Waterford GAA Thread - Mod note post #1

agree. we need to move on from this very quickly, in fairness to Queally he said as much in the interview after the game that we have no time to be clapping ourselves on the back. This was really a routine win in light of the players Clare were missing. We come out play a stinker next Saturday evening yeaterday will be forgotten very quickly.
Clare play Tipp next in a winner takes all really, and the loser of that game is as good as out, if Tipp win that then we’re going to Thurles to face them in a winner takes all, so it’s just absolutely relentless in this championship. We have to go into the game on Saturday evening in the mindset that it’s a must win. Cos we really don’t know what we’re facing into after that

Absolutely thrilled with yesterdays result. I’ll put my hand up and happily admit I got it totally wrong as I tipped Clare for a routine enough win. The lads were superb, where we’d be without Stephen Bennett I don’t know. Barron, Lyons, Kiely and Mark Fitz all impressed.

As other have said we haven’t any chance to celebrate and need to move focus to next Saturday. I’ve seen it mentioned a few times that it’s a bit of a “free shot” which in a way I can kind of see insofar as we’d just need to pick up a win anywhere else but realistically it’s another must win game especially being at home. I certainly wouldn’t want to be going into the final day v Cork in PUC looking for a win and Tipp could well be fighting for their lives when they face us so it’s critical we keep it going. Who knows what situation they’ll be in by the time we face them so we’ll have to empty the tank against Limerick (at least we’ll have a two week break thereafter).

It’s just great to get that winning feeling back, something we rarely experience in championship. The best pet about yesterday is that no matter what happens we’ll most definitely be in with a shout right up to the final game regardless of how the next two games go. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to get another win on Saturday which would for sure secure passage to the AI series and maybe a bonus of a Munster final. The Tipp and Cork games could be considered “free shots” if we get our homework done early next weekend!

Mount Sion is good for parking, 5 minutes walk to Walsh park. Music, bar, BBQ, kids play ground.

If you are coming down the day before, where are you staying, as it might be possible to walk to Walsh park from your location

Thanks for the replies folks.

Driving in that morning and home again afterwards.
Ideally would like to park up around 12 and leave the car there for the day. Is there a pay car park nearby that would be open until that evening or where would ye recommend

It would be a long night to get back to Limerick if you get stuck around the ground in traffic. I’m guessing a quick getaway would be your best option which rules out Mt Sion probably.

At 12 OClock there will be plenty of on street parking around Barrack Street. That’s 5 minutes to the pitch and 5-10 in the opposite direction to the City Centre where there’ll be plenty of options for food and “water”.

There’s a Waterford Council parking app where you can top up your parking remotely. A quick jog to the car and you can be down Morrissons Avenue and over the bridge before Stephen Bennett has even accepted his MOTM award. Unfortunately Marty’s Party is not on the wireless Saturdays but you can’t have everything.

Be satisfying ending Liam Cahills reign in Tipp but all could change before that game

Why would it be satisfying? For the most part cahill did a good job for us

also limerick folk should look at heading out the bypass in opposite direction to most of the traffic towards portlaw and into Carrick-on-suir and then onto clonmel, chair, bansha, tipp town, monard, oola etc etc 🤣

However satisfying it was to beat the Ireland champions to be honest with you we still will have to up our game more to beat Limerick . Let’s get those two wins early and take it from there .

Going to be unpopular here but I wasn’t that impressed by Waterford yesterday. It was advantage Clare up until the 2nd goal and they just capitulated then. Missing Kelly, Cleary, Ryan & O’Donnell no county could live with those calibre of losses.

Waterford started brightly but there inside forwards struggled with the direct high ball in which didn’t suit them. Curran and Kevin Mahony worked hard but only offer so much at this level starting and Dessie was poor for his standards. Jack Prendergast industrious as ever but doesent put up huge scores. Hel have to start midfield for Kieran Bennett who was very poor with Kiely coming onto the wing, this is just to even live with contesting puck outs v Limerick which Waterford struggle with big time. Darragh Lyons excellent first half but dropped some bad balls at key times too. Tadhg was excellent with his positioning and reading but he’s guilty of dropping balls trying to break out of tackles…not easy in fairness when ur goin past Peter Duggan.

Now in fairness Waterford were undercooked going into the game so they deserve credit but will need to up it significantly v Limerick. Can’t be thinking the Tipp game is the must win game, Queally was right the home games are the must win games no matter the opposition points must be picked up. Backs will be tested big time by Shane O’Brien, Gillane and co but I think it’s Waterfords forwards that need to up it quite a bit at this level. Limericks backs can be got at, can’t be depending on Bennett, if anything was to happen to him it’s actually hard to see Waterford beating a lot of teams in the championship. As pessimistic as this sounds I actually think ye will have a right crack off Limerick and I expect a better performance from a lot of players overall.

Couldn't agree more with this. Cahill is a snake for what he did to Colm Bonner. Showed the true measure of the man.

I don’t think anyone has said it was the perfect performance from Waterford, you don’t need to be impressive you just need to win games and that’s exactly what we did on Sunday. In many ways the TK injury actually put more pressure on to win the game but the lads stood up took the opportunity that was there. I think all anyone in Waterford wants to see is the team playing to their potential consistently, which is something we haven’t really seen over the past number of years. I feel like We’re finally on the right track with this management team, how far it takes us I don’t know but we have a team that we can all get behind

Remind us again what he did to Colm Bonnar……most non Tipp folk lost track of all the stories floating around prior to his appointment

Finally getting to recap on yesterday.. a great day out!!

Bar the very first puck out which I thought was ominious, Nolan was very solid in the goals.

The full back line, Prunty especially locked it down. Nothing pretty but a clean sheet tells its own story

Thought MFitz was good but can still expect more from him, TdB took a while to settle into his rythem but finished extremely strong, Leavy is a strong tackler and solid player, striking can be on the slow side but does his job well

Lyons had a great start to the game, always in the right place. It wasn't perfect though and will face a much harder task next week. It didn't happen for K Bennett which is fair enough.. interesting to see what happens next week

Extremely impressed with the workrate in the half forward line, they harassed Conlon at every opportunity. Kiely made a massive impact and gave a focal point to our attack which was needed. Barron and Bennett will go down as 2 of the greats

A little bit disappointed with the inside line, maybe the quality of ball wasn't perfect but I was still looking for a bit more magic. Credit the Clare full back line. Regardless we still got scores, P Fitz looked sharp when introduced.. The most talented of all I think.

When was the last time we beat Limerick??

Bit of trouble with the Feile competition, anyone hear anything?