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

KevIRL wrote: »

Any other upcoming challenge games that anyone is aware of?

You'd think that such games could be stated in the press or social media and anyone that attends could make a voluntary contribution to the team expenses. To do so would require typing on their twitter page and access to a bucket. Sadly our PRO role is based on their counterpart in North Korea.

TheScoringGoal wrote: »

You'd think that such games could be stated in the press or social media and anyone that attends could make a voluntary contribution to the team expenses. To do so would require typing on their twitter page and access to a bucket. Sadly our PRO role is based on their counterpart in North Korea.

There are a few lads starting to climb the walls given the early exit from championship hurling it appears! Even a couple of Munster League games would be enough to cure the shakes!

cul beag wrote: »

Fantastic performances with Jordan Henley at wingback.[/QUOTE

He was very impressive in the u21 v cork this year also, what about JP Lucey is he on the panel?

Cake Man wrote: »

I thought there is some ban on county teams training/playing before Christmas?

Depends when your knocked out I think.... earlier out earlier you can go back. Another half cocked arseways rule in the gaa

Playing two fixtures in the space of a week is a bit of a joke really.

While I realise that these are nothing games, and there'll be two different teams sent out, I don't really see the point of all of these warm up competitions so early in the year in crap conditions.

Waterford's first Championship game is on May 12, it's a hell of a long pre-season.

ovalu wrote: »

cul beag wrote: »

Fantastic performances with Jordan Henley at wingback.[/QUOTE

He was very impressive in the u21 v cork this year also, what about JP Lucey is he on the panel?

Lucey is not.

Mastermcgrath wrote: »

thesultan wrote: »

What about Prunty? Anyone got the current panel?

Prunty is but has been playing with his club under 21's up to last Saturday. Waterford play again tonight, not sure who against

PTH2009 wrote: »

Need match fitness before the league . Id expect we will also play a number of challenge games too before the league. Prob play Ballygunner or Ballyhale (soften them up a bit)

With the new league system coming in for 2020 , it's going to be an odd league with the only threat to avoid is relegation, as there's no real promotion. I'd like to see us at championship pace for the last 2 group games away to Dublin on the 24th Feb and home too Galway on the 3rd Mar. We should be beating Offaly (wherever the feck it will be played) , Laois and Carlow but need too keep concentration

Looking forward to the new season

It's the most odd system when you stand back and take a look at it.

The National League starts in end Jan, and runs until the mid March for some teams (like Waterford in 2018) or the first week of April for others.

Then April is supposed to be for the clubs, in the counties that put club games on in April. I understand that Waterford was one of the few who did.

If you got to the National League final, you'd probably have a 5 week gap between your last league game and your first Championship game. If the 2018 scenario, Waterford had an 8 week gap between league and Championship. So you've got to do two different pre seasons, and it seems like they're out in November for a warm up competition starting in end Jan, which is in itself a pre seaon for the main event in mid-May!

The 2018 Championship was fantastic viewing, but I'm not surprised that lads are suffering from physical and mental burnout. Professional athletes would have about a pre-season of about 5-6 weeks for example.

whiteandblue wrote: »

Mastermcgrath wrote: »

Prunty is but has been playing with his club under 21's up to last Saturday. Waterford play again tonight, not sure who against

Dublin

Mulbert wrote: »

Perfect for a new manager who'll be working with a large pool of players, trying to introduce new ideas, playing styles and systems.

Is that not what the League is for? I'm not being a smartarse. I like the League, but it's something we do while waiting for the summer to come around and players can play on proper pitches (stop laughing about the Walsh Park pitch down the back). There can't have been many managers who got sacked for doing badly in it.

reading Davy Fitzs new book atm and a few good storys of his time with Waterford

John Mullane is a funny man and some of the main guard at the time of the mids 2000s didnt exactly shine to Davys appointment and some in davys words 'made up lies about him' in there books. Going by Davys book the davy years 2008-2011 were mixed but the reaction after the 2011 Munster final hammering was good reading and every man in the squad that year stood up and made the rest of the campaign respectable. The end of 2011 was the right time for Davy to walk away from us. Davy himself was left confused to why Mullane and Kelly celebrated so openly in front of him when we beat the Clare run Davy in 2012. few good stories of the built up for the 08 final with the players having 'a night of craic' the night before the final and Adrian Power being in charge of music on the way too Croke Park

PTH2009 wrote: »

reading Davy Fitzs new book atm and a few good storys of his time with Waterford

John Mullane is a funny man and some of the main guard at the time of the mids 2000s didnt exactly shine to Davys appointment and some in davys words 'made up lies about him' in there books. Going by Davys book the davy years 2008-2011 were mixed but the reaction after the 2011 Munster final hammering was good reading and every man in the squad that year stood up and made the rest of the campaign respectable. The end of 2011 was the right time for Davy to walk away from us. Davy himself was left confused to why Mullane and Kelly celebrated so openly in front of him when we beat the Clare run Davy in 2012. few good stories of the built up for the 08 final with the players having 'a night of craic' the night before the final and Adrian Power being in charge of music on the way too Croke Park

Fair to say he didn’t like Paul Flynn judging by the book

On a lighter note, I was talking to one of the Kilmac lads about what has been a great year for them. The game against the Kerry Intermediate champions when they got beaten up came up in the context of what they are going to be up against in Senior next year and I tried to be upbeat by saying they would have murdered them at hurling, to which he replied "we knew we were in trouble when we got there and found there were no 65 metres lines on the pitch."

Stopitwillya wrote: »

Kilmac wouldn't murder anyone at hurling. Although at least they are back fielding a team.

Shouldn't have been in junior B, only had one team should have been in A

PTH2009 wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/322818171133702/posts/1957141361034700/

Are these underage jerseys or training gear for the seniors ?

Clearly says it’s Deise óg training gear in that post?