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Replying To Waltermitty2: "What are you waffling about? What has me not posting about our minor and u20 team got to do with our senior teams shambles? If there was a positive post to be written i would write it. When did our seniors last win a competetive game apart from westmeath?" I haven't read all the posts yet but I'm allowing the negatives have been well covered at this stage!
So positives to be drawn-
1- we created good goal chances although we only took 2. After a poor opening to the 2nd half we created a good chance that led to the penalty, about which the least said the better. That 4 point swing was the losing of the game.
2- we didn't suffer any serious injuries and got good minutes into lads like Oisin and Jippo who are coming back.
3- 2 of our 5 best players were missing, Lee and Damien, but both will hopefully be back soon, as hopefully will Carty.
4- Mogie was excellent, and one of the main reasons we created goal chances. Has to play inside.
5- Rory O Connor- what a player.
6- Matthew is playing as well as last year, his best in years.
7- After a shakey nervous first 10 or so minutes Conor Hearne was excellent. Nailed on starter for me for the next few games
8- Kevin Foley looked really good when he came on. If we are going to play a holding midfielder/sweeper/plus one he is the man. That will free Dee to play more an orthodox midfielder. Our shape that looked poor all game with Reck and Jippo dragged out the field looked way better when he came on.
9- the biggest positive for me- Jacko played like an intercounty hurler. Couple of misses aside and 1 intercepted diagonal pass, he showed heart, was mobile, caught some ball and showed his skilful side.
10- we have what I thought was our most difficult fixture by miles done now, and we only lost by 6 points thanks to Galways wastefulness. Might be really important come the final reckoning. We should've tacked on the handy points at the end instead of going for more goals though.
All that considered here's the team I'd pick going forwards-
Lawlor
Shane Reck, Jippo, Devitt/Donohue
Matthew, Damien, Ian Carty/Devitt
Kevin
Dee, Conor Hearne
Jacko, Lee, Oisin
Rory, Mogie
I think that team will win the next 4 games and get us to a Leinster final and win it.
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Replying To Waltermitty2: "What are you waffling about? What has me not posting about our minor and u20 team got to do with our senior teams shambles? If there was a positive post to be written i would write it. When did our seniors last win a competetive game apart from westmeath?" Your not fooling anyone,in a parrell universe we could win an All Ireland final by 20 points you wouldn't be here posting anything,you just emerge from from the bushes after defeats, was the case even before this year, trolls like you who offer no opinions just petty digs need to be called out and challenged.
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Replying To goreyll: "Yes it has been actually if you take his 10 years and over 100 appearances, how quickly we forget" I should have said his more recent penalty taking record…he's missed at least 5/6 in last 5 years or so.
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Replying To ChinCanHurl: "Who the F is going to take the frees. We are bolloxed now." Rory didn't miss one
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16905 - 22/04/2023 21:53:01
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Replying To beano: "Excellent start with the two goals and encouraging to be level at half-time considering we lost Chin and Reck before throw-in (well certainly the latter). But a worrying drop-off thereafter. Don't know what Mac was doing with the penalty, but that miss was the turning point. Rory or Jacko should have taken it. At the end of the day, they scored twice as many points as us despite us spooking them early on.
Thought O'Hanlon was our best defender by a mile, kept Whelan quiet. It was the worst Reck has played since emerging as a starter and got destroyed by Niland, though I felt we left too much space up front for him to exploit. Devitt was pushed forward without affecting the game too much, and Foley held his own for his first start.
Hearne and Dee got through a lot of work in the first half but faded thereafter, and Mogie was our most consistent forward and took his goal very well. Dunbar hit two nice points and Jacko was good off the bench- I also felt that first wide was a point. I simply do not understand why we played ROC so deep though especially when we were already down one marquee forward. I get he is our most natural gifted player and has everything in his locker, but Galway were surely delighted to see him in a withdrawn role.
Thought the referee made a few questionable calls against us, in the first half especially, but I didn't expect to emerge with a win over there either. We still get buffeted off the ball too easily but at least our free-taking wasn't an issue today.
Next weekend is the more important game of our first two though. Antrim had a decent draw with Dublin but are definitely harder to beat up there- get Chin and Damo back, put in a performance over the 70 and I expect us to win." Reading the posts now. Decent positive post Beano.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16905 - 22/04/2023 21:53:56
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Replying To Purpleandgold72: "Why do wexford have such problems converting penalties? We may not have won anyhow but it would have been a real boost if it had gone in. Surely Rory or Jack could have hit it. Conor missed his last pen for wexford too. And why was Rory positioned so deep in the 2nd half when we needed scores. What was Egan thinking of." It was more of a backpass to the keeper. The 4 point swing killed any chance we had of winning.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16905 - 22/04/2023 21:54:45
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Replying To Waltermitty2: "Hurled to our ability yet again. Its nearly a crime that jacko is left on the line behind certain starters who dont even stand out with their club. We were very lucky with the two goals and that galway were so poor." 1st decent performance by Jacko since 2019.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16905 - 22/04/2023 21:55:49
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Replying To hunting: "Our star forward taking line ball in his own full back line, enough said, why was D O Keefe taken off? Efan has to go in my opinion" Not the first time he's taken O'Keefe off when there was no obvious reason to do so. He took him off against Clare in Thurles last June in the championship with about 15 minutes left when we were winning. O'Keefe had been playing well too. We duly collapsed after that as we missed his ability to read dangerous situations and mop up loose ball.
Purpleandgold72 (Wexford) - Posts: 276 - 22/04/2023 21:55:58
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Replying To Wexgirl96: "No game plan. No aerial ball winner in the forwards. No goal threatening forward. Mcdonald not suited to two man forward line. Doesn't have the speed. Breaking the ball down to no one!!
Can't understand playing Rory so far from the goal. Baffles me. Hate to say it but had a feeling Mac would miss. It was a massive turning point. Rory done well on frees would of let him take it.
Chin was a huge loss. His aerial ability alone. His leadership. He creates such space for the likes of O Connor and Dunbar. Very disappointing 2nd half.
Backs did OK but the wexford half was so crowded, very defensive......" Conor Mac hasn't suited modern intercounty hurling in a few years now. Apart from the penalty not giving the easy handpass to Mogie in the 1st half and instead turning into trouble and then trying the flashy over the shoulder shot was just criminal in a team sport.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16905 - 22/04/2023 22:00:08
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Replying To TerribleFootwork: "Playing Rory as sweeper after Dee went off was criminal especially when Chin wasn't involved, that's our 2 best forwards right there,14 scores even allowing for the conditions is very poor, looked to be no shape in terms of forward play, full credit to McGovern and O'Hanlon 2 absolute warriors, today was never going to define our year but the next 2 weekends certainly will go a long way to doing so." Kevin is the only man for that job. Hes years of experience doing it and is probably the best in the country at it. We finally looked solid when he came on.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16905 - 22/04/2023 22:03:53
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Replying To Finchfurlong996: "They call me negative! Look, Antrim will be a tough game but we will get over them next week. Lawlor was solid in goals, Foley was very good as well. Loosing by 6 away to Galway isn't that bad considering everything that has happened this year. You loose Chin and Reck, two of the most important players in the spine of your team before throw in. We are literally having no luck this year at all. By the Dublin game I expect us to be playing far more cohesive if we can keep the same 15 with Chin and Reck hopefully back. You may be right about Egan. I have my doubts but we see after championship what happens. If he fails this year, you'd imagine he'll be replaced.
On a brighter note I read on Twitter that the Celtic challenge teams are flying it. One of the teams beat Cork and another beat Waterford and Dublin. U20s, i thought were very good and unlucky not to beat Galway last night. Wouldn't surprise me if their in a Leinster final. Green shoots and all!" Brilliant post
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16905 - 22/04/2023 22:04:55
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Replying To Magpie2: "I don't like being negative but I couldn't believe it when Rory started in the half back line. Total madness to say the least. A natural scoring forward and he is put back there!!!!
Mac should not have taken the penalty. Jacko has a much stronger strike and I really think he would have hit the net.
We started welll and finished well. It's the huge chunk in the middle that worries me.
Chin was a massive loss and we have nobody that comes remotely near.
I would be very concerned about our remaining games. Okay we might beat Antrim and Westmeath but based on that performance I wouldn't be sure of getting into the top3.
Damiens loss left gaping holes down the middle.conor Foley hadn't the experienc or knowhow to cope against a powerful Galway half forward line.
A 6 point loss flattered us greatly." It did and that might make our season!
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16905 - 22/04/2023 22:05:58
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Replying To Waltermitty2: "So you think its ok to have bang average club players at best starting ahead of one of our best forwards?" He's not shown his club form ever for the county. That was his best performance. He was good and I'm really happy for him, for us, and the team going forwards.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16905 - 22/04/2023 22:07:15
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Replying To Waltermitty2: "Thats not true. Id be writing posts every weekend if that were the case. Anyone that follows the club scene in wexford that aint deluded can see that the selection of certain players is crazy. Its as if manager and selectors are complete spoofers which is very, very common in the gaa." Ah this is getting tedious lad. For about the 30th time in the last god knows how many years name these players who aren't getting picked!
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16905 - 22/04/2023 22:08:39
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Replying To hunting: "Our star forward taking line ball in his own full back line, enough said, why was D O Keefe taken off? Efan has to go in my opinion" Dee was knackered. If anything Egan should've subbed him and Oisin 10 minutes before he did.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16905 - 22/04/2023 22:09:36
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Replying To Waltermitty2: "What are you waffling about? What has me not posting about our minor and u20 team got to do with our senior teams shambles? If there was a positive post to be written i would write it. When did our seniors last win a competetive game apart from westmeath?" Can't remember your last positive post lad and Im posting on this myself a fair while now......
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16905 - 22/04/2023 22:10:36
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Galway the better team, penalty miss and score up the other end was big turning point. I know it was a brief cameo but I do like the look of Richie Lawlor he has great potential and that game today will stand to young Conor Foley 19 year old play centre back. Liam og and Hanlon our two best players but Hearne Dok, Rory and Devitt we good as well. How bad is the injuries to Chin and Reck?to lose u centre forward and Centre back just before throw in is a massive blow for any team.
hunting (Wexford) - Posts: 1150 - 22/04/2023 22:13:12
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One more positive post before I leave McDonald's in Kilkenny and make the last part of the journey home the stewards and staff up in Salthill were excellent, as were the Galway fans around us. Kids had a great time up there!
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16905 - 22/04/2023 22:14:55
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Replying To Viking66: "Conor Mac hasn't suited modern intercounty hurling in a few years now. Apart from the penalty not giving the easy handpass to Mogie in the 1st half and instead turning into trouble and then trying the flashy over the shoulder shot was just criminal in a team sport." Jacko made a good impact today when he came on. I know some people won't agree with this but I would keep Jacko as an impact sub.
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Replying To Viking66: "I haven't read all the posts yet but I'm allowing the negatives have been well covered at this stage!
So positives to be drawn-
1- we created good goal chances although we only took 2. After a poor opening to the 2nd half we created a good chance that led to the penalty, about which the least said the better. That 4 point swing was the losing of the game.
2- we didn't suffer any serious injuries and got good minutes into lads like Oisin and Jippo who are coming back.
3- 2 of our 5 best players were missing, Lee and Damien, but both will hopefully be back soon, as hopefully will Carty.
4- Mogie was excellent, and one of the main reasons we created goal chances. Has to play inside.
5- Rory O Connor- what a player.
6- Matthew is playing as well as last year, his best in years.
7- After a shakey nervous first 10 or so minutes Conor Hearne was excellent. Nailed on starter for me for the next few games
8- Kevin Foley looked really good when he came on. If we are going to play a holding midfielder/sweeper/plus one he is the man. That will free Dee to play more an orthodox midfielder. Our shape that looked poor all game with Reck and Jippo dragged out the field looked way better when he came on.
9- the biggest positive for me- Jacko played like an intercounty hurler. Couple of misses aside and 1 intercepted diagonal pass, he showed heart, was mobile, caught some ball and showed his skilful side.
10- we have what I thought was our most difficult fixture by miles done now, and we only lost by 6 points thanks to Galways wastefulness. Might be really important come the final reckoning. We should've tacked on the handy points at the end instead of going for more goals though.
All that considered here's the team I'd pick going forwards-
Lawlor
Shane Reck, Jippo, Devitt/Donohue
Matthew, Damien, Ian Carty/Devitt
Kevin
Dee, Conor Hearne
Jacko, Lee, Oisin
Rory, Mogie
I think that team will win the next 4 games and get us to a Leinster final and win it." Id disagree with 7 but have to concede that things are not as bad as i first thought after reading your post. With that team you named we are capable of getting results but will we see that team start at any stage?
Waltermitty2 (Wexford) - Posts: 278 - 22/04/2023 22:21:22
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