Replying To Viking66:  "Damien Reck and Kevin Foley were our best players by a country mile yesterday. Think they are 27/8 and 30/31? Lee is 33, Jippo is 30/31 but wasnt anywhere near his best Saturday, although it was great to see him get those minutes as we will need him fully on form for 2 weeks time. Same with Shane Reck who is 28/9 I think. Hopefully all those lads have a couple more years left in them. Rory O'Connor is 27/8 also, Barry around the same if he comes back and gives hurling a proper lash. Conor Hearne around the same also.
We will need them all until more of the 20-23 year olds get up to 25. And hopefully we will have a better conveyor belt of talented lads following them every year by then also."

Replying To ElGranSenor:  "Lack of good players between the ages of 25 and 27 is killing us right now"

Replying To ElGranSenor:  "Would go with something like the following the next day injury permitting:

Fanning

Donohoe
Jippo
Shane Reck

Damien Reck
Cian Molloy
Conor Foley

Conor Hearne
Richie Lawlor

Jacko
Chin
Cillian Byrne

Simon Roche
Kevin Foley
Seán Rowley

Jacko didn't hurl well yesterday but we need size in that half-forward-line and you'd have to hope his performance was down to being ring-rusty (For as much as he has been hit and miss with Wexford)

Think they're going to put Eoin O'Donnell on Chin so may as well put Chin at #11 and allow him to roam, try to pull O'Donnell out of position

Cillian Byrne's not a big wing-forward and you wouldn't be asking him to win high ball but he has a lot of pace and I'd like to see him running at speed into the spaces vacated by O'Donnell if he follows Chin

Dublin defence can be got at with pace, important that we have Rowley and Cillian Byrne in our attack to try exploit that

They're surely going to start Hetherton as well and go after us, Jippo is much better equipped to handle him than anyone else we have, KK moved Reid away from goal and tried to drag Jippo out and then attach the space vacated, don't think Dublin will do that, they'll probably go the direct route to Hetherton

But most importantly, intensity levels need to be upped significantly, nothing else really matters if you don't bring the intensity, the next day isn't technically win or bust for us but it essentially is as we're relying on favours elsewhere if we lose, need to get the KK loss out of our system and move on, players need to show that they are much better than that performance yesterday"

Replying To ElGranSenor:  "Would go with something like the following the next day injury permitting:

Fanning

Donohoe
Jippo
Shane Reck

Damien Reck
Cian Molloy
Conor Foley

Conor Hearne
Richie Lawlor

Jacko
Chin
Cillian Byrne

Simon Roche
Kevin Foley
Seán Rowley

Jacko didn't hurl well yesterday but we need size in that half-forward-line and you'd have to hope his performance was down to being ring-rusty (For as much as he has been hit and miss with Wexford)

Think they're going to put Eoin O'Donnell on Chin so may as well put Chin at #11 and allow him to roam, try to pull O'Donnell out of position

Cillian Byrne's not a big wing-forward and you wouldn't be asking him to win high ball but he has a lot of pace and I'd like to see him running at speed into the spaces vacated by O'Donnell if he follows Chin

Dublin defence can be got at with pace, important that we have Rowley and Cillian Byrne in our attack to try exploit that

They're surely going to start Hetherton as well and go after us, Jippo is much better equipped to handle him than anyone else we have, KK moved Reid away from goal and tried to drag Jippo out and then attach the space vacated, don't think Dublin will do that, they'll probably go the direct route to Hetherton

But most importantly, intensity levels need to be upped significantly, nothing else really matters if you don't bring the intensity, the next day isn't technically win or bust for us but it essentially is as we're relying on favours elsewhere if we lose, need to get the KK loss out of our system and move on, players need to show that they are much better than that performance yesterday"

Replying To foreveryoung:  "It doesn't really matter, does it?

Wexford hasn't been able to consistently beat Kilkenny since the 1950's! Yes, there was a purple patch in the mid70's! But late wins like 2004 and round-robin games when KK has already qualified don't cut any mustard.

Wexford had a chance to cutthroat their greatest rival today. Instead what happened! They lid on their yellow bellies.

I don't even know if Richie Reid hurled today or not. It's totally irrelevant.

From now on here, please try to concern yourself with the more important aspects of the Wexford game!

It is not good how low Wexford is, and all your if this and if that, and we did that, and trashing out statistics about beating KK in games that DIDN'T MATTER helps no one, and actually only serves to paper over the obvious cracks that are there in Wexford hurling!"

Replying To ElGranSenor:  "Would go with something like the following the next day injury permitting:

Fanning

Donohoe
Jippo
Shane Reck

Damien Reck
Cian Molloy
Conor Foley

Conor Hearne
Richie Lawlor

Jacko
Chin
Cillian Byrne

Simon Roche
Kevin Foley
Seán Rowley

Jacko didn't hurl well yesterday but we need size in that half-forward-line and you'd have to hope his performance was down to being ring-rusty (For as much as he has been hit and miss with Wexford)

Think they're going to put Eoin O'Donnell on Chin so may as well put Chin at #11 and allow him to roam, try to pull O'Donnell out of position

Cillian Byrne's not a big wing-forward and you wouldn't be asking him to win high ball but he has a lot of pace and I'd like to see him running at speed into the spaces vacated by O'Donnell if he follows Chin

Dublin defence can be got at with pace, important that we have Rowley and Cillian Byrne in our attack to try exploit that

They're surely going to start Hetherton as well and go after us, Jippo is much better equipped to handle him than anyone else we have, KK moved Reid away from goal and tried to drag Jippo out and then attach the space vacated, don't think Dublin will do that, they'll probably go the direct route to Hetherton

But most importantly, intensity levels need to be upped significantly, nothing else really matters if you don't bring the intensity, the next day isn't technically win or bust for us but it essentially is as we're relying on favours elsewhere if we lose, need to get the KK loss out of our system and move on, players need to show that they are much better than that performance yesterday"

Replying To Doylerwex:  "Damien Reck is the best hurler we have."

Replying To icehonesty:  "The Wexford club hurling scene is poor. Fitness and conditioning levels are sub par, coaching is poor, tactical awareness is behind the times. Our county team is a reflection of this. The players in the panel are good lads, but they're all coming from too far back."

Replying To Doylerwex:  "That's exactly it. Davy didn't bring enough lads in. Even Richie Lawlor, patsy, Redmond are behind where they should be. I think they'll come good though."

Replying To Viking66:  "Jacko didnt hurl well in Newbridge either"

Replying To Yellowhelmet:  "I wouldn't start Jacko based on last 2 outings. I know he needs time but not at the races at all."