Replying To Viking66: "I blame our defeats on not being good enough to win. And I personally dont have a problem with Galway playing in our Championship. What I do have a problem with is posters who are like the hungry neighbour you invite round for dinner, who then starts complaining about the food. As regards Galway being in Leinster there are legitimate arguments put to me by friends about how its been holding Wexford hurling back the last 10 years. As a county a far higher proportion of our hurling population, adult and underage, play football and soccer at a comparable level to the level they hurl at than is the case in any other hurling county. Including the middle tier hurling counties. Whenever we win a Leinster title, there's a noticeable uptick in numbers pucking a ball around, especially in urban areas, towns and villages. In the last 10 years we might have won 3 or 4 more Leinster titles if you hadn't been in Leinster, including a 3 in a row between 2017 and 2019. We would probably have made the 2020 final also. That wouldve been massive for raising hurlings profile down here, and would have encouraged more young lads to take up hurling, more to stay at it, and more parents to get involved in coaching also. With obvious benefits to hurling in the county, at club and county level, on and off the field of play. The worst thing about it is your lads winning a Leinster title at any level doesn't give the sport any kind of boost up your way, as you arent even from Leinster. It means nothing other than a stepping stone."
I hear your point but just do not understand how you think more players are playing top level football and hurling in Wexford than any other county. I think you are saying this with just knowledge of Wexford and nowhere else. Even Cork for example have several dual players. I'd argue the best footballer in the county and one of the best football midfielders in Ireland plays corner forward for Cork Hurlers. There are 5 or 6 players in the current squad with senior club county football medals and several with county intermediate and junior also. Dial players is a factor in many counties. Look at Dublin. Their Hurlers suffer the reverse of what the Cork footballers suffer, being the second sporting code out of the two in the county.
Replying To Crashingwaves: "I didn't complain about the Munster hurling championship - I was referring to the provincial system in the GAA, hurling and football. The provincial system is lopsided. It's competitive in Ulster for football, not hurling. In fact I have met Ulster people who say that it's introverted and unhealthy in the football. I have great admiration for the hurlers of Down and Antrim, for their love of the native game and how they still play it against all the odds. Munster is a hurling province not Gaelic football. As you write extensively about Munster hurling, I'll refrain. The Munster football championship is uncompetitive. New York and London are included in the Connacht football championship. I'd rather see that money and effort spent on developing hurling in the province. The Leinster football championship can be competitive. In my lifetime Leinster hurling meant KK, a few All Irelands for Wexford, then Offaly in the 80s and 90s. If Leinster was a viable hurling province Galway, Antrim and Kerry (3 different provinces) wouldn't be allowed next nor near it. Calling it the Leinster Championship is blatantly wrong. It's a lie but sure in Ireland lies are common when it involves money and power."
What exactly do you mean by not investing money in New York and London participating in the Connacht Championship. London have competed in All Ireland's as long as most counties in Ireland . They also fund raise significantly to compete. They don't rely on handouts. Maybe Galway should share some of their significant budget spent every year for those poor little counties in the province where you want to promote hurling, they've had thousands of years to promote hurling and compete at the level they are, just like London do. There are probably more Irish in london than the whole of Connacht, so if anything, more should be invested in London, not less or the pittance that currently is, outside of what is self generated. I coach kids in London and the growth of home grown talent has seen the county team become far more competitive in recent years. Despite the obvious obstacles, the work being done in the county shows they are worthy of competing and were a single white flag away from playing in division 3 next season.
Replying To katser: "My heart utterly goes out to Wexford......gone out of the Championship and the Swallows are only nesting its not even 1st of June. Hopefully they can revitalise again."
I don't think we will unfortunately. Not for a long long time. We have lads hanging their hats on bringing Galway to extra time in the u20 the other evening for crying out loud!!
Replying To Tadhg2020: "By winning other big games. They flopped against Cork. They flopped against Clare in the 1B league final. I was at that and you could see that they just didnt believe that they could win it. They had the winning line in sight with the momentum and froze. They were poor and sloppy against Offaly and they were the same against Wexford. They are the 4 big games that they have played since beating limerick and they haven't come anywhere near that level in any of them. Therefore , you can only conclude, that they have had no benefit from that win other than a fond memory."
So what was it?
Wind, luck, alignment of the planets, ?
Only two unbeaten teams in championship and Limerick are not one of those teams.