Waterford GAA Discussion Thread 2009-2011

Daysha wrote: »

Guys I've done up a preview on the game on a new blog I've just got up and running if ye want to take a look: http://waterfordgaa.wordpress.com/. Haven't written properly in a few years so excuse the rustiness and probable errors if you come across them .

Really starting to get excited about this now. This time last year I was watching the Clare game via skype in a San Francisco apartment so just being back a Championship game at Thurles is enough to look forward to, even if the weather is basically predicting the apocalypse to arrive by 4pm.

Deise Abu!

Similarily i was listening to the Clare game on the radio in Cincinnati an hour before an end of year exam! All these blogs are great, this is the fourth one now is i'm not mistaken after mossys, deiseachs and someone elses. Great work lads, keep it up for us to lazy to write one!

deisedude wrote: »

Similarily i was listening to the Clare game on the radio in Cincinnati an hour before an end of year exam! All these blogs are great, this is the fourth one now is i'm not mistaken after mossys, deiseachs and someone elses. Great work lads, keep it up for us to lazy to write one!

The 'someone else' is http://deisegaa.blogspot.com who has resumed posting recently after a few months out. It's great to have other people doing it, hopefully we'll bounce off each other. However, the original is surely the best. Right?

deiseach wrote: »

The 'someone else' is http://deisegaa.blogspot.com who has resumed posting recently after a few months out. It's great to have other people doing it, hopefully we'll bounce off each other. However, the original is surely the best. Right?

To quote Father Ted "They all have lovely bottoms":D It would be great if we had one website that linked to this thread, all the blogs, waterford gaa twitter feeds and other forums of interest and websites pertaining to all things Waterford hurling

Have a bad feeling about this. Anyone actually going to the game, the demand has been terrible and then the weather is not helping. Im off in a while to Thurles hopefully the weather mite dry up a bit.

I have a fear Donal O Grady will out smart Davy, he did it to Justin in 2003. Donal is a shrud man

PTH2009 wrote: »

Have a bad feeling about this. Anyone actually going to the game, the demand has been terrible and then the weatheis not helping. Im off in a while to Thurles hopefully the weather mite dry up a bit.

I have a fear Donal O Grady will out smart Davy, he did it to Justin in 2003. Donal is a shrud man

No offence man, but i cant remember a time when you ever had a positive feeling going into a game.

lim 1-7 wat 0-6 at ht intermediate match

lol Davy keeps his thoughts short and sweet on rte

d o sullivan starts instead of richie foley

Final score Waterford 3-15 Limerick 3-14. Dont ask me how we got away with that one. Thank John Mullane. Not impressed with this performance against a game but poor limerick side. If it is Tipp in the munster final, will probably stay away because we wont have much of a chance against them, based on this showing.

PTH2009 wrote: »

I have a fear Donal O Grady will out smart Davy, he did it to Justin in 2003. Donal is a shrud man

What a ridiculous comment....he didnt outsmart anyone, the hurlers on the field played better than the waterford ones

Well done today lads, great victory under huge pressure

Deise Tom wrote: »

Nice to get a win, but Waterford will have to improve big time for a Munster Final. Tipp will have Waterford beaten out the gate at half time if we were to play like that agaisnst them. Of course Tipp have to beat Clare first. Downs caused a lot of trouble at times today. If a young player playing his first championship game can do that, imagine what someone like Lar Corbett will do.

.. can you imagine what kilkenny would have done to either of those teams today? i suppose a positive is how well the young lads done mahony, Fives, o sullivan but the team as whole took their foot off the gas when they were a few points up, when the door was open to kill it off and really twist the knife. You cant fault how hard they worked to get back into the game. Full back is becoming a disaster, other teams know this and are targeting this weakness. Davy has had 3 years to sort this problem out and it hasnt happened. Tipp full forward line will be rubbing their hands with glee again.

Just back home. Waterford really do have the BIG HEART. Yet again a close game ends in a win for the Deise. We really should have been a good bit further ahead at half time, scored at least 1 but probably 2 more goals, and also could have done a lot better against Limerick's first half goal. Limerick came out all guns blazing in the second half and scored 1-3 before we even knew what was happening. Great credit to the team and management though, there was no panic and we got back into it. Davy did make some astute switches although perhaps waited too long to move out Wayne Hutchinson who was having the proverbial 'mare in the second half. There is a lot of room for improvement, but it has to be remembered also that it was a crappy day for hurling also. Also big big credit to Limerick on a fine performance and it is great to see them right back in the thick of things and I wish them all the best in the qualifiers, hopefully we might meet again for another thriller.

From a Waterford point of view however some player notes
Hennessey - Couldnt really be faulted for any of the goals I felt and was solid otherwise when needed
Fives - Solid enough, can be happy with how he did
Hutchinson - Absolute nightmare second half. Our age old problem in full back rears its ugly head again
Connors - Thought he was great. Cleared some great ball toward the end and broke out with the ball a lot
Browne - Great first half, not as dominant in the second however
Brick - Fantastic performance. my MOTM. Such an absolute natural under pressure
Moran - Started well in the first few mins, but felt he had a poor game overall
D O Sullivan - A solid effort, like Browne however didnt have as good a second half as first
S O Sullivan - A poor day for Shane, wasted an amount of ball. He can do a lot better than that
Mahoney - Good game, solid on the frees in tricky condidtions, could have done better with the penalty. But 3 fine points from play as well.
Molumphy - Did very well, his bustling style and similar to Connors broke out with a lot of ball
Shanahan - Despite scoring 2 points I thought he was poor. Very slow to react to breaking ball and seemed clumsy a lot of the time. However one of his points in particular was excellent
Mullane - Was marshalled well byh Limerick. But 2 cracking goals. Epitomises the BIG HEART
Walsh - Solid, got his goal and point, was surprised to see him further out the field in the last 10 mins though
B O Sullivan - Of the 5 debutants he was the one who shone the most, used his speed well. Very impressive and scored well also

subs
Nagle - Did well when he came on, will be happy with his performance
S Prendergast - Poor, despite his height was cleaned out for a lot of dropping ball
Kelly - Followed the instruction for the free cant be blamed for that. Was delighted to see him run the length of the field to defend and break up a Limerick attack. Good to see that attitude.