Waterford GAA Thread - Mod note post #1

listen mash those grapes into a bottle and let them sit in a dark room maybe they will be less sour as a wine, liam was the incumbent with the proven record, tipp changed the tune and paid the price, slim sheedy is a legend and will forever be a legend but as babs keating shows, going backwards isnt alway or ever a good idea , i will forever have respect for sheedy for 2010 but times move on, a mid life crisis wasnt the best for the county.

it's better to die a hero than live long enough to become a villian-babs keating

A good day for GAA.

As a Waterford man I would have been very disappointed if he took it; but could have understood it.

Jumping ship to a rival is very much unusual for top inter county teams but could have happened here.

Speaks volumes of the character of Cahill and Bevans.

I absolutely mean no offence but this is a blunder by Cahill of epic proportions. The absolute best of luck to Waterford for the next few years, to my eyes ye are lacking the two maybe three exceptional players needed to get an All Ireland, but if ye do, I'll be thrilled for ye. Few counties bring as much excitement and colour to the championship.

The crazy piece is the round robin next year will be lethal in Munster, talk about skin and hair flying!!!!!!! It'll be such a dogfight right through! Whatever two don't get through will be so disappointed and other than Limerick it could be any two of the other four. The draw and home advantage for the key matches will be huge.

On Liam Cahill, if Waterford fail to get out of Munster next year his decision won't look so rosy, equally if Tipp fail to get out, he'll be a very unpopular man in Tipp. On Liam Sheedy getting the Tipp job in 2019, what else were the Co board going to do? A proven winner, a proven motivator, Liam Cahill's stock is much higher now than it was then. He's done a really good job with ye, and with Tipp, Kilkenny and Galway heading into rebuilds Waterford will be the standard bearers to carry the fight to Limerick for the next couple of years.

where to start ,cahill has a proven record of bringing younger talent through,so that's bollocks we need 2 or 3 he will find them, minor and u21 performed well lacking in tactics but the skills are there.

based on this years results we are second best in ireland so surely at least second best in munster.

on liam cahill,he showed loyalty because he was shown loyalty ,dress up the tipp cobos decision all you want , they wouldnt trust him waterford would, why would he go to tipp? he would need to retire a heap ,and likely have no success for 2 or 3 years if he lasted, who wants that? look at our own scully ryan ,he picked up the post davy pieces and was villified after liam, i would have him back tomorrow.

What did he say that was unprofessional? The guy's entitled to be disappointed the same way Waterford are entitled to be happy. He seemed a bit stunned alright but I didn't see any personal attacks on anyone except maybe Tipperary Co Board for allowing it to happen.

The Round robin championship has not been happy hunting ground for us. No doubt Cahill and Beavens are up for the challenge. Touch wood nezt year will be a proper season with no covid restrictions on fixtures etc with Cahill getting a proper pre season with the panel. Hard to see Kevin Moran and Shane Fives staying on but you never know

Looking forward to 2022 already

What a vote of confidence in Waterford and the players from Cahill and Bevans, disaster for Tipp though(not too worried about them!). Most people from outside would have assumed once the Tipp approach was confirmed that it was a done deal, this confirms Waterford as Limerick's closest challengers for the next few years anyway.

I don’t think we can underestimate what a massive shot in the arm this is for hurling in the county in general. Liam clearly has massive belief in this group, and also mentioned in one interview I think after the Galway game how impressed he was with the talent from our u20 and minor teams this year, and no doubt has a vision of bringing some of those fellahs through aswell. One thing is for sure we will never get a better chance over the next few years of bridging the gap and win an all Ireland. And maybe we might not get there because of another outstanding once in a generation team stands in our way, but at least we’ll know it wasn’t for the want of trying and having the best possible guy we could have at the wheel.

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How did Ballyduff lower get such a hammering in the intermediate?

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Yep all gone very quite on that front, it should almost be done if it stayed to original plans/schedule but covid hit. Funding may be another issue

Looking like we will be back to end April/May for the championship round robin games next year. Unless Walsh Park is done in stages starting this October/November it's going to be interesting what happens. Fraher Field could maybe host our League games but no way could it host a Senior Hurling intercounty Championship game. Thurles and PUC to host our 'home' games, hope to god it won't be in Limerick

Would not surprise me if the Walsh Park redevelopment is put off til after summer 2022

Any word that SOK will make himself available next year?

I hope Cahill and Bevans got some guarantees from the county board that development work in Walsh Park will be delayed until after the round robin series in 2022 and completed before 2023.

he won’t be long regretting his decision if we find ourselves being forced to play home games in Gaelic Grounds again like the **** farce that was allowed to happen in 2018