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Bitter bill to swallow against Limerick, hard to believe those two points wont count for something at the end of the league. Still anyone would have taken 2 wins from 3 at the start. Down will be a huge test but players should be relishing a game like this. Best of luck.

FearBeag (Mayo) - Posts: 99 - 17/02/2026 17:38:05    2657028

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Replying To Stmunnsriver:  "3rd time in 4 years we are caught by last minute goal, v london [hegarty 1st game
v leitrim , and today i think"]No pain in your hoop laughing when it went in I bet.

StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1967 - 18/02/2026 10:28:04    2657087

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Huge game this weekend, what a statement a win would be.

Be a great boost to football in the county, football in tye county badly needs a boost

tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1614 - 20/02/2026 08:13:17    2657396

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Replying To tearintom:  "Huge game this weekend, what a statement a win would be.

Be a great boost to football in the county, football in tye county badly needs a boost"
If we beat Down it would be a huge boost. Psychologically and for the points on offer. Looking forward to the game!!!

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18556 - 20/02/2026 10:11:45    2657417

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we are 4/1 to beat down, about right, still worth a bet

Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 3042 - 21/02/2026 19:00:48    2657676

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Not a good day out for our footballers today.
Cleaned out for most of the game.
We managed to get a late late goal which only put a bit of gloss on the scoreboard.
Down were much the better team and practically scored at will
Our midfielder, Hughes and Coleman were outclassed and never really got to grips with their markers.
Beaten by 10 points with Brooks our goalkeeper accounting for 10 points out of a total of 1 - 19
That sums it up I think.
Still a lot to play for with Sligo coming to town next week. A win here might be enough to keep us in division 3. After that it's Clare and Westmeath,
So no easy games.

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 617 - 22/02/2026 16:58:52    2657837

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Replying To Magpie2:  "Not a good day out for our footballers today.
Cleaned out for most of the game.
We managed to get a late late goal which only put a bit of gloss on the scoreboard.
Down were much the better team and practically scored at will
Our midfielder, Hughes and Coleman were outclassed and never really got to grips with their markers.
Beaten by 10 points with Brooks our goalkeeper accounting for 10 points out of a total of 1 - 19
That sums it up I think.
Still a lot to play for with Sligo coming to town next week. A win here might be enough to keep us in division 3. After that it's Clare and Westmeath,
So no easy games."
No easy games for sure. While losing by 10 wasn't good, if some of the goal chances had of been converted it might have made a difference coming into the last 10 minutes.
Down are the best team in the division though, closer to a div2 outfit really.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18556 - 22/02/2026 18:23:30    2657872

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Replying To Magpie2:  "Not a good day out for our footballers today.
Cleaned out for most of the game.
We managed to get a late late goal which only put a bit of gloss on the scoreboard.
Down were much the better team and practically scored at will
Our midfielder, Hughes and Coleman were outclassed and never really got to grips with their markers.
Beaten by 10 points with Brooks our goalkeeper accounting for 10 points out of a total of 1 - 19
That sums it up I think.
Still a lot to play for with Sligo coming to town next week. A win here might be enough to keep us in division 3. After that it's Clare and Westmeath,
So no easy games."
Disappointing day today, other results mean it's a very tight division.
I don't understand the thinking today, but there was no pressure applied around midfield, playing with the wind in first half our lads retreated inside our own 45 and gave Down the freedom of the middle third.
Having said that, Down are a decent outfit, their shooting was very impressive.
As I said , it's a tight group with lots still to play for. It looks like Down will win the division, Fermanagh probably relegated, but everything else is still up for grabs.
Big game with Sligo next week, a win would take the pressure off our last 2 games.

Yellaman (Wexford) - Posts: 205 - 22/02/2026 18:54:16    2657887

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We are still in a decent position though.

If we beat Sligo at home next week its puts us on 6 points with Limerick playing Clare and Westmeath away to Laois.

We could possibly possibly find ourselves playing westmeath in a winner takes all game in rhe park which wojkd be a huge achievement.

Down are a good side but we didnt play well yesterday, stood off them too much but they will win the division handily.

tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1614 - 23/02/2026 10:02:00    2658015

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GOT THE IMPRESSION THEY WERE NOT UP FOR THE GAME AT ALL, MADE LITTLE EFFORT TO WIN IT, LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE SAVING THEMSELVES FOR SLIGO, THEY SEEMED TO BE STAYING OUT OF 40/60 TACKLES

Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 3042 - 23/02/2026 11:08:52    2658048

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Down are the best team in the Division by some distance. Sligo game is massive now, probably the biggest game they will have this year.

FearBeag (Mayo) - Posts: 99 - 23/02/2026 11:36:42    2658065

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Replying To tearintom:  "We are still in a decent position though.

If we beat Sligo at home next week its puts us on 6 points with Limerick playing Clare and Westmeath away to Laois.

We could possibly possibly find ourselves playing westmeath in a winner takes all game in rhe park which wojkd be a huge achievement.

Down are a good side but we didnt play well yesterday, stood off them too much but they will win the division handily."
Hard to know what went wrong and hard to know even if they played well would they have won but I don't believe it was any deliberate tactics. Hopefully its not last weekdays costly mistake that will ultimately cost them.

zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 2175 - 23/02/2026 11:44:13    2658069

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Replying To FearBeag:  "Down are the best team in the Division by some distance. Sligo game is massive now, probably the biggest game they will have this year."
For both counties

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18556 - 24/02/2026 07:49:14    2658290

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A thing to consider about the way our management approached the team set up for the Down game is that score difference could be very important to us when it comes to the end of the League.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18556 - 24/02/2026 10:41:44    2658318

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It won't be a stroll in the park on Sunday.
Sligo are not a bad team. They are not world beaters either.
Tactically we must get it right from the get go.
We were anialated against Down all over the place.
Surprisingly our midfield never got to grips with their markers. Hughes and Coleman are usually excellent so is is hard to fathom what happened.
The lads will have to bring their A game to Wexford Park and I believe they will.
Two pointers will be important and once again Brooks will I am sure oblige.
On the Sligo forum they were saying that they don't have anyone that can kick 2 pointers so that might be advantage Wexford.
If we can play like we did against Fermanagh, Laois and Limerick ( except the last few minutes ) then we are well capable of securing both points.
Verdict -- wexford by 3 points.

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 617 - 26/02/2026 12:43:12    2658730

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