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

danganabu

3ships wrote: »

From outside the County Ger Loughnane cranked up the hyperbole. Last July he said we would be in transition for a very long time, as if banished to some woe-be-gotten land by an evil Disney character. This June Ger puts us on a level maybe Kilkenny couldn't reach. An uncontrolled flip-flop there, Ger.

There is only one thing that remains constant with Ger Lock and that is his utter contempt for Tipp, and tbh we wouldn't have it any other way.

Everything else with him he just changes like the weather to suit whatever agenda he has at that time.

KevIRL

Tipp v Waterford: Gleeson; Barrett, Barry, Maher; Breen, Maher, Bergin; Woodlock, McGrath; Forde, Maher, Maher; O’Dwyer, Callanan, O’Meara

seananigans

Waterford SH Team to play Tipperary in Sunday's Munster Final has been announced following training tonight.
The VERY best of luck to all concerned.
1. Stephen O’Keeffe Ballygunner
2. Shane Fives Tourin
3. Barry Coughlan Ballygunner
4. Noel Connors Passage
5. Tadhg de Búrca Clashmore Kinsalebeg
6. Austin Gleeson Mount Sion
7. Philip Mahony Ballygunner
8. Jamie Barron Fourmilewater
9. Tom Devine Modeligo
10. Kevin Moran De La Salle
11. Stephen Bennett Ballysaggart
12. Jake Dillon De La Salle
21. Maurice Shanahan Lismore
14. Michael Walsh Stradbally
15. Colin Dunford Colligan

Deisegodeo

fricatus wrote: »

Town end... or so I hope, since that's where we have ours, and the lady in the shop told us that was the Waterford end! Anyone confirm, just in case, for blue note's sake?

Yes Waterford are definitely in the Town End terrace for Sunday. Will be in there myself, couldnt find a stand ticket for love nor money. Although we did leave it late.

Forecast for Sunday isnt bad so should be fine in the terrace

Deisegodeo

Picasso100 wrote: »

Ok lads
Planning a sneaky little tenner bet on Sunday and maybe another tenner on September?
Anyone know the best place to shop.
PTH need not reply

As far as i know Boyle Sports are still doing 12/5 on Waterford for Sunday. Crazy odds really and well worth a few quid.

I got Waterford at 6/1 to win Munster before the Cork game so that would be a nice little bonus if the lads can do the business Sunday.

Limestone1

seananigans wrote: »

Waterford SH Team to play Tipperary in Sunday's Munster Final has been announced following training tonight.
The VERY best of luck to all concerned.
1. Stephen O’Keeffe Ballygunner
2. Shane Fives Tourin
3. Barry Coughlan Ballygunner
4. Noel Connors Passage
5. Tadhg de Búrca Clashmore Kinsalebeg
6. Austin Gleeson Mount Sion
7. Philip Mahony Ballygunner
8. Jamie Barron Fourmilewater
9. Tom Devine Modeligo
10. Kevin Moran De La Salle
11. Stephen Bennett Ballysaggart
12. Jake Dillon De La Salle
21. Maurice Shanahan Lismore
14. Michael Walsh Stradbally
15. Colin Dunford Colligan

The text I got from Club diese has Brian O Halloran instead of Devine

seananigans

Limestone1 wrote: »

The text I got from Club diese has Brian O Halloran instead of Devine

CLG Port Lairge - Waterford GAA has it on fb this way


same on the website

http://waterfordgaa.ie/taggedNews/362706/2119/w_a_t_e_r_f_o_r_d_t_e_a_m_v_tipperary-2015_munster_s_h_final

seananigans

I am so happy to bring my nephew to his first munster final.

he's 12 in august growing up in antrim, and for christmas he asked me for a cork jersey (mainly because of nash but still).

part of the kickham creggan's club who famously "defeated" ballysaggart in the ai junior final last year, and although im not sure exactly how close,is related to Aaron graffin who plays county with antrim .

I just remember my disinterest as at his age, and my father bringing me to the semi in croker v kk in '98,and i hope for the same spark .

its great at his age that he stops looking at cork ,kk, tipp and realises his heritage ,its been a long couple of years since 2010 and i am looking forward to a massive performance win lose or draw

Punt Road

While many fans can recall ’82 and ’83 my own vaults only contain files back to the late 80’s and in particular ’89. I guess the first proper memory was the ’89 replay against Cork. I don’t recall any of the drawn game even though we travelled as a family. The replay; I just remember being tossed in the air a few times, a woman with a very distinctive Cork accent (a bit alien to us at the time) and running out the gate at the end as fast as we could to beat the traffic. Cows to be milked, ya know.

The grandmother always had a wink and a nod for us when we spoke about hurling. A Kilkenny woman she had long afforded herself a soft spot for Waterford after marrying a farmer and commuting one last time over the bridge. Her heart was always black and amber though and her love for the Cats had such infection that we even shouted a bit for them as youngsters. Sure what else would we be doing after May?

’89 was different. That year she was delighted that we could talk longer into the year about Waterford. A Munster hurling final. Jesus, Waterford in a Munster hurling final.

I’d never been to Cork before let alone to Pairc Ui Chaoimh. There was a lot of debate as to arrangements. Should the young fellas go at all? Tickets were limited enough and the father eventually said he wasn’t travelling. The uncle agreed to stick us in the back of the 2 seater jeep, all six of us. Different times.

I remember being nervous of the expected crowd. Another uncle in Cork had telephoned during the week to advise us on travel and how best to get to the stadium. Our seats were in the open stand. The small lads might need a cushion he said. My aunt (another Kilkenny woman also by then heavily involved in local Waterford GAA) had enough sandwiches made to keep the entire stadium happy.

We were happy.

What of Tipperary? Being honest we didn’t know that much about them as youngsters. Not like the kids these days who know which side is Seamie Callahan’s good side or that Bonner Maher can win his own ball. We just didn’t have that kind of exposure. Remember this was the first live televised Munster final. However we did know that in English and Fox, they probably had something we didn’t.

Traffic was septic. Juiced up on Cadet and club milks we made the most of merging with the Tipp traffic on the Tivoli road and hung as much colour out the jeep as we could manage. We had the back door wide open at one stage, as one of the cousins was feeling ropey when the flow of air in the front windows had ceased. Cant remember where we parked but it wasn’t close, that much I do remember.

The crowd was something we had never experienced before. The packed tunnels in the stadium were daunting. Dangerous. And skank as overflowing toilets made for trepid tiptoeing. The venue was defying its 13-year youthfulness.

The game however took a course that Waterford people were all too familiar with. Tipp led the dance pretty much from the off. One, two, three, one two three. We stepped on their dainty toes a few times. Two red cards.
Seat colours became apparent again long before the final whistle. Disaster.

A seed had firmly been sown though and I met the same group of cousins for a pint in Thurlas after the Cork semi final. Much dispersed we now make the annual trips to these games from different directions. We all travel again tomorrow and hope that this generation of hurlers keep evolving. Best of luck to the team and management. The darker days are long behind us and you have a great opportunity to do something very special tomorrow.

To the supporters, lets bring some colour and encouragement. We’ll be heavily outnumbered tomorrow and we’ll need to be vocal, especailly during Tipp purple patches. Safe travelling.

robopaddy2

Punt Road wrote: »

While many fans can recall ’82 and ’83 my own vaults only contain files back to the late 80’s and in particular ’89. I guess the first proper memory was the ’89 replay against Cork. I don’t recall any of the drawn game even though we travelled as a family. The replay; I just remember being tossed in the air a few times, a woman with a very distinctive Cork accent (a bit alien to us at the time) and running out the gate at the end as fast as we could to beat the traffic. Cows to be milked, ya know.

The grandmother always had a wink and a nod for us when we spoke about hurling. A Kilkenny woman she had long afforded herself a soft spot for Waterford after marrying a farmer and commuting one last time over the bridge. Her heart was always black and amber though and her love for the Cats had such infection that we even shouted a bit for them as youngsters. Sure what else would we be doing after May?

’89 was different. That year she was delighted that we could talk longer into the year about Waterford. A Munster hurling final. Jesus, Waterford in a Munster hurling final.

I’d never been to Cork before let alone to Pairc Ui Chaoimh. There was a lot of debate as to arrangements. Should the young fellas go at all? Tickets were limited enough and the father eventually said he wasn’t travelling. The uncle agreed to stick us in the back of the 2 seater jeep, all six of us. Different times.

I remember being nervous of the expected crowd. Another uncle in Cork had telephoned during the week to advise us on travel and how best to get to the stadium. Our seats were in the open stand. The small lads might need a cushion he said. My aunt (another Kilkenny woman also by then heavily involved in local Waterford GAA) had enough sandwiches made to keep the entire stadium happy.

We were happy.

What of Tipperary? Being honest we didn’t know that much about them as youngsters. Not like the kids these days who know which side is Seamie Callahan’s good side or that Bonner Maher can win his own ball. We just didn’t have that kind of exposure. Remember this was the first live televised Munster final. However we did know that in English and Fox, they probably had something we didn’t.

Traffic was septic. Juiced up on Cadet and club milks we made the most of merging with the Tipp traffic on the Tivoli road and hung as much colour out the jeep as we could manage. We had the back door wide open at one stage, as one of the cousins was feeling ropey when the flow of air in the front windows had ceased. Cant remember where we parked but it wasn’t close, that much I do remember.

The crowd was something we had never experienced before. The packed tunnels in the stadium were daunting. Dangerous. And skank as overflowing toilets made for trepid tiptoeing. The venue was defying its 13-year youthfulness.

The game however took a course that Waterford people were all too familiar with. Tipp led the dance pretty much from the off. One, two, three, one two three. We stepped on their dainty toes a few times. Two red cards.
Seat colours became apparent again long before the final whistle. Disaster.

A seed had firmly been sown though and I met the same group of cousins for a pint in Thurlas after the Cork semi final. Much dispersed we now make the annual trips to these games from different directions. We all travel again tomorrow and hope that this generation of hurlers keep evolving. Best of luck to the team and management. The darker days are long behind us and you have a great opportunity to do something very special tomorrow.

To the supporters, lets bring some colour and encouragement. We’ll be heavily outnumbered tomorrow and we’ll need to be vocal, especailly during Tipp purple patches. Safe travelling.

A dark day. I think Nicky English scored more points alone that day than what we put on the scoreboard. It was the mentality in the county that was the issue at the time. We were beat before we ever went out on the field. Like 82 and 83. We werent a bad hurling team. We knocked out a very good Cork side after a replay that year. Cork came back and won the AI the following year.

crottys lake

Good stand ticket available for match ,old stand. Any genuine fan stuck just give a shout.

PTH2009

if we lose 2morrow it's Dublin in the quarters.

jacko1

PTH2009 wrote: »

if we lose 2morrow it's Dublin in the quarters.

Nothing to fear there but I'd still prefer to go through the front door!

HatchetMan7

What happenend Clare at all, thought they'd great some clear goal chances. There's no fight in them at all.

hurler on de ditch

HatchetMan7 wrote: »

What happenend Clare at all, thought they'd great some clear goal chances. There's no fight in them at all.

Davy is what's wrong with them ,,the longer he stays ,the worse it gets

tomwaterford

PTH2009 wrote: »

if we lose 2morrow it's Dublin in the quarters.

If we win....who do we play in the semi

God I hope it clears up for it the weather

skaface

Best of luck tomorrow lads, the whole county is behind ye..
Up the Deise !!

KevIRL

Nice to be back in a Munster final after a couple of years absence. Think we began kinda taking them for granted for a while. Enjoy the day everyone.

paddy13

Come on the Deise! Hoping for another good performance! Really looking forward to it now!

TGV

Good luck to the team today, looking forward to this game. A win would be very sweet as this Tipp are a very different prospect to the teams we have met so far. Up Waterford.

hurler on de ditch

CMON THE DEISE

Canyon86

Best of luck today Waterford!!!



from a cork man!

Cake Man

The very best of luck to all the lads today, it'll take an absolutely massive performance to win. It might just be out of our grasp but if we give it a right crack I'll be happy enough.

Come on the DÉISE!

tomwaterford

Huge tipp crowd around....cocky beyond belief....seems to think they'll win by 8pts or more....they don't rate Waterford atal :mad:

PTH2009

Completely outnumbered by Tipperary supporters.

redlead

tomwaterford wrote: »

Huge tipp crowd around....cocky beyond belief....seems to think they'll win by 8pts or more....they don't rate Waterford atal :mad:

They never have and never will. That's what makes it sweeter when we beat them.

pkc1

Well folks, could someone tell me whether or not the build up to the hurling has started on RTÉ? I paid for the match on gaago and the build up was suppose to start at half past but no sign of it yet, just want to make sure nothing is gone wrong! Sound.

EDIT: Soon as I wrote that it came on!

PTH2009

Eddie barett in for Tom devine

Cake Man

Got into it well, we seem to be the better team.

Can't help but think we'll have someone sent off tho which would kill us, three on yellows. All to play for tho!

chinguetti

Driving in balls from 60 plus yards and 1 forward in there is crazy stuff. Hit some bad wides and balls dropping into Tipp goalie and full back with only Brick running them down.

Tipp fell away after 20 mins which helped along with some awful mistakes in their back line. First 15 mins of the half will be make or break.