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mountgomery burns wrote: »

Backdoor, like 2017.

6 teams that don't make the provincial finals go into a draw, two teams get a bye and await the winners of the other 4 teams for a place in quarters.

That’s a much better system for ya than the round robin In general. I feel like we’ve a much better chance Rather than the 4 games in 5 weeks which has been a disaster for us

BloodyBill wrote: »

It's a better system for Counties with poor panels. Clare would have a poor panel but a good 15 to 18. Clare are well behind Limerick but could beat them on the day. Unfortunately Clare generally give Tipperary way too much respect whereas Limerick lay into them. Tipp never like it up them. Clare havent hopped off Tipp in years..bring back Colin Lynch. Even the win against them 2 years ago was jammy. Anyway roll on the league final. Please God let it be on in Cork then Limerick supporters will know they ll outnumber Clare 5 to 1 instead of the usual 3 to 1

We’d be in that category of not having massive strength in depth In our panel. This year is a massive opportunity to get into the latter stages of the championship as we know the odds are stacked against us on the league format.

I see the Waterford GAA site has been updated and it's a lot easier to browse fixtures. Much improved.

So senior hurling starts next weekend. I have club+ so very disappointed at not being able to attend but understandable obviously. Hopefully there will be some way to stream games.

Any news on streaming of the games, technologically handy enough get the show on the road you would think?

Bring ladders with yee.

Great news. Looking forward to watching the Gunners v Tallow with a few bottles on Friday! Hope the service works well.

deisedude wrote: »

The games are starting on Friday and the link for Live Streaming on their website doesn't work and there is nothing on their social media about live streaming yet

P1ss poor from the county board when you see how well Clare, Mayo, Wexford and Kerry are advertising their streaming services

Go handy Deisedude, have your €5 ready to watch the games

https://www.waterfordgaa.ie/content_page/10064818/

Link for streaming club championship

Anybody else find the stream a little choppy with frames? Not a deal breaker but just a bit annoying.

spideyman92 wrote: »

Anybody else find the stream a little choppy with frames? Not a deal breaker but just a bit annoying.

Mine was perfect to be fair. Gunners just in a different league to Tallow, bringing on players like Mikey Mahony, Conor Power & Harley Barnes, they’re just on a different level in terms of strength in depth

Christy Browne wrote: »

A fairly poor game to start off with. Tallow looked woeful, hard to blame them but Ballygunner just on a different level. Hopefully Ballysaggart give DLS a better go of it tomorrow. Thought the stream was fine, frame rate a little choppy but only hiccuped a couple of times for me.

twill be an interesting game to see Ballysaggart's 1st game senior and see if DLS are progressing hopefully to give BG a run for their money

PTH2009 wrote: »

Ballygunner Intermediates beaten 3-16-2-16 by Ballyduff Lower in the Eastern Championship

Are both Intermediate championships straight knockout ?

No ballygunner now play dunhill

Fourmilewater surprised me with the quality of their performance. They had some new players (to me, anyway) who showed up well – a couple of Walshes and the young Ryan lad who gave an exhibition of free-taking and could play a bit too.

However, it was really the Barron show with Jamie hitting six and Tom three points. I was a little surprised to see Tom positioned at corner forward, but Jamie kept targetting him and when he did get possession he was unstoppable. Waterford fans – and Liam Cahill – will have been encouraged to see Tom, Dessie Hutchinson and Jack Fagan all showing up well over the weekend.

Shane McNulty gave an exhibition for De La Salle. His extended spell in the county first team has really boosted his confidence. Young Reuben O’Halloran looked a prospect at corner forward for DLS, especially in the first half. DLS are physically stronger than Ballygunner and could cause them trouble if they can bring that advantage to bear.

Clonea probably should have beaten Mount Sion but had some terrible misses just after they equalised. Billy Power had a nightmare game on that front. Clonea have some big strong players but with most of them also playing football they will probably never be a hurling force. Jason Gleeson had some impressive moments for them.

Martin F O’Neill was also impressive for Mount Sion – big, quick and skillful. The return of the other Martin O’Neill is a big boost for them. And they did close out the game expertly with Midget Roche again displaying his great ball skills.

Only one of the four games at the weekend went down to the wire, while two of them were very lop-sided. This reflects the big gap between the small number of better teams and the rest in the county. This contrasts with the situation in Clare, Galway and Cork where the club championships are much more competitive. There was a good article on this in the Examiner last week. Not that it seems to matter much in terms of who wins the provincial and All-Ireland club championships or which are the best county teams.

Giveitfong wrote: »

Fourmilewater surprised me with the quality of their performance. They had some new players (to me, anyway) who showed up well – a couple of Walshes and the young Ryan lad who gave an exhibition of free-taking and could play a bit too.

However, it was really the Barron show with Jamie hitting six and Tom three points. I was a little surprised to see Tom positioned at corner forward, but Jamie kept targetting him and when he did get possession he was unstoppable. Waterford fans – and Liam Cahill – will have been encouraged to see Tom, Dessie Hutchinson and Jack Fagan all showing up well over the weekend.

Shane McNulty gave an exhibition for De La Salle. His extended spell in the county first team has really boosted his confidence. Young Reuben O’Halloran looked a prospect at corner forward for DLS, especially in the first half. DLS are physically stronger than Ballygunner and could cause them trouble if they can bring that advantage to bear.

Clonea probably should have beaten Mount Sion but had some terrible misses just after they equalised. Billy Power had a nightmare game on that front. Clonea have some big strong players but with most of them also playing football they will probably never be a hurling force. Jason Gleeson had some impressive moments for them.

Martin F O’Neill was also impressive for Mount Sion – big, quick and skillful. The return of the other Martin O’Neill is a big boost for them. And they did close out the game expertly with Midget Roche again displaying his great ball skills.

Only one of the four games at the weekend went down to the wire, while two of them were very lop-sided. This reflects the big gap between the small number of better teams and the rest in the county. This contrasts with the situation in Clare, Galway and Cork where the club championships are much more competitive. There was a good article on this in the Examiner last week. Not that it seems to matter much in terms of who wins the provincial and All-Ireland club championships or which are the best county teams.

Any too be said for third grade a premier intermediate