Waterford GAA Thread - Mod note post #1

Bobby_Bolivia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122098522#Comment_122098522

Was it Noel McGrath got booked (!?!) a little earlier for Lyons's best Swan Lake impression?

Montys return

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122098580#Comment_122098580

19 home wins vs 15 home defeats since 2018.

That's not including Waterfords neutral home games, or Corks 1 or draws (obviously).

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122098608#Comment_122098608

okay , i always assumed it was the other way around ,

Montys return

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122098622#Comment_122098622

Close enough, I guess if you factored in draws and looked at teams failing to win at home its probably more than half.

I agree with your point though, the defeatist attitude about Ennis people have over here I particularly dislike.

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122098638#Comment_122098638

there were one or two non events up here but that was under different management , and in fairness to how much some of us dislike fitz my self included , he deserves great praise for this year so far , and lets be honest its not two fingers in the air for one puck out three for another , he has waterford setup to play intense direct hurling and while there might be a few errors he has waterford playing to their strengths this way

Gardner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122098409#Comment_122098409

Well said, there's a few simpletons in this thread all right.

PTH2009

Walsh Park has looked great and the pubs have been buzzing around the city before/after big games

Will be next April/May before we see the same crowds at a game again unless a big club game

siyo

Positives are only ourselves and Limerick have taken results from our opening two games.

We've run up two big scores in the two games and I feel there's more goals in this Waterford side.

It's absolutely still in our hands, we've two games to get one result.

The switch of Barron to wing forward and Monty to midfield is an inspired one, Jamie is flying and Monty is hurling the best I've seen in a Waterford jersey, I'd say he's gps stats are insane, seems to run and tackle himself to a standstill.

Deburca reminding the whole country of what a talent he is.

We have a decent bench. Curran, Fagan and Shane bennett all came on and got scores.

I do have worries about the puckouts, tipp pushed up, forcing us to go long and at times we struggled winning that ball.

Free taking remains an issue.

Onwards to Ennis and another huge battle!

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122098508#Comment_122098508

i taught he was waving at babs , its been years since he seen him ….

Stacksofwacks

Davy vs Lohan grudge match next it would give him no greater pleasure than to get one over on Lohan on their home ground in the Munster championship..cant see why not, lose and we're likely out as then Limerick but could they be already qualified? Munster is crazy this year since Waterford came back as a force its impossible to predict who will qualify with Limerick, anything can happen im finding myself looking up tickets for other matches

waterfordgirl

Anyone have any idea as to how serious Prunts injury is - would he be in doubt for 2 weeks time against Clare?

LohansRedHelmet

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122098580#Comment_122098580

yeah but there is zero chance Clare are losing both home matches this year

Asdfgh2020

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099042#Comment_122099042

how can you be so confident…..?

Greengrass53

Is aussie Gleeson hurling with mount sion or has he stopped altogether?

Deiselurker

He is to play with the club this year. I saw him sitting near me at game v Cork.

I'm getting to like the league style Munster championship a bit more now that we are winning some games in it and with Walsh Park improved. Good atmosphere around likes of Roanmore centre and the sun helps.

zetecescort

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122098700#Comment_122098700

Was down there for the first time for the Cork game. Great addition to the championship that every county now has a proper home venue. Sure we had traffic issues but the more we go down the more we'll learn about where best to park etc.

JD. 60

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122098325#Comment_122098325

Free taking consistency (scoring 8/9 out of 10) has been a problem for years. Luckily, Tipp missed enough yesterday.

Waterford must get a result in Ennis, simple as. I wouldn't be relying on an already qualified Limerick to ease off too much in their last game, not with competition for places in their squad. Having said that, could Cork do the unlikely and beat Limerick next weekend. If they win, they will fancy their chances of beating Tipp and sneaking into 3rd place ; lose and their season is over which might allow Tipp to get through (i.e. if Waterford lost their last 2 games).

If Tipp & Waterford both ended up on 5 points, scoring difference will decide who goes though, as the head to head ended all square. Anyway, it's still all to play for but following Waterford can be bad for your nerves.

Asdfgh2020

felt like a defeat coming out of that game 4 pts up and 71 mins in clock Ffs. A couple of observations….was the 4 mins additional time warranted……? Did we get more of the ref’s ‘poor decisions’ than tipp…..(a couple of Neanderthal tipp fans in front of us never let up the hole 🕳️ game about the 16 man team that we had😡)……should dessie be left on the ‘close in frees’ the one he missed was inexcusable at this level and you could argue cost us the game……? There’s a lot of debate about how the second goal could be allowed to stand given the booking/yellow card given for the ‘third man’ tackle….what is the rule here - Again the tipp fans in our vicinity were ‘apoplectic’ ? Should Shane bennett and Patrick Curran start the next day v Clare….? Ennis has not been a kind venue to us in previous visits there so we are well over due a performance there. A lot of the Clare fans have the view that they are the second best team and the ones to topple limerick would be nice to go down there and put one over on them…..a win could also secure qualification and possibly a Munster final appearance…..?

DeHorse88

As a Tipp Supporter I don’t think I’ve enjoyed an atmosphere like I did yesterday in a long time. Walsh Park & Waterford was fantastic yesterday of course the weather made it but small venues are the way to go it was electric. I really think we helped Tipp snatch a result got behind the team as much as we could.

Went to Norris’s before game it was ideal and went to Mt Sion after match for a couple hours..great craic up there really enjoyable. Heard Roanmore was hopping too. Presume the city was busy all over last night…these games do wonders for places like Waterford who wouldn’t have had much games in past. Walsh Park will be some venue once they tidy up terraces the pitch is unreal.

Really lookin forward to rest of the games, delighted for Cahill yesterday i think he knew with his celebrations he had to show how much it meant to him small things like might get more support in Semple in 2 weeks time. Big test for the Waterford supporters now they’re nearly back to their best so ye should travel in numbers to Ennis and Limerick better than other years. Lookin forward to next trip to Walsh Park in 2 years. Be great if somehow Tipp & Waterford could both advance.

spideyman92

Something that stuck out to me yesterday was the over reliance on the diagonal balls. Tipp seemed to have it well sussed out occupying a lot of the spaces where the balls were being played into in the first half. Nice to see it changed up a bit in the second half but it felt like it could have been adjusted to much sooner. It's one of those atmosphere killers because it feels like an aimless ball to play hoping there's someone there.

Mastermcgrath

is it unfair to say that old habits nearly lost it for us yesterday,’ the weight of the favourites tag, the amount of wides coupled with the inability to close the game

I’d agree with the poster that said the free given to draw the game was questionable but some dodgy refereeing helped keep our noses in front earlier in the game so I guess these things balanced out

one Observation was that Tipp seem to be able to orchestrate scores a lot more than us, and maybe this is credit to Liam Cahill getting the best out of a limited enough Tipp side. Typical Waterford fashion we rely more on opportunistic individual brilliance from guys like Bennett and Hutchinson to snuff out scores

JeffKenna

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099341#Comment_122099341

Yeah have to agree with that, towards the end of the first half Lyons (i think) was in acres of space, stopped and played a diagonal ball to kiely who had two defenders on him and Tipp tured it over. Don't like naming players both had great games but the distribution in the first half was a bit off.

Greengrass53

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099083#Comment_122099083

Jeez ye could have badly done with him yesterday down the stretch.

decies

all to play for

evolvingtipperary101

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https://x.com/IreMusPod/status/1786668327571448016

cbwfd

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099681#Comment_122099681

So if Cork beat Tipp, Limerick beat Cork and Clare also beat Tipp the 3 points will qualify us. If Tipp manage to win one of those and get to 3 points with us itll go down to scoring difference.

This is me being pessimistic about our chances as I believe we have every chance of getting some result in the next 2 games. We're in a good spot.

JD. 60

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099741#Comment_122099741

If Cork lose next weekend, they're hardly going to beat Tipp …. there's nothing in it for them apart from pride. It would be the reverse of 2022 where Cork had to beat a Tipp team already a beaten docket.

PTH2009

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099812#Comment_122099812

Suppose they might do what we done last year in the last round

Can't see it happening though

Feels like a defeat yesterday now, could see Tipp evolving now

Jjjjjjjjbarry

I think we’re just going to have to look at the trip to Ennis as a knock out game. We can’t be relying on the other teams to do us favours and those odds aren’t great.
Why does a trip to Ennis feel like such an impossible task? I think we’re probably haunted by our last two trips there but we’re well able for a tight pitch and as underdogs again, it might even suit us.
I’m still sick over yesterday but we are where we are and if we get it right on the day we can beat them. They’re a great team but they do have off days like the rest of us.

Asdfgh2020

nothing to fear from ‘low-Han’ and his lads. 50/50 game……think Shane bennett or Patrick Curran should start next day out……? Free taking also needs brushing up on. Is it true that dessies Hurley broke as he took that tap over free early in the second half…hence the miss…? Also anyone hear anything about prunty’s injury. Played 68 mins without him yesterday. He might have made the difference in the closing stages especially for that goal…???