Dunne also fostered a very inclusive environment by ensuring that those playing colleges games returned for training every evening, regardless of how tired they were. He also tapped into their competitive streak by hosting a competition of who could miss the least amount of sessions with the losers getting the prize of being encouraged to fuck off the squad - the overall winner was given the Jack Guiney Cup with the runner up getting the Kevin Foley shield.
Thankfully Diarmuid Devereux and Margaret Doyle were thinking along the same lines as myself after the league quarter final and Liam Dunne and the squad repaid that show of faith in spades on Saturday. Hopefully we can push on now and make a strong bid to make the semi-finals and get Dunne and the backroom team committed for another term. Any updated injury news? Aidan Nolan came on at the death at the weekend and Liam Ryan was meant to have been getting the cast removed from his thumb/hand on Friday. Iām not aware of any of the other currently injured players being in line to return.
Ian Byrne is the latest entrant to this prestigious competition, for having the audacity of playing a club championship football game on the night of a scheduled training session. And duly rewarded with being thrown off the panel.*
*but not dropped. http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=257047 just in no uncertain terms made sure that he was not to play the club game and it would hamper his intercounty hurling if he did in fact play for his club. Thereby being free to say āoh he could play the club game if he wanted and he isnt droppedā.
If Wexford canāt beat that Waterford side, even with 7-8 first choice starters missing, its a poor lookout. Now that the Thurles curse is lifted, will you travel to the quarter final or will you wait for the all Leinster local derby in the semi final?
A little stat for you Jeff that you might like.
Simon Donohoe of the Shelmaliers club has played U21 and senior football for Wexford this year, as well as U21, intermediate and senior hurling. Wouldnt be often to find a player who has played on 5 county teams in the one year.
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Iām minded to wait for the Walsh Cup next January to fully get back into the swing of it but I could be tempted by the quarter final alright. Is it definitely a Thurles double header? Nowlan Park in Kilkenny seems like the logical venue for a Wexford-Waterford clash.
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Have we ever lost to Waterford in Nowlan Park in the Championship? Iām pretty sure weāve a 100% record from both occasions weāve played them there.
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played them there twice?
2003 and 2014 - is there another?
Been fixed for new Ross on the sat evening. The GAA know the score.
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well at least going on last weekends attendances, New Ross should be well able to cope with the crowd
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Bullshit decision by the CCCCCCCC. Thatās practically a home game for Waterford.
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At least by playing it in Kilkenny it might attract a few neutrals along
Iām sure yeāll give us the monorail if we shout for ye in the senior
https://wexfordgaabanterpage.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/team-rankings-wexfords-one-to-fifteen/
excellent piece.
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Just about to post it. Didnāt realise Doran had ligament damage
Not an excellent piece.
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I look forward to the next report on training.
āWe went to watch the Senior hurlers train and youāll never believe what happened nextā¦ā
Lols.
That is an awful piece.