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A small and maybe irrelevant gripe lads but has anyone else noticed how poor the announcements for substitutes has been? Yesterday the announcer stumbled over Mac's name eventually getting it out after a painful silence, Kevin Foley was called Kieran Foley and Niall Murphy was called will Murphy, I know it might not seem very important but maybe in a championship game a player like Mac coming on and getting a cheer when his name is announced may give the crowd a bit of a lift, I don't know maybe im just in a bad mood with the result yesterday as I know we are much better than what we showed and I think we can look forward to seeing the purple and gold a lot this summer.
Loyalmodel (Wexford) - Posts: 18 - 17/03/2024 08:15:14
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As far as I know Rossi was given 2 realistic targets . He achieved the first which was use the League to find some players, and get div1a status for next year. He achieved it with a game to spare. The second was to get at least 3rd in Leinster, which is achievable.
The other vaguer things that everyone wanted to see are pride back in the shirt, and an attractive brand of hurling, which both would hopefully get the Wexford public back behind the team. I think he's gone a good way to achieving those also.
I can't wait for the championship now. I have absolutely no clue as to how well we will actually do, same as every season I've ever watched the team, but as usual I'm hopeful.
Tbh I'm probably more hopeful for the future in general than I've been for some years, we seem to be sorting ourselves out a good bit at underage, and we are back with a Wexford man over the Senior team, which hopefully will be the norm going forwards.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16367 - 17/03/2024 09:11:05
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My Team for Dublin in 5 weeks assuming everyone is available.
1. Fanning 9. K. Foley
2. S. Reck. 10. Liam Og
3. Ryan. 11. Chin
4. Murphy 12. JackO
5. C. Foley. 13. Rory
6. D. Reck. 14. Casey
7. OHanlon 15. Lawlor
8. Hearne
More optimistic going into the championship this year than last year but concerned that the likes of Liam Ryan and Rory have no competitive hurling done. Time will tell.
On yesterday , I was very impressed with cork albeit against a poor Wexford team. They have found a very full forward in Connolly and have serious strength in depth . Dark horses for Liam this year
HurlingBuzz (Wexford) - Posts: 554 - 17/03/2024 10:12:23
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Not overly worried about yesterday's poor showing
Looking at the team sheet before the game it was baffling to say the least.
Come championship we will see major changes in personal. Rory, Chin, Mac,Dee, Jippo, Jacko, Mogie,and Devitt if fit, and we have 5 weeks to get them ready will make a huge difference.
Our fullback line will be much stronger with Liam Ryan there and Devitt and Donohoe either side.
That fullback line yesterday were quite simply blown away. Maybe Corey Byrne Dunbar and Conor Hearne in midfield. Both are very mobile and can score or set up scores.
Chin, Mogie Mac, Casey,Cian Byrne and Richie
to fill the forward positions.
The half back line might be best served with Shane Reck, Damien Reck and Dee.
Kevin Foley of course may fit in somewhere like midfield or half forward.
That in my view would be very potent and I believe would be well capable of beating the Dubs and could be a launch pad to get us into at least 3rd place.
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Replying To Purpleandgold72: "Sorry I wasn't talking about Cathal Dunbar as I really like him and I think he's a valuable player who has a part to play whether starting or off the bench. I meant Joe O'Connor and Charlie McGuckian. Joe unfortunately just isn't up to it at this level and has had loads of chances to prove himself both in the forwards and backs. Charlie looked class at wing back for Gorey last summer but doesn't seem able to make the step up to inter county. He is worth persisting with though as a sub and may still make it as a half back/midfielder. Joe's ship has sailed as far as I'm concerned." Agreed on Joe. In fairness to the lad the last three managers have obviously rated him and given him plenty of chances. But he just looks a bit off the required standard. Maybe a bit worrying the likes of Kinsella aren't further up the queue, thought he was decent when he came on in KK.
Timbertony (Wexford) - Posts: 428 - 17/03/2024 12:10:35
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Replying To Loyalmodel: "A small and maybe irrelevant gripe lads but has anyone else noticed how poor the announcements for substitutes has been? Yesterday the announcer stumbled over Mac's name eventually getting it out after a painful silence, Kevin Foley was called Kieran Foley and Niall Murphy was called will Murphy, I know it might not seem very important but maybe in a championship game a player like Mac coming on and getting a cheer when his name is announced may give the crowd a bit of a lift, I don't know maybe im just in a bad mood with the result yesterday as I know we are much better than what we showed and I think we can look forward to seeing the purple and gold a lot this summer." Yeah I thought it was bizarre, I mean I presume it's a Wexford man making the announcements but he sounded like he was coming across these names for the first time. Either that or he had started his St Patrick's day celebrations a day early and had had a few jars!
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Replying To Purpleandgold72: "Yeah I thought it was bizarre, I mean I presume it's a Wexford man making the announcements but he sounded like he was coming across these names for the first time. Either that or he had started his St Patrick's day celebrations a day early and had had a few jars!" And referring to Shane Kingston as Kieran Kingston....
ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 576 - 17/03/2024 18:22:41
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Replying To Doylerwex: "Casey continued his form as well to be fair.
Cork were very good. They probably had a bit more to play for than us too.
We've achieved our objectives.
In fairness we had 7 wides to there one at half time. We had a few goal chances as well but for taking the wrong option.
We were well beaten, but ultimately that was an inexperienced team against Cork at near championship pace.
We just need to get it settled now as our next two games will define our season, and set us up to give Galway plenty of it in the park hopefully.
I'm willing to be patient with Rossi. I can see what he's trying to do." Agree on Casey he's a definite starter v Dublin in 5 weeks.
TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 17/03/2024 21:17:50
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Replying To HurlingBuzz: "My Team for Dublin in 5 weeks assuming everyone is available.
1. Fanning 9. K. Foley
2. S. Reck. 10. Liam Og
3. Ryan. 11. Chin
4. Murphy 12. JackO
5. C. Foley. 13. Rory
6. D. Reck. 14. Casey
7. OHanlon 15. Lawlor
8. Hearne
More optimistic going into the championship this year than last year but concerned that the likes of Liam Ryan and Rory have no competitive hurling done. Time will tell.
On yesterday , I was very impressed with cork albeit against a poor Wexford team. They have found a very full forward in Connolly and have serious strength in depth . Dark horses for Liam this year" That would be my team too although I expect Donohoe to start given he's vice captain
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Replying To TerribleFootwork: "That would be my team too although I expect Donohoe to start given he's vice captain" Will O'Hanlon be fit enough by then? I'd be concerned about him.
foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2318 - 17/03/2024 21:59:35
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As others have said cork could of won that match by much more. Alan Connolly really went to town. Theres no doubt everyone was starting to get ahead of themselves but when you are starved of success this is what happens. I think cork will get out of munster this year. They were very close last year.
Wexford looked stuck in the ground and that huge workrate that was there in the first few matches wasnt there Saturday.rossi has a lot of good work done so i hope the timing is right because there's a huge amount of hurling to be played. Fans wont care about playing in 1a next year if they dont reach a leinster final or a minimum 3rd place in leinster.A defeat like this will refocus the minds but it does leave a bad taste in your mouth after a few good months.
michael Donahoe is a shrewd man in dublin. Id be suprised if they arent much improved for the championship and are timing their run
Every team has a good few injuries and anyone with slight niggles wont be risked. Its definitely spoken about here to much. We all know the lads that are missing theres no need to keep writing them up here. Theres no guarantees the lads will reach their very best in a few weeks time.The team needs a rebuild and that experience gained is priceless. Yes there will be tough days but there learning days. If your a bit off at all you will be destroyed.its far from ideal going into a championship with little or no hurling done. Not everyone can do it. I know shane o donnell done it last year but it will be much more difficult for the older lads.
I think this dampen things a small bit but wont do to much harm. Beat dublin and this match will be well forgotten.
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Replying To foreveryoung: "Will O'Hanlon be fit enough by then? I'd be concerned about him." O'Hanlon played against Waterford and yesterday v Cork. I would be more worried about Chin, Rory and Liam Ryan. Still with 5 weeks to go before the Dublin match surely they should be ready for action by then.
Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 524 - 18/03/2024 06:40:47
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Replying To Magpie2: "O'Hanlon played against Waterford and yesterday v Cork. I would be more worried about Chin, Rory and Liam Ryan. Still with 5 weeks to go before the Dublin match surely they should be ready for action by then." Has anyone heard any specifics of what Liam Ryan's injury is? It doesn't look good for Rory as regards seeing action in the championship as apparently he has an Achilles tendon problem which is a notoriously slow ailment to heal. It's hard to know though as there are not many details coming out about these injuries. Why do we suffer so bad with injuries? Our injury list seems to be horrendous every year. These problems seem to be occurring during training so should we not be looking at the type/intensity of training we are doing. Like Jacko played quite well against Clare and hasn't been seen since due to an apparent injury. And the same with Cian Molloy. He played well against Offaly but hasn't been seen for 5 weeks now….??
Purpleandgold72 (Wexford) - Posts: 274 - 18/03/2024 09:44:04
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Replying To Purpleandgold72: "Has anyone heard any specifics of what Liam Ryan's injury is? It doesn't look good for Rory as regards seeing action in the championship as apparently he has an Achilles tendon problem which is a notoriously slow ailment to heal. It's hard to know though as there are not many details coming out about these injuries. Why do we suffer so bad with injuries? Our injury list seems to be horrendous every year. These problems seem to be occurring during training so should we not be looking at the type/intensity of training we are doing. Like Jacko played quite well against Clare and hasn't been seen since due to an apparent injury. And the same with Cian Molloy. He played well against Offaly but hasn't been seen for 5 weeks now….??" If Liam Ryan wasn't going to be ready for Championship Conor Foley would've stayed fullback the whole game against Cork I'd be guessing, to give him even more experience there.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16367 - 18/03/2024 12:02:24
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Replying To Purpleandgold72: "Has anyone heard any specifics of what Liam Ryan's injury is? It doesn't look good for Rory as regards seeing action in the championship as apparently he has an Achilles tendon problem which is a notoriously slow ailment to heal. It's hard to know though as there are not many details coming out about these injuries. Why do we suffer so bad with injuries? Our injury list seems to be horrendous every year. These problems seem to be occurring during training so should we not be looking at the type/intensity of training we are doing. Like Jacko played quite well against Clare and hasn't been seen since due to an apparent injury. And the same with Cian Molloy. He played well against Offaly but hasn't been seen for 5 weeks now….??" Patsy will hopefully be fit come Championship. Not sure he'd be a starter though anyway. As regards details coming out I'd be a believer that some things have to be kept in house. No point letting too many people no too much. Nothing to gain from that.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16367 - 18/03/2024 12:04:14
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Replying To Viking66: "Patsy will hopefully be fit come Championship. Not sure he'd be a starter though anyway. As regards details coming out I'd be a believer that some things have to be kept in house. No point letting too many people no too much. Nothing to gain from that." Given everything is compared to Limerick at the moment i remember in 2022 Mike Casey made his 1st appearance post ACL surgery vs Cork in the championship opener, he was named no.18 in the programme and his parents didn't know he was starting until it was called out over the PA before the game.
TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 18/03/2024 16:20:45
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Replying To TerribleFootwork: "That would be my team too although I expect Donohoe to start given he's vice captain" Agreed, there's only going to be a puck of a ball in that game, we'll need experienced players and workers to step up to the plate in a game that could very well set the tone for the rest of the championship.
My team would be:
1. Fanning 2. Murphy 3. Foley 4. Donohue 5. Shane 6. Damien 7. OHanlon 8. Hearne 9. Dee 10. Jack 11. Chin 12. Dunbar/Lawlor 13. Casey 14. McDonald 15. Foley
I'm still on the fence about McDonald but he's the best match up against ODonnell at full back. I could also see Liam Og taking a spot from 8-15 apart from Hearne or Chin
OpenStandWall (Wexford) - Posts: 274 - 18/03/2024 18:43:07
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Replying To OpenStandWall: "Agreed, there's only going to be a puck of a ball in that game, we'll need experienced players and workers to step up to the plate in a game that could very well set the tone for the rest of the championship.
My team would be:
1. Fanning 2. Murphy 3. Foley 4. Donohue 5. Shane 6. Damien 7. OHanlon 8. Hearne 9. Dee 10. Jack 11. Chin 12. Dunbar/Lawlor 13. Casey 14. McDonald 15. Foley
I'm still on the fence about McDonald but he's the best match up against ODonnell at full back. I could also see Liam Og taking a spot from 8-15 apart from Hearne or Chin" What about Rory O'connor? Surely you are not leaving him out? Okay if he's not fit then obviously he won't play, but another 5 weeks to go and not been available since the start of the year. That would be at least 4 months injured. The same applies for Liam Ryan. He must be near to be ready to resume. Quite honestly our team may suffer badly in the heat of championship without the above named players. However if they are unfit there is nothing more we can do.
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Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 524 - 18/03/2024 19:31:07
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Replying To OpenStandWall: "Agreed, there's only going to be a puck of a ball in that game, we'll need experienced players and workers to step up to the plate in a game that could very well set the tone for the rest of the championship.
My team would be:
1. Fanning 2. Murphy 3. Foley 4. Donohue 5. Shane 6. Damien 7. OHanlon 8. Hearne 9. Dee 10. Jack 11. Chin 12. Dunbar/Lawlor 13. Casey 14. McDonald 15. Foley
I'm still on the fence about McDonald but he's the best match up against ODonnell at full back. I could also see Liam Og taking a spot from 8-15 apart from Hearne or Chin" What about Jippo? He'd have been more physically able than Conor was for the Cork 14 too?
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16367 - 18/03/2024 19:38:33
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Replying To OpenStandWall: "Agreed, there's only going to be a puck of a ball in that game, we'll need experienced players and workers to step up to the plate in a game that could very well set the tone for the rest of the championship.
My team would be:
1. Fanning 2. Murphy 3. Foley 4. Donohue 5. Shane 6. Damien 7. OHanlon 8. Hearne 9. Dee 10. Jack 11. Chin 12. Dunbar/Lawlor 13. Casey 14. McDonald 15. Foley
I'm still on the fence about McDonald but he's the best match up against ODonnell at full back. I could also see Liam Og taking a spot from 8-15 apart from Hearne or Chin" Conor Mcdonald has been a long way 2nd best every time he has come up against Eoghan O Donnell. If he does start on him it's definitely not because he is our best match up.
Paull (Wexford) - Posts: 204 - 18/03/2024 19:42:38
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