Waterford GAA Discussion Thread 2011-2012

mccarthy37

Best of luck to the minors this evening. Its drying up so it should be a good game.

ManFromCheese

could somebody post updates later if they could, im the other side of the country and its a balls wlr dont have it live. im expecting a big performance this evening.

Mountainlad

ManFromCheese wrote: »

could somebody post updates later if they could, im the other side of the country and its a balls wlr dont have it live. im expecting a big performance this evening.

Waterford GAA twitter have it, you don't even need a twitter account to follow them.

cleaboy boy

All the best to the lads tonight, let's do ourselves justice with a performance to be proud of. Up the Deise!!!!!

KevIRL

7 or half 7 tonight folks?

suitcasepink

KevIRL wrote: »

7 or half 7 tonight folks?

7pm!

ManFromCheese

Mountainlad wrote: »

Waterford GAA twitter have it, you don't even need a twitter account to follow them.

never thought of that, sound!

KevIRL

Grand evening for it and a nice crowd building. Best of luck to the lads

deisefolife

Waterford 0-3 Patk Curran free
Tipperary 0-1

just got that off twitter

deisefolife

Waterford 0-6 Curran free
Tipperary 0-5. O Riordan

after 11 minutes

deisefolife

7 points to 5 now in our favor

KevIRL

1-10 to 0-9 tipp ahead and have scored the last 1-5

KevIRL

Waterford wonder goal with last puck of half 1-10 to 1-9

seananigans

Mountainlad wrote: »

Waterford GAA twitter have it, you don't even need a twitter account to follow them.

https://twitter.com/WaterfordGAA

Deise_2012

who got the goal?

deisefolife

was our goal dis aloud ???

on twitter its saying we have 11 points to 1-12

Deise_2012

it's 1-12 to 1-10, tipp winning

deisefolife

they have updated it now

deisefolife

all even now 1-12 each

C'mon the deise

Deise_2012

level now

deisefolife

tipp got another goal

deisefolife

2-16 to 1-15 in favor of tipp

deisefolife

2-17 to 1-15

c'mon lads

deisefolife

Waterford 1-15
Tipperary 2-18
Full time hard luck lads

Waterford will face Clare in in Minor Semi Final in Walsh Park on Wednesday night next 17th April at 7pm

seananigans

deisefolife wrote: »

Waterford 1-15
Tipperary 2-18
Full time hard luck lads

Waterford will face Clare in in Minor Semi Final in Walsh Park on Wednesday night next 17th April at 7pm

Someone explain the minor structure to me, they lose and re in a semi ?

Deise_2012

same in 2009, they lost the 1st round to clare, ended up playing them again in the semi final

premierstone

seananigans wrote: »

Someone explain the minor structure to me, they lose and re in a semi ?

Deise_2012 wrote: »

same in 2009, they lost the 1st round to clare, ended up playing them again in the semi final

Its not a semi its a playoff and the winners play Cork in the semi (effectively its a QF) Tipp face Limerick in the other semi in thurles.

robopaddy

Hard luck lads decent showing hope we can bounce back and beat the banner next week and keep us hurling into the summer.

deisefolife

they seem to have died out in the last quarter of the game..

tipp seemed to be in full control, i think the second goal killed us off

Mountainlad

deisefolife wrote: »

they seem to have died out in the last quarter of the game..

tipp seemed to be in full control, i think the second goal killed us off

It's a lot better than last year at least, and the game should do them a lot of good. At home to Clare as well in the next one so it's not all bad. And Stephen Bennett got gametime too so not so bad.

KevIRL

Disappointing really. We played all the hurling in the first half and still almost went in 4 points down, only for the goal right on the interval. Gave away some soft scores when leading 0-9 to 0-5, when the chance was there to kick on. Second half was real tit for tat stuff until a we conceeded a frankly stupid goal. From then on it was a scramble for Waterford and Tipp just had to tag on the odd point to keep themselves ticking over.

What a player Patrick Curran is though, gave an absolute masterclass in the first 20 mins or so. Once critisim I'd have though is he needs to be more aware of others around him and play the pass from time to time. A bunch of Tipp younglads behind me couldnt stop raving about him from before the game and all throughout.

Lets hope they can get it together and put a full performance together against Clare next week, would be an awful shame for this bunch of young lads to be finished for the season before the end of April

robopaddy

Is the Dungarvan CBS Final on this weekend?

That will be 4 huge games in 10 days for the lads involved in waterford, colleges and cbs panels. dosent make much sense really in a way its no harm to see the combined team breaking up its a rididulous amount of games for these younglads

deisefolife

robopaddy wrote: »

Is the Dungarvan CBS Final on this weekend?

That will be 4 huge games in 10 days for the lads involved in waterford, colleges and cbs panels. dosent make much sense really in a way its no harm to see the combined team breaking up its a rididulous amount of games for these younglads[/QUOTE

i think that game was on today not 100% sure on that, but the cbs did play a game today and lost by 4 points :-(

robopaddy

deisefolife wrote: »

robopaddy wrote: »

Is the Dungarvan CBS Final on this weekend?

That will be 4 huge games in 10 days for the lads involved in waterford, colleges and cbs panels. dosent make much sense really in a way its no harm to see the combined team breaking up its a rididulous amount of games for these younglads[/QUOTE

i think that game was on today not 100% sure on that, but the cbs did play a game today and lost by 4 points :-(

no definetly wasn't it sure there were 3 or 4 CBS lads on the minor team tonight almost certain tis on the weekend their playing a school from Antrim

ManFromCheese

tipp full forward got 2-9, how much of that was from play? i know he got a goal from pen and a few frees. was the full back cleaned?

premierstone

ManFromCheese wrote: »

tipp full forward got 2-9, how much of that was from play? i know he got a goal from pen and a few frees. was the full back cleaned?

He got 1-2 from play

abbeysideFB4L

premierstone wrote: »

He got 1-2 from play

Id never criticise players at this age, but personally i think michael cronin should have been somewhere in the full back line or some of the other Dungarvan colleges full back line playing, they were very solid all year

premierstone

abbeysideFB4L wrote: »

Id never criticise players at this age, but personally i think michael cronin should have been somewhere in the full back line or some of the other Dungarvan colleges full back line playing, they were very solid all year

Keane is a fair operator in fairness when on form, he got player of the tournament in the Tony Forristal a few years back and is a big fella.

robopaddy

abbeysideFB4L wrote: »

Id never criticise players at this age, but personally i think michael cronin should have been somewhere in the full back line or some of the other Dungarvan colleges full back line playing, they were very solid all year

Id say there will be changes the next day. Not criticison any lad but i felt before the game that dome of the lads on the bench should be in the team and tonite hasnt changed that. Surely stephen bennett will be fit enough to start the next night aswell

abbeysideFB4L

premierstone wrote: »

Keane is a fair operator in fairness when on form, he got player of the tournament in the Tony Forristal a few years back and is a big fella.

Yeah i suppose you make a point, some players on there day are hard to stop! so who does everybody think the stand outs were today?

Deise_2012

Brian looby is as good as any full back i've seen at minor level, played very well u21 last year also for abbeyside, very disappointed him, michael cronin and kealan looby haven't even made the bench! Cristy breathnach and Conor gleeson should be in from the start in my opinion!

ManFromCheese

how did austin gleeson hurl?

Cake Man

Hard luck to the lads, it was always going to be very tough against a Tipp team regarded by a lot to win this years AI. From reading reports here, it seems we were in it all the way through but that second Tipp goal knocked the stuffing out of us.
Still though, another home game v Clare up next week so no time to think about this loss. There are some decent players on that team and it would be an awful pity if their summer was over before the summer even started if that makes sense.

noiniho

How did Stephen Bennett do when he cameon? listening to the updates on WLR last night, the commentator said that he looked obviously hampered by injury when coming on... shame to see a young guy like that going under the knife for an injury, I dont know much about the seriousness of that particular injury but I hope it doesnt affect him too much in the coming years.
Hopefully he is back for the Clare game anyway...

It is great that we are coming more consistently competitive at minor year on year

deisefolife

how good is there clare minor team. compared to the minors of the past few years ??

they got 2-15 ( i think ) against cork last night..

cork minors seem to be going okay

deisefolife

Cork 3-15
Clare 2-14

In a gripping Munster MHC quarter-final at Pairc Ui Rinn, Cork fought off a Clare comeback thanks to the scoring heroics of Pa O'Callaghan.

It was the home side who made a dream start with 2-2 on the board in the first seven minutes. Trevor Horgan and Kevin O'Neill pointed before Pa O'Callaghan blasted home a penalty. The Banner were then rocked as Anthony Spillane fired home a second major almost straight away.

Clare were in trouble and needed to get a footing in the match and just at the crucial time Bobby Duggan goaled. Touhy and Galvin points followed and when Downey and Duggan also scored, the Banner had hit 1-4 without reply to trail by just a point.

Pa O'Callaghan gave Cork some breathing space with a point but Clare then won a penalty which Duggan converted, and all of a sudden an eight point deficit was now a one point lead.

The visitors were totally dominant at this point and further scores from Duggan and Begley saw them push the advantage out to three. Mark O'Connor and Galvin swapped scores to leave the half time score 2-8 to 2-5 in favour of the Banner, who had outscored Cork by 2-8 to 0-3 for the final 25 minutes of the half in front of 1,692 paying spectators.

Cork started the second half just as in the first with O'Callaghan pointing and then following up with a goal to give his side the advantage, 3-6 to 2-8. Clare responded with two points but Peter Kelleher hit two great scores for the Rebels as the lead changed hands once more.

Duggan leveled the game before the sides swapped points before the crucial moment of the game arrived as Clare were awarded a penalty but missed, with just over ten minutes left on the clock.

The prolific O'Callaghan again put the home side one up, 3-11 to 2-13. We waited for another Clare equaliser but instead Cork went for the kill with two quick points to lead by a goal with four minutes remaining.

The Banner threw everything at the Rebels but Spillane had the final say with a point as Cork marched on.

deisefolife

i just took that off the hoganstand.

both teams are going really well

Horseboxhead

I think at a time when waterford underage hurling is very much on a par or even better in most cases than most of our major rivals , we than have to take the next step and organise ourselves off the field, in terms of getting the most out of what we have, picking the correct panel of players , and then knowing enough about them , to at the very least put the players in their correct positions and putting the best players on the field.
I would have absolutly no bother in playing that tipp team again and i would be very confident in beating them if the above happened, for example in the first half last night we were being bet up on a stick in the middle of the field , because we had two guys out in the middle of the field that should not have been there, one because he is a wing back, and a very good wing back, and we then had in the stand, a better midfielder than what was there, which was proved when cormac curran came onto the field with about 15/12 min to go and won four possesions in a row on that side of the field.We did not have the best minor goalkeeper in the county in goal [maybe their is a reason for this], in terms of shotstopping and puckout,[goalkeeper looked shaky and had poor puck out], seemed to have no communication with his full back, second goal a case a prime example, He might be a good keeper but i was sitting in front of a clonea man, and he was telling all in sundry he couln't ever remember him playing in goal, I also agree with an above post re dungarvan schools full back line, How looby did not make it full back i do not know, i thought two corner backs did ok, some silly fouls but tipp were playing the corners wonderfully based on their dominence at midfield. Half back line for Waterford, Harney great bit of stuff, could play anywhere and will do well, but why put him wing back when we were crying out for his ballwinning ability on the 40 or in midfield?.Gleeson has the ability to be a Waterford great, But has he the temperment?, last night for a period he looked majestic[Tipp centre forward was no slouch either, got one great point from puckout], Then espically in the second half he dropped his performence level,Fair enough he got a nasty blow prior to half time, and whilst he did some nice things again, he gave away soft frees, tried silly things that a greater level of maturity would not allow, and became an individual in a team game, Maybe this is as a result of the blow, or frustration from the performence around him, and anytime i have seen him , i have always been impressed, so maybe it is a thing of nothing, Daly is too slow for wing back end of, he is a centre back only, looked really sluggish, nice hurler and has good agression, but too slow.Midfield we were bet there all night untill curren came on , tom devine looked oddly out of sorts, and well out of position, Can someone who Knows better , Tell me where young o brien of ferrybank usually playes?, he is not a midfielder ,Looks a tidy hurler lacks a bit of agression, but i would not say he is not good enough yet, just at this stage curren is better.Half forwards Adam farrell i Just don't get it, have seen him alot now, and he tends to drift in and out of games too much, he does not dominate the air, his touch is good, not great, and he lacks physicality, where is his natural position?, I think he would be better facing the ball, as he has good pace and seems brave enough, roche centre forward ?????, I still have no opinion, he can hurl he can win ball in the air, he is no slouch, he is brave, but he did not do enough.I think youngest of the bennets is good, thought he espically came into the game in the second half, when he dropped deeper, got a great point, and has a great workrate, full forward line did not get enough ball or enough qualtiy ball, yet always looked dangerous, P curran quality, class won dirty ball, won ball fizzed in front of him, could have got at least two goals, not to compare him with anyone, but he is very flynn like at this age, but his workrate is better, sometimes needs to make his decisions a little sooner but that will come, young foran i thought he did well with no ball,and what a goal from kearney who looked dangerous but was starved.
Subs Gleeson got one great score but was not really in it, C curran brought a bite and a ballwinning to midfield we lacked all night, and S Bennet looked really unfit, and will not be fit anytime soon.
I stick by if we played our best team in their best positions then we have a very good, Possibly great minor side, However i lack confidence in the Manager and selectors based on last night to do that, they could not even as the game was going on make decisions to affect the game take young kearney from the corner after 15 of first half drop him at midfield and leave room inside for other two, he also would have helped out with the abundance of breaking ball tipp were winning out there at their ease[They took o brien of ferry bank off], I just thought he was over run, also how many times did we see espically for the waterford puck out, the tipp half forward line out in the middle of the field, full forward for tipp splitting our centre back and full back but sticking there puck out short and high tipp winning it and driving forward with no one having a clue who was picking up who, we looked clueless.We Have a very good side here and wed night is huge for underage hurling in waterford alot of senior hurlers will come from this side , Harney, Devine Cormac curran Stephen Bennet,Shane Bennet Austin Gleeson???, Patrick curran , Would be shame to see it done so early, get organised Waterford.

DeiseX

O' Brien of Ferrybank typically plays wing-forward on the Intermediate club team.

courty08

I think Brian Looby dropped himself off the panel for the Leaving Cert.