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Are you nuts?? Lawlor isnt even a back in my mind
theboys (Wexford) - Posts: 301 - 19/04/2026 14:42:26
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Replying To OpenStandWall: "Now that the sand has settled… was impressed yesterday by Hearne, Wickham and OLeary who has been effective since the Clare game.... Lawlor played much better in the second half also once he seemed to get to grips with their puck out strategy, two Jacks and Simon were quiet enough. Carley wasn't too bad either, when he went off saw him holding his hamstring a bit alright. Subs definitely bolstered us, Cillian Byrne in particular, Cian is out for a while with a hamstring injury so I saw on twitter.
Moving on to next week, only saw highlights of match in Salthill on YouTube. I'm stuck in two minds as to what to think, part of me thinks we're going to be on the receiving end of a backlash while the other part of me thinks we can go up there and get a result, but we'll need to improve big time on the first 45 mins. Donnelly will be a big loss for them as well as having no Mullen, id expect Murphy to be back in the goal.
With Jippo not getting any game time yesterday, do you put him in from the start now next week?" Depends how he is going in training.
Just on Hearne hes one of our best players in general, but I thought he was poor enough by his standards.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19257 - 19/04/2026 15:19:19
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Replying To beano: "On Jippo, it might be a bit premature to stick him in from the off, but we need to do SOMETHING. Because looking at Kildare's goal, we were badly exposed and isolated for it. And by all accounts TJ had a field day on Galway despite an awful day for Kilkenny, so the prospect of route one ball could be damaging.
I wonder could Lawlor be a left-field option solely to compete aerially with Reid? Freeing up Foley to play in the half-back line. Moving Chin back would take too much from us up front." Tbh, I'd nearly consider going for a surprise sweeper, worked well in 2022
I think they were playing their traditional game a few years ago and weren't winning and thought they needed to move to a more modern style but they're playing this modern style and they're not suited by it, think a lot of people in KK would rather that they revert to that more traditional style
Our spine can be got at too and they have the players to go after it, play a surprise sweeper and they either rain ball down on our spare man or else they work the ball around short which hasn't been going that well for them recently
Kevin Foley probably the man for the job IMO
Think they can be got at with speed, problem for us is that ROC isn't playing this year, Cian Byrne is out injured, and Seán Rowley wasn't brought on yesterday and probably needs time, hard to play a two-man forward line successfully without having pacy options inside
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1068 - 19/04/2026 15:20:50
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Replying To OpenStandWall: "Now that the sand has settled… was impressed yesterday by Hearne, Wickham and OLeary who has been effective since the Clare game.... Lawlor played much better in the second half also once he seemed to get to grips with their puck out strategy, two Jacks and Simon were quiet enough. Carley wasn't too bad either, when he went off saw him holding his hamstring a bit alright. Subs definitely bolstered us, Cillian Byrne in particular, Cian is out for a while with a hamstring injury so I saw on twitter.
Moving on to next week, only saw highlights of match in Salthill on YouTube. I'm stuck in two minds as to what to think, part of me thinks we're going to be on the receiving end of a backlash while the other part of me thinks we can go up there and get a result, but we'll need to improve big time on the first 45 mins. Donnelly will be a big loss for them as well as having no Mullen, id expect Murphy to be back in the goal.
With Jippo not getting any game time yesterday, do you put him in from the start now next week?" Depends how Jippo is going in training. If hes flying Id start him.
Just on Hearne hes one of our best players in general, but I thought he was poor enough by his standards yesterday.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19257 - 19/04/2026 15:22:11
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Think Galway beat them in Nowlan Park in 2019 if I'm not mistaken" We did.
And we finished 4th on score difference and went out early
Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 1003 - 19/04/2026 16:39:06
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Replying To Doylerwex: "To be fair I think it was 10 frees chin got." Yep fairly spot on there 9 frees and a 65
Ryanworld (Wexford) - Posts: 53 - 19/04/2026 16:50:40
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Replying To Stool Pigeon: "Poorer Wexford teams have beaten better KK teams in the relatively recent past.
Watch the Galway V KK game, and unless you think Galway are up there with Limerick et al. (we aren't) you'll be comforted by how ordinary the stripey men are these days.
Go up there to win and be disappointed if you don't." 100% agree.
Rather than focusing and worrying about a KK backlash we shojld be heading up the road with our heads up and chests out ready to bury them.
Because if the shoe was on the other foot thats exactly what they would be doing.
This is where the ruthlessness comes in, no talk about what ifs, go for it up in their faces for 70 minutes, your record is good enough against them over the years, time for a bit of arrogance.
tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1645 - 19/04/2026 18:03:29
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Next week is a massive game; us, KK, Dublin, and Offaly is almost like a mini-Round Robin, whoever comes 1st in it will make a Leinster Final with Galway and whoever comes 2nd will come 3rd in Leinster IMO
Lose and we're under the pump and would realistically need to win our last three games (Possible as Dublin and Offaly are probably 50/50 games and Galway will probably be qualified by the time we play them, could very easily lose all three games at the same time)
Win and we'd be sitting in a very good position, would be a massive psychological boost too and you'd imagine we could get a good crowd in then for the Dublin game
Need to bring massive intensity from the get-go, KK are in a similar enough position to us two years ago going into the Galway game in Wexford Park, we know how that ended so we'll have to be prepared for a backs against the wall performance against KK
This mightn't be the greatest KK team there has ever been but they'll be much better than they were yesterday and while we still might be capable of beating them even if they bring in, a Lord of the Rings quote seems very appropriate: "One does not simply walk into Mordor"
Nothing is ever easy in Nowlan Park but at the same time, this is what Championship hurling is all about, Wexford players should be champing at the bit for the game on Saturday
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1068 - 19/04/2026 19:06:16
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I know it was said by a good few of us after the League game but the game last night was always going to be very different from the March game and Kildare were always going to be a different sort of animal
Tbh, I think intensity is more important than skill in hurling and if you don't blow Kildare away early on (Like Dublin did in the league), then they become a very difficult team play against, they're just very dogged and the game gets very sticky
Their S&C work is very good, they have a clear tactical plan, they have a lot of belief in themselves, and they play with massive intensity, put that altogether and they're just a very hard team to play against
Once we weren't able to build that early lead, they just hung in there and made us grind it out, have to remember that we didn't grind out wins against Westmeath in 2022 and 2023 and then Antrim in 2024 so this in a way represents progress
Tbf, they beat Antrim and Carlow handily in the league at Newbridge and gave Clare a tough enough test at home as well, they're just a difficult team to play against in Newbridge, Kilkenny only pulled away from them late on in the Walsh Cup as well, they're just a tough team to play against and the game last night was played on their terms, not on ours
I suppose it's important to be able to win ugly and this game and the two games against Antrim and Down in the league would fall under the same bracket. Nothing beats winning and at least we have two points on the board now, need to improve our touch as we were a good bit off where we needed to be plus we struggled physically against their backs, those are the two main areas to work on but at least we'll be able to work on them off the back of a win
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1068 - 19/04/2026 22:02:10
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Job done yesterday and I was very happy coming home with two points on the board. We were poor though in fairness and need a vast improvement if we are going to get out of Leinster. I start Liam Ryan full back on Tj next week. If he is fit enough to be on the bench he should be fit enough to start. Any word on donohue, molloy, Byrne, dempsey and codd injuries or if any will be back next week? It is a real pity we missing so much from last year because I think if we had everyone we could probably beat kk on Saturday. We can still beat them but it is a big ask. On to the under 20 and a must win game on wednesday night. It was lovely to see wexford supporters outnumbered kildare supporters yesterday evening.
hunting (Wexford) - Posts: 1201 - 19/04/2026 22:28:06
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Replying To ElGranSenor: "Next week is a massive game; us, KK, Dublin, and Offaly is almost like a mini-Round Robin, whoever comes 1st in it will make a Leinster Final with Galway and whoever comes 2nd will come 3rd in Leinster IMO
Lose and we're under the pump and would realistically need to win our last three games (Possible as Dublin and Offaly are probably 50/50 games and Galway will probably be qualified by the time we play them, could very easily lose all three games at the same time)
Win and we'd be sitting in a very good position, would be a massive psychological boost too and you'd imagine we could get a good crowd in then for the Dublin game
Need to bring massive intensity from the get-go, KK are in a similar enough position to us two years ago going into the Galway game in Wexford Park, we know how that ended so we'll have to be prepared for a backs against the wall performance against KK
This mightn't be the greatest KK team there has ever been but they'll be much better than they were yesterday and while we still might be capable of beating them even if they bring in, a Lord of the Rings quote seems very appropriate: "One does not simply walk into Mordor"
Nothing is ever easy in Nowlan Park but at the same time, this is what Championship hurling is all about, Wexford players should be champing at the bit for the game on Saturday" This Kikenny team may not the greatest is an understatement. They are a poor team and everyone should take advantage of that and not be carrying a fear of their tradition. When Waterford were beaten by 15 points with two regulars and 19 missing from the panel they were labelled useless and called all sorts of names. Kilkenny now have been beaten twice by 15 points by Galway and are just having a bad day. The same when Cork were hammered by Tipp by 15 points. Funny how that goes if you are one of the elites. Wexford go for it and with Galway be the first two qualifiers. Dublin and Offaly have a shot after that and Kildare have at least one good game in them to be spoilers.
Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 3245 - 19/04/2026 22:40:20
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Replying To hunting: "Job done yesterday and I was very happy coming home with two points on the board. We were poor though in fairness and need a vast improvement if we are going to get out of Leinster. I start Liam Ryan full back on Tj next week. If he is fit enough to be on the bench he should be fit enough to start. Any word on donohue, molloy, Byrne, dempsey and codd injuries or if any will be back next week? It is a real pity we missing so much from last year because I think if we had everyone we could probably beat kk on Saturday. We can still beat them but it is a big ask. On to the under 20 and a must win game on wednesday night. It was lovely to see wexford supporters outnumbered kildare supporters yesterday evening." Liam Ryan wasnt even togged out- just done a few runs on sideline. Not a hope he will start on Tj.
countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 966 - 20/04/2026 08:46:49
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Replying To Viking66: "A few random thoughts on the game and the day out overall-
1- Rossiter was much more positive on the line, more vocal, and more decisive. Noticed where things werent right, such as Foley getting dragged out away from the square, and Lawlor getting dragged out of the centre, and constantly shouting at them to get back into position, and at other players to cover the men who had tried to pull our 3 and 6 out of position. Also all 3 of the subs he brought on before the last 10 minutes had a positive effect on the game. Overall a much improved performance from Keith.
2- Maybe that was part of the Bernard Dunne effect?
3- that pitch was worse than any club pitch my kids have ever played on.
4- some of the new lads , 9 or 10 if you include Carley, looked nervous, as was to be expected. Some also looked surprised at the intensity Kildare brought. They will improve that way Im sure. Welcome to Championship hurling lads!
5- Jacko looked rusty, but improved as the game went on. To be expected also.
6- Tipp ref let the game flow. Also to be expected. Thought he had a good game overall.
7- great to have a good lot of lads on the bench who can make a positive impact when they come on, to be honest I dont remember that being the case ever before. At least since the 90s when I first started going to games.
8- The 2 Byrnes especially added a good bit of energy to our performance.
9- Shame Jippo wasnt able come on, even for a cameo, to get a bit of Championship gametime.
10- Fanning was excellent .
11- Chin is still one of the best hurlers in the country.
12- So is Damien Reck.
13- the Bear is a legend, he snuck off and paid for the Eddie Rockets. Again! I only got them Kentucky last time they were down in Wexford for the Naas game. May bring them to the Whitford or somewhere next time!" Agree with it all bar no 6. He Christy Ring level ref.
countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 966 - 20/04/2026 08:49:23
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Wasn't an easy listen on Saturday. OK we finished strongly in the end but really we made heavy weather of it for too long.
Kildare are limited and depend on a few classy players like Sheridan and Boran. I wish them well but I honestly can't see them winning any of their remaining games.
Jippo hopefully will start against Kilkenny.Even though they are most definately not going well at present, they will be like a wounded cat when they run out in Nowlan Park and jippo would I feel be the man to quiten TJ.
This will be a tight close game and if we can step up and improve on our performance against the lilywhites I believe we are capable of getting the two points in the cats own back yard.
Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 662 - 20/04/2026 09:21:19
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Replying To Magpie2: "Wasn't an easy listen on Saturday. OK we finished strongly in the end but really we made heavy weather of it for too long.
Kildare are limited and depend on a few classy players like Sheridan and Boran. I wish them well but I honestly can't see them winning any of their remaining games.
Jippo hopefully will start against Kilkenny.Even though they are most definately not going well at present, they will be like a wounded cat when they run out in Nowlan Park and jippo would I feel be the man to quiten TJ.
This will be a tight close game and if we can step up and improve on our performance against the lilywhites I believe we are capable of getting the two points in the cats own back yard." Happy with the result on Saturday. Performance was patchy although we did improve in the second half. Thought the backs done well in general. Chin was outstanding again. Next weekend we really need the other forwards to step up. Was disappointed in some of their performances. Massive game next weekend in Kilkenny. If we can win its a huge step to qualifying . Kilkenny will be hurting but also low on confidence so we need to attack them from the off. Any news on the injury front are Cian Molloy or Donohoe likely to be fit. Do lads think Jippo will feature? Hopefully a good wexford crowd travel up its a big opportunity for us
Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 973 - 20/04/2026 10:13:19
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Replying To countyman2022: "Agree with it all bar no 6. He Christy Ring level ref." Same ref from Dublin game last year…
OpenStandWall (Wexford) - Posts: 351 - 20/04/2026 10:21:30
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Replying To countyman2022: "Liam Ryan wasnt even togged out- just done a few runs on sideline. Not a hope he will start on Tj." TJ Reid does very little running these days either but is still very strong in the air. If Ryan is any way fit then he should start on him. Most of our other defenders are weak in the air. Donnelly is a loss for them in that regard too.
Need to take the game to KK early on. The natives in the stands likely to get very restless if we can get any kind of run on them. Neither team going to go very far this season on the evidence of play through league and championship.
Timbertony (Wexford) - Posts: 538 - 20/04/2026 10:51:33
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