Waterford GAA Thread - Mod note post #1

You're saying theres no hype about the man? Way below par again today unfortunately.

Tis the hope that kills ya lads

Weren’t good enough and didnt want it enough

Management found out today I think

Didn’t seem to be any clear plan as to how we could go and win the game
just Bennett and Barron keeping us afloat as usual

Another year gone unfortunately

One word comes to mind ……. "butterfingers"!

After that very very bad wides.

And then choices when in possession … bad passes, trying to break tackles and losing it ……. but a good deal of that must be down to poor support from others.

Nothing much changed from previous games.

A well deserved win for Tipp.

He was very good for 3/4 years but the last couple years he hasn’t been at the same level for some reason. Other than that I don’t know what is your point?

We lost out on home advantage when Walsh Park was being redeveloped or deemed unsuitable, probably when this team were in their prime. The killer is the next few years will be barren. There'll be a few retirements after next weekend. Sorry for the doom and gloom. I feel the round robin format is a backward step in general as you're limiting teams like ourselves. The back door was a fairer system for all.

2018 and 2023 were the only years we didn’t have WP. Both years were were terrible. Nothing to do with home advantage

I don't think we play in a way that suits the forwards we have anyway. We had great joy playing diagonal balls into them and making space in previous years but whatever we're doing now doesn't work. There's still a chance if Limerick win today (albeit a slim one) but today's result is a deflating one.

It sounds like a moan but I always think that there should be 4 teams that go through from Munster/Leinster. Joe McDonagh finalists going into a preliminary quarter final is a nice gesture but I don't think there has ever been an upset in those games. They could add an extra round before that where they meet 4th place teams and lose nothing.

Maybe leave the winners, have 4th in Munster face 4th in Leinster for that place in the Preliminary All Ireland QFs

Jesus, Rebels are getting some pasting. Bizarrely it’s actually back in our own hands if we beat Cork next week.

Dessie was a disgrace when he was subbed, broke his Hurley off a gate and threw it down the sideline.. ignored a back room teams handshake.

This fella is meant to be our captain. Personally wouldn’t play him next week. Patrick Fitz from the start

ah I don’t mind that, just goes to show he cares I’m sure he’s furious and disappointed in his own performance hence y he did it

A game we could have won but just weren’t good enough. The best start possible and those first half wides killed us. Sidelines going over for Tipp was an extra kick in the teeth. Tipps work rate was excellent as was their shot selection and efficiency.

As others mentioned, some of our decision making was awful, running into unnecessary trouble like we’ve been doing for years now but the delivery into the forwards was brain dead at times, even when there was no pressure on the player hitting it in. We’ve all been worried for Dessie’s form and today was another game that didn’t go his way and the ball was like a bar of soap at times. He’s starting on reputation alone now which isn’t his fault as his confidence is clearly gone. Some lads rushed shots when they’d more time to steady themselves. On one occasion we had two lads under a high ball and between the two of them, there was no communication to catch the ball and one of them batted the ball forward to a free Tipp player. Management definitely got some forward selections wrong in my opinion but they have more info than I have.

All moaning aside, that’s sport for you so we need to give the cork game a right go and hope they don’t take it all out on us after their beating today.

Credit to Tipp on their win. They were sharp and hungry. The Waterford crowd in the old stand did well with the Waterford chants which was nice.

Great atmosphere and waterford support at the game. Was like the good old days in semple

Not the round robin's fault for the missed frees and the wides esp in the first half

The Munster Championship the last few years has shown how good the new setup is, with countless thrillers over the years.

My only gripe is that two very good teams (we are usually one of them :D) are out of the championship before we even get to June.