Yesterday.
Buck-lepping Westmeathers
Devasted Meathites
Respectful, if bored, Dubs.
Joe Collins writes:
Croke Park…First time Westmeath have beaten neighbours Meath in the [GAA football] Championship. 3-19 to 2-18. Happy supporters on the Hill.
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Woop Woop- on a Bank Holiday today just like the Greeks!!!
Foster and Allen, The Academic, Bressie, Bruce Springsteen, Cronin Brothers, Brenden Shine, Niall Horan & ST Joe of Dolan all round!
(Michael O Leary & John Joe Nevin not so much)
#doinit4Deeg
I didn’t know the Boss was a Westmeath man.
Yep- he’s a regular in the Greville Arms
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/born-in-mullingar-i-was-born-in-mullingar-bruce-springsteens-roots-are-in-westmeath-26874251.html
Smashing carvery in that place.
Everyday’s a schoolday.
“Authors of a new book on Bruce Springsteen have traced the legendary rocker’s ancestor, Ann Garrity back to the Westmeath village of Rathowen where she was baptised in 1830.”
http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/mullingar/articles/2009/10/14/391870-the-boss-is-from-rathowen/
‘hon Westmeath! Glory days indeed.
Lol
Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana, vi har slått dem alle sammen, vi har slått dem alle sammen [we have beaten them all, we have beaten them all]. Maggie Thatcher, can you hear me? Maggie Thatcher […] your boys took a hell of a beating! Your boys took a hell of a beating!”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rge_Lillelien
“Dylan Moran, Hector, The Duke of Wellington, Colm O Rourke, Tommy Tiernan, Lord Henry Mount charles, vi har slått dem alle sammen, vi har slått dem alle sammen [we have beaten them all, we have beaten them all] Pierce Brosnan, can you hear me? Pierce Brosnan […] Your boys took a hell of a beating! Your boys took a hell of a beating!”
Brilliant match, delighted that Westmeath finally managed to win El Culchieco.
‘El Culchieco’ – bravo, sir!
That’s nice for them.
An Other historic day
Love the classic woolen headbands….haven’t changed since the 1980s! A must for all fans!
Hardly bored. The Dub supporters went nuts when Westmeath scored that goal in the last minute.
I’d go so far as to say the Dubs were more bored watching the one way traffic in the second game. Sadly it’ll probably be more of the same come the Leinster final but it’s hard to pick a side in the country that could beat the Dubs.
Kerry could. So could Donegal, again. Cork would give them a good go too. The gap over the other teams is what’s becoming increasingly tiresome for those that attend the games. Watching their training matches would be more enjoyable.
cork would be taken apart by the current dublin team.
kerry, donegal, mayo could all beat them on the right day. but not cork.
Well after losing to Cork already this year, twice would be unlikely, sure.
They already made up for that 2 point loss to Cork with an 11 point win in the league final and that scoreline was flattered by a late Cork goal. They also lost to Kerry in the league but the step up in their play now compared to then is unreal. They’ve tidied up the lazy defence that gifted Donegal 3 goals last season and they’re scoring for fun.
I’m sure there are teams that can give them a game but for me Dublin for Sam is a given.
A given? Srsly? The majority thought that last year. I imagine this year you would be in the minority.
If I’m in the minority then the majority haven’t been paying attention.
Evidently not.
Sorry Dot, not a hope in hell.
Kerry would definitely give Dublin a good game and it should be a great final between the two of them.
But Donegal, Mayo and especially Cork have no hope.
As a dub who was there, Can confirm : Went more nuts for last minute Westmeath goal than any of the 5 dublin scored.
The westmeath game was one of the best games of gaa I’ve seen in a long time. Delighted i went to both and not just the Dublin procession.
Great to see something different in Leinster for a change. If only the county boards would stop thinking money and vote for a draw as to where the Leinster QF and SF are played, so Dublin might be taken out of their comfort zone. Sure even Liverpool would win the Premiership if every game they played was at home… or Ireland win the Rugby world cup..
i can think of plenty of occasions down the years when the pressure of playing at croke park in front of a huge, expectant crowd has been anything but a help to the dubs. pick pretty much any big game from the tommy carr or tommy lyons or pillar caffrey years, for example.
however you are correct in that leinster needs a huge shake up. i’d go further and advocate a totally open draw, nationwide, with no provincial divisions, no back door qualifiers, and no seeding whatsoever. it’s the best and healthiest thing for the event.
if it meant that kerry drew dublin in the first round and one of them thus had to go out, then so be it.
Going back to one championship game for 50% for all county teams wouldn’t be a great idea. Most commentators agree that all counties need more meaningful games.
Totally
The hype and hoopla is absurd most of the games are utterly shit anyway