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The difference between a sub and an impact sub is that an impact sub is someone who is good enough to start but you keep him back to finish. An ordinary sub is just someone who isn't good enough to make the 1st 15.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 12224 - 03/05/2024 08:30:22 2542570 Link 1 |
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JC might start anyway. No knowing if the team starts as named.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 12224 - 03/05/2024 08:31:44 2542571 Link 1 |
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If Glynn is to be involved he should start this week. Might as well find out now what he has to offer, not in Croke Park on July 6-7th. Personally I have grave doubts about what contribution he can make. Am happy to be proved wrong though.
SixtiesKid (Galway) - Posts: 308 - 03/05/2024 08:55:19 2542574 Link 1 |
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It will be up to us to prove you wrong. I don't think bar a few lads that most of your hurlers are any better than any of our lads, and the best of our lads would be as good as them . You have 7 lads starting that played in the Walsh Cup Final, with 4 more on the bench. We will have around the same. If we actually hurl for 70 minutes we should win. But that's a big ask of this group. We have a nearly fully fit panel for the 1st time since 2019. They have no excuses.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 12224 - 03/05/2024 09:46:55 2542585 Link 1 |
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I think Galway will be raging too. They are not playing the way Henry and O'Shea wants them to play and are in the "must do better" category. Tomorrow is the litmus test to see if they finally click on at least most aspects of the game that management envisage.
tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3391 - 03/05/2024 09:47:58 2542586 Link 1 |
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galway are no world beaters either it might be closer than you think...
munsterchamps (Limerick) - Posts: 1111 - 03/05/2024 11:53:45 2542613 Link 1 |
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Limerick feel like 'world beaters'. Do you know who I am, and all that malarkey. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3498 - 03/05/2024 12:15:44 2542618 Link 1 |
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Bold assumption there that the players 'are not playing the way Henry and O'Shea wants them to play' Perhaps they are playing exactly how the management want them to? This is a management who sent a team out with one freetaker, and (with due respect to him as he is a fine hurler) a reliable freetaker at the highest level he is not, as has been demonstrated before, and waited far too long to fix this by introducing our best dead ball man. You could argue Evan Niland pulled our management's backside out of the bacon slicer last weekend and he hasn't been given nearly enough credit for this in my opinion. Which is odd, because if the lack of fanfare about what he did equates to an expectation of excellence from him, then what sane management would have left him out in the first place? You would think someone else was responsible for choosing the team and tactics, the way you talk about the players being in a 'must do better' category. Because if the players are in such a category, they certainly aren't there on their own. What is 'the game that our management envisage' anyway? I'd honestly like you to explain it to me because we looked like a shapeless mess on Sunday last for a lot of the game. My belief is that our senior players are currently pulling us out of holes which are largely being created on the sideline. For example, they took far too long to take steps to rectify a midfield sector which was taking on water from midway through the first half last weekend. We were 4 points down with 10 left, two down in stoppage time and it wasn't anything the sideline did that salvaged a draw: it was the refusal of our senior players to give up the fight and accept the result. Which is something that also hasn't been given nearly enough credit. If a team did that in Munster we would be hearing about it for weeks. Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 857 - 03/05/2024 12:40:53 2542627 Link 2 |
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True of course I nearly forgot that line - modesty and humility is definitely in their DNA down there! lol
tommy k (Galway) - Posts: 3391 - 03/05/2024 12:47:54 2542632 Link 3 |
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I'd say Galway's ceiling is higher than Wexford's, but equally, Wexford are more likely to hit their ceiling than Galway are. It's difficult to call it with any huge confidence in either direction IMO Stool Pigeon (Galway) - Posts: 857 - 03/05/2024 12:55:00 2542636 Link 1 |
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Ill have a pint of what your having must be good stuff.
Tiger1 (Wexford) - Posts: 241 - 03/05/2024 16:21:15 2542692 Link 1 |
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A fairly reasonable assessment I think. I think there's a little more at stake for us which has me leaning, or hoping for an overdue championship win. In the last few years we've turned up for this fixture every second year so we're due a performance at least. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 2749 - 03/05/2024 18:01:32 2542701 Link 1 |
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Fairly disrespectful to a county that is your superior in the context of Liam McCarthy.
Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 2749 - 03/05/2024 18:02:33 2542703 Link 1 |
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Martin Storey won't be togging out tomorrow as far as I'm aware Wexford have 1 point after playing Antrim and Dublin. Their tactics seem to be to just launch it on top of Lee Chin If Galway have any designs on challenging some of the top teams then it should be a routine victory Kinvara (Galway) - Posts: 140 - 03/05/2024 22:08:51 2542725 Link 1 |
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Amazing the some of the Galway contributers have to make nasty comments based on heresay to show how envious they ate.
aloneitstands (Limerick) - Posts: 66 - 03/05/2024 22:12:29 2542726 Link 1 |
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I'll have a pint of it too…..lol. I believe it will be close one way or another. Galway can afford a bad result whereas Wexford can NOT. Should be great hurling regardless. Hon Galway!
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2144 - 03/05/2024 22:47:08 2542736 Link 0 |
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Our superior in the Liam McCarthy? Liam McCarthy Galway 5 Wexford 5 Sam Maguire Galway 9 Wexford 0 I wonder how Galway would have fared if they concentrated on one code only. If the hurlers had the likes of D Comer, S Walsh, C McDaid, S Kelly… or the footballers had the likes of Dáithí, The Mannions, The Cooneys, the other Burkes… I won't give you the record of club AIs, it would only upset you more! Going strictly by the above record, today's game should be tight. baire (Galway) - Posts: 1849 - 04/05/2024 08:14:15 2542754 Link 1 |
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I was actually surprised to see the top scorer in this fixture is actually Rory o Connor
Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 2749 - 04/05/2024 09:36:47 2542756 Link 1 |
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Wexford have 6 all Irelands in senior intercounty hurling. 5 in football with 4 in a rowe. Nobody cares about club or underage. Galway is a remarkable hurling county. Particularly given how you're alone in your Provence, but you must admit you've massively under achieved where it matters. I'm not trying to invite you into an argument. I was responding to an incredibly disrespectful comment. The fact remains you wish you had our record against Kilkenny. I always liked Galway. I remember the passion of the supporters in the 07 quarter final particularly. Ollie canning was probably my favourite non Wexford player back in the day. Eugene cloonan too. Since you've entered Leinster, produced one all time great and one all Ireland a good number of those supporters have developed a massive chip on your shoulder that's harmful to our game. I would generally have had a soft spot for Galway, but you better respect us. We're all trying to keep our game alive. Stop ruining it. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 2749 - 04/05/2024 09:43:59 2542760 Link 1 |
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In fairness given Galway's free pass to the All Ire semi final for decades, your AI record is shocking. Wexfords is much more impressive
LohansRedHelmet (Clare) - Posts: 2506 - 04/05/2024 10:09:37 2542765 Link 1 |