Wexford GAA Discussion Thread

Would anyone have the Wexford team for yesterday or link to match report?

Super win today. Great to have promotion in our own grasp this early.
Just an aside, a couple from last year have gone missing. Namely, Paidi Foley is on a year out I hear but where are Andrew Kenny and Eoin Conroy? Neither seem to be featuring.

PlayByTheRules wrote: »

Would anyone give them a chance of topping 1B?

Galway could be missing a few through St Thomas' club commitment and Limerick have an awful league record.

You'd have got nice odds on this at the time!

PlayByTheRules wrote: »

Yes. Probably 4 or 5 to 1.

Am going to throw a sneaky bet on them to win Leinster this year. Sure, why not! They have a solid panel building and KK have a panel that is weakening.

The why not is Galway. We beat them Sunday but I am afraid that they are that bit further down the line than ourselves. We are also a bit light up front were we to lose Chin or Mcdonald I feel.

Congrats on the win and really relish the opportunity of going too Croke Park battaling for some silverware

Your guaranteed at least an all Ireland quarter final now win or lose on the 2nd July. Hoping us in Waterford will be in the same boat as yourselves next weekend and out of the trap door which is the qualifiers

sjb25 wrote: »

great win great night I'm hoarse after it a lot of work to do all the same in the backs.
Mad Davy has done a great job probably because all Wexford people are slightly cracked aswell so we get along but
Who cares Leinster final here we come

# revenge for the piss-in-the-powder treachery of 1798.

Very immature post... Congrats to Wexford though, by far the better team and wish ye the best of luck in the final.

sjb25 wrote: »

Sorry Charlie was only a joke not trying to offend you

No problem my friend.. enjoy the final.

sjb25 wrote: »

So for all us Wexford fans the ticket madness begins already
Info for everybody ah go on you know you want to go

From the County Board re Leinster Hurling Final tickets:

Clubs who wish to purchase tickets are asked to have their order with us by 9am on Friday morning next.

Tickets will be seat specific so it is vital when ordering family tickets that you have the exact number of Adults and exact numbers of Juveniles as when they are printed they cannot be changed in that area and families could be split up. There are no concessions/family tickets on the Hogan Stand.

General Tickets Sales at Innovate Wexford Park will start on Monday next and will continue daily thereafter from 2.00pm-4.00pm each day. On Monday next June 19th there will be late selling until 8.00pm and should it be necessary additional late evening selling will be facilitated.

Tickets will also be on sale at the other usual outlets - Tickets.ie, Centra & Supervalue.

GENERAL
Hogan Stand (No Concession) - €35
Cusack Stand - €35
Davin Stand - €35

Hogan/Cusack/Davin Stand - €40 on the day of the game

FAMILY TICKETS:-
1 Adult and 2 Juveniles etc.
Family Tickets are only available for Cusack and Davin Stands
Adults - €35 Juveniles - €5
You are permitted to purchase 2 Juveniles ticket with every 1 Adult Ticket purchased

Students & Senior Citizens (Cusack & Davin Stand Only):-
Purchase full price tickets and on the day of the match they can claim a rebate of €10 when they produce appropriate I.D. at Block D, Stiles 1 to 5 in the Cusack Stand (Rebate can only be claimed on entry into the stadium via BLOCK D prior to ENTERING THE STADIUM)

Wheelchair Tickets:-
The Wheelchair Ticket are free of charge and the Assistant's ticket is €35

GROUP PASSES:- GROUP PASSES (Under 16s) - DAVIN STAND ONLY
Groups Passes are provided for groups of Juveniles U-16 €5 each (you are permitted to bring 1 adult free with every 10 Juveniles) any additional adults pay full price for their tickets.

Won't be any madness, plenty of tickets available.

Stationmaster wrote: »

How many will be at Leinster final? 40k? 30 from Wexford and 10 from Galway.

Given that Wexford will bring a huge following, and that 'this is the year' for Galway, it's a possibility that there could be nearly 50k at the Leinster final.

It should be the largest attendance in 10 years anyway.

This gave me a giggle

Um, don't forget we still have to beat Offaly yet lads, take each game as it comes.....

Seems to be great selling on the tickets front can't get cusack stand tickets online for the Leinster final at the minute. I'm sure Galway have a good few

Wexford park only seem to have davin stand family tickets left
They have adult Cusack and hogan obviously

From Wexford Gaa Facebook

Available for sale today Wednesday 21st June from 2pm - 4pm only

Family Tickets - Davin Stand Section 323 & 314

Adult Tickets -
Cusack Stand; 304 & 308
Hogan Stand; 329 & 335

Glad I was off Monday and took a spin down got good family tickets in the cusack

I must say I am starting to feel the buzz already despite it still being eleven days away. Secured lower Hogan tickets online earlier. Section 336 so in the corner, but really don't care as the view in Croker is generally grand. I don't actually understand the obsession with queuing down in Wexford Park for tickets, when they are readily available online. "Seating snobbery" I call it

As for the game itself, Galway are rightly favourites having scored 2-61 in their two championship wins to date, not to mention dismantling Tipp in the league final. However, it will be interesting to see how they live up to the favourites tag, as there is an argument that they have tended to freeze on the big stage when they have been the under-dog (two AI finals over the last five years for example). Different kind of pressure on them now.

Trawling through the record books made for some encouraging reading for Wexford. Galway have only beaten us once in championship before, a 2-22 to 1-14 win in 2010 when Wexford were in the doldrums. Six of the other seven clashes have resulted in a Wexford win, with the anomaly a draw in 1976 (Wexford won the replay). Weirdly, three of the times Wexford have won, they have gone on to win the All Ireland (1996, 56, 55) and the other three times we went on to lose to Cork in the final (1976, 1970, 1954). At least the omens are there for a date in September

While I don't agree with mind games in principle, I think the whole injury doubt around Conor Mac is a smoke-screen designed to have Galway second-guessing about his availability. Shaun Murphy may be a more legitimate injury concern, but then again he was against Laois too and made a miraculous recovery (different injury now I gather). Hopefully Shore is fit enough to make a telling cameo as his strength and fielding ability will be a huge asset to call upon against the physically strong Westerners.

My team provided everyone is good to go:

Fanning

Donohoe/Devereux Ryan Breen
Murphy (if fit)
Shore/Donohoe O'Hanlon O'Keeffe
O'Connor Nolan
Chin Redmond Mac (if fit)
Guiney Morris

But I would not be surprised by a rabbit or two being pulled from the hat. The tactical flexibility and trust in the players are certainly two of Davy's strongest assets. I like too that they got all the media commitments out of the way last night. Allows them to 100% commit to their strategy without any interference.

It really gives me an enormous sense of pride to see the purple and gold flags and buntings starting to emerge. There's a real sense that we are back in the big time. I was even talking to a few young lads down in the club and the only thing they are talking about is Croker on July 2nd. I remember my first Leinster final twenty years ago (christ!). These current players are to today's young lads what the 1996 team was to me back then (with a lower average age profile ). Hopefully they'll supply similar memories for "I remember as a young boy...."