Waterford GAA Discussion Thread 3 ***Updated Mod Note Post 1***

The Dickler

No sign of that mad lad from Cork this week. The penny must have dropped...at last.

Deise189

Interesting to see that Maurice has changed his free taking style. No longer squats and takes a little run up before lifting the ball. Lads were out for a puc around and he knocked over all the frees straight over the black spot. Hopefully he can carry this into the game and the rest of the season.

KevIRL

Curran really should have goaled from that.

PTH2009

really need to sort out those wides. its going to cost us in a big game.

PTH2009

should be out of sight. that bennett wide should of been put over. Win today and we can experiment a bit for the rest of the games.

KevIRL

PTH2009 wrote: »

should be out of sight. that bennett wide should of been put over. Win today and we can experiment a bit for the rest of the games.

Just on this. 4 points isn't usually enough to keep a team out of the bottom 2 in 1A. Since 2012, 6 of the 8 teams that finished in the bottom 2 have had 4 points. Including Waterford in 2014!

seananigans

PTH2009 wrote: »

should be out of sight. that bennett wide should of been put over. Win today and we can experiment a bit for the rest of the games.

KevIRL wrote: »

Just on this. 4 points isn't usually enough to keep a team out of the bottom 2 in 1A. Since 2012, 6 of the 8 teams that finished in the bottom 2 have had 4 points. Including Waterford in 2014!

no disrespect to dublin , but we have them at home, if we're struggling can spring the bench but should be able to put them away

KevIRL

seananigans wrote: »

no disrespect to dublin , but we have them at home, if we're struggling can spring the bench but should be able to put them away

Big win for them tonight though.

PTH2009

Jayus someone was looking over us. Good save by sok. Lucky

KevIRL

Good win, players unsurprisingly tired toward the last 15 mins. Lot of v smart options been taken in the first 50 mins was great to see. Crazy scrappy toward the end, don't like seeing players making a meal of tackles but its been done against our lads many times.

4 points. 2 home games still to come and a break as well.

Dick phelan

Would have been a travesty if that had been a draw, totally dominated for 50 minutes, should have never allowed ourselves to be hanging on at that stage, had enough chances and ball to be 10-11 points clear at 50 minutes. Still a good win and 4 points on the board, will surely avoid relegation plus two home games to come.

paddy no 11

KevIRL wrote: »

Good win, players unsurprisingly tired toward the last 15 mins. Lot of v smart options been taken in the first 50 mins was great to see. Crazy scrappy toward the end, don't like seeing players making a meal of tackles but its been done against our lads many times.

4 points. 2 home games still to come and a break as well.

Dont justify it, its not good enough from anyones players, talk like that and we're all down the soccer route

conditioned games

Patrick Curran is a great addition to the forwards this year. Nearly through it away in last 15 mins. Why did Maurice get sent off.

KevIRL

9 different scorers tonight. Really good to see the spread of scorers again

KevIRL

paddy no 11 wrote: »

Dont justify it, its not good enough from anyones players, talk like that and we're all down the soccer route

To be fair, you are correct. No place for it in the game.

Alf Tupper

Cork should have been down to thirteen at the finish but Owens bottled it.

Nash came out on Brick and as the third man in that is a straight red.

The fact that he was already on a yellow meant that he should have least have picked up another one along with Brick.

So for Cork to be complaining is a bit rich.

Dick phelan

Alf Tupper wrote: »

Cork should have been down to thirteen at the finish but Owens bottled it.

Nash came out on Brick and as the third man in that is a straight red.

The fact that he was already on a yellow meant that he should have least have picked up another one along with Brick.

So for Cork to be complaining is a bit rich.

Exactly, if i was Cork i'd be worried about being dominated for 50 minutes of the game, the end result does not tell the story at all, We should have won that game by 9-10 points. Cork will get relegated IMO.

mountgomery burns

Maurice's sending off was an absolute joke. Hopefully sense will prevail and its rescinded but then after what happened Brick and Sullivan two years ago who knows what this farce of an appeal system will decide.


Players tired towards the end, playing in the bog last week didn't help. Cork also made a few changes from last week and earlier subs so natural that they finished stronger. We need to make a few changes for two weeks time because while we have two to come back who knows wholl get injured later in the year. And you need 18-19 hardened lads for any championship game in my opinion. Don't think we had enough from the bench last year.

seananigans

KevIRL wrote: »

Big win for them tonight though.

im kinda glad in a way they were bound to have one big game

is there a statsman who can answer have dublin ever beaten us in welsh park?

mountgomery burns

seananigans wrote: »

im kinda glad in a way they were bound to have one big game

is there a statsman who can answer have dublin ever beaten us in welsh park?

2 years ago in the relegation playoff

KevIRL

seananigans wrote: »

im kinda glad in a way they were bound to have one big game

is there a statsman who can answer have dublin ever beaten us in welsh park?

Yep. Relegation match there a couple of years back anyway. We were never really inthe game that day.

Dublin losing tonight would have been better tbf, them and cork being cut adrift would suit us perfectly

The Dickler

Very pleased with that.
Great defence again. Gleeson is a genius.

Much better from Curran. Delighted with him. Another good shift from Dillion.
Weak ref allowed it get messy at the end. But great to be coming out the right side of situations like this.

I think we have us a hurling team.

KevIRL

Anyway, I'm sure we can all agree on something...the one thing better than beating cork twice in a year is beating them thrice in a year

Fred C Dobbs

cul beag wrote: »

That's the best you can come up with? How about a constructive discussion instead of bar stool dribble. I pity the locals that had to listen to you..........A couple of paracetamol, sleep it off and you should be fine.

I'll leave last word to the late, great Sid Wadell ... cue Geordie accent ..... "when Alexander of Cantelon was 33 years old, he cried salt tears because he had no other worlds to conquer". For Alexander the Great, read Austin Gleeson (21 in June).

letowski

The Dickler wrote: »

Very pleased with that.
Great defence again. Gleeson is a genius.

Much better from Curran. Delighted with him. Another good shift from Dillion.
Weak ref allowed it get messy at the end. But great to be coming out the right side of situations like this.

I think we have us a hurling team.

Just as a neutral looking in, I thought he was arguably motm. Really gets heavily involved in the play and is excellent and winning 'dirty' ball. I think he plays a good role in yer team when ye look to break out in attack, he can turn, drive forward and bring players into the game.

mountgomery burns

letowski wrote: »

Just as a neutral looking in, I thought he was arguably motm. Really gets heavily involved in the play and is excellent and winning 'dirty' ball. I think he plays a good role in yer team when ye look to break out in attack, he can turn, drive forward and bring players into the game.

Sure youre not confusing him with Jamie Barron?

seananigans

mountgomery burns wrote: »

2 years ago in the relegation playoff

balls, like a man in orthapaedic shoes i stand corrected , forgot that one was just as tony was retiring, i heard from him on the legends tour of croke park he was waiting for the win to retire to show that waterford was in safe hands, how could i forget that

letowski

mountgomery burns wrote: »

Sure youre not confusing him with Jamie Barron?

To be honest ye have a few players like Barron, Dillon, Moran, Gleeson, Bennett that are very good at carrying the ball forward from deep.

Rebel norrie

mountgomery burns wrote: »

Maurice's sending off was an absolute joke. Hopefully sense will prevail and its rescinded but then after what happened Brick and Sullivan two years ago who knows what this farce of an appeal system will decide.


Players tired towards the end, playing in the bog last week didn't help. Cork also made a few changes from last week and earlier subs so natural that they finished stronger. We need to make a few changes for two weeks time because while we have two to come back who knows wholl get injured later in the year. And you need 18-19 hardened lads for any championship game in my opinion. Don't think we had enough from the bench last year.

FFS he struck a player off de ball. Gleeson should also have seen red for his assault on Walsh.

culbaire

paddy no 11 wrote: »

Dont justify it, its not good enough from anyones players, talk like that and we're all down the soccer route

Barry Coughlan deserves an Oscar. Sad to see hurling going down the soccer route.