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Might be a silly question but is tonight's game been played on grass or the artificial pitch in St Lomans ? TheGaaMan77 (Westmeath) - Posts: 79 - 07/01/2026 11:38:46 2650151 Link
Any team named for tonight ? Most teams have their squads posted by now to generate a bit of interest. You'd imagine nobody involved in Sigerson this week will feature. Given that it should be quite a different line up to what was meant to play against Longford. Lakecounty94 (Westmeath) - Posts: 88 - 07/01/2026 13:24:28 2650162 Link
Replying To Lakecounty94: "Any team named for tonight ? Most teams have their squads posted by now to generate a bit of interest. You'd imagine nobody involved in Sigerson this week will feature. Given that it should be quite a different line up to what was meant to play against Longford." Yes it certainly would encourage club people to attend if they knew some of their club players were involved; Louth have released theirs so no idea why we can't. It's a hard sell for some not knowing who'll even feature. OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 204 - 07/01/2026 14:26:05 2650171 Link
Team named is Jack Connaughton Jack Geoghegan Darragh O Keeffe Charlie Drumm Boidu Sayeh Ronan Wallace Bruan Guerin Jonathan Lynam Harry Niall Kevin O Sullivan Robbie Forde Brandon Kelly Shane Corcoran Luke Loughlin Kealan Connell Subs Jason Daly, Eoghan Hogan, TJ Cox Stephen Mc Gonagle, Dillon Matthews Eoghan Mc Cabe Eanna Burke Tom Molloy, Matthew Thornton, Tadgh Burke, Shane Allen A_Chairde (Westmeath) - Posts: 364 - 07/01/2026 18:07:06 2650201 Link
Replying To A_Chairde: "Team named is Jack Connaughton Jack Geoghegan Darragh O Keeffe Charlie Drumm Boidu Sayeh Ronan Wallace Bruan Guerin Jonathan Lynam Harry Niall Kevin O Sullivan Robbie Forde Brandon Kelly Shane Corcoran Luke Loughlin Kealan Connell Subs Jason Daly, Eoghan Hogan, TJ Cox Stephen Mc Gonagle, Dillon Matthews Eoghan Mc Cabe Eanna Burke Tom Molloy, Matthew Thornton, Tadgh Burke, Shane Allen" Great win tonight we'll done lads Undertheroad (Westmeath) - Posts: 89 - 07/01/2026 21:26:00 2650211 Link
Good auld performance to kick off the year. Was impressed with the usual lads - Luke, Wally, Lynam and Drumm all solid. Thought Kelly and Baker went very well too; you can definitely see Kelly as a nailed-on starter, and Baker as well, especially with a few backs leaving the panel. Felt Louth kind of threw it away themselves in the first half - a very soft goal and then a poor kick-out that led to a well-taken goal. Molloy made a strong impact off the bench when he came on and that two-pointer volley was top class. Not sure what to make of the goalie situation yet. Overall we're still not overly physically dominant, but it was good to see Conneaghan getting the restarts going quickly and going short when it's on - without Ray we could struggle a bit around the middle. All things considered, not a bad result at all, especially given we had a few lads tied up with Sigerson, while they had about eight playing who featured in the Leinster final. Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 117 - 07/01/2026 23:14:09 2650225 Link
Good win and performance for the first outing of the year, onwards and upwards Iarmhi Abu TheGaaMan77 (Westmeath) - Posts: 79 - 07/01/2026 23:14:29 2650226 Link
Good win and solid enough performance tonight.Some very good scores taken by us but I still think we are short one or two really dominant midfield players but nonetheless are positive start for Mark McHugh and his team. Bruno@1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 292 - 08/01/2026 10:12:46 2650239 Link
Replying To Fighting-Cocks69: "Good auld performance to kick off the year. Was impressed with the usual lads - Luke, Wally, Lynam and Drumm all solid. Thought Kelly and Baker went very well too; you can definitely see Kelly as a nailed-on starter, and Baker as well, especially with a few backs leaving the panel. Felt Louth kind of threw it away themselves in the first half - a very soft goal and then a poor kick-out that led to a well-taken goal. Molloy made a strong impact off the bench when he came on and that two-pointer volley was top class. Not sure what to make of the goalie situation yet. Overall we're still not overly physically dominant, but it was good to see Conneaghan getting the restarts going quickly and going short when it's on - without Ray we could struggle a bit around the middle. All things considered, not a bad result at all, especially given we had a few lads tied up with Sigerson, while they had about eight playing who featured in the Leinster final." Connaughton top class goalie. I agree need Ray Connellan back asap with Lynam in midfield But most glaring mistake is giving Conor McCormack a chance lakecounty90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 161 - 08/01/2026 11:00:31 2650243 Link
Replying To lakecounty90: "Connaughton top class goalie. I agree need Ray Connellan back asap with Lynam in midfield But most glaring mistake is giving Conor McCormack a chance" Sure maybe just get the whole Caulry team to represent Westmeath? Matthew (None) - Posts: 1101 - 08/01/2026 11:29:18 2650248 Link
Replying To Matthew: "Sure maybe just get the whole Caulry team to represent Westmeath?" You can laugh but anyone can see 7 or 8 Caulry players would easily improve the standard we had on display in Lomans last night Iakecounty90 (Westmeath) - Posts: 39 - 08/01/2026 13:45:30 2650262 Link
Replying To Iakecounty90: "You can laugh but anyone can see 7 or 8 Caulry players would easily improve the standard we had on display in Lomans last night" Sure why stop at 7 o 8. They are the County Champions after all. ......ohh wait! No, they are not. Meridian (Westmeath) - Posts: 714 - 08/01/2026 15:33:41 2650286 Link
Replying To Iakecounty90: "You can laugh but anyone can see 7 or 8 Caulry players would easily improve the standard we had on display in Lomans last night" So you have better players than Sam McCartan Joe Moran and players who are playing in college Cayley are not a bad team, but they are a long way of winning a senior championship two of your players are good enough and that's it Mick1234 (Westmeath) - Posts: 45 - 09/01/2026 07:21:06 2650336 Link
I see TUS beat NUIG in the Freshers last night, a great achievement. There seemed to be Westmeath representatives on both sides which is positive. OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 204 - 09/01/2026 08:30:45 2650341 Link
Replying To Iakecounty90: "You can laugh but anyone can see 7 or 8 Caulry players would easily improve the standard we had on display in Lomans last night" I refuse to believe an actual person exists with those opinions. The jokes getting old at this stage Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 338 - 09/01/2026 08:59:29 2650344 Link
Replying To OverTheHill85: "I see TUS beat NUIG in the Freshers last night, a great achievement. There seemed to be Westmeath representatives on both sides which is positive." They're not bad at all, to be fair-a few very good Offaly players in there. They played DCU Freshers A in a challenge recently and gave them a good game. They were unlucky in the league final against UL 2 as well. That said, their seniors team will struggle enough. They've a strong starting 7 or 8, but the bench is very weak. You can see why Martin and Burke left. if they can maintain Sigerosn status, that'd be a huge plus Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 117 - 09/01/2026 13:18:27 2650387 Link
Replying To Bluelake: "I refuse to believe an actual person exists with those opinions. The jokes getting old at this stage" Yeah the joke is long over unfortunately. OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 204 - 09/01/2026 13:23:58 2650389 Link
Replying To OverTheHill85: "I see TUS beat NUIG in the Freshers last night, a great achievement. There seemed to be Westmeath representatives on both sides which is positive." From what I heard it wasn't NUIG 1st team. I think TUS freshers are in Div 2 of Freshers Football Temple56 (Westmeath) - Posts: 601 - 09/01/2026 13:26:48 2650390 Link
Replying To Temple56: "From what I heard it wasn't NUIG 1st team. I think TUS freshers are in Div 2 of Freshers Football" It was NUIG first team; some good players from Roscommon on the TUS team also. Cian Whitney and Darragh Delaney from Moate, Taylor Slevin and Paul Keegan from Tubberclair, Shane Corcoran St. Malachys and Brian Ronan from Milltownpass. Good to see a strong representation from the county. The Sigerson team doesn't seem as strong alright; but a good freshers teams should improve that in the coming years. OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 204 - 09/01/2026 15:02:17 2650412 Link
Replying To Temple56: "From what I heard it wasn't NUIG 1st team. I think TUS freshers are in Div 2 of Freshers Football" Yeah it's kind of like the Trench Cup at Fresher level really - all the smaller colleges in it. You've got MTU,Kerry, Carlow IT, Donegal ATU, Trinity, Mary I, Limerick IT and Waterford IT, and I think St Mary's belfast as well. Only eight teams in it, so they're definitely one of the favourites. They've Trinity in the first round on the 26th of January. Fighting-Cocks69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 117 - 09/01/2026 17:29:53 2650433 Link