Maybe @gaamad1996 can verify but, after the initial throw-in, we seemed to settle into:
Fanning;
Ryan, O’Hanlon, Rossiter;
Shore, Moore, Kenny;
Kehoe, Chin, Redmond;
Morris, Doran, McGovern;
Jacob, McDonald.
Anyone see what happened McDonald to cause him to get treatment to his head?
When you get a penalty that is the time to score a goal, not a point. I’ve nothing more to say about it.
I hope ye win the replay. Ye’ll give us a tight enough game should we meet ye. 
Comforting to see Wexford players coming onto the ball and you could be relatively confident that they’d control it given a yard of space.
[QUOTE=“Peter G, post: 977414, member: 1758”]When you get a penalty that is the time to score a goal, not a point. I’ve nothing more to say about it.
I hope ye win the replay. Ye’ll give us a tight enough game should we meet ye. ;)[/QUOTE]
That’s old school thinking pal.
You make your decision based on the facts to hand. Wexford were 3 points up, the clock was ticking down, we’d 15 men versus 14, Clare were playing gash, he’d have to strike it into the wind from 20m.
It wasn’t a gimme by any means.
Correct decision by P. Morris.
Wexford certainly turned some heads today. Great stuff so far this year. Championship hurling…
[QUOTE=“Appendage, post: 977417, member: 11”]That’s old school thinking pal.
You make your decision based on the facts to hand. Wexford were 3 points up, the clock was ticking down, we’d 15 men versus 14, Clare were playing gash, he’d have to strike it into the wind from 20m.
It wasn’t a gimme by any means.
Correct decision by P. Morris.[/QUOTE]
I respect your opinion.
There’s no place for that kind of placid comment on TFK.
ok
[QUOTE=“Gman, post: 977380, member: 112”]being honest, I wouldnt have thought of him as being that shrewd. He was over Oulart teams that made some horrendous errors in Leinster campaigns, and he was over a minor team that had 2 extra men against Galway and still ended up losing it from being ahead. His comments in general would make me facepalm a lot. But I dont know, maybe in the dressing room and on the field he is a different type and could well be. I dont know anything at all about his training methods or his tactically awareness, but from afar, I wouldnt be that impressed. Twice against Dublin in championship he hasnt been able to cope with very basic tactics set up by the opposition.
Maybe today might be the change in fortunes we needed. I thought tactically today we were very good, and the gameplan seemed solid. Some poor skills based errors cost us really[/QUOTE]
I remember that minor game in 2008 well. Playing 3 v 1 in our own full back line while 13-man Galway popped over 2 or 3 late scores from further out to pip us by 1 point. We lost the senior game that followed it by a point too against Waterford in what was John Meyler’s last game. Then the disastrous Colm Bonnar era after that…
But, yeah, I would have questioned Dunne’s in-game management at times and did again following the Dublin game when we left Rossiter spare in the full back line and allowed McCrabbe to go for a walk and Dublin to gain superiority in the middle sector. We were set up very well today though, which is credit to him.
I was recently Kev-style chatting to someone who played under him and they spoke very highly of his command of the dressing room. They said he’s very good as a motivator/leader when he’s not sidetracked by some perceived injustice carried out by officialdom or something.
I’d heard that last year he didn’t speak to Chin directly and left it to selectors to deal with him as he was pissed off that he was still playing football. In fairness, that could be bollox but we now have a situation where everyone who can make a positive contribution to Wexford hurling is involved in the squad. Again, that shows that players are probably satisfied with the set-up he’s overseeing - there’s been a few recent years where players had backed out for one reason or another.
Soft penalty aside, I thought the ref was very harsh on Wexford in the last 20mins, seemed determined to get Clare back into it.
I hope the lads are back in the stores/provincial venue of choice soaking up the free drink and adulation. They should get absolutely hammered just in case we get tanked in the replay. The free drink would be scarce then.
Pity ye didn’t beat those banner roasters today.
I note that Wexford had the obligatory huddle after the game today. A total waste of time.
Not necessarily, sometimes when you go to the dressing room lads can splinter up, some go shower, some have to give interviews, others get caught up with family. If you dont take the chance on the pitch to sort out where the piss up starts it could turn into a fucking mess trying to get everyone into the one place later.
No it’s not. Depending on circumstances, and this seems to be a perfect example, it’s very important to leave with a positive frame of mind and dispell any self doubt or regrets straight away. A night or two if self doubt or regret before the next training session would be worse than going on the piss for the night. As long as the message is positive and reminds the team of all the good things they did to get into the good position in the first place then it is very worthwhile.
In your opinion, are Wexford after catching the pack or are Clare over rated? Or has Davy made a balls of them with his over coaching?
I forgot we’re playing football tomorrow. Is anyone going? I can’t be arsed travelling down.
agreed, only for him clare would have been well beaten by the better side…we were poor and he made 2-3 decisions I thought were very soft…Wexford were the better side today…
I’d hate for you to think I’m not working on getting more details on this, pal. Bear with me.
Noble effort from Wexford which leaves them with the opportunity to drive on and seriously re-establish themselves.
@caoimhaoin asked 3 questions above to which you could arguably answer yes to all 3. Wexford have significantly caught up again. They’re more settled in their personnel and are getting the succession of games that they needed. They shouldn’t look on yesterday as one that got away. It should be seen as a game in which they were highly competitive for 90 minutes and proved that they can compete with the All-Ireland champions. Improvements are certainly needed, particularly in the areas of composure and decision making, but these only come about from playing high-quality games so they have a chance to nail it the next day. The pride is back.
The biggest issue I see facing Clare is that the same weaknesses remain whilst their strengths are not as strong. They certainly have belief in spades and never panicked yesterday but they foul too cheaply and tend to repeat errors. You can call it second-season syndrome but they’re definitely looking a lot more beatable this year.
Regarding Davy, I always felt that there’s only so much flogging a team can take. He doesn’t seem content with just controlling his player’s hurling lives, he looks like he wants to dominate every aspect of their lives and this could end badly. A lot of issues are bubbling in the background which are forgiven when a team is winning but can mushroom when they’re not. That said, Clare have the tools to regroup and still win the All-Ireland. I just don’t think they will though.
On the referee, I thought he was only reasonable. Clare definitely seemed to benefit more from the 50/50 decisions but that’s often the way when you’re down to 14 men. The call for the Wexford penalty, though, was a shocker as it was a perfect flick away and not related to a foul.
There’s also no guarantee that the replay will go to Wexford Park. If right is right, it should be held there but yesterday was a one-off fixture determined by drawing lots for home advantage and the CCCC are capable of applying whatever standard they wish when making the refixture.