cul beag wrote: » So Murphy and Gavin O Brien have jumped ship. How will the spin doctors relay this to us?! Flannery, Maher walked aswell so there's a trend setting in here. My way or the highway and that's why Dan is still there. The players got rid of O Connor so the fuhrer is drastically running out of allies!
Twiceasnice97 wrote: » who is murphy
Deise Gael wrote: » Does this mean that the four players who have really been picking the team with Derek are going to be named as official selectors? Obviously Murphy and Gavin - who is one of the most honest lads you would ever come across - had seen enough. No surprise!
mickmackmcgoo wrote: » Ian O'Regan (Mount Sion) 2. Shane Fives (Tourin) 3. Kieran Bennett (Ballysaggart) 4. Shane McNulty (De La Salle) 5. Tadhg de Burca (Clashmore / Kinsalebeg) 18. Seamus Keating (Ardmore) 7. Conor Gleeson (Fourmilewater) 8. Mark O'Brien (Ferrybank) 9. Tommy Ryan (Tallow) 10. Kevin Moran (De La Salle) 11. Stephen Roche (Mount Sion) 14. DJ Foran (Portlaw) 13. Tom Devine (Modeligo) 23. Stephen Bennett (Ballysaggart) 21. Maurice Shanahan (Lismore Get you're money on Galway.
robopaddy2 wrote: Im confused. Surely you experiment with the younger players during the early stages of the league, then if you get to the knock out stages you settle on a stronger side to try and go win the damn thing. Not the other way around
robopaddy2 wrote: » Im confused. Surely you experiment with the younger players during the early stages of the league, then if you get to the knock out stages you settle on a stronger side to try and go win the damn thing. Not the other way around
Gavlor wrote: » Nope, you retain your status with a few half competitive games but don't burn too much oil along the way. I'm delighted with that team selection
mickmackmcgoo wrote: » Winning the league is way down the list of priorities it seems .
ThaiTanic wrote: » Sweet Jesus Christ I've seen it all with McGrath now, If you go back to the last thread a couple of months ago where I said a few senior players weren't happy with McGrath it's all coming to a head now! Gavin O Brien (who's not one of them) walked off the panel along with the selector in the past few days! As for the team he's just named? All I will say is I was wrong about Clare last week, but I will give anyone my I) house II) car iii) dog if waterford come within 6 points of Galway this weekend! This will get embarrassing and I've €100 on Galway to win by 16 points or more at 20/1 (it's a long shot but massive value with joe canning back) Where are the pro McGrath posters now? Can they justify this haha? #prayforwaterford
cul beag wrote: » Haha oh god the laughing.
Gavlor wrote: » So you think we should go all out to beat Galway, all out again In the semi and then give the final a right lash?? Peaking in April hasn't served us well so far so why not take a different approach? Winning the league isn't worth a toss, it's akin to the Sargent cup in club hurling. Passage have won it last year but nobody remembers and nobody cares. It's all about the championship
cul beag wrote: That happens when you get bored of winning it every year! We always have the Vauxhall Conference!
Mulbert wrote: » What's with the Vauxhall Conference reference all the time. I know what it was, but wtf are u on about?
Happyilylost wrote: » I wouldn't know a lot about the way Waterford name teams but would this team not be taken with a pinch of salt like other teams? Most teams nowadays rarely start what's stated the few days before a game.
mountgomery burns wrote: » Some embarrassing comments here. Not sure I'd make all the changes made but fellas are getting a chance in a knockout match, surely better experience for them then against a poor Dublin side? And if they'd have experimented against Dublin and lost and been in a relegation final, I'm sure the critics would not have had anything negative to say....no nothing at all.... Suddenly Gavin O Briens biggest critics are now his biggest fans too. Feel a bit sorry for him, thought he actually did ok against Tipp but then given the criticism management got for selecting him I'm not surprised he hasn't been too involved. Same thing happened with Jake Dillon who has barely seen the pitch since the Tipp game. What were those big plans McGrath had for Dillon by the way, Cul Beag? Gavin O Briens biggest critics now his biggest sympathizers, mind bending.
enoughtaken wrote: » I won't embarrass you quoting some of your comments re Gavin. I don't like to see a selector or player leave the set up. But these things happen. I'm 110% behind Derek and the panel. If things go horribly wrong in the championship I will be one of the the first to come on here and say I was wrong. As I previously stated we have contested the last 2 league finals ( winning one and should have Won both) Munster final ( ok not great ) and should have got to the all Ireland final last year. So for me I will proudly go to watch us play and hopefully lift Liam in September.
