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Replying To Tadhg2020: "I agree that Chin wouldnt benefit the team at 6 but he absolutely needs to be in a central role imo. 11 or 14. He waa lost on the wing in the games I saw. He makes very little contribution to play there.
Your 6 isnt expected to track the 11 in modern hurling. Your 10 and 12 are expected to drop into that middle area and shore it up so your 6 can sit. Thats another reason why Chin isnt suited to 10 or 12. He just doesnt do that with any enthusiasm whatsoever." Thats how teams have been trying to restrict the space the roaming 11 operates in for the last couple years. Im not sure thats really worked out that well for anyone tbh.
I agree you need a sitting 6, preferably one with the hurling brain and mobility to go forwards and create overlaps or score if left free, and defend back as far as the goal line if needed. For me for us Damien Reck is the only man for that.
So being as we are playing with a sitting 6 or plus one or sweeper or spare man at the back or whatever your choice of words are to describe him, and being as roaming 11s are still operating very effectively, I just threw out the idea that you could pick a man marker at 15 and put him on the roaming 11. It might not work at all, but just trying to crowd the middle 3rd hasnt been that effective a tactic to restrict the influence of a roaming 11 so far for anyone, especially us.
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Replying To Tadhg2020: "I agree that Chin wouldnt benefit the team at 6 but he absolutely needs to be in a central role imo. 11 or 14. He waa lost on the wing in the games I saw. He makes very little contribution to play there.
Your 6 isnt expected to track the 11 in modern hurling. Your 10 and 12 are expected to drop into that middle area and shore it up so your 6 can sit. Thats another reason why Chin isnt suited to 10 or 12. He just doesnt do that with any enthusiasm whatsoever." I agree Id rather see Chin as a roaming 11 myself. He could roam left or right to provide a puckout target when we are going long.
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Cian Byrne and David Clarke named to start, Richie Lawlor must have got over his injury as he's named to start, no Philip Dempsey in the squad though
Cian Molloy not back yet and wasn't playing for Gorey tonight either, CBD not in the squad, seemingly scored about 0-14 of Ferns's 1-15 against Gorey
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 988 - 20/03/2026 22:16:39
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Replying To Viking66: "Obviously lads will be trying, but the game isnt going to have the bite of a Championship game. There's trying, and then theres really going all out. And from a physical and mental point of view Id be certain our lads wont be at their peak next weekend, they will be timing things for the lads to be approaching their peak in Newbridge.
It was the difference between our u20s and Antrims u20s last weekend for example. Antrim are out in Championship against Meath in Trim day after tomorrow. They played their 1st team, and approached the game like a Championship game, as thats the phase of their season that they are at. We didnt, because we arent playing Championship for a few weeks yet." I honestly can't see Rossi accepting anything less than players giving it 100% in this game.
The players know that the championship opener against the same opposition is only just around the corner and they know if they give a below par performance that they will get the curley finger and stand a good chance of not been selected for the next game or games.
Winning brings confidence. Losing sows the seeds of doubt in their ability.
We should approach every game with passion and intensity. We as a team cannot afford to turn up and be happy to just give it let's say 70%.
That would be a poor attitude and unacceptable.
Kildare I am sure will be coming here to give it their best shot. Its up to us to match them all the way .
The game between us and them will take on a life of it's own in the next game in Newbridge and once again it will be all-out passion and intensity. You can't just turn it on one day and turn it off another day. Teams that are serious contenders will always go out to win every game.
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Kildare have named a strong team, 5 changes but a couple of those might be improvements, and the other couple of outfield changes might be reversed come throw in.
We have named an interesting 15 and 26. Shame Eoin Whelan isnt on the panel, but good to see Cian Byrne GK and Cillian Byrne make the 26. There are several options on the bench who have done well during the League, maybe a couple will start.
Hopefully any of the lads who end up playing today will be fighting hard for Championship places, both on the 15 and 26, bearing in mind Jippo, Jacko, Shane Reck, Donohue, Patsy and Niall Murphy might be back by then. This is probably the last chance for alot of the lads on the 26 today to stake a claim in a competitive game, as much though Id like Carlow to beat Dublin I cant see it happening.
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Could be a tricky one to come out on top but based on our game against Clare I believe home advantage and a vocal home crowd ( hopefully )
Will get us over the line.
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Replying To Magpie2: "I honestly can't see Rossi accepting anything less than players giving it 100% in this game.
The players know that the championship opener against the same opposition is only just around the corner and they know if they give a below par performance that they will get the curley finger and stand a good chance of not been selected for the next game or games.
Winning brings confidence. Losing sows the seeds of doubt in their ability.
We should approach every game with passion and intensity. We as a team cannot afford to turn up and be happy to just give it let's say 70%.
That would be a poor attitude and unacceptable.
Kildare I am sure will be coming here to give it their best shot. Its up to us to match them all the way .
The game between us and them will take on a life of it's own in the next game in Newbridge and once again it will be all-out passion and intensity. You can't just turn it on one day and turn it off another day. Teams that are serious contenders will always go out to win every game." Of course. Its one of the reasons we arent serious contenders consistently.
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Replying To Viking66: "Thats how teams have been trying to restrict the space the roaming 11 operates in for the last couple years. Im not sure thats really worked out that well for anyone tbh.
I agree you need a sitting 6, preferably one with the hurling brain and mobility to go forwards and create overlaps or score if left free, and defend back as far as the goal line if needed. For me for us Damien Reck is the only man for that.
So being as we are playing with a sitting 6 or plus one or sweeper or spare man at the back or whatever your choice of words are to describe him, and being as roaming 11s are still operating very effectively, I just threw out the idea that you could pick a man marker at 15 and put him on the roaming 11. It might not work at all, but just trying to crowd the middle 3rd hasnt been that effective a tactic to restrict the influence of a roaming 11 so far for anyone, especially us." IMO, Cian Molloy is a much more natural 6 than Damien Reck
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Replying To Viking66: "Of course. Its one of the reasons we arent serious contenders consistently." We are noted for being consistent with our inconsistencies.
You never really know what you will get with our senior hurlers. It's always been the case as far back as I can remember.
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Lads that's some amount of wides. Doing an awful lot of messing but this has all the look of shadow boxing. Ball not sticking for poor Rowley at all
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Fairly sedate first half, we've hit the world of wides, they've hit a good few although think we hit 12 to their 6, we also had two goal chances go a begging
Seán Rowley needs another year S&C, has the speed for this level and is getting himself into very good positions but ends up on the ground too much, still got himself two points from play in the first half
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 988 - 21/03/2026 17:45:28
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Hard to know what to think of that Kildare were so bad. Everything was so loose and there was very little intensity. We left 5 or 6 goals behind and hit a mountain of wides in the first half.
In reality the score line flattered Kildare. I find it hard to believe that's their level. They showed absolutely nothing tonight, hopefully we don't take them for granted in a few weeks time now.
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Minors beaten by 1-19 to 2-13 against Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh in a practice match
https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41814422.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 988 - 21/03/2026 20:26:05
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Replying To Fulgrim: "Hard to know what to think of that Kildare were so bad. Everything was so loose and there was very little intensity. We left 5 or 6 goals behind and hit a mountain of wides in the first half.
In reality the score line flattered Kildare. I find it hard to believe that's their level. They showed absolutely nothing tonight, hopefully we don't take them for granted in a few weeks time now." They made a few changes. They wont line up like that or play like that in Newbridge.
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "IMO, Cian Molloy is a much more natural 6 than Damien Reck" Hes a more natural old fashioned 6 for sure. But is that what we need?
Hes also a more natural old fashioned 5.
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Hard to know what to make of that, Kildare's intensity levels had been very impressive all league but there was zero intensity in that game, Kildare will probably bring massive intensity in Newbridge so it's important not to be complacent and think that's their level. They have a few to come back but we have as many to come back, they certainly weren't showing their hand by keeping Curtin on the bench and by only bringing on Cian Boran in the second half and playing him in midfield when he'll be starting at centre-back against us in Newbridge
Rowley got four points from play which was good going considering he still needs to work on his S&C, ends up on the ground too often. Still showed a lot of promise though and he has massive potential, just need to give him time to develop. Thought Diarmuid O'Leary had a good game too, could maybe play himself into contention for the starting Championship team
Jack Redmond should be in the starting team come Championship IMO, gives us a bit of size. Some may disagree strongly but I do think there is a lot of good talent in the county between the ages of 21 and 24, think the quality is similar to the U21 teams we had from 2013 to 2015. I know some will think that's nonsense but Leinster U21 was a lot weaker back then and IMO, we were as close to winning an AI U20 in 2022 and 2023 as we were to winning an AI U21 in 2013, 2014, or 2015. Only real problem with these young players is that not many of them are on the big side, that's why Redmond could be key for us going forward
Thought Cillian Byrne did well when he came on, things just didn't work out for Cian though, looked like his confidence was shot a bit, hopefully he's able to get it back soon enough because we know he is capable of being a very good player at this level. Simon Roche good again although is capable of better and was a bit inaccurate at times
Can't see Chin in midfield come Championship, would say that was just to get him fully up to speed and to not show our hand for the Newbridge game. Hard to evaluate some of the backs because Kildare were so poor, didn't really put us under any real pressure so didn't learn too much about our full-back-line defensively
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 988 - 21/03/2026 20:41:39
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It was a walk in the park once the lads got going.
Kildare were all at sea for the full 2nd half.
As usual it took us a while to start dominating and boy we sure tore them apart.
We all know that Newbridge will be less easy as the lilywhites always play better on home soil.
When we meet again in a few weeks we should be able to get the win and kick start our season.
Of course with Wexford you simply don't know what you'll get as the recent games against weaker opposition proves.
We will be stronger come April with hopefully the return of Jippo, Shane Reck and Jacko.
With Chin and Jacko and Jack Redmond making up half of our front men it will provide size and bulk which was sadly lacking so far this year.
Obviously they were resting Kevin Foley yesterday,
and rightly so. I am sure he will be all the better for the rest he surely needs.
Can Jack Redmond become our target man up front? Bagging 3.03 was phenomenal even allowing for the poor opposition so let's hope he can keep hitting the net in the tougher games to come.
To sum up. Good to get the big result but we can't afford to get carried away and become complacent. Kilkenny, Galway and Dublin will all be very difficult games to win and then we will see exactly where we are.
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Wasn't much to talk about yesterday, kildare stood back, got a taste and looked at us, 4 weeks time on a tight pitch in Newbridge we won't know what hit us with the intensity, this game will destine our championship, im really worried over yesterday's match, Wexford will be hot favourites now, Kildares aim is to stay up and are going to target wexford and offaly, Kildares Dublin game will come too soon after the wexford game .Kildare strongly believe they still can beat us, watch out Wexford
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Hard to know what to make of that, Kildare's intensity levels had been very impressive all league but there was zero intensity in that game, Kildare will probably bring massive intensity in Newbridge so it's important not to be complacent and think that's their level. They have a few to come back but we have as many to come back, they certainly weren't showing their hand by keeping Curtin on the bench and by only bringing on Cian Boran in the second half and playing him in midfield when he'll be starting at centre-back against us in Newbridge
Rowley got four points from play which was good going considering he still needs to work on his S&C, ends up on the ground too often. Still showed a lot of promise though and he has massive potential, just need to give him time to develop. Thought Diarmuid O'Leary had a good game too, could maybe play himself into contention for the starting Championship team
Jack Redmond should be in the starting team come Championship IMO, gives us a bit of size. Some may disagree strongly but I do think there is a lot of good talent in the county between the ages of 21 and 24, think the quality is similar to the U21 teams we had from 2013 to 2015. I know some will think that's nonsense but Leinster U21 was a lot weaker back then and IMO, we were as close to winning an AI U20 in 2022 and 2023 as we were to winning an AI U21 in 2013, 2014, or 2015. Only real problem with these young players is that not many of them are on the big side, that's why Redmond could be key for us going forward
Thought Cillian Byrne did well when he came on, things just didn't work out for Cian though, looked like his confidence was shot a bit, hopefully he's able to get it back soon enough because we know he is capable of being a very good player at this level. Simon Roche good again although is capable of better and was a bit inaccurate at times
Can't see Chin in midfield come Championship, would say that was just to get him fully up to speed and to not show our hand for the Newbridge game. Hard to evaluate some of the backs because Kildare were so poor, didn't really put us under any real pressure so didn't learn too much about our full-back-line defensively" I've been saying that for a while about the pool of talent that's there. A lot of these lads are better than the key men of the 19 Leinster team at their age. Whether they develop into top players remains to be seen but we're still producing good hurlers.
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Happy with yesterday, it's great to see so many good young lads getting game time(only disappointed we didnt see Eoin Whelan throughout the league). No complacency now in 4 weeks time, keith and the players must know that Kildare will be a completely different team in Newbridge. But if we show up and play to our potential we are a better team. Hopefully minors and under 20 will have a good year and the seniors at least beat offaly and kildare in the championship and have a right rattle off the other 3.
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