Liam Dunne admits Wexford haven't made progress based on their performance against Dublin.

Minus key players for various reasons, the Model County suffered a 13-point drubbing in what was their first championship appearance at Croke Park since 2008.

Asked if the team had improved, the manager replied: "When you look at a performance like that, straight up you'd have to say no. But there's such a transition of players from this team in the last two or three years. It's just phenomenal, to get a settled team, to get everyone back.

"You have Jack Guiney going over to America in the middle of last week, you have Kevin Foley, a guy with three Leinster U21 medals and he feels he can't give the commitment and doesn't want to hurl for Wexford at the moment.

"We can't afford not to have everybody. But it's a tough one. People will say you're not making progress but you're introducing young guys all the time. And they're learning harsh lessons at the moment.

"And you think of those guys in the dressing room there, they'll be ridiculed by everyone after that, which you have to take on the chin. Some fellas don't want that. They wonder is it worth the hassle and they decide it isn't. Some fellas will die for it. Everyone is different."

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