Thought he was excellent on Sunday at the game. He must have had a sore paw afterwards from catching high ball and intercepting passes. The Kilkenny bucks around me were going bananas as they lorried ball down on top of Daithi. His distribution could have been better though which is why I prefer him at 3 rather than out the field. He keeps it simple at 3.
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Not enough for us to get the winner unfortunately.
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His fielding was the equal of Tommy Walsh. Thatâs the highest compliment I can pay.
Used to be David before the operationâŚthink he played football for Clare but is now a rubby physio
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Iâll be the pedantic cunt to say they wont avoid Wexford if they go by Hook, they may take the Waterford route through Crooke to avoid usâŚ
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I think Kilkenny are way more consistent than Galway. Even from a Dublin perspective we would always feel like we have a chance against Galway, even though they are better than us and results reflect that. Kilkenny rarely slip up against lesser opposition.
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True but wexford have had the Indian sign over us since davys time. Then they lose to westmeath!!
Ah the last 2 Kilkenny v Wexford matches were meaningless for Kilkenny while Wexford were fighting for their lives.
There would be an incredible symmetry over the 2022-2024 period if this yearâs hurling championship ended up like this:
Limerick beat Clare in the Munster final
Kilkenny beat Galway in the Leinster final
All-Ireland quarter finals:
Clare beat Antrim
Galway beat Waterford
All-Ireland semi-finals:
Kilkenny beat Clare
Limerick beat Galway
Final:
Limerick beat Kilkenny
The exact same outcome three years in a row, except for three different Leinster teams losing to Clare in the quarter-final and three different Munster teams losing to Galway in the quarter-final.
Maybe Iâve set a very high bar for him but I didnt think he was great. Usually when the ball goes in his general direction thereâs nobody else winning it. Didnât think that was the case on Sunday
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Martin Storey & Sambo McNaughton on The Wexford Hurling Podcast provided some company for me on a lunchtime run. Sambo is a good sort. Disagreed with a couple of Storeyâs takes which were:
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we didnât do a whole lot wrong in the game other than not finishing out each half properly again, &
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rather than arguing that only using 3 subs was an error, maybe there was no need to bring on anyone as we had been winning by 7 points.
Iâd say:
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obviously weâve now capitulated in injury time in 3 out of 4 halves of hurling & Antrim actually scored 2 or 3 late first half points too before Chinâs second goalâŚbut the display wasnât good outside that either
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itâs true that we were 2-14 to 0-13 ahead but the days of not using any subs are gone, especially in the round robin era. Granted the 3 subs used didnât go particularly well but we had started to get overrun around the time they were introduced. Antrim reeled off 5 on the trot to get it back to 2-14 to 0-18 and, if anything, more subs should/could have been used given we were being wiped out under the high ball in the middle sector & getting horsed out of it in physical exchanges.
One Storey comment I completely agree with it isâŚhe tells his teams not to take potshots on when leading late on. This âa wide is as good as a scoreâ stuff doesnât really hold true when it just gives a keeper a chance to launch one towards your 21 & youâre vulnerable in the air. We had a bit of that when Antrim came back at us when we should have been looking for passes & working it into proper scoring areas.
I watched the second half back & it made for grim viewing. A few things Iâd forgotten such as McDonald preventing them taking a quick lineball which the ref converted into a free they pointed & McDonald winning a free out wide on the 21 but getting it overturned by digging back into the defender. Donohoe coughed up a couple of frees when he lost the ball having secured possession. The gaps through the middle were mad with Damien Reck marked absent.
But we must move on & focus on Galway now.
Sambo sounded like he had a few pints. He only knew of Lee âChingâ and Cian Byrne. Had to keep asking about Cianâs name. Didnât see the match, but all I can say after he was standing behind me at Dublin match is Storey is a contrary aul fucker.
I caught a glance of Storey diligently recording the Shan Elliot goal in his match programme on Saturday. Didnât seem perturbed by the impending catastrophic defeat at all. Himself and Sambo are giving Antrim a good chance of beating Dublin. Apparently they get no sponsored cars up in Antrim at all.
I was puzzled when Sambo said Tyrone minor hurlers beat Offaly last weekend. Turns out it was that Celtic Challenge competition and was probably Offalyâs 2nd or 3rd team.
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Iâm convinced at the start he said Tyrone minors bet Carlow, then changed to Offaly halfway through.
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An esteemed Wexford colleague has confirmed that he feels a Wexford win on Saturday evening âin his watersâ. His theory was that lads youâd regularly forget exist, such as Shane Reck/Cathal Dunbar/etc are due a big performance. I found it hard to disagree with that and will be bracing myself for a Wexford win.
Weâve Liam Ryan back in defence, about the only plus weâve got going into it. Galway always respected playing Wexford, and never overdid the respect, which is why theyâve not been beaten by Wexford in the championship since 96⌠Galway will win by 5, but will be tight enough game.
I think this Galway side is more than capable of losing. Theyâre on fumes and have a spine that is probably 30+ between Daithi, Padraic Mannion, David Burke and Conor Cooney. Itâs not as certain a win as it wouldâve been in the last few years. Would they beat Tipp in another quarter final? Probably, but thatâs about it.
Youâd imagine the likes of a Dunbar would be desperate to stat pad against an Antrim knowing he had a daunting meeting with a Fintan or Daithi Burke on the horizon. Maybe he got his match-up incorrect and ended up on that Gerard Walsh fella who was class. But if you canât roast an Antrim defender then youâd have to be a complete enigma to do it to a Galway or Kilkenny player. I suppose this group and many other Wexford teams have had their fair share of enigmas though.
Thereâs a precise art to picking which wing-back to mark at club level. A few seconds of sizing up the prospective markers and memories of previous encounters have a huge bearing on the next 60 minutes. Theyâve tried to eliminate this at inter-county level with specific âmatch-upsâ but sure if the opposition decide they want a different match-up then youâre left with a stand-off. Lar Corbett trying to follow Tommy Walsh around in 2012 being a classic of this genre.
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My neighbour, a great hurling man, joined the same this evening. I said âsure we might win Leinsterâ
âWhatâs the point in that?â Was the reply 
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