 Andrew kilmartin 13 Finbar coyne 14 Niall Mitchell 15 Ger Egan Best of Westmeath Panel - 1. Jason Daly 2. Jamie Gonoud 3. Kevin McGuire 4. Jack smith 5. David lynch 6. Ronan Wallace 7. Jimmy Dolan 8. Sam Duncan 9. Ray Connellan 10. Sam McCarton 11 Ronon o toole 12 Luke Loughlin 13 senan baker 14 John heslin 15 Lorcan Dolan" plenty of good players in the county , i think conor coughlan from the downs will be a big part of the squad in 2023 mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1898 - 21/12/2022 12:02:02 2450872 Link