|
As expected Offaly no where near good enough for Liam McCarthy Cup and relegation looms for them. Ruthless from Wexford and that's how it should be. Win one game and we are in Leinster Final our scoring difference will get us there
hurlorhurley (Wexford) - Posts: 1660 - 27/05/2018 10:14:03
2104085
Link
0
|
|
good reports,good to hear we won.what a saturday ahead,i am glad we steamrolled offally because if we had a hard tough match it would have not been easy for them to recover before saturday.
the park will be heaving when the all ireland champions arrive.
it is head to head i heard last night,but i cant be sure of that as i heard it off a man in the bar.
so,if galway win today,and we beat galway next weekend,bar we lose to offaly by a cricket score,we will be through to a leinster final.
perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 27/05/2018 10:35:28
2104088
Link
0
|
|
It's head to head if 2 teams finish on the same amount of points and points difference if 3 or more teams finish level.
Agree with the reports on last night, offaly in fairness to them probably didn't do themselves justice and I'd imagine that was there worst performance of the year, but we were ruthless and that's what we want to see. I taught if we clicked we would win comfortably but never to that extent.it was a bonus we could afford to rest chin and Rory ahead of next week and get paudie and donohoe off the field following there knocks. Baring injury we'll surely go same 15 again next week.i was surprised at such a small offaly support too. Unless alot of them went to the terrace but we seemed to have more support than offaly in the stand.
bostonredsox (Wexford) - Posts: 4368 - 27/05/2018 11:25:55
2104103
Link
0
|
|
I see panic over tickets for Galway game on Facebook only terrace tickets available I'm assuming it's just tickets.ie allocation gone be plenty more from Wexford park during the week
Sjb25 (Wexford) - Posts: 3 - 27/05/2018 13:29:28
2104127
Link
0
|
|
It was worth the trip to tullamore just to see liam og back in a wexford jersey. I dont know the man but i was unbelievably proud of his dedication to get back on the team. What was more impressive was he looked fast and sharp. His striking obviously needs to get sharper but that will come. Im absolutely delighted for him.
I thought when the game was in the melting pot we looked very impressive. Our movement was great. I thought mac was very good in the first half also which is good after last week. The second goal was brilliant. The way we worked the ball up the field. When i saw donoghue catch that ball i was even caught by as much surprise as the offaly players i dont think anyone saw him drift into that position. What a great pass then to Nolan.
Rory again was first class. I think the penalty question is surely put to bed. That penalty by fanning was top class. Role on next week. I dont want to take anything away from our performance by talking about what Offaly brought to the game. Also id say duignan was sickened. Ive been reading articles the last few months where he was hinting at wexford being turned over in last nights game.
Wexboi92 (Wexford) - Posts: 74 - 27/05/2018 13:31:02
2104128
Link
0
|
|
Replying To Wexboi92: "It was worth the trip to tullamore just to see liam og back in a wexford jersey. I dont know the man but i was unbelievably proud of his dedication to get back on the team. What was more impressive was he looked fast and sharp. His striking obviously needs to get sharper but that will come. Im absolutely delighted for him.
I thought when the game was in the melting pot we looked very impressive. Our movement was great. I thought mac was very good in the first half also which is good after last week. The second goal was brilliant. The way we worked the ball up the field. When i saw donoghue catch that ball i was even caught by as much surprise as the offaly players i dont think anyone saw him drift into that position. What a great pass then to Nolan.
Rory again was first class. I think the penalty question is surely put to bed. That penalty by fanning was top class. Role on next week. I dont want to take anything away from our performance by talking about what Offaly brought to the game. Also id say duignan was sickened. Ive been reading articles the last few months where he was hinting at wexford being turned over in last nights game." Whoa! That was rough. Congrats on the big win and good luck the rest of the way.
UpOffaly (Offaly) - Posts: 69 - 27/05/2018 14:43:00
2104135
Link
1
|
|
Replying To perfect10: "good reports,good to hear we won.what a saturday ahead,i am glad we steamrolled offally because if we had a hard tough match it would have not been easy for them to recover before saturday.
the park will be heaving when the all ireland champions arrive.
it is head to head i heard last night,but i cant be sure of that as i heard it off a man in the bar.
so,if galway win today,and we beat galway next weekend,bar we lose to offaly by a cricket score,we will be through to a leinster final." You at match? Serious that was a joke
tonydoranfan (Wexford) - Posts: 550 - 27/05/2018 15:58:07
2104156
Link
0
|
|
Replying To Wexboi92: "It was worth the trip to tullamore just to see liam og back in a wexford jersey. I dont know the man but i was unbelievably proud of his dedication to get back on the team. What was more impressive was he looked fast and sharp. His striking obviously needs to get sharper but that will come. Im absolutely delighted for him.
I thought when the game was in the melting pot we looked very impressive. Our movement was great. I thought mac was very good in the first half also which is good after last week. The second goal was brilliant. The way we worked the ball up the field. When i saw donoghue catch that ball i was even caught by as much surprise as the offaly players i dont think anyone saw him drift into that position. What a great pass then to Nolan.
Rory again was first class. I think the penalty question is surely put to bed. That penalty by fanning was top class. Role on next week. I dont want to take anything away from our performance by talking about what Offaly brought to the game. Also id say duignan was sickened. Ive been reading articles the last few months where he was hinting at wexford being turned over in last nights game." No offence, the game was never in the melting pot
dumptruck1 (Wexford) - Posts: 206 - 27/05/2018 20:42:50
2104318
Link
0
|
|
Replying To Wexboi92: "It was worth the trip to tullamore just to see liam og back in a wexford jersey. I dont know the man but i was unbelievably proud of his dedication to get back on the team. What was more impressive was he looked fast and sharp. His striking obviously needs to get sharper but that will come. Im absolutely delighted for him.
I thought when the game was in the melting pot we looked very impressive. Our movement was great. I thought mac was very good in the first half also which is good after last week. The second goal was brilliant. The way we worked the ball up the field. When i saw donoghue catch that ball i was even caught by as much surprise as the offaly players i dont think anyone saw him drift into that position. What a great pass then to Nolan.
Rory again was first class. I think the penalty question is surely put to bed. That penalty by fanning was top class. Role on next week. I dont want to take anything away from our performance by talking about what Offaly brought to the game. Also id say duignan was sickened. Ive been reading articles the last few months where he was hinting at wexford being turned over in last nights game." 100% with you there in relation to Liam Og''s appearance. What a man to go through those injuries the last two years and still want to put on the purple and gold.
gminor (Wexford) - Posts: 488 - 27/05/2018 21:20:39
2104344
Link
0
|
|
Replying To perfect10: "good reports,good to hear we won.what a saturday ahead,i am glad we steamrolled offally because if we had a hard tough match it would have not been easy for them to recover before saturday.
the park will be heaving when the all ireland champions arrive.
it is head to head i heard last night,but i cant be sure of that as i heard it off a man in the bar.
so,if galway win today,and we beat galway next weekend,bar we lose to offaly by a cricket score,we will be through to a leinster final." It was Offaly we beat last night, so we won't be playing them again in the Leinster Championship. How did the game you were watching on the telly go for you?
gminor (Wexford) - Posts: 488 - 27/05/2018 21:27:29
2104349
Link
0
|
|
Just saw the highlights on Sunday Game. I know the game was dead and buried but pur defending and goalkeeping in particular was very poor for the two Offaly goals. Great however to have the game over so quickly. Better than being involved in a slog ahead of next week
890202 (Wexford) - Posts: 1278 - 27/05/2018 22:16:44
2104396
Link
0
|
|
Replying To 890202: "Just saw the highlights on Sunday Game. I know the game was dead and buried but pur defending and goalkeeping in particular was very poor for the two Offaly goals. Great however to have the game over so quickly. Better than being involved in a slog ahead of next week" Unfortunately goalkeeper is a big issue for us, look at the saves today from Nash,Eoin Murphy and Tipps Hogan, unreal, our keeper can't get a stick to any of the shots on goal, Galway have evolved from last year where they are going for goals and this will be a big worry next weekend. They have some forward line. Have to say was delighted with our win last night where we were ruthless and went for the jugular early and blew Offaly away. Would have great optimism going to Kilkenny in 2 weeks time if we can keep everyone fit. Galway !Dublin and Offaly have caused Kilkenny all sorts of problems, especially their full back line, we need to bring our full forward more into the game with accurate passing instead of going for scores way out. D O Keefee despite been very good from play has had some dreadful wides from the Dublin and Offaly games, where an accurate pass inside could reward us big time. We cannot afford to have 19wides again especially if we are to win 1 of the remaining 2 fixtures to get to a Leinster final again. Was delighted with Jack O Connor , Conor Mac and Lee Chin last night as they have been struggling to get going. Liam Ryan looks to be one of the best full backs in the country at the moment and with Reck beside him has really stepped up and tightened our defence, Shaun Murphy is playing very well at the moment especially when the ground dried up. Our midfielders are going well also. But there is tougher assignments ahead and we seen today what lies in store over the next fortnight. Galways defence are all huge men, with Burke and McInerney down the middle lording it in the air. We will need to be at our very best next weekend but am far more optimistic than I was last week after the Dublin game. Hopefully everyone in the county gets behind this team next weekend and act as a 16th man to get the boys over the line and into another Leinster final.
Tox73 (Wexford) - Posts: 185 - 27/05/2018 22:53:04
2104430
Link
0
|
|
Replying To gminor: "It was Offaly we beat last night, so we won't be playing them again in the Leinster Championship. How did the game you were watching on the telly go for you?" i meant kilkenny.what about a game on telly now?
where is your analysis in detail of the game if you claim to be at it?all you could come up with was 1 statement about liam og ?
did you not get to copy+paste from the sunday paper yet.............
perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 28/05/2018 08:38:48
2104508
Link
0
|
|
Great to get the win, great to get such a huge points differential, but it was a total waste of a game. I cant believe how bad Offaly were. We will learn very little from it, but its good to get confidence and scoring into some of the players. No one played poorly, everyone contributed. Pleasing to see so many backs and other players get involved in the scoring. AS mentioned, the penalty debate should be over now, Fanning has to be on them 100%. Nolan had one in the league that was lucky enough to be scored if I recall right. Conor Mac looked sharp early on, but faded out a bit. Jack O Connor had a very good game, took his scores well too. And Chin looked good, but he just looked physically imposing on very weak Offaly players. His style wont work against Galway, so hopefully he'll play clever against them this Saturday.
A good win, puts us in a great position if we get a result this weekend. This is the real test of where we are.
Small sidenote, seeing Laois beat Westmeath easily and now playing Carlow in a Leinster semi final, thoughts of maybes for our footballers if they had to have held on over Laois. For the other thread, but as the game was on in Tullamore.
james2011 (Wexford) - Posts: 615 - 28/05/2018 08:53:59
2104521
Link
0
|
|
Clinical performance v Offaly. Biggest win I can recall over them. Obviously the early goal rattled them and we did a Kilkenny job on them by finishing it off early. This should give us great confidence for the next 2 games. I think if our touch and movement is as good v Galway we can cause them a lot of problems. Concerns would be the number of wides and the fact that the stronger teams will probably push up an extra man on our sweeper. Delighted to see Conor Mac back among the goals. His presence alone strikes fear into opposing defences and means that other forwards can come to the fore and express themselves. We have real quality and are nearing a fully fit panel. Let's hope we have a bit of luck with injuries over the Summer. Important that we have a strong panel because not everyone will perform to their peak everyday as we saw with KK over the last 10 - 15 years with their 6 forwards - when one has a quiet day someone else steps up to the plate. I feel we are nearing that type of scenario now. I hate to see supporters and pundits analysing players performance game by game. It's the times we live in I suppose, and our obsession with data, stats and facts. Useful in some regard, but never a reliable indicator when it comes to predicting what will happen in the future. That's what helps to makes sport so exciting.
Sliotharyslope (Wexford) - Posts: 138 - 28/05/2018 09:17:26
2104535
Link
0
|
|
Administrator: Can you please create a thread called "slagging matches" so gminor/prefect10/TonyDoran can go and have it out there rather than allowing nonsensical ramblings and 1-upmanship by all 3 to take over this thread. Thank you.
Back to hurling. It wasn't a total waste of a game, it was a hammering which could mean if we win on Saturday, all we need to do is not lose by too much to Kilkenny, even though I didn't see the game yesterday it sounds like they were average. If we win on Saturday, unless we lose to Kilkenny by 23 points, we will play Galway again in Leinster Final.
From the highlights I saw, Offaly looked nothing short of shambolic.
But we got the win, no injuries, an easy game, now we need to step it up for Saturday.
Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 28/05/2018 09:34:55
2104545
Link
2
|
|
Replying To Pinkie: "Administrator: Can you please create a thread called "slagging matches" so gminor/prefect10/TonyDoran can go and have it out there rather than allowing nonsensical ramblings and 1-upmanship by all 3 to take over this thread. Thank you.
Back to hurling. It wasn't a total waste of a game, it was a hammering which could mean if we win on Saturday, all we need to do is not lose by too much to Kilkenny, even though I didn't see the game yesterday it sounds like they were average. If we win on Saturday, unless we lose to Kilkenny by 23 points, we will play Galway again in Leinster Final.
From the highlights I saw, Offaly looked nothing short of shambolic.
But we got the win, no injuries, an easy game, now we need to step it up for Saturday." yeah I suppose a waste of a game is too harsh on us. Just the fact that nearly a whole day gone and getting home after midnight for what was by the end a game played at a training pace. But thats being needy, if we went up and lost or got a tough game I'd be less happy. No pleasing some I suppose!
It was a good win and a good performance, thats all we can ask for. Its not up to us to worry about Offaly.
james2011 (Wexford) - Posts: 615 - 28/05/2018 11:08:32
2104635
Link
0
|
|
Without tempting fate, but looking at Kilkenny's display yesterday, you'd have to confident of turning them over yet again.
1-2 from open play over the course of the game, with the goal a consolation strike in injury-time, is an atrocious return for any side, but particularly worrying for a side of Kilkenny's pedigree and aspirations. it would be a concern at Lory Meagher level.
A half-fit Walter Walsh is carrying the load up front for them, but like Rushe a couple of weeks ago, you'd be confident of Ryan holding his own on him. I've said it before and was shot down by Cats supporters, but when compared to the talisman of other teams (Canning, Callanan, Horgan), TJ Reid doesn't do enough from general play. A master marksman from placed-balls yes, and probably one of the best penalty-takers ever, but over-rated in terms of creativity, ability to create moments of magic etc.
The Kilkenny backs are there to be exploited too. Walsh is lost at full-back, and the general consensus among some of their supporters on another forum I frequent is that Buckley's distribution has been poor this year.
But the immediate concern is this Saturday evening. There will be a bumper crowd, and Wexford have turned the park into something of a fortress under Davy. Galway look a cut above everyone else at the minute, but I genuinely feel we have the physique to go toe-to-toe with them, certainly compared to the rest of the contenders in Leinster.
It's hard not to worry about their firepower though. Cooney destroyed us in the Leinster Final last year, Whelan has added bulk to go with his undoubted talent, Colcannon has done well in his first championship season, and they have two/three lads vying to be included up front on any given day.
The score-difference Wexford built after the walk in the park against Offaly will prove vital in the long-run, and Galway will be a true litmus test of where we are. Thankfully, we didn't overly exert ourselves against Offaly, and we seemingly have a full bill of health more or less. I would echo the thoughts of McGrath and Dalo on the Sunday Game last night- it could be the game of year.
beano (Wexford) - Posts: 1502 - 28/05/2018 11:14:10
2104638
Link
0
|
|
Replying To Pinkie: "Administrator: Can you please create a thread called "slagging matches" so gminor/prefect10/TonyDoran can go and have it out there rather than allowing nonsensical ramblings and 1-upmanship by all 3 to take over this thread. Thank you.
Back to hurling. It wasn't a total waste of a game, it was a hammering which could mean if we win on Saturday, all we need to do is not lose by too much to Kilkenny, even though I didn't see the game yesterday it sounds like they were average. If we win on Saturday, unless we lose to Kilkenny by 23 points, we will play Galway again in Leinster Final.
From the highlights I saw, Offaly looked nothing short of shambolic.
But we got the win, no injuries, an easy game, now we need to step it up for Saturday." Agree about the slagging being ott at times but it adds a bit of entertainment to the thread! More importantly about the game saturday last, the fact that we could ease back into 1st gear in the 2nd half and call lads ashore early might stand to us against Galway. We have 1 more days recovery over them and while they had a week off while we played the Dubs that game they played against Kilkenny, while poor enough from an attacking hurling standpoint bar Connor Cooney who looks unplayable, was a brutally tough game for them mentally and physically. I dont see how they will be fresher than us come saturday evening......Lastly while 3 and 6 are strong players for them i think Chin and Jacko will be able compete aerially with Mannion and Hansbury. While Mannion got MoM I dont think Kilkennys young wing forwards troubled him much. Strange Leahy didnt start too but not our concern.....up Wexford!
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16721 - 28/05/2018 12:25:55
2104685
Link
0
|
|
Just a small note our use of sideline balls must be one of the worst at top intercounty level.
Think we turned over possession on 90% of our sideline against offaly. I don't mind going short with them as we also have trouble striking a good long sideline so needs must... But we crowd 4 or more of our players in to close a radius to the taker and accompanied by their markers leaves it to congested in there...
We need to make space then come looking for it short..
Most pleasing thing for me against offaly was our touch and control and pick ups were the sharpest I have seen in a long time
wexwanderer (Wexford) - Posts: 22 - 28/05/2018 13:06:22
2104716
Link
0
|