Dublin vs Wexford

[Bord na Mona man]

0-8 to 2-0 in favour of Dublin.
This could well be Dublin's first win over one of the big names in a very long time.
A long way to go, but Wexford look to be in trouble.

[HowdyDoody]

wat the score now

[HowdyDoody]

35 mins to score a point in hurling...good christ

[Bord na Mona man]

0-11 to 2-2.
Dublin starting to hit wides now.
Their scoring rate slowed as half time approached also.
Have a funny feeling Wexford could pip them by the end!

[DUBSFORSAM1]

Dublin should have been out of sight at half time and look like they could end up losing this one...

[The Real Laoislad]

Enjoyable game,Dublin should have won and they looked like they had lost it at the end..
Hope they win the replay.
Does anyone know when/where the reply is? The most sensible option would be to put it on with the Laois v Wexford semi final in Croke Park next week,It might generate a big enough crowd as otherwise the stadium will be empty enough,But we know the Gaa don't usually do the sensible thing but here's hoping

[INDIANA]

its on in croker on sunday week. i couldn't make it through work but managed to skive off to watch it( i hope my boss isn't a moderator here!). Dublin threw it away.
But i was very disapointed with Dublin today, we didn't play anywhere near what we're capable of. neither did wexford and the standard overall was disappointing. People will say dublin have blown it but to be honest we can play a lot better than that. first touch wasn't great,shaky at the back,striking let us down, missed chances, wrong options. Even if we had of won i wouldn't be on here shouting from the rooftops, we're better than that today and i thought at the end wexford should have nicked it.

[The Real Laoislad]

That Dublin hurler from St.Marks who took the frees..his name escapes me now.. Calllaghan?? but he is a savage hurler.
Not rising here but if Dublin do get to the Leinster Final or beyond do ye think the Hill 16 "fans" would start turning up to their games?
I would love to see Dublin hurlers do well,they have some nice tidy hurlers.They are a long way off beating Kilkenny but the gap is closing imho

[Hound]

That Dublin hurler from St.Marks who took the frees..his name escapes me now.. Calllaghan?? but he is a savage hurler.
Not rising here but if Dublin do get to the Leinster Final or beyond do ye think the Hill 16 "fans" would start turning up to their games?
I would love to see Dublin hurlers do well,they have some nice tidy hurlers.They are a long way off beating Kilkenny but the gap is closing imho

David "Dotsie" O'Callaghan. He was great alright. Pity we didnt feed him more in the last 20 instead of shooting from far out. We really did throw it away, but luckily Wexford didnt capitalise in the end.

The hurlers will not get the fans in huge numbers until they get a higher profile. Playing in an exciting game like today will help. Would be fantastic for them to get on a double bill with Dublin v Westmeath, but that may not be feasible. But having said that the hurlers do have a decent enough hard core support.

[Bord na Mona man]

Since Johnny Dooley mugged Wexford with a last minute goal 10 years ago, I don't recall Wexford ever being beaten in a tight championship finish.
Since then they have ground out some great wins and draws in tight battles.

In 2001 Damian Fitzhenry beat Limerick with a last minute free. They drew with Tipp with 3 second half goals in the next match.
In the 2003 championship they narrowly edged out both Waterford and Offaly and drew with Cork.
In 2004 they beat Kilkenny with a last minute goal.
In 2006, they beat Offaly by a late point.
Last year they beat Dublin and Tipp by one and two points respectively

Granted when they have lost, they have been fairly whupped, but if they are ever within touching distance, they always manage to hang on and survive.

That's why Dublin's lead of only 4 points at half time was always going to be perilous. Dublin also needed to rattle the net to make Wexford heads drop when they were on top.

I think Dublin still need to break the psychological barrier of beating Wexford, Offaly or Kilkenny in Leinster. Beating Offaly in 1991 is their last scalp. While there is talk of Dublin being the second best team in Leinster, they still need to actually beat the third and fourth best team in Leinster to make this a reality.

They won't get a better chance than today, but I think the advantage is back with Wexford after how the game panned out today.

[magickingdom]

delighted to see the dubs at least getting the draw, dont think losing by a point from another late free would have being easy to come back from. think the dubs will be favourite the next day in croker..

[The Real Laoislad]

That Dublin hurler from St.Marks who took the frees..his name escapes me now.. Calllaghan?? but he is a savage hurler.
Not rising here but if Dublin do get to the Leinster Final or beyond do ye think the Hill 16 "fans" would start turning up to their games?
I would love to see Dublin hurlers do well,they have some nice tidy hurlers.They are a long way off beating Kilkenny but the gap is closing imho

David "Dotsie" O'Callaghan. He was great alright. Pity we didnt feed him more in the last 20 instead of shooting from far out. We really did throw it away, but luckily Wexford didnt capitalise in the end.

The hurlers will not get the fans in huge numbers until they get a higher profile. Playing in an exciting game like today will help. Would be fantastic for them to get on a double bill with Dublin v Westmeath, but that may not be feasible. But having said that the hurlers do have a decent enough hard core support.

I understand what you mean by having the replay before the Westmeath v Dublin match but in reality it is better to have it before or after the Laois v Wexford match
One reason is whoever wins will have a extra week to prepare for Kilkenny in the Final and also it wouldn't really be fair to ask Wexford fans to cough up twice to go to Croke Park on successive weekends,Anyways i doubt Croke Park would be more than 1/3 full even if it was on before the Westmeath v Dublin match

[TippEamon]

AM i the only one who thought that was the worst example of hurling skills seen this year. The first half was atrocious, Wexford were as bad as i have seen any of the traditionally strong teams for years and Dublin couldnt take proper advantage from it. They had three dead on goal chances and didn't even hit Fitzhenry with any of them. The ground work was non existant, there was about two decent high catches all match from either team and i dont remember anyone picking out a decent pass into the forwards. The wides from Dublin in the second half especially were criminal, they made Tipp and Cork las week look clinical.

That Tipperary lost to hat Wexford shower last year is almost embarrasig but i think they were better than that. And if anyone carries on with this dream that Dublin are going to strengthen to begin to take on KK any time soon i will be amazed. Unless there is serious work and improvement put in both of these panels are way way off doing anything this summer. Every team in Munster would make mince meat of them both in the qualifiers. Kilkenny need some serious competition in Leinster.

[Lecale2]

Sorry to see Dublin caught at the end. While they may be a long way off Kilkenny they still need to win this type of game to make progress. I can't see Wexford ever play as badly as they did in the first half again.

[INDIANA]

typical sort of munster reaction i expected. Over the years i have never encountered any fans more arrogant than a tipp hurling fan. that's why i was always personally delighted to see them in the doldrums . Dublin are doing the best they can. takes 20 years to change the mindset of a county -no-one said we would get get within15 points of kilkenny but what would you like us to do?give up altogether?
we should have won yesterday, but i don't think we played well. neither did wexford. it'll be at least 7-8 years before either dublin or wexford or offaly will ever be in a position to beat kilkenny. dublin are highly successful at underage level and they are doing the best they can. Its very difficult for the highly arrogant Tipp fan to understand what its like trying to compete against the stronger code in the county. Take a look at the Tipp footballers Eamon, that's what we started from about 3 years ago.
Alan Mc Crabbe, dublin's best player on the u21 side that reached the all-ireland final last year flew to the USA last week. A county of our modest talents can't afford to be without him, we'd have won yesterday had he been there.But its not gone yet in my view while wexford can improve hugely, so can dublin. i don't think we played anything like what we're capable of yesterday and its not the foregone conclusion all the scribes think it is next week.
I think you gravely overestimate the quality of hurling in munster. Personally while most of the teams would beat dublin and wexford handy, i think like leinster the standard in munster is at an all time low as seen last Sunday. The kilkenny team of the last 3 years would knock the shite out of anything in munster as well. Cork are going backwards, waterford are on the wane, so are limerick. The halycon years of the Munster championship are over too and i believe personally the quality of hurling is dropping rapidly countrywide.
dublin and wexford are trying to rectify that at underage level. Underage level doesn't guarantee anything though and there is littlemore the 2 counties can do like offaly but try to improve for the future. some people in munster would prefer if leinster hurling just disbanded tomorrow. If thats much of a difficulty to watch it Eamon then switch the channel and watch f****** Euro 2008.
I watched a recording of tyrone and down on the web last night in the ulster football championship expecting the usual punchup. Classic game. Hurling used to put football in the shade. it doesn't anymore. Worrying times ahead for us hurling fans. And that includes Munster hurling if they'd ever take their heads out of the sand. Hurling is at its lowest ebb ever in my view in terms of standard.