Waterford GAA thread - mod warning post #1 and #51

PTH2009 · 13-08-2018 07:31PM

cul beag wrote: »

So by the looks of things Patsy Fanning and Sean Power the only locals interested in the job. Both Mt Sion men with both having positives and negatives attached to their CV’s. Dan and Eoin Murphy still floating around with rumours of Donal Og on their ticket and Derek working in the background! It’s like a soap opera at this stage!

No way in hell the Dan and Eoin Murphy thing is true but if it is Bloody hell what a farce

Id prefer Sean Power over Fanning

mickmackmcgoo · 13-08-2018 08:11PM

PTH2009 wrote:

Id prefer Sean Power over Fanning

I'd rather you took it than Fanning:)

cul beag · 13-08-2018 08:40PM

mickmackmcgoo wrote: »

I'd rather you took it than Fanning:)

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Deisegodeo · 13-08-2018 08:41PM

KevIRL wrote: »

Sat Aug 25th
•@AbbeyCourtyGaa v @TallowGAA
in Fraher Field
at 7pm

Sun Aug 26th
•@DeLaSalleGAA1 v @Mount
in Walsh Park
at 1pm

•@ballygunnerHc v @roanmoreclg
in Walsh Park
at 4.30pm

•@PassageHurling v @clgdungarvan
in Walsh Park
at 6pm

They must be expecting the DLS v Mount Sion game to go all the way to extra time and frees or something... anyone know why there is such a gap between the first and second games in Walsh Park on Sunday? Seems ridiculous

IanVW · 13-08-2018 08:45PM

Deisegodeo wrote: »

They must be expecting the DLS v Mount Sion game to go all the way to extra time and frees or something... anyone know why there is such a gap between the first and second games in Walsh Park on Sunday? Seems ridiculous

Maybe to do with the all ireland being on Sunday

PTH2009 · 13-08-2018 08:47PM

Deisegodeo wrote: »

They must be expecting the DLS v Mount Sion game to go all the way to extra time and frees or something... anyone know why there is such a gap between the first and second games in Walsh Park on Sunday? Seems ridiculous

The CB prob hope people **** off after the DLS/Mtsion game so they don't get 3 games for the price of 1

Seems fairly odd but the CB have been scheduling games that way for years for some reason. Maybe it's to free up dressing rooms or something ??

DeiseDawg · 13-08-2018 09:01PM

IanVW wrote: »

Maybe to do with the all ireland being on Sunday

All Ireland on the 19th

PTH2009 · 13-08-2018 09:04PM

IanVW wrote: »

Maybe to do with the all ireland being on Sunday

The popes visit perhaps ??

3ships · 13-08-2018 09:24PM

PTH2009 wrote: »

The popes visit perhaps ??

Pope giving mass at 3pm

PTH2009 · 13-08-2018 09:32PM

3ships wrote: »

Pope giving mass at 3pm

Off topic but from what I've seen about the last pope visit, the whole country seemed to shut down for it and no events dared take place on the day. 2018 Ireland is so different

I'm guessing the delay is to free up dressing rooms

Christy Browne · 13-08-2018 10:59PM

The All Ireland final the weekend before and the Pope’s visit have sweet f*** all to do with the scheduling, the county board are hoping people will leave after the Mount Sion DLS game and come back for the double header, paying in twice.

It’s not rocket science :pac:

Mastermcgrath · 14-08-2018 06:54AM

Christy Browne wrote: »

The All Ireland final the weekend before and the Pope’s visit have sweet f*** all to do with the scheduling, the county board are hoping people will leave after the Mount Sion DLS game and come back for the double header, paying in twice.

It’s not rocket science :pac:

Complete stupidity if that’s the case. Only an hour between games all the same. Where are people meant to go...?

DeiseDawg · 14-08-2018 08:36AM

Mastermcgrath wrote: »

Complete stupidity if that’s the case. Only an hour between games all the same. Where are people meant to go...?

You could hide in 'the jacks' :-)

Deisegodeo · 14-08-2018 09:51AM

DeiseDawg wrote: »

You could hide in 'the jacks' :-)

Make sure you go to the one that isn't flooded

deiseach · 14-08-2018 10:07AM

Christy Browne wrote: »

The All Ireland final the weekend before and the Pope’s visit have sweet f*** all to do with the scheduling, the county board are hoping people will leave after the Mount Sion DLS game and come back for the double header, paying in twice.

It’s not rocket science :pac:

Have they form for doing this?

Christy Browne · 14-08-2018 10:48AM

deiseach wrote: »

Have they form for doing this?

Did the same thing in Fraher Field on Sunday just gone, Mount Sion vs An Rinn and Roanmore vs Fourmile were a double header at 2 and 3:30, while Lismore vs Dungarvan wasn’t on until 7.

deiseach · 14-08-2018 11:04AM

Christy Browne wrote: »

Did the same thing in Fraher Field on Sunday just gone, Mount Sion vs An Rinn and Roanmore vs Fourmile were a double header at 2 and 3:30, while Lismore vs Dungarvan wasn’t on until 7.

That's mad. How many extra tickets did they sell in order to antagonise those who went to the earlier games? Bang out of order.

Christy Browne · 14-08-2018 12:00PM

deiseach wrote: »

That's mad. How many extra tickets did they sell in order to antagonise those who went to the earlier games? Bang out of order.

Don’t know why they can’t just charge a premium (€20 or €25) upfront and run the games off over about 4 or 5 hours. Have face painting and stuff for the kids, maybe some targets to try and hit with prizes and make a proper day out of it.

They complain about low attendance figures and play an béal bocht when it suits them but do very little to promote the local games outside of the hardcore club supporters.

deiseach · 14-08-2018 12:28PM

The dingiest nightclub can manage to put a stamp on a person's wrist so they can wander in and out at their leisure. People could head into town between games to get a bite to eat. But no doubt 'it's always been done this way'. The lack of imagination is dispiriting.

Pogue eile · 14-08-2018 04:22PM

Is their a lack of pitches that all these games are been played in the same pitches?

liogairmhordain · 14-08-2018 04:27PM

Pogue eile wrote: »

Is their a lack of pitches that all these games are been played in the same pitches?

Absolutely not. No reason the Abbeyside- Tallow game couldn't be played in Cappoquin for example.
A few weeks ago Mollerans were asking on twitter why more games weren't being fixed there:
https://twitter.com/stmollerans/status/1013053101073420294

thesaturdayman · 14-08-2018 04:53PM

liogairmhordain wrote: »

Absolutely not. No reason the Abbeyside- Tallow game couldn't be played in Cappoquin for example.
A few weeks ago Mollerans were asking on twitter why more games weren't being fixed there:
https://twitter.com/stmollerans/status/1013053101073420294

Prob cost the board money / do the clubs that always support the board out of a few quid.

playing Gaa a long time & Iv only played in about 8-9 venues in champ.

I think 11 of my clubs last 16 champ games have been fixed for Kill!

chinguetti · 14-08-2018 05:00PM

So the CB can't even schedule games with any bit of basic common sense for patrons. And these are the people who will pick a new manager for the hurling team!

Doomed are we, we are doomed!!

14-08-2018 07:29PM

Same was done in FF last Sunday first two games were a double header and last fixture was on at 7.

One could only think its either to try and make an extra few pound or the lack of dressing rooms, leaving the longer gap would ensure two dressing rooms would be available.

I'm surprised they didn't opt for a double header in both WP and FF.

Jjjjjjjbarry · 14-08-2018 10:24PM

Anyone in particular impress in last weekend's fixtures? Looks like some good close games were played.

deiseach · 15-08-2018 09:28AM

I think, based purely on a feeling in me waters rather than any hard evidence, that there is a pompous streak running through GAA administrators that makes them stage matches in venues that they fancy match the sense of grandeur they feel comes with the role. The classic example was the Newbridge debacle where you had Fearghal McGill declaring that the match would not be shifted from Croke Park "under any circumstances", as if he were Moses coming down from the mountain with the fixtures etched on stone tablets. It's not just at the top of the inter-county game though. You'd cringe watching some of the games on TG4 being played in Semple or Páirc Uí Chaoimh with a few thousand people scattered around these vast arenas. Would these games not be better played in Nenagh or Páirc Uí Rinn where there might be some semblance of an atmosphere? It even happens in Waterford's, uh, vast arenas. We haven't played a home NHL fixture outside of Walsh Park or Fraher Field since the 1994/5 season when we played Carlow in Ardmore. Next year we're likely to have home fixtures which, let's be frank, are not going to draw big crowds. Is there no room (pun unintended) for bringing these games to venues where some excitement might be generated by having the hurlers in town and in a venue appropriate for the attendance? I genuinely think there is an attitude among administrators that you can't bring The Game to these quaint little backwaters, which is supremely ironic given the state of our county venues in Waterford.

DiscoStew · 15-08-2018 10:38AM

chinguetti wrote: »

So the CB can't even schedule games with any bit of basic common sense for patrons. And these are the people who will pick a new manager for the hurling team!

Doomed are we, we are doomed!!

This has been happening for as long as I can remember. Not just the county board but the divisional boards have done it plenty of times too.

I can certainly see the appeal to some of a price for all 3 games together, even the stamp if wanted to allow an hours break between 2 of the games. But inevitably you will have people who only want to see their own club in action losing their mind at the thought of paying €20 to see their team and will not appreciate the value of seeing 3 such games for €20.

Deiseen · 15-08-2018 11:02AM

DiscoStew wrote: »

chinguetti wrote: »

So the CB can't even schedule games with any bit of basic common sense for patrons. And these are the people who will pick a new manager for the hurling team!

Doomed are we, we are doomed!!

This has been happening for as long as I can remember. Not just the county board but the divisional boards have done it plenty of times too.

I can certainly see the appeal to some of a price for all 3 games together, even the stamp if wanted to allow an hours break between 2 of the games. But inevitably you will have people who only want to see their own club in action losing their mind at the thought of paying €20 to see their team and will not appreciate the value of seeing 3 such games for €20.

Here's an idea.......

Diffferent Colour stamps.. :O

thesultan · 15-08-2018 11:13AM

deiseach wrote: »

I think, based purely on a feeling in me waters rather than any hard evidence, that there is a pompous streak running through GAA administrators that makes them stage matches in venues that they fancy match the sense of grandeur they feel comes with the role. The classic example was the Newbridge debacle where you had Fearghal McGill declaring that the match would not be shifted from Croke Park "under any circumstances", as if he were Moses coming down from the mountain with the fixtures etched on stone tablets. It's not just at the top of the inter-county game though. You'd cringe watching some of the games on TG4 being played in Semple or Páirc Uí Chaoimh with a few thousand people scattered around these vast arenas. Would these games not be better played in Nenagh or Páirc Uí Rinn where there might be some semblance of an atmosphere? It even happens in Waterford's, uh, vast arenas. We haven't played a home NHL fixture outside of Walsh Park or Fraher Field since the 1994/5 season when we played Carlow in Ardmore. Next year we're likely to have home fixtures which, let's be frank, are not going to draw big crowds. Is there no room (pun unintended) for bringing these games to venues where some excitement might be generated by having the hurlers in town and in a venue appropriate for the attendance? I genuinely think there is an attitude among administrators that you can't bring The Game to these quaint little backwaters, which is supremely ironic given the state of our county venues in Waterford.

What year did we play Tipperary in Cappoquin in the league?

PTH2009 · 15-08-2018 11:50AM

almost 2 months since Derek resigned and we still don't have a new management team

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