Waterford GAA Discussion Thread 2011-2012

Pleased to see Jamie Barron do so well too.

Psychedelic wrote: »

League table looks something like this (think I have the points difference right anyway):

Waterford 5
Tipperary 4
Cork 4
Kilkenny 4
Clare 4
Galway 3

Almost impossible to work the permutations out here but by my reckoning if we avoid a heavy defeat by Galway and the other two games dont end in draws, we'll avoid relegation and will finish at least 3rd.

HillFarmer wrote: »

Lads, I think Michael Ryan deserves a bit of credit for this season so far as well.

Don't know the man, but he clearly must be doing something right, glad to see us hurling well with such young lads starting and all the better to have a Waterford lad managing!

Funny listening to Tom Dempsey saying how Galway will beat us and we'll still end up in a relegation play off. These hurling analysts must get the shock of their lives anytime we win a match. Well done Mick Ryan, he's certainly proving a lot of people wrong, maybe some Sunday Ill open a newspaper and find someone actually predicting a Waterford win for a change.

Smiley Burnett wrote: »

any idea why Dungarvan's Shane Kearney isn't getting a run on the waterford team??? surely he's more than earned a shot at it, following his great senior hurling campaign last year???

Who would you have him on ahead of? Couldn't fault anybody from 2-9 over the last 4 games really.

WumBuster wrote: »

Funny listening to Tom Dempsey saying how Galway will beat us and we'll still end up in a relegation play off. These hurling analysts must get the shock of their lives anytime we win a match. Well done Mick Ryan, he's certainly proving a lot of people wrong, maybe some Sunday Ill open a newspaper and find someone actually predicting a Waterford win for a change.

Did he not say that Cork and Galway would be in the relegation final, thought that was what he said.

Tremendous win, our first against Tipp since 2008 so huge from that perspective. It was great to see the fight and effort the team put in. At half time, I reckoned we'd win it though I was a bit wary of Tipp's subs. We were poor though for a good 20 minutes in the second half, the ball going into the forwards wasn't great. To be fair to Iggy, he didn't make any big mistakes, kept a ball out from off the line and was very brave and won his free in the first half and was left the worst of it. I still think though that nobody can match the trajectory of Stephen O'Keeffe's puckouts.

Thought Brian O Halloran played well through out and was surprised to see him taken off, but funnily enough we had only started to get going around then. Paudi Mahony had a big impact coming off the bench, despite the two missed frees which was good to see. Shane O'Sullivan is playing really well, big addition who was sorely missed last year. The backs are playing out of their skin. 4 goals Tipp got last week, but none today and they never threatened. Brick has become my new hero, outshining Tony Browne and Ken McGrath these days (but I've a very short memory ). They'd want to get construction under way for the statue they're building of him in Waterford at this stage, he's well worth it. (THAT catch, you know the one I'm on about. Amazing. And about 20 more besides. Phenomenal.)

Seamus Prender gets through a heap of work and kept us competing up there. Have to say I thought Jamie Barron was very good. Was listening to Mac Dara on WLR on the way in saying we'd nobody with an eye for goal, well I'm sure he was watching that. Super finish, and a great point second half. He's great to get the hurley in as well and put defenders under pressure.

The biggest the thing for me is that the team has won 2 games and both of them have been without Shane Walsh, who would have been considered our main scoring threat when Mullane left. With this consideration, it's scandalous the lack of credit they're afforded. Tom Dempsey said that Clare were the form team from Munster (suggesting that their was a team not from Munster that are the form team at the moment, which is not true). F*ck off like, we clearly are. We're top of the table, out on our own, and the game we lost we were well in it for most of it, we could easily have beaten Cork too.

All in all delighted, finished it out so well. Well done lads, nothing beats beating Tipp in my eyes really!

Well a relegation play off isnt hugely unlikely as it first appeared, hope Tom Dempsey dosent prove me wrong!

Mountainlad wrote: »

Tom Dempsey said that Clare were the form team from Munster (suggesting that their was a team not from Munster that are the form team at the moment, which is not true).

I heard that aswell I remember thinking wat do we have to do to get some credit like... look at the league table. every other county has had an off day I think we have played consistently well even when beaten. I wouldnt be too worried about Tom Dempsey and the likes though Im quietly happy about being constantly written off that suits us traditionally.
I think the likes of Dempsey dosent appreciate that we have some seriously talented hurlers coming through. Just because we havent been winning all around at underage level dosent mean that we have some smashing lads there. Basically he dosent know his stuff.

As you said it was important to get a win over Tipp aswell weve a bad record against them in the last few years. I definetly think we'd have a lot less fear of them in a championship game now having won this game in this fashion.

Wasn't at the game just wondering what peoples views on the goalkeeping situation is after today?

seananigans wrote: »

Well from what i heard, if we did it to Lar, we can do it to the Joe show

not taking credit away from our backs performance but lar isnt near the same player he was 2/3 years ago. Joe is at a different level and a much different type of threat. Hes guaranteed 9/10 points a game at least and stopping him from scoring goals might be go a long way towards beating Galway