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Beaten by a far better team on the day. Not many positives tbh, kickouts really poor, we were torn to shreds at times, porter wont want to see loughnane for a while. Coleman did well again but a pretty tame exit. Promotion seems to have taken a lot out of the group.

FearBeag (Mayo) - Posts: 91 - 15/06/2025 20:31:29    2617875

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Well done to the lads and management on a good season! Lot of posters above seem to be forgetting we were missing 4 of our best starters from the great League run with injury this afternoon. O'Connor , Nolan, Byrne and Pettit were all huge losses.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16313 - 16/06/2025 00:17:08    2618000

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Replying To hunting:  "Men against boys for large portions of that game. Apart from first 5 minutes and last 5 before half time. We scored I think 1 10 in total in that period. Job done in the league, poor championship. Hammered by laois, struggled against Longford, drew with Carlow, beaten by fermanagh, beat poor Antrim team and hammered today. There has been some great servant over the last few years who will probably retire now, but they owe wexford football nothing. Very poor wexford support up here today. Anyway on to next year.best of luck to Limerick in the semi final"
Our support was nearly as bad as it was for the NHL game up there. Both good trips away, but at least we won the hurling!
Think we peaked for the League. Also we were missing 5 likely starters for next years team yesterday. Lyons, O'Connor, Pettit, Eoghan Nolan and Tom Byrne.
Bottom line is our management and players got good experience playing div3 teams since the end of the League, we played 3 div3 sides, plus played the other team who go promoted along with us 2 more times, and they only came down from div3 last year, as did Wicklow. Newer lads like Higgins and Kinsella got good gametime due to the injuries, which would be a silver lining also when looking forward to next year. Plus all the lads will have got to see firsthand the pace they need to operate at mentally and physically to make the step up stick next year also.
And we have some good young players coming through.
Hopefully John and his backroom team stay on.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16313 - 16/06/2025 07:41:05    2618025

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Disappointing exit.

Apart from in the league we have struggled to back up one performance after another.

We were once again far too open, the 4th goal in particular showcased it, we had just gotten back into the game with our own goal and literally all it took was one of our kickouts being punched back and they were in on goal, far too easy.

Martin O Connor was a huge loss with a serious injury, speedy recovery to him along with a few other but we have always looked far more secure at the back when he played.

It's a pity really, getting promotion was a big deal for us but we've struggled a bit since, and to think had we managed to pull of a win yesterday we would have had a game against wicklow for a place in the tailteann Cup final.

But all in all the outlook is definitely brighter than it was 12 months ago so that's all you can ask for.

tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1521 - 16/06/2025 10:00:01    2618087

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