The âsystemâ had them 5 points up with an extra man and a favourable ref. Losing from that position is not falling short. Why did they abandon what was working?
2-18 scored after 50 minutes playing like Gods. Oh it hurts so much.
Shaun Murphy set up the first two goals and should have set up another one right at the start. In hindsight, his injury was a killer blow. He was also a big miss around that half back/midfield sector where we started to struggle.
We had OâHanlon, Ryan and Foley x2 playing quite deep to âmind the houseâ but we lost our shape between the 45s. We also lost Damien Reckâs overlaps and had subbed off a ball-winner in Jacko. Others started to tire and a couple of subs didnât have the necessary impact. Maybe Kevin Foley should have been instructed to continue playing from in front of the D rather than staying back as a supposed safety net around the 14/21, especially as Tipp started to score from their half forward line area.
Iâm not sure why/how Joe OâConnor seemed to end up at left half back. Maybe he was midfield but kept getting dragged over there?
Booming puck outs down on top of Maher x3 wasnât wise at all. Foley could still have accepted some short puck outs surely but perhaps we didnât have the legs to do it. That said, when Tipp won long puck outs down the central channel they were able to work the ball out too easily.
Dunne and Dunbar need to work harder to stop the opposition coming out with ball if theyâre to become genuine starting options in our set up.
I expected and got a massive performance from Wexford. That hard running style of playing is demanding as fuck but is suitable to summer hurling on decent ground and in good weather.
We may not have won it out this season but weâre like Princess Diana and have become the queens of peopleâs hearts. I get the impression that a lot of people whose tendency would be to dismiss Wexford thoughtâŚfuck theyâre playing some tremendous stuff.
The key next season will be to avoid relegation in Leinster.
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The only real answer that makes sense is a team and management wide soiling of togs.
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Partly. I had questioned the gassing bit but I wasnât at the match so couldnât see the runs described by Jackie. They calved badly with 20 minutes to go. Saying the system worked would be accurate if hurling lasted 45/50 minutes. The system clearly didnât work if they were running on empty for the last 20 minutes and ended up losing a match in which they were 5 up in with an extra man.
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I tentatively watched it back last night and Wexford were actually robbed.
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Breenâs disallowed goal. Forde pushed OâHanlon over with his left arm/hand. Wrong side from RTE camera angle perspective but still clear enough and captured by loads of inpho and sportsfile photographer types and shown on various websites and papers since.
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John McGrath âgoalâ was not a goal as the referee was blowing the whistle and signaling for Hawkeye. Sure play away after the whistle and during any break of play, but still demand you get rewarded on the scoreboard. Tipp fucks.
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Jake Morrisâ disallowed goal. Ryanâs arm over Callanan was harmless enough to begin with. He knocked it into the net from the ensuing break alright but the game should have been over at that point anyway (see below).
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Ronan Maherâs UFC style take down of Conor McDonald should have resulted in a pelanty to Wexford. It was far more of a foul than Ryan on Callanan (see 3) or Lawlor on Gillane from the day before.
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Barry Heffernan should have been sent off. I predicted this guy would be asked to reprise his role on Chin from the 2018 league and he did that in the first half and initiated a tangle where they both got booked. Then he had the sly dig on OâKeeffe when he was moved into midfield. He seems like a right gangly bastard of a dirty Tipp cunt.
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Fuck Tipp.
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Iâd happily fork out a large sum of money for this. A savage idea.
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Numbers 1-3 are irrelevant as they had no impact on the result, only the margin. Agree on number 5 and 6 but if you need the opposition to be down to 13 in order to win then the system clearly isnât working.
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" Scores to settle " was the working title I had in mind
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Get Fan Larkin too. A gentleman who speaks his mind and takes no prisoners.
I could see Willie and Eddie OâConnor, Ger âRedserâ OâGrady, Michael Webster, Liam Dunne and a few others making guest appearances
Youâd need to give Babs a holiday if Redser was being called in.
Conor McDonald threw himself to the ground and pulled Ronan Maher with him, simulation.
While Iâm at it John McGrath hit Recks hurley in the sending off incident and the cunt went down like he was shot, likewise Dee dropping like a stone after a tip in the midriff.
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The likes of The Sack Walsh must have been mortified at the carry on of this generation of Wexford fannies.
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Time is not easing the pain of this defeat at all.
Still the upward curve continues.
If Paul Galvin takes over the footballers then Wexford GAA will be absolutely box office in Two-Twenty.
All the flute had to say is Wexford had no bench and tired badly. The End.
Wexford lower the blade and are criticised.
Wexford play fairly and are criticised.
Wexford play attacking hurling and are criticised.
Wexford play defensive hurling and are criticised.
We donât have enough of a media/pundit presence to bat for us.
Itâs time for The Sunday Game to approach LarryO about a return.
He would have had plenty of room then to include the usual anecdote about the intinsity of some Kilkinny A vs B game back in 2008, and how this meant they had a savage, unreal panel.
Davyâs friends in the media need to agitate for a reduction in hurlingâs game length from 70m to 50m. This initiative would deliver space age hurling.
A more intangible but no less powerful move would be to insist on one team fielding lazy half forwards.
âThe ball moves faster than the man.â DO NOT DISCUSS.
Fuck Jackie Tyrrell.
That article is a load of shite The sweeper is only acceptable now because Kilkenny are now successfully using a sweeper.
The old traditional Kilkenny hit and hope is gone and Jackie knows it. Even though he often referenced Brian Hogan dropping back to the edge of the square. But that wasnât a sweeper says he.
He didnât write about Wexford for a month after the leinster final.
Prick of a man.
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