Westmeath celebrate but refuse to be too cocky

THE fairytale summer of Westmeath and their manager Páidi Ó Sé is within 70 minutes of a Leinster SFC final.

Westmeath celebrate but refuse to be too cocky

However, expectation is being firmly held in check according to the chairman of the county football board Denis Coyne.

“We will probably go into the semi-final as favourites and we’ll have to live with that,” he said. “As you can imagine, the supporters are pretty excited in Westmeath right now and that can work two ways: they can boost a team but they can also ruin a team. So we will be looking beyond the euphoria for a more logical approach to our next game.”

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