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Replying To Goreylad1985: "What crowd?? 2 empty terraces and a half empty stands" I take it you weren't at the match if you think the covered and open stand were only half full Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 1059 - 12/05/2026 08:03:33 2672492 Link
Replying To ElGranSenor: "Dublin has a much bigger population but it's also a much smaller area and has much better public transportation links Going forward, Wexford should have three schools in Senior A each year (Peter's, Good Counsel, & Enniscorthy CBS), FCJ Bunclody will be Senior A next year, Dublin in comparison only has two schools in Senior A and that could drop to down to one some years as I don't think they even had a team in Junior A this year" I wasn't comparing the 2 counties. I waa suggesting splitting your combined schools teams into 2 or even more to expose as many young hurlers to higher levels and collective training as possible. There are many excuses out there. There is only one reason to do it right. Tadhg2020 (Limerick) - Posts: 381 - 12/05/2026 08:23:18 2672494 Link
Replying To Afinestick96: "I take it you weren't at the match if you think the covered and open stand were only half full" Covered stand was only 3/4 full. Open side was full ok. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19519 - 12/05/2026 09:25:05 2672502 Link
Replying To Spuds&GAA: "I was sitting on the open side ,Ample amount of green grass out there in both halves, we persisted through congested areas. The 2 Byrne's and Simon Roche ain't gonna win any ball in congested areas of the pitch." No they arent. We dont have big men who can catch high ball to play a constant long game, and we dont look to have done any amount of work on long puckouts anyway. We very rarely get men on all the quarters as the ball drops, so we dont win much breaking ball. So.... We need to make space in our opponents half. Withdraw our half forward line, then hit the spaces early with low hard flat ball. For that we need a keeper who can ping it 50 yards into someone's hand. Statistically speaking the best success comes when there are only 2 passes preceding a shot/score. All that is great in theory, but the problem there is we dont have a keeper who can execute that kind of pass. If you hit it to a cornerback on the 21 you generally need more passes, your opponents then have more opportunities to turn you over at each pass, your execution has to be more perfect, and your opponents have more time to close up the spaces your forwards can operate in. None of the above is rocket science. If its pretty obvious to a fat middle aged ex rugby player it should be obvious to any good hurling coach. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19519 - 12/05/2026 09:35:05 2672503 Link
Replying To Afinestick96: "I take it you weren't at the match if you think the covered and open stand were only half full" I was at the match yes. In the open stand and looking across at the covered there was plenty of seating visible. Goreylad1985 (Wexford) - Posts: 41 - 12/05/2026 09:36:01 2672504 Link
Replying To Goreylad1985: "I was at the match yes. In the open stand and looking across at the covered there was plenty of seating visible." Covered stand was 3/4 full just a good few seats available in both end sections . Open stand was full. There was plenty of a crowd there to generate an atmosphere but we never got the crowd involved due to our poor play. Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 1059 - 12/05/2026 10:10:02 2672512 Link
What team would you go with in Tullamore lads? Can we somehow salvage our season and bring it down to the last day against Galway? Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 1059 - 12/05/2026 10:13:56 2672514 Link
Replying To Timbertony: "We had the most of them in Parnell Park the previous year and very few performed that day either." We didnt have Barry that day. And Jippo only came on for a cameo. Rory scored 1-02 so hardly didnt perform. Eoin Ryan and Patsy Molloy were decent that day too. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19519 - 12/05/2026 10:26:50 2672523 Link
Replying To tearintom: "Development squads are not the answer. They're really not but I bet thats what the "experts" are thinking is the answer along with the genius idea previously of just have more hurling games even when it meant turning our championships into games that were a little above league games with no jeopardy involved. Nothing wrong with them but we need to be looking far beyond them as a solution. We've gone down the path of just doing more of what we are doing already, its our go to!!" No one thing on its own is the answer, the answer is a combination of primary schools, secondary schools, clubs, development squads, and then Minor/U20/Senior squads Improvements have to be made at all levels, I don't think prioritising changes on one of those things above all others will really help us ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1188 - 12/05/2026 10:27:56 2672524 Link
Replying To Tadhg2020: "I wasn't comparing the 2 counties. I waa suggesting splitting your combined schools teams into 2 or even more to expose as many young hurlers to higher levels and collective training as possible. There are many excuses out there. There is only one reason to do it right." Fair enough but I think atm, we should try one combined schools team and if that's a massive success, then try two combined schools team But in all honesty, as much as having two combined schools teams at 2nd Year, Junior, and Senior level would be great to have (Would mean another 30 Wexford lads playing at A level), I'm not too sure there would be enough good hurlers out there for it to be a thing if there were three schools hurling in A (Peter's, Counsel, and Enniscorthy CBS) That would mean five Wexford teams hurling at A level so you'd be talking in or around 65-70 Wexford lads hurling at A level (Assuming Counsel would always have a strong KK contingent and that a few KK and Carlow and maybe even Wicklow lads would get on to the combined colleges team) If there were 65-70 Wexford lads good enough to hold their own at A level, we'd end up dominating at Senior level! Think 50-55 Wexford lads hurling at A level is a reasonable target for now though, let's see how that goes first ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1188 - 12/05/2026 10:35:20 2672527 Link
Replying To tearintom: "Development squads are not the answer. They're really not but I bet thats what the "experts" are thinking is the answer along with the genius idea previously of just have more hurling games even when it meant turning our championships into games that were a little above league games with no jeopardy involved. Nothing wrong with them but we need to be looking far beyond them as a solution. We've gone down the path of just doing more of what we are doing already, its our go to!!" Nearly all our competitors who are better than us have larger development squads than us. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19519 - 12/05/2026 10:41:10 2672530 Link
Replying To tearintom: "Development squads are not the answer. They're really not but I bet thats what the "experts" are thinking is the answer along with the genius idea previously of just have more hurling games even when it meant turning our championships into games that were a little above league games with no jeopardy involved. Nothing wrong with them but we need to be looking far beyond them as a solution. We've gone down the path of just doing more of what we are doing already, its our go to!!" Nearly all our competitors who are better than us have larger development squads than us. What would you propose replacing them with? Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19519 - 12/05/2026 10:41:33 2672531 Link
Replying To Tadhg2020: "I wasn't comparing the 2 counties. I waa suggesting splitting your combined schools teams into 2 or even more to expose as many young hurlers to higher levels and collective training as possible. There are many excuses out there. There is only one reason to do it right." How come Limerick dont have a combined schools team? Or Clare, Kilkenny, Cork, Tipp, Waterford, or Galway? Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19519 - 12/05/2026 10:42:58 2672532 Link