Frank Roach

I think two of them were off his weaker left foot.

Robbie Ford from my home club of Moat came on, scored a point with his weaker left foot.

So you had Westmead subs doing what Dublin subs weren't able to do.

And this, you know, back in their peak years,

Everyone talked about Jim Gavin's bench press, what his subs could do to a team that was tiring or flagging in the home straight of matches.

And Westmead visited that upon Dublin yesterday.

And also the fact that several of their subs were scoring points off their weaker foot.

And, you know, which was everyone talked about Dublin's great two-footed forwards as well.

So on so many levels, it was a fantastic win.

And I've even just put it committed to print for tomorrow as well that I think this was overall a finer achievement than 2004.

despite the historical ramifications of the first title then, because Westmeath had beaten the three traditional heavyweights of Leinster football.

Dublin, Meath and Killear have 97 Leinster titles between them.

And before this year, Westmeath had beaten the three of them combined six times in championship football.

Wow.

And now they've beaten the three of them in the space of four weeks.

I did.

It's hard to separate the performance levels and things they got wrong yesterday from the fact that their manager isn't there to steer the ship.

Now, whatever kind of role he's been able to fulfil over the last few weeks...

It's a huge absence.

Like, Dean Rock is not long retired.