Thought the young lads did well, Eoin Ryan has been consistently good IMO, bigger issue was the performance of some of the older lads, was a lifeless game tbh which was to be expected given we we were unlikely to either qualify or be relegated and winning against us wouldn't have achieved much for them

I've no idea what our gameplan is supposed to be, you'd think we'd be trying to get the ball into the hands of Cian Byrne, Rory, and Lee in space but we hardly did that at all during the game

Think we may put Cian Byrne back on the frees too, some of the frees we missed were difficult ones but we still missed too many

Was a bit of a farce of a game tbh, a lot of shenanigans off the ball, there was more life off the ball than there was in the game itself for large parts

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 515 - 17/05/2025 18:56:18    2610298

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Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15827 - 17/05/2025 19:05:39    2610307

Exciting but poor quality game. Can't understand why our ball carriers keep turning back into the crowded middle instead of heading out into the space. Beginning to think they are being coached to bring the ball into contact, not a good idea in top level hurling. It's going on every game.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15827 - 17/05/2025 19:15:08    2610316

Two very poor teams.

Both probably too good for the Joe McDonagh cup but not good enough to challenge any of the good teams in the Liam McCarthy cup.

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HurlingBuzz (Wexford) - Posts: 552 - 17/05/2025 19:48:19    2610335

Poor enough stuff. Game low on quality across the board. Offaly probably be annoyed about getting nothing from it. Chin coming up clutch tbf, he might have saved Keith Rossiters management career (for another few weeks anyways) cus if we'd lost there I don't think it would've mattered how the Kilkenny game went and winning another relegation match wouldn't be good enough for any Wexford manager. Anyways, we live for another little while anyways. Dublin need to do us a massive massive favour but I don't see it, Dublin just loose to Kilkenny, whether it be very tight or some absolute tonking but they just don't win v the stripey men….it would be unbelievable if they did but just don't see it happening. It's been a very poor year across the board and definitely a backwards step from last year…didn't think I'd be saying that about a year where Antrim beat us lol looks like both us and Clare won't get our annual quarter final match v each other (or anyone at this stage)
The other Leinster game today was very poor stuff too, this years Antrim team have been the poorest team in Leinster in a long time. Galway weren't wonderful but didn't have to be and won by nearly 30 points.
Best of luck to the minors. They're guaranteed to play in the all Ireland series anyways so probably be last Wexford team standing so hopefully people get behind them and they can string together a few good performances.

Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin (Wexford) - Posts: 320 - 17/05/2025 19:51:19    2610337

Chins goal got us off the hook in the end.
Up till then it was very much in the balance.
A tricky wind caused us to miss from frees and play.
Very poor first half with Offaly winning most of the breaks.
We were behind for a good part of the game and we struggled at times. Some of our forwards weren't at the races or maybe they should have been. Conor Mac is a must for the Kilkenny match and let's hope Jippo is available.
If there is not a big improvement next week there will be only one result but as always we will raise our game against the cats. Home ground and a roaring crowd will I am sure get the best out of us.

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 465 - 17/05/2025 20:03:42    2610347

Absolute pits we are in,that was a really really poor watch,I'm not even goin to get into it!!! Tactics are so bad I just can't understand what we are at!! My heads gone,if we play like that next week!!! Anyway il leave it off till next week!!! All you can say is a win is a win bearly

theboys (Wexford) - Posts: 268 - 17/05/2025 20:07:03    2610351

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WEXILE (Wexford) - Posts: 401 - 17/05/2025 20:36:34    2610366

Looking towards the future, here's how I think today's starters should be considered next year

Starter: Eoin Ryan, Cian Molloy, Conor Foley, Damien Reck, Darragh Carley, Conor Hearne, Lee Chin, Rory O'Connor, Cian Byrne

Bench: Kevin Foley, Cathal Dunbar, Jacko

Don't know about Fanning

Some might argue that some of the starters are a bit hopeful and they could well be but I think we had some good young hurlers starting today and you'd hope they'll continue to progress

Leaving out the GK situation, that means we've another five starting places to fill, would hope they'll be filled out by the likes of Richie Lawlor, Simon Roche, Cillian Byrne, Seán Rowley, Eoin Whelan, CBD, and Jack Redmond

Don't want to count on Jippo, Conor Mac, and Shane Reck, not because I think they're past it but they've had a lot of injuries in the last few years and they're not getting any younger, unfortunately think those who have picked up injuries in the past are always the most likely to pick them up going forward

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 515 - 17/05/2025 20:41:12    2610368

Another thing lee chin getting all the headlines really covers up how bad he was today!!! That goal thanks be to God he got it really papers over how poor he was!! His worst performance to date this year!! God help us when he's gone!!!

theboys (Wexford) - Posts: 268 - 17/05/2025 20:44:21    2610370

I think dublin will give the cats a good rattle but ultimately they will come up a bit short. The round robin game games between them two teams have being close enough if memory serves me correctly. Its when kk get to croke park dublin usually freeze.If kk beat dublin it a dead rubber against the cats and will only be playing for pride.
I was listening to rory jacob the other day on the galway podcast and he was saying wexford are nearer to joe macdonagh then they are to leinster final,its hard to disagree with him. I would be very fearful when the last of this crop goes where are the leaders going to come from? The good team under davies time was backboned by leinster winning underage teams. Winning underage certainly doesnt guarantee anything but it shouldn't make things any worse. All ya have to do is look at the underage record. Keith took on this job knowing there was a big rebuild coming over the next few years so you have to respect that. He bleeds wexford but the players arent there and it will take a few years at division 2 to try build a team and come up with a bit of momentum. Antrim have being desperate in the leinster championship but offally took 2 big hammerings in the last few weeks. Trailed most of the match at home against a team who came up from joe macdonagh isnt good enough but probably need to be realistic and this is where the county is at the moment.Its being well spoken here but fanning,jippo,kevin foley,chin and probably jacko when these go i hope theres enough lads blooded because the risk of falling into the joe macdonagh will become real over the next few years. Offally are improving and antrim will be relegated and things could get very messy quickly.

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WEX98 (Wexford) - Posts: 517 - 17/05/2025 20:59:39    2610384

Does anyone else agree that our season was more or less decided on the penalty goal v Dublin and the five minutes that followed. Don't think we have ever recovered from that moment. Players seem devoid of confidence, first touch awful today. First half against Galway best forgotten

HurlingBuzz (Wexford) - Posts: 552 - 17/05/2025 21:06:45    2610388

So after much deliberation in my head over the last few weeks I am actually happy enough today.

The reason: expectation.

We are on par now with offaly etc. Our days of expecting wins against better teams are gone.

We are like a perennial table Premier league team and need to be happy to avoid the drop but realise how far off the bigger teams we are.

Once we have this mindset then you can ever be too disappointed.

Yellowhelmet (Australia) - Posts: 143 - 17/05/2025 21:10:05    2610389

It was good for the team to get the win. Scrappy game overall. Offaly will be disappointed they didn't get anything from it.

I'm a bit confused as to what our management's plan is. We played a two man full forward line, Byrne and Casey, who couldn't win any ball. There's a core of experienced players largely carrying things: Fanning, Rory O'Connor, Chin, Foley. Rory, Chin, Foley and Jacko in a 4 man half forward line. I don't get why there isn't one ball winner put into the full forward line. Ball going in just came straight back out, bar one or two Byrne flashes.

Midfield was okay.

Backline was in trouble throughout. Defenders fouled all evening when Offaly players ran at us. Very few examples of good defending. Also alarming was how often defenders didn't trust themselves to clear ball, and went back to Fanning. He did really well, but several passes to him just put him under pressure. They should have been played out by the backs, not sent back to a keeper under pressure.

Our hurling looked not sharp at all. Handling was poor, balls fumbled or miscontrolled throughout. That has to go back to preparation and coaching.

Watching them today we needed either Chin or Kevin Foley at 6 (Reck was v poor I thought) and the other at 11, and Rory at 14. There would be a strong spine then with a ball winner in each line. I'd have started Mac at wing forward too, if he was okay to play, give us a focal point for puckouts.

Freetaking was really poor. Is Paul Codd the last proper top class freetaker we've had?

I thought it odd that the bench wasn't really used too. Several lads were going poorly. Worked out in the end I suppose, but took a goal right at the death.

icehonesty (Wexford) - Posts: 2575 - 17/05/2025 21:14:15    2610391

A win is a win but we were very poor in what was not a Liam McCarthy standard game tbh. Darragh Carley was definitely an improvement on McGuckin in the half back line.

As a collective we are a mess at the back when Jippo isn't playing.

General play can only be described as puzzling at this stage. We consistently carry the ball in to traffic, the lack of support for the player on the ball also is poor.

OpenStandWall (Wexford) - Posts: 262 - 17/05/2025 21:19:21    2610392

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