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Replying To WexMurph:  "They've plenty of time to get it right anyway after the irrelevent games are out of the way, Martins do look like they could improve considerably though on last year, and that's worrying for all other teams."
Yeah agree, if they play to their potential there's only one winner but as u say it's early, I'm looking forward to the Ferns v Naomh Eanna game. Hopefully as good as last year

YellowShadeOfPurple (Wexford) - Posts: 49 - 28/06/2025 11:35:13    2621695

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Replying To YellowShadeOfPurple:  "What an abysmally one sided game to start the championship. Harriers were woeful, 12 points scored. The offering from clubber left a lot to be desired, cameraman forgetting to follow the ball, no upgrade from the lads on Wexford Gaa tv anyway. Well hopefully it improves from here."
Sad to see our main town with a population of 25,000 struggling so much to survive in the top tier in hurling.
Without Chin they are mediocre to put it mildly.
Same with the county team, he's invaluable.
Even with him both county and Harriers can't expect him to work miracles.
I know that there is a long way to go to get to the business end of things but the outlook for the Harriers is not good. To lose by 17 points and only scoring 12 points in 60 minutes is dreadful.
Early days of course but to be honest it's not looking good for them.
Or maybe it will shake them up a bit and come out fighting for their lives in the remaining games.
As a Harriers supporter I certainly hope so.

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 532 - 28/06/2025 13:25:45    2621719

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Replying To Magpie2:  "Sad to see our main town with a population of 25,000 struggling so much to survive in the top tier in hurling.
Without Chin they are mediocre to put it mildly.
Same with the county team, he's invaluable.
Even with him both county and Harriers can't expect him to work miracles.
I know that there is a long way to go to get to the business end of things but the outlook for the Harriers is not good. To lose by 17 points and only scoring 12 points in 60 minutes is dreadful.
Early days of course but to be honest it's not looking good for them.
Or maybe it will shake them up a bit and come out fighting for their lives in the remaining games.
As a Harriers supporter I certainly hope so."
It was really very poor but we were badly set up as well.

I'd be expecting a massive improvement as the group progresses.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3798 - 28/06/2025 13:40:00    2621723

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Replying To Magpie2:  "Sad to see our main town with a population of 25,000 struggling so much to survive in the top tier in hurling.
Without Chin they are mediocre to put it mildly.
Same with the county team, he's invaluable.
Even with him both county and Harriers can't expect him to work miracles.
I know that there is a long way to go to get to the business end of things but the outlook for the Harriers is not good. To lose by 17 points and only scoring 12 points in 60 minutes is dreadful.
Early days of course but to be honest it's not looking good for them.
Or maybe it will shake them up a bit and come out fighting for their lives in the remaining games.
As a Harriers supporter I certainly hope so."
Looking at the Raps game although they only lost by a point it should have been about 12 as they badly scuffed goal chances and one of the Raps goals was something the Shels goalie will never want to see again. Shels seemed to be missing a few lads but Hearn was head and shoulders above the rest, Foley was the only player really with much to offer on the Raps side. There you have it the two biggest towns and I don't think that the pick of the two teams would have won either game. Lads go on about what's wrong with Wexford hurling

zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 2025 - 28/06/2025 13:44:02    2621725

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Replying To Magpie2:  "Sad to see our main town with a population of 25,000 struggling so much to survive in the top tier in hurling.
Without Chin they are mediocre to put it mildly.
Same with the county team, he's invaluable.
Even with him both county and Harriers can't expect him to work miracles.
I know that there is a long way to go to get to the business end of things but the outlook for the Harriers is not good. To lose by 17 points and only scoring 12 points in 60 minutes is dreadful.
Early days of course but to be honest it's not looking good for them.
Or maybe it will shake them up a bit and come out fighting for their lives in the remaining games.
As a Harriers supporter I certainly hope so."
They seem to struggle to get players through to Senior level. Alot of lads playing that have plenty of mileage under them. Shels seem to have blooded a few younger players anyone at that game?? Good win for them.

WexMurph (Wexford) - Posts: 290 - 28/06/2025 13:53:49    2621728

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Replying To WexMurph:  "They've plenty of time to get it right anyway after the irrelevent games are out of the way, Martins do look like they could improve considerably though on last year, and that's worrying for all other teams."
Martins look like club/panel that have their sights on a Leinster title, never mind just Wexford.

They got a taste for it v Na Fianna last year.

A lot of hurling to be played yet though.

Past hurler (None) - Posts: 970 - 28/06/2025 14:10:34    2621734

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "It was really very poor but we were badly set up as well.

I'd be expecting a massive improvement as the group progresses."
Hard to believe that with Jj Doyle as manager that they were badly set up. Would it really have mattered that much Doyler if they were set up differently. If it was a rookie manager I would say yes he's inexperienced and needs more time to get to grips with the system but Jj has buckets of experience and should know how to play lads in their best positions.

Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 532 - 28/06/2025 14:13:05    2621736

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So many of these coaches doing the rounds have that many teams on the go between club , development squads and various other roles they may get mashed together and may not be as focused on one team and be able to give the attention that it needs .
Saying that the harriers definitely don't have the strenght in depth required to be top team ttey neeed everyone and all playing well to eleven come close to martins

Bar chin they dont have many other top class hurlers bar possibly lawlor who's the next best and maybe 3 or 4 more reasonable club hurlers the rest would struggle to make most other senior teams in the county . Also have an aging panel with lot miles on the clock inc richie kehoe. Missing chin lawlor and purcell prob did nt help them either . Assume purcell injured .
Checking on twitter harriers scored 3pts from play and 9 frees . Not great return for 60odd minutes of hurling .
Was it case of we take our beating we ll have lads back next day just get over this game znd move on beaten before the ball thown in so to speak . The format allows fir this too , no real jeopardy in the early stages bar groip positioning .
Martins have good age profile and seem to be approaching a peak time . Lets hope they stay focused and if ttey get out county gonna to give leinster a really good shot and learn from last year .
Hacko(jacko) another red in a tame game . Too many times to excuse it what did he do this time

Formertownie (Wexford) - Posts: 375 - 28/06/2025 15:40:45    2621752

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Went into bellefield last night,what a one sided affair!!! Poor game really,when the Martins got the scrappy goal the game was over as a contest!!! I think the harriers were competitive in the first half probably could have been a bit closer but for poor shot selection and a couple of bad wides!!! The Martins played ok notting special really they will have to improve going forward!!! I thought the difference was the Martins could put pressure on the ball all over the field when the harriers had it,in contrast the harriers put no pressure on the ball in the middle third and the Martins could pick passes out at there ease,and no better man to be getting on good ball than Rory O'connor!! He will be a loss when he heads off for a couple of rounds!!! Was really disappointed with the harriers,I know they were missing chin and lawlor but the likes of kyle scallon,josh sheil,clancy,cassin were very poor!! I never heard of toomey he had a tough night with Rory O'connor!!! Lot a miles on Richie kehoe but still he's the one driving it on for them,never throw in the towel still hugely important to the harriers he was one of the better lads along with cassin in the full forward line and Murphy wing forward!!! Rory was unreal for martins followed by Maddock Joe O'connor dempsey and Barrett!! Martins off to winning start harriers have to dust themselves off and go again!!!

theboys (Wexford) - Posts: 281 - 28/06/2025 16:22:38    2621756

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Went to hollymount, scrappy enough poor wides but Anne's had too much in the tank in the end. Kyle Kennedy best player on the pitch. Oylegate had a few new names who looked decent enough but struggled for scores think Seamus Casey got nearly all there scores. Poor enough affair to be honest, similar pattern to last year.

WexMurph (Wexford) - Posts: 290 - 28/06/2025 16:57:51    2621764

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Ferns-Gorey was fairly straightforward proof of the old adage "Goals win games", don't know if there was too much between them in general play but Gorey always had that long ball option into the square with Mac and they also had the speed of Dunbar running at defences, third goal was a bit lucky but I suppose you create your own luck

A few things I didn't understand though….

Why are Gorey playing Cian Molloy at full-back than centre-back?

Why did Gorey initially play McGuckian as the spare man in the second half rather than Molloy?

Why did Ferns leave hardly anyone inside with the wind in the third quarter?

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 594 - 28/06/2025 19:42:58    2621830

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Replying To WexMurph:  "They seem to struggle to get players through to Senior level. Alot of lads playing that have plenty of mileage under them. Shels seem to have blooded a few younger players anyone at that game?? Good win for them."
Watched a bit on clubber. Shels had a few of their League second team starting. Good win ok.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16479 - 28/06/2025 19:55:13    2621832

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Replying To countyman2022:  "Apparently thats now leaving a legacy."
Floods the only father and son to win AI medals afaik

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16479 - 28/06/2025 20:13:54    2621841

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Replying To ElGranSenor:  "Ferns-Gorey was fairly straightforward proof of the old adage "Goals win games", don't know if there was too much between them in general play but Gorey always had that long ball option into the square with Mac and they also had the speed of Dunbar running at defences, third goal was a bit lucky but I suppose you create your own luck

A few things I didn't understand though….

Why are Gorey playing Cian Molloy at full-back than centre-back?

Why did Gorey initially play McGuckian as the spare man in the second half rather than Molloy?

Why did Ferns leave hardly anyone inside with the wind in the third quarter?"
I thought Ferns worked the ball through the lines fairly well but as u said, the full forward line was a non entity so they only had one good goal chance that that should have taken in the first half, both free takers had a mare so the wind obviously played havoc there.
Twamley for Gorey scored some nice points and McDonald scored a goal as per usual but wasn't overly impressed with them as a collective. Their goals really came at the right time. Ferns will miss Lawlor between the sticks and the few new lads didn't make any impact. With this dire format the result doesn't really matter moving forward.

YellowShadeOfPurple (Wexford) - Posts: 49 - 28/06/2025 21:11:31    2621868

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Watched 2 exciting games on clubber, a big Rocks team outlasted Craanford, and Barntown just pipped Oulart. Some excellent young hurlers playing, Darragh Gethings and Jones looked good for the rocks, Aodhan Whitty was very lively for Craanford, Roche was excellent for Oulart and O Connor put in a shift, while Liam Cooney and Turner changed the game for Barntown, Carley scored a couple of good points also.
Of the olderish lads Paudie and Niall Hughes and Breen looked good for the Rocks, Jason Byrne originally from Clara but building a house here in Wexford is a class act for Craanford, Lacey was excellent in the 2nd half for Barntown, shame Billy Dunne doesn't want to give intercounty a good shot.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16479 - 28/06/2025 21:29:57    2621874

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Don't know how Glynn ended up beating Oulart, were playing against the wind in the first half but showed nothing, fair play to them for their second half performance, their subs made a big enough impact, thought Darragh Carley was very quiet for the most part but still ended up with three good points from play in the second half

Simon Roche was simply outstanding though, was really good under the high ball too for someone who isn't over tall but he has a good build on him all the same

ElGranSenor (Wexford) - Posts: 594 - 28/06/2025 21:30:40    2621875

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Umpired the St James Blackwater game, again close and exciting, although the conditions were really poor for hurling. Jimmy's probably the happier of the 2 teams with a draw, being as they were missing so many players. Mossey Murphy and Darren Byene very good for Blackwater, Mick Lillis is still one of the best freetakers around, Alan Walsh got on alot of ball for the Jimmy's.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 16479 - 28/06/2025 21:33:35    2621877

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Saw a few of the games Friday and Saturday.

Another red card for Jack O Connor this weekend, that's becoming a real problem. I think personally seen him red carded at least 3 times in the last 2 years.

Simon Roche looked brilliant again, I was impressed with some of the high balls and 50.50 balls he won considering he's not a huge man. Definitely a real prospect for Wexford senior hurlers.

Daragh Carley got a few lovely scores, I know he's in around county panels also.

A couple of other players stood out like Cooney. Does anyone know if he's had a go at intercounty or what his age is etc.

All in all though mostly low-intensity games as.youd expect this early.

Martins brought in young fella late on, he went into the forwards looked like a handful. Didn't catch his name but he was a big physical lad looked a handful

WEXILE (Wexford) - Posts: 430 - 29/06/2025 10:00:32    2621976

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Replying To Viking66:  "Umpired the St James Blackwater game, again close and exciting, although the conditions were really poor for hurling. Jimmy's probably the happier of the 2 teams with a draw, being as they were missing so many players. Mossey Murphy and Darren Byene very good for Blackwater, Mick Lillis is still one of the best freetakers around, Alan Walsh got on alot of ball for the Jimmy's."
Blackwater missing 7 players that started against St. James last year so I'd say they would be happy with the draw aswell

unrealchap (Wexford) - Posts: 77 - 29/06/2025 19:02:29    2622254

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Just having a Quick Look at the U21 fixtures on Wednesday, Glynn Barntown have two teams in both U21 football and hurling competitions, an A & B. I don't think that's ever happened before has it? There numbers must be unreal. Every other team struggles to even get one team together at that grade. That's probably at least 40 players.

alwaysasub (Wexford) - Posts: 490 - 29/06/2025 21:48:07    2622355

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