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Replying To Formertownie: "The huge commitment for very little reward and lads berating players after games etc . You finish inter County back with club . Finish club back with county or college or both . No realistic break lads voting with their feet . In the prime of their lives inter County is too restrictive on their lives . Lads travelling going in their prime and wanting more from life than being flogged and controlled . It's not just County how many clubs are losing players too for similar reasons . What realistically is left in our country to hold onto these young men and women in their prime . We are sell affected by the spiraling cost in Ireland and we are probably all well established in our lives . I think if I was their age again I d be gone too . They're some of the reasons what the solutions are i do not know . It's not Rossi s fault there are a huge amount of outside factors in play here . U will always have a percentage of players not entirely behind a manager and opt out for different reasons ." I'm on the fence with this type of stuff. When you first pick up a hurl you're dreaming of walking up the steps of the Hogan in purple and gold. That's an achievable goal for these lads. What's the point of playing hurling at all if you're not trying to reach the top of the game? On the other hand I get what you're saying. It's very very hard starting out as a young adult in Ireland now and they essentially have to wait until they're finished hurling to even start. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4106 - 16/12/2025 13:54:37 2648545 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "Yet if none of those players were taking a year out we'd have a very good chance of winning a Leinster which is a good achievement for any Wexford player in my lifetime anyway." Who is taking a year out? Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17874 - 16/12/2025 15:16:15 2648558 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Who is taking a year out?" A year out is probably the wrong term in fairness. It's my understanding that Charlie mc and Eoin Ryan will be back hurling for Wexford in the future as will James Lawlor. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4106 - 16/12/2025 15:31:59 2648563 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "A year out is probably the wrong term in fairness. It's my understanding that Charlie mc and Eoin Ryan will be back hurling for Wexford in the future as will James Lawlor." Hard to see it. Not many leave and come back unless they were injured. And if they do come back they usually leave again. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17874 - 16/12/2025 19:48:55 2648586 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Hard to see it. Not many leave and come back unless they were injured. And if they do come back they usually leave again." Liam og and Darren stamp are two that spring to mind. Both took a break early in their careers and game back even better. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4106 - 16/12/2025 22:41:47 2648598 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "Liam og and Darren stamp are two that spring to mind. Both took a break early in their careers and game back even better." Liam ogs break was largely down to injury. Stamp didnt take a year break, only a few months as far as I remember. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17874 - 17/12/2025 10:40:07 2648619 Link
This forum has gone to the dogs, gone are the days when we'd have rumour's for weeks of a Paul Codd return. Rumours of Tom Dempsey being spotted at training etc... Lads I just happened to be driving past Ferns last night and spotted Matt O'Hanlon, Liam Og and Dee O'Keeffe leaving COE looking like they had ran 50 laps of the pitch. logger (Wexford) - Posts: 323 - 17/12/2025 10:53:05 2648621 Link
Replying To logger: "This forum has gone to the dogs, gone are the days when we'd have rumour's for weeks of a Paul Codd return. Rumours of Tom Dempsey being spotted at training etc... Lads I just happened to be driving past Ferns last night and spotted Matt O'Hanlon, Liam Og and Dee O'Keeffe leaving COE looking like they had ran 50 laps of the pitch." Brilliant post! Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17874 - 17/12/2025 11:38:21 2648632 Link
Replying To logger: "This forum has gone to the dogs, gone are the days when we'd have rumour's for weeks of a Paul Codd return. Rumours of Tom Dempsey being spotted at training etc... Lads I just happened to be driving past Ferns last night and spotted Matt O'Hanlon, Liam Og and Dee O'Keeffe leaving COE looking like they had ran 50 laps of the pitch." To be fair this year more than most years there are a lot of rumours regarding players leaving the squad and also players joining the squad Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 787 - 17/12/2025 12:53:02 2648645 Link
Has the lads played any practice games yet or are there any planned before the walsh cup? Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 787 - 17/12/2025 13:15:28 2648651 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Liam ogs break was largely down to injury. Stamp didnt take a year break, only a few months as far as I remember." Liam ogs first break was to go traveling. Stamp played 03, then left the panel and didn't return until 07 if memory serves me Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4106 - 17/12/2025 13:28:10 2648659 Link
Replying To Afinestick96: "Has the lads played any practice games yet or are there any planned before the walsh cup?" There will be the annual game against the club TOTY Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17874 - 17/12/2025 13:34:03 2648662 Link
Replying To Viking66: "There will be the annual game against the club TOTY" Would be interested to see who is actually in the squad training at the moment. I suspected we will see a few debuts through the Walsh Cup and early rounds of the league Afinestick96 (Wexford) - Posts: 787 - 17/12/2025 14:16:05 2648677 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "Liam ogs first break was to go traveling. Stamp played 03, then left the panel and didn't return until 07 if memory serves me" Mogie went travelling because he had done his ACL. He said that himself in his recent radio interview. Stamp played early 04 and left the panel, think there mightve been some sort of falling out. Seamus Murphy got him back in in 2005 when took over as manager. But Stamp broke his heel, a freak injury, against Galway in a challenge game and missed the Leinster Championship games against Laois and Kilkenny. We lost to Clare then in the Qualifier but I didnt go, I was at a bike show, can't remember if Stamp played or not. Neither took a year out when fully fit and ready to play. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17874 - 17/12/2025 15:16:04 2648687 Link
Was looking through the paper at some of the points raised by Kinnerk and co Looks like they seemed to suggest we should be doing some form of combined schools side? Am I also right in saying that they took issue with the following? Lack of clarity on coaching plans at club level and the burden not being shared across enough shoulders Lack of coaching alignment between development squads across ages Questions on development squad coaching capabilities Lack of a process to upskill coaches Issues with a lack of feedback from players to coaches at under-age level Lack of connection between schools and clubs Not enough hurling contact time Hurling 365 in need of regeneration Some clubs not pulling their weight and not really engaging in any of this process ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 747 - 17/12/2025 17:01:32 2648702 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Mogie went travelling because he had done his ACL. He said that himself in his recent radio interview. Stamp played early 04 and left the panel, think there mightve been some sort of falling out. Seamus Murphy got him back in in 2005 when took over as manager. But Stamp broke his heel, a freak injury, against Galway in a challenge game and missed the Leinster Championship games against Laois and Kilkenny. We lost to Clare then in the Qualifier but I didnt go, I was at a bike show, can't remember if Stamp played or not. Neither took a year out when fully fit and ready to play." Didn't know about stamp's heel injury. I did know there was a falling out. We lost to Clare by 11 points that day. It was a miserable performance and I don't remember stamp being there but I'd have to look. He wasn't involved in 06 either. That was an awful season. There were only two highlights in that whole year. 1. Rory Jacob got a brilliant solo goal in the Leinster final. 2. Rory McCarthy got a top quality goal against Clare in spite of it being a miserable performance. That game was also the only time we ever wore that Wexford cheddar promotional jersey that you had to collect milk cartons for. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4106 - 17/12/2025 17:02:01 2648703 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "Didn't know about stamp's heel injury. I did know there was a falling out. We lost to Clare by 11 points that day. It was a miserable performance and I don't remember stamp being there but I'd have to look. He wasn't involved in 06 either. That was an awful season. There were only two highlights in that whole year. 1. Rory Jacob got a brilliant solo goal in the Leinster final. 2. Rory McCarthy got a top quality goal against Clare in spite of it being a miserable performance. That game was also the only time we ever wore that Wexford cheddar promotional jersey that you had to collect milk cartons for." Stamp started that game Rory scored that goal in. He got subbed off though. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17874 - 17/12/2025 17:49:05 2648706 Link
Replying To ElGranSenor: "Was looking through the paper at some of the points raised by Kinnerk and co Looks like they seemed to suggest we should be doing some form of combined schools side? Am I also right in saying that they took issue with the following? Lack of clarity on coaching plans at club level and the burden not being shared across enough shoulders Lack of coaching alignment between development squads across ages Questions on development squad coaching capabilities Lack of a process to upskill coaches Issues with a lack of feedback from players to coaches at under-age level Lack of connection between schools and clubs Not enough hurling contact time Hurling 365 in need of regeneration Some clubs not pulling their weight and not really engaging in any of this process" Yep and most of those are valid criticisms. Although lack of coaches wanting to upskill might be a better way of describing that situation, rather than a lack of process. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17874 - 17/12/2025 17:51:26 2648707 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Stamp started that game Rory scored that goal in. He got subbed off though." You're right too Viking. My ability to recall entire starting 15s for individual games 20 years ago isn't what it used to be Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4106 - 21/12/2025 07:43:25 2649041 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "You're right too Viking. My ability to recall entire starting 15s for individual games 20 years ago isn't what it used to be" Mines not perfect either, but I didnt remember him dropping off the panel except halfway through 2004. And definitely not for a few years. So I had to look it up! Up or down very few lads leave the panel and come back without leaving again soon enough. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17874 - 22/12/2025 08:35:17 2649158 Link