Waterford GAA Thread - Mod note post #1

Goals were great but we need to keep focus now

Some bad mistakes from both sides

Congrats Waterford. By far the better team.

well done waterford great win , plenty of all irelands knocking around the county at different age groups and club level now , this team wont be far away from the big one this year i imagine

prunty is probably the best full back in the country , Bennett is playing super hurling too that daly lad looks good too in midfield forwards are serious aussie could struggle to get his place back ,9 goals in two league games is some going , liam cahill doing a superb job

We smashed them !! Enjoy night . Tomorrow we reset and go for bigger things

Just back from Thurles. Was that good or what. Expected a lot more from Cork but in hindsight, they probable beat a very average Kilkenny team in the semi final. Time for Waterford to drive on.

Before the match, saw some of the non match day squad (in Waterford gear) leaving the Anner Hotel ; Jamie looked in good shape !

Decent

Delighted lads, solid performance and took the most of the goal chances. Great to bridge the silverware gap too. Aussie, Barron and Hogan still to come back. Bring on Tipp in two weeks.

Delighted with the result and very good performance. Next Tipp now ,- looking forward to it now. What a difference Cahill has made to this team and the lift it is given the county.

Also great to be playing an attacking brand of hurling mixed with a great defence.

Really proud of this team!!!

agreed, marking Dessie out of the game just gave more space to Stephen, with our numbers where they are,any team against us is like a sinking ship with 11 holes in it, but you only have 10 fingers

Great to watch this team playing hurling like it should be played

One thing for sure, cahill won’t be sitting back admiring himself, he’ll have everyone tuned in for Tipp in Walsh Park in 2 weeks already. That is a MUST win game for us if we are to progress out of Munster, given we have to go down to face Limerick in the Gaelic grounds 6 days later. Take our eye off the ball here and championship could be over before we know it.

Great win last night and well done to the team. The two goals in a minute made the difference and after that, Cork became unsure of what to do and we pushed on from there. They started doing a lot of 5 yards passes that were going nowhere and handling errors. Up to that point, they had Horgan isolated in front of goals which was causing problems, especially with the sun in their eyes. Once we got the gap, they kept ticking over points and Cork didn't seem to know whether to chase the game or not. Bennett's goals show that we can do the tight passing or the direct ball up the field. I thought Daly was very impressive.

A huge change in performance since i saw them against Dublin, like two difference teams and way more polished in their stickwork and passing. Nice to get on the pitch too, very good of all those kids to charge on at the end. I'd say Dessie and Stephen must have been there until 10 last night signing anything that was given to them and photos too. Fair play to them and the Cork players for staying out and doing that, lovely to see and wish I'd brought a marker!

This was the team in 2015.

Aussie, Tadhg, Dunford, Paudie Mahony and Stephen Bennett the 5 who will get a second medal. (Hopefully Jamie Barron will be back soon!)

Waterford

1. Stephen O’Keeffe (Ballygunner)

4. Noel Connors (Passage)

3. Barry Coughlan (Ballygunner)

2. Shane Fives (Tourin)

6. Austin Gleeson (Mount Sion)

5. Tadhg De Burca (Clashmore Kinsalebeg)

7. Philip Mahony (Ballygunner)

8. Jamie Barron (Fourmilewater)

10. Kevin Moran (De La Salle)

15. Colin Dunford (Colligan)

11. Pauric Mahony (Ballygunner)

14. Michael Walsh (Stradbally)

12. Jake Dillon (De La Salle)

21. Maurice Shanahan (Lismore)

22. Stephen Bennett (Ballysaggart)

Subs

13. Brian O’Halloran (Clashmore-Kinsalebeg) for Dunford (58)

9. Tom Devine (Modeligo) for Bennett (60)

23. Shane O’Sullivan (Ballygunner) for Dillon (66)

18. Martin O’Neill (Mount Sion) for Gleeson (69)

19. Gavin O’Brien (Roanmore) for Barron (71)

Thank god for the season ticket

What’s the story with tickets going on public sale? Last time we played home games in Walsh park they ended up not actually being 100% sold out, which was a surprise.