Replying To ExiledInWex:  "Nobody likes Thurles but as my father in law says Wexford people got there in 1993 for 3 league finals in much worse cars and never flinched at the idea.
Sometimes if you want to see Wexford get to an All-Ireland semi final, you have to support them in getting there. There are parts of Clare which are just as far from Thurles as parts of Wexford. Ennis is probably 2 hrs on match day yet they get there?
I believe, rightly or wrongly, that Wexford people just want the "ah the match is in Thurles" excuse to whinge and wait for the semi final and then like flies to fresh cow dung descend on Croke Park.
Clare support got their team over the line v Wexford a few years ago. No doubt about that to me and I would hazard a guess anybody there would think it too. The Wexford support was TINY that day. And then you wonder why players won't give the commitment? Why would they to turn up at AIQF stage and play in front of a tiny support?
The match can't always be in your own back yard. But then again even Wexford Park is half full at best. But as I said before, a lot of the problems in Leinster are down to bad marketing. You wouldn't even know the matches are on half the time."

Replying To Purpleandgold72:  "I was at that Clare match in '22 and I don't agree. What got Clare over the line that day was Rory O'Connor going off injured after 15 minutes and more bad luck in the second half with the forced withdrawals through injury of Diarmuid O'Keefe and Shane Reck. I think one other key player had to go off too, possibly Damien Reck."

Replying To Magpie2:  "Yeah I think you probably have a valid point there
Purpleandgold72.
Those injuries were cruel blows and would have seriously reduced our chances of victory.
No team could survive the loss of that many key players.
Yes there was a small Wexford support but I think the absence ot Shane Reck, Rory O'connor, Diarmuid Okeeffe and you believe Damien Reck may have went off injured as well would suggest the big player loss would outweigh the small Wexford crowd as to the reason we lost that game."