Waterford GAA thread - mod warning post #1 and #51

mountgomery burns

Deise_2012 wrote: »

Aw lad, you could have streamed the game for free on tg4 player. If you download hola and change your current country to Ireland, load up the tg4 website then you’re sorted. That’s what I’m doing today

Tried that myself and all I'm getting is a basketball game from 2014!

Deise_2012

KevIRL wrote: »

Very poor stuff. Second to almost every ball and some terrible passing.a lot of very audible giving out among the players too. Blessed to be only two down

Who's got the biggest mouth?

debok

Great second half. Good battling

mountgomery burns

Some character in these lads.

puzl

Callum lyons, despite a couple of nervous mistakes, has been outstanding. The young guys in general really stood up today when it counted. After a woeful start I thought we were in deep trouble to be honest.

JeffKenna

Good stuff!

PTH2009

****ing hell how did we win that

Great too get a final in Croke Park

Next Sunday 2pm Croke park. Mayo vs Kerry in football after

Itssoeasy

Waterford vs limerick then ? That could easily be the Munster final this year. Fair play to Waterford for the fight back to win. The mess of last year seems to be gone and Waterford look like they might have a say in things this year.

seananigans

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Waterford vs limerick then ? That could easily be the Munster final this year. Fair play to Waterford for the fight back to win. The mess of last year seems to be gone and Waterford look like they might have a say in things this year.

am i right in saying we haven't met limerick in croke park since '07 ? am i also right in saying we haven't won a trophy there since '59?

If you ever need motivation,thats it

Speckydodge

The subs were great again today.

Motivator

seananigans wrote: »

am i right in saying we haven't met limerick in croke park since '07 ? am i also right in saying we haven't won a trophy there since '59?

If you ever need motivation,thats it

Well we haven’t played Limerick in the All Ireland series since ‘07 so you’re correct.

Confidence must be sky high in the panel now, beating Galway twice in the space of a couple of weeks is fair going no matter what time of the season it is. When the chips are down Waterford aren’t shying away.

Itssoeasy

seananigans wrote: »

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Waterford vs limerick then ? That could easily be the Munster final this year. Fair play to Waterford for the fight back to win. The mess of last year seems to be gone and Waterford look like they might have a say in things this year.

am i right in saying we haven't met limerick in croke park since '07 ? am i also right in saying we haven't won a trophy there since '59?

If you ever need motivation,thats it

No idea. As a cork person I’m not happy about Waterford being back in the mix. I think cork gaa supporters were hoping they wouldn’t be. Well it’s the last all Ireland Waterford won so probably.

alta stare

Good to see Waterford bully teams instead of being bullied. Their skill level is top class aswell. Even If they dont win the league the fact they beat Galway twice and got to the final will be good for their mentality and confidence going forward.

mickmackmcgoo

Such a strange match . At nothing in the first half . Nothing went right for the full forward line. That referee isn't good enough to do inter county. I thought Kearney was shafted by the linesman. Jack was excellent when he came on and should have started, dunford has had enough chances over many years and is just not up too it. Jamie Barron immense again today

Dick phelan

What's very encouraging is the fight the lads are showing. Both days against Galway things looked very bad for them at stages of both games, they managed to turn both games around. Against Clare you'd forget given the massive winning margin they were down at HT. True elements played a major factor but still seems the lads really perform in the final stages of games. Bodes well for the season ahead.

Deise_2012

Strange one with Dunford. I thought Jack and Colm Roche were very good last week and were unlucky not to start the match today. I guess this was giving a chance to see how Dunford would play but unfortunately he didn’t pass the test. Mannion had it all his own way in the first half at midfield.

chinguetti

Great victory today when they were so off the pace at times in the first half. The goal which was a gift, kept them in it at half time. Worked their way back into it in the second half but Galway went to pieces after the sending off and Waterford upped it. The shoulder by Moran on Canning was a 'none shall pass' moment.

Great that the final is in Croker next week, no harm to get as many games in there.

KevIRL

Winning playing badly is a good thing. Hanging in when behind and then pressign home an advantage when the chance presents is what the likes of KK have always done over the years. Positives was the fight shown, 9 different players scored, Jamie Barron excellent, Callum Lyons likewise, jack prendergast and Peter Barron great impacts. Moran great too.

Negatives. Dunford v poor, full forwards not clicking, Austin not at the races, tdb distribution awful. First half the whole team v slow to the ball, and passing really poor too. Players shouting at each other and seemed to be some general confusion

Kearney lucky not to get a straight red I thought

KevIRL

Forgot positive - soky saves. Wow

DiscoStew

KevIRL wrote: »

Winning playing badly is a good thing. Hanging in when behind and then pressign home an advantage when the chance presents is what the likes of KK have always done over the years. Positives was the fight shown, 9 different players scored, Jamie Barron excellent, Callum Lyons likewise, jack prendergast and Peter Barron great impacts. Moran great too.

Negatives. Dunford v poor, full forwards not clicking, Austin not at the races, tdb distribution awful. First half the whole team v slow to the ball, and passing really poor too. Players shouting at each other and seemed to be some general confusion

Kearney lucky not to get a straight red I thought

My view was slightly obscured of the incident but what I thought happened was Kearney and Harte tussled for a ball in the air after a free had been given in our back line. It seemed like Harte struck Kearney in some manner, not sure of the exact nature, and Kearney ripped the hurl out of his hands and threw it away. Maybe the throwing of the hurl is a yellow I don’t know, but it certainly wasn’t done without reason was my view of it. Harte went a long way out of his way to find Kearney after full time and seemed like he was offering some sort of an apology or explanation.
Perhaps I missed something to say you felt Kearney could have seen a straight red??

Jjjjjjjbarry

Great win!! Delighted to be heading to Croker next weekend for a national final!!

We started so poor again, we need to sort that. Galway were on fire though. Great to see us work our way back into it. We really didn't play well in the first half though and were lucky not to be 8 points down by half time through some great SOK saves and what looked like a very soft goal.

Great to see Jack Prendergast prove he is a consistent hurler. He's after doing enough for me now and I think we should fit him in the first 15. Find of the year by Fanning along with Calum. I don't understand why Fanning is persisting with Dunford at midfield though. I don't think it suits him there.

Great to Hogan come on and catch a high ball and drive it over and what about Tommy Ryan's superb second half point.

Having looked at all the positives, we really have so much to improve on. The Bennetts were quiet enough, we missed loads of frees too, TDB turned the ball over with silly passes and wasn't his usual self, Aussie was in and out and despite all that, we still won.

Alpha Centauri

Callum Lyons has been the find of the league.

PTH2009

sadly Dj Foran didnt do well for the short time he was on. Could of got a goal that would of tied up the game with a few mins too spare but just missed the pass

A lot of whinning about Croke Park been the venue on twitter etc but what can ya do. Great too have a game there thats really not do or die and we deserve it. Limerick will be very tough and well up for the game.

Meeting our GAA cousins in Mayo next week too:D

Odyssey 2005

Was written on another thread but I'll say it again.
"That was the shoulder of the year".
Canning still doesn't know what hit him.

Fred C Dobbs

mickmackmcgoo wrote: »

Such a strange match . At nothing in the first half . Nothing went right for the full forward line. That referee isn't good enough to do inter county. I thought Kearney was shafted by the linesman. Jack was excellent when he came on and should have started, dunford has had enough chances over many years and is just not up too it. Jamie Barron immense again today

Agree fully on your points.

That linesman (Horgan, who else ).

Great atmosphere in last 20 minutes .... Galway lads near me were shi**ing themselves, even with the extra man.

Limerick a different kettle of fish but Waterford will be relishing the challenge.

TheScoringGoal

https://twitter.com/i/status/1109899521163698176

Hopefully this is viewable? It seems that this is what has twitter alight. I see it being a free out, no more. There's no force in it

DeiseDawg

TheScoringGoal wrote: »

https://twitter.com/i/status/1109899521163698176

Hopefully this is viewable? It seems that this is what has twitter alight. I see it being a free out, no more. There's no force in it[/quote

Anyone on here know why Bennett changed the sliotar before he scored goal. Official seemed to be examing it later.

Jjjjjjjbarry

TheScoringGoal wrote: »

Hopefully this is viewable? It seems that this is what has twitter alight. I see it being a free out, no more. There's no force in it

Nothing to see there only weak hands clutching for out of reach straws.

upthedeise16

TheScoringGoal wrote: »

https://twitter.com/i/status/1109899521163698176

Hopefully this is viewable? It seems that this is what has twitter alight. I see it being a free out, no more. There's no force in it

Did he even make contact when he went down? Aussie gets a good score, it’s blown up as the best ever, similarly he makes a tackle or contact with a player and it’s blown up. He can’t do anything without being scrutinized

Deise189

DeiseDawg wrote: »

TheScoringGoal wrote: »

https://twitter.com/i/status/1109899521163698176

Hopefully this is viewable? It seems that this is what has twitter alight. I see it being a free out, no more. There's no force in it[/quote

Anyone on here know why Bennett changed the sliotar before he scored goal. Official seemed to be examing it later.[/quote

For nearly every Galway free in the first half, they changed the sliothar, Bennett then changed it back for every free he took. It was getting farcical at the end of the first half didn’t notice it in the 2nd maybe the ref had a word with them.

Only reason I can think of is that both teams use different brands of sliothar and wanted to use there own preferred one? I always thought that if teams didn’t agree on brand of sliothar then the sliothar could only be changed for puc outs. Open to correction on this though as I’m not 100% sure

Happyilylost

upthedeise16 wrote:

Did he even make contact when he went down? Aussie gets a good score, it’s blown up as the best ever, similarly he makes a tackle or contact with a player and it’s blown up. He can’t do anything without being scrutinized

I don't think it was Gleeson that injured him but I mean why do it at all? Nobody pushed him into him. Which means he intentionally put his knees into the lad on the ground. Why? That kind of ****e will cost a team eventually.

I see sheep

Happyilylost wrote: »

I don't think it was Gleeson that injured him but I mean why do it at all? Nobody pushed him into him. Which means he intentionally put his knees into the lad on the ground. Why? That kind of ****e will cost a team eventually.

Gleeson is still sore about missing the '17 All Ireland

cul beag

Great win when you think we didn’t hurl for nearly 40 mins. Backs to the wall though and we showed great character.
Socky 2 brilliant saves he’s fearless in those positions,
Callum Lyons is maturing every week and was superb today.
Barron was simply majestic
Paudie Mahoney stood up when required,
Stephen Bennett worked his socks off even when everything wasn’t going his way.
Big contributions from Jack Prendergast and Peter Hogan and personally think they should start next Sunday.
We’re heading to Croker somehow, we all didn’t fire today but isn’t it someway to go into a final? Underdog tag suits us.
Congratulations to the management also for getting the fans united behind a hurling team trying to play positively.
Good support roles too from McNulty and Phillip Mahoney.

DeiseX

I see sheep wrote: »

Gleeson is still sore about missing the '17 All Ireland

Austin Gleeson played in that final!! It was Conor Gleeson who missed the final because of suspension!

Hammer Archer

Mod: A reminder to read the first post of the thread, specifically regarding abuse of players.

I see sheep

DeiseX wrote: »

Austin Gleeson played in that final!! It was Conor Gleeson who missed the final because of suspension!

He did? Didn't notice

He's a god player in fairness, maybe I'm being a bit harsh .. just seems to have a dirty streak in him

Jjjjjjjbarry

Isn’t it great to see Paudie Mahony back involved from play. I’m a massive Tommy Ryan fan but maybe Hogan’s work rate and relationship with Mahony might swing it in his favour. No actually I still think Tommy is the man for the summer sod!

celt262

Joe who ?

carter10

As i predicted 2 weeks ago, the first thing Gleeson does thats even slightly dogdy gets a huge amount of attention whereas Cannings sly slap of the hurl into Gleesons balls in Walsh park is ignored.

carter10

I see sheep wrote: »

He did? Didn't notice

He's a god player in fairness, maybe I'm being a bit harsh .. just seems to have a dirty streak in him

No more so that Canning, just he's not the GAAs Golden boy and doesn't get away with the sly pulls and digs

Mastermcgrath

All this moral outrage nowadays at any slight nudge in the back here or flick of a boot there. Back in the 70s, 80s and 90s when men were men, there was no social media or video coverage and not a word spoken about the level of belting and flaking that went on, it was just part of the game.

There's not enough competitive edge to hurling nowadays, all the top players from opposing teams know each other well and many are friends from all star tours/ promotional events/Fitzgibbon etc, players almost have too much respect for each other. When there is a slight mishap its scrutinized for weeks on social media afterwards and lads are vilified. Most of the time its a spur of the moment stuff with no intent to injure anyone else. Gkleeson left a knee in for a split second amongst a ruck, he is prone to a rush of blood to the head we know but I definitely didn't see a blatant assault or anything of the sort, he shouldnt be subjected to the level of abuse he is getting.

For balance I also thought there was a lot made out of the Clare lads actions the week prior aswell. Nothing wrong with a bit of bite in a game.

patsyrockem

TheScoringGoal wrote: »

https://twitter.com/i/status/1109899521163698176

Hopefully this is viewable? It seems that this is what has twitter alight. I see it being a free out, no more. There's no force in it

Anyone remember Aussies soccer style tackle up that same wing in front of the stand, Galway player was blessed to get away without a serious injury?? Not what you would expect from an ex double player of the year. ##rolemodel

puzl

Nice to see the same people who lined up last week to complain about the shot to the stones on Stephen Bennet are out again today. What, what was that we heard last week? Crickets? Colour me unsurprised.

Gardner

Canning's injury it seems was his groin. nothing to do with the shoulder at all! shock horror!!

deiseach

Concern trolls gotta concern troll.

KevIRL

puzl wrote: »

Nice to see the same people who lined up last week to complain about the shot to the stones on Stephen Bennet are out again today. What, what was that we heard last week? Crickets? Colour me unsurprised.

Shane Bennett

Sorry to be pedantic.

Deiseen

I dont think Austin did anything too bad but he has definitely been lucky not to be sent off in many games, including this one.

He could have easily got a second yellow for dropping his knees into the chest of that Galway player. There was no force in it but it was intentional and he could have been gone for it.

I fear we will lose him one day in a big game due to his antics.

JeffKenna

puzl wrote: »

Nice to see the same people who lined up last week to complain about the shot to the stones on Stephen Bennet are out again today. What, what was that we heard last week? Crickets? Colour me unsurprised.

I've watched the Gleeson thing back a few times and perhaps I'm blind but I can't see his knee making contact at all.

KevIRL

Bigger concern was Austin's performance yesterday, really wasnt in the game, pity given the strong display v Clare.

Looking ahead to next week one would have to be concerned about it being a 4th big game in consecutive weekends for us. Galway-Clare-Galway-Limerick, we were very flat at the start of the game yesterday and you'd wonder was that the sequence of games playing its part. It would have to be accepted that Limerick are likely to be fresher given their sequence in the same timeframe of Laois-No Game-Dublin-Waterford

whiteandblue

KevIRL wrote: »

Bigger concern was Austin's performance yesterday, really wasnt in the game, pity given the strong display v Clare.

Looking ahead to next week one would have to be concerned about it being a 4th big game in consecutive weekends for us. Galway-Clare-Galway-Limerick, we were very flat at the start of the game yesterday and you'd wonder was that the sequence of games playing its part. It would have to be accepted that Limerick are likely to be fresher given their sequence in the same timeframe of Laois-No Game-Dublin-Waterford

Didn't really think of his and it was an issue for all teams in the Munster and Leinster championships last year, hopefully they live off the adrenalin and momentum gained over these last weeks.