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Replying To Viking66:  "I wouldn't care too much about minor success except in itself it would be great for the lads involved . Most minor AI winners never win anything at Senior, alot of those lads never even make it to Senior Intercounty. We reached 6 AI Senior finals winning 3 between the early 50s and 1962. We had never won an AI Minor at that stage. More recently none of the Limerick team that have won 5 out of the last 7 Senior AIs won a minor AI either.
And since u21 moved back to u20 it's a worse indicator of future success also. Noone from any county with a minor u20 AI medal has ever won a SenIor AI.
I agree from a player development point of view, especially mindset, always being competitive every year and winning the odd one would be great for the players. As Martin Fogarty said to me a year ago in a wet and windy Callan, when I was trying to make him feel a little better about a really poor Kilkenny performance by saying it was only the Walsh Cup, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF WINNING."
Its a habit.

countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 751 - 11/01/2025 11:21:46    2585462

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Replying To countyman2022:  "If winning a qualifier game 11 years ago makes an era successful, that right there suggests a problem with peoples attitudes. What has Roy Keane got to do with somebody wanting their county to do well, not counting qualifier wins asa measure of success. I am sure Davy could have done what he did without a moral victory in 2017 yes, he came in the year after we were beaten by 13 points by Dublin and 2 years after KK beat us by 30 points. A whole 'era' as you say won 1 Leinster championship, they had plenty of nights to be successful and not just be an 'overnight' success. Keep going with the low targets, I am sure that will get us somewhere. Crying because we almost beat a KK team on a downward trajectory is just pathetic. Griffins moral victory was getting beaten by Meath was it? Such a poor mindset, no wonder other counties laugh at us. 1 minor All Ireland in 57 years and 1 Leinster minor in 40 years. 1 senior all Ireland in 57 years and 1 Lesinter in 21 years. 1 u-21 All Ireland in 60 years. But hey, we won a qualifier game against Clare in 14 and Cork in 16 - absolute success."
It seems as if you're being deliberately dramatic to illustrate your point.

Obviously I want more for us but can you imagine what would happen if everybody shared your attitude? There'd be an exodus of talent and we'd never win another game. Hurling here would go extinct.

You have to point to these victories in order to keep people going.

You didn't really counter anything I said either. You just made fun of it.

You obviously haven't the knowledge for this conversation so we'll move on.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3258 - 11/01/2025 11:46:17    2585464

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Replying To countyman2022:  "Its a habit."
That we can agree on.

So you're saying moral victories are important then?

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3258 - 11/01/2025 11:48:20    2585465

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "That we can agree on.

So you're saying moral victories are important then?"
Silverware.

countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 751 - 11/01/2025 12:03:00    2585467

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "It seems as if you're being deliberately dramatic to illustrate your point.

Obviously I want more for us but can you imagine what would happen if everybody shared your attitude? There'd be an exodus of talent and we'd never win another game. Hurling here would go extinct.

You have to point to these victories in order to keep people going.

You didn't really counter anything I said either. You just made fun of it.

You obviously haven't the knowledge for this conversation so we'll move on."
No, I wouldn't have the knowledge of a losing mentality nor just being happy with moral victories. Have such a thing as standards.

countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 751 - 11/01/2025 12:05:44    2585469

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Replying To countyman2022:  "Its a habit."
Yes

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14215 - 11/01/2025 14:11:07    2585482

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Replying To countyman2022:  "No, I wouldn't have the knowledge of a losing mentality nor just being happy with moral victories. Have such a thing as standards."
I can only imagine what great craic you are at parties.

Have you any knowledge of winning? People who do tend not to be so bitter.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3258 - 11/01/2025 15:18:36    2585494

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Are we playing any practise matches lads, Cork have played loads. We will be torn to screed if we are under cooked at all going into 25th

hunting (Wexford) - Posts: 1029 - 11/01/2025 16:04:09    2585500

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "I can only imagine what great craic you are at parties.

Have you any knowledge of winning? People who do tend not to be so bitter."
I did ask him that when he started posting. He said he can be good craic OK. He knows alot about winning in fairness, at club and county level.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14215 - 11/01/2025 16:10:07    2585502

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Replying To hunting:  "Are we playing any practise matches lads, Cork have played loads. We will be torn to screed if we are under cooked at all going into 25th"
We played Kildare ended up winning by 6 I think. And had in house games also. We are to play Waterford and Westmeath also I think. Maybe others that I didn't hear about as well. I'm sure the management team know what they are doing and our lads will be properly prepared.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14215 - 11/01/2025 16:34:59    2585508

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Replying To Viking66:  "I did ask him that when he started posting. He said he can be good craic OK. He knows alot about winning in fairness, at club and county level."
Now you have me very intrigued.

I don't think diminishing the achievements of Liam Dunne is particularly useful but I'm going to drop it now.

The man has 3 all stars, two Leinsters and a motm award in an all Ireland final. Ask him if he thinks beating Clare in the park was important to him or not. I've known him a long time and hurled for him with Wexford at 14, 16 and minor. I know he's proud of it.

I also know the players collectively acknowledged his work from within the winning dressing room immediately after the Leinster final in 19.

Anyway.... On to Cork.

I'm actually quite nervous about it. They don't seem to be doing any messing and we'll likely have a very inexperienced team out. I hope they don't get a run on us early on like last year.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3258 - 11/01/2025 17:01:23    2585516

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "Now you have me very intrigued.

I don't think diminishing the achievements of Liam Dunne is particularly useful but I'm going to drop it now.

The man has 3 all stars, two Leinsters and a motm award in an all Ireland final. Ask him if he thinks beating Clare in the park was important to him or not. I've known him a long time and hurled for him with Wexford at 14, 16 and minor. I know he's proud of it.

I also know the players collectively acknowledged his work from within the winning dressing room immediately after the Leinster final in 19.

Anyway.... On to Cork.

I'm actually quite nervous about it. They don't seem to be doing any messing and we'll likely have a very inexperienced team out. I hope they don't get a run on us early on like last year."
I think from reading the posts that Countyman thinks that we haven't achieved what we should have from the position Liam Dunne left us in. I don't think he was diminishing Liam Dunnes achievements at all.
Anyway as you said it's all pretty irrelevant to the here and now. I'm not nervous about the Cork game, I think they will be red hot favourites. The Cork game last year was the 1st that we started going away from what had served us well in the League. They had what was pretty much what they expected to start the championship with.

"Cork began like a team hell-bent on reaching a League semi-final. Or at the very least positioning themselves as prominently as they could for a last-four berth.
Wexford, on the other hand, started and continued like a team who couldn't care less about the League semi-finals. Their level of disinterest in maintaining their unbeaten start to 2024 was baffling."
"On 27 minutes, Darragh Carley took possession on his own 45-metre line. There was only one Wexford player to aim at inside the opposition 45. Carley dillied and dallied. The crowd groaned impatiently. The inaction greatly irked them."

This was typical of our performance that day, excerpts from the Munster GAA write up of the game. We started lads who have yet to have any more than one or 2 decent games for the county, if even that. I'm really hoping we start the next one with some new and newer lads, who might turn out to be better. I'm pretty sure Keith will have them playing with way more intensity than that day also. I'm not expecting us to win, though we have a chance all the same. What I'm really hoping to see is some new lads being brave and decisive on the ball, and working their socks off when we dont have it, and seizing their opportunity.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14215 - 11/01/2025 18:10:26    2585529

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Keep.an eye on.clubber lads, it seem to be showing a good few practise matches

hunting (Wexford) - Posts: 1029 - 11/01/2025 19:39:23    2585541

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Replying To hunting:  "Are we playing any practise matches lads, Cork have played loads. We will be torn to screed if we are under cooked at all going into 25th"
Westmeath this morning. Issue at full back.

countyman2022 (Wexford) - Posts: 751 - 12/01/2025 08:48:47    2585585

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Replying To hunting:  "Are we playing any practise matches lads, Cork have played loads. We will be torn to screed if we are under cooked at all going into 25th"
Cork training like animals according to reports, leaving no stone unturned to win Liam McCarthythis year.

It could be a very tough match on the 25th.

Past hurler (None) - Posts: 842 - 12/01/2025 12:47:46    2585615

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "It's not correct.

Won it 04 obviously.

Very unlucky not to in 05. 3 point game
06 8 point loss
07 hammered
08 hammered
Well beaten in 17
Won it in 19"
Thanks,I was thinking two in the last twenty years didn't sound right.

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2103 - 12/01/2025 13:24:39    2585620

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Any word on the game today

hunting (Wexford) - Posts: 1029 - 12/01/2025 19:23:52    2585655

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