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Outrageously unfair on our fine minor team. Leaves a very sour taste. Willie Maher and many more need to publicly call out this stupid system and make sure it is changed so that it never happens again. Super well done to players and management for proving that we can more than mix it with the very best that there is in Leinster. Big days ahead. Maroooned (Westmeath) - Posts: 16 - 02/05/2026 17:16:24 2670400 Link
Replying To preddan: "The westmeath county board should in the least make a statement about the state of this minor championship to the Leinster council.. Dublin go through on three points at the expense of westmeath on four..it's just no words to describe how unfair it is" Totally unfair. You finished with more points than Kilkenny and Dublin, and the same as us. Ridiculous system. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19412 - 02/05/2026 17:28:21 2670402 Link
Replying To Maroooned: "Outrageously unfair on our fine minor team. Leaves a very sour taste. Willie Maher and many more need to publicly call out this stupid system and make sure it is changed so that it never happens again. Super well done to players and management for proving that we can more than mix it with the very best that there is in Leinster. Big days ahead." Brilliant post optimism in a situation of complete injustice. Big congrats to a fine team and to a management who gave us victories over Dublin,Laois,Offaly and Kerry and but for ten minutes of madness before and after half time against Kilkenny we would have qualified despite the dumb system. jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1938 - 02/05/2026 17:42:25 2670403 Link
These group of lads need to be looked after and kept together, they can clearly mix it with the top teams. No reason we cant make a big impact at U20 over the next 3 seasons, I'd have this current management team at u20 for those 3 seasons. We can use this injustice as motivation. Dheen (Westmeath) - Posts: 1123 - 02/05/2026 19:44:59 2670433 Link
Hard luck lads, was a very poorly-devised format and the fact you are out after two wins from three and Dublin are then through with three points (Having lost to ye) and KK are through on two points shows how unfair it is, don't think the four best teams are the same four who have made the SFs On the plus side, that's a very good side ye have and ye wouldn't be that far off being the best team in Leinster, don't think there's much between us, Galway, KK, and Dublin and ye beat Dublin and were giving KK a game of it until the penalty, standard of Wexford-KK was ve very good today, don't think Munster can be too far ahead at Minor level, would guess Westmeath would be competitive with the Munster teams Coláiste Mhuire play at A level all the way up in hurling, had a good team this year at Senior A, that'll stand to ye a lot going forward, we're deeply unlucky to lose out on making the SFs but at least you have some very good prospects to look forward to ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1142 - 02/05/2026 20:13:21 2670438 Link
With all teams having played 2 top tier teams and one qualifying team in the latest stage this should have been the table - 1 Galway 5pts 2 Wexford 4pts 3 Westmeath 4pts 4 Dublin 3 pts 5 Kilkenny 2 pts 6 Laois 0 pts Leinster Semi Finals - Galway v Dublin Wexford v Westmeath Would have had a semblance of fairness at least. Still waiting on the outcry from our hutling nation. Maroooned (Westmeath) - Posts: 16 - 03/05/2026 00:13:06 2670535 Link