If Sam McCartan is fit for sunday-he has to start and start every game.Sam has been one of Westmeath's most consistant performers over the last few seasons if not the most consistant.Hopefully hes fit and plays.

Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 296 - 23/01/2026 15:08:51    2652742

Delighted to hear Sam played a half v Leitrim, I thought he was still a bit away. Huge addition whenever we see him.

BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1239 - 23/01/2026 15:51:12    2652756

Sam Smyth is going to be a massive boost when he is back on the team. He had a very strong first season last yaar when he slotted into the starting team. A full back line of Baker, Drumm & Smyth would be very strong. Be interesting to see who starts in goals at the weekend. I expect he will go with Daly. Allen will also be in contention soon once he gets some minutes into him.

A massive game on Sunday am I hope some support comes out now as we always have been very badly supported. We were out numbered by away supporters for all home games last year which was very embarrassing.

Matthew (None) - Posts: 1105 - 23/01/2026 16:00:19    2652759

Really driver for me looks to be loss of revenue, from 154k in 2021 to 108k in 2024 for football group stages. For me this is driven by strange choice of venues in some cases (2 teams from south west facing off in Kinnegad/Mullingar for example) and Iarmhi TV leading to people not attending games

martyW (Westmeath) - Posts: 339 - 23/01/2026 16:00:35    2652760