Waterford GAA Thread - Mod note post #1

Think the team and management wanted another match in Walsh park before championship.

The crowds the footballers get it makes sense to have most games in Dungarvan and no floodlights means the minors & U20s play there but agree with you. Senior intercounty hurling games should always be Walsh Park when possible

I guessed the reason it was originally in Dungarvan was so the final league games would start simultaneously for competition integrity etc. but maybe as things worked out it's not a big concern, if ye look after your own business the other 2 games are dead rubbers with the relegation already decided.

Embarrassing sending off

never a red caught him in the chest not the head. Stack the lineman got him sent off. Anyone any idea what Stephen Bennett was booked for. Not a great game, we have been poor

Ah lads whatever about the quality of the game the conditions are atrocious, but Something needs to be done about the standard of refereeing in these games

Sean stack should be no where near a hurling match

Never a red card. Ref will give them everything now after chatting with his team at half time. We'll do well to finish with 15 as a result.

Finished strongly but wed want to having had an extra man for most of the game

To concede 1-03 unanswered straight after half time is absolutely unforgivable not to mind against 14 men. As things stand we will be eaten alive in the Munster championship

a Week away on a training camp now followed by a league final in 2 weeks. With more injured lads back hopefully we can get it together in time for Clare in 5 weeks

And by the way, I dread to think what where we’d be without Bennett

We'll take that and look forward to the final in 2 weeks time (all the talk of Croke Park but Leinster using it the same weekend)

It was a sloppy performance but the weather played its part. Offaly are an up and coming team playing with no fear. There keeper played very well, you could see they half arsed a bit after missing the penalty (good save by Billy Nolan). TDB had a great game and showed his leadership

Hopefully the training camp goes well and we can get as many players back for the final as possible

We all know 1A is going to be a different ballgame and we'll need to maintain our place which won't be easy

Ya there was one where Stephen had a rather wild pull where he took a hefty shoulder to the head, but good ol Johnny saw nothing there.

I’m not saying he was for or against us, he’s just an atrocious ref. The red was a shocking call, although made by the linesman it seemed.

Great save from Billy for the penalty. Might be enough to secure him the number one jersey.

Impressed with Tadhg’s performance although free throughout, thought Fives did well. Stephen lead the forward line well and thought Shane had his best game inside in a while.

Still concerned about midfield.

thought Sean Walsh was excellent when he came on there’s a few exciting new young players to be fair a lot of the old lads to come back too

He got on a few balls and can be somewhat effective, but I feel a lot of the time he doesn’t see (or just doesn’t play) the simple pass to a player in space that the vast majority of intercounty hurlers would see and play. Runs into trouble a lot of times unnecessarily.

I must say I hate that aspect of Darragh Lyons’ game. He does it so often. I actually think refs hate it too and often give 50/50 decisions against players who do it as the game wears on.

Surprised we didn’t see more of K Bennett mid too. Leavy didn’t play any bit there either to the best of my knowledge? Gavin Fives may be an option there similar to Monty played in the last few years.. But again, he hasn't played there either so far.

One positive I took from the game was the number of individuals who scored, besides of course TDB getting through the game in good fettle - not that he had a lot of opposition for most of the game.
Otherwise a poor performance all around. There was a distinct lack of support players coming in if the event of a dropped ball or so.

That ref should be dropped back to challenge games only!