Waterford GAA Thread - Mod note post #1

No. I'm living in Wexford and a member of a club down here. I just put down my hometown club in Waterford for the season ticket.

I see the Saturday slot gone off TG4 schedule now. They must have been holding out hope for a late change too.

League attendance not counted anymore

You can opt out of only '1 Championship game' and qualify for an All Ireland Ticket (if we get there)

The Munster Championship games vs Limerick (H) and vs Cork (A) are included. Round 3 Vs Clare (H) will be the first match were charged for (normally appears a few weeks beforehand)

All E Tickets

Things on the up

Was floodlights ever discussed for Walsh Park in the redevelopment ??

Isn't the same for non sporting events ??

Be some €€€ maker for the county board too get a few concerts up there

Maybe if we get the holy grail in the next 2 years. Really all hopes are on that timeline

Well Eoin Kelly is the right man to prepare him. Although it's 21 years ago, Kelly had to learn quick to cope with the physical demands of intercounty hurling which at that were the ability to take hits & look after yourself, rather than have the muscle, speed & physique, yet even in 2022/23, as an 18/19 year old, no doubt being able to take hits & look after yourself is still important & Fitzgerald seems to be learning quick as he has been improving his performances all season.

Kelly was even more hyped back in 2001 than Fitzgerald having been a 3 year minor, played intercounty senior as a minor (named as sub goalie & brought on outfield in an All-Ireland 1/4 final against Galway in 2000), been a star at St Kierans & at club level yet he dealt with it to win an All-Ireland in his first year & an All-Star & had a fantastic career who seemed to break Waterford hearts every time he played against them!

If Fitzgerald has half the impact Kelly had over the next 10 years, it's a success for Waterford & I'm glad Kelly is in the camp to guide him!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZvhCKR7_mY

Tell me you’re from the east of the county without telling me you’re from the east of the county 😂

Cork & Kerry. Galway usually play 1 football league game a year in Tuam, few of Ulster counties move league football games around too Donegal, Derry & Monaghan.

Derek McGrath talking beans again. The guys is shockingly bad. As a pundit he's normally wrong. He backed against Limerick in 3 out of their 4 all ireland wins. Yet here he is again , same old broken record.

The Flood lights for Waksh Park. I thought it would be a given. It's 2022. Both Thomond Park and The Gaelic Grounds have floodlights in residential areas. It's no big deal , the lights are very focused. It's insane that residents would block that

I'd fancy Ballygunner by five tomorrow..Shane Sullivan on the radio saying he loves the challenge of the best players. Roaring in Tony Kelly's face when winning a free after getting his arse handed to him..

My TG4 schedule has two slots, one per game. I'll be recording it so but will be in Croke Park to see it live. Should be a cracking match.

I also hope to catch the start and finish of the World Cup on a screen in one of the bars in Croker.

Certainly don’t disagree on a lot of your points but just on the Waterford Rising part - it’s literally mentioned at every county board meeting. The Win a House Draw for example is a big fundraising effort that has been undertaken by a group that was formed as a result of the Waterford Rising document. I would also say that work has started on changing things up at underage level. As well as Joxer going in with the minors you have other management teams being shaken up a little within Déise Óg.

Getting more GDO’s should be a priority too. The current ones are stretched thin & some you could argue aren’t up to scratch at all.

I've always wondered about the impact of the recession 10 years ago on demographics in Waterford. Waterford as a county had upwards of 15% unemployment rate circa 2011 and did not have a knowledge based economy to keep young professionals in the county. Allied with small county population and one of it's largest population centres in Tramore having very little interest per capita in hurling and you have a very shallow pool of potential administrators. Anecdotally everyone I know of who's mad passionate about Waterford hurling and could actually do a job in such a role; doesn't live in Waterford anymore.

There was an article about 2015 that compared Galway to Waterford over the previous 30 years. 30 years ago both towns were equal all things considered but Galway had an explosion of investment over the following 30 years. What the authors theory was that this coincided with the founding of Macnas and the creation of a vibrant culturaly scene in Galway. This made the city more attractive to live in and was a main reason in attracting all the biomedical device companies. In comparison Waterford has had a chequered reputation outside of the county as long as I've been alive. Things are looking brighter though; people are finally finding out that Waterford has great beaches, the Comeraghs, comparatively good weather and great transport links. You'd hope that this would lead to more investment, and more professional jobs to keep people in Waterford and subsequently increase our pool and quality of adminstrators at county and club level.

a rising tide lifts all boats, the summer sessions and winterval etc, does allow waterford to remain in public conciousness, it's to find a hub employer such as banking in KK or PHarma in galway is the next trick