Waterford GAA Thread - Mod note post #1

More like they have decided how they want to play and that they can win the league. This results in newcomers and old times alike having some idea of what is expected and understanding if they met those expectations.

We on the other hand are aimlessly rearranging the same pieces in the hope that we hit some magical combination that will lead us to the promise land.

Mikey Kiely lit up the Fitzgibbon when he was in it. For whatever reason he just has not made the transition. His main attribute appears to be holding the ball up while backup arrives (or doesn't). Other than that he spends alot of the time over running the ball into dead ends.

Frustrating as he clearly has huge potential.

I don’t think it’s fair to single out Kiely there’s another 4/5 in that category that have been knocking around with a few years now and just haven’t kicked on and established themselves. Disheartening to see Rueben Halloran being taken off the frees after missing his first one on Sunday and then being subbed. Bennett messed up a couple against KK the week before but was allowed to stay on them. I feel like Halloran is being handed a bit of a raw deal having been excellent the first 3 league games.

I was just singling him out on this occasion but no doubt there's many more. Take Barron and Bennett out of our forwards and we are in dire straits indeed.

he completely misquoted me but I’ll take the bit of love if it’s going

The 5 or 6, whoever they are, who do you replace them with?

Genuinely, we don't have a massive pool of talent, the step up to senior is huge compared to club or intercounty under age.

Even in our hay day in 90s/00s we were always shy of a few players.

For anyone that attends the local club championship outside of the players currently on the intercounty panel, very few if any stand up for contention.

Live hurling coverage on TV this week:

Saturday
5.15pm: Galway v Kilkenny - RTÉ 2
7pm: Limerick v Cork - TG4

Sunday
1.15pm: Clare v Wexford - TG4
2pm: Kildare v Carlow - TG4 app and player
3.15pm: Waterford v Tipperary - TG4

Come on now. 'Misquoted' ??

First Deiseen puts forward what was clearly a constructive piece of criticism on Michael Kielys current form, outlining his pedigree and potential in the process and suggesting a hint of a solution to the dilemma.

You then replied, not by agreeing or disagreeing with his analysis, but strangely suggesting that the same conclusion could be drawn on 4/5 other members of the panel. It was at this point that the thought struck me that it is high time that firm decisions were made on these players and maybe we can work out how to get the most from who remains. Tough decisions would be required but we have to get off the current roundabout that is resulting year after year on us failing to get out of Munster.

Hope I've done nothing permanent to hamper the growth of our budding friendship.

PTH

You know as well as I do that those 3 lads hold no mass with many of the posters around here. They may well have earned recognition on the national stage but around here-

Sock - hounded off the county team a few years ago as only the negatives (and they were rare) were worth noting and he was blocking the way for Billy. Ironically there are recent posts suggesting he has let his county down by not making himself available years later.

Dessie- After a great start for Waterford against Clare last year we completely lost our way. Management in their wisdom seen the solution was to discard with Dessie rather than seeking to get the most from him.

Paddy- One of the real prospects we have who can toe to toe with any of the big men in the game is played out of position and is questioned every time a team selection is released.

So no I wouldn't have been expecting any recognition or kudos to be forthcoming from this forum

The Munster championship can't come soon enough. Let's hope we get a performance on Sunday. There are plenty of places up for grabs all over the field so let's see who stands out against Tipp.

Is a win for us Sunday enough to avoid relegation ?

Galway vs Kilkenny on Saturday will make things more clearer for Tipp esp if Kilkenny lose

That free in Nowlan Park could the reason we got back to 1B

I don’t think there will be any issue really unless Waterford go further than cork in the championship and the cork championship starts before Waterford are out. Realistically speaking with the split season there is very little crossover between club and county seasons anymore and it’s perfectly feasible that you can be part of a club and inter county setup

Expect some big names to be gone after championship.

Ideal opportunity for Halloran now again just hope his confidence isn’t shot. Bennett has been phenomenal but only on borrowed time playing wise that’s the second significant injury he’s picked up in the last 6 months. We’re going to have to learn to move on without him eventually

No it won't be that free, it would be the inability to beat a poor kilkenny team, or not beating Galway, Cork, or possibly Tipp.

If we are honest the win against Limerick was unexpected and that gave us the perfect platform to ensure survival in 1A, and if we don't it will solely be on us and not a free V Kilkenny