Wexford GAA discussion thread

Grueller · 22-09-2015 10:36am

castletownman wrote: »

Castletown vs Martins and Shels vs James the semi final draw.

Castletown and Martins must be sick of the sight of each other at this stage.

I would reckon that it will be a shels vs St Martins final. These two also meet next weekend in the hurling quarter finals.

The Intermediate semi finals have thrown up a big pairing too in the meeting of Kilanerin and Glynn. I genuinely cannot call this. I have had a feeling for Glynn all year but with Mattie hitting top form and grabbing a hat trick at the weekend I am tempted to change horse mid stream. Tempted I say. I think Glynn will sneak a lowish scoring game. In the other semi I think Bunclody will account for Bannow but there will not be a lot in it. Bunclody are prone to conceding scores and Niall Harney and Ben Brosnan could do real damage here. Bunclody by about 3 for me.

The Slobs · 05-10-2015 9:24pm

0-Oct Top Oil Inter. A Hurling Cship Semi Final **JERSEYS** FETHARD v MONAGEER BVOGUE Wexford Park 2.30
10-Oct Tom Doyle Supplies Senior Football Cship Semi Final Repaly ** Extra Time ** SHELMALIERS v ST. JAMES Wexford Park 4.00
10-Oct The Courtyard Ferns Int. Hurling Cship Semi Final NAOMH ÉANNA v ASKAMORE Monamolin 3.00
10-Oct The Courtyard Ferns Int. Hurling Cship Semi Final HWH BUNCLODY v CROSSABEG BMURN Monamolin 4.30
10-Oct Junior B Hurling Semi Final ST. ANNES v DUFFRY ROVERS Taghmon 2.00
10-Oct EEW Junior A Hurling Semi Final ST. MARTINS v BALLYHOGUE Taghmon 3.30
10-Oct U21 Hurling Roinn I Semi-Final ADAMSTOWN v CRAANFORD Bree 2.00
10-Oct U21 Hurling Roinn I Semi-Final OYLEGATE GLENBRIEN v FORTH & BARGY GAELS Bree 3.30
11-Oct Pettitts Senior Hurling Chsip Semi Final OULART-THE BALLAGH v FAYTHE HARRIERS Wexford Park 1.30
11-Oct Pettitts Senior Hurling Chsip Semi Final ST. MARTINS v GLYNN BARNTOWN Wexford Park 3.00
16-Oct Lodgewood Eng Inter Football Cship Final GLYNN BARNTOWN v BANNOW BALLYMITTY Bellefield 8.00
17/18 Oct Tom Doyle Supplies Senior Football Cship Final ST. MARTINS v ST. JAMES/SHELMALIERS PROV
17/18 Oct Joyces Expert Inter A Football Cship Final ST. JOSEPHS v CROSSABEG BMURN PROV
17/18 Oct The Courtyard Ferns Int. Hurling Cship Final NAOMH ÉANNA/ASKAMORE v HWH BUNCLODY/CBEG-B/MURN PROV
17/18 Oct Top Oil Inter. A Hurling Cship Semi Final ST. JAMES v BALLYFAD PROV
17/18 Oct Junior B Hurling Final ST. ANNES/DUFFRY ROVERS v ADAMSTOWN PROV
17/18 Oct
17/18 Oct Enniscorthy Farm Systems Junior A Football Final OYLEGATE GBRIEN v ST. ANNES PROV
17/18 Oct EEW Junior A Hurling Final BALLYHOGUE/ST. MARTINS v DAVIDSTOWN CCUDDY PROV
17/18 Oct U21 Hurling Roinn I Final ADAMSTOWN/CRAANFORD v OYLEGATE/FORTH & BARGY GAELS PROV
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Grueller · 06-10-2015 2:23pm

I see the Intermediate football final fixed for a Friday night under lights. Is this a first for a game of this stature in the county?
There are pros and cons to this.
It may suit a lot of neutrals as the timing of the game will not clash with much else even considering family and work commitments.
I think it is also preferrable to a Saturday game due to a lot of people who may want to attend having work commitments of a Saturday.

The cons are all against the players imo. With a lot of guys in college and working in Dublin etc having the game on a work evening may be awkward for team preparation etc.

Hard to see Glynn being beaten here too to be honest.

The Slobs · 08-10-2015 12:21am

I think the reason the mach is on Friday is that the winners will be involved in Leinster Club action on the Sunday.

The Slobs · 08-10-2015 12:24am

Grueller wrote: »

I see the Intermediate football final fixed for a Friday night under lights. Is this a first for a game of this stature in the county?
There are pros and cons to this.
It may suit a lot of neutrals as the timing of the game will not clash with much else even considering family and work commitments.
I think it is also preferrable to a Saturday game due to a lot of people who may want to attend having work commitments of a Saturday.

The cons are all against the players imo. With a lot of guys in college and working in Dublin etc having the game on a work evening may be awkward for team preparation etc.

Hard to see Glynn being beaten here too to be honest.

The winners of Fridays nights match will be involved in Leinster club action on the Sunday

purplepanda · 14-03-2016 12:22am

Things going from bad to worse under Liam Dunne, another shambles of a performance at hone against Offaly. :mad:

Any prospects of doing anything with the crop of lads from the U21's over the last few years are long gone if Dunne & the present management setup is left in place!

Fatswaldo · 14-03-2016 10:31am

Could not believe what I was seeing in the park yesterday. Im sad to say it was one of the most soul-less performance from a Wexford team Ive ever witnessed. Its probably a bit unfair, but there did not seem to be one bit of fight or pride in any of those lads. Offaly deserved their win on effort alone.

castletownman · 30-03-2016 8:17pm

It appears all is not well within the senior hurling camp. Although if the rumours of a player unrest are true, then you have to take pity on Dunne. Surely, surely, after four years under his tutelage, the panel knew what they were getting, and had they held any concerns about hitting a glass-ceiling in terms of progression, then they should have voiced their concerns when the year ended in such a damp squib last year. Waiting after an indifferent run of results, in the week leading up to a league quarter-final, and with the championship suddenly only around the corner, looks bad from all concerned, and feels like shutting the door after the horse has bolted.

Then again, it's widely known that the clubs failed to support Dunne's reappointment in the first place, so the fact the County Board went ahead and renewed his tenure anyway, means the blame lies solely at their door.

Grueller · 30-03-2016 9:44pm

He was a divisive personality while over Oulart too apparently. His media handling smacks of someone who would be hard to get along with over a period of time.
The one thing I will always say though is very few players who are getting games ever get disillusioned. It is usually those who want games or get dropped.

big_drive · 22-04-2016 12:29pm

Does anyone here know if Lash Go Leor hurley makers still operate?

Got a couple from them a few years ago and they were quite good but not sure if they're still in business

Fatswaldo · 22-04-2016 12:31pm

Yeah they're still going strong. Club got sticks off them last month.

Tiredout · 08-05-2016 12:11pm

Anyone at any recent club hurling games?

purplepanda · 21-05-2016 8:49pm

More desperate stuff from the Wexford senior hurlers under Liam Dunne FFS!

Getting beaten by double scores again, we are going backwards every year since John Myers was manager IMO:mad:

Winning underage, club & provincial titles but the senior side are finished for many years to come it seems. :mad:

corny · 21-05-2016 9:33pm

purplepanda wrote: »

More desperate stuff from the Wexford senior hurlers under Liam Dunne FFS!

Getting beaten by double scores again, we are going backwards every year since John Myers was manager IMO:mad:

Winning underage, club & provincial titles but the senior side are finished for many years to come it seems. :mad:

Footballers weren't much better. I actually felt bad for Daithi Waters. The efforts of some of his teammates was shocking. The number 10 for example. I've never seen such dishonesty in terms of effort from an inter county player. He stood still for 65 minutes and for the other 5 he jogged like it was an effort.

Grueller · 21-05-2016 10:05pm

I remember growing up and looking over the border to Carlow and Wicklow and thinking that it must be terrible to be from a county like theirs in GAA terms. No good at either code and nothing to cheer about, players who seemed to be happy to get a county jersey and be seen as the county man in their local parish without ever seeming to have the desire to push on and try win with the county.
This evening I know how they felt. The footballers I think seem to be an honest bunch and seem to put in a shift under difficult circumstances with players opting for hurling and always being seen as the poor relation in the county.
The hurlers seem to be a different kettle of fish altogether. We have had a crop of supposedly talented under 21s that have been hyped up as a renaissance within the county. They won leinster titles and fair play for that, but they were shown up badly lacking two years of the three by Antrim and Limerick. They were respectable against Clare but only respectable. I just think that they lack substance. Nice hurlers but happy to be that. No dog of war among them at all. Daithi Waters was discarded quickly but I would feel sure that the Dublin half backs would have felt like they were in a battle had he been in among them for 70 minutes. No drive or desire at all.
I may as well be from Carlow or Wicklow.

Conas · 21-05-2016 11:10pm

Grueller wrote: »

I remember growing up and looking over the border to Carlow and Wicklow and thinking that it must be terrible to be from a county like theirs in GAA terms. No good at either code and nothing to cheer about, players who seemed to be happy to get a county jersey and be seen as the county man in their local parish without ever seeming to have the desire to push on and try win with the county.
This evening I know how they felt. The footballers I think seem to be an honest bunch and seem to put in a shift under difficult circumstances with players opting for hurling and always being seen as the poor relation in the county.
The hurlers seem to be a different kettle of fish altogether. We have had a crop of supposedly talented under 21s that have been hyped up as a renaissance within the county. They won leinster titles and fair play for that, but they were shown up badly lacking two years of the three by Antrim and Limerick. They were respectable against Clare but only respectable. I just think that they lack substance. Nice hurlers but happy to be that. No dog of war among them at all. Daithi Waters was discarded quickly but I would feel sure that the Dublin half backs would have felt like they were in a battle had he been in among them for 70 minutes. No drive or desire at all.
I may as well be from Carlow or Wicklow.

The success at U21 grade is Leinster has been excellent over the last three years. But some of these U21's players will need to come through, and step up to the mark at senior level. Today's performance was one of the worst of any Wexford side, with regard to hunger and passion in a very long time. It's as if they didn't want to be there. Terrible game to watch.

It's going to be a long hard road through the qualifiers. JJ Doyle might be a better replacement to Dunne in the future me thinks.

68deville · 22-05-2016 12:12am

Conas wrote: »

The success at U21 grade is Leinster has been excellent over the last three years. But some of these U21's players will need to come through, and step up to the mark at senior level. Today's performance was one of the worst of any Wexford side, with regard to hunger and passion in a very long time. It's as if they didn't want to be there. Terrible game to watch.

It's going to be a long hard road through the qualifiers. JJ Doyle might be a better replacement to Dunne in the future me thinks.

JJ doyle me arse, had a gud crop for last 4 years and did **** all need a clean sweep now, liam Dunne id say hardly passed his inter cert for godsake we need somebody who can see what's goin on. We can't even do a half decent short puckout and Fitzy the keeper coach? Another lad who can't keep a 9 ta 5? Why? Too solid thick stupid that's why

68deville · 22-05-2016 12:19am

Diarmuid devereux has a lot to blame, he pushed for dunne to be appointed
Again,now he is a bean counter and the centre off excellence in ferns was his priority so it no suprise at the result really

Grueller · 22-05-2016 8:41am

I was just thinking on the hurlers last night. I attend a lot of club matches and I am fairly sure that Dunne has the vast majority of the best players in the county on that panel in terms of talent and ball players. It is a desire issue with that team because they are not that bad. Who do you blame for the lack of leadership? Personally I think it must be management and it looks to me that the players are not playing for them. If this is the case and they have lost the dressing room they should go immediately as they would have absolutely no future.
Its ironic really, given that I heard a rumour during the week that Danny Sutcliffe had left the Dublin panel due to Cunningham losing the Dublin dressing room, yet they beat us by double scores. Sad indictment in my view.
Any opinions?

Conas · 22-05-2016 11:37am

68deville wrote: »

JJ doyle me arse, had a gud crop for last 4 years and did **** all need a clean sweep now, liam Dunne id say hardly passed his inter cert for godsake we need somebody who can see what's goin on. We can't even do a half decent short puckout and Fitzy the keeper coach? Another lad who can't keep a 9 ta 5? Why? Too solid thick stupid that's why

He has won three Leinster titles in a row, to say he achieved f-all is very harsh. Fair enough they were shown up badly against Limerick in last years final, but the Munster teams are very strong at that grade. Clare dominated for three years in a row.

Grueller · 13-07-2016 9:48pm

Grueller wrote: »

I was just thinking on the hurlers last night. I attend a lot of club matches and I am fairly sure that Dunne has the vast majority of the best players in the county on that panel in terms of talent and ball players. It is a desire issue with that team because they are not that bad. Who do you blame for the lack of leadership? Personally I think it must be management and it looks to me that the players are not playing for them. If this is the case and they have lost the dressing room they should go immediately as they would have absolutely no future.
Its ironic really, given that I heard a rumour during the week that Danny Sutcliffe had left the Dublin panel due to Cunningham losing the Dublin dressing room, yet they beat us by double scores. Sad indictment in my view.
Any opinions?

With last Saturday in mind I am finding myself having to revisit this post. That performance was not one of a team who were not behind their manager. Did they make mistakes? Yes. Dis their touch and finishing look off at times? Yes. Did they look like they really wanted it and cared? Yes. Did they look leaderless? No.

Well done to the lads. Cork are no world beaters but the boys hurled them off the pitch and should have won by a lot more. Lee Chin makes some difference with his physicality and ball winning ability. Can they beat Waterford? Really I think it depends on which Waterford team turn up on the day. A young team like that on the back of a hiding could be ripe for the takings.

One swallow does not a summer make, but credit where it is due. I am quick enough to criticise when it goes bad so I should give credit when it goes well. Pride restored and onwards and hopefully upwards.

purplepanda · 14-07-2016 12:39am

Despite suffering from injuries & players leaving the panel, the team produced much improved performances against Offaly & Cork, hard working defensive covering, more direct style of play, good interplay, more accuracy from frees & some young lads taking their chance of becoming regulars in the starting lineup.

Whilst there was some mistakes that would have been exploited by much better opposition, there was more spirit, teamwork & belief on show, particularly against Cork when the lads responded well to conceding a late goal. So well done to all involved, the team & management.

Back into the QF so hope springs eternal, Waterford got it all wrong against Tipp, I felt even at HT they looked well beaten & their game plan wasn't working, as Grueller mentioned above, a lot will depend on how WT set themselves up.

Liam Griffin mentioned their sweeper system in an interview in late May before we played Dublin, he obviously thinks it can be overcome as Tipp proved.

Griffin interview http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/the-big-interview-liam-griffin-part/

PTH2009 · 07-10-2016 1:51pm

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=261754

Not a bad appointment

He will make ye competitive again no doubt

07-10-2016 8:40pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=261754

Not a bad appointment

He will make ye competitive again no doubt

.....we'll live in hope

BonnieSituation · 07-10-2016 8:44pm

Well was that as out of no where as I thought it was?

http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/1007/822366-davy-fitzgerald-named-new-wexford-manager/

Leinster has gotten v interesting again.

allthedoyles · 07-10-2016 8:55pm

About this time last year Davy turned up at a few midweek training sessions in Rathnure and put the seniors through their paces .

Not a big surprise to some .

PTH2009 · 07-10-2016 9:43pm

He's going to bring glory to you I think

Think he will line ye out the complete opposite to way his Clare team played

Expecting the Walsh Cup to be heading ur way and the promotion will targeted in the league

He is an ultra competitive man and will have ye ready

Twiceasnice97 · 12-10-2016 11:29pm

great first season coming up, followed by a middleing second season and then chaos, fighting and poverty

BonnieSituation · 13-10-2016 1:40am

Twiceasnice97 wrote: »

great first season coming up, followed by a middleing second season and then chaos, fighting and poverty

Much better than the last few years so.

Kristopherus · 20-10-2016 1:08pm

Who/What is bankrolling the Wexford Co Board to enable them to capture 2 heavyweights like Davy and McEneany?

phkk · 20-10-2016 6:07pm

Kristopherus wrote: »

Who/What is bankrolling the Wexford Co Board to enable them to capture 2 heavyweights like Davy and McEneany?

He is to Wexford as JP is to Limerick......same industry tooðŸ˜œ

BonnieSituation · 20-10-2016 6:14pm

phkk wrote: »

He is to Wexford as JP is to Limerick......same industry tooðŸ˜œ

I love a riddle.

allthedoyles · 20-10-2016 6:18pm

Think they held two of those draws for cars in the last year with tickets costing 50e each and sure then theres the local lottos .

Grueller · 20-10-2016 6:49pm

allthedoyles wrote: »

Think they held two of those draws for cars in the last year with tickets costing 50e each and sure then theres the local lottos .

Local Lotto are for clubs and the model county draw for cars won't even scratch the surface of the figures rumoured for Davy not to mind Seams McEneaney as well.

Glebee · 01-11-2016 3:25pm

What sort of outfit are Oulart this year, I see there out on Sunday against the Offaly Champions?

castletownman · 02-11-2016 12:16am

Certainly appear to be conditioning themselves for winter hurling. Didn't reach near their full potential in the county final against Cloughbawn, but at the same time showed impressive calmness and not a hint of panic to eventually reel them in in the final quarter.

Have seen them a few times this year and one thing that strikes me is the fluidity of their panel. Not only do they have specialists in every position, but they also have players capable of fitting in in different positions in their system. For example, Eoin Moore has played midfield and wing-back so far this year, while Rory Jacob has played as a "third midfielder" but also as a traditional scoring forward. Definitely have the numbers to make a proper tilt at the AI.

Getting the Leinster monkey off their backs means there is probably less pressure on them to perform now, and that makes them an even more dangerous prospect.

Bandage · 05-01-2017 6:01pm

Double header in Gorey on Sunday to open the season with hurlers and footballers taking on UCD in the Walsh Cup and O'Byrne Cup respectively.

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