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Conceded more scores than we did against Dublin. We have now conceded 35 and 32 points in 2 championship game which is worse than ours league form.

It's our biggest losing margin since the Cork league game which was a shambles and people here were arguing that we are OK defensively and going forward was the problem! Our forwards are keeping games somewhat respectable

That's before you get to team selection, team set up and tactics which to be fair I think is a factor in how bad we are defensively.

It's not good

tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1496 - 10/05/2025 18:55:27    2608130

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Replying To Jedobi:  "Not going to get any better, who is going to replace Chin?"
To be honest I don't see a chin, jippo, Mac, Roc, dee, Mogie, Matt or even Jacko coming.......

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3575 - 10/05/2025 19:06:58    2608132

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "To be honest I don't see a chin, jippo, Mac, Roc, dee, Mogie, Matt or even Jacko coming......."
We have alot of good young prospects. Hope some of them make the big jump over the next few years. We badly need them too.
Positives from today were the younger lads tbh, Foley and Eoin Ryan were pretty good, Richie not the worst either. Can't understand why Patsy and Cian were dropped. This year will stand to Jack Redmond also.
I wonder what management are doing to develop some of the bigger lads on the panel, like Mike Kelly and Michael Dundon. Kelly has been playing well as a forward for Oylegate this League apparently. Dara Kehoe and Eoin Whelan are good prospects also, Rowley of the u20s, maybe Roche as well. Cillian was unlucky with injuries but has pace and hurling also.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15691 - 10/05/2025 19:24:07    2608143

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "Completely and utterly deflated..... sick and tired of being let down."
Are you not used to it by now..? I know I am.

Purpleandgold72 (Wexford) - Posts: 255 - 10/05/2025 19:43:17    2608150

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Replying To WEXILE:  "Not sure Offally will beat us (this year)"
Doesn't matter. You would love to see a number of them ran off the panel but the sad reality is we don't have many better.

The 2 x Cians dropped - what was that about?

Timbertony (Wexford) - Posts: 400 - 10/05/2025 19:43:29    2608151

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Replying To Viking66:  "We have alot of good young prospects. Hope some of them make the big jump over the next few years. We badly need them too.
Positives from today were the younger lads tbh, Foley and Eoin Ryan were pretty good, Richie not the worst either. Can't understand why Patsy and Cian were dropped. This year will stand to Jack Redmond also.
I wonder what management are doing to develop some of the bigger lads on the panel, like Mike Kelly and Michael Dundon. Kelly has been playing well as a forward for Oylegate this League apparently. Dara Kehoe and Eoin Whelan are good prospects also, Rowley of the u20s, maybe Roche as well. Cillian was unlucky with injuries but has pace and hurling also."
Today was very bad but the biggest issue was our complete lack of intensity, not saying we'd be world-beaters if we did empty the tank but there was an awful lot of our hurlers today who are capable of playing a lot better than what they showed today

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 482 - 10/05/2025 19:51:32    2608156

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2 dead rubbers next, with what will be a small crowd at them i say, that if Galway beat Antrim in salthill next Saturday which I expect them too. I think Simon and Charlie time is over on this team and has been for a long time and Dunbar is definitely not a starter. I start Kennedy in goal, s reck (if he fit), Ryan, Ryan, Reck, foley (6), molloy, hearne, k foley, Redmond, Chin, Rory, Byrne, mac, s Roche. It very hard to even pick a team after that performance. I really like keith a good wexford man but unfortunately he looks out of his depth.
Where do we go from here?

hunting (Wexford) - Posts: 1129 - 10/05/2025 20:10:00    2608162

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Might stop reading posts for while so depressingxafter losing and see even more depressing posts that you know are mostly true. But want to believe we have hope still long way off the top teams . But it's the jack of fight and spirit ththar deflates me anyway
Watched the ulster foognjas final and thinking to myself look what it means yo those teams and give everything plus .
Until we shiow more fight i feel we still.have further to fall . I don't mind losing as much if I see the fight and effort .

Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 360 - 10/05/2025 20:19:48    2608165

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Replying To Viking66:  "We have alot of good young prospects. Hope some of them make the big jump over the next few years. We badly need them too.
Positives from today were the younger lads tbh, Foley and Eoin Ryan were pretty good, Richie not the worst either. Can't understand why Patsy and Cian were dropped. This year will stand to Jack Redmond also.
I wonder what management are doing to develop some of the bigger lads on the panel, like Mike Kelly and Michael Dundon. Kelly has been playing well as a forward for Oylegate this League apparently. Dara Kehoe and Eoin Whelan are good prospects also, Rowley of the u20s, maybe Roche as well. Cillian was unlucky with injuries but has pace and hurling also."
Absolutely we have prospects but I'm not sure any of them are budding superstars

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3575 - 10/05/2025 20:23:11    2608167

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Bad day, folks. Not good to see!

foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2212 - 10/05/2025 20:36:23    2608173

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Replying To Formertownie:  "Might stop reading posts for while so depressingxafter losing and see even more depressing posts that you know are mostly true. But want to believe we have hope still long way off the top teams . But it's the jack of fight and spirit ththar deflates me anyway
Watched the ulster foognjas final and thinking to myself look what it means yo those teams and give everything plus .
Until we shiow more fight i feel we still.have further to fall . I don't mind losing as much if I see the fight and effort ."
I don't know if you got to see the clare/tipp game but the gulf in class between that and the wex/gal game was frightening.

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2313 - 10/05/2025 21:01:52    2608186

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Replying To Timbertony:  "Doesn't matter. You would love to see a number of them ran off the panel but the sad reality is we don't have many better.

The 2 x Cians dropped - what was that about?"
There's 7 or 8 I can think of that I'd be happy to see gone but you're right, there's no players out there who haven't been involved in the set up at some stage in the last 2 or 3 years - which speaks to the level that our club game is at at the moment.

OpenStandWall (Wexford) - Posts: 257 - 10/05/2025 21:02:32    2608188

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Replying To Viking66:  "We have alot of good young prospects. Hope some of them make the big jump over the next few years. We badly need them too.
Positives from today were the younger lads tbh, Foley and Eoin Ryan were pretty good, Richie not the worst either. Can't understand why Patsy and Cian were dropped. This year will stand to Jack Redmond also.
I wonder what management are doing to develop some of the bigger lads on the panel, like Mike Kelly and Michael Dundon. Kelly has been playing well as a forward for Oylegate this League apparently. Dara Kehoe and Eoin Whelan are good prospects also, Rowley of the u20s, maybe Roche as well. Cillian was unlucky with injuries but has pace and hurling also."
Positives for me was we are.scoring goals. Also Liam Ryan got through the game without injury fingers crossed. Good to see Mac back.

Must be some reason 2 Cians dropped. All in all a deflating day. The manner of the defeat was concerning.

Season possibly finished on May 10th? Even if Dublin beat Galway we've lost head to head.

I might be wrong, too sick to look at permutations but Offaly game is basically a game we need something from.to 100% guarantee we are safe.

Deflated and demoralised,.concerned for next few years

WEXILE (Wexford) - Posts: 389 - 10/05/2025 21:05:05    2608191

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Replying To Purpleandgold72:  "Are you not used to it by now..? I know I am."
Personally I don't ever get used to it and always seem to get some kind amnesia every year. Always have a little bit of hope despite history saying otherwise. Probably living off the fumes of 2019 in terms of hope. This forum is also a bit of a copium den.

One thing I noticed was how static we are today on puck outs. Just standing in positions not moving, no one showing at all. For a team almost no aerial ability in the front 8 outside chin we seem to have zero ideas on how to make space for players to run onto a puck out.

I think things are going to get worse before they get better

Fulgrim (Wexford) - Posts: 267 - 10/05/2025 21:18:45    2608199

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What do lads here expect?

The standard of hurling in Wexford at levels is slow and agricultural from schools, underage and right up to senior.

If a chap aged 7 to 17 is playing at that slow standard of hurling all his life in Wexford in his club or in development squads against similar type hurlers it's very hard to flick that switch as an adult when you are under the most pressure against top class inter county hurlers.

There is a reason we are not successful at underage, schools, club and county hurling. We are too SLOW at executing every skill in the book.

I can count around 8-10 incidents in the match today when we fumbled the ball under pressure and were punished instantly by Galway on the scoreboard either from play or a free, you will get away with that against other slow executing skilled counties such as as Antrim and Offaly but when you come up against the counties who play hurling at a faster level all their lives you will be punished time and time again for slow hurling.

Past hurler (None) - Posts: 923 - 10/05/2025 21:32:10    2608205

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Replying To Viking66:  "We have alot of good young prospects. Hope some of them make the big jump over the next few years. We badly need them too.
Positives from today were the younger lads tbh, Foley and Eoin Ryan were pretty good, Richie not the worst either. Can't understand why Patsy and Cian were dropped. This year will stand to Jack Redmond also.
I wonder what management are doing to develop some of the bigger lads on the panel, like Mike Kelly and Michael Dundon. Kelly has been playing well as a forward for Oylegate this League apparently. Dara Kehoe and Eoin Whelan are good prospects also, Rowley of the u20s, maybe Roche as well. Cillian was unlucky with injuries but has pace and hurling also."
Mike Kelly looking really dangerous in new role as a forward this year. Big, powerful and skllfull.

Definitely better than Dunbarr or Casey. Casey's role today seemed to be stand beside the Galway goalkeeper for 70 minutes to take a Galway back out of the game.

WEX98 (Wexford) - Posts: 502 - 10/05/2025 21:44:36    2608210

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Replying To Purpleandgold72:  "Are you not used to it by now..? I know I am."
Over the years they've given me just enough to keep hoping..... I am a fool and have wasted years of my life.....

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3575 - 10/05/2025 21:59:20    2608216

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Very slow on the lines to change tactics, we had a big strong wind in first half, but we choose short puck outs and get overturned, although we had two big lads to aim at , Casey on instead of Byrne, something must of happened in the camp, it dosent Add up

fathermurphy (Wexford) - Posts: 328 - 10/05/2025 21:59:22    2608217

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Bye the way does any one else think Chin looked tired today? He won next to nothing of balls sent his way, outnumbered and outfought.

I hate to say it but I've a feeling this is his final year. Why would be commit to a few.more? There's nothing down the road that suggests we are building something special.

WEXILE (Wexford) - Posts: 389 - 10/05/2025 21:59:50    2608218

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Replying To Past hurler:  "What do lads here expect?

The standard of hurling in Wexford at levels is slow and agricultural from schools, underage and right up to senior.

If a chap aged 7 to 17 is playing at that slow standard of hurling all his life in Wexford in his club or in development squads against similar type hurlers it's very hard to flick that switch as an adult when you are under the most pressure against top class inter county hurlers.

There is a reason we are not successful at underage, schools, club and county hurling. We are too SLOW at executing every skill in the book.

I can count around 8-10 incidents in the match today when we fumbled the ball under pressure and were punished instantly by Galway on the scoreboard either from play or a free, you will get away with that against other slow executing skilled counties such as as Antrim and Offaly but when you come up against the counties who play hurling at a faster level all their lives you will be punished time and time again for slow hurling."
Disagree. Few mistakes today yes. But the real issue here is how they are been asked to play and how they are been coached. Des Mythen was across from me today, Charlie got a ball in the second half on our 45 right beside the side line. Mythen was roaring at him from the stand to carry it.
Every ball our backs got they carried into trouble like U14s. Charlie did the same with this ball. You carry when you need to break the tackle or get away from trouble. If you get the ball in space you don't saunder up to the nearest opposition player, then back track, or panic and play a stupid pass. You get the ball up the field as far as you can, making sure you give the next Wexford player the best opportunity of winning the ball.

WEX98 (Wexford) - Posts: 502 - 10/05/2025 21:59:59    2608219

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