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Replying To Claretandblue:  "The senior b match in Plunkett's was a great game. Crooked wood won by a point, 2-14 to 1-16, very exciting game all through, Barry O Meara scored really good frees, the Regan's were excellent for Cullion, Kevin especially, he was all over the field, important win the the Wood after losing first game, Cullion unlikely to qualify now, they can't afford more losses"
Very exciting and right in the balance till the end. Cullion had a lot of bad wides in the first half especially, which may have cost them. Separately Greville must have left his whistle at home, a lot of stuff was let go.

Bigjoe1 (Westmeath) - Posts: 68 - 03/08/2025 11:37:55    2629880

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Replying To Claretandblue:  "The senior b match in Plunkett's was a great game. Crooked wood won by a point, 2-14 to 1-16, very exciting game all through, Barry O Meara scored really good frees, the Regan's were excellent for Cullion, Kevin especially, he was all over the field, important win the the Wood after losing first game, Cullion unlikely to qualify now, they can't afford more losses"
You're spoofing, I was at the game, Barry O'Mara went off injured after 15 minutes, he had scored a pt from a free and a goal from play. His nephew Lorcan scored 3 pts from placed balls, and you couldn't confuse them as Lorcan is about 6ft tall. The Wood had scorers from all over the field, and Cullion too reliant on the Regans and Gillens frees.
Anything could still happen in this championship.

stonemadbeany (USA) - Posts: 621 - 03/08/2025 12:58:35    2629890

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Brutal standard this match. Raharney doing enough but to me castletown look best still

Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 895 - 03/08/2025 19:08:36    2629937

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3 bad senior games this weekend, daltons won't beat pollard, nobody will touch Castletown, Gaels won't make another final

westmeathgaa11 (Westmeath) - Posts: 325 - 04/08/2025 10:59:57    2630001

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Hard to judge Castletown as their match was one sided, Raharney never looked like losing but didn't hugely impress either, Robbie Greville on sidelines with significant bandage on arm, he's a key player for them, Eoghan Aherne was their best player, Mulkerrins did very well too, Killian was quiet by his standards, Clonkill have a lot of promising young players but their delivery to some small, young forwards wasn't good, Peadar Scally is doing a lot of work for them in attack,

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2317 - 04/08/2025 13:43:37    2630023

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Replying To stonemadbeany:  "You're spoofing, I was at the game, Barry O'Mara went off injured after 15 minutes, he had scored a pt from a free and a goal from play. His nephew Lorcan scored 3 pts from placed balls, and you couldn't confuse them as Lorcan is about 6ft tall. The Wood had scorers from all over the field, and Cullion too reliant on the Regans and Gillens frees.
Anything could still happen in this championship."
It's such a competitive division and would have thought Cullion had the better team on paper plus age on their side. Senior B will have little margin between winning or relegation. I was thinking the wood could go down this year but they've proven there is plenty of fight left in that squad despite a few older heads holding the squad together. Interestingly I noticed that Barry O'Mara is a player manager this year. Not too often you see that.

Would love to see any of the teams breakthrough and hold their own up Senior. It always seems like the promoted teams are just lacking a bit of depth in their panels. Smaller clubs with smaller playing numbers for the most part. Delvin was the only team that managed to stay up under the old structure but they never really challenged the big teams.

gedupoutofit (Westmeath) - Posts: 196 - 04/08/2025 15:46:09    2630036

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Replying To westmeathgaa11:  "3 bad senior games this weekend, daltons won't beat pollard, nobody will touch Castletown, Gaels won't make another final"
Agree with nearly everything there, Daltons will beat pollard though

CleanShoulder (Westmeath) - Posts: 368 - 04/08/2025 17:17:59    2630040

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Replying To gedupoutofit:  "Any info about candidates?"
If none of the big 3 of Obrien Greville or Mangan go for it them I feel outside manager. But on the ground the clubs and players want internal so hard to know. Outside those 3 you are looking at McKeogh O'Reilly or Dermody as next options.

Danup (Westmeath) - Posts: 85 - 05/08/2025 12:37:08    2630133

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Johnny Greville seems committed to Meath for another year so doesn't look like he's a contender, only two confirmed candidates are Adrian Moran and a guy called Stephen Shiel who managed Sligo, living in Streamstown according to media reports, two strong Munster based candidates also in the frame apparently,

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2317 - 05/08/2025 13:37:42    2630152

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Replying To Claretandblue:  "Johnny Greville seems committed to Meath for another year so doesn't look like he's a contender, only two confirmed candidates are Adrian Moran and a guy called Stephen Shiel who managed Sligo, living in Streamstown according to media reports, two strong Munster based candidates also in the frame apparently,"
Interesting dynamic vs the footballers situation in that Johnny would finish out his stint with Meath. I know he's been overlooked in the past so you'd hardly blame him. Any names for the supposed strong Munster candidates?

gedupoutofit (Westmeath) - Posts: 196 - 05/08/2025 16:31:04    2630184

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Replying To gedupoutofit:  "Interesting dynamic vs the footballers situation in that Johnny would finish out his stint with Meath. I know he's been overlooked in the past so you'd hardly blame him. Any names for the supposed strong Munster candidates?"
Leo oconnor limerick managed offaly u 20s to all ireland win also in running anc kevin obrien from clonkill

Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 895 - 06/08/2025 09:37:48    2630230

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Can't see the board going outside again. He's bideing his time till offaly comes up next year.... Has to be local and rebuild.

Danup (Westmeath) - Posts: 85 - 06/08/2025 18:25:38    2630309

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Replying To Danup:  "Can't see the board going outside again. He's bideing his time till offaly comes up next year.... Has to be local and rebuild."
Any news? We must be getting close to a decision.I hope we get someone who can gel the promising young players we have with the positive senior players.Playing 2A at the start might be a blessing in disguise.

jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1774 - 08/08/2025 22:20:44    2630664

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Clubs got email to attend a meeting in Bloomfield next Tuesday so hurling manager appt surely be on agenda. There's a lot of noise among players and supporters to ask McCabe what his plans are? Waiting for the Cavan board to decide is not good

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2317 - 09/08/2025 00:10:11    2630680

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New hurling manager is Kevin O'Brien, good to see a Westmeath man in charge for the first time in a long time.

stonemadbeany (USA) - Posts: 621 - 11/08/2025 09:37:52    2631028

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Great appointment not before time. wishing Kevin all the best next season.

Dazzler30 (Westmeath) - Posts: 54 - 11/08/2025 10:45:44    2631041

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Replying To stonemadbeany:  "New hurling manager is Kevin O'Brien, good to see a Westmeath man in charge for the first time in a long time."
Good stuff

Gaaforlife2023 (Longford) - Posts: 895 - 11/08/2025 12:48:07    2631090

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Replying To Gaaforlife2023:  "Good stuff"
An excellent appointment..O Brien will bring a great knowledge of the local scene and a huge determination. I assume that he has a very good back room team which will be needed.Best of luck and every Westmeath man needs to get behind him.

jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1774 - 11/08/2025 13:15:33    2631097

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Replying To jobber:  "An excellent appointment..O Brien will bring a great knowledge of the local scene and a huge determination. I assume that he has a very good back room team which will be needed.Best of luck and every Westmeath man needs to get behind him."
If the Westmeath hurlers weren't so poor he wouldn't have got the job. Can't see them getting any better soon either. He will fill a gap for a while.
The fact there was little interest in the job proves this. Leo O Connor would have used it as a gap before he takes over at Offaly and no chance of shiel, how could you appoint a lad that gets Sligo relegated. Reality is no one wants to have their name linked to a poor hurling team with very little coming through, same players every year relying on and they are only getting older.

COYBIY (Dublin) - Posts: 4 - 11/08/2025 15:30:09    2631140

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Replying To COYBIY:  "If the Westmeath hurlers weren't so poor he wouldn't have got the job. Can't see them getting any better soon either. He will fill a gap for a while.
The fact there was little interest in the job proves this. Leo O Connor would have used it as a gap before he takes over at Offaly and no chance of shiel, how could you appoint a lad that gets Sligo relegated. Reality is no one wants to have their name linked to a poor hurling team with very little coming through, same players every year relying on and they are only getting older."
You might be better off concentrating on tbe realities of a team representing your county of 1.5 million people who lost by 20 points to a team who lost their next match by 15.
Lets see who O Briens coaching team is and see what interest is there before you begin your trolling.

jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1774 - 11/08/2025 16:01:14    2631151

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