Allianz League Sunday panelist critical of Wexford and Down game

The Wexford Senior Footballers lost out to Down in the Division 3 football final on Saturday evening in Croke Park…

The game finished on a score-line of 0-21 to 0-18 in favour of Down after extra-time.

Allianz League Sunday panelists, Lee Keegan and Ciaran Whelan, were both critical of the Wexford and Down performances. In particualr, they were critical of the number of handpasses and the pace of the game.

“That’s the evolvement of the coaches, and if teams are winning, they’ll do that. That’s the kind of trend you’re looking at, but it was a very slow game. It was all slow attacks. As a spectacle, if more teams adapt to do that, it’s concerning,” Dublin’s Ciaran Whelan said.

Speaking on the GAA programme on RTÉ, Mayo man Lee Keegan said:

“That was a hard watch last night. You can say ‘fair play’ to Wexford, but that was a hard watch. I’d say you could nearly put on one hand the amount of kickpassing in that game. It was handpass, handpass, handpass, handpass It’s not the handpass, but it’s about progression; getting your head up and playing with a bit of freedom. I just felt the game was nearly like a prison sentence,” Keegan said.

Despite their loss to Down in the final, both Wexford and Down will progress to Division 2 of the Allianz Football League for next year’s campaign. In Division 2, they’ll take on Tyrone, Cavan, Derry, Monaghan, Dublin and Louth.