i dont honestly know, we played barntown this year and i dont think he stood out.
Surprised James Carty hasnt got a call up or maybe he did and declined…
excuse my ignorance, but who is he? I’m badly out of touch I reckon.
plays midfield for the starlights. thought he was quite good.
Dunne says HQ blocking Slaney move for Butler
By John Fogarty
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Wexford manager Liam Dunne claims he is fighting against the GAA to get Paudie Butler on board as part of his backroom team.
Dunne says his attempts to bring in the former Laois manager as a full-time selector have been thwarted by Croke Park.
According to the Oulart-the-Ballagh man, Butler wants to work alongside him but the move has been blocked by GAA HQ.
The Tipperary native took the Wexford hurlers for an indoor session over the Christmas period but has told Dunne he is unable to come on board in an official capacity.
Butler, the former national director of hurling, was unavailable for comment yesterday but the GAA confirmed he has a coaching role with them.
As per rule, a GAA employee is not permitted to be a member of an inter-county management team.
However, a GAA spokesperson insisted Butler is free to fulfil an advisory role with Wexford.
But Dunne countered: "I think the handcuffs should be taken off Paudie Butler because, as most people think about Wexford hurling, we are in crisis.
“I asked him to help out a year ago and he said he would but over Christmas he said he didn’t know what way he could come in. I don’t think Croke Park want him helping us out.”
Over the weekend, GAA director general Páraic Duffy expressed his concern about the drop in standard of hurling in Wexford.
“The one disappointment, the one that would worry me is Wexford,” he said. "When I was growing up, Wexford were a great hurling power.
“Then you had the days of Liam Griffin when they again came back to the top and everybody in the country rejoiced. They seem to have slipped back — that is an issue of concern.”
Dunne believes Croke Park would send a strong signal about their concern for Wexford hurling by allowing Butler to become part of his management team.
"It’s easy to talk about it. I haven’t seen a whole lot happening. The same thing was said about Dublin 15 years ago and I’m not sure how many millions were pumped into there. I’m not saying it’s all about millions. What I’m looking for is nothing like that but a person who I believe will be of great benefit to the Wexford senior hurling team. We’re not asking for a lot.
“Paudie Butler is a top class coach and is more than willing to come in to help. If people are concerned about Wexford then they should allow him.”
Dunne is also looking to Croke Park to do something about the dual player conundrum facing Wexford on June 8 and 9. Lee Chin and Andrew Shore will split commitments between both senior panels but Dunne’s hurlers are scheduled to play their Leinster quarter-final against Dublin less than 24 hours prior to Aidan O’Brien’s footballers face Laois or Louth.
“I have no problem with them playing football the following day but (Wexford football manager) Aidan O’Brien might have a problem with that. If Páraic Duffy wants to help us he can have a look at that.”
Dunne confirmed another prospective dual player, Ciaran Lyng, is almost certain not to be lining out for the hurlers this year as he gets treatment on a tendon problem in his hip.
“Matthew O’Hanlon is studying in Madrid then is off to America in May. He’s a huge loss. Diarmuid O’Keeffe is going off for the summer and Liam Óg McGovern is gone with injury as well. They’ll all be missed.”
With Croke Park believing some of the Football Review Committee proposals can be transferred to hurling, Dunne has some words of caution. “There is good in the advantage rule. It will be back to the discretion of the referee but I think it will only help the game. But I’d be very careful with bringing in anything to hurling… don’t mess around with hurling, leave it alone, is what I would say.”
Well thats all terribly optimistic I must say.
He seems quite a moany cunt.
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Correct. He loves an oul moan to the media does Liam.
It’s refreshing to see these young GAA players broadening their horizons and adding to their life experiences by travelling in their youth rather than getting bogged down playing hurling. They should sample different cultures on their travels as opposed to hooking up with some GAA Club in Boston or New York or somewhere and come back renewed and with a fresh vigour to lead us to an All Ireland in 2016. How appropriate it would be to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1996 success with another triumph in Croke Park in September (that’s not camogie).
what injuries do Lyng and Mcgovern have?
Mcgovern is having operation on his hips I think count, something to do with wearing of the joints. Pretty fucked up for someone so young. Lyng has a tendon problem or something in his hip too that he was carrying last year.
It was mentioned in the Irish Independent over Christmas too but a reliable source (an accountant whose brother’s milkman’s friend’s neighbour knows someone who knows someone involved with St Anne’s) had told me in early December that McGovern has a serious hip problem. Actually it might be both hips now that I think about it which would be quite startling given he’s only 21 or 22 - he was apparently assessing the advice received from his specialist (recommending surgery) and perhaps getting a second opinion when last I heard but Dunne’s quotes suggest he’s out for the season anyway. Not sure what the surgery entails but I see Conor McGrath of Clare is aiming to return in 12 weeks from surgery on one of his hips - perhaps McGovern’s issue is more complicated and then there’s the fact that both of his hips are/ may be affected.
Lyng has an issue with his hip tendon, according to that same Irish Independent article.
Football team for Sunday v Kildare
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Anthony Masterson Castletown 2. Joey Wadding St. Fintains 3. Graeme Molloy St. James Ramsgrange 4. Sean Culleton Geraldine O’Hanrahans 5. Jack Kelly Starlights 6. Aindreas Doyle Parnells Dublin 7. Brian Malone Shelmaliers 8. Daithi Waters St Martins 9. Craig Doyle Glynnbarntown 10 Conor Carty Castletown 11 Paddy Byrne Kilmore 12 Adrian Flynn Gusserane 13 Shane Roche Geraldine O’Hanrahans 14 Killian Kehoe Gusserane 15 PJ Banville Horeswood 16. Brendan Redmond Clongeen 17. Robert Tierney Glynnbarntown 18. John Leacy Glynnbarntown 19. Brendan Mulligan Sarsfields 20. David Murphy St. Marys Rosslare 21. Rory Quinnlivan Parnells Dublin 22. Andrew Shore Parnells Dublin 23. Kevin O’Grady St. James Ramsgrange 24. Redmond Barry St. Annes Rathangan 25. Kevin Gore Sarsfields 26. Hugh O’Neill Ballyhogue 27. Paidi Kelly St. Martins 28. Sean Gaule St. Annes Rathangan 29. Shane Cahill Clongeen 30. Barry O’Gorman Taghmon Camross
There’s a doctor in wexford whos after advising half the victorious u21 tema of 2011 to get their hips done.
Second opinion are always wise. Lyng seems to be injured quite a bit…
anyone going to the game on sunday?
Don’t think he’s in Wexford but it’s certainly the operation de jour.
yeah, my info might not be entirelt accurate regrding the location of said doctor
I don’t know much about the science of it but it certainly seems to be very common these days. I think there was an article about it in the Sindo recently featuring Conor McGrath but unfortunately I didn’t read it.
Wonder is it the fact that many of these lads have been exposed to heavy weight lifting, specifically squats at an earlier age than hitherto? Doubt it but it’s a time like this we miss and need Kevin.
thats quite appendage, he was shining light in our pursuit of physical fitness knowledge…
+1 , might aswell give up with that kind of attitude
If his lack of faith in himself is any indication then the players can’t be too gone on him either
What’s happened in the last 10 years or so lads? Can’t be just down to football getting popular.
I’d say it would be more to do with not doing squats at an earlier age and then come 18/19 being thrown right in hard at it. Should be an ease of prgoression from younger to take the balance of wieghtlifting when getting older. But I’d need Kev to confirm this before I nailed my coulours to the mast.
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[]Ger Doyle being asleep at the wheel
[]‘Hurling clubs’ having too much say in develpoment projects and stop proper development occurring
[*]A hope that everything would come right as it did in the 1990s and an unwillingness to accept that nothing is achieved with instilling a professional ethos
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So basically the hurling regime failed to copy the successful policies of the football set up.
Dunne is probably only playing the poor mouth so Croke Park will relent and allow him to name Butler as a selector.