It's fantastic isn't it? You have Dublin sitting there waiting. Over the last two years they've had a 16-point average winning margin and all those stats that we've all heard so often.
Then you have Westmeath, who didn't win a game in 2014 and have got three games now and all the momentum, going up to face the big dog in Croke Park. It's going to be an interesting one.
Sometimes after not winning a game for so long or not having beaten a team, as Westmeath's record against Meath was in never beating them in championship, to beat a team and get that relief and excitement and celebration, sometimes you can just take your eye off the preparations for the next game and get it back a while later.
But that's almost too late. You're going to be under-cooked coming into the game. So, that's going to be really interesting to see for Westmeath - to see how ambitious they are.
They had a fantastic win [against Meath] and some of their players stood up and were mentally very, very strong. But let's see how they deal with success. This week are they going to be aggressive in their preparations? Are they really going to take risks and take chances against Dublin? Or are they going to be slightly under-cooked and slightly fearful of the impacts and hits they're going to get in Croke Park and go into a shell?
I just sense that with [manager] Tom Cribbin that we're going to see Westmeath really have a crack at this and that would be great to see."
James Horan was speaking on Off The Ball ahead of a big weekend of football. Listen to more on the GAA podcast:
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