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Yesterday was a fine performance by Wicklow considering what happened in Longford and the fact they were short four players who may have started especially Malcahy Stone and Kevin Quinn. Do supporters think winning a championship match like they did yesterday and playing Dublin next weekend is better than beating Longford and being promoted to division three? wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2197 - 13/04/2026 16:24:06 2666207 Link 0 |
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That isn't an easy question to answer. But, when you look at the composition of the 2027 Div 3, I think that this team would struggle to stay up in it. This team is, for me, just too inconsistent. We can't even say that we get better as the year goes on as examples by last years display in Croker v Limerick. With just a few exceptions the team is pretty young and maybe another season in the basement might harden and toughen them up a bit which they would definitely have to do to survive in a higher division. They definitely need hardening up, both physically and mentally. JP Nolan was back in the squad so should be available again for selection. I don't know the extent of young Quinn's injury but it looks like Malachy stone is out for a while. Darragh Fee has a hamstring injury - I think so might be back for the TC. Problem is that all these players seem to be of a pretty similar standard. Our backs appear to have tightened up considerably yesterday. The Dubs on Sunday will show us where we are in the pecking order. We gave them a good game last year, question is, are they better now under Mr Brennan ?. Certainly they have some young exciting players coming through. We might even get more tv time next week and maybe even get a passing mention on MOTD. The panel last night didn't seem to think we were worthy of a mention. They went straight to that opinion poll table which showed over 60% of respondents tipping the Dubs to win Leinster. That was probably their way of putting lowly Wicklow in their place.
Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2218 - 13/04/2026 17:05:29 2666222 Link 1 |
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No, absolutely not, playing at a higher standard consistently for Wicklow has to be a target, barring a miracle the Dublin match will be an occasion more than anything else (not being disrespectful but that's just a fact), I choose playing Div 3 10 times out of 10 when we are going to be in Tailteann regardless
Wonderingnow (Wicklow) - Posts: 23 - 13/04/2026 17:15:13 2666225 Link 0 |
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There is when they are not better than lads in higher division championships.
Albundy19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 135 - 13/04/2026 22:24:56 2666269 Link 0 |
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The answer is both and there is no valid reason why we shouldn't be capable of doing both at some point. Bowl (Wicklow) - Posts: 6 - 13/04/2026 23:45:50 2666285 Link 0 |
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Re playing Dublin in Aughrim, we should not turn our noses up at it. We were never going to win last year's game but we got loads out of it. Bowl (Wicklow) - Posts: 6 - 13/04/2026 23:51:57 2666287 Link 0 |
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If the player is a better player,they should be played.No issue there. Whether they are playing in a higher division or junior should be irrelevant. Young players can't help what club they are born into. Rockofsense (Wicklow) - Posts: 4 - 14/04/2026 18:17:49 2666439 Link 0 |
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Good win for the minors tonight although hard to read much into it against a very weak Kilkenny team. Meath had a big win over Laois. Will be a very tough preliminary quarter final in 2 weeks... liam500 (Wicklow) - Posts: 238 - 14/04/2026 21:05:18 2666455 Link 0 |
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At least we will have a better idea then of the actual strength of this team. It can't switch off for 20 minutes though or Meath will be out of sight.
Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2218 - 15/04/2026 09:06:23 2666486 Link 0 |
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I think Wicklow are the strongest of what is perceived as the weaker counties at minor level. Last night's match against Kilkenny won't benefit Wicklow except for management having had an opportunity to see some fringe players in action. From what I'm reading Wicklow will play Meath in a preliminary quarter final in a couple of weeks. For me this is a big step up in standards but one of the benefits of playing a county as strong as Meath is it will allow us to gauge how close or far we are from a top provincial county. Wicklow need to bridge the gap at underage level if the county are to close the gap at senior level. I can't envisage us closing the gap at senior level if we can't compete against the better team in Leinster at under age level. I'd also say the same in relation to clubs in the provincial club championship. It is impossible for any manager of our county footballers to make progress up the divisions if clubs and underage teams are struggling. I asked a question on this forum as to whether supporters would prefer to beat Carlow and play Dublin or be promoted to Division 3. I agree with a number of other posters - I'd choose promotion. From the perspective and getting people to support the county team, a game against Dublin will help market the team and players. But in terms of developing players and progressing the team then promotion is more beneficial. The players need to play against better teams on a regular basis. Our players won't benefit from playing in Division four but they have to earn the right to play higher. wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2197 - 15/04/2026 10:29:26 2666505 Link 0 |
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Absolutely ridiculous having a double header in Aughrim on Sunday and typical of the county board being afraid to make tough decisions, hurling should have been moved to Arklow. Albundy19 (Wicklow) - Posts: 135 - 15/04/2026 12:27:25 2666542 Link 0 |
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Why is it ridiculous?
Hawkeye2 (Wicklow) - Posts: 190 - 15/04/2026 20:52:36 2666649 Link 0 |