Waterford GAA Thread - Mod note post #1

Im trying to remember the last time we won a game. Ken McGrath was there 2 years and didn’t win any game under him so that’s 8. I don’t remember 2023 I think it was first year of the round robin and fairly sure we didn’t win a game either. did we lose a knockout game v Tipp in 2022 in Dungarvan with a late goal? that would have been Mikey Kiely and co. You’d have to go back to covid times I think!

Some very questionable decisions by the ref in the first half.

down 0-11 to 0-10 at half time. Similar to Clare game. Well in it. I’d fear Tipp have another gear though

Waterford forwards are sharp enough, if only they could get their hands on the ball. That's a fairly strong Tipp team on paper.

Game gone scrappy. We'll rue missed penalty and wides.

ffs. We are actually cursed at under 20

Only saw the second half hate using the words woeful and depressing . The shooting and decision making was shocking , Tipperary were no great shakes but that’s not our problem . It’s like we’ve seen these performances for decades at all levels too often .

We robbed that one. Didn't deserve it.

Very hard watch. 1 man inside the 45 for Tipp for most of a second half playing with the wind.

only saw last 20 mins. Game was there to be won….but ‘blue’ it for second week in a row…😢…missed a penalty and then a dying seconds free to level it up…….😡😡

Inability to score at any level of hurling is an Epidemic of Waterford hurling last few years. Seniors have been the lowest scorers of the strongest counties since 2021. Our game plan at every level now seems to be make the game a scrap and keep it tight and hopefully sneak a result. U20/U21s results since then is feeding in to why we can't get out of Munster at senior level, only once in our last 13 games have we scored more than 1 goal. 2016 team scored 15 goals in 4 games, we've scored 23 in our next 22 matches. Since 2016, P22 W1, D1 L20!!!!

Some pressure being put on last years Minor team to salvage Waterford hurling for the next 10 years like the 2013 team did.

that’s what I meant. Against the ai minor winners from 2 and 3 years ago we went toe to toe and should have gotten over the line on both games. I see a lot of flack for Tipp management online but I think tonight Waterford forced them into retreating as they were so dominant in middle third and Tipp had to bring men back in order to compete and to be fair it worked out in the end Tipp managed to get over the line.

obviously the results of the first two games have been very disappointing but to look at the positive it’s a very young team (at least ten of last year minors have been blooded) and have more than held their own against two of the favourites for the all Ireland. Off the top of my head we still have Spain, Keane, Conor power and Murphy ( who is minor again this year) to come in aswell. the experience of this year will hopefully stand to this group and hopefully we will be challenging for honours the next two years

Also sean Mackey going off at half time tonight was a huge loss. Him playing the second half probably would have swung the game our way.

As I mentioned above it was the first 10-15mins of the second half that did the damage. Four wides in that ten minute period, from what I recall at least three of them very scorable, well inside the Tipp half and the other an unsuccessful long range effort. Defence was excellent coming out with every ball and then the missed penalty was another huge blow. Followed up then with yet another wide and not really pressing home the advantage of having the spare man for a while.

It was the type of game that a 4 or 5 point lead would have been enough as it was tit-for-tat up to then. Just numb from disappointment at this stage.

While I agree that we should be optimistic that we are building something that bodes well for the immediate future in this grade, it is the circumstances we lost the first two games that makes me uneasy. Against Clare and even more so last night we were, in my opinion, way the better team but did not have the nuance or bite in us to put them away. If we were weak in a number of positions or out muscled it would be one thing, but it is the complacency and nonchalant decision making that is hard to fathom and it may be this mindset that will prove more difficult to rectify.