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

JeffKenna

Tickets for the two away games are up on tickets.ie now.

Mastermcgrath

Jjjjjjjbarry wrote: »

Maurice was in stunning form for Lismore a couple of weeks back and he definitely has the hunger in his legs for half forward based on that performance. I get the feeling he has deceptive speed as he seems to go on mazy runs with good ability to shield the ball as his awareness of danger around him has improved over the years. Maybe that's covering for pace.

I'm surprised to see Philip Mahony's position questioned as he has along with Noel Connors been one of our most reliable and consistent defenders over the years. I agree that he doesn't dominate games in the way Gleeson might but he usually gets the better of the man he is marking.

Prunty was full back in the Munster League Game v Clare, and in the national league against Offaly, Laois and Dublin (until injured) and I think will be our full back for the year once injury free.

For Aussie, I think he will be wing forward for the year. In a perfect world, he's our centre back but hasn't secured a position there this year. What he's capable of doing is different to what he's currently doing and for me, he's wing forward this year and hopefully wins himself an all star by leading our attack.

Agree on Philip Mahony. He’s the kind of player you would only realise how much he brings when he’s not there. He’s a vital cog in the half backline in terms of presence, aggression and does so much spade work. He’s never going to be the one fetching balls out of the sky and delivering cross field passes to the forwards from 50/60 yards. We’ve plenty other lads can do that.

But a very experienced campaigner and understands and executes his role brilliantly. A shoe-in for me

KevIRL

Clare 1-3 Waterford 0-3 HT in Minor football championship

KevIRL

Waterford 2-7 Clare 1-9 FT. Came back from 6 points down at one stage

PTH2009

KevIRL wrote: »

Waterford 2-7 Clare 1-9 FT. Came back from 6 points down at one stage

Great result but sadly miss out on a place in the final due too scoring difference

2 wins from 3 is very good and the squad and management should be proud of themselves

KevIRL

PTH2009 wrote: »

Great result but sadly miss out on a place in the final due too scoring difference

2 wins from 3 is very good and the squad and management should be proud of themselves

Win and a draw, no?

PTH2009

KevIRL wrote: »

Win and a draw, no?

My bad thought we beat Limerick

Anyway great campaign after a bad beating in the first game. Tipp who hammered us only drew with Limerick too

PTH2009

Season ticket emails sent out

Adults €15 (€5 discount included)Juveniles €5

Waterford v Clare - Sunday May 12th, Walsh Park.

Season Ticket holders will be seated in the Stand with Unreserved Seating in operation.Season Ticket holders must present their Season Ticket card for scanning.No charge for Season Ticket Holders."Bring a Friend" option not available

Tipperary v Waterford - Sunday May 19th, Semple Stadium.

Ardan O Coinneain, ReservedSeating, E-ticketsPay & Play applies.Opt Out available until 23:59 on Tues May 14th"Bring a Friend" now available until 23:59 on Sun May 5th or until stocks last.

Waterford v Limerick - Sunday June 2nd, Walsh Park.

Season Ticket holders will be seated in the Stand with Unreserved Seating in operation.Season Ticket holders must present their Season Ticket card for scanning.Pay & Play applies.Opt Out available until 23:59 on Tues May 28th."Bring a Friend" option not available.

Cork v Waterford - Saturday June 8th, Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

North Stand. Reserved Seating, E-Tickets.Pay & Play applies.Opt Out Available until 23:59 on Tues June 4th"Bring a Friend" option now available until 23:59 on Sun May 5th or until stocks last.

E-Tickets:

For the Reserved Seating fixtures listed above, you will be required to download an E-ticket and present this for scanning at the venue.

Your E-ticket(s) will be added to your account by 3pm on Wednesday prior to each fixture.E-tickets can then be downloaded and printed onto an A4 sheet or they can be downloaded to a smartphone and then scanned directly from the phone's screen at the turnstiles.E-tickets must be downloaded in advance of a fixture as there will not be a facility in place to print tickets at the various venues.

​For the Unreserved fixtures Season Ticket holders will be required to present their Season Ticket card for scanning at the venue.

Relhcstirt

TheScoringGoal wrote: »

Mastermcgrath wrote: »

On a serious note, Wasnt there counties banned and/or fined for not adhering to 'April for clubs' last year? What exactly is the story with it?

On the GAA hour podcast it was mentioned that this year counties can get permission from Croke Park to go on foreign training camps although I haven't seen it anywhere else.

Last year Wexford players paid for their trips out of their own pockets and were refunded the money by the county board in order to blur any audit trail. Perhaps this isn't necessary though this year.

Was speaking with one of the player's yesterday. You can apply to the GAA to go on a training camp once it's 3 weeks or less before your first championship match.

PTH2009

Walsh Park ticket question

with all season ticket holders in Waterford and Clare/Limerick getting 'tickets' too the games through gaining addmisson with there cards. Is it possible too many might show up and not be allowed in as they might go over capacity ???. Would having an invitation system for ST holders where you would have too accept if you want too attend the game/s and get a print at home ticket so the games. If you dont accept those tickets would go back into the pool for clubs

Its going to be an electric atmosphere

mountgomery burns

PTH2009 wrote: »

Walsh Park ticket question

with all season ticket holders in Waterford and Clare/Limerick getting 'tickets' too the games through gaining addmisson with there cards. Is it possible too many might show up and not be allowed in as they might go over capacity ???. Would having an invitation system for ST holders where you would have too accept if you want too attend the game/s and get a print at home ticket so the games. If you dont accept those tickets would go back into the pool for clubs

Its going to be an electric atmosphere

No, theyll only release as many tickets to clubs at capacity minus the number of season tickets issued for both counties. Realistically nearly all season ticket holders will turn up anyway.

KevIRL

Club allocation for Clare match

Senior - 4 stand plus 35 terrace
Intermediate/Junior - 4 Stand plus 30 terrace

Jjjjjjjbarry

It's going to be a great day. I hope the players aren't put off by the occasion and really put on a show!! Clare fans will be loud and we need to be louder!!! This is Walsh Park

Mulbert

KevIRL wrote: »

Club allocation for Clare match

Senior - 4 stand plus 35 terrace
Intermediate/Junior - 4 Stand plus 30 terrace

Where did u get those figures from? Thats the minimum each club gets?

KevIRL

Mulbert wrote: »

Where did u get those figures from? Thats the minimum each club gets?

Colligan GAA club FB page

DiscoStew

Mulbert wrote: »

Where did u get those figures from? Thats the minimum each club gets?

That’s the revised maximum, not minimum.

IanVW

https://twitter.com/tomasmcc/status/1122090722008666112?s=19

PTH2009

IanVW wrote: »

https://twitter.com/tomasmcc/status/1122090722008666112?s=19

Cant wait

Will they start redevelopment this summer and have it done for Championship 2020 ??

puzl

It's looking great in fairness

Deisegodeo

The pitch is looking in super condition in fairness. There are other works going on too, there was concrete being poured during the week, some general improvements to have the ground ready for championship.

Can't wait for the home games...

Road-Hog

Pitch looks good alright. Have my fears about the Clare match. Despite the easy league win we could be in for a torrid time like they gave us last year in ennis. Shane o’donnell Could beat us on his own......apparently he is hitting top form in training and has ferocious hunger to Regin the form he had back in 2013.........him along with Duggan , kelly etc and we could well be ‘torn a new one’ even if we have gone advantage...:(

killbillvol2

Road-Hog wrote: »

Pitch looks good alright. Have my fears about the Clare match. Despite the easy league win we could be in for a torrid time like they gave us last year in ennis. Shane o’donnell Could beat us on his own......apparently he is hitting top form in training and has ferocious hunger to Regin the form he had back in 2013.........him along with Duggan , kelly etc and we could well be ‘torn a new one’ even if we have gone advantage...:(

Is that you PTH2009?

PTH2009

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Is that you PTH2009?

No but I have the same worry tbh. Munster is so unpredictable. A win would be fantastic.

Only 2 weeks away cant wait time has flown

Deisegodeo

I was listening to Anthony Daly on wlr on Friday evening discussing the upcoming game in Walsh park and his previous experiences of the ground, etc. He told a story about clarecastle being due to play Ballygunner at the venue in the late 90s but the game was called off because of the weather, and it was refixed for thurles the following weekend.

I don't remember this myself, but it seems very odd to me that a team that has home advantage would lose that advantage due to something like weather, anyone on here know any more about this? I've been thinking about it since and I can't recall either this situation, or indeed a similar scenario where a team was denied home advantage in such a manner. Seems very unfair to me. I do know Ballygunner lost the game by a narrow margin

Mulbert

Road-Hog wrote: »

Pitch looks good alright. Have my fears about the Clare match. Despite the easy league win we could be in for a torrid time like they gave us last year in ennis. Shane o’donnell Could beat us on his own......apparently he is hitting top form in training and has ferocious hunger to Regin the form he had back in 2013.........him along with Duggan , kelly etc and we could well be ‘torn a new one’ even if we have gone advantage...:(

There are far better players on that Clare team to be worrying about that O'Donnell. Conlan for one.

BloodyBill

Mulbert wrote: »

There are far better players on that Clare team to be worrying about that O'Donnell. Conlan for one.

O Donnell is one of the best most consistent forwards in the game. He could have easily been an All Star last year. The guy always delivers..he holds up ball, scores,always a goal threat. Hed be on my best 15 hurlers over the last 5 years every single time.

deisedude

BloodyBill wrote: »

Mulbert wrote: »

There are far better players on that Clare team to be worrying about that O'Donnell. Conlan for one.

O Donnell is one of the best most consistent forwards in the game. He could have easily been an All Star last year. The guy always delivers..he holds up ball, scores,always a goal threat. Hed be on my best 15 hurlers over the last 5 years every single time.

That's just ridiculous

PTH2009

I wonder how they will deal with the people standing at the back and sitting on the steps in the stand for the games

Surely H&S hazards for Championship games

Cake Man

The Clare game won't be at all easy but it is surely our most winnable game and one in which I think we simply have to win if we have any hope of getting out of Munster. If we were to lose it, it would be difficult to see us go on to beat Tipp (away), Limerick and Cork (away). Realistically, we'd have to win at least two of those.


It's uncertain what game after Clare would be the next most "winnable". Possibly Tipp but that's purely due to them potentially being a bit all over the place lately and Thurles being as good as a home ground for us as it is for them. I'm sure the lads will also use last years phantom goal debacle as motivation too. How we do here could depend on how the first game goes in terms of result and injury/suspension list.


Limerick at home will be another huge test, they'll likely be the best team we face but we at least have home advantage and will be keen to get one over on them for the league final. At the least, we'd be hoping to show we've learned from the mistakes of that game and make I a much closer contest.


Win that first game and it would put us in a position where possibly one other win would likely be enough to progress. Munster really is a minefield and anyone could really beat anyone on the day.


Clare will be without Conor Cleary (suspended) and I read recently Colm Galvin has picked up an injury in training so he'd be a loss if that is the case. Tony Kelly is an excellent player but like Aussie, has a tendency to drift in and out of games.


Really can't wait for it to start.

914

PTH2009 wrote: »

I wonder how they will deal with the people standing at the back and sitting on the steps in the stand for the games

Surely H&S hazards for Championship games

The stewrads will tell them that they can't stand there due to health and safety and will need to sit in a seat. Simple really

cul beag

Darragh broke down again in training apparently. You have to wonder and just for his own well-being would he be better to walk away? He has had zero luck with injuries over the years. Such a shame as he is a class act. Hamstring again.

BloodyBill

Cake Man wrote: »

The Clare game won't be at all easy but it is surely our most winnable game and one in which I think we simply have to win if we have any hope of getting out of Munster. If we were to lose it, it would be difficult to see us go on to beat Tipp (away), Limerick and Cork (away). Realistically, we'd have to win at least two of those.


It's uncertain what game after Clare would be the next most "winnable". Possibly Tipp but that's purely due to them potentially being a bit all over the place lately and Thurles being as good as a home ground for us as it is for them. I'm sure the lads will also use last years phantom goal debacle as motivation too. How we do here could depend on how the first game goes in terms of result and injury/suspension list.


Limerick at home will be another huge test, they'll likely be the best team we face but we at least have home advantage and will be keen to get one over on them for the league final. At the least, we'd be hoping to show we've learned from the mistakes of that game and make I a much closer contest.


Win that first game and it would put us in a position where possibly one other win would likely be enough to progress. Munster really is a minefield and anyone could really beat anyone on the day.


Clare will be without Conor Cleary (suspended) and I read recently Colm Galvin has picked up an injury in training so he'd be a loss if that is the case. Tony Kelly is an excellent player but like Aussie, has a tendency to drift in and out of games.


Really can't wait for it to start.

If Colm Galvin is out Waterford will win. Galvin is Clares most important player. They really need him for his passing and mopping up. The guy is an amazing player and makes Clare tick. I think Waterford have gotten the worst draw possible with Clare. Clare can be relentless when the moons align and are the type of team that Waterford dont match up well with. Should be a good contest but I see Clare starting well and leading all the way through.

Deise_2012

The time leading up to the championship is where teams tend to keep to themselves so that puts the rumour mill in full swing. I’d take everything I read with a pinch of salt lads

mountgomery burns

BloodyBill wrote: »

If Colm Galvin is out Waterford will win. Galvin is Clares most important player. They really need him for his passing and mopping up. The guy is an amazing player and makes Clare tick. I think Waterford have gotten the worst draw possible with Clare. Clare can be relentless when the moons align and are the type of team that Waterford dont match up well with. Should be a good contest but I see Clare starting well and leading all the way through.

What do you mean worst possible draw? As in Clare will definitely win so we'd be better off having them away and a better chance against Cork or Tipp?

Barring last year, there's not much evidence Waterford don't match up well with Clare. And we should be in a much better place this year regarding confidence, hopefully not losing 4 of our backs in the first half (as well as being down 3 others who started the AI final from the off), and with home advantage. If we can keep 15 men on the field as well, would expect us to at the very least to be right in it at the finish.

Deisegodeo

The senior hurlers open training session at Walsh park for tomorrow night has been cancelled, public won't be allowed in. Not sure reason for late cancellation but definitely cancelled.

Deise_2012

Ahead of Waterford’s opening Munster hurling tie against Clare on 12 May, Fanning is optimistic about their injury situation.

“There was about 15 of them out at one stage. We have one or two tweaks that some lads have that may or may not get over the line. But in the overall context I think everyone is back.

“Shane Fives is back, Darragh (Fives) still has a little bit of an injury at the moment. Conor Gleeson is very close. But again we’ve just got to gauge. This week will tell a lot for us. They’re only coming back from the club games now.

“So we’re only really getting back into the full swing, two weeks out from the championship.”

PTH2009

Clare have there own injury worries too with Ian Galvin, Jamie Shanahan and Conor McGrath have all been ruled out

Relhcstirt

Deise_2012 wrote: »

Ahead of Waterford’s opening Munster hurling tie against Clare on 12 May, Fanning is optimistic about their injury situation.

“There was about 15 of them out at one stage. We have one or two tweaks that some lads have that may or may not get over the line. But in the overall context I think everyone is back.

“Shane Fives is back, Darragh (Fives) still has a little bit of an injury at the moment. Conor Gleeson is very close. But again we’ve just got to gauge. This week will tell a lot for us. They’re only coming back from the club games now.

“So we’re only really getting back into the full swing, two weeks out from the championship.”

Only getting back. Sure weren't they in Portugal last week!!

carter10

Relhcstirt wrote: »

Only getting back. Sure weren't they in Portugal last week!!

ahem, they were sight seeing:)

Cake Man

Relhcstirt wrote: »

Only getting back. Sure weren't they in Portugal last week!!

Looks like they were
https://m.imgur.com/LCq03FY

deise08

Rte hurling games..
Looks like just the cork game is missing.

KevIRL

deise08 wrote: »

Rte hurling games..
Looks like just the cork game is missing.

Cork game on Sky

puzl

all 4 games televised is really fantastic for those who can't travel to matches.

BloodyBill

puzl wrote: »

all 4 games televised is really fantastic for those who can't travel to matches.

More like fantastic for those who 'wont' travel for matches. It makes for a fantastic 2019 if the support does come out. Its sad when the 2 counties that need the most support ie Clare and Waterford have the least support. And I say that in the knowledge that the other 3 counties have much bigher populations. Let's get out and support especially for the away matches where its needed most.

puzl

But still fantastic for those who *can't* travel.

deiseach

I asked the club lotto lad about the ticket sit-chu tonight, just outta interest, you know. They had 38 applications...

Really?! Now that you mention it...

...looking for 150 tickets.

Oh. Right you are.

Deisefacts

deiseach wrote: »

I asked the club lotto lad about the ticket sit-chu tonight, just outta interest, you know. They had 38 applications...

Really?! Now that you mention it...

...looking for 150 tickets.

Oh. Right you are.

If the senior clubs get 5 stand tickets and the intermediate/junior clubs get that means Waterford clubs will get anywhere from 200 to 250 stand tickets. Am I right in saying that? How many those the stand in Walsh park hold? Is it 3,750 for the match. Am I getting these figures right?

DiscoStew

Deisefacts wrote: »

If the senior clubs get 5 stand tickets and the intermediate/junior clubs get that means Waterford clubs will get anywhere from 200 to 250 stand tickets. Am I right in saying that? How many those the stand in Walsh park hold? Is it 3,750 for the match. Am I getting these figures right?

Ya it doesn’t add up to me either. 4 stand tickets x 50 Clubs is 200. Say 4 tickets per panel / management / backroom team if we put that at 60 which is probably overstating it would be 240. Waterford season ticket holders amount to circa 700 so we have accounted for roughly 1150 stand tickets. I presume Club Déise officers, sponsors, board members etc have access to a fair amount, let’s call that another 300 for arguments sake.. that still only leaves us around 1500 stand tickets. I’m presuming Clare season ticket holders are in the terrace and not the stand.
Am I missing something very obvious or how are the figures so low for the stand? I took the stand capacity to be between 3,000 and 3,500.

DiscoStew

deiseach wrote: »

I asked the club lotto lad about the ticket sit-chu tonight, just outta interest, you know. They had 38 applications...

Really?! Now that you mention it...

...looking for 150 tickets.

Oh. Right you are.

From the talk around clubs around me the demand hasn’t been particularly high thus far. Would be hugely disappointing if the fans don’t turn up to take advantage of the home games. Especially after all the moaning on social media about last years “home” games.

PTH2009

DiscoStew wrote: »

Ya it doesn’t add up to me either. 4 stand tickets x 50 Clubs is 200. Say 4 tickets per panel / management / backroom team if we put that at 60 which is probably overstating it would be 240. Waterford season ticket holders amount to circa 700 so we have accounted for roughly 1150 stand tickets. I presume Club Déise officers, sponsors, board members etc have access to a fair amount, let’s call that another 300 for arguments sake.. that still only leaves us around 1500 stand tickets. I’m presuming Clare season ticket holders are in the terrace and not the stand.
Am I missing something very obvious or how are the figures so low for the stand? I took the stand capacity to be between 3,000 and 3,500.

Do the players and backroom staff have too pay for the tickets or are they complimentary ???. Same with sponsors and board members