Waterford FC Thread

Weak performance tonight. They've really looked a bit jaded the last couple of matches and Bircham will have a job picking up this team to have them ready for the play off.

So does anyone know when the play off will be and where?

Disappointing evening but in reality we knew harps weren't going to slip up at home to longford, so nothing unexpected really. It will be a nervy night next Friday against ucd in inchicore, we need a big performance from the team, very concerning the tired look of the team though.

I know I've been harping on about Whelan for ages, but he scored a free kick and had an assist last night. Have to do a job on him to stop UCD.

UCD, as a team full of students, typically get bullied whenever the get promoted to the Premier. A few Waterford lads need a win to keep their livelihoods, so it might boil down to who wants it more. Hopefully it's a dirty night in Inchicore and Waterford get stuck into them.

There was a brief chat here in September about the owner trying to encourage a bit of home support. Some posters were a little overenthusiastic about the level of attendances which were realistic, but the average attendance over the last 5-6 games was around 2,170. That's only a small sample but it'd be very good in comparison to recent years, so hopefully they can maintain it. The owner probably deserves some credit for that too, he seems to have given a lot of tickets to children. I think attendances across the league are up generally also which is great to see.

If we can peak again on Friday we won't be beaten.. Simple as that.. But we'll have to turn up full stop.. Hopefully the big away support will carry us over the line #BLUES 💙

The whole county, not just the city.. needs a Waterford team in the Premier division.. Massive support for the Blues in the West of the county.. Dungarvan in particular.. Loads travelling to the games week in week out

Support for the Blues goes beyond the county. Plenty supporters in South Kilkenny too.

The club that keeps on giving. New owner, same mayhem. What or who is the common denominator?

Not according to Waterford

https://twitter.com/WaterfordFCie/status/1463063207975731200

Is Mitchell Cowling still the club Chairman? He doesn't appear to have said anything in public since his appointment.

Haven't seen or heard anything to the contrary so assuming he's still there in the background.

I certainly wouldn't assume defeat. While it's obviously far from ideal that they will have a caretaker manager instead of their regular one, it's still a 90 minute match, 11 against 11. The sacking seems to be crazy though. It all seems to have come out of a disagreement in a phone conversation between Forrest and Bircham. There can hardly have been any thought or strategy put into it. It's no way to run any business let alone a football club.

It depends....

if the core issue was between Bircham and the Players, that the club needed to sort out before the playoff, then we may see an improvement in performance. (Personally don't agree with much of this player power, but whens it's the majority of the squad Vs 1 manager, there is normally only one easy solution, regards of were the blame lies)

On the other hand, if there were no issues between player and manager and they were united in the fight, then it may have a negative impact on performance, as club management took one of the "team" out.

One thing has has bugged me is the bench last Friday night, it was a match that potentially could have kept us up with a win yet we had 2 keepers and 2 outfield players, it was an absolute joke setup.

I know there was loads of suspensions and a few injuries but why in the hell wasn't it filled up with youth players?

3 injuries in the game and we're looking at playing out a crucial game with a keeper as an outfield player, that's absolute pubs league. What actually made Bricham do this baffles me.

Yeah I saw something the academy put up hitting back at Bircham I presume.

No matter what his rules, to leave yourself short in the squad like that is very unprofessional, it could have cost them that night.

Rumours about a covid issue down there as well, there must be a mountain of dirty politics involved with this sacking.

Never better off in that graveyard division.. No one will be told publicly what happened.. Although I the fans deserve a proper explanation.. Not the piss poor statements we got today .. Whatever the reasons, it was bad business by the club for all this to happen the week of the most important game in over a decade by the Blues in my opinion.. All we can do is travel up in massive numbers again on Friday and cheer on The Blues 💙⚽