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Replying To Afinestick: "Heard the minors were beaten by Kildare on Saturday . Given the schools struggles in Leinster what has gone wrong with underage hurling in the county? I hate to say it but it seems we are slipping again" The under 20s were also badly beaten by Westmeath yesterday morning in a challenge match 3-16 to 1-I'm I am not that shocked by the Kildare result, they bet us in the Leinster championship under 20 not so long ago. Wexford wouldn't want to be caught napping or some of the Joe McDonagh counties could catch up. Past hurler (None) - Posts: 970 - 13/02/2023 20:11:12 2458168 Link
Replying To Magpie2: "As I see it we must improve significantly to come anyway close to the big boys in the round Robin series this year. Rory, Mathew, Chin and to a lesser extent Jacko will add strength and experience. Let's hope the injuries clear up and the above-mentioned get some gametime under their belts before the serious business starts in April. A little worried about D Okeeffe. He hasn't hit top form so far but I'm sure he will up his game pretty soon. The wides count is simply unacceptable and I'm sure Darragh is working on that poor aspect of our play.we have a good crop of players now and the new kids are getting plenty of minutes on the pitch, unlike when Davy was here. A win against Clare would boost morale and looking at them and Limerick its very possible but only if we bring our A game. Limerick and Cork are going to be tough assignments with both of them away, but if we can live with them over the two games and not cave in then it will be good preparation for later on." In fairness looking in from the outside Darragh is trying to build a stronger team and stronger squad and plenty of boys getting some game time which is good and should be vital later in the year. I wouldn't be too worried about some of the wayward shooting now - I think once the pitches harden up it will also suit slot if your players KaiserChief (Galway) - Posts: 17 - 13/02/2023 20:29:14 2458169 Link
As far as I know Wexford u18/19s played Westmeaths U20 team yesterday!! That's for players not involved in the 20s squad!!!mark rossiter oulart and Micheal Doyle Glynn barntown are involved with them as far as I'm aware!! The minors are really in trial mode I think they played 2 games the weekend got bet by Clare and Kildare no idea of the scores!!!think Rodger Ennis the horeswood manager last year is involved with Mick Jacob oulart and Richie kehoe of the harriers JJ Doyle I think aswell!!! Don't know much more than that but it looks to be a good management set up anyway!!!hopefully they do well this year at u20 and minor because we need as many coming through as possible,alot of our main men in there 30s now and won't be around for ever!!!all our second string I feel are still a long way off the pace!!! theboys (Wexford) - Posts: 284 - 13/02/2023 21:19:20 2458175 Link
Based on schools, you couldn't expect much from the minors this year. Even GCC had far more KK hurlers starting then Wexford lads which is rare normally. Billy Byrne said it, we have to get the schools sorted. If your school's are performing well it's a good sign regardless. Last year, overall, I think our schools did okay. This year has been bad. We do have a strong u14 team from all accounts, performed well in their competitions. Need groups like that every few years to be a serious force not one every decade. Just frustrates me, every time I hear a county board member on the radio or a podcast they say everything is going well at underage. If they think the results were getting over the last decade at underage is good enough, then there are problems. Finchfurlong996 (Wexford) - Posts: 255 - 13/02/2023 21:22:31 2458176 Link
Replying To Past hurler: "The under 20s were also badly beaten by Westmeath yesterday morning in a challenge match 3-16 to 1-I'm I am not that shocked by the Kildare result, they bet us in the Leinster championship under 20 not so long ago. Wexford wouldn't want to be caught napping or some of the Joe McDonagh counties could catch up." Regards the U20's, would I be right to say that alot of the better u20 players are with the seniors currently? Not all will be staying with the seniors and will play u20 this year. Conor Foley as an example. However, don't think he'll be involved with the U20s this year under the silly current rules. Finchfurlong996 (Wexford) - Posts: 255 - 13/02/2023 21:26:54 2458180 Link
Replying To Past hurler: "The under 20s were also badly beaten by Westmeath yesterday morning in a challenge match 3-16 to 1-I'm I am not that shocked by the Kildare result, they bet us in the Leinster championship under 20 not so long ago. Wexford wouldn't want to be caught napping or some of the Joe McDonagh counties could catch up." Do you have any idea what sort of team Wexford had out in that? I wouldn't be jumping to conclusions until I had that information, they scored 9 goals in challenge game against Antrim last month with a strong team out. TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 13/02/2023 21:30:12 2458181 Link
Replying To Past hurler: "The under 20s were also badly beaten by Westmeath yesterday morning in a challenge match 3-16 to 1-I'm I am not that shocked by the Kildare result, they bet us in the Leinster championship under 20 not so long ago. Wexford wouldn't want to be caught napping or some of the Joe McDonagh counties could catch up." Apparently according to another poster on their thread it was an u19 team we fielded. Certainly Conor Foley and Cory Byrne Dunbar weren't playing anyway! Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16694 - 13/02/2023 21:33:30 2458183 Link
There's a danger in reading too much into league games and there's an even bigger danger in reading too much into Minor/U20 results at this time of the year. How would you know how strong a team Wexford had out unless you had some personal connections to the team? ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 608 - 13/02/2023 21:37:49 2458185 Link
Replying To Past hurler: "The under 20s were also badly beaten by Westmeath yesterday morning in a challenge match 3-16 to 1-I'm I am not that shocked by the Kildare result, they bet us in the Leinster championship under 20 not so long ago. Wexford wouldn't want to be caught napping or some of the Joe McDonagh counties could catch up." Wexford Minors played and beat Tipperary on Saturday. The Celtic Challenge team which is our second team lost to Kildare's first team in a competitive game. Wexford have a development panel of 18 and 19 year olds who lost to Westmeaths Under 20 team yesterday. The development panel are working away on a programme to develop them for the future. The get gym sessions before school twice a week and hurling at the weekend up to March and then go back to their clubs. Wexford U 20s played a game v Limerick yesterday and lost by 3/4 points with to of our players playing senior Don`t let the facts get in a way of a bad news story. wexfordwin (Wexford) - Posts: 191 - 13/02/2023 21:46:49 2458186 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Hopefully Shane Reck will be fit. Almost certain Ryan won't be." I'd say you're right, dead leg shouldn't take 3 weeks to recover from different story for a broken finger. TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 13/02/2023 21:50:01 2458187 Link
Replying To zinny: "Get rid of development squads and focus on the schools. The bigger schools tend to have their own in house coaches anyway but could always do better. We need to broaden the catchment and schools are the best place to do it." So are you thinking of having the schools open during the summer months? Are you going to ask the poor teachers to come in during their short summer holidays? hurlorhurley (Wexford) - Posts: 1660 - 14/02/2023 09:15:38 2458197 Link
Replying To Yellow: "Light shows cost nothing? You can't have light shows without floodlights Floodlights are totally redundant come championship - I am sure they cost a fortune to put up and will result in a fairly hefty ESB bill for Wexford park too I just think that money could have been invested in player development" Wexford v Dublin footballers in last years championship finished in near darkness, so I suspect for a bad evening in late April floodlights will be a blessing. Also looking forward to some Saturday evening county championship semi-finals under lights in Wexford Park. Wexford GAA in fairness cannot be accused of not investing in development - S& C programs in all second level schools now, development officers linked with a number of schools, High Performance Director for Wexford Hurling. hurlorhurley (Wexford) - Posts: 1660 - 14/02/2023 09:20:12 2458198 Link
Replying To wexfordwin: "Wexford Minors played and beat Tipperary on Saturday. The Celtic Challenge team which is our second team lost to Kildare's first team in a competitive game. Wexford have a development panel of 18 and 19 year olds who lost to Westmeaths Under 20 team yesterday. The development panel are working away on a programme to develop them for the future. The get gym sessions before school twice a week and hurling at the weekend up to March and then go back to their clubs. Wexford U 20s played a game v Limerick yesterday and lost by 3/4 points with to of our players playing senior Don`t let the facts get in a way of a bad news story." Thanks for that wexfordwin . Maybe we jumped to conclusions too quickly. The ridiculous under 20 rule could really impact us this year as Conor Foley or Corey Byrne Dunbar could feature in championship especially if we pick up injuries. Afinestick (Wexford) - Posts: 999 - 14/02/2023 09:45:29 2458201 Link
Replying To wexfordwin: "Wexford Minors played and beat Tipperary on Saturday. The Celtic Challenge team which is our second team lost to Kildare's first team in a competitive game. Wexford have a development panel of 18 and 19 year olds who lost to Westmeaths Under 20 team yesterday. The development panel are working away on a programme to develop them for the future. The get gym sessions before school twice a week and hurling at the weekend up to March and then go back to their clubs. Wexford U 20s played a game v Limerick yesterday and lost by 3/4 points with to of our players playing senior Don`t let the facts get in a way of a bad news story." Great to get good positive news for a change! Not that you'd be reading too much into any results at this time of year, good or bad. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16694 - 14/02/2023 09:49:38 2458202 Link
Replying To Afinestick: "Thanks for that wexfordwin . Maybe we jumped to conclusions too quickly. The ridiculous under 20 rule could really impact us this year as Conor Foley or Corey Byrne Dunbar could feature in championship especially if we pick up injuries." I'd be hoping they play with their own age group along with Pepper. We haven't won an underage AI since the 60s and I think we should have a good u20 team this year with those 3 lads on the team. I'd be imagining Foley would be centreback instead of fullback again and Byrne Dunbar and Pepper would be a real handful in the full forward line. Cian Byrne, JJ Twalmey and Shamey O Hagan are still u20 also up front. Along with younger lads like the 2 Lukes Murphy and Roche, Simon Roche, Darby Purcell and Cillian Byrne scoring shouldn't be a problem . While we haven't even won a Leinster at u20/1 in 8 years we came very close last year and even closer in 2018. And this year's u20 team might be better than all those teams at least on paper. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16694 - 14/02/2023 10:13:17 2458207 Link
Wouldn't put much pass on underage challenge results this time of year. As has been pointed out a good few of the u20's are in with the seniors at the moment. Others are involved with their colleges in the freshers championships. Last year the u20's got a few beatings in challenge games v cork. Cork didn't even get out of Munster and we were close to beating the all Ireland champions. I'd expect us to have a good u20 team this year. HurlingBuzz (Wexford) - Posts: 554 - 14/02/2023 10:31:34 2458208 Link
Replying To Yellow: "Light shows cost nothing? You can't have light shows without floodlights Floodlights are totally redundant come championship - I am sure they cost a fortune to put up and will result in a fairly hefty ESB bill for Wexford park too I just think that money could have been invested in player development" I know you went missing when club championship was on but you do realise GAA goes on for pretty 12 months of the year these days? In fairness to the county board there at the moment one thing you couldn't accuse them of is investing in player development certainly for hurling. TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 14/02/2023 10:50:49 2458213 Link
Some posters should actually be embarrassed, I'm now starting to think ye thrive on bad news, I would have liked to think after Waterford's 1st team hammered our 2nd team in a challenge game to get the full picture 1st but some people clearly can't help themselves. TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 14/02/2023 10:54:49 2458215 Link
Replying To TerribleFootwork: "Some posters should actually be embarrassed, I'm now starting to think ye thrive on bad news, I would have liked to think after Waterford's 1st team hammered our 2nd team in a challenge game to get the full picture 1st but some people clearly can't help themselves." The same happened when Laois bet us in our first day out this year with mostly young lads getting a chance. We really should be only judging where we are in all grades when April and May come around Afinestick (Wexford) - Posts: 999 - 14/02/2023 11:00:40 2458216 Link
I see our county board are bringing to congress that the u20 rule is relaxed where you can't play senior and u20 in a 7 day period rather than ruling a player out completely. Motion 10 on the below, hopefully common sense will prevail. https://www.gaa.ie/news/annual-congress-2023-the-motions-explained/ The competition will probably start early this year with it been round robin, no dates available yet for Leintser but Munster starting on March 22 a month before the senior championships start- https://munster.gaa.ie/fixtures/under-20/ TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 14/02/2023 11:09:34 2458221 Link