1 day to Go and Reasons to be Cheerful:

Right so from yesterday I've built them up; now, to take them down....

Here's How...

Reasons to be Cheerful

Defensive Match Ups i'd like to see.
 

With Mick named Midfield and Heslin named full forward, As Mick will follow him we automatically have an odd man now at the back.

That odd man is Crilly....which we want and would be to our advantage also.He has played that position the most and is the best player we have to play that sweeping/setting up the attacks role.

That leaves us with Dessie Finnegan
  
Dessie can play out and give us presence at 6.
I also think Dessie Dolan will start out there, he has in recent weeks played out there  challenge in matches that switch would suit would suit us and our Dessie perfectly.
Gary O'Hare on McCormack
McCormack then play inside, thats where he is most potent, a lively player but O'Hare is a cornerback by trade and there on Merit.

Jobser on Egan
Jobser is comfortable either wing or cornerback. Also he can balance between being tight enough and going forward also. This is crucial to put Egan under pressure.

The rest of the match ups are straight forward....

Pop on Glennon
Pops has picked him up before, familiar with his game and has done well on him in the past too.

Mick on Heslin
as mentioned on Wednesday whereever Heslin is Mick Goes with him either full forward or around the middle.
Reido on Martin
Similar to Pop, Reido has picked up Martin numerous times before and has done well on the fellow left footer also, has a real pace advantage also.





Platform
Reilly and PK gives us a nice centre field pairing and a perfect platform. We want Duffy on Paddy, he is not near as mobile as our man. 
While the more defensive minded Reilly is mobile enough to pick up the other debutant Connellan.

This gives the initiative and a launch pad for PK, Reido and Crilly especially to set up attack from the midfield area by running the ball.

Top assignment

PAUL SHARRY has to be STOPPED end of...

Cap locks used for extra emphasis on the importance Paul Sharry is.

Decie drops out the wing, We know.
But it is the responsiblity of Him, White and Andy to communicate as a half forward line together and not let him settle on the ball or be a Westmeath hero come Saturday night.
He is that important.

Twin Towers INSIDE
The tight Dimensions of Cusack park means only two players can operate in there anyway and what better combination of Lenno and Maguire. They've played inside numerous times and as a team we are well used to that system. Lenno should be fresh and right up to speed and speaking of speed there isn't a faster forward in Ireland than Derek Maguire!
It really gives us variety to our play,
1. we can launch quick high ball in,
2. we work it into them,
or
3.we use them as platform for our runners from deep.
exciting.
Other Reasons to be Cheerful

TemperMental
Their golden boy and best player is John Heslin. Heslin's achilles heel is his temperament. We have a real chance to frustrate him so lets wind him up....either by knocking him off his game physically or mentally or both. We know he's had an injury in the build up so he's not going to be 100% so if get on top of him inside, don't give away close free's that will give him confidence early on and his shaky temperament could get the better of him.


Mullingar Factor
Home Advantage for Westmeath yeah, but all that brings really is extra pressure like I emphasised yesterday. Besides, we play better outside of Drogheda anyway!! We travelled away on our opener last year and won also.
As well as that I know I keep harping on about the tight pitch in Mullingar but it will really suit or style of play clogging up the defense, counterattack and two men inside!

AOR
Love him or loathe him as our manager, you can not take away that we are a highly professional outfit under him. Aidan brings superb organisation and discipline to our team.  and with a near full strength side(Judge) for the first time this year we will not lie down easy.

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