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

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  • #6152
    skaface
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 928 ✭✭✭skaface


    When will we know officially where the Munster final is on ??
    Looking like Gaelic ground in Limerick ...


  • #6153
    cul beag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭cul beag


    skaface wrote: »
    When will we know officially where the Munster final is on ??
    Looking like Gaelic ground in Limerick ...

    Final will be in Limerick.


  • #6154
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,614 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    cul beag wrote: »
    Final will be in Limerick.
    offically announced ???

    Lower capacity maybe an issue but anyone who wants a ticket will get one imo.

    tickets prob on sale late next week or after the Munster minor semi finals

    would love if we got to the minor final too. (playing weds 29th against Limerick in Walsh Park in that)


  • #6155
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    offically announced ???

    Lower capacity maybe an issue but anyone who wants a ticket will get one imo.

    tickets prob on sale late next week or after the Munster minor semi finals

    would love if we got to the minor final too. (playing weds 29th against Limerick in Walsh Park in that)

    Afaik thurles capacity has been reduced in recent year for safety concerns


  • #6156
    Deskjockey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 895 ✭✭✭Deskjockey


    tomwaterford wrote: »
    Afaik thurles capacity has been reduced in recent year for safety concerns

    Fcuking hate us playing in Limerick. Makes no sense to drive through Thurles (where we love playing ) to go to shagging Limerick


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  • #6157
    JesusRef
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 419 ✭✭JesusRef


    After Tipps first day out everyone was saying how terrible Cork were and now everyone is saying how terrible Limerick were after today (to be fair they were both terrible)
    But obviously it is also down to how good Tipp are - they have absolutely strolled through munster so far, they also have a very impressive manager.

    They are a serious outfit - and time will tell if we can be a match for them - if we are... we are in for a long summer


  • #6158
    cul beag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭cul beag


    JesusRef wrote: »
    After Tipps first day out everyone was saying how terrible Cork were and now everyone is saying how terrible Limerick were after today (to be fair they were both terrible)
    But obviously it is also down to how good Tipp are - they have absolutely strolled through munster so far, they also have a very impressive manager.

    They are a serious outfit - and time will tell if we can be a match for them - if we are... we are in for a long summer

    Bubbles is a huge loss for them. They are there for the taking especially with our format,Callanan won't have the same space to work in. Rest of there forward line isn't anything to write home about so expect a tactical battle but one we can come out on top in.


  • #6159
    Ropaire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 488 ✭✭Ropaire


    Watching the Sunday Game and the Letrim qualifier match, our fullback had last years kit on. Are we not meant to be spendin a bomb on the footballers, ywt we can't come up with a full set of jerseys?


  • #6160
    commonsense.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 347 ✭✭commonsense.


    cul beag wrote:
    Bubbles is a huge loss for them. They are there for the taking especially with our format,Callanan won't have the same space to work in. Rest of there forward line isn't anything to write home about so expect a tactical battle but one we can come out on top in.

    Don't think Tipp will be too concerned about winning Munster. There was 5 weeks between Munster final and AI semi final last and combine that with the fact that they were playing only their third game really cost them v Galway. Mick Ryan in his first year as manager might like to deliver some silverware but then again he might just be able to see a bigger picture.
    Similarly do ye want a 5 or 6 week break if ye win Munster?
    A seriously poisoned chalice that one if you ask me.


  • #6161
    Davys Fits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭Davys Fits


    Would it not be wiser to play the game in Thurles in a pitch familiar to Waterford and a good hunting ground over the years. Limerick is a difficult place to get to and can be heavy going on a wet day. Tipp are well familiar with Limreick. They will feel more at home there than Waterford.


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  • #6162
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,614 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Ropaire wrote: »
    Watching the Sunday Game and the Letrim qualifier match, our fullback had last years kit on. Are we not meant to be spendin a bomb on the footballers, ywt we can't come up with a full set of jerseys?

    Joke how can they not afford a jersey there's loads made up and on sale in shops etc, must of ran out of stitches or something in azzuri lol.


  • #6163
    robopaddy2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 739 ✭✭✭robopaddy2


    Dick phelan wrote: »
    3-12 is a terrible return no way we would have conceded at least 2 of those goals. Tipp are relying on Callanan imo keep him quite and you beat Tipp.

    If you consider they played almost the entire game with 14 men and still won its no mean achievement. Scorelines don't matter games are there to be won at the end of the day. If you want to believe that about Callanan, and that Tipp will be as poor in the Munster final go ahead, that's exactly what they'll want us to think.


  • #6164
    robopaddy2
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    Deskjockey wrote: »
    tomwaterford wrote: »
    Afaik thurles capacity has been reduced in recent year for safety concerns

    Fcuking hate us playing in Limerick. Makes no sense to drive through Thurles (where we love playing ) to go to shagging Limerick
    What Limerick are you going to?


  • #6165
    conditioned games
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 683 ✭✭✭conditioned games


    robopaddy2 wrote: »
    What Limerick are you going to?

    He'd be going the Waterford city Kilkenny Thurles Limerick city route avoiding the congestion other way.

    Makes no sense playing in Limerick, Tipp love playing there and are more familiar to the Gaelic grounds than Waterford.


  • #6166
    DiscoStew
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    conditioned games wrote: »
    He'd be going the Waterford city Kilkenny Thurles Limerick city route avoiding the congestion other way.

    Makes no sense playing in Limerick, Tipp love playing there and are more familiar to the Gaelic grounds than Waterford.

    As opposed to being more familiar to
    Semple Stadium?

    I'm not sure we've been given the opportunity to decide on the venue even. That may have been a one off thing. I'd imagine Limerick wouldn't have been too happy about that last year, maybe they were told the next time those 2 teams meet in a Munster final it'll be in Limerick.


  • #6167
    Waternut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 173 ✭✭Waternut


    The game should be played in Thurles, simple as. A pitch is a pitch, it shouldn't matter if it is in Limerick ir Thurles. More Waterford people will travel if the game is in Thurles. I can't understand this idea that Limerick should be guaranteed a game just to fill the Gaelic Grounds. It's white elephant that stadium and it's ridiculous the amount of money pumped into it over the last number of years.


  • #6168
    Greensoup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 158 ✭✭Greensoup


    What's the ridiculous amount of money put into the Gaelic Grounds in the last few years? Id love to know.


  • #6169
    JeffKenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,679 ✭✭✭JeffKenna


    Lads, get over it.

    What in essence it means is that you'll have to get out of bed an hour earlier.

    We shouldn't be handing home advantage to Tipp considering it's such a big game. I don't think it's that big of a deal.


  • #6170
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,614 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    JeffKenna wrote: »
    Lads, get over it.

    What in essence it means is that you'll have to get out of bed an hour earlier.

    We shouldn't be handing home advantage to Tipp considering it's such a big game. I don't think it's that big of a deal.

    true

    That 'Deise Hurling banter page' mod on facebook is up in arms over the game possibly being played in Limerick. Saying the game should be in Thurles

    Although pubs and all that seem further away in Limerick than Thurles it will be nice to go to a different ground for a change. Sure if we lose we will be back in Thurles for the QF on the 24th July (and if Tipp lose the final the argument of a home QF will come up again with them due to be played in Thurles)

    Anyway ill be there wherever it is


  • #6171
    blue note
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    We would be insane to give them home advantage again. We've played Tipp a heap of times in Thurles and our record against them there is terrible.

    It's handier for the fans, but playing in Thurles is worth a few points to Tipp.


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  • #6172
    PTH2009
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    blue note wrote: »
    We would be insane to give them home advantage again. We've played Tipp a heap of times in Thurles and our record against them there is terrible.

    It's handier for the fans, but playing in Thurles is worth a few points to Tipp.

    I just hope we don't say 'ah sure we beat them in the league there dis year, the monkeys off our back' league and championship are a different ball game


  • #6173
    blue note
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,728 ✭✭✭blue note


    Here's a post I wrote last year before the Munster final.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=96005430&postcount=475

    So our record is slightly better there now, but for anyone that thinks that home advantage means nothing because we like playing in Thurles, consider that we've played Tipp 24 times there in league and championship and have won just 3. We have won more matches against Tipp in the 6 we played in neutral venues in the noughties.


  • #6174
    waterfordgirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 314 ✭✭waterfordgirl


    I'll travel no matter where its on but in terms of venues i do prefer Thurles. I do wonder why a final would be played in Limerick though when theres Hawk Eye in Thurles?


  • #6175
    danganabu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,277 ✭✭✭danganabu


    Since 2011, Waterford have played 12 Championship matches in Thurles, Tipp have played 9 in the same time-frame, I don't know where the idea that it gives Tipp an unfair advantage comes from to be honest.


  • #6176
    PTH2009
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    danganabu wrote: »
    Since 2011, Waterford have played 12 Championship matches in Thurles, Tipp have played 9 in the same time-frame, I don't know where the idea that it gives Tipp an unfair advantage comes from to be honest.

    They train in thurles and are very hard to beat there

    Even the Dublin footballers don't train in Croke Park and they are given home advantage almost all the time in championship

    Munster finals in non neutral venues in recent years
    2009- Tipperary vs Waterford- thurles- Tipperary
    2013- Limerick vs Cork- Gaelic Grounds Limerick- Limerick
    2014- Cork vs Limerick- PUC Cork- Cork
    2015- Tipperary vs Waterford- Thurles- Tipperary
    Not good reading for the travelling team

    2006 was the only time In recent years where an away team beat the home team in a Munster final (Cork beat Tipperary in Thurles)

    Hopefully the venue will be announced today


  • #6177
    danganabu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,277 ✭✭✭danganabu


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    They train in thurles and are very hard to beat there

    Tipp train in Dr Morris park.


  • #6178
    Xenophile
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  • #6179
    con89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40 ✭con89


    Play it in Limerick!!

    Tipp have already played both championship games in thurles!!


  • #6180
    mountgomery burns
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭mountgomery burns


    con89 wrote: »
    Play it in Limerick!!

    Tipp have already played both championship games in thurles!!

    We've played 4 games in a row in Thurles, 5 this year. I would say that's as many or more than Tipp have this year.

    Don't see it as an advantage myself, I don't think we would have beaten them in Limerick if we played them last year. Wouldn't be using it as an excuse this year either.


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  • #6181
    tomwaterford
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    JeffKenna wrote: »
    Lads, get over it.

    What in essence it means is that you'll have to get out of bed an hour earlier.

    We shouldn't be handing home advantage to Tipp considering it's such a big game. I don't think it's that big of a deal.

    Last big match Waterford played in Limerick (league final 04) took over two hours to get to tipp town

    Stayed in Galway the night they played Clare there in 08 over this



    The Limerick-tipp town/cahir road is by far and away the worst most narrow windy national road left in the country

    (I go to Limerick 3-4 times a year visiting friends)


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