Larry O'Gorman

we're not able to get there we're not able to win it we're not good enough to win it you know you go and play Kilkenny they believed they could beat Wexford from our point of view it looked like we were hoping to beat Kilkenny so you know they always had the upper hand on us so it's certainly a neat change and

As we were progressing back into 94, 95, when Liam Griffin was announced, and I remember I met an old manager that worked for him in Furry Carrick Hotel, a lady actually down in Clonmel.

And she goes, Larry, I didn't recognise her, but she says, congratulations, Liam Griffin has taken over Wexford.

I said, yeah, yeah, we're looking forward to it.

We don't know what he's like, but I tell you, if he is good at managing a team as he is managing his hotels, he'll be successful.

That's the first thing.

And I said, well, please God, I hope you're right.

I would, True Club and all that.

He was involved, yeah, he was involved with Wexford a little bit and True Club as well.

He's a very motivational guy, loves his herd, very passionate Wexford man as well.

So he's a successful businessman.

So, you know, when I got to meet him first, I said, oh, this lad is a bit too much for us, you know, because we never experienced someone that talked high tech, you know.

high tech high spec and highly driven the man was I said this is new this is good he was confident in front of the players so now was the time for the players to be confident in front of him and of course in front of the audience when he went to play that's what his belief was to get you performing well on the B occasion and once again as you said you're mental He dropped you for a league quarter final in 1996

Yeah, he thought I was getting a little bit too carried away with myself.

I was too casual, maybe showing off or doing things that he asked me not to do prior to that.

Was he right?

Well, he took, yeah, he was right because I learned my lesson fairly quick.

And I remember he called me over in Wexford Park.

We were training and he said, look at Larry.

He said, we're not going to play you a Sunday.