[quote=âSledgehammerâ]Final is down for Parnell Park on July 16th.
Up the fookin Dubs. No test at all tonight.[/QUOTE]
Presume you were there at it Sledge? What did you make of Paul Schuttes performance?
[quote=âSledgehammerâ]Final is down for Parnell Park on July 16th.
Up the fookin Dubs. No test at all tonight.[/QUOTE]
Wexford are more a football county sledge*
*until saturday night at least
Just back from Parnell Park now. Have never seen as bad a Wexford hurling team in my life.
Looked like U14 standard compared to Dublin.
Everything was awful-passing, touch, fielding, shooting, visionâŚbut what do you expect with only a few weeks training.
Shore was the only one to come out of it with any pride. Won all the balls at centre back, marshalling David Tracey well. He was moved to midfield for the second half but had to go off 5 minutes in after twisting his knee. It looked swollen when I saw him after but I hope its not too serious.
We were being cleaned out of it in midfield, by Dublinâs no 9 Clinton especially. Took a long time for us to make changes and eventually Sean Og Whelan was called ashore and Paul Morris was brought in with Harry Kehoe changed to midfield. It didnt make a whole lot of difference but we won a bit more ball but 9 times out of 10 weâd lose it or hit it into absolutely ridiculous areas.
Some of our lads were of terrible standard though. Colm Kennelly got an absolute roasting at wing back. Looked very poor for captain.
Anyway for what its worth here are the scorers-
Dub-P. Garbutt 0-10 (7 frees), L. Rushe 0-4, B. OâRorke, P. Kelly, C. Clinton 0-3 each, D. Tracey 1-0, D. OâConnor 0-1
Wex-H.Kehoe 0-3 (2 Frees), A. Shore 0-1 (Free), C. Kennelly, S. Foley, S. g Whelan, J. Cullen 0-1 each
Not sure whether thatâs sarcasm or not but despite considering going, I didnât in the end. Was at Shels-Crumlin in the FAI Cup last night and wasnât in the humour of being out and about two nights in a row, all the more so considering I didnât know anyone else going to it.
I have the bandwagon well oiled for the final though. Just need to set the sat nav to this Parnell Park place
[quote=âSledgehammerâ]
Not sure whether thatâs sarcasm or not but despite considering going, I didnât in the end. Was at Shels-Crumlin in the FAI Cup last night and wasnât in the humour of being out and about two nights in a row, all the more so considering I didnât know anyone else going to it.
I have the bandwagon well oiled for the final though. Just need to set the sat nav to this Parnell Park place[/QUOTE]
Huh, you should ask Mac what he thought of Schutteâs performance Sledge.
Asked him earlier if he was going and he said, and I quote, âNah, it looks like rainâ.
[quote=âSledgehammerâ]:
I have the bandwagon well oiled for the final though. Just need to set the sat nav to this Parnell Park place[/QUOTE]
Here Sledge, as a Bohs man are you from Crumlin or something? because otherwise this is pretty hardcore soccer supporting. Feicin hell
Assumed the final was in Kilkenny due to home and away agreement - Dublin played Kilkenny at Parnell Park last year and in Kilkenny in '06. If it is in Parnell thatâs a huge boost to Dublinâs chances. Weâve yet to beat Kilkenny in Leinster at this grade.
Here Sledge, as a Bohs man are you from Crumlin or something? because otherwise this is pretty hardcore soccer supporting. Feicin hell
Not quite sure about the football team selected. Backs look a little light and possibly a bit loose too but we donât have a lot of defensive options other than Niall Murphy or dropping Morrissey back.
Obviously I donât really know whoâs been showing up well in training but I would have preferred to see a recognised score getter like Shane Roche or someone in for Collie Byrne perhaps.
The side chosen hints that weâll crowd the middle third by dropping Morrissey and Byrne back and try to disrupt/nullify them given theyâve cleaned us out in midfield and dominated possession in our two meetings with them already this season (albeit both played in Newbridge).
We have plenty of midfield and attacking options on the bench though so it might be a matter of containing them and frustrating them initially before turning the screw in the second half and getting Roche, Deely and others on. Getting more confident as the game approaches actually.*
- Jason Ryan should still be sacked for his treatment of Jason Murphy and Mikey Hanrahan.
i see wexford are 9-2 in some places. not bad odds for a team whose last championship match was in the all ireland semi final.
Iâm from near Crumlin, theyâd be one of my local teams and a mate manages their U18s, so I went down for the night and threw a stewardsâ bib on while I was at it. Tend to go to the opening of an envelope if there is a chance of jibbing in.
[quote=âPikemanâ]Huh, you should ask Mac what he thought of Schutteâs performance Sledge.
Asked him earlier if he was going and he said, and I quote, âNah, it looks like rainâ.[/QUOTE]
Poor form from MacParty. At least I donât masquerade as a GAA fan.
Changing of the guards last night in Leinster. A precursor to the Senior semi?
[quote=âBandageâ]Not quite sure about the football team selected. Backs look a little light and possibly a bit loose too but we donât have a lot of defensive options other than Niall Murphy or dropping Morrissey back.
Obviously I donât really know whoâs been showing up well in training but I would have preferred to see a recognised score getter like Shane Roche or someone in for Collie Byrne perhaps.
The side chosen hints that weâll crowd the middle third by dropping Morrissey and Byrne back and try to disrupt/nullify them given theyâve cleaned us out in midfield and dominated possession in our two meetings with them already this season (albeit both played in Newbridge).
We have plenty of midfield and attacking options on the bench though so it might be a matter of containing them and frustrating them initially before turning the screw in the second half and getting Roche, Deely and others on. Getting more confident as the game approaches actually.*
- Jason Ryan should still be sacked for his treatment of Jason Murphy and Mikey Hanrahan.[/QUOTE]
The rumours doing the rounds are that team will be nothing like the team that takes the pitch. Wallace for one is not expected to start, heard of one or two more possible changes, Colfer starting etc.
Btw Jason Murphy, is that spot murphy your going on about. Yeah he got a raw deal in fairness that day.
It is in its hole. :rolleyes:
Just thinking some more about the shocking Wexford display last night - the County Chairman should be brought to task over this. Whatâs the phraseâŚdereliction of duties? Itâs pretty scandalous really.
A few of us ironically laughed about the Convention last year on here when the Board presented a significant financial loss to delegates. Nobody asked any hard questions, which was fairly amusing, and the Chairman talked it away.
Finances were tight, we were entering a recession and on the brink of a downturn in the property market and the Chairman decided to buy land in Ferns to build a training facility for county teams.
Nothing wrong with the principle but for a) we had only recently purchased land in Oylegate/Oylgate/Oilgate for the very same purpose and b) the timing of the purchase, which meant we were left with two blocks of land and couldnât sell one of them.
Then he shelled out for a lift in the stand in Wexford Park 'cos he felt it was unfortunate that disabled people sat at the front of the stand and sometimes got wet depending on what angle the rain was falling at and they should be accomodated in a guaranteed dry area. Then he shelled out to refurbish the offices in Wexford Park because âthey werenât big enough for 5 men to work inâ.
So, all that, along with Jason Ryanâs ârenegotiatedâ expenses package, more or less meant the U21 hurling team were sacrificed. Fook it, we were able to save on mileage, medical and meal expenses by only appointing management in May and getting the panel together after that.
Disgraceful. No matter how crap weâve been in minor or senior, weâve always been competitive in U21. Last time we took a hiding like last night was in 1992 against Dublin, I think. Itâs an utter joke - Iâm seething.
Itâs actually land in Glenbrien not Oylegate/Oylgate/Oilgate.
Scandalous alright though Bandage. U21 seems to be the important grade as regards the future fortunes of the senior team. If the seniors do well, the county board do well and perhaps gain some investors on the way so the fact that the CB wanted to kick the feeder grade under the carpet makes it bizarre indeed. Kilkenny hurling has thrived whenever their U21s are winning all round them.
[quote=âBandageâ]Just thinking some more about the shocking Wexford display last night - the County Chairman should be brought to task over this. Whatâs the phraseâŚdereliction of duties? Itâs pretty scandalous really.
A few of us ironically laughed about the Convention last year on here when the Board presented a significant financial loss to delegates. Nobody asked any hard questions, which was fairly amusing, and the Chairman talked it away.
Finances were tight, we were entering a recession and on the brink of a downturn in the property market and the Chairman decided to buy land in Ferns to build a training facility for county teams.
Nothing wrong with the principle but for a) we had only recently purchased land in Oylegate/Oylgate/Oilgate for the very same purpose and b) the timing of the purchase, which meant we were left with two blocks of land and couldnât sell one of them.
Then he shelled out for a lift in the stand in Wexford Park 'cos he felt it was unfortunate that disabled people sat at the front of the stand and sometimes got wet depending on what angle the rain was falling at and they should be accomodated in a guaranteed dry area. Then he shelled out to refurbish the offices in Wexford Park because âthey werenât big enough for 5 men to work inâ.
So, all that, along with Jason Ryanâs ârenegotiatedâ expenses package, more or less meant the U21 hurling team were sacrificed. Fook it, we were able to save on mileage, medical and meal expenses by only appointing management in May and getting the panel together after that.
Disgraceful. No matter how crap weâve been in minor or senior, weâve always been competitive in U21. Last time we took a hiding like last night was in 1992 against Dublin, I think. Itâs an utter joke - Iâm seething.[/QUOTE]
Wexford have been pathetic at underage for a while now, Dublin are doing the work at underage level and they deserve credit,
Wexford need a Hurling Development Officer, as opposed to an Anti Football Development Officer.
[quote=âshanksâ]Wexford have been pathetic at underage for a while now, Dublin are doing the work at underage level and they deserve credit,
Wexford need a Hurling Development Officer, as opposed to an Anti Football Development Officer.[/QUOTE]
Hurling Dev Officer is George o Connor - who i would find it hard to believe is anti football⌠and Mick Kinsella is football development officer
Mick Kinsella is Director of Coaching in Wexford-hurling and football.
Paul Carty is the football development officer-Kinsella would be over George and Paul as such.