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Replying To Claretandblue:  "It's a good few years since Rosemount were a senior team, prob 15? Their catchment area has been affected since the 1970s with the likes of Tubber in Offaly and St. Joseph's developing as clubs, it's a rural area so numbers are tight and then emigration with Plunketts Maxwell, Andy McCormack, David McCormack notable absentees, they've obviously lost other players too, the lads mentioned come back during summer to play 2-3 games but never available for 5-6 championship ones with teaching in Middle East,"
Rosemount only got relegated from senior in 2021

mintyfresh (Westmeath) - Posts: 299 - 18/08/2026 14:31:07    2690321

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Replying To mintyfresh:  "Rosemount only got relegated from senior in 2021"
Seems a lot longer. Tks

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2757 - 18/08/2026 15:11:58    2690332

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Replying To mintyfresh:  "Rosemount only got relegated from senior in 2021"
And as recently as 2020 they hammered The Downs in the first round of the championship. Game was over at half time.

jamsie (Westmeath) - Posts: 531 - 18/08/2026 15:14:55    2690335

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Replying To Fighting-Cocks69:  "Very disappointing for Rosemount, considering they were a senior team not all that long ago. Emigration seems to have hit the club badly. Does anyone know, or have a rough estimate, of how many players they've lost over the years?"
Think I heard someone say they've lost something like 10 lads to emigration since they were relegated from senior, plus 3 ACL injuries this year alone, which is a huge player turnover for a small rural club

tparker120 (Westmeath) - Posts: 4 - 18/08/2026 16:56:19    2690354

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Replying To mintyfresh:  "Rosemount only got relegated from senior in 2021"
Any sign of Sean Petit anymore or has he stopped altogether

Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 220 - 18/08/2026 17:12:01    2690361

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Does anyone know what determines teams progressing if they finish on level points? Head to head or score difference?

45onthe52 (Westmeath) - Posts: 15 - 19/08/2026 09:01:09    2690393

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Hard to know what the relationship is like between the county board and the podcast. They weren't too happy a few weeks back with how the U20 football manager was let go Then yesterday Paddy Wallace asked Ger how they decide who goes through if teams finish level on points. Ger's reply was, "We only discuss these matters, not decide them.I genuinely couldn't tell if it was satire or if there was a bit of a dig behind it
You just can't really work out whether they're happy with how things are being run or not. Even their new guest Eoin Mulligan, was saying he can't see the current structure staying in place at all

Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 220 - 19/08/2026 09:04:05    2690394

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