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Replying To hunting:  "That say a lot doesn't it. It was a shame Rory Jacob wasn't give the chance. Anyway good luck to the lads the next day, I say getting to a semi final is probably the best we can hope for at present."
We are likely to play Dublin in a Quarter Final. If we make a semi final I think we could win it even though we will be underdogs, as it would be unlikely to be against Kilkenny with the no repeat pairings if possible. If we don't get our act together we won't even make a semi final though.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15077 - 15/04/2024 09:44:01    2537914

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Replying To tearintom:  "And how well have these lads trained? How did they perform in challenge games? How have they trained in the last couple of weeks?

Easy to pick out names and this fella done this and that."
I agree with you Teraintom.

There is Some really poor content on this forum about Under 20s in particular and hopefully when the minors start it won`t be the same. It is clear that there are a few people with agendas and maybe even involved posting here. The bottom line is a committee loed by Adrian Fenlon put a management team in place last year and once that happened everyone in the county should have got behind them. Instead of that we had some people talk up people who did not get the job as if they were the new Liam Griffin when they really have done nothing as a manager. There are strong rumours that a few lads on the panel from one particular university up here did not buy in at all. If that is the case they should be rightly dropped and I suspect we won`t see them play senior for us either.

I was in Abbotstown on Saturday for the Celtic Challenge game v Down and the young lads played really well winning by 5/6 points. The wexford 15s had played Dublin earlier and again apparently played really well.

wexfordwin (Wexford) - Posts: 188 - 15/04/2024 09:55:55    2537921

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Replying To theboys:  "Genuinely think we have good enough hurlers in that U20 team to be challenging for Leinster,infact im sure of it!!! Most of this team was beat by Laois at minor with a last minute goal,and a drawn game today which could really have went anyway!!! The thing that hurts me the most about this is how bad we are tactically on the line!!! Its actually frightening how far we are behind!!! It was the same at minor!!! I seen Derek McGrath on the line with Laois yesterday and I'd say he played a huge part as he did with the minor team with Laois as regards set ups!!!! We let Laois do as the pleased and made it very difficult for ourselves to impose any sort of play on them!!! We let them have the short puck out to build there running game,nobody layed a glove on them till nearly half way!!! Also I didnt see any forward track a man back making runs off the shoulder!!! It was fairly pathetic to be honest in our own back yard!!! When we had to tackle we couldn't,it looked terrible!!! I'd have to question management big time!!!as regards the team everyone will have an issue with selection but that wouldn't bother me that much,it's the application of the players!!! Looks very disjointed to me!!feel sorry for those players if they are been let down by management!!! What a waste!!!"
Dont like being critical of management teams but id agree with everything you said there

Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 455 - 15/04/2024 09:58:44    2537922

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Replying To tearintom:  "And how well have these lads trained? How did they perform in challenge games? How have they trained in the last couple of weeks?

Easy to pick out names and this fella done this and that."
In fairness to management Whelan was out all year up to now with an LCL injury. Cillian Byrne is not long back. Dylan Purcell isn't fully fit apparently. Darby Purcell and Luke Murphy didn't work hard enough v Kilkenny and got dropped.
At the same time there seems to be some sort of issue between Farrell and the management, as there was at minor. He's not Henry Shefflin but he's better than some of the lads on the team, Luke Roche and Tadg Brohan haven't played at all. Brohan, Luke Roche and Farrell are forwards, yet he started 4 lads who play as backs for their clubs, and previously for the county, in the front 6, Wickham, Molloy, Doyle and Roche. In fairness they worked harder than some of the other lads, especially Wickham and Molloy, but then so did Farrell when he came on against Kilkenny. Cillian Byrne is probably the best inside forward we have, but he looked lost at centre forward on Saturday, he's not the biggest lad. He did OK in midfield against Kilkenny, but he's surely better inside than the 2 backs we started there against Laois before Moran got moved inside.
I know we don't know how lads are going in training, but if a squad, that contains at least 12 lads who played for last years team that got to and narrowly lost a Leinster final, can't be selected, set up, coached and motivated to be more competitive this year than we have been, surely the fault for that lies with the management? Set up, coaching, selection and motivation are surely their primary jobs.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15077 - 15/04/2024 10:05:35    2537930

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Replying To wexfordwin:  "I agree with you Teraintom.

There is Some really poor content on this forum about Under 20s in particular and hopefully when the minors start it won`t be the same. It is clear that there are a few people with agendas and maybe even involved posting here. The bottom line is a committee loed by Adrian Fenlon put a management team in place last year and once that happened everyone in the county should have got behind them. Instead of that we had some people talk up people who did not get the job as if they were the new Liam Griffin when they really have done nothing as a manager. There are strong rumours that a few lads on the panel from one particular university up here did not buy in at all. If that is the case they should be rightly dropped and I suspect we won`t see them play senior for us either.

I was in Abbotstown on Saturday for the Celtic Challenge game v Down and the young lads played really well winning by 5/6 points. The wexford 15s had played Dublin earlier and again apparently played really well."
Only 3 lads applied for the job. The one who the HAC apparently thought was the 3rd best application initially, ended up with the job.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15077 - 15/04/2024 10:07:44    2537931

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Replying To wexfordwin:  "I agree with you Teraintom.

There is Some really poor content on this forum about Under 20s in particular and hopefully when the minors start it won`t be the same. It is clear that there are a few people with agendas and maybe even involved posting here. The bottom line is a committee loed by Adrian Fenlon put a management team in place last year and once that happened everyone in the county should have got behind them. Instead of that we had some people talk up people who did not get the job as if they were the new Liam Griffin when they really have done nothing as a manager. There are strong rumours that a few lads on the panel from one particular university up here did not buy in at all. If that is the case they should be rightly dropped and I suspect we won`t see them play senior for us either.

I was in Abbotstown on Saturday for the Celtic Challenge game v Down and the young lads played really well winning by 5/6 points. The wexford 15s had played Dublin earlier and again apparently played really well."
Only 3 lads applied for the job. The one who the HAC apparently thought was the 3rd best application initially, ended up with the job.
I've no agenda. I don't personally know anyone who was on any of the 3 tickets that applied. I'm not at u20 training. I'm only commenting as a Wexford supporter on what I'm seeing on the pitch, and basing my comments on what I've previously seen of this squad last year at u20, previous years at minor, and playing for their colleges and clubs. If the 5 lads I think you are talking about aren't motivated then why is that? Isn't that one of a managers jobs? The one who started on Saturday showed truly pathetic work rate at times btw, and I know he's better than that as I watched him play in a college game earlier this year. Another was our best player in one of the u20 games against Kilkenny last year.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15077 - 15/04/2024 10:16:32    2537937

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Replying To wexfordwin:  "I agree with you Teraintom.

There is Some really poor content on this forum about Under 20s in particular and hopefully when the minors start it won`t be the same. It is clear that there are a few people with agendas and maybe even involved posting here. The bottom line is a committee loed by Adrian Fenlon put a management team in place last year and once that happened everyone in the county should have got behind them. Instead of that we had some people talk up people who did not get the job as if they were the new Liam Griffin when they really have done nothing as a manager. There are strong rumours that a few lads on the panel from one particular university up here did not buy in at all. If that is the case they should be rightly dropped and I suspect we won`t see them play senior for us either.

I was in Abbotstown on Saturday for the Celtic Challenge game v Down and the young lads played really well winning by 5/6 points. The wexford 15s had played Dublin earlier and again apparently played really well."
Only 3 lads applied for the job. The one who the HAC apparently thought was the 3rd best application initially, ended up with the job.
I've no agenda. I don't personally know anyone who was on any of the 3 tickets that applied. I'm not at u20 training. I'm only commenting as a Wexford supporter on what I'm seeing on the pitch, and basing my comments on what I've previously seen of this squad last year at u20, previous years at minor, and playing for their colleges and clubs. If the 5 lads I think you are talking about aren't motivated then why is that? Isn't that one of a managers jobs? The one who started on Saturday showed truly pathetic work rate at times btw, and I know he's better than that as I watched him play in a college game earlier this year. Another was our best player in one of the u20 games against Kilkenny last year.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15077 - 15/04/2024 10:18:01    2537938

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Replying To wexfordwin:  "I agree with you Teraintom.

There is Some really poor content on this forum about Under 20s in particular and hopefully when the minors start it won`t be the same. It is clear that there are a few people with agendas and maybe even involved posting here. The bottom line is a committee loed by Adrian Fenlon put a management team in place last year and once that happened everyone in the county should have got behind them. Instead of that we had some people talk up people who did not get the job as if they were the new Liam Griffin when they really have done nothing as a manager. There are strong rumours that a few lads on the panel from one particular university up here did not buy in at all. If that is the case they should be rightly dropped and I suspect we won`t see them play senior for us either.

I was in Abbotstown on Saturday for the Celtic Challenge game v Down and the young lads played really well winning by 5/6 points. The wexford 15s had played Dublin earlier and again apparently played really well."
Its a bit rich you complaining about the comments around management yet your throwing those young lads under the bus, its obvious which college your talking about. I don't know anyone player or management personally that's involved and have no agenda but I do think weather its the players or management responsibility that's this panel has under performed in the 2 games so far. Leinster was always going to be tough at this age group this year with Kilkenny, Offaly and Galway all at a high standard but I firmly believe for example Kilkenny shouldn't have been able to swat us aside with ease like they did.

TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 15/04/2024 11:07:34    2537955

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Johnny Murphy the ref for Sunday, he did the league final where for the most part he did a good job, to me only made 1 really poor call which was the penalty, I actually wouldn't be critical of him for the Mullen yellow, at 1st when I saw it live I taught it might be a red, didn't realise until I saw the replay it was a perfectly timed shoulder.

TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 15/04/2024 11:10:28    2537957

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Replying To TerribleFootwork:  "Johnny Murphy the ref for Sunday, he did the league final where for the most part he did a good job, to me only made 1 really poor call which was the penalty, I actually wouldn't be critical of him for the Mullen yellow, at 1st when I saw it live I taught it might be a red, didn't realise until I saw the replay it was a perfectly timed shoulder."
Really looking forward to Sunday now. Was talking to one of the lads on the panel over the weekend training has gone well and they are looking forward to the game . Hopefully we get a big Wexford crowd in to support the lads. Fully believe this game will make or break our year

Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 455 - 15/04/2024 11:36:23    2537972

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Replying To Viking66:  "Only 3 lads applied for the job. The one who the HAC apparently thought was the 3rd best application initially, ended up with the job.
I've no agenda. I don't personally know anyone who was on any of the 3 tickets that applied. I'm not at u20 training. I'm only commenting as a Wexford supporter on what I'm seeing on the pitch, and basing my comments on what I've previously seen of this squad last year at u20, previous years at minor, and playing for their colleges and clubs. If the 5 lads I think you are talking about aren't motivated then why is that? Isn't that one of a managers jobs? The one who started on Saturday showed truly pathetic work rate at times btw, and I know he's better than that as I watched him play in a college game earlier this year. Another was our best player in one of the u20 games against Kilkenny last year."
Agreed. Others were approached to express an interest in the u-20 Job but declined to apply.

Performances just not up to scratch so far.

Yellowhelmet (Australia) - Posts: 118 - 15/04/2024 11:50:50    2537979

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Replying To Afinestick96:  "Really looking forward to Sunday now. Was talking to one of the lads on the panel over the weekend training has gone well and they are looking forward to the game . Hopefully we get a big Wexford crowd in to support the lads. Fully believe this game will make or break our year"
Can't wait myself! Really hope we can get the win!

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15077 - 15/04/2024 12:00:12    2537984

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One thing I do think is I'm not sure we are getting things right in terms of the gap between minor and u20.

To me even physically it looks like other teams have passed us by having watched both our footballers and hurlers at u20 this year.

tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1457 - 15/04/2024 12:00:20    2537985

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Anyone know if Sundays game is on TV anywhere? Or will we have to endure Mr. Spratt for the match?

Davidwex (Wexford) - Posts: 11 - 15/04/2024 12:10:20    2537991

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Replying To Davidwex:  "Anyone know if Sundays game is on TV anywhere? Or will we have to endure Mr. Spratt for the match?"
No your 2 options are go to the game or listen to Spratt and have no idea what's going on...

TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 15/04/2024 12:24:34    2537999

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Replying To tearintom:  "One thing I do think is I'm not sure we are getting things right in terms of the gap between minor and u20.

To me even physically it looks like other teams have passed us by having watched both our footballers and hurlers at u20 this year."
But our u20 hurlers were very competitive the last 2 years, things aren't right there this year so far for whatever reason, the team might not be of the same quality as those 2 teams but I think they should be doing better with the players available. U20 football is a tricker one, I suppose another factor there is dual players are still a thing at u17, 3 years ago at minor 2 of the standout players were Eoin Whelan and Darby Purcell and I know a few of the other players on the u20 hurling panel and very decent footballers.

TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 15/04/2024 12:31:07    2538001

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Replying To TerribleFootwork:  "No your 2 options are go to the game or listen to Spratt and have no idea what's going on..."
But you will find out that Damiens aunts brother in law might work in the village stores in Crossabeg....

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15077 - 15/04/2024 12:38:41    2538008

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Hopefully there's a change but as things stand on April 27th Minors play Kilkenny at home at 2 and Seniors are playing in Belfast at 3.

TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 15/04/2024 12:40:43    2538011

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Replying To Davidwex:  "Anyone know if Sundays game is on TV anywhere? Or will we have to endure Mr. Spratt for the match?"
Louth Wexford was a late edition to GAAGO coverage but id say that was only because it was scheduled in Portlaoise after Kildare Wicklow which made it easy for them to broadcast then

Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 455 - 15/04/2024 12:41:30    2538012

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Replying To tearintom:  "One thing I do think is I'm not sure we are getting things right in terms of the gap between minor and u20.

To me even physically it looks like other teams have passed us by having watched both our footballers and hurlers at u20 this year."
Agreed that's been a problem here for years. There's not really a gym culture here among our young people for some reason. As regards the hurlers apart from the full back line the majority of the u20s will still be u20 next year also though.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15077 - 15/04/2024 12:42:58    2538014

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