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Replying To Viking66: "Damien Reck and Kevin Foley were our best players by a country mile yesterday. Think they are 27/8 and 30/31? Lee is 33, Jippo is 30/31 but wasnt anywhere near his best Saturday, although it was great to see him get those minutes as we will need him fully on form for 2 weeks time. Same with Shane Reck who is 28/9 I think. Hopefully all those lads have a couple more years left in them. Rory O'Connor is 27/8 also, Barry around the same if he comes back and gives hurling a proper lash. Conor Hearne around the same also.
We will need them all until more of the 20-23 year olds get up to 25. And hopefully we will have a better conveyor belt of talented lads following them every year by then also." Damien Reck is the best hurler we have.
Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4474 - 26/04/2026 18:00:09
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Lack of good players between the ages of 25 and 27 is killing us right now" It is
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19353 - 26/04/2026 18:01:07
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Would go with something like the following the next day injury permitting:
Fanning
Donohoe
Jippo
Shane Reck
Damien Reck
Cian Molloy
Conor Foley
Conor Hearne
Richie Lawlor
Jacko
Chin
Cillian Byrne
Simon Roche
Kevin Foley
Seán Rowley
Jacko didn't hurl well yesterday but we need size in that half-forward-line and you'd have to hope his performance was down to being ring-rusty (For as much as he has been hit and miss with Wexford)
Think they're going to put Eoin O'Donnell on Chin so may as well put Chin at #11 and allow him to roam, try to pull O'Donnell out of position
Cillian Byrne's not a big wing-forward and you wouldn't be asking him to win high ball but he has a lot of pace and I'd like to see him running at speed into the spaces vacated by O'Donnell if he follows Chin
Dublin defence can be got at with pace, important that we have Rowley and Cillian Byrne in our attack to try exploit that
They're surely going to start Hetherton as well and go after us, Jippo is much better equipped to handle him than anyone else we have, KK moved Reid away from goal and tried to drag Jippo out and then attach the space vacated, don't think Dublin will do that, they'll probably go the direct route to Hetherton
But most importantly, intensity levels need to be upped significantly, nothing else really matters if you don't bring the intensity, the next day isn't technically win or bust for us but it essentially is as we're relying on favours elsewhere if we lose, need to get the KK loss out of our system and move on, players need to show that they are much better than that performance yesterday" Jacko didnt hurl well in Newbridge either
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19353 - 26/04/2026 18:04:02
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Would go with something like the following the next day injury permitting:
Fanning
Donohoe
Jippo
Shane Reck
Damien Reck
Cian Molloy
Conor Foley
Conor Hearne
Richie Lawlor
Jacko
Chin
Cillian Byrne
Simon Roche
Kevin Foley
Seán Rowley
Jacko didn't hurl well yesterday but we need size in that half-forward-line and you'd have to hope his performance was down to being ring-rusty (For as much as he has been hit and miss with Wexford)
Think they're going to put Eoin O'Donnell on Chin so may as well put Chin at #11 and allow him to roam, try to pull O'Donnell out of position
Cillian Byrne's not a big wing-forward and you wouldn't be asking him to win high ball but he has a lot of pace and I'd like to see him running at speed into the spaces vacated by O'Donnell if he follows Chin
Dublin defence can be got at with pace, important that we have Rowley and Cillian Byrne in our attack to try exploit that
They're surely going to start Hetherton as well and go after us, Jippo is much better equipped to handle him than anyone else we have, KK moved Reid away from goal and tried to drag Jippo out and then attach the space vacated, don't think Dublin will do that, they'll probably go the direct route to Hetherton
But most importantly, intensity levels need to be upped significantly, nothing else really matters if you don't bring the intensity, the next day isn't technically win or bust for us but it essentially is as we're relying on favours elsewhere if we lose, need to get the KK loss out of our system and move on, players need to show that they are much better than that performance yesterday" Id go-
Fanning
Dooley, Jippo, Shane
Patsy, Damien, Conor Foley,
Kevin Foley
Hearne, Cillian Byrne
Lawlor, Chin, Redmond
Roche, Cian Byrne
Id play Kevin deeper, roaming mainly between the halfbacks and midfield, so Damien can drop and cover the fullback line when needed, and Cillian Byrne can drive forwards on occasion. Kevin can drive forwards from deep at times too, he offers a goal threat also.
Id bring Jacko on when the game opens up a bit, as a finisher. Same with Tucker, James Byrne and Rowley.
Id like to see Redmond as a half forward, hes a big young fella who can catch a high ball, and it doesn't look like hes an inside forward at this level. See does he take his chance.
Lawlor is a scoring forward who can catch a high ball. Probably our best catcher of a high ball after Chin. Again, he has been a forward most of his life.
Round pegs in round holes.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19353 - 26/04/2026 18:18:19
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Replying To foreveryoung: "It doesn't really matter, does it?
Wexford hasn't been able to consistently beat Kilkenny since the 1950's! Yes, there was a purple patch in the mid70's! But late wins like 2004 and round-robin games when KK has already qualified don't cut any mustard.
Wexford had a chance to cutthroat their greatest rival today. Instead what happened! They lid on their yellow bellies.
I don't even know if Richie Reid hurled today or not. It's totally irrelevant.
From now on here, please try to concern yourself with the more important aspects of the Wexford game!
It is not good how low Wexford is, and all your if this and if that, and we did that, and trashing out statistics about beating KK in games that DIDN'T MATTER helps no one, and actually only serves to paper over the obvious cracks that are there in Wexford hurling!" Great point, only so many of these posts you could read…We need to stop with all the PC crap and call things for what they are- We are the 4th best team in Leinster because we drew with Dublin 4 years ago in a minor practice match BS. If players are not up to it call it- it's a forum.
Spuds&GAA (Wexford) - Posts: 3 - 26/04/2026 18:26:18
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Would go with something like the following the next day injury permitting:
Fanning
Donohoe
Jippo
Shane Reck
Damien Reck
Cian Molloy
Conor Foley
Conor Hearne
Richie Lawlor
Jacko
Chin
Cillian Byrne
Simon Roche
Kevin Foley
Seán Rowley
Jacko didn't hurl well yesterday but we need size in that half-forward-line and you'd have to hope his performance was down to being ring-rusty (For as much as he has been hit and miss with Wexford)
Think they're going to put Eoin O'Donnell on Chin so may as well put Chin at #11 and allow him to roam, try to pull O'Donnell out of position
Cillian Byrne's not a big wing-forward and you wouldn't be asking him to win high ball but he has a lot of pace and I'd like to see him running at speed into the spaces vacated by O'Donnell if he follows Chin
Dublin defence can be got at with pace, important that we have Rowley and Cillian Byrne in our attack to try exploit that
They're surely going to start Hetherton as well and go after us, Jippo is much better equipped to handle him than anyone else we have, KK moved Reid away from goal and tried to drag Jippo out and then attach the space vacated, don't think Dublin will do that, they'll probably go the direct route to Hetherton
But most importantly, intensity levels need to be upped significantly, nothing else really matters if you don't bring the intensity, the next day isn't technically win or bust for us but it essentially is as we're relying on favours elsewhere if we lose, need to get the KK loss out of our system and move on, players need to show that they are much better than that performance yesterday" I wouldn't start Jacko based on last 2 outings. I know he needs time but not at the races at all.
Yellowhelmet (Australia) - Posts: 175 - 26/04/2026 19:33:39
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Replying To Doylerwex: "Damien Reck is the best hurler we have." Yes
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19353 - 26/04/2026 19:35:07
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Replying To icehonesty: "The Wexford club hurling scene is poor. Fitness and conditioning levels are sub par, coaching is poor, tactical awareness is behind the times. Our county team is a reflection of this. The players in the panel are good lads, but they're all coming from too far back." Absolute rubbish
Jedobi (Wexford) - Posts: 276 - 26/04/2026 19:46:31
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Replying To Doylerwex: "That's exactly it. Davy didn't bring enough lads in. Even Richie Lawlor, patsy, Redmond are behind where they should be. I think they'll come good though." I don't know about that Davy bit, he really didn't blood anyone in but at the same time, who was there to blood in other than Conor Hearne? I don't think it was if we had that many talents go to waste under him because he wouldn't develop them, there may have been a few but there's wasn't that many at the same time
I think Lawlor would be better off at wing-back or midfield, Patsy has been held up by bad luck (Minor fall-out with Egan, injured in '24, concussion this year, and not being played at centre-back), think Jack will have to learn from the last two days, he now knows the level he needs to get to, big difference between hurling against Joe McDonagh teams in the league and then hurling against Kilkenny at Nowlan Park in the Championship
Don't want to be putting pressure on him but I'd like to see Colin Carley drafted into the Senior set-up next year (And probably Ciarán Doyle, Charlie Mooney, and Charlie Roark from the U20s who are up to the age), fact of the matter is irrespective of who we have over us next year, we're still going to have a young team and it'll still be a transitional enough time for us (Think we could have a very good team in 2028-2030 though if we do blood these in, get a lot of those missing back, and don't get hit by retirements)
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1117 - 26/04/2026 20:13:36
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Replying To Viking66: "Jacko didnt hurl well in Newbridge either" No but I thought he grew into it a little bit in the second half and you could always excuse him a bit more given it was his first start back
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1117 - 26/04/2026 20:14:35
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Replying To Yellowhelmet: "I wouldn't start Jacko based on last 2 outings. I know he needs time but not at the races at all." Yes but we have a lack of size in the half-forward-like then, could maybe bring Jack Redmond out the pitch but he has found the last two days very tough going
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1117 - 26/04/2026 20:17:03
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In the latest development in the mess that is the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship, Laois are slated to play Westmeath in Portlaoise on Saturday at noon while we will be at home to Kilkenny at 2 and Dublin will be at home to Galway at 2 as well
Upshot of this is that we will know exactly what we have to do in the KK game based on what Westmeath do versus Laois (That's very unfair on Westmeath)
Also notable that Laois will have three home games out of three and Galway will have three away games out of three
They could have organised this whole thing a lot better
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1117 - 26/04/2026 21:17:12
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Still absolutely deflated after the Kilkenny match and has taken me until now to even have a look at the comments here. Won't add to them. Enough has been said.
Will return instead to the bit a couple of pages ago where ElGranSenor & Paull about the format of the minor championship. Because as I pointed out myself before it even started, it's crazy.
I don't actually mind so much the fact that if our lads lose to Kilkenny, they'll be out. Normally if you play three games in a system where only two teams go through, and you lose two of those three games, you wouldn't expect to go through anyway.
But say we beat Kilkenny, and the other two go as expected (i.e. Westmeath beat Laois, Galway beat Dublin). Then the group standings would be:
Group 1: Kilkenny 2 points, Dublin 2 points, Laois 0 points.
Group 2: Galway 6 points, Wexford 4 points, Westmeath 4 points.
Am putting Wexford ahead of Westmeath there on account of how our score difference is so great. Westmeath should be much too strong for Laois, but would be a tall order to make up the 34-point deficit they need to overcome (they're currently -9, while Wexford are +25).
So - Westmeath go out despite having four points and a campaign to be proud of. Dublin & Kilkenny both go through despite only having two points and being disappointed with their results overall.
Crazy, stupid, system.
Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3545 - 26/04/2026 21:40:13
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Yes but we have a lack of size in the half-forward-like then, could maybe bring Jack Redmond out the pitch but he has found the last two days very tough going" You can't just pick a lad because hes tall.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19353 - 26/04/2026 21:57:55
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Replying To Viking66: "You can't just pick a lad because hes tall." You said earlier you'd like to see Redmond in the half forward line cos he's a big young fella?
Which is it?
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A big problem in Wexford is anybody calling out bad results or warning signs about where we are are called negative and pessimistic.
Look at our record in schools hurling. What have we won at the top level in recent years? Nothing.
Look at the representation on Fitzgibbon teams. Tipp - 46, Limerick Y35, Cork 31 (I think this is higher but double check this evening), Galway 29. Wexford 15. I don't for one second want to hear "but they go to college in Carlow and TUD", if the players were good enough the top colleges come calling. Waterford is the same distance from most parts of Wexford. There is no better barometer of the success of your underage teams than colleges calling on a recruitment drive.
We DESPERATELY need something like the minors to do something at Leinster at least but also All-Ireland level after the 2019 disaster in the semi final.
I think its cheap to blame Davy for not blooding players. We didn't produce enough good players and its easy to say that player x never got a chance but there's a few players who might have been good enough. Rory was long vaunted as something special but there's a gap as to who is the next star after him? We just are not producing enough top players.
My father said the worst thing in Kilkenny on Saturday was they were back to pitying Wexford like 10 years ago. They should have been rubbing our noses in it because we need something to fire the whole place up a bit, and not another Liam Griffin speech either
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Replying To Goreylad1985: "You said earlier you'd like to see Redmond in the half forward line cos he's a big young fella?
Which is it?" He's responding to a comment about Jacko.
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Replying To StoreysTash: "A big problem in Wexford is anybody calling out bad results or warning signs about where we are are called negative and pessimistic.
Look at our record in schools hurling. What have we won at the top level in recent years? Nothing.
Look at the representation on Fitzgibbon teams. Tipp - 46, Limerick Y35, Cork 31 (I think this is higher but double check this evening), Galway 29. Wexford 15. I don't for one second want to hear "but they go to college in Carlow and TUD", if the players were good enough the top colleges come calling. Waterford is the same distance from most parts of Wexford. There is no better barometer of the success of your underage teams than colleges calling on a recruitment drive.
We DESPERATELY need something like the minors to do something at Leinster at least but also All-Ireland level after the 2019 disaster in the semi final.
I think its cheap to blame Davy for not blooding players. We didn't produce enough good players and its easy to say that player x never got a chance but there's a few players who might have been good enough. Rory was long vaunted as something special but there's a gap as to who is the next star after him? We just are not producing enough top players.
My father said the worst thing in Kilkenny on Saturday was they were back to pitying Wexford like 10 years ago. They should have been rubbing our noses in it because we need something to fire the whole place up a bit, and not another Liam Griffin speech either" I agree with your father about the worst part.
Nothing you're saying is untrue but it's not constructive either. There are positives so you have to point to them in order to keep going.
It's not cheap to blame Davy. We've a gap of a specific age profile which is directly because of him. I can name them if you need me to. Do you know how many championship debuts Davy handed out when we were very competitive at 20 and won our first provincial minor since 85?
I'd argue Cillian Byrne is the next big talent. He's been unlucky with injury but he has all the ingredients to be a top level intercounty forward. Was is 3 he got off the bench yesterday and left one short? Very effective impact for a lad who's only starting out.
I don't know what your problem is with Griffin but his type of thinking is what every person needs.
Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4474 - 26/04/2026 22:57:15
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Replying To Goreylad1985: "You said earlier you'd like to see Redmond in the half forward line cos he's a big young fella?
Which is it?" No I said Id like to see him there because he always played there, for his club, his school, and the counry at underage .
And before you get lads dismissing the fact he played there at a Wexford school, he started for a school team that never lost a game in Leinster A from 1st year to 6th year. And ended up winning the Corn ui Dhuill there as recently as 2022.
And also because he was the highest scorer from play from the half forward line in last years Senior club championship. By quite a margin.
Not just because hes a big young fella.
He might not make it there, but Id like to see him tried there.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19353 - 26/04/2026 23:15:06
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Replying To StoreysTash: "A big problem in Wexford is anybody calling out bad results or warning signs about where we are are called negative and pessimistic.
Look at our record in schools hurling. What have we won at the top level in recent years? Nothing.
Look at the representation on Fitzgibbon teams. Tipp - 46, Limerick Y35, Cork 31 (I think this is higher but double check this evening), Galway 29. Wexford 15. I don't for one second want to hear "but they go to college in Carlow and TUD", if the players were good enough the top colleges come calling. Waterford is the same distance from most parts of Wexford. There is no better barometer of the success of your underage teams than colleges calling on a recruitment drive.
We DESPERATELY need something like the minors to do something at Leinster at least but also All-Ireland level after the 2019 disaster in the semi final.
I think its cheap to blame Davy for not blooding players. We didn't produce enough good players and its easy to say that player x never got a chance but there's a few players who might have been good enough. Rory was long vaunted as something special but there's a gap as to who is the next star after him? We just are not producing enough top players.
My father said the worst thing in Kilkenny on Saturday was they were back to pitying Wexford like 10 years ago. They should have been rubbing our noses in it because we need something to fire the whole place up a bit, and not another Liam Griffin speech either" We badly need some underage success, just to give lads around the place a bit more confidence. We havent even reached an AI Minor final since 1985.
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