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We just don't have the hurlers at the minute. When we were competing with the top teams Simon was corner back, now he's midfield. Casey was third choice goalkeeper, now he's the first sub on. We have some very good hurlers but we don't have the strength and depth.

WEX98 (Wexford) - Posts: 478 - 27/04/2025 18:28:22    2604683

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Replying To Cockney_Cat:  ""I think our performance yesterday could've beaten Waterford and definitely would've beaten Clare"

Really? Wexford have beaten Antrim by 1 point, at home, and were beaten by Dublin. I think you should be more concerned about a relegation battle than looking at teams from Munster."
Best Antrim by 11 points, just saying. Clare v Waterford was a pretty poor game, and Tipp v Cork a non event.

Jedobi (Wexford) - Posts: 219 - 27/04/2025 18:41:29    2604687

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Replying To Jedobi:  "Best Antrim by 11 points, just saying. Clare v Waterford was a pretty poor game, and Tipp v Cork a non event."
Read my reply to Viking regarding Antrim.

Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2730 - 27/04/2025 18:58:53    2604699

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Replying To hunting:  "Apology accepted, don't do it again:)"
Thanks. :)

Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2730 - 27/04/2025 19:00:56    2604701

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Replying To WEX98:  "We just don't have the hurlers at the minute. When we were competing with the top teams Simon was corner back, now he's midfield. Casey was third choice goalkeeper, now he's the first sub on. We have some very good hurlers but we don't have the strength and depth."
Tbf, I don't think we've had depth for a long time, we weren't far away from being a 17/18 man team under Davy

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 457 - 27/04/2025 19:46:17    2604721

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Well hard luck yesterday. I never kick anyone when they are down and won't now either.
What yesterday proved is what I have always said, there is a place for a long ball and an animal on the end of it.
But what a helter skelter rollercoaster of a match, if it had happened in Munster (2 disappointing games today but shhh.....whisper it) it would have had the same exaggeration as usual. It was a cracking game, non-stop and in the balance until the end.
I was on the Golf Course side around the 21 and knew that was saved. A real turning point and poor officiating.
But still all to play for and nothing decided as yet. Win in Galway, not unachievable, and you're right back in it with your fate in your own hands. Lose it and its season over and damage limitation.
Delighted for Niall and the team, it is often over used but everybody wrote us off once O'Donnell joined the footballers.

ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1325 - 27/04/2025 20:05:43    2604735

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Replying To ExiledInWex:  "Well hard luck yesterday. I never kick anyone when they are down and won't now either.
What yesterday proved is what I have always said, there is a place for a long ball and an animal on the end of it.
But what a helter skelter rollercoaster of a match, if it had happened in Munster (2 disappointing games today but shhh.....whisper it) it would have had the same exaggeration as usual. It was a cracking game, non-stop and in the balance until the end.
I was on the Golf Course side around the 21 and knew that was saved. A real turning point and poor officiating.
But still all to play for and nothing decided as yet. Win in Galway, not unachievable, and you're right back in it with your fate in your own hands. Lose it and its season over and damage limitation.
Delighted for Niall and the team, it is often over used but everybody wrote us off once O'Donnell joined the footballers."
Well done, maybe he'll be back for the AI series lol, never bregudged Dublin hurling fans any success.

WexMurph (Wexford) - Posts: 273 - 27/04/2025 21:36:28    2604786

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Replying To ExiledInWex:  "Well hard luck yesterday. I never kick anyone when they are down and won't now either.
What yesterday proved is what I have always said, there is a place for a long ball and an animal on the end of it.
But what a helter skelter rollercoaster of a match, if it had happened in Munster (2 disappointing games today but shhh.....whisper it) it would have had the same exaggeration as usual. It was a cracking game, non-stop and in the balance until the end.
I was on the Golf Course side around the 21 and knew that was saved. A real turning point and poor officiating.
But still all to play for and nothing decided as yet. Win in Galway, not unachievable, and you're right back in it with your fate in your own hands. Lose it and its season over and damage limitation.
Delighted for Niall and the team, it is often over used but everybody wrote us off once O'Donnell joined the footballers."
You're a class act.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3530 - 27/04/2025 22:02:59    2604794

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Rossi will have to make some hard calls for the Galway game. We will need to step up a gear or two for this game. Jippo and Jacko if fit will be automatic choices and I feel that Richie and Charlie might be the ones to lose out. Its horses for courses so I would suggest Jack Redmond would provide a physical presence. With Chin and Jacko we would then have three ball winners in our front six.
With Jippo steadying the ship at the back and conor Foley at 7 and Shane in the corner I believe would compete better than last Saturday
My team v Galway.
1 Fanning
2 E Ryan
3 L Ryan
4 S Reck
5 C Molloy
6 D Reck
7 C Foley
8 C Hearne
9 S Donohoe
10 Jack O'connor
11 Rory O'connor
12 K Foley
13 J Redmond
14 L Chin
15 C Byrne.
Subs S Roche, C McGuckin, N Murphy, Darren Codd, D Carley, C Dunbar, CBD, T Kinsella, R Lawlor, M Kelly and A Kennedy ( sub goalkeeper )

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 435 - 28/04/2025 06:59:27    2604857

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Lads I didn't watch the Sunday Game last night but I believe or hope that decision was highlighted. It just makes me more disappointed to see it again on tv, the ball didn't cross the line end of.

We could say Dublin were the better team.on the day which I believe they were. But at the same time we were entering a key juncture of the game at 3 points up. A penalty save can be such a moral boost. Do I think we would have won if the save stood? I don't know. Probably not on the balance of play but the injustice is now we can never know.

What's wrong with having someone up in the tv room micd up to the refs ear, a quick little word in the ear for red card offences or dubious goals. At this level we need better officiating than this, these are all amateurs putting their lives on hold. That's twice now in recent games Kk penalty last year too. Its disheartening for all concerned.

I'd be hoping if Ryan, McDonald, JOC and Chin is OK we can still have a say in Leinster, I think we could get a result v Galway. All hope the isn't it.

Congratulations to Dublin, their forwards in particular did great.

WEXILE (Wexford) - Posts: 361 - 28/04/2025 07:52:40    2604863

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What way is two teams separated if they finish level lads is it head to head or score difference ? I think it's normally 2 teams Its head to head and 3 teams is score difference. Whatever way we look at it it's hard to see any way we can go through if we don't get a result in Galway

Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 538 - 28/04/2025 08:31:11    2604868

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Replying To Afinestick96:  "What way is two teams separated if they finish level lads is it head to head or score difference ? I think it's normally 2 teams Its head to head and 3 teams is score difference. Whatever way we look at it it's hard to see any way we can go through if we don't get a result in Galway"
Head to head. Points difference only if there's 2 or more on tied in the table

WEXILE (Wexford) - Posts: 361 - 28/04/2025 08:45:57    2604871

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Replying To WEX98:  "We just don't have the hurlers at the minute. When we were competing with the top teams Simon was corner back, now he's midfield. Casey was third choice goalkeeper, now he's the first sub on. We have some very good hurlers but we don't have the strength and depth."
At least we are trying to change things up. E Ryan, Byrne, Foley, Lawlor, Molloy. Codd, Roche, Carley and CBD on the bench. Most of those were involved in the Leinster minor winning team for 2019 and one we threw away at u20 in 2023 v Offaly, some involved in both. We are finding as with most counties that's there a world of difference between u20 and senior inter county levels. Another reason for going back to u21 maybe.

We aren't going to seriously compete again until some of these step up and become the core of the team. That's with Chin in particular getting towards the end of his career. We should be getting a lot more from likes of D Reck, Jacko, Dunbar even Rory.

Would still give us every chance of beating Galway again but we need Ryan and Chin fit.

Timbertony (Wexford) - Posts: 384 - 28/04/2025 09:21:36    2604879

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Replying To WEXILE:  "Lads I didn't watch the Sunday Game last night but I believe or hope that decision was highlighted. It just makes me more disappointed to see it again on tv, the ball didn't cross the line end of.

We could say Dublin were the better team.on the day which I believe they were. But at the same time we were entering a key juncture of the game at 3 points up. A penalty save can be such a moral boost. Do I think we would have won if the save stood? I don't know. Probably not on the balance of play but the injustice is now we can never know.

What's wrong with having someone up in the tv room micd up to the refs ear, a quick little word in the ear for red card offences or dubious goals. At this level we need better officiating than this, these are all amateurs putting their lives on hold. That's twice now in recent games Kk penalty last year too. Its disheartening for all concerned.

I'd be hoping if Ryan, McDonald, JOC and Chin is OK we can still have a say in Leinster, I think we could get a result v Galway. All hope the isn't it.

Congratulations to Dublin, their forwards in particular did great."
Umpire went to raise the green flag then stops because he obviously sees the ball hasn't crossed the line . Ref calls the goal despite fanning being between him and the ball and more than likely obstructing his line of sight.. Why the referee didn't consult his umpire is a mystery and when he looks back at the incident he'll see he made a huge error

HurlingBuzz (Wexford) - Posts: 541 - 28/04/2025 09:21:45    2604880

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Even though the penalty save and subsequent goal were at a critical time, i still think Wexford had plenty of opportunities to win the game. Chin had two very bad wides from frees as had Reck and Donohoe. I do think Conor Foley was left too long at corner back too and the damage was done by the time he was eventually changed. Dublin outsmarted us and we didn't respond. No one expected their route 1 game and we let it happen. I'm not sure why Jack Redmond was named and subsequently dropped and not used. He had an ankle injury from the Antrim game but did line out for Rathnure yesterday in ACHL. Small forwards on a tight pitch rarely works.

However all is not lost - Wexford have done well in Salthill over the last few years. Galway V Dublin is probably going to be the big game that may decide the Leinster final pairing but also shape the remainder of our season.

Also what was wrong with the pitch - a spray job gone wrong?

MyOhMi (Wexford) - Posts: 177 - 28/04/2025 09:33:39    2604883

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Replying To MyOhMi:  "Even though the penalty save and subsequent goal were at a critical time, i still think Wexford had plenty of opportunities to win the game. Chin had two very bad wides from frees as had Reck and Donohoe. I do think Conor Foley was left too long at corner back too and the damage was done by the time he was eventually changed. Dublin outsmarted us and we didn't respond. No one expected their route 1 game and we let it happen. I'm not sure why Jack Redmond was named and subsequently dropped and not used. He had an ankle injury from the Antrim game but did line out for Rathnure yesterday in ACHL. Small forwards on a tight pitch rarely works.

However all is not lost - Wexford have done well in Salthill over the last few years. Galway V Dublin is probably going to be the big game that may decide the Leinster final pairing but also shape the remainder of our season.

Also what was wrong with the pitch - a spray job gone wrong?"
I'm not convinced we'd have won the game if the penalty incident had gone our way. Thought the timing of our goals were keeping us in the game to be honest and they were far slicker with their hurling

HurlingBuzz (Wexford) - Posts: 541 - 28/04/2025 10:18:36    2604894

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Replying To MyOhMi:  "Even though the penalty save and subsequent goal were at a critical time, i still think Wexford had plenty of opportunities to win the game. Chin had two very bad wides from frees as had Reck and Donohoe. I do think Conor Foley was left too long at corner back too and the damage was done by the time he was eventually changed. Dublin outsmarted us and we didn't respond. No one expected their route 1 game and we let it happen. I'm not sure why Jack Redmond was named and subsequently dropped and not used. He had an ankle injury from the Antrim game but did line out for Rathnure yesterday in ACHL. Small forwards on a tight pitch rarely works.

However all is not lost - Wexford have done well in Salthill over the last few years. Galway V Dublin is probably going to be the big game that may decide the Leinster final pairing but also shape the remainder of our season.

Also what was wrong with the pitch - a spray job gone wrong?"
I think the Galway game is a knockout game for us but not for them even though we are on the same points. Kilkenny will more than likely beat Offaly and Dublin leaving them on 8 points before they play us. If we lose to Galway both Galway and Dublin will have head to head on us going into their last game against each other. We need everyone fit for the Galway game its a game we can win. We need management to make calls much quicker like changing lads positions and not conceding puck outs resulting in putting more pressure on our full back line. We need players to step up too I was frustrated with some of the lads we were so slow onto break particularly in the forwards and were extremely lax when it came to putting pressure on Dublin coming out with the ball. This is happened before like in Kilkenny 2nd half last year

Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 538 - 28/04/2025 10:26:51    2604897

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Disappointing result but all is not lost, Parnell Park is always worth 4 or 5 points to Dublin and does not suit a team of Wexfords size. Problems were clear to see. Total chaos under the high ball in the full back line. Did we learn nothing from Westmeath two years ago and Dublin last year? It was blindingly obvious very early, fail to understand how it took until the damage was done to bring in Liam Ryan. On the flip side 4-19 was a great return and a returning Jacko will help in Salthill. Galway very beatable. Where would we be without Chin, he looks better than ever to me, if he stays fit we can still progress.

FearBeag (Mayo) - Posts: 84 - 28/04/2025 10:38:27    2604901

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Replying To Afinestick96:  "I think the Galway game is a knockout game for us but not for them even though we are on the same points. Kilkenny will more than likely beat Offaly and Dublin leaving them on 8 points before they play us. If we lose to Galway both Galway and Dublin will have head to head on us going into their last game against each other. We need everyone fit for the Galway game its a game we can win. We need management to make calls much quicker like changing lads positions and not conceding puck outs resulting in putting more pressure on our full back line. We need players to step up too I was frustrated with some of the lads we were so slow onto break particularly in the forwards and were extremely lax when it came to putting pressure on Dublin coming out with the ball. This is happened before like in Kilkenny 2nd half last year"
If we beat Galway the most points they can finish on is 6, and they won't have the head to head on us or Kilkenny. It's as knockout for them as it is for us.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15496 - 28/04/2025 10:54:38    2604908

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Replying To WEX98:  "We just don't have the hurlers at the minute. When we were competing with the top teams Simon was corner back, now he's midfield. Casey was third choice goalkeeper, now he's the first sub on. We have some very good hurlers but we don't have the strength and depth."
I agree with you WEX98 but you're point also highlights that it is as harder to be dropped out the of a county panel now than it is to get into it..... With development squads the whole way up to 20's it more about physical development and sadly our basics are being forgotten about. Our basics just are not good enough - catching, striking and first touch. Just because your a good athlete and have been in the county set up since you were under 14 or whatever and a good minor doesn't mean you're going to be good enough for senior inter county - the build up to the penalty clearly shows this . Good hurlers that are from outside of the bubble but are still relatively young never get a call up into training panels or squads where as lads that are average in club champ but have the reputation still are. Then we are surprised when these lads don't perform in championship....

grassroots01 (Wexford) - Posts: 180 - 28/04/2025 10:55:41    2604910

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