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Replying To Timbertony: "No way to Jacko starting! If Donohue wasn't even brought on in KK then Clarke might come into the corner. Thought he got nowhere near the pace of it either but KK were rampant at that stage. Is Niall Murphy on panel still? Carley and Foley can't play in there again anyway. I'd be reluctant to move D Reck out of where he has been playing very well. Don't have a 6. Expecting Molloy to be championship match fit is too much. Maybe Foley or Carley into midfield next to Hearne. Dublin are strong in midfield. Agreed on Chin to 12. What's our sub keeper like? Fanning made some great saves but his distribution was terrible. Not comfortable at all finding a man around half back line and that's a big problem for a team that can't win a ball in the air." Keith seems to have preferred players. And not so favourites. He seems to be trying to get some lads onto the pitch even if its somewhere that doesn't suit them. And others arent getting gametime at all. At the end of the day hes the manager, he picks who he wants to pick, as is his right, but its a results based job at the end of the day. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19373 - 27/04/2026 15:22:03 2669279 Link
Replying To ElGranSenor: "Oh, I wasn't saying there was an anti-Martin's agenda, my point was we only had two of their players starting on Saturday Rory O'Connor away Barry O'Connor away Philip Dempsey injured Darren Codd injured David Codd on the matchday squad but not picked Eoin O'Leary on the panel but not on the matchday squad Joe Barrett won't play The rest not considered good enough for intercounty I don't think there is an agenda but the above shows that the strength of the Martin's isn't really feeding through to Wexford this year for various reasons (Not really the fault of either the Martin's or Wexford, it's just that these things happen now and again)" Sorry I misread your post before. Thats a fair list of players . Hopefully Rory and Barry will be available next year but I think its really disappointing lads like Joe Barrett and AJ Redmond who hurled all the way up for Wexford and dont commit for the seniors Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 1021 - 27/04/2026 15:31:19 2669282 Link
Replying To Timbertony: "No way to Jacko starting! If Donohue wasn't even brought on in KK then Clarke might come into the corner. Thought he got nowhere near the pace of it either but KK were rampant at that stage. Is Niall Murphy on panel still? Carley and Foley can't play in there again anyway. I'd be reluctant to move D Reck out of where he has been playing very well. Don't have a 6. Expecting Molloy to be championship match fit is too much. Maybe Foley or Carley into midfield next to Hearne. Dublin are strong in midfield. Agreed on Chin to 12. What's our sub keeper like? Fanning made some great saves but his distribution was terrible. Not comfortable at all finding a man around half back line and that's a big problem for a team that can't win a ball in the air." He went to bring on Donohue and the changed his mind for some reason. goreyll (Wexford) - Posts: 179 - 27/04/2026 16:02:24 2669292 Link
Replying To ElGranSenor: "Yeah, tbf I'm not saying the Wexford team needs to be dominated by players from the one club, it's just that you'd naturally wonder how the Martin's could be so good and how we could be so bad with only two Martin's players And the answer to that question is that it's down to various factors (Most lads on a very good club team won't be up to intercounty standard and then out of the ones who are good enough, some are injured, some are travelling, and some won't play) Suppose the over-arching point I'm trying to make (Possibly clumsily) is that for various reasons, a lot of good hurlers in Wexford aren't hurling for Wexford Not all of those will come back but solving that issue should be our biggest immediate priority" Some of them dont see the point of putting that effort in when there's little or no chance of an AI. But that becomes a self fulfilling prophecy then, as without all your best players no county will win an AI. Here's a list of lads who were current Senior intercounty championship, not just League, starters when they left the panel but arent currently injured afaik, and are still under 32- Conor Mcdonald Rory O'Connor Paudie Foley Oisin Foley Ian Carty Cathal Dunbar Eoin Ryan Then you have borderline lads who started Championship games but were dropped/not playing for the last few games before they left- Charlie Mcguckin Seamus Casey Conor Firman Joe O'Connor Then there are a host of others who played League games, or underage for Wexford, who might or might not be good enough. No doubt I mightve forgotten someone too. All of the 1st 7 named there would likely be starters now if fully fit and in the panel training since November, and some would be some of our best starters. I dont think any other county is missing as many. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19373 - 27/04/2026 16:22:08 2669299 Link
Replying To Timbertony: "No way to Jacko starting! If Donohue wasn't even brought on in KK then Clarke might come into the corner. Thought he got nowhere near the pace of it either but KK were rampant at that stage. Is Niall Murphy on panel still? Carley and Foley can't play in there again anyway. I'd be reluctant to move D Reck out of where he has been playing very well. Don't have a 6. Expecting Molloy to be championship match fit is too much. Maybe Foley or Carley into midfield next to Hearne. Dublin are strong in midfield. Agreed on Chin to 12. What's our sub keeper like? Fanning made some great saves but his distribution was terrible. Not comfortable at all finding a man around half back line and that's a big problem for a team that can't win a ball in the air." Not sure Derry Mahon would be better at puckouts or not. All I felt whenever I watched him play was that he was too slow with them. Lads who were open were usually marked up by the time he pucked the ball. I havent seen him play in a while though. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19373 - 27/04/2026 16:25:50 2669301 Link
Replying To ElGranSenor: "Oh, I wasn't saying there was an anti-Martin's agenda, my point was we only had two of their players starting on Saturday Rory O'Connor away Barry O'Connor away Philip Dempsey injured Darren Codd injured David Codd on the matchday squad but not picked Eoin O'Leary on the panel but not on the matchday squad Joe Barrett won't play The rest not considered good enough for intercounty I don't think there is an agenda but the above shows that the strength of the Martin's isn't really feeding through to Wexford this year for various reasons (Not really the fault of either the Martin's or Wexford, it's just that these things happen now and again)" Out of all those players listed rory is the only one worth talking about,the rest are at the same level as the lads that are on team and panel!!! We only have 4 or 5 proper intercounty hurlers really i think,our club standard is really poor!!! We just dont have enough above average or a bit better than that hurlers around to have a cut at leinster really!! The size of our team isnt helping either!!! Cant really knock rossi or the players because they are trying,its just they are not a good team,or good enough,bit better than kildare carlow,probably in and around the same level as offaly but not at the level as anyone else in the country!! Just have to keep plugging away at it!!! theboys (Wexford) - Posts: 304 - 27/04/2026 16:44:13 2669311 Link
Replying To theboys: "Out of all those players listed rory is the only one worth talking about,the rest are at the same level as the lads that are on team and panel!!! We only have 4 or 5 proper intercounty hurlers really i think,our club standard is really poor!!! We just dont have enough above average or a bit better than that hurlers around to have a cut at leinster really!! The size of our team isnt helping either!!! Cant really knock rossi or the players because they are trying,its just they are not a good team,or good enough,bit better than kildare carlow,probably in and around the same level as offaly but not at the level as anyone else in the country!! Just have to keep plugging away at it!!!" Barry would walk into that wexford team. His workrate is off the charts. No point in being a lovely tidy hurler if you can't win your own ball. He would win ball and make it stick. Wont be coming back out at ease anyway thats for certain. Dempsey had tj reid in his pocket for the leinster club final. Big physical specimen also. Lads wouldn't walse by him too easy. Joe barrett is an exceptional man marker when it comes to keeping top forwards quiet and is very athletic with a really good hurling brain. Joe o'connor was probably st martins main player before his injury. To say none of them would be an addition after watching wexford this year is wild. If we keep plugging away at it with rossi then its a case of how low can we go after watching us nearly get beaten by struggling joe mc teams. Waltermitty2 (Wexford) - Posts: 302 - 27/04/2026 17:31:33 2669321 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Some of them dont see the point of putting that effort in when there's little or no chance of an AI. But that becomes a self fulfilling prophecy then, as without all your best players no county will win an AI. Here's a list of lads who were current Senior intercounty championship, not just League, starters when they left the panel but arent currently injured afaik, and are still under 32- Conor Mcdonald Rory O'Connor Paudie Foley Oisin Foley Ian Carty Cathal Dunbar Eoin Ryan Then you have borderline lads who started Championship games but were dropped/not playing for the last few games before they left- Charlie Mcguckin Seamus Casey Conor Firman Joe O'Connor Then there are a host of others who played League games, or underage for Wexford, who might or might not be good enough. No doubt I mightve forgotten someone too. All of the 1st 7 named there would likely be starters now if fully fit and in the panel training since November, and some would be some of our best starters. I dont think any other county is missing as many." Yeah, tbh I think when Anthony Daly started off with Dublin, he wouldn't take no for an answer from players, that's what we need to do, would've had a good team this year had we had a full pick but unfortunately, we were dealt this hand and we have to play it ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1132 - 27/04/2026 17:34:21 2669323 Link
Replying To theboys: "Out of all those players listed rory is the only one worth talking about,the rest are at the same level as the lads that are on team and panel!!! We only have 4 or 5 proper intercounty hurlers really i think,our club standard is really poor!!! We just dont have enough above average or a bit better than that hurlers around to have a cut at leinster really!! The size of our team isnt helping either!!! Cant really knock rossi or the players because they are trying,its just they are not a good team,or good enough,bit better than kildare carlow,probably in and around the same level as offaly but not at the level as anyone else in the country!! Just have to keep plugging away at it!!!" Joe Barrett is surely good enough to be worth talking about? ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1132 - 27/04/2026 17:35:15 2669324 Link
I think in retrospect, either Derry Mahon or Cian Byrne should've been given some time in goal during the Walsh Cup or arguably in the league game against Kildare ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1132 - 27/04/2026 18:38:41 2669338 Link
Replying To Waltermitty2: "Barry would walk into that wexford team. His workrate is off the charts. No point in being a lovely tidy hurler if you can't win your own ball. He would win ball and make it stick. Wont be coming back out at ease anyway thats for certain. Dempsey had tj reid in his pocket for the leinster club final. Big physical specimen also. Lads wouldn't walse by him too easy. Joe barrett is an exceptional man marker when it comes to keeping top forwards quiet and is very athletic with a really good hurling brain. Joe o'connor was probably st martins main player before his injury. To say none of them would be an addition after watching wexford this year is wild. If we keep plugging away at it with rossi then its a case of how low can we go after watching us nearly get beaten by struggling joe mc teams." Ah lad - Joe O'Connor never impressed at county level and was given lots of chances under multiple managers. If the likes of Barrett or Barry O'Connor won't commit what exactly is Rossi meant to do? Maybe Barry O'Connor would be a serious addition at county level but it's a world away from dominating in 60 minute club games on slow pitches. His cousin proves that being big and strong isn't enough to compete at the highest level. Our two toughest and best players v KK were arguably our smallest in stature. Our captain might want to reflect on that. Viking - Ian Carty??? How many championship games has he even played for the county team? We are grasping at straws here with these stayaway lads who's reputations seem to increase the longer they stay away from the county setup. Timbertony (Wexford) - Posts: 557 - 27/04/2026 21:17:32 2669364 Link
Replying To ElGranSenor: "I think in retrospect, either Derry Mahon or Cian Byrne should've been given some time in goal during the Walsh Cup or arguably in the league game against Kildare" Totally agree surely they could of got a run in walah cup games or the kildare game in league which was a dead rubber game gannett83 (Wexford) - Posts: 336 - 27/04/2026 21:50:59 2669373 Link
Replying To ElGranSenor: "I think in retrospect, either Derry Mahon or Cian Byrne should've been given some time in goal during the Walsh Cup or arguably in the league game against Kildare" I've huge admiration for Keith as he's been some servant to the county and I think on the whole he's doing as well as he can with the players we have but the goalkeeper situation is definitely something of an Achilles heel. After his 1st season we've had Lawlor and Duggan opt out due to little or no game time. Kennedy last season twiddling his thumbs and now Byrne and Mahon without a sniff of game time, it's a strange one for sure and even stranger when Egan deemed Fanning second choice 4 years ago. The amount of times his short puckouts go astray would drive ya insane. In response to a few other comments about us going nowhere under Rossiter, I'd counter that with, it could have been any top manager over us on Saturday and the result would have been the same as the players showed zero intensity so it's very easy to constantly blame the management for our failures. I feel like he's doing what needs to be done and he'll only be appreciated for it when he's gone. There's definitely some talented players, I.e., Byrne brothers, Rowley and Roche but it's going to take time unfortunately before we become competitive with the big boys. YellowShadeOfPurple (Wexford) - Posts: 67 - 27/04/2026 21:51:54 2669374 Link
Replying To ElGranSenor: "I think in retrospect, either Derry Mahon or Cian Byrne should've been given some time in goal during the Walsh Cup or arguably in the league game against Kildare" Cian Byrne is a very good outfield player for Rosslare in Int A level. His puck of a ball is savage and he will make it. He needs a chance. Spuds&GAA (Wexford) - Posts: 5 - 27/04/2026 22:09:13 2669383 Link
Back to talk about the Minor Championship. I see all three final round games for Saturday have now been changed to 1.30 p.m. That's one problem with it solved. Pity about the bigger issue! Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3549 - 27/04/2026 22:27:08 2669386 Link
Replying To ElGranSenor: "Yeah, agree about Griffin, no-one else would've won with that team, he got them to win not because they got much better technically, tactically, or physically but mainly because they got much better mentally Just because you believe in yourself doesn't mean you're going to win but if you don't believe in yourself, you're absolutely not going to win" It's funny with all the talk of players opting out etc, Griffin has been quite open himself in the past about the panel in 96. He left some like Tomas Dunne out and others weren't committing so he went without them. If you look at the teams from 93-95 a good few weren't there by 96. Mcdonalds, Eamon Sinnott, maybe a few more too. No team is successful without commitment. Timbertony (Wexford) - Posts: 557 - 27/04/2026 22:36:55 2669388 Link
Replying To ElGranSenor: "I think in retrospect, either Derry Mahon or Cian Byrne should've been given some time in goal during the Walsh Cup or arguably in the league game against Kildare" Of course. Or Kennedy or Duggan in previous years.... . Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19373 - 28/04/2026 08:55:56 2669414 Link
Replying To Spuds&GAA: "Cian Byrne is a very good outfield player for Rosslare in Int A level. His puck of a ball is savage and he will make it. He needs a chance." And the standard of Inter A hurling in Wexford is compariable to Senior inter county hurling .. Serioudly grasping at straws now .. Derry Mahon hasn't a short game Eoin Ryan hurling with the Annes currently - he could only commit until June apparently but Rossiter wouldn't accept that. He's a big loss MyOhMi (Wexford) - Posts: 300 - 28/04/2026 09:46:40 2669432 Link
Replying To YellowShadeOfPurple: "I've huge admiration for Keith as he's been some servant to the county and I think on the whole he's doing as well as he can with the players we have but the goalkeeper situation is definitely something of an Achilles heel. After his 1st season we've had Lawlor and Duggan opt out due to little or no game time. Kennedy last season twiddling his thumbs and now Byrne and Mahon without a sniff of game time, it's a strange one for sure and even stranger when Egan deemed Fanning second choice 4 years ago. The amount of times his short puckouts go astray would drive ya insane. In response to a few other comments about us going nowhere under Rossiter, I'd counter that with, it could have been any top manager over us on Saturday and the result would have been the same as the players showed zero intensity so it's very easy to constantly blame the management for our failures. I feel like he's doing what needs to be done and he'll only be appreciated for it when he's gone. There's definitely some talented players, I.e., Byrne brothers, Rowley and Roche but it's going to take time unfortunately before we become competitive with the big boys." Yeah, I don't want to criticise him because it's not as if there were a huge amount of guys looking for the job a few years ago and if steps away, it'll likely be similar again, I think there are good young players there but he was on a hiding to nothing because he had so many players step away from the set-up over the last few years so while we had players coming in, there were players going out at the same time If Fanning and Reck are both injured and out of the next game, then 7 of the 17 players used against Galway will be available for selection the next day (Assuming Cian Byrne is still injured), that's a crazy level of churn ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1132 - 28/04/2026 10:06:52 2669436 Link
Replying To MyOhMi: "And the standard of Inter A hurling in Wexford is compariable to Senior inter county hurling .. Serioudly grasping at straws now .. Derry Mahon hasn't a short game Eoin Ryan hurling with the Annes currently - he could only commit until June apparently but Rossiter wouldn't accept that. He's a big loss" Yeah, he's under-rated, I think, was good the last two years for us, gave us a bit of height and athleticism in defence and was decent enough under the high ball ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 1132 - 28/04/2026 10:11:16 2669439 Link