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Replying To Viking66: "The quality gap isnt down to the format. We have to improve. End of." Agree. We can only win and beat what is in front of us and we aren't doing that at present. So we need to look at ourselves and what we are doing before pointing the finger anywhere else for problems. StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 2110 - 23/06/2026 10:15:38 2681396 Link
Replying To zinny: "At the same time i don't believe Cork would have beaten Wexford by as much but beaten them for sure. Dublin had their chance but failed to Capitalise on it, it looked more like the lost belief in themselves in the second half. If they went out again today it would be a 50/50 game. I would give Galway a good chance of beating Cork. Yes Cork have been tested far more in the Munster Championship but Galway has produced it when it counted in the LC." We conceded 5-21 to the worst Kilkenny since before Cody took over and 2-31 to a Galway team who didn't show up until 20 mins in to the game and even the goals we conceded against Dublin were fairly head in hands stuff, and if I remember correctly, those 3 teams had more goal chances in those games too that you'd bet the likes of Hayes or Connolly would bury. We were so open at the back all year it nearly doesn't bear thinking about. OpenStandWall (Wexford) - Posts: 367 - 23/06/2026 18:05:32 2681569 Link
Game has changed in 15 years alright but are we further behind Limerick and Cork now currently compared to how far behind we were to KK from about 06-11? OpenStandWall (Wexford) - Posts: 367 - 23/06/2026 18:15:34 2681573 Link
Replying To Viking66: "The quality gap isnt down to the format. We have to improve. End of." Well isn't it blindingly obvious that we need to improve in Wexford, and the same for the rest of the teams from Leinster. It's also very simplistic to say the current format has nothing to do with it. I'm sure you see the various articles from people far more qualified to speak than you or I that the hurling format needs to change. End of. YellowShadeOfPurple (Wexford) - Posts: 80 - 23/06/2026 20:01:11 2681586 Link
Replying To YellowShadeOfPurple: "Well isn't it blindingly obvious that we need to improve in Wexford, and the same for the rest of the teams from Leinster. It's also very simplistic to say the current format has nothing to do with it. I'm sure you see the various articles from people far more qualified to speak than you or I that the hurling format needs to change. End of." I think the hurling format needs to change myself. Ive put several possible changes to people at the top of the GAA pyramid here in Wexford and in other counties, and Nationally. Whether any of these come to pass in some form or another will be up to everyone to decide at Congress, if any of them get that far. If any of them come to pass we still wont do any better than we are doing, until we improve on the pitch. I think we are improving, but so too are most of the other hurling counties. We need to improve faster than the the others to catch them up and hopefully pass them out. That will need innovative ideas that others arent doing, and/or various combinations of existing ideas that no one other county is using, and plenty of good people to volunteer their time putting those ideas into practice. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20048 - 23/06/2026 20:46:23 2681591 Link
Replying To OpenStandWall: "Game has changed in 15 years alright but are we further behind Limerick and Cork now currently compared to how far behind we were to KK from about 06-11?" No we aren't. But we want to be the county other counties are behind. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20048 - 23/06/2026 20:47:42 2681594 Link
Replying To OpenStandWall: "We conceded 5-21 to the worst Kilkenny since before Cody took over and 2-31 to a Galway team who didn't show up until 20 mins in to the game and even the goals we conceded against Dublin were fairly head in hands stuff, and if I remember correctly, those 3 teams had more goal chances in those games too that you'd bet the likes of Hayes or Connolly would bury. We were so open at the back all year it nearly doesn't bear thinking about." Whoever the new manager is will have to sort that. And sort out the fact we were one of the lowest scoring teams in this years Liam McCarthy competition at the same time. Not a problem for the right man hopefully. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20048 - 23/06/2026 20:49:45 2681596 Link
Replying To zinny: "At the same time i don't believe Cork would have beaten Wexford by as much but beaten them for sure. Dublin had their chance but failed to Capitalise on it, it looked more like the lost belief in themselves in the second half. If they went out again today it would be a 50/50 game. I would give Galway a good chance of beating Cork. Yes Cork have been tested far more in the Munster Championship but Galway has produced it when it counted in the LC." So what would Cork have beaten us by and how many goals would they have scored against our defence in your opinion????? Goreylad1985 (Wexford) - Posts: 54 - 23/06/2026 21:00:15 2681597 Link