Waterford GAA Discussion Thread 2009-2011

Teebor15 wrote: »

I have followed the county teams since i was wee lad..going to all games even as many league ones as i could..and was as desperate for us to get over the end line as much as the next diehard..but not any more...my first memory being the '89 munster final trimming we got of Tipp..even that did'nt disillusion me..but by god am i disillusioned now. Not by the management/players performance on the pitch..but off it..i'm referring to the recent decision to cancel next weekends round of senior football championship games because of the request of the county manager which is poor enough but expected..why would davy fitz give a bollocks..but when i hear some of the players also requesting same well thats it for me. I was due to play in one of thoses games..i have trained hard since Jan..made big sacrifices with work, kids etc..i pulled out of trip abroad based on the fixture list published months ago.

I have had this **** before but always felt that the county players (some from my own club) who put in so much work deserve the support and its not their fault. But **** that..if them same players dont give a **** about me then why should i about them...so now..i dont. Its not that i want them beaten..its just now i dont care anymore.

To cancel the football next weekend was a total crazy idea by our county board, some of whom are quickly becoming the laughing stock of the G.A.A. This time last year it was getting involved in the fixing of a venue they were involved with. This year its giving a kick in the ba!!s to so many of its ordionary members, the bread and butter of the G.A.A., the club members/players, some of whom we are told arranged different things around the fixtures released a few months back.

There is a hell of a lot of anger out there right now towards some of our county board and maybe more so towards our county senior hurling selectors. My view there is well known so wont say too much.

The Waterford footballers are going out to play the same weekend as the hurlers. Calling off the games next weekend now means that the team will be going into the game without a competitve game to gauge the players fitness and form. They can play all the challenge games and tournament games in the world but its not the same a championship game.

One question i would love to have answered is, If John Owens and the Waterford Footballers asked for the hurling games in the championship this weekend to be called off, because they wanted to play a challenge game, go away on a bonding weekend or what ever, would they have been granted the request. Not on your nellie.

flahavaj wrote: »

For all the talk of their forwards, its the Tipp half backs I fear the most. They were unreal second half today, especially Paudie Maher, who'll be hurler of the yer if he keeps that up. People say our fullback line is our weakest, but when is the last time we had a good half forward line? Those Tipp half backs could murder our half forwards, who look physically not the strongest. In the modern game, if your half back line is winning ball and getting good supply into your forwards you have the game as good as won. Thats where I feel they'll clean us out - their forwards are only as good as the quality of ball thats played into them.

That is why i guess Waterford play this stupid short puck out to get the ball over their heads. While the short puck out and then the long one over the half backs heads is a way around of avoid them getting some sort of advantage, when it goes wrong as it often does, it can spell a lot of danger.