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We’ve just spoken about it and we all know that if it happens again on Sunday week it will be a bigger problem,’ he said.

‘It’s difficult to take but perhaps not overly surprising and maybe we needed to be put back in our box a little bit.

‘Preparation wasn’t maybe what it should have been, we had fellas arriving late. There are no excuses for it and it wasn’t acceptable, but the lads know that and we’ve two weeks now to put it right.’

Coming on the back of their promotion from Division 4 Westmeath looked a lot more like the side that contested back-to-back Leinster finals and that coupled with a lethargic Louth display was the difference on the day.

‘Westmeath are a good side. People might be looking at them in Division 4, but they were in Division 1 a couple of years ago and they’ve been to the last two Leinster finals.

‘They’re not a Division 4