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Just posting here to tell Beano that I find his last sentence interesting all right. So he's not alone. :)
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Replying To Pikeman96: "Just posting here to tell Beano that I find his last sentence interesting all right. So he's not alone. :)" I'll 2nd this.
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Replying To beano: "If you look back, I've had him most every week, and if there are awards again this season, he is my nailed-on POTY.
Thought I'd vary it a bit. Donohoe had his best game of the year, the switch of Nolan and Kelly reaped dividends for the latter, and I had to include Cushe having seen him in the flesh as he was the best player I saw with my own two eyes at the weekend." I'd have Martin O'Connor as my player of the championship so far and arguably the best footballer in Wexford full stop, although ive only seen the Martins against Glynn but seen every Bunclody game except the Castletown encounter.
bostonredsox (Wexford) - Posts: 4368 - 04/11/2021 15:25:21
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Replying To countyman2022: "Extremely strange. Im aware of another club playing this weekend in a semi final who have a player who has played for Wexford for 12 years getting married and nothing was done or offered to that team. Yet the Glynn lads get to go off on a 72 hour binge to Manchester. Seems strange and with double standards." I don't know either.
What I do know is that it used to be the case in pre-Covid years that clubs had an opportunity at the start of the season to say they wouldn't be able to field on certain dates if there was a wedding or certain other events like a club Field Day or other fundraiser. So maybe it's the case that if that was also done this year, Glynn/Barntown put in for this weekend, and the other cub didn't.
But am not sure if it was done this year at all, and even if it was, am pretty sure you could only nominate a single day when you couldn't play, and not an entire weekend.
So still strange, if true.....
By the way, I remember maybe 15 or 20 years ago now, a Castletown player getting married, going to Bellefield in his wedding suit to get togged off for a match, the bride watching on in her wedding dress from the upstairs part of the pavilion, and then the two of them travelling by helicopter after the match to the reception in the Arklow Bay Hotel.
Don't know if anybody else here remembers it. Then again, Beano might have been at it. :)
Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2228 - 04/11/2021 15:40:21
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Replying To Pikeman96: "I don't know either.
What I do know is that it used to be the case in pre-Covid years that clubs had an opportunity at the start of the season to say they wouldn't be able to field on certain dates if there was a wedding or certain other events like a club Field Day or other fundraiser. So maybe it's the case that if that was also done this year, Glynn/Barntown put in for this weekend, and the other cub didn't.
But am not sure if it was done this year at all, and even if it was, am pretty sure you could only nominate a single day when you couldn't play, and not an entire weekend.
So still strange, if true.....
By the way, I remember maybe 15 or 20 years ago now, a Castletown player getting married, going to Bellefield in his wedding suit to get togged off for a match, the bride watching on in her wedding dress from the upstairs part of the pavilion, and then the two of them travelling by helicopter after the match to the reception in the Arklow Bay Hotel.
Don't know if anybody else here remembers it. Then again, Beano might have been at it. :)" I was indeed at it. Lost the effin' match too, to Duffry I think.
beano (Wexford) - Posts: 1409 - 04/11/2021 16:01:44
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Replying To Pikeman96: "I don't know either.
What I do know is that it used to be the case in pre-Covid years that clubs had an opportunity at the start of the season to say they wouldn't be able to field on certain dates if there was a wedding or certain other events like a club Field Day or other fundraiser. So maybe it's the case that if that was also done this year, Glynn/Barntown put in for this weekend, and the other cub didn't.
But am not sure if it was done this year at all, and even if it was, am pretty sure you could only nominate a single day when you couldn't play, and not an entire weekend.
So still strange, if true.....
By the way, I remember maybe 15 or 20 years ago now, a Castletown player getting married, going to Bellefield in his wedding suit to get togged off for a match, the bride watching on in her wedding dress from the upstairs part of the pavilion, and then the two of them travelling by helicopter after the match to the reception in the Arklow Bay Hotel.
Don't know if anybody else here remembers it. Then again, Beano might have been at it. :)" St Annes got screwed 4 or 5 years ago, put in a request in January or February for a particular weekend off in August as the sibling of a player was getting married in New York. As it transpired they played Castletown on that weekend with half a 1st team due to the wedding, Castletown had no issue with the game possibly being moved but it fell on deaf ears, they're Junior team got ravaged due to this too.
bostonredsox (Wexford) - Posts: 4368 - 04/11/2021 16:12:47
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Replying To countyman2022: "Extremely strange. Im aware of another club playing this weekend in a semi final who have a player who has played for Wexford for 12 years getting married and nothing was done or offered to that team. Yet the Glynn lads get to go off on a 72 hour binge to Manchester. Seems strange and with double standards." Poor call from the Glynn lads, Liverpool is far better craic for a socialable weekend and I say that as a Man Utd fan!! I wonder what would have happened if Glynn made a senior semi final or if the intermediate game was a semi final rather than relegation game.
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Intermediate:
Having seen both Crossabeg and Gorey in the flesh, in different circumstances, I think the winners of this will ultimately go on to get promoted. If you were naming the top 10 players in the grade, Crossabeg would feature prominently in the debate with the two Foleys and the Devereux's all capable of competing at senior level. Gorey's young talent coming through are all good footballers and you'd hope they will continue to blossom provided the sport gets a fair crack (they have separate management teams this year for the first time in a while). Crossabeg won't have learned anything in defeating a depleted Taghmon side last week, and haven't been tested at all yet which isn't ideal. It's Gorey's biggest test so far in comparison, but they are very well coached so won't be daunted. I think it's maybe a year too soon for Naomh Eanna however and Crossabeg will win by 2-3 points.
Haven't seen either Maudlintown or the Duffry in the flesh this year, but have kept an eye on their progress via the paper. Mary's probably have the best goal-scoring power in the grade and beyond, and always manage to raise a green flag or two in every game, which is particularly useful this time of year. Duffry are perhaps less flashy but have good unity and togetherness. Robert Frayne, Aidan Byrne and Cian Fitzhenry are their stand-outs, Johnny Flynn O'Connor still offers something, and the likes of Thomas Dunne, Pender and Casey are solid performers as well. Maudlintown have been knocking on the door for a few years without making the breakthrough, I feel their best chance went in 2019 when they were blowing sides away but their county final (or semi, can't remember which) was postponed prior to the senior game and the delay knocked them out of their stride. I had posited before the season started that Spot Murphy could be the difference maker, and so it has proved. Maudlintown to nick it.
Intermediate A:
Cloughbawn vs Adamstown will be right ding-dong tussle given the rivalry there. According to the paper, Furlong limped off vs Gorey so his loss will be huge. Cloughbawn have quietly gone about their business and really turned it on when they needed the last day out vs GOH. Bob Whitty, Connal Flood, Gavin Murphy and Colm Kehoe are all as good as there is in the grade. A lot will hinge on the availability of Furlong, and while Shane O'Gorman and Colum Feeney will step up in his absence, if he is gone, I think Cloughbawn will win.
Kilmore vs Clongeen is a harder one to call. Both had rather straightforward passages up to now, with Clongeen looking to build again after a few lean years following their greatest triumph in 2007. Daryl Murphy was banging in the goals earlier in the campaign, Paul Curtis is good for a few points from play every day, Emmet Kent is back playing well in the link-man role and Jamie Keating is an excellent attack-minded corner-back. The two Byrnes are the main lights for the seasiders, but the likes of Conor and Daithi Moore, Aaron Goff and Denis Kenny are good too. I think Kilmore have better fire-power overall and pick them to edge it.
Junior:
Castletown lost two of their attacking pillars Jody O'Shaughnessy and Anthony Masterson the last day, and while they have plenty of senior experience in every line on the pitch, the absence of those two could be game defining. Kilrush are a solid team liable to go through peaks and troughs on a game-to-game basis, but when they are on song, they are good to watch. Tucker Kinsella is a marvellous prospect, PJ Nolan and Tomkins bring oodles of experience further out the field, while they have a few more decent young players sprinkled around. I do think they are the sort of team that should be winning a grade with no outstanding candidates, although the last two champions have been second-strings. Kilrush by a couple of points.
Monageer and Blackwater are two sides that are ordinarily in the shake-up. Blackwater are blooding a new generation, with three lads straight out of minor, and two more key cogs on their under-20 side. They have plenty of know-how everywhere else. Monageer were horrid against St.Martin's, and got through on a walkover last weekend, so it's hard to know how good they really are. But when they hit their true form they have gone close before. However, I think Blackwater will win this one as they look to be well-coached and I think they will end up winning the championship outright.
beano (Wexford) - Posts: 1409 - 04/11/2021 18:25:14
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On my earlier post Glynn's 3rd string are actually playing a relegation game tomorrow night.
bostonredsox (Wexford) - Posts: 4368 - 04/11/2021 20:54:41
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Replying To beano: "I was indeed at it. Lost the effin' match too, to Duffry I think." It was the Duffry all right, now that you mention it. Think it was the county semi-final? Duffry went on to lose the final that year to Starlights, after a replay.
Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2228 - 04/11/2021 21:41:07
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Replying To wexico15: "St Annes got screwed 4 or 5 years ago, put in a request in January or February for a particular weekend off in August as the sibling of a player was getting married in New York. As it transpired they played Castletown on that weekend with half a 1st team due to the wedding, Castletown had no issue with the game possibly being moved but it fell on deaf ears, they're Junior team got ravaged due to this too." And actually remember that one too, now that you mention it too. Would see to be the case all right then that a club would be allowed put in for a single day, but not an entire weekend. Which makes the Glynn/Barntown thing all the stranger.
Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2228 - 04/11/2021 21:42:14
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Replying To Pikeman96: "It was the Duffry all right, now that you mention it. Think it was the county semi-final? Duffry went on to lose the final that year to Starlights, after a replay." Yeah starlights and duffry went to a replay in 2002 final.
bostonredsox (Wexford) - Posts: 4368 - 05/11/2021 10:38:16
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Replying To wexico15: "On my earlier post Glynn's 3rd string are actually playing a relegation game tomorrow night." Its been rescheduled to next Wednesday
bostonredsox (Wexford) - Posts: 4368 - 05/11/2021 15:39:41
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great entertainment in new ross, marys through after first ever penalty shoot out in wexford gaa, deserved it to, gorey must be gutted, were home but not hosed and got caught, were the best team of the 4 i thought, but the best team wins so they were not
Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 2840 - 06/11/2021 16:42:03
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3 penalty shoot outs in the 1 day.
bostonredsox (Wexford) - Posts: 4368 - 06/11/2021 17:27:15
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Replying To Stmunnsriver: "great entertainment in new ross, marys through after first ever penalty shoot out in wexford gaa, deserved it to, gorey must be gutted, were home but not hosed and got caught, were the best team of the 4 i thought, but the best team wins so they were not" Strong rumours Paddy and Conor Devereux will be missing for Crossabeg for the final as both are emigrating to Canada during the week.
bostonredsox (Wexford) - Posts: 4368 - 06/11/2021 18:12:54
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Replying To Stmunnsriver: "great entertainment in new ross, marys through after first ever penalty shoot out in wexford gaa, deserved it to, gorey must be gutted, were home but not hosed and got caught, were the best team of the 4 i thought, but the best team wins so they were not" Insane day really. Technically I think Monageer are the first ever winners of a penalty shoot-out as it was in progress or already finished by the time Mary's game finished.
A remarkable thing about the Monageer-Blackwater game is that Blackwater led for the entire game, and still lost on pens. Monageer's Sweeney kicked the point that forced extra-time, kicked the leveller to bring it penalties, and then scored the decisive kick in the shoot-out. Memorable day for him!
beano (Wexford) - Posts: 1409 - 06/11/2021 18:22:33
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Replying To wexico15: "Strong rumours Paddy and Conor Devereux will be missing for Crossabeg for the final as both are emigrating to Canada during the week." Really? Surely the club will work something for them, be a huge loss for Crossabeg if true.
tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1326 - 07/11/2021 11:18:57
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Shels won in a canter and really could/should have won my more.
zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 1799 - 07/11/2021 14:23:11
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Replying To tearintom: "Really? Surely the club will work something for them, be a huge loss for Crossabeg if true." Was told they have to arrive this week or the work they've lined up will be gone, I'd imagine could be awkward with Covid for Visa's etc. Might be alot more than just rescheduling flights.
bostonredsox (Wexford) - Posts: 4368 - 07/11/2021 16:47:15
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