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Replying To Formertownie: "Lads what does all this say to a fella who concentrates on hurling only . Only to be left at home when potentially one of our best footballers decides to give hurling a go at intercounty . Why do we do this .
He's big athletic etc etc . Don't get me wrong I hope he is a huge success but then at underage county u can only pick one .
Is nt it a bit hypocritical to be influencing young lads And then say yea u done what we asked but we think he s better jeep hurling knly thiugh u might joke it one day .
It happens in clubs too . U have to be hurking all the time they say . Specialise they say ???"

Am not sure I understand your point.

What do you propose should have been said to Barry O'Connor? Something like "yes, you're a promising hurler, and many think you could be a benefit to our county team next year, but we're not even going to give you a chance because you chose to concentrate on football for a few years instead" ??

Also bear in mind the training panel could be 60 or more at the outset. If other years are anything to go by, it'll be cut to 35-ish before the League. If O'Connor hasn't shown enough by then, he stands to be one of those dropped. And all of the lads who've concentrated mainly or wholly all along, that you mention, will have had every chance to show that they could potentially bring more to the senior hurling set-up than O'Connor could, and so they should be among the ones kept on instead.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 4161 - 30/10/2026 13:24:43 2698984

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