Wexford v Carlow

will1977

Wexford team named last night. No changes from the Westmeath game.

Anybody give Carlow a chance or do Wexford just need to turn up ??

I would be wary of Carlow especially as they have a good recent record against Wexford bnut I think because of that Wexford will not be complacent

Drummerboy2

Has to be Wexford for me. Their experience should see them through.

rossie1977

if wexford are not on their game then yes there is a chance carlow will take em, just look at sligo and leitrim last month

having said that i expect wexford to win, carlow have nobody to match the scoring ability of lyng

sendit

Should be a close game. Carlow are very strong at medfeild and have good enough forwards if they can get the ball into them. Wexford have a good forward line but wouldn't be as strong in other areas of the feild.

wixfjord

Could look back on this and be laughed at Sunday eve., but I reckon Wexford will win this easily.

Neutralise Murphy and keep their score down, and I reckon we've more than enough in the forwards to run riot. The likes of Lyng, Barry, Brosnan, etc. I would rate as a higher class than St Ledger, who is Carlow's star forward for example.

The wide open spaces of Croker will suit us more than them, the only reason I'd worry is Wexford playing too open of a game, which has been a downfall in recent years.

Fireball07

I think Wexford will be much too strong for Carlow. Their attack has been hugely impressive and I can see them just ripping Carlow to pieces at times. Carlow had a good win the last day and Murphy is a top class player. I think they'll give it a good go...and maybe get a good few scores themselves but I can't see them outscoring Wexford.

looseygoosey

as long as theiyre not beaten by 10 points or more carlow fans will be happy enough. In Carlow today i saw a load of cars with flags on, never even seen them before and i live just up the road over the boarder, The Tesco workers some of them even donned the "traffic lights"

Up da scallionaters !!!

Carlow for Sam!!

looseygoosey

looseygoosey wrote: »

as long as theiyre not beaten by 10 points or more carlow fans will be happy enough. In Carlow today i saw a load of cars with flags on, never even seen them before and i live just up the road over the boarder, The Tesco workers some of them even donned the "traffic lights"

Up da scallionaters !!!

Carlow for Sam!!

Have nothing against Wexford but it would be fantastic to see Carlow win and its great to see the town getting into the mood for the game.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I really would like to see Carlow win this game, iv many great friends living on the Barrowside. Plus I love your jerseys..

the long lad

Looking forward to this one tomorrow, we dont often get a day out in croker. This Carlow team have great belief; for us to win i'm hoping for these 3 things.

1. That we keep the ball well, particularly early on, we cant afford to give wexford heaps of possession, their distribution of the ball to the forwards was excellent against westmeath and should be just as good if not better with the extra space in croke park.

2. A huge performance from the half back line, they need to put serious pressure on brosnan and lyng, who, in my opinion wont kick such fine scores if it's a close game.

3. That we find a way to isolate joey wadding, he's a major weakness in wexford's full back line. We'll need a couple of goals to win this game.

All in all, if we're competitive i'll be happy, we've had enough drubbings in croke park.

bruschi

the long lad wrote: »

Looking forward to this one tomorrow, we dont often get a day out in croker. This Carlow team have great belief; for us to win i'm hoping for these 3 things.

1. That we keep the ball well, particularly early on, we cant afford to give wexford heaps of possession, their distribution of the ball to the forwards was excellent against westmeath and should be just as good if not better with the extra space in croke park.

2. A huge performance from the half back line, they need to put serious pressure on brosnan and lyng, who, in my opinion wont kick such fine scores if it's a close game.

3. That we find a way to isolate joey wadding, he's a major weakness in wexford's full back line. We'll need a couple of goals to win this game.

All in all, if we're competitive i'll be happy, we've had enough drubbings in croke park.

thats a fair enough assesment, and the first from a Carlow person I have heard with some reasonable debate. Wadding was by far the weakest player the last day against Westmeath. Molloy was keeping Glennon quiet, and then was put on Dolan coz he was running Wadding ragged. Then Glennon picked up when Dolan was quietened. If Ryan hasnt solved that problem, then I would expect a change to happen early, there are some decent tight markers on the bench who can do a job.

Westmeath kept Brosnan quiet the last day blocking him off the ball. Once the ball hit the full forward line, he would make a run to link up, but was consistently taken out of it and blocked from running. Fortunatley the full forward line didnt need the support the last day, as Lyng and Barry pretty much did what they wanted and turned their men with ease to get scores.

But it is Bradley and Morris which Carlow will have to try stop. They win an awful amount of ball in the middle, playing effectively as a deep half forward line pair around the middle.

For the first time in years, we have excellent depth at midfield. We had an excellent pairing in u21 who dominated the leinster semi against Carlow, and whilst O Hanlon is playing hurling, O Regan cant make this side, along with all the other U21s. Only McGovern getting a run so far. Its good we dont rely on a succesful side to try bring us on, and will get a chance to bed them in over time.

I can see Murphy dominating midfield, he is a super player, but he will need help from Foely, and also Walsh to get winning kick outs. I think Wexford will win, we have form, experience and I think better players.

TwilightFan88

Rte/Tv3 showing this game live!?

Cill Dara Abu

TwilightFan88 wrote: »

Rte/Tv3 showing this game live!?

No there not, there showing Galway v Mayo and Kildare v Dublin tommorrow.

Do'nt think theres any game on TV3 tommorrow I could be wrong though.

RealityCheck

TwilightFan88 wrote: »

Rte/Tv3 showing this game live!?

No, they are showing Galway Vs Mayo instead.

Wexford are a good side. They should have enough to see off a plucky Carlow side. It will be tighter than some reckon. There'll be less than 5 points in it at the end.

Cill Dara Abu

I think Wexford will wipe the floor with Carlow tommorrow i'm afraid as i'd love to see a Kildare-Carlow final.

Wexford have put up huge scores on Offaly and Westmeath already and I just do'nt think Carlow will cope with them, but I hope i'm wrong.

TwilightFan88

RealityCheck wrote: »

No, they are showing Galway Vs Mayo instead.

Typical!

One of the RTE panel said after the Westmeath game, Wexford had put in two of the better games of the championship thus far and yet they ain't showed live!

Cypher_sounds

I don't think its even been shown on the rte website? Doesn't bother me i will be there anyway.:D

Any of ye dub/kildare fans going to bother going early to catch this match?

Cill Dara Abu

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

I don't think its even been shown on the rte website? Doesn't bother me i will be there anyway.:D

Any of ye dub/kildare fans going to bother going early to catch this match?

Not unless they switch it to Quinns:D

TwilightFan88

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

Not unless they switch it to Quinns:D

Ah Quinns! :-) Those were the days :-)

TheMilkyPirate

The match ain't on telly??

I decided against going up this week as i've just moved house and money is tight and now i find out it ain't even on the tv.

For f*ck sake like.

Cill Dara Abu

baraca wrote: »

The match ain't on telly??

I decided against going up this week as i've just moved house and money is tight and now i find out it ain't even on the tv.

For f*ck sake like.

In all fairness they can't show every match, the Galway v Mayo match is much more attractive than Carlow v Wexford.

TheMilkyPirate

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

In all fairness they can't show every match, the Galway v Mayo match is much more attractive than Carlow v Wexford.

Not to Carlow and Wexford people! I'm only messing just p!ssed off now. Strongly considering getting a loan off someone and going up in the morning.

I know they can't show every game but they could at least show it on the internet it is a Leinster semi-final after all regardless of who's playing, You wouldn't see sky sports not showing the champions league semi final just because Shrewsbury and Macclesfield were in it.

What tickets would i be looking at if i went up in the morning?

Bottleopener

Shame this isn't on tv. Hopefully Wexford can win it, we've done well so far so hopefully we repeat the previous two performances.

looseygoosey

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

I don't think its even been shown on the rte website? Doesn't bother me i will be there anyway.:D

Any of ye dub/kildare fans going to bother going early to catch this match?

oh course, youd be foolish not too!

Cill Dara Abu

baraca wrote: »

Not to Carlow and Wexford people! I'm only messing just p!ssed off now. Strongly considering getting a loan off someone and going up in the morning.

I know they can't show every game but they could at least show it on the internet it is a Leinster semi-final after all regardless of who's playing, You wouldn't see sky sports not showing the champions league semi final just because Shrewsbury and Macclesfield were in it.

What tickets would i be looking at if i went up in the morning?

Possibly the Hogan or the Cusack

Ken.

I've found a site claiming to be showing a stream of the game. P.m me for the address as i don't think its allowed post it up.

Al Capwned

Good luck to carlow today from the crowd across the border....

Paully D

Are there even any radio links for this game today?

EDIT - Found one. Radio link:

http://www.kclr96fm.com/player?url=http://www.u-loader.com/streaming/kclr96.m3u

Laika1986

http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0626/live_gaa_sunday.html

TheMilkyPirate

http://www.southeastradio.ie/listen_live/index.php

Paully D

baraca wrote: »

http://www.southeastradio.ie/listen_live/index.php

The commentator is going to have a coughing fit :pac:

TheMilkyPirate

Paully D wrote: »

The commentator is going to have a coughing fit :pac:

Carlow leading 0-3 to 0-1, Wexford giving away stupid frees.

desaparecidos

0-4 to 0-1

Epic day in the making.

TheMilkyPirate

Wexford seriously need to get the finger out, No ball into lyng.

EDIT: Goal for wexford!!!

shrewdness

Who scored?

Al Capwned

shrewdness wrote: »

Who scored?

erm, wexford.... lol

shrewdness

What player I meant....

I've since found out it was Roche.

TheMilkyPirate

shrewdness wrote: »

Who scored?

Shane roche, Has 1-2 now

Awful pity it wasnt on rte as opposed to the dross being served in castlebar at the moment as it sounds like a good game.

Al Capwned

any score update lads?

baldbear

On paddy power Carlow are 5/6 +5 points. Interesting. or 7/1 to win outright.

TheMilkyPirate

Another goal for wexford shane roche again 2-3 for him now

LuckyGent88

Seems like a much better game than the rubbish on display in Castlebar.

baldbear

baraca wrote: »

Another goal for wexford shane roche again 2-3 for him now

Sounds like someone else is needed to mark Roche.

almighty1

Jesus the south east radio commentators are so atrociously bad its add a certain comedy factor to the game.

desaparecidos

KCLR commentator is good.

laugh

What's the score?

desaparecidos

Wexford 2-04 Carlow 0-07

catastrophy

really poor performance so far by wexford. very careless stuff despite the scoreline.

shrewdness

They'll be ate alive in the final by the sounds of it. Not ideal preparation for a Leinster final when you look at the semi-final their opponents will have come through. Very good unit of forwards capable of troubling Dublin or Kildare but they could be opened up bad at the back.

Paully D

Final score: Wexford 4-12 Carlow 0-10

Fair play to Wexford. They will definitely put it up to Dublin or Kildare in the final.