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Chops (Westmeath) - Posts: 816 - 21/05/2025 22:07:41 2611658 Link 0 |
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Brilliant game, fantastic advertisement for the grade and the new rules, credit to Kenny Mc and his management who clearly focused on the competition after being beaten by Dubs, really good preparation for those lads as they prepare for adult inter county next year, in some cases this year's Tailteann cup based on displays. Seven championship matches is great grounding and to win a competition builds confidence and team spirit. Lots of players stood up, Jack Duncan, Tadhg Baker, Adam Keane, Finn Duffy's goal was vital, Ronan Murray's crucial two pointer, Shane Ormsby must be close to Dermot McCabe's thinking for TC involvement based on his displays for this side, he was immense last night, real leadership throughout. The likes of Gareth Mullanniff, Billy Moffet, Oisin Shortall, Seani Bracken will benefit greatly from this and their club sides will benefit too. Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2171 - 22/05/2025 11:20:38 2611708 Link 1 |
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Shane corcoran was great too you left him out
Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 714 - 22/05/2025 12:05:22 2611720 Link 1 |
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Well done Westmeath 20s was there last night great achievement ,We're talking about bringing some of those players to the senior panel There is a massive step up for a young players it's different when you're playing with your own age group when you meet a senior player he is a lot more physical and stronger. I think there would be better playing with their own club team and next year bring them in on the county panel.
Mick1234 (Westmeath) - Posts: 29 - 22/05/2025 12:19:54 2611725 Link 0 |
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I mentioned one player who could step up to play TC, Shane Ormsby, he's already on senior panel and a sub for last 4-5 championship matches, Tadhg Baker already on panel and features in matches, I didn't suggest bringing any other player in but emphasised that these matches would be great foundation for adult inter county, I also stressed how clubs would benefit from their experience, not sure how you could base your response on what I said
Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2171 - 22/05/2025 14:35:32 2611755 Link 0 |
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Its a fantastic achievement , credit to Kenny Mc Kinley and his management team. These successes are rare especially All Irelands and are hugely important stepping stones that build confidence for the future. The 1995 minor win spawned the success of the U21 teams of 1999 and 2000 and provided many of the senior team that made the breakthrough in Leinster in 2004. Hopefully we see plenty of this crop breakthrough to the senior team in the years to come. Definitely a few of them not far away.
A_Chairde (Westmeath) - Posts: 296 - 22/05/2025 14:37:15 2611757 Link 1 |
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Are we getting carried away with the fact that it's an all Ireland B competition?
westmeathgaa11 (Westmeath) - Posts: 315 - 23/05/2025 12:58:05 2611869 Link 3 |
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When you factor in the size of the county , and the fact that it is one of a small number of genuine duel counties , then any all Ireland B is an excellent achievement. It's like a small rural club winning an u20 division 2 championship. It's significant, in it's own right. More important, is the difference between the results of this team and the u17 team 3 years ago. Moving in the right direction. jamsie (Westmeath) - Posts: 473 - 23/05/2025 13:48:13 2611882 Link 1 |
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Well it's pretty much the same level the seniors are at now essentially! We win very little in Westmeath so we can't afford to turn our noses up at anything. As previous posters have mentioned I'd be very tempted to give Ormsby a run off the bench against Limerick. It's not our strongest area of the pitch and he's as good as I've seen in the air for a young lad.
Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 259 - 23/05/2025 14:18:00 2611892 Link 0 |
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Surely it's commendable to try to win whatever competition you're entered in and to give it your best shot. We weren't good enough to win the Leinster under 20 and given our population and dual players such chances are probably rare. To then fully engage with the secondary competition was important and they did so in every way, training continued, the squad was focused and management ambitious. It's not as if they've had parades celebrating the win since, a small but enthusiastic crowd in Breffni and clubs praising their representatives on social media has been the height of the reaction. The win certainly boosts the chances of 6-7 of those lads being introduced to senior inter county fare over the next 12-24 months and that's a good thing. Our seniors winning the TC would mean a very good year football wise, minors displays were more than decent and ran Louth close, seniors have revamped squad and played consistently well all year.
Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2171 - 23/05/2025 15:13:00 2611903 Link 4 |
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Rumours in Kinnegad tonight that the ACFL finals are to be taken out of Cusack Park, if this is the case surely that's a massive own goal from the county board considering recent years have seen the finals held there, at a time when clubs are expected to sell tickets for the fundraiser I can't see this going down well, nor should it. The Cusack pitch is in great condition after the recent weather and hadn't hosted many games since the national league concluded. OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 74 - 29/05/2025 22:54:30 2613524 Link 1 |
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Seems strange. Any particular reason for that ? Maybe it's due to be played the same weekend as the tailteann cup quarter which Westmeath potentially have home advantage for. In other news Fionn O'Hara has dropped himself off the county panel. I'd be surprised if we didn't see Ormsby at some stage at the weekend
Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 259 - 30/05/2025 11:14:38 2613582 Link 0 |
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What difference would it make if the ACFL Finals were taken out of Cusack Park? Was there even 500 at the Division 1&2 Finals last year? There would be a better atmosphere if you spread them across club grounds. We can be honest and say the League Finals are glorified challenge matches. The two best teams in the county aren't that bothered about it anyway. Garrycastle v Kinnegad is a bit of an anti climax for the Division 1 Final. Garrycastle will probably win because they will have their best team out, no county players for the first time in a long time while Kinnegad have Cooney, Giles and Daly? involved with the county and arguably their best player Gahan is playing for Westmeath in NY. What impact could the venue for the League Finals possibly have on the fundraiser?
iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 152 - 30/05/2025 11:15:39 2613583 Link 0 |
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**** up in brewery springs to mind if the talk is true that teams in finals will toss for home advantage.
jiminycricket (Offaly) - Posts: 33 - 30/05/2025 11:44:21 2613588 Link 0 |
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Your missing the point here. There's teams from Division 3 down who have worked all year to get into a final and they may never have another chance to play in Cusack Park. It's not all about Kinnegad and Loman's. And our league finals should absolutely be in the county ground. Any alternative view is quite undermining of the competition. The notion you would toss for home advantage for a league final is lazy from the county board and just adds to the collective disconnect between them and the clubs. Best of Luck asking clubs for thousands of €€ in unsold fundraising tickets if this is the case.
OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 74 - 30/05/2025 12:14:46 2613598 Link 1 |
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So is it your policy to report all injured players as having "dropped themselves off the panel"
johnnyh (Westmeath) - Posts: 14 - 30/05/2025 20:10:23 2613675 Link 0 |
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Is keiran martin gone too ?
Mattyreilly (Westmeath) - Posts: 168 - 30/05/2025 21:23:34 2613681 Link 0 |
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Believe what you want to believe. I know for a fact he's gone.
Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 259 - 31/05/2025 09:26:12 2613699 Link 0 |
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Ok so your denying Tubberclair, Killucan, Castledaly, Ballinagore, Shandonagh amongst others a final in the county ground, finals that have been played there for the last number of years. I see Athlone, Tubberclair, Kinnegad, Shandonagh and Ballinagore will all have second teams in league finals, maybe players only opportunity to play in Cusack Park and the county board are denying that for God knows what reason, they may have a get out of jail card with the Tailteann Cup but be under no illusion that's not the reason, frankly they couldn't be bothered opening up Cusack over a whole weekend. Why not play a Div 1/2 final as a curtain raiser to a Tailteann game and maybe that'll get an extra 500-600 people through the gates, maybe sell fundraising tickets at the gate and low and behold people might support it. It beggars belief how people cannot see the disconnect between clubs and the county board. I can only assume people on these forums are from top senior clubs who regularly have success and feature in Cusack numerous times each year, because anyone from a smaller club should absolutely be fuming if these finals are moved to neutral or home/away venues. Well done to all the teams who topped their groups your reward is potentially a final away to the team who finished below you.
OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 74 - 31/05/2025 10:22:53 2613710 Link 1 |
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Terrible performance in Portlaoise, bar Wallace in second half we weren't good. Complacency unquestionably a factor. Major question marks over this performance and the management. Teams with ambitions of winning competitions don't lose to Limerick, means an extra game in the competition which is not ideal but hopefully any hints of complacency will be eradicated after today Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2171 - 31/05/2025 15:42:17 2613756 Link 1 |