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Yesterday was a fine performance by Wicklow considering what happened in Longford and the fact they were short four players who may have started especially Malcahy Stone and Kevin Quinn. Do supporters think winning a championship match like they did yesterday and playing Dublin next weekend is better than beating Longford and being promoted to division three? wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2196 - 13/04/2026 16:24:06 2666207 Link 0 |
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That isn't an easy question to answer. But, when you look at the composition of the 2027 Div 3, I think that this team would struggle to stay up in it. This team is, for me, just too inconsistent. We can't even say that we get better as the year goes on as examples by last years display in Croker v Limerick. With just a few exceptions the team is pretty young and maybe another season in the basement might harden and toughen them up a bit which they would definitely have to do to survive in a higher division. They definitely need hardening up, both physically and mentally. JP Nolan was back in the squad so should be available again for selection. I don't know the extent of young Quinn's injury but it looks like Malachy stone is out for a while. Darragh Fee has a hamstring injury - I think so might be back for the TC. Problem is that all these players seem to be of a pretty similar standard. Our backs appear to have tightened up considerably yesterday. The Dubs on Sunday will show us where we are in the pecking order. We gave them a good game last year, question is, are they better now under Mr Brennan ?. Certainly they have some young exciting players coming through. We might even get more tv time next week and maybe even get a passing mention on MOTD. The panel last night didn't seem to think we were worthy of a mention. They went straight to that opinion poll table which showed over 60% of respondents tipping the Dubs to win Leinster. That was probably their way of putting lowly Wicklow in their place.
Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2215 - 13/04/2026 17:05:29 2666222 Link 1 |
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No, absolutely not, playing at a higher standard consistently for Wicklow has to be a target, barring a miracle the Dublin match will be an occasion more than anything else (not being disrespectful but that's just a fact), I choose playing Div 3 10 times out of 10 when we are going to be in Tailteann regardless
Wonderingnow (Wicklow) - Posts: 23 - 13/04/2026 17:15:13 2666225 Link 0 |