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Replying To Viking66:  "Agree about the fullback line options, wonder how Daragh Kehoe went against Tipp? Wonder did Eoin Whelan go well also?
Id probably go the same, but maybe James Byrne instead of one of the Codds.
I really really hope Darragh Carley has a great game if he starts against Dublin, he needs one at this stage for his confidence.
Id like to see Cian Byrne get good gametime too, the pitch up there will suit him better than the soft pitches so far maybe. Although they are giving plenty of rain this week so that might not be the case.
Cillian Byrne played a good chunk of the challenge game against Tipp, anyone who has been playing alot in the League so far had that night off apparently, would be good to see him too sooner rather than later as the League is halfway over already right now. Other lads have been mentioned as really flying in training, so it might be good to see them Saturday at some stage also."
Didnt hear anything about the Tipp game but was judging by the scoreline we competed well. Would like to see Darragh Kehoe and Eoin Whelan at some stage in this league. Not many opportunities left though only 3 games to go and this is the key game in regards to promotion.
I agree on Carley . He looks to have bulked up hugely but to be fair to him im not sure he's a corner back.
Of the two Codds I thought Darren Codd had a decent game the last day. David was more quiet I too wouldnt be against James Byrne starting in his place.
I agree on Cian wouldnt be totally against him starting Croker will suit him. Would like to see Cillian at some stage over the next 3 games too. If we give Cillian Byrne , Darragh Kehoe and Eoin Whelan debuts that would be a huge amount of experience given to young players over the league.
Interesting to hear of other lads flying in training have you heard any names?

Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 888 - 17/02/2026 15:38:43    2657017

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Replying To Afinestick96:  "Dissapointing to hear Murphy likely gone for rest of the league. What team would lads go for on Saturday.
I would go with the below

Fanning
Donohoe
C Foley ( Would Like to see him further out the field but I think we are tight on options in the full back line)
Carley
Lawlor
D Reck
Wickham
Hearne
David Codd
Chin
Darren Codd
Jack Redmond
K Foley (Roaming around Midfield)
Tucker
Simon Roche"
I'd go similar enough but would maybe go with Dempsey instead of Donohoe and have Dempsey at full-back, maybe Conor Foley at wing-back then (Am half-wondering whether we should try Richie Lawlor out at corner-back)

May as well test him IMO, Simon already has a lot of experience and you could always start him the next two games to get him up to speed for Championship

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 908 - 17/02/2026 15:41:31    2657019

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I'm not too sure we should get overly fixated on the number of Wexford lads on Fitzgibbon squads, you'd imagine we should already have a decent enough handle on where these players stand after having watched them at Minor and U20

You're never really going to get a situation from a Wexford perspective where you've good Minors/U20s and bad Fitzgibbon representation (And vice-versa)

If anything, U20 should be the most telling one as most Fitzgibbon hurlers will have hurled U20 but not all U20s hurl Fitzgibbon (Be that because they don't go to college or because they hurl Ryan Cup)

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 908 - 17/02/2026 15:50:16    2657021

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Replying To Viking66:  "We had 5 lads starting for TUD in the Ryan Cup Final also. Think there were 8 of our lads on their panel. With them winning and getting promoted back up to Fitzgibbon that will likely boost our numbers too.
SETU Carlow shouldve won their SF against Thurles too, maybe next year they might win the Ryan Cup."
While im not a fan of the celebrity, i think Davey has proven that things can be turned around pretty quickly ( even in absence of underage success) when the environment for that change is provided.

Tadhg2020 (Limerick) - Posts: 33 - 17/02/2026 16:04:45    2657022

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Replying To ExiledInWex:  "It is low and this is the point I and more people are making. Nobody should tell anyone where or how to go to college, if Wexford minor hurlers can't get a scholarship for one of DCU, SETU, UCD or even Maynooth (as in geographically where most go to) then something is awry.
Hurlers get treated well in colleges where they are the Fitzgibbon players, this is a fact. They get looked after better, get scholarships, etc. This is a fact."
The reason the Dublin colleges favour Dublin hurlers for scholarships isnt because they are neccessarily better than Wexford hurlers. It might be that they don't have to provide accommodation.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18468 - 17/02/2026 18:22:20    2657032

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Replying To Afinestick96:  "Didnt hear anything about the Tipp game but was judging by the scoreline we competed well. Would like to see Darragh Kehoe and Eoin Whelan at some stage in this league. Not many opportunities left though only 3 games to go and this is the key game in regards to promotion.
I agree on Carley . He looks to have bulked up hugely but to be fair to him im not sure he's a corner back.
Of the two Codds I thought Darren Codd had a decent game the last day. David was more quiet I too wouldnt be against James Byrne starting in his place.
I agree on Cian wouldnt be totally against him starting Croker will suit him. Would like to see Cillian at some stage over the next 3 games too. If we give Cillian Byrne , Darragh Kehoe and Eoin Whelan debuts that would be a huge amount of experience given to young players over the league.
Interesting to hear of other lads flying in training have you heard any names?"
Yes but not from within the camp

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18468 - 17/02/2026 18:23:35    2657033

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Replying To Tadhg2020:  "While im not a fan of the celebrity, i think Davey has proven that things can be turned around pretty quickly ( even in absence of underage success) when the environment for that change is provided."
Davy won a Leinster with a team made up of lads who won multiple u21 Leinsters. In Hurling and Football. And when those lads were mostly in their mid 20s. The majority of our current team did reach Leinster finals, most beat Kilkenny twice on their way there, and they only lost those finals by a point or 2, but they are still a few years younger than the malority of the lads Davy had were when they won in 2019. I think we need to show a bit of patience. Some of those lads might become very good Senior hurlers by the time they are 25/26 too, if they keep improving and getting physically stronger.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18468 - 17/02/2026 18:30:52    2657034

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Replying To Viking66:  "Davy won a Leinster with a team made up of lads who won multiple u21 Leinsters. In Hurling and Football. And when those lads were mostly in their mid 20s. The majority of our current team did reach Leinster finals, most beat Kilkenny twice on their way there, and they only lost those finals by a point or 2, but they are still a few years younger than the malority of the lads Davy had were when they won in 2019. I think we need to show a bit of patience. Some of those lads might become very good Senior hurlers by the time they are 25/26 too, if they keep improving and getting physically stronger."
Yes viking. Patience needed.
Rome wasn't built in a day.

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 612 - 17/02/2026 20:57:10    2657050

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Replying To Magpie2:  "Yes viking. Patience needed.
Rome wasn't built in a day."
Some things we should see every week even at this stage in our players development, which I think we are in fairness. Workrate, commitment, movement off the ball etc has all been there. Its actually been quite encouraging rhe way the lads have dug in and gone again in the closing stages of all 3 games so far. Marking and tracking runners hasnt been too bad. Some of the tackling needs to be tidied up, especially as we will be facing better forwards now, we are giving too many scorable frees away. Some lads have shown they can take a good score too, although the next 2 games will test them when they come up against better defenders.
Over the coming games Id like to see the speed of our individual hurling go up, decide what to do faster, and execute faster. Hopefully that will come with experience.
Cant wait til Saturday now!!!

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18468 - 18/02/2026 09:03:50    2657067

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Difficult assignment for the lads on Saturday.
We all know that we are mostly young and inexperienced and it will most definately take time to compete with the top teams.
Dublin are a good bit ahead of us right now and can usually do well against top tier sides.
They are still a 1Ɓ team so hopefully we can give them a good run for their money.
If Chin starts, and I believe he will, it will lift the lads no end.
Based on our three games so far and struggled for big chunks in all three I can see only one winner on Saturday.
The newcomers in the team will learn from playing in Croke park and against better opposition.
I do think we will be competitive and will leave nothing on the pitch but it will probably be a step too far.
Verdict -- Dublin to win by 6 points.

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 612 - 18/02/2026 09:11:01    2657069

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Replying To Magpie2:  "Difficult assignment for the lads on Saturday.
We all know that we are mostly young and inexperienced and it will most definately take time to compete with the top teams.
Dublin are a good bit ahead of us right now and can usually do well against top tier sides.
They are still a 1Ɓ team so hopefully we can give them a good run for their money.
If Chin starts, and I believe he will, it will lift the lads no end.
Based on our three games so far and struggled for big chunks in all three I can see only one winner on Saturday.
The newcomers in the team will learn from playing in Croke park and against better opposition.
I do think we will be competitive and will leave nothing on the pitch but it will probably be a step too far.
Verdict -- Dublin to win by 6 points."
I cant help but think you could be write in everything you have said. Its a huge test for our young lads. Dublin are a big psychical team . They will have a lot of lads playing on Saturday who have played All Ireland Semi finals and Leinster finals. Id love us to throw the kitchen sink at it and come out with a win would be huge for hurling in the county to get back to 1A but realistically if we can compete strongly with Dublin for the full 70 and bring it down to the wire we will have done well. Our lads will improve from the experience on Saturday and it will really show where we are at now

Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 888 - 18/02/2026 10:15:57    2657078

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Replying To Viking66:  "Our most successful player in history won 3 AI Senior hurling winners medals after playing in 5 AI Senior hurling finals, a National League winners medal, Railway Cup and Oireachtas Cup winners medals, 3 club Senior Football winners medals, and Junior Football and Hurling winners medals when there was only Junior and Senior. All while he was playing with our club. His name was Jim Morrissey.
You must have some collection of medals."
Never heard of him, nor has probably anyone under 50.
But he left a legacy and Taghmon have gone from strength to strength since.
Like every other post, its related to what happened in the past.

StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1966 - 18/02/2026 10:23:01    2657084

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Is match on TV anywhere? Alas I don't have a private jet and the Chang Rai U10 team need to be trained, had to do something for them on the 3 days I am in the town.

StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1966 - 18/02/2026 10:26:38    2657086

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Replying To Viking66:  "Some things we should see every week even at this stage in our players development, which I think we are in fairness. Workrate, commitment, movement off the ball etc has all been there. Its actually been quite encouraging rhe way the lads have dug in and gone again in the closing stages of all 3 games so far. Marking and tracking runners hasnt been too bad. Some of the tackling needs to be tidied up, especially as we will be facing better forwards now, we are giving too many scorable frees away. Some lads have shown they can take a good score too, although the next 2 games will test them when they come up against better defenders.
Over the coming games Id like to see the speed of our individual hurling go up, decide what to do faster, and execute faster. Hopefully that will come with experience.
Cant wait til Saturday now!!!"
I think you've summed it up perfectly to be honest. I know it's easy to get bogged down in the close games against teams we're expected to beat but looking at the positives:

Jack Redmond is becoming a leader. He's popped up with vital scores at key moments.

Tucker kinsella can really take a score. I think he scored every time he got possession the last day.

We're using a huge number of players and still have experience to come back.

I agree as well we just need to be quicker all round but I think that will improve with the weather.

I'm very much looking forward to see how we get on against Dublin who are the most settled team in Leinster and are motoring nicely.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4272 - 18/02/2026 10:38:27    2657089

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Replying To Magpie2:  "Difficult assignment for the lads on Saturday.
We all know that we are mostly young and inexperienced and it will most definately take time to compete with the top teams.
Dublin are a good bit ahead of us right now and can usually do well against top tier sides.
They are still a 1Ɓ team so hopefully we can give them a good run for their money.
If Chin starts, and I believe he will, it will lift the lads no end.
Based on our three games so far and struggled for big chunks in all three I can see only one winner on Saturday.
The newcomers in the team will learn from playing in Croke park and against better opposition.
I do think we will be competitive and will leave nothing on the pitch but it will probably be a step too far.
Verdict -- Dublin to win by 6 points."
You may be right. I don't think a result is beyond us but it will take a bit of luck and a near perfect performance, particularly considering Dublin can't afford to lose and I think they need to go up more than we do at this moment in time.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4272 - 18/02/2026 10:40:03    2657090

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On another note altogether, not sure if any of you have seen the comic book released in 2021 called set the heather blazing. I would highly recommend it.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4272 - 18/02/2026 10:40:59    2657091

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Replying To StoreysTash:  "Is match on TV anywhere? Alas I don't have a private jet and the Chang Rai U10 team need to be trained, had to do something for them on the 3 days I am in the town."
Not as far as I know Storeystash

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18468 - 18/02/2026 11:05:45    2657095

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Replying To StoreysTash:  "Never heard of him, nor has probably anyone under 50.
But he left a legacy and Taghmon have gone from strength to strength since.
Like every other post, its related to what happened in the past."
I don't see what you're trying to achieve here, you're just showcasing your own ignorance

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 908 - 18/02/2026 11:18:53    2657098

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "You may be right. I don't think a result is beyond us but it will take a bit of luck and a near perfect performance, particularly considering Dublin can't afford to lose and I think they need to go up more than we do at this moment in time."
The performance matters a lot more than the result for us, not sure winning without hurling well (As unlikely as that is) does much for us but you could see us having a lot to build on if we were to lose but be very competitive

As you say, it's the other way round for Dublin, hurling well but losing does very little for them

Mind you, I'm not sure all the pressure's on them; we need to prove that our young and inexperienced players are capable of playing well at the top level

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 908 - 18/02/2026 11:26:12    2657100

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Replying To StoreysTash:  "Never heard of him, nor has probably anyone under 50.
But he left a legacy and Taghmon have gone from strength to strength since.
Like every other post, its related to what happened in the past."
We still are what we always were. A bit like the county. Hopefully things are improving for both, but it will take some time. I know this will sound hard for a younger fella like yourself to understand but life isnt usually about quick fixes that actually work unfortunately. Like the county we have great people who put alot of their lives into the club, they didnt quit or turn their back just because we arent winning Senior titles, but we need more people like them.
Most people I know who are from Wexford and involved in hurling know who Jim Morrissey was. Or at least will have heard of him. You know who he was now, or at least something about him.
As regards all my posts, many are related to what we are doing now, or could be doing now, especially what we are or could be doing now that we weren't doing before, and how that might affect us positively going forwards.
As regards living in the past, as you state Im doing in this post that Im answering, learning from the lads who have done it all before as you stated you will do if you come back in a previous post, that is exactly one of the problems with Wexford Hurling. Counties with similar playing populations to ours like Clare and Limerick have innovated massively to try to give themselves an advantage and have reaped the rewards. On the other hand we generally have stuck to the tried and tested until very recently, and still are to an extent, and its got as as far as it always got us. Wonder why that is?
Most of your posts are negative, you are very good at pointing out what is wrong with Wexford hurling, problems which are obvious to pretty much everyone, yet you havent come up with a single practical suggestion or change that we could implement as a county that would improve our performances on the pitch. Not one. Why is that? Are you happy that we arent winning just so that you have something to give out about?

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18468 - 18/02/2026 11:32:57    2657102

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