Replying To ExiledInWex: "Well on that point I was thinking who off the Wexford team I would want in the Dublin starting team ahead of who we have. I decided only Chin, Rory O'Connor, and (if fit) Liam Ryan and (if fit) Shane Reck. Maybe Conor Hearne for his work rate. But after that, no offence lads but Wexford are a team of very average hurlers and far from being unlucky, ifs and buts I think this is where Wexford are at and I'm not sitting here basking in any delight saying that. We need everybody in Leinster to raise the tide to lift all the boats to take on the Munster counties every year."
Think you are being hard on Damien Reck there. Kevin Foley too. Most of the rest of the Wexford lads are 23 or under and only starting out at Senior intercounty, while most of the Dublin team are in their prime years, so you would obviously expect a combined team to contain more Dubs.
Replying To ExiledInWex: "Well on that point I was thinking who off the Wexford team I would want in the Dublin starting team ahead of who we have. I decided only Chin, Rory O'Connor, and (if fit) Liam Ryan and (if fit) Shane Reck. Maybe Conor Hearne for his work rate. But after that, no offence lads but Wexford are a team of very average hurlers and far from being unlucky, ifs and buts I think this is where Wexford are at and I'm not sitting here basking in any delight saying that. We need everybody in Leinster to raise the tide to lift all the boats to take on the Munster counties every year."
Is there no Dublin hurling forum you can comment on?
Replying To ExiledInWex: "Well on that point I was thinking who off the Wexford team I would want in the Dublin starting team ahead of who we have. I decided only Chin, Rory O'Connor, and (if fit) Liam Ryan and (if fit) Shane Reck. Maybe Conor Hearne for his work rate. But after that, no offence lads but Wexford are a team of very average hurlers and far from being unlucky, ifs and buts I think this is where Wexford are at and I'm not sitting here basking in any delight saying that. We need everybody in Leinster to raise the tide to lift all the boats to take on the Munster counties every year."
Replying To ExiledInWex: "Well on that point I was thinking who off the Wexford team I would want in the Dublin starting team ahead of who we have. I decided only Chin, Rory O'Connor, and (if fit) Liam Ryan and (if fit) Shane Reck. Maybe Conor Hearne for his work rate. But after that, no offence lads but Wexford are a team of very average hurlers and far from being unlucky, ifs and buts I think this is where Wexford are at and I'm not sitting here basking in any delight saying that. We need everybody in Leinster to raise the tide to lift all the boats to take on the Munster counties every year."
Of course you are, I am only suprised you haven't been on here sooner then now.
Replying To Doylerwex: "The change in Limerick is quite interesting to watch.
I called out several times how she was always held in the same esteem as Kiely among the players.
I said two years ago that momentum and muscle memory would get them through another all Ireland because the building blocks were there but there was a risk of them falling back.
Lads laughed at me.
This is an unbelievable case study to argue the importance of a top class psychologist. The value of it is incalculable.
It's more important than any athletic metric because all of our limitations are self imposed in our own minds.
Anyone who is a success at anything understands this and not always consciously."
I totally agree doyler. A good psychologist can be an asset to a team. As you said currid was praised by Kiely in Limerick. Getting players to believe in themselves will help them mentally. If say its only 5% improvement then that's positive and may well be the difference in winning or losing a game. In Wexford we do have a psychologist. I presume he works between the hurlers and footballers. Didn't hear anything about him since he came on board. Our results would suggest that he hasn't achieved very much yet. Although maybe he was instrumental in helping the footballers gain promotion. Maybe he needs more time to get the players thinking differently. Anyway it's probably better to have a psychologist than not have one.
Think combined teams are a waste of everyone's time, you're only ever going to take players from a hypothetical opposition if they're clearly and obviously better than what you have, you're always going to choose someone from your own side when it's close enough between two players
Form is also fickle and a combined team could change a lot year on year in theory, only have to look at how certain Dublin hurlers are viewed now compared to last year
Replying To Viking66: "Think you are being hard on Damien Reck there. Kevin Foley too. Most of the rest of the Wexford lads are 23 or under and only starting out at Senior intercounty, while most of the Dublin team are in their prime years, so you would obviously expect a combined team to contain more Dubs."
Fair point viking.it remains to be seen of course if those lads who are now 23 or 24 will become leaders in the next few years. If not I fear for the future of wexford hurling. Our attitude going forward should be if Dublin can do it, why not us? It will only happen though if our defence become teak tough. That is where the problem lies. We are lightweight in our back six. Teams love playing against us because they know we are very vulnerable when run at. Some on here believe we do have intensity. I disagree. We do at times but it's rarely sustained. We just seem to drift out of games too easily allowing the opposition to gain the initiative. It can be very frustrating following our team. The results over the last few years says it all.