TheScoringGoal wrote: » I think he deserves the year. The semi final was the game he targeted last year and it could have gone our way. I don't think we would have beaten Tipp in the final though. I still think Tipp are the best team in the country. I can't understand how people think if we improve we'll automatically beat them. They will improve too. And teams like Kilkenny, Clare, Galway and maybe Limerick, Cork and Wexford are capable of beating any team.
culbaire wrote: » Address the issues I raised!
mountgomery burns wrote: » It's only a league game when they win, it's a 'legitimate' case for a change of management when they lose.
crottys lake wrote: » Do yourself a favour as it is nearly too late. NAME THE FOUR PLAYER'S.... Your use of the word ''bastardized'' springs to mind.
TheScoringGoal wrote: » You've clearly never watched rugby if you think that's a similar defensive set up. Well as so many are asking how these players are then clearly the whole county does not know about this closed mind. The other poster named some good players but at least two of them declined call ups to the panel as they want to play soccer as well as club hurling. Can't blame them if that's what they want. I can only think of one player who hasn't really contributed this year despite starting all the games. So who are these examples you can provide?
culbaire wrote: » Agree 100%
culbaire wrote: » You used the expression 'magnificent four'. NOT I. Would you care to address my remarks re the full back position? Of course not! What we have had under Derek McGrath is ruck and maul bastardised hurling with a defence system similar to rugby union. The forward formation is a shambles. Skill levels of players are deteriorating. We have players running around like super fit greyhounds piling into rucks and killing free flowing hurling. This is a mask to hide the weaknesses in the backline. There are several players who can't tackle correctly. Derek McGrath has a closed mind in relation to several players in the county. The whole county knows it. There are players on the currrent panel and team who have been tried and tried and found wanting. Amazing that you are not as dismissive of them as you are of others who have never got a fair chance. You just blithely dismiss them and write them off. To achieve success very hard decisions are essential. That means dropping friends where necessary. That's the difference between managers like Brian Cody and Derek McGrath. Brian Cody is never slow to seek advice. Down through the years Brian Cody has adopted a policy of dropping players who dont deliver-All Stars or no All Stars. There is no automatic selection. Deliver or face demotion to the bench! Derek McGrath? Thats the difference between success and failure.
cascade12 wrote: » Loads of players have been given a chance in this campaign
robopaddy2 wrote: » Some people are seriously delusional. You wouldn't think we won at the weekend, and in THE league quarter final. 3 wins from 5. Pretty decent in a competitive Division 1A. Is that not where we would have wanted to be at the start? Now there's people calling to bring back Jamie Nagle and Richie Foley, lads who have been off the panel with 3 years. Christ above.
Deise Gael wrote: » tbf if you are talking about lads at the moment who could add something to the thing more so than lads who are just making up the numbers and who are not up to it - we don't need to name them because they are all honest to God lads who are bursting a gut but we all know who they are and we all know they will never get near to wearing a league not to mind a championship shirt - here are a few just off the top of my head... Peter Hogan, Ray Barry, Shane Walsh (BG) Shane Roche, Ryan Donnelly, Gavin Crotty, Paudie Prendergast, Jamie Nagle, Richie Foley - what did they do wrong? Foley, Nagle, Barry and Prendergast have all excelled in the championship for Waterford. and are all still flying with their clubs. Shane Roche never got a look in while he was on the panel. Peter Hogan, Shane Walsh, Gavin Crotty and Ryan Donnelly are the mainstays of their club teams and are well tested at inter county level. All of the above are still real championship options. It would be nice to have a few of those options now if Darragh Fives and Barry Coughlan don't make it or if we need a bit of pace in our one man forward line. Can you really say the same for the eight or nine more lads who are making up the numbers on the panel at the moment?
Deisedozzer wrote: » With the greatest respect, of the players you've listed here one wasn't a starter on last year's u21 panel and has years ahead of him, two are over 30, two more did OK in a handful of games for the senior side 3 years ago and the remainder have struggled to make an impact even when playing for the intermediate team. I think it's hard to make an argument that any of these players are significantly better than those currently on the panel. As for Culbaires 'magnificent four' mystery players who should be starting, can you please name these players so it can at least be discussed/debated, the constant bashing of certain players while refusing to name others is at very least disingenuous and pretty boring at this stage.
culbaire wrote: » Hope Barry Couglan recovers quickly. However he is not an inter county standard full back. He was given the run around by a half fit Seamus Callanan, by Fennelly, Ryan and Shanagher. He persistently fouls. What is worse is, that referees are now wise to that. They are the facts whether Derek McGrath likes it or not. Managers in other counties have spotted the weaknesses in the Waterford set up. McGrath has a closed mind in relation to several players within the county. Common knowlege!! Incidentally I have no connection with any of them. Amazing how those who rush to defend McGrath are very quick to slate Tadhg De Burca who has to act as a de facto second full back to cover a weakness in the full backline. Of course Tadhg is not from De la Salle.
Deise189 wrote: » Stephen midget Roche not shane Roche. Shane roche dropped himself off the panel due to a lack of game time.
enoughtaken wrote: » Yep, here it is in black and white[font=Georgia, serif]Subs: T Devine for Curran (42), M Kearney for A Gleeson (56), T Ryan for O’Halloran (58), G O’Brien for Shane Bennett (68), S Roche for Coughlan (75).[/font]
cascade12 wrote: » I could be wrong but did Shane Roche not come on for Barry Coughlan right at the end on Sunday.
