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Replying To Bluelake: "Tubberclair are an anomaly. Backboned by loads of minor and under 20 teams. If the structure made sense they'd have played Athlone not Lomans which is another joke. Moate are bang average, as are Athlone. Garrycastle and shamrocks would beat moate easily. They need to either go back to the old format or seed both groups evenly, with top in each going to semi's, second and third going to quarters. The only good thing is killucan didn't get through after they dreamed up this ridiculous structure" Agree with all this. Killucan not getting through was ultimately a victory for the integrity of the Flanagan Cup. iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 389 - 15/09/2026 14:30:06 2693905 Link
Saturdays games were poor viewing, rosemount will be lucky to stay within 10 vs Milltown in semi final, a big jump from section A and B, Athlone and Moate game also a very poor standard, Moate had enough Grit and direct ball and maybe a forunate shot was enough, i See the Downs willing by 12/13 points however. Shane allen impressive again as was Harry Niall and Conteh was hard stop. Sundays intermediate game was men and boys, Shandonagh looked like a senior team at times but i think Ballinagore were just a step behind everywhere and in the end hammered really. Scahill looked fit and fast, Tynan also had a good game. The Lomans game was the game of the weekend, Tubberclare will be kicking themselves they didnt win with all the chances they had, missed penalty, hit the bar and missed about 3-4 goal chances and a shot at the end to win it. Lomans still have that know how, the Mccartans were there best players by far, when they needed them they stood up, Heslin was kept very quiet and probably only touched the ball 5 or 6 times but drifted out then and kicked two unbelievable twos of his weaker foot and nailed the frees, Dempsey caused hassle in first half but went out of it then. Whitaker didnt look fully right and i think a huge missed chance by a team which will be knocking on the door for the next few years. PowellJohn3 (Westmeath) - Posts: 106 - 15/09/2026 14:53:49 2693910 Link
Replying To DelaneyCup2026: "What's the issue? I don't see who he starts ahead of and the Moate management obviously agree. He's a good young player if you want me to add that." If the Moate management genuinely think that was their best six forwards, I'd be surprised. They took off No. 10 or 12 at half-time, and from what I saw, young Murray or Curran would have offered more there. The blonde corner-forward was poor enough for most of the game too, apart from the handy goal he got. I'd imagine Murray or Curran could have caused more problems in that position as well. The big thing is, though, you won't get that amount of space and time against the better teams that are left in the championship. For me, Moate's biggest issue was their back line. Young Darragh Lough caused them serious problems on a number of occasions and seemed to run through them. None of the back three looked capable of matching him for pace. That's something they'll have to sort out quickly because the better teams will punish them far more severely. Tosserhead13 (Westmeath) - Posts: 5 - 15/09/2026 15:17:20 2693918 Link