Offaly v Waterford

randd1

I'm a bit sickened i won't get to see this one on the telly as their showing the soccer instead so can anyone tell me if there's a website or anywhere else for that matter that I can see the game?

Would love to see it as I reckon it could be the game of the weekend.

Thanks in advance for any help, or ideas.

BTW as regards the game, Offaly look like they could give this game a real shot, but I reckon the Deise's experience will see them come through by a narrow margin. I certainly wouldn't doubt Offaly's ability to win this, but I suspect Waterford will win it by 2/3.

Whatever happens, its a crying shame that either of these two teams will be gone from summer hurling before the end of June.

The Premier Man

imo this will be a cracker.offalys performance against kk gave them renewed hope as did coolderrys and kilcormacs progress in the club championship in the last couple of years.waterford are favourites and rightly so but for some reason i can see a shock on the cards.it will take a big performance from the brick(again) and the likes of predergast and kevin moran moran to see them through.it could be the most evenly contested game this summer,im predicting offaly by 2.

InchicoreDude

I'm going for a narrow Offaly win here. They like playing at home and will relish the chance to beat a team like Waterford there. I lthink Waterford are really struggling without Mullane.

Ando's Saggy Bottom

Loving everyone writing Waterford off. Everyone seems to forget Offaly are a very average division 2 team who only managed 9 points v KK. Them beating Waterford would be a big shock.

cat in the sack

so would waterford beating kilkenny or winning the all ireland Andos

cat in the sack

Ando's Saggy Bottom wrote: »

Loving everyone writing Waterford off. Everyone seems to forget Offaly are a very average division 2 team who only managed 9 points v KK. Them beating Waterford would be a big shock.

its not so long ago since waterford lost a munster final by 7 goals a better waterford team than whats playing today, waterford can't look down at any team even if they are division 1 B

nkay1985

Anyone know ticket prices for the game? Thinking of going.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Ando's Saggy Bottom wrote: »

Loving everyone writing Waterford off. Everyone seems to forget Offaly are a very average division 2 team who only managed 9 points v KK. Them beating Waterford would be a big shock.

An upset more than a shock.Waterford are no great shakes at the moment and this is a big chance for Offaly.

Professey Chin

cat in the sack wrote: »

so would waterford beating kilkenny or winning the all ireland Andos

cat in the sack wrote: »

its not so long ago since waterford lost a munster final by 7 goals a better waterford team than whats playing today, waterford can't look down at any team even if they are division 1 B

Jesus you really have a stick up your arse about waterford

Professey Chin

nkay1985 wrote: »

Anyone know ticket prices for the game? Thinking of going.

15 at the gate I think

nkay1985

Chinpool wrote: »

15 at the gate I think

Stand price the same?

Professey Chin

nkay1985 wrote: »

Stand price the same?

Pretty sure it is

nkay1985

Chinpool wrote: »

Pretty sure it is

Even if it's not it'd only be an extra fiver or tenner. Cheers.

Ando's Saggy Bottom

cat in the sack wrote: »

its not so long ago since waterford lost a munster final by 7 goals a better waterford team than whats playing today, waterford can't look down at any team even if they are division 1 B

I'm not looking down on anyone. I just think there's nothing to fear from this Offaly team. Even with all the recent departures from the Waterford panel and injuries I think that Waterford 15 is better than Offaly's.

Alpha Dog 1

Really annoying that this is not on TV, also the Kilkenny v Dublin game tomorrow not on TV also is a disgrace.

rebel girl 15

cat in the sack, stop posting just to wind up other posters - two threads you have done it on now to try and get a reaction.

garv123

Will highlights even be on The Saturday Game?

desaparecidos

Absolute joke.

After three football games on RTE last weekend I was expecting to see some Hurling this weekend. The only hurling being shown is on TV3 tomorrow! RTE are showing 1 football game this weekend and then next weekend another three Football games.

Did they not release figures themselves that showed Hurling got more viewing numbers despite less games broadcast last year?? Why on earth would they favour a sport that's probably less interesting than Cricket over Hurling?

CorkonianRebel

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

Really annoying that this is not on TV, also the Kilkenny v Dublin game tomorrow not on TV also is a disgrace.

I have only just realised this and cannot believe it! I think it will be a great game.Then to make matters worse the Cork v Clare game will be on tv3 tomorrow! I prefer RTE!

Mountainlad

I think a lot of the people tipping Offaly are doing so based on the Kilkenny game and on being at hime. No doubt the home advantage is a big help but I think people don't really fully get that Offaly were quite a bit away from a Kilkenny team that is likely to imrpove a lot or certainly will need to in order to live up to the expectation of them this year.

Early on, Colin Fennelly was through on goal and he was denied by a thrown hurley. Should have been a penalty. Cathal Parlon was lucky not to be sent off. If both those things had happened, would have altered the result a lot. Added to that, Offaly got two goals in the last ten mins to stay within 5. If Kilkenny needed to they could have pulled further clear. Also were missing Michael Fennelly.

Against Clare I feel we faded badly and improvement is certainly needed. But there's a pretty blatant inconsistency in that plenty of people will tell you that Clare are their favourites for Munster (or they'll certainly tell you they've been tipping them all year if they do win it) and at the same time turn around and say Waterford are struggling badly.

We were on top for a good portion of that game and a few things cost us. Puckouts I believe, not having a ball winning half forward line, poor wides. Two of those three things have definitely been addressed, and I just see too much quality in some of those forwards to hit those wides again.

Shane Walsh is still a major loss and Dooley, Bergin, Slevin, and Currams are all good forwards. Not convinced though, and I know people think Offaly beating Waterford would be shock and that there all such great armchair pundits, but at the end of the day it can't be shock when everybody is saying there's a great chance of it happening and plenty of people saying they think it will happen. Waterford can't be anymore forewarned, I expect and hope we are suitably prepared.

Fireball07

Well, I might have a limited knowledge of both counties, but I did a little preview for livegaelic yesterday evening and I reckon Waterford will win.

http://www.livegaelic.com/news/aihc-qualifier-preliminary-round-preview-offaly-vs-waterford/


Offaly fought well against KK, but the truth is that they only scored 4 points from play in the entire game. Okay, that's the best team in Ireland and they did get 4 goals...but the Waterford defence is hardly weak, and they're going to be forewarned. Home advantage will help...but I reckon Waterford will have too much for them...they haven't turned into a bad team overnight.

Poor_old_gill

Fireball07 wrote: »

Well, I might have a limited knowledge of both counties, but I did a little preview for livegaelic yesterday evening and I reckon Waterford will win.

http://www.livegaelic.com/news/aihc-qualifier-preliminary-round-preview-offaly-vs-waterford/


Offaly fought well against KK, but the truth is that they only scored 4 points from play in the entire game. Okay, that's the best team in Ireland and they did get 4 goals...but the Waterford defence is hardly weak, and they're going to be forewarned. Home advantage will help...but I reckon Waterford will have too much for them...they haven't turned into a bad team overnight.

Why would you preview a game when you have limited knowledge of the teams playing in it.

Fireball07

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Why would you preview a game when you have limited knowledge of the teams playing in it.

Well, I did a bit of research.... obviously compared to someone from Offaly/Waterford, I wouldn't know as much. But having played both teams recently, I can give a general, neutral outline.

Poor_old_gill

Fireball07 wrote: »

Well, I did a bit of research.... obviously compared to someone from Offaly/Waterford, I wouldn't know as much. But having played both teams recently, I can give a general, neutral outline.

You just didn't really sell your own preview there!

Making a nice few pound off the proper punter on the LiveGaelic website though so kudos all round

Fireball07

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

You just didn't really sell your own preview there!

Making a nice few pound off the proper punter on the LiveGaelic website though so kudos all round

I'm sure I've written better (and worse)... I think it's alright.


Point is... I don't think Offaly have the scoring power to beat Waterford. And it's not 2007 anymore, this Waterford team are more capable of dealing with lobbed high balls towards big men.

garv123

To top it all off the WLR website wont load.

Mountainlad

garv123 wrote: »

To top it all off the WLR website wont load.

Match coverage starts at 6.45...are you sure they're streaming online before that?

nkay1985

Good crowd here in Tullamore and a bit of a buzz building. Seems like an awful lot of Waterford people have travelled which is great to see.

I'm here since 17:20 so am right on halfway. Really looking forward to it.

Come on The Deise!

Mountainlad

Fireball07 wrote: »

I'm sure I've written better (and worse)... I think it's alright.


Point is... I don't think Offaly have the scoring power to beat Waterford. And it's not 2007 anymore, this Waterford team are more capable of dealing with lobbed high balls towards big men.

Thought your preview was good in fairness.

Mountainlad

nkay1985 wrote: »

Good crowd here in Tullamore and a bit of a buzz building. Seems like an awful lot of Waterford people have travelled which is great to see.

I'm here since 17:20 so am right on halfway. Really looking forward to it.

Come on The Deise!

Wish I was there Cheer on for me. Hon the Déise!!

garv123

Mountainlad wrote: »

Match coverage starts at 6.45...are you sure they're streaming online before that?

The sight itself wont even load
Cant get access to the listen live link