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

cul beag

dubcat51 wrote: »

Said at the start of the year he would be the manager most under pressure.

There's definitely a hidden agenda with all these friendly,accessible interviews. He's fooling nobody.

ThaiTanic

Mcgrath is some fairy in fairness. This sounds like he's bartering for an extra year off the county board to be honest. He'd want to F off before he puts waterford Hurling back 20 years!

Mcgrath knows his faith this year, relegation in the league, hammered in munster and bet again in an ai quarter/semi!

The sooner he's gone the better, and he can take a few of his pets with him!

Deise189

I'm normally one of the first to defend Derek and his tactics when talking about Waterford hurling but if he needs to take a year off work to focus on managing our hurlers then I'm not looking forward to whatever tactics he needs so much time to work on. I'll gladly take an All Ireland playing the ****e we do at the minute but I think that this means it's going to get worse as opposed to a more open free flowing game plan. I hope Derek and co prove that I know feck all about him or hurling in general though and that I'll be eating my hat come the summer

Deise Gael

God help us, Brian Cody's ex pupils must be barely able to read or write!

thesultan

Deise Gael wrote: »

God help us, Brian Cody's ex pupils must be barely able to read or write!

He has been off since Christmas.

dubcat51

Great 2 have a job where u can take that amount of time off and not be sick

jelutong

thesultan wrote: »

He has been off since Christmas.

He's retired, an ex teacher.

PTH2009

Mite see Derek down in the social on the cork road signing on lol. Taking a sabatical is his choice so who are ye to judge

Maurices hearing is 2morrow night and if cleared is free to play Sunday. Nobody is giving us a hope Sunday

letowski

PTH2009 wrote:

Nobody is giving us a hope Sunday

Why?

PTH2009

letowski wrote: »

Why?

The way we're playing ATM

Clare's impressive home record

McGraths true low opinion of the league

PTH2009

http://dlvr.it/Nhq5sR

Deise Gael

PTH2009 wrote: »

http://dlvr.it/Nhq5sR

And there I was thinking Derek had given up teaching for the year!

You'll get 100% for that homework Stephen.

deiseach

Deise Gael wrote: »

God help us, Brian Cody's ex pupils must be barely able to read or write!

Well, they are from Kilkenny.

Rasputin11

Is it fair to say that McGrath is over thinking and over complicating the game of hurling?

dubcat51

deiseach wrote: »

Well, they are from Kilkenny.

But they are all well able to hurl.jackie and eoin are ex pupils.

TheScoringGoal

ThaiTanic wrote: »

Mcgrath is some fairy in fairness. This sounds like he's bartering for an extra year off the county board to be honest. He'd want to F off before he puts waterford Hurling back 20 years!

Mcgrath knows his faith this year, relegation in the league, hammered in munster and bet again in an ai quarter/semi!

The sooner he's gone the better, and he can take a few of his pets with him!

Waterford are 7/1 to be relegated lad. Sounds like you're confident though so jump on it and make a killing.

buck65

I would be surprised if Waterford lost on Sunday, I'd have them as slight favourites against a Clare team that are still finding their feet tactically since Davy did a McGrath on Clare hurling.

cul beag

buck65 wrote: »

I would be surprised if Waterford lost on Sunday, I'd have them as slight favourites against a Clare team that are still finding their feet tactically since Davy did a McGrath on Clare hurling.

Yes I fully agree. I would be expecting a backlash from the Cork game and throughout the years we are always at our most dangerous when our backs are to the wall so expect Sunday to be no different. He's feeling the pressure so I would imagine a huge performance from the players so I would be expecting a 4-5 pt victory. Clare as you said are still trying to unravel the mess from the previous set up.

dubcat51

For me mcgrath has put more pressure on himself and the team by going full time.both teams need a result so should be interesting.battle of the sweepers.

hurler on de ditch

Rasputin11 wrote: »

Is it fair to say that McGrath is over thinking and over complicating the game of hurling?

it is fair to say that Mc Grath is ruining hurling ,ruining the young lads who are supposed to be enjoying it ,and ruining it for the supporters,basically ruining it ,END OF ,the sooner he owns up to biting off more than he can chew the better ,

Deise_2012

Lol

mountgomery burns

Maurice ban upheld, what an absolute disgrace.

brookville

mountgomery burns wrote: »

Maurice ban upheld, what an absolute disgrace.

What do they mean by upheld?I thought it was a very harsh red and the cork player made the most of it

seanvanseanvan

mountgomery burns wrote: »

Maurice ban upheld, what an absolute disgrace.

The way he carried on afterwards would not have helped his appeal

brookville

brookville wrote: »

What do they mean by upheld?I thought it was a very harsh red and the cork player made the most of it

Just read he has to serve his one match ban very harsh and a big loss for ye sunday

mountgomery burns

seanvanseanvan wrote: »

The way he carried on afterwards would not have helped his appeal

No but that was his reaction to a terrible decision. I think he deserved a yellow to be honest for getting involved where he didn't need to be and he would have been sent off then anyway, but nothing he did was even related to a straight red.

Pretty bad treatment now of an amateur player.

robopaddy2

seanvanseanvan wrote: »

The way he carried on afterwards would not have helped his appeal

Agreed. The way these committees work they are often influenced by perceived reputation stray from the actual fact. Maurice can have a bit of a short fuse and maybe they were thinking about 2015 AI QF when he struck Liam Rushe he was lucky not to see red that day. Difference there was Rush stayed up and gave it back instead of rolling around like a spoilt baby and the ref passed it off as a 6 of 1.

goldfinger4296

dubcat51 wrote: »

For me mcgrath has put more pressure on himself and the team by going full time.both teams need a result so should be interesting.battle of the sweepers.

Clare rarely use a sweeper now

dubcat51

goldfinger4296 wrote: »

Clare rarely use a sweeper now[/QUOTEwell waterford will play 1 if not 2.will clare push up on them,interesting to see.

chookieourlaw

cul beag wrote: »

Yes I fully agree. I would be expecting a backlash from the Cork game and throughout the years we are always at our most dangerous when our backs are to the wall so expect Sunday to be no different. He's feeling the pressure so I would imagine a huge performance from the players so I would be expecting a 4-5 pt victory. Clare as you said are still trying to unravel the mess from the previous set up.

Wish I shared your confidence. I think we will lose by maybe 8 to 10. Suspect many of the players - although they are not vocalising it - have lost faith in McGrath and realise they are going nowhere with the hit and hope tactics. They are not stupid.