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Replying To Viking66: "It's the best trip of the year. Coffee in Birr, across through Portumna." Have to agree love going to Galway think it might be a profitable journey as well we wait and see but have a feeling big game in us. Tiger1 (Wexford) - Posts: 334 - 29/04/2025 18:59:16 2605508 Link
I'll spin over from West Dublin, only 2 hours or so from here. Getting to be a chore driving home with ifs and what ifs but that's the way its mostly been in my life and now I've passed that burden on to my 9yo born in Dublin big Wexford fan WEXILE (Wexford) - Posts: 373 - 29/04/2025 20:19:15 2605518 Link
Replying To OpenStandWall: "Even if we end up finishing third we all know what's coming." Indeed. A trip to that dump Semple stadium for a Saturday game in June at stupid o'clock for a quarter final where we will likely be pitted against Clare(surprise, surprise) or some other Munster team that will blow us away with the minimum of fuss. Can't wait. Purpleandgold72 (Wexford) - Posts: 251 - 29/04/2025 20:58:09 2605520 Link
Replying To Wexfordgaa: "Didn't mark fanning score a goal a few years ago that went through the net and wasn't given. I know we won that day but that is also another decision" Yes that was 2016 in Wexford park Purpleandgold72 (Wexford) - Posts: 251 - 29/04/2025 20:59:00 2605522 Link
Replying To tearintom: "Could Fanning have done better with some of the goals (apart from the one he actually saved) Seen a clip on social media yesterday from behind the goal for one of the Hterthon goals where Fanning actually tries to save it by getting his body out of fhe way and putting the hurl in from the side. I watch other keepers and they come out like a bull trying to block that ball with whatever part of their body that they can." He has always had this weird habit of turning his back on the person taking the shot and as you said, diving out of the way. Not really the best policy for saving shots. Purpleandgold72 (Wexford) - Posts: 251 - 29/04/2025 21:02:25 2605523 Link
Offaly is our biggest game now. If we were to loose that, we'd be on 2 points (I don't see us beating Galway). Wexford and Offaly would have 2 points each going into the final round. The final round fixtures are Wexford v Kilkenny and Offaly v Antrim. If Antrim got a result........... WEX98 (Wexford) - Posts: 485 - 29/04/2025 22:34:36 2605536 Link
Since 2010 we beat Galway 1 in 8 Since 2009 we beat Dublin 1 in 11 Since 2005 we beat Kilkenny 4 in 15 WEX98 (Wexford) - Posts: 485 - 29/04/2025 22:55:06 2605537 Link
Replying To Viking66: "So you are saying we need to win tight games by 4 points? Just in case? Bizarre post Zinny." No, I never said anything about what we have to win by but rather pointing out the fact that anything lot of people seem to think it's someone else fault we don't win games when in fact we have just not been good enough to win them. Blaming referees, etc are just excuses for poor play and management. I hope what happens with management is that for every free or lost ball they look at why it came about rather than say ah that that was a soft free. Another example is if Lee Chin got injured in a game and then we lost, it would be all about hard luck rather than the underlying problem of the reliance on one player and our inability of a county to produce top class players. No other top team or even second tier team has that same reliance on one player but if he got injured a lot of people here would be on about if only and we cannot catch a break. zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 1951 - 30/04/2025 00:41:01 2605552 Link
The conclusion I have come to about our senior team is we seem to have an inferiority complex most of the time. I think we really don't believe we can win against top tier teams. The evidence is there to support that. Okay we raise our game when we play Kilkenny at times and sometimes we'll give Galway a rattle but that's about it. This is not easy for me to say but I honestly don't believe we are clever or smart enough. We have good hurlers, of that there is no doubt but as a team we rarely get it all together. We tend to fade in and out of games. Our defensive structure is very weak and the opposition know that. They can usually open us up and make us look vulnerable. Our forwards with the exception of Chin have a habit of making the wrong choices. Shooting from huge distances and accumulating wides. 17 or 20 wides is not uncommon. The only real find over the last few years is Hearne. Richie can be good too but at the moment he's not the finished article. The rest of the panel are either too young or quite simply not good enough at senior level. Maybe in time things will improve. I sincerely hope so. Perhaps we will come out all guns blazing in our next 3 games and prove us all wrong. That would be brilliant and nothing would give me more pleasure. I found it hard to write all of the above but I really think it had to be said. Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 440 - 30/04/2025 06:24:48 2605555 Link
Check this out. Input your predictions for the remaining games to see the final table. https://knowthegame.ie/app/hurling/permutations/leinster https://knowthegame.ie/app/hurling/permutations/munster WEX98 (Wexford) - Posts: 485 - 30/04/2025 06:51:58 2605557 Link
Replying To Purpleandgold72: "He has always had this weird habit of turning his back on the person taking the shot and as you said, diving out of the way. Not really the best policy for saving shots." He's usually a very good shot stopper in fairness. It's his short puckouts that he's not always accurate with. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15557 - 30/04/2025 08:03:14 2605563 Link
Replying To WEX98: "Offaly is our biggest game now. If we were to loose that, we'd be on 2 points (I don't see us beating Galway). Wexford and Offaly would have 2 points each going into the final round. The final round fixtures are Wexford v Kilkenny and Offaly v Antrim. If Antrim got a result..........." Think I'll wait to see how we get on in Salthill. All the games are must win now. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15557 - 30/04/2025 08:03:59 2605565 Link
Replying To WEX98: "Since 2010 we beat Galway 1 in 8 Since 2009 we beat Dublin 1 in 11 Since 2005 we beat Kilkenny 4 in 15" No point going back to the Bonnar days. Since the round robin restarted we have beaten Kilkenny twice and lost to Liam Gordon, and Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 1 to Galway. Least said about Dublin the better. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15557 - 30/04/2025 08:05:58 2605566 Link
Replying To Purpleandgold72: "Indeed. A trip to that dump Semple stadium for a Saturday game in June at stupid o'clock for a quarter final where we will likely be pitted against Clare(surprise, surprise) or some other Munster team that will blow us away with the minimum of fuss. Can't wait." You never know they might change it up and play the quarters in Cork! WEXILE (Wexford) - Posts: 373 - 30/04/2025 08:12:26 2605569 Link
Replying To WEX98: "Offaly is our biggest game now. If we were to loose that, we'd be on 2 points (I don't see us beating Galway). Wexford and Offaly would have 2 points each going into the final round. The final round fixtures are Wexford v Kilkenny and Offaly v Antrim. If Antrim got a result..........." We'll worry about Salthill first Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 557 - 30/04/2025 08:16:19 2605570 Link
Replying To WEX98: "Offaly is our biggest game now. If we were to loose that, we'd be on 2 points (I don't see us beating Galway). Wexford and Offaly would have 2 points each going into the final round. The final round fixtures are Wexford v Kilkenny and Offaly v Antrim. If Antrim got a result..........." If Antrim got a result we'd still have them on head to head but I'm not engaging in this unbelievably depressing outlook with only 40% of our games played. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3546 - 30/04/2025 08:44:06 2605575 Link
Replying To WEX98: "Since 2010 we beat Galway 1 in 8 Since 2009 we beat Dublin 1 in 11 Since 2005 we beat Kilkenny 4 in 15" Why and how did you choose those years? 15-20 years has no relevance to the current team. There's a player on the panel that wasn't born on 05. If you're going to a period where none of the current players were involved it's a waste of time. During the round robin era we've only not qualified from Leinster on 1 occasion in 23, a season where we lost to Dublin by a score and beat Kilkenny on the last day. In round robin fixtures Kilkenny have only beaten us once. In 22 and 24 we were a score away from a Leinster final. There's nothing certain of course, but it's not beyond our reach to get a result in Galway, although we'll need a massive performance. Offaly I am very wary of. They'll treat Wexford park as their all Ireland final so we can't be messing, but we can win that. Kilkenny in the park on the last day, there's a good chance they'll already be in a Leinster final. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3546 - 30/04/2025 08:49:34 2605578 Link
Replying To WEX98: "Since 2010 we beat Galway 1 in 8 Since 2009 we beat Dublin 1 in 11 Since 2005 we beat Kilkenny 4 in 15" Why and how did you choose those years? 15-20 years has no relevance to the current team. There's a player on the panel that wasn't born on 05. If you're going to a period where none of the current players were involved it's a waste of time. During the round robin era we've only not qualified from Leinster on 1 occasion in 23, a season where we lost to Dublin by a score and beat Kilkenny on the last day. In round robin fixtures Kilkenny have only beaten us once. In 22 and 24 we were a score away from a Leinster final. There's nothing certain of course, but it's not beyond our reach to get a result in Galway, although we'll need a massive performance. Offaly I am very wary of. They'll treat Wexford park as their all Ireland final so we can't be messing, but we can win that. Kilkenny in the park on the last day, there's a good chance they'll already be in a Leinster final. If Dublin turn up like they did against us I'd give them a great chance but never underestimate how hard it is to get a result in the group in Nowlan park. If fact we're the only team to do it, and unlucky not to do it twice. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3546 - 30/04/2025 08:52:19 2605579 Link
Replying To zinny: "No, I never said anything about what we have to win by but rather pointing out the fact that anything lot of people seem to think it's someone else fault we don't win games when in fact we have just not been good enough to win them. Blaming referees, etc are just excuses for poor play and management. I hope what happens with management is that for every free or lost ball they look at why it came about rather than say ah that that was a soft free. Another example is if Lee Chin got injured in a game and then we lost, it would be all about hard luck rather than the underlying problem of the reliance on one player and our inability of a county to produce top class players. No other top team or even second tier team has that same reliance on one player but if he got injured a lot of people here would be on about if only and we cannot catch a break." Good post tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1487 - 30/04/2025 10:05:48 2605590 Link
Replying To zinny: "No, I never said anything about what we have to win by but rather pointing out the fact that anything lot of people seem to think it's someone else fault we don't win games when in fact we have just not been good enough to win them. Blaming referees, etc are just excuses for poor play and management. I hope what happens with management is that for every free or lost ball they look at why it came about rather than say ah that that was a soft free. Another example is if Lee Chin got injured in a game and then we lost, it would be all about hard luck rather than the underlying problem of the reliance on one player and our inability of a county to produce top class players. No other top team or even second tier team has that same reliance on one player but if he got injured a lot of people here would be on about if only and we cannot catch a break." So you are saying that, if you lose a close game by a point on account of an officiating error that cost you 3 points, you weren't good enough to win the game? I'm not saying that about last Saturdays game, we don't really know how that mightve panned out in the end if that penalty hadn't been given as a score. But it definitely wouldn't have resulted in a restart from a puckout, it would've been a sideline to them. So their next goal from the next puckout might not have happened either. So it definitely affected the course of the game as it changed the restart, never mind the 3 points on the board that shouldn't have been on the board, and the resultant lift it gave Dublin. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15557 - 30/04/2025 10:27:25 2605596 Link