JACK GUINEY HAS no shortage of faith in his manager, he’s comparing his methods to that of Brian Cody.
The 21-year-old Wexford attacker says that manager Liam Dunne is implementing a Cody-like emphasis on putting the importance of the panel over the team.
“We’re just building now,” he says, “Liam Dunne is kind of doing a Cody on it, putting the emphasis on the panel more so than the team.
“A strong panel is more important than a strong team. The competition for places is what’s going to bridge the gap for us. It’s so hard to make the team now, let alone hold your place.
“Cork and the likes of Clare and Kilkenny, what they always have is competition for places and the level of training is going up the whole time. We’re just starting to get there.”
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Wexford face Antrim this weekend in the Leinster quarter final, yet preparations haven’t been ideal after a static league campaign.
“We went into the League hoping for promotion. So that was disappointing. But some of our performances during the league actually weren’t too bad. We played really well against Laois. We actually hurled well against Cork for 40 minutes and then we let it slip.
“It probably wasn’t our best performance against Limerick and that was the one that we targeted. Overall, we’ve built a very strong panel during the League, which is a positive. It’s probably more of a benefit of us than anything else.”
The 6’3 UCD student is now into his third year with the Wexford seniors, and he’s heard all about the glory days of Wexford hurling from none other than his dad.
“My dad would have played in a Wexford panel for 13 years before he got his Championship start. If he can wait for 13 years for a start, I can wait a little while for a trophy.
“The team they had in the 90s, they went to three League finals. They were coming. A team doesn’t magic out of nowhere.”
Dave Guiney playing for Wexford in 2003. INPHO
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Guiney is certain that the county are verging on a breakthrough, and in a recent challenge match victory over Tipperary they proved to themselves they’re still a match for anyone on their day.
“People would pat you on the back and say you beat Tipp or you got close to Dublin or you got close to Clare. But we believe ourselves that we’re actually good enough to beat these teams. No one in the dressing-room was phased by beating Tipp.
Last summer Wexford brought Leinster winners Dublin to a replay, and All-Ireland champions Clare to extra time.
“Actually, our performances in those games were very poor. I know we were in with a shot of winning the games. But our performances were very poor. Way under par.
“I think this year, if we can get the performances, the results might go a different way.”
'Liam Dunne is kind of doing a Cody on it' - Jack Guiney on a Wexford breakthrough
JACK GUINEY HAS no shortage of faith in his manager, he’s comparing his methods to that of Brian Cody.
The 21-year-old Wexford attacker says that manager Liam Dunne is implementing a Cody-like emphasis on putting the importance of the panel over the team.
“We’re just building now,” he says, “Liam Dunne is kind of doing a Cody on it, putting the emphasis on the panel more so than the team.
“Cork and the likes of Clare and Kilkenny, what they always have is competition for places and the level of training is going up the whole time. We’re just starting to get there.”
Wexford face Antrim this weekend in the Leinster quarter final, yet preparations haven’t been ideal after a static league campaign.
“We went into the League hoping for promotion. So that was disappointing. But some of our performances during the league actually weren’t too bad. We played really well against Laois. We actually hurled well against Cork for 40 minutes and then we let it slip.
The 6’3 UCD student is now into his third year with the Wexford seniors, and he’s heard all about the glory days of Wexford hurling from none other than his dad.
“The team they had in the 90s, they went to three League finals. They were coming. A team doesn’t magic out of nowhere.”
Guiney is certain that the county are verging on a breakthrough, and in a recent challenge match victory over Tipperary they proved to themselves they’re still a match for anyone on their day.
“People would pat you on the back and say you beat Tipp or you got close to Dublin or you got close to Clare. But we believe ourselves that we’re actually good enough to beat these teams. No one in the dressing-room was phased by beating Tipp.
Last summer Wexford brought Leinster winners Dublin to a replay, and All-Ireland champions Clare to extra time.
“I think this year, if we can get the performances, the results might go a different way.”
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