The Kilkenny game was a shocker and highlighted our limitations for all to see.
However if Jippo and Jacko show improvement after getting a game or two under their belts and if management make the necessary positional changes such as, Damien at centre back, ( his experience might be a good move ) Ryan to hold his central position and not following his man out the field leaving a huge gap in the full back line..
As has been said on this forum many times and elsewhere, Richie Lawlor is a midfielder or forward and it makes sense to play him in either position.
Chin and Jacko on the wings with Redmond in the centre. Rowley and cillian Byrne looked lively when introduced so I would start both on Saturday week.
With Kevin Foley in the corner. That would put Hearne and Lawlor/ Wickham midfield.
Going back I think on reflection that Simon Roche should slot in instead of Rowley.
Conor Foley and Carley wing backs and Donoghoe and Patsy/ Clarke in as corner backs.

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 675 - 30/04/2026 19:12:35    2670066

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 19397 - 30/04/2026 19:29:06    2670067

Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 1037 - 30/04/2026 21:00:36    2670076

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3560 - 30/04/2026 22:11:24    2670085

Since 2017 especially the rivalry has being healthy between both teams and very little separating the teams.First of all i cant stress this enough and people need to remember this. Keith took on a job that didnt exactly have a list of candidates. Davie inherited liam dunnes team who like keith now had a few tough days but like any rebuild thats part of the journey. Young lads will be key players in a few years. Keith knew when taking the job that Dara Egan has squeezed the last drop out of Davies team and but that was it. Keith immediately lost mogie,hanlon,Keefe,Morris,all these players who were leaders but he wasn't going to turn down the chance to manage the county. These couple of years are a rebuilding job. Decent minor and u20 teams this year. Ive no doubt the next manager will benefit from all of Keith's hard work and criticism which isnt all his fault. Unfortunately he will lose fanning,donahoe,jippo,chin jacko and foley who are all over 3o. When chin was held the attack was toothless. The amount of defenders coming back to hep carey it was easy tie lee up cause others werent working hard enough making themselves available. I had this debate with a few kk men about the lads this year unavailable but he said kk are down huw lawlor,billy ryan,tommy walsh,adrian mullen and harry shine. This certainly isn't a vintage kk team but are they going for 6 or 7 leinsters in a row? Wexford won in 2019 and its still spoken about. I met tom Dempsey at half time he was very apprehensive at half time because kk could of had 2 goals and 5 or 6 points more while foleys goal came from young bolgers mistake. He said the writing was on the wall and maybe at ht more could of being done to try prevent the inevitable onslaught because kk were nervous after the hammering the week before. Its a while since I seen a good kk crowd at a match and the half time thing was a magnificent idea. Other counties take note. Bad days happen to all teams but on side im thinking oh no. We robbed antrim,lucky against down,lost to a clare b team and weren't convincing against kikdare. Offally will definitely target the wexford match and they have some nice hurlers who will like the dry sod. The other part tells me drew with dublin few weeks ago,timing the run,caught a bit off guard against kk but ive absolutely no doubt there will be a big improvement. Players will be more upset than any supporter so expect a reaction because its coming. Lee needs to come out further he is too easily marked inside

Slowandshortsighted (UK) - Posts: 74 - 30/04/2026 23:36:17    2670092

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 675 - 01/05/2026 08:36:35    2670105