Westmeath look to have put this game beyond Laois with 2 goals in the final 5 minutes of the first-half. Westmeath have really bought into the Tailteann Cup. Wouldn’t surprise me if they’re the first two time winners.
Kirwan’s goal chance a turning point there. He really should have gone for the jugular - Westmeath go down the field - via a 50 yarder - and get a penalty. We don’t have the players to rescue this. Or I’ll be very impressed if we turn out to have them.
Justin staying on for another year is great news. He’s a serious operator and you couldn’t but be impressed by him as a leader and a man. A relatively decent year aside from two bad defeats to Kildare and Westmeath, I’d go easy on them today given the sheer amount missing. Since the Louth game the loss of players to injury got harder and harder to take and you worried every time you looked past no 20 week on week.