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IanVW

https://twitter.com/WaterfordGAA/status/1079860843649683456?s=19

PTH2009

IanVW wrote: »

https://twitter.com/WaterfordGAA/status/1079860843649683456?s=19

Hopefully he will be climbing the steps of the Hogan next August

Very good appointment, a natural born leader

Stacksofwacks

PTH2009 wrote: »

Hopefully he will be climbing the steps of the Hogan next August

Very good appointment, a natural born leader

He's got good chance as anyone, one of the most open championships that i can remember, Limerick came from nowhere last year so lets hope we can do the same!

Cake Man

Happy new year lads, here’s to a big year for Waterford GAA in 2019.

windy shepard henderson

happy new year lads , excellent appointment in terms of captain , a tough no nonsense defender that has been so consistent for ye over the years , with the new format no one could predict 2019 but best of luck along the way lads ....i am sure we will clash at some stage :pac:

Deskjockey

Mastermcgrath wrote: »

Haven’t heard from anyone else about that TDB rumour and I’ve asked people close to the setup and it’s news to them too. So don’t know where it’s coming from

Nice to see that particular bs rumour skewered by tdb being named as a joint vice captain of the team.

Happy new year lads... our year!!

thesaturdayman

Joint vice captains - by god

Jjjjjjjbarry

Are we playing Cork in Mallow tonight? Anyone going?
Be interesting to see the team and panel.

deiseach

I find it awfully sinister how TdeB managed to dangle the threat of leaving the panel over Pauric in order to gain the plum role of joint vice-captain. He's clearly not going to be able to make the tough decisions. Of course, some might say the rumour that Tadgh was walking away was ráiméis, but that would be ridiculous.

DLS2THECORE

Nolan, McNulty, S Fives, Connors, Henley, O’Brien, Moran, Brick, Barron, Foran, Kearney, O’Halloran, Ryan, Bennett, C Roche

Goalscorer

Seamus keating dropped off panel?? Anyone know the details

DiscoStew

Goalscorer wrote: »

Seamus keating dropped off panel?? Anyone know the details

Is there much detail to it? He was on the periphery of the panel the last few years getting minimal game time. The introduction of Harney and Henley into that sector was probably enough to push him out of the reckoning.
Always felt he had potential to push on but never materialised under Derek and not going to happen now either.

deiseach

Viz Top Tips

When you hear that someone has dropped off the Waterford panel, be sure to ask the person who told you about it for more information rather than saying nothing and directing your further questions to a bunch of online strangers.

F. Field
Dungarvan

IanVW

https://twitter.com/WaterfordGAA/status/1080414232183824391?s=19

Jjjjjjjbarry

Did Moran not retire? Was he convinced to stay on or did I imagine that he retired from inter county?

deisedude

IanVW wrote: »

https://twitter.com/WaterfordGAA/status/1080414232183824391?s=19

Be interested to see if they line out as named.

Brick at wing back, in particular, is intriguing

DiscoStew

Jjjjjjjbarry wrote: »

Did Moran not retire? Was he convinced to stay on or did I imagine that he retired from inter county?

Never retired.

PTH2009

Really thought they would of rested Moran, Brick etc

Cork have a strong out too

Won't make the game but hoping for a decent performance

DiscoStew

PTH2009 wrote: »

Really thought they would of rested Moran, Brick etc

Cork have a strong out too

Won't make the game but hoping for a decent performance

Rested? Everyone of them has had a fine long rest. Probably more to do with having some experience around the fellas who are getting a chance.

PTH2009

DiscoStew wrote: »

Rested? Everyone of them has had a fine long rest. Probably more to do with having some experience around the fellas who are getting a chance.

True

No matter where the venue we should beat Offaly but only last year they beat Dublin in Croke Park!!. Laois and Carlow should be wins too for us. Dublin and Galway will be the tests. Surprised were not playing Dublin in Croke Park as there playing Mayo in the football the same weekend on the Sat 23rd Feb, were in Parnell Park on the 24th Feb

carter10

Yet again Waterford name a team but not the subs. Unlike Cork who gave a full list of subs to the press for this game. Same bullsh#t as McGrath was doing.

KevIRL

Three points each after 8 mins

KevIRL

Waterford 0-8 cork 0-4 13 mins

KevIRL

0-10 to 0-5 20 mins

KevIRL

Cork goal

KevIRL

1-8 0-11. Half hour gone

KevIRL

1-11 0-12 HT

Mulbert

PTH2009, Do you find this worrying?

KevIRL

Brick goal

KevIRL

Waterford1-15 cork 1-12

IanVW

KevIRL wrote: »

Waterford1-15 cork 1-12

Any sweeper?

KevIRL

IanVW wrote: »

Any sweeper?

None

Jjjjjjjbarry

Buff Egan reporting from the game on Snapchat if anyone follows. Some goal by Brick and nice point by Tommy Ryan.

KevIRL

1-17 1-14 21 mins 2nd half

KevIRL

1-20 1-15. Seven mins left

KevIRL

Waterford 1-24 cork 1-18 result

Deisegodeo

result from Mallow, Cork 1-18 Waterford 1-24.

KevIRL

About 14 points for Stephen Bennett, tommy Ryan, Mikey Kearney, Jamie Barron and Kevin Moran got a couple each anyway. Brick with the goal

puzl

Always good for a new manager to start with a win, regardless of the stakes. Surprised to see Moran and brick named in the starting team this early in the season

DeiseDawg

puzl wrote: »

Always good for a new manager to start with a win, regardless of the stakes. Surprised to see Moran and brick named in the starting team this early in the season

Prob there for their experience to steady some younger lads.

PTH2009

Brick loves scoring goals against Cork

Good win and the Clare game Sunday will now be a shoot out for the final

For anyone at the game how did the team play tactically, anyone impress ?

PTH2009

https://www.the42.ie/waterford-cork-brick-walsh-mallow-hurling-4420023-Jan2019/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

puzl

"beginning his 17th season in white and blue"

Let's just take a minute to appreciate what an absolute legend we have in Brick.

Stacksofwacks

Yes I like that it maybe only preseason but it shows there's an intent to hit the ground running

thesultan

Anyone attend?

DiscoStew

Good standard of hurling last night. Big crowd there, around 2,300. Cork made 5 or 6 changes to their named team similar to the Clare game while Waterford lined out as selected more or less with Moran wing back, Brick midfield and O’Halloran wing forward.
Use of the ball was good throughout the field working short passes to find a man in space before hitting the inside line much of the time or picking a half forward dropping deep as the cork backs retreated to cover off the anticipated long ball. Mikey Kearney benefited from this on a few occasions and had a fine game overall.
No sign of any sweeper. Kevin Moran was very strong wing back, especially in the first half where he scored 2 huge points. Brick was brilliant on puckouts and breaks, often knocking it to the ground himself and then coming away from a scrum of bodies with it himself. He hurled more ball than I can remember him doing in a long time in the first half.
Nolan was generally very good, 1 or 2 puckouts went astray as he tried to pinpoint men on the sideline about 65 yards out but he made one good save also and was extremely solid under the dropping ball under pressure from Cork forwards. Shane Fives was solid full back, Coughlan hardly hurled a ball but bigger tests await his credentials there. I think shortly after coming on Conor Prunty slotted in to full back and Fives went corner but positions were hard to make out at that stage.
Jordan Henley was under pressure in the first half but grew into the game in the second. Mark O’Brien was good centre back despite 1 or 2 wayward passes. He’s not a commanding centre back by any means but he filled the centre well and supported teammates very well under puckouts and in general play.
Barron wasn’t on much ball in the first half but still scored a lovely point and he replicated this in the second half. He was more involved in the second half and won one free after working tremendously hard to fight off the attention of 4 cork defenders.
O’Halloran in general made good use of the ball in general but didn’t work the scoreboard. Kearney was involved in a lot of the play setting up and scoring himself, however he did hit a few wides also although there was dispute over one of those. Tommy Ryan was lively as ever in the corner winnng frees and making a nuisance of himself as well as working the scoreboard twice. One of these may have been a goal had Foran been more accurate in what was a fairly straightforward pass into Ryan. Foran tried gamely throughout, however he wasn’t as effective as he can be on winning puckouts and seemed to lose his balance on the only 2 chances he got to look at the posts and the opportunity was lost. Stephen Bennett had a fine game, deadly accurate from frees. I think one dropped short but none were put wide. He got 2 good scores from play in the first half also and his overall work rate was extremely encouraging. Colm Roche never really got into the game. Prunty, Midget, Austin, Jack Prendergast and Kieran Bennett were all introduced. Austin went in centre back but was sitting very deep to protect the lead it seemed at that stage. Prendergast got a nice point from play.

Overall an encouraging display with the likes of Tadhg, Shane Bennett, Patrick Curran, Darragh Fives, Pauric, Philip and Sok to add in to the mix yet too although bigger tests most certainly await.

deiseach

DiscoStew wrote: »

Big crowd there, around 2,300.

If Cork ever got their act together they'd be invincible.

ovalu

Nice to get the win but I'm surprised we went with such an experienced (old ) team. The 2018 final was on TV last night, Limerick had one outfield player over the age of 25, Galway the previous year weren't much older, I think that's the approach we need to take, and surely these are the games to be doing it. One thing that really stood out was the power and athleticism of the Limerick half forwards Kyle Hayes, Ger Hegarty and Tom Morrisey, so I'm surprised JP Lucey hasn't at least been looked at by the management, He was v impressive against Cork in the U21 last year, getting the better of Cork allstar Mark Coleman in what in hindsight was a very good Waterford performance. Even more so when it seems at least 2 of the other Waterford forwards that night Peter Hogan and Jack Prendergast have been called up, both well deserved but they are less physical and neither made the impression Lucey made that evening. Seamus Keating is another player in that mode but I read he is dropped this year. I hope we're not returning to the old waterford system where lads from junior clubs like Keating and Lucey need to be twice as good as lads from senior clubs to get a go, similarly TDB was prob overlooked for captaincy for a similar reason. (no disrespect to Noel Connors who is an absolute legend but I thought he might be under pressure for a starting place from some of the young bucks)

Mulbert

ovalu wrote: »

Nice to get the win but I'm surprised we went with such an experienced (old ) team. The 2018 final was on TV last night, Limerick had one outfield player over the age of 25, Galway the previous year weren't much older, I think that's the approach we need to take, and surely these are the games to be doing it. One thing that really stood out was the power and athleticism of the Limerick half forwards Kyle Hayes, Ger Hegarty and Tom Morrisey, so I'm surprised JP Lucey hasn't at least been looked at by the management, He was v impressive against Cork in the U21 last year, getting the better of Cork allstar Mark Coleman in what in hindsight was a very good Waterford performance. Even more so when it seems at least 2 of the other Waterford forwards that night Peter Hogan and Jack Prendergast have been called up, both well deserved but they are less physical and neither made the impression Lucey made that evening. Seamus Keating is another player in that mode but I read he is dropped this year. I hope we're not returning to the old waterford system where lads from junior clubs like Keating and Lucey need to be twice as good as lads from senior clubs to get a go, similarly TDB was prob overlooked for captaincy for a similar reason. (no disrespect to Noel Connors who is an absolute legend but I thought he might be under pressure for a starting place from some of the young bucks)

One game in and I'm already reading this sort of rubbish.

DiscoStew

ovalu wrote: »

Nice to get the win but I'm surprised we went with such an experienced (old ) team. The 2018 final was on TV last night, Limerick had one outfield player over the age of 25, Galway the previous year weren't much older, I think that's the approach we need to take, and surely these are the games to be doing it. One thing that really stood out was the power and athleticism of the Limerick half forwards Kyle Hayes, Ger Hegarty and Tom Morrisey, so I'm surprised JP Lucey hasn't at least been looked at by the management, He was v impressive against Cork in the U21 last year, getting the better of Cork allstar Mark Coleman in what in hindsight was a very good Waterford performance. Even more so when it seems at least 2 of the other Waterford forwards that night Peter Hogan and Jack Prendergast have been called up, both well deserved but they are less physical and neither made the impression Lucey made that evening. Seamus Keating is another player in that mode but I read he is dropped this year. I hope we're not returning to the old waterford system where lads from junior clubs like Keating and Lucey need to be twice as good as lads from senior clubs to get a go, similarly TDB was prob overlooked for captaincy for a similar reason. (no disrespect to Noel Connors who is an absolute legend but I thought he might be under pressure for a starting place from some of the young bucks)

Lucey was indeed decent that evening. He was also anonymous as Shamrocks were eliminated from the Western Intermediate (not junior) Championship by Ballysaggart, with Colm Roche the only attacker carrying the fight to Ballysaggart on that evening. Roche is a part of the senior panel so how you can claim Lucey isn’t involved due to the level his club play at I do not know. Peter Hogan is performing well for Ballygunner at present, is a young player and is worth a look for sure.
To suggest Tadhg was overlooked for captaincy due to being a junior club hurler is ludicrous in the extreme, not least as he is an intermediate club hurler and very nearly guided Clashmore to senior hurling this year.
Noel Connors has been a stalwart for Waterford for many a year now and is never shown up in championship despite regularly picking up the opposition danger man. Who do you envisage replacing Noel??