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Replying To TerribleFootwork: "2009-2012 was really the pits, we've actually recovered well enough from that bleak period given how low we were are at that point, bit like Welsh rugby at the moment that was a case of years of mismanagement really coming up to roost. Hopefully we'll never sink that far again." I would say we've recovered extremely well. Was genuinely afraid we'd never come back in those days. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3860 - 21/02/2023 19:26:01 2459674 Link
Replying To TerribleFootwork: "2009-2012 was really the pits, we've actually recovered well enough from that bleak period given how low we were are at that point, bit like Welsh rugby at the moment that was a case of years of mismanagement really coming up to roost. Hopefully we'll never sink that far again." We were barely above the Carlow's and Westmeath's of the world, with all due respect to them. You also had football on the rise as well with the likes of Forde, Banville and Lyng. Serious team, in fairness. They had to convince Chin to go hurling in 2014. I still think we're playing catch up from that period. However, we had teams in the early 00's that should have gotten to finals. Had Cork beat in 03 and let them back into the game. Something about us and semi finals. Haven't been able to get over that line since 96. Every major hurling county have played in a final since 96 (apart from Dublin). Even Offaly have played in more finals in that period then us. Finchfurlong996 (Wexford) - Posts: 255 - 21/02/2023 19:27:29 2459675 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "Just to show you can prove anything with statistics...... Wexford is the most successful in recent decades of all the main hurling counties. We're the only ones with a 100% records in All-Ireland Finals over the past 40 years." On the basis of losing final appearances Kerry are the most successful county of all time of counties who have won it, they never lost a final. Followed by Laois who only ever lost 2, and London and Clare who have only lost 3 each. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16718 - 21/02/2023 19:28:22 2459676 Link
Wexford has had 1 golden age of hurling which could be said to have lasted from 1951 to 1977. In the other 114 years of the GAA we have managed the following: 11 Leinster senior titles 2 All Ireland Senior titles 10 Leinster under 21/20 titles 0 All Ireland under 21/20 titles 3 Leinster minor titles 0 All Ireland minor titles 0 National hurling leagues In a sport where realistically only 8/9 teams have been competitive nationally and only three or four of those are in our province, that is a pretty poor record overall. Onfor15 (Wexford) - Posts: 533 - 21/02/2023 20:31:57 2459684 Link
Replying To Oldtourman: "Did they in fact win two Intermediate (or Junior titles) in that time?" They won both hurling and football in 92 I think Wexfordgaa (Wexford) - Posts: 370 - 22/02/2023 08:39:12 2459693 Link
Thread has moved on a lot since your favourite Dub was away sunning himself over the mid term school break. So catch up being played by "Roy Keane's alter ego" here as I was accused. I plead not guilty to anything other than calling it as I see it. Talk of getting rid of development squads and focusing on schools would be the biggest mistake Wexford GAA could make. Schools are in session 25-30 weeks of the year, so you would lose nearly 1/2 the year. Focus on schools as well as development squads, but it is not 1 or the other. They are not mutually exclusive. But the schools need to up their game and the combined colleges needs to be given a proper chance. The more chaps play high level hurling, the better for them and the game. I was glad to see the lads took care of business v Westmeath but now the real challenges begin. Fitzgibbon over, full deck to play with for everybody. Time for some more put their hand up. ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1450 - 22/02/2023 10:07:45 2459711 Link
Replying To Onfor15: "Wexford has had 1 golden age of hurling which could be said to have lasted from 1951 to 1977. In the other 114 years of the GAA we have managed the following: 11 Leinster senior titles 2 All Ireland Senior titles 10 Leinster under 21/20 titles 0 All Ireland under 21/20 titles 3 Leinster minor titles 0 All Ireland minor titles 0 National hurling leagues In a sport where realistically only 8/9 teams have been competitive nationally and only three or four of those are in our province, that is a pretty poor record overall." It's still better than Waterford or Clares if you take out Clares mid 90s golden period and Waterfords around the late 50s early 60s. And both those golden periods only lasted a few years for them. And if you take out the 20s/30s and the period we are in now from Limericks record theirs wouldn't be any better than ours either. If you take out the 80s/90s from Offalys theirs Is worse also. And if you remove the 80s from Galways theirs is pretty similar. Basically only the big 3 have a far better record than ours, and for 2 decades in the 50s and 60s we were right up there with them. Even the 70s we weren't far off. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16718 - 22/02/2023 10:30:51 2459715 Link
Replying To ExiledInWex: "Thread has moved on a lot since your favourite Dub was away sunning himself over the mid term school break. So catch up being played by "Roy Keane's alter ego" here as I was accused. I plead not guilty to anything other than calling it as I see it. Talk of getting rid of development squads and focusing on schools would be the biggest mistake Wexford GAA could make. Schools are in session 25-30 weeks of the year, so you would lose nearly 1/2 the year. Focus on schools as well as development squads, but it is not 1 or the other. They are not mutually exclusive. But the schools need to up their game and the combined colleges needs to be given a proper chance. The more chaps play high level hurling, the better for them and the game. I was glad to see the lads took care of business v Westmeath but now the real challenges begin. Fitzgibbon over, full deck to play with for everybody. Time for some more put their hand up." Think the sun must've done you some good Exiled. Some good positive points going forward there! Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16718 - 22/02/2023 10:31:59 2459716 Link
Replying To Finchfurlong996: "We were barely above the Carlow's and Westmeath's of the world, with all due respect to them. You also had football on the rise as well with the likes of Forde, Banville and Lyng. Serious team, in fairness. They had to convince Chin to go hurling in 2014. I still think we're playing catch up from that period. However, we had teams in the early 00's that should have gotten to finals. Had Cork beat in 03 and let them back into the game. Something about us and semi finals. Haven't been able to get over that line since 96. Every major hurling county have played in a final since 96 (apart from Dublin). Even Offaly have played in more finals in that period then us." Getting to 4 AI semi finals in the noughties (01,03,04,07) was actually good going when by all accounts we were 1 of the worst resourced of the top 8-9 teams behind the scenes at that time, although Galway weren't in Leinster at that point meant some years to pretty much go to Leinster finals by default. TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 22/02/2023 10:38:36 2459718 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "I would say we've recovered extremely well. Was genuinely afraid we'd never come back in those days." Same here, recovery started with the minor teams of 2008&09 coming onto the senior team with Liam Dunne, I think that group born 1990&91 were ultimately more influential than the 3 u21 Leinster teams that came just after. TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 22/02/2023 10:43:46 2459722 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Think the sun must've done you some good Exiled. Some good positive points going forward there!" I also should have added, Galway being in minor is a no brainer. It should have been the case when they moved in at adult level. It is better for hurling in Leinster if they have more better teams. But they should have been made move their club finalists in too, as with Antrim. ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1450 - 22/02/2023 10:55:13 2459726 Link
And the second I post I hit the main page..... https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/326733 ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1450 - 22/02/2023 10:56:10 2459728 Link
Replying To Viking66: "I still wear my replica Jersey from that period to games. Maybe I should stop doing that: D" God that sportsavers logo was a serious eyesore, worst Wexford jersey on my lifetime anyway. TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 22/02/2023 11:29:56 2459737 Link
Team Id go for this week: Fanning S Reck Hanlon Devitt I Carthy D Reck C Foley Flood Dee Hearne O Foley Mc Guckian Dunbar J O Connor Mac Yellow (Wexford) - Posts: 589 - 22/02/2023 12:21:28 2459750 Link
Replying To TerribleFootwork: "God that sportsavers logo was a serious eyesore, worst Wexford jersey on my lifetime anyway." It was: D Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16718 - 22/02/2023 12:35:50 2459755 Link
Replying To Yellow: "Team Id go for this week: Fanning S Reck Hanlon Devitt I Carthy D Reck C Foley Flood Dee Hearne O Foley Mc Guckian Dunbar J O Connor Mac" Funny you should have Jacko in the full forward line but I was thinking that myself just this morning! He just doesn't seem to have the running in him for 1 of the middle 8 positions. I'd maybe swap Mcguckin and Flood but that's pretty much the same team I was thinking, only I had Mogie at 11 because I'm not sure if Oisin Foley is match fit yet. And I was thinking to try get Kevin Foley on instead of Dee and Banville on instead of Flood for a good bit of the 2nd half. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16718 - 22/02/2023 12:39:49 2459756 Link
Replying To Yellow: "Team Id go for this week: Fanning S Reck Hanlon Devitt I Carthy D Reck C Foley Flood Dee Hearne O Foley Mc Guckian Dunbar J O Connor Mac" Would go with something similar myself. A big test for likes of Carty, Conor Foley and Hearne. Oisin Foley also needs game time Afinestick (Wexford) - Posts: 999 - 22/02/2023 12:43:08 2459758 Link
Replying To TerribleFootwork: "God that sportsavers logo was a serious eyesore, worst Wexford jersey on my lifetime anyway." It was before my time in Wexford although I was going out with my now wife but that jersey from 02-03 where the colours ran from one in to the other was a horrific jersey and worse than the Sportssavers one. ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1450 - 22/02/2023 14:04:39 2459772 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "Just to show you can prove anything with statistics...... Wexford is the most successful in recent decades of all the main hurling counties. We're the only ones with a 100% records in All-Ireland Finals over the past 40 years." Every cloud hurlorhurley (Wexford) - Posts: 1660 - 22/02/2023 14:46:49 2459775 Link
Replying To foreveryoung: "Yeah, Ulster would suit them nicely!" Hopefully they come into Leinster and about time, if they are in Leinster senior championship they should be in Leinster minor championship too hurlorhurley (Wexford) - Posts: 1660 - 22/02/2023 14:48:23 2459777 Link