Waterford GAA Thread - Mod note post #1

You really think that was how it worked? interview process my eye more so he was tapped up after Cahill left the co board with egg on their face and was told the job was his if he wanted. There were absolutely other candidates interested but only one man favoured by certain few people

That was extremely frustrating yesterday as up till the red card, that was a very enjoyable contest. In reality though we have the following problems that need to be fixed pronto.

1) Injuries - for years we get for too many soft tissue injuries compared to any other team. The best ability is availability. Every aspect of our S&C needs root and branch review with the goal of getting players on the field. That warm up yesterday looked like a cross fit session while Clare were striking 3 times the ball with dynamic stretches and the odd sprint.

2) Discipline - too many stupid red cards this year. Lyons first yellow was dumb and the second was badly timed but deserved a yellow. This is on Davy, your either coaching it or allowing it to happen. He also lacks credibility in this area as he is constantly shaping up to refs and coaches, so is leading by example in a negative way here.

3) Ball Winners - we are a very competitive team when we win puck outs but when we don't win ball, we stink. In the half forward line and midfield, we don't have enough natural ball winners on puck outs. When Aussie was POTY he had brick and moran as puck out options too. Now he has nobody. We also lack a full forward who makes the ball stick. Heaven an earth needs to be moved to unearth players of this type from the clubs. Brick also needs to be put out to stud.

4) Puck Outs - with the lack of ball winners we need to mitigate this weakness through quick puck outs and low trajectory balls. Nolan (I assume through instruction) never has a ball ready to go for a quick puck out and also has these booming bombs of long puck outs that favour backs. This needs to be coached out.

5) Score Taking/ Decision Making / Forward Shape - these are all sub standard but in my opinion will all be improved when you start to win puck outs and have an option to make the ball stick in the full forward line. Playing on the front foot will improve this. At the same time players need to work on this, Monty for example had 3 bad wides in limerick and Clare match. Dessie had 3 bad wides against limerick.

Some of the above is on Davy, some is on the county board. Some is on the players. Regardless we need to fix all of the above.

On Tramore it was a decent football club when I played.

I played u21 football for Waterford in 95 and there was 5 lads from Tramore playing on the starting 15. Arrigan and Reynolds were soccer men but Geary, Dunphy and McDonald were GAA men. Within about 2 years only one of them was still playing for Tramore.

The cull rate in town teams is always huge.

I never remember anyone of those lads even mention hurling but things can change if there is investment of money and coaches time

According to Brian Carroll, the Waterford players wrote a letter to the county board saying they didn't want Liam Cahill.

Maybe, but Galway were by far the best team in the country that year. Wishful thinking a little bit.

I always have thought 2006 was as close as you could have came. A last-gasp defeat to Cork in the semi-final, who themselves were not beaten by a lot in the final against a nascent KK team. Would have been a 50-50 final had Waterford been there.

I remember coming on this board c. 10 years ago when Austin Gleeson was just starting out; someone posted how his potential then was thrilling and even scary. It would be a shame were his time in a Deise jersey to pass without something more tangible to show for it. More effort should really be put in to build a team with and around him. His fitness not withstanding, still one of the better players yesterday.

turnover of managers in last 5 years

Would he not know, no? You'd want to be fair confident putting out a story like that especially if you're in the media. I think he has a reputation for being honest, no?

The team is in big decline..Our centre back has three serious injuries over the last three years. His latest will take the explosiveness out of his sprint.

We had one of the most dangerous corner forwards in Dessie who barely gets on the ball now..No one inside the 45..our own puckouts and backs taring up the field. Leaving oceans of place.

Davys time should be up now.

Sean power or Sullivan for me should be brought in..

I think there’s a clear out needed of a quite a few fellahs at this stage, but there’s also some very good players in that group that deserve better than the tripe system Davy inflicted on them.

Did you see this pre match warm up ? Davy's idea?!

Sums it up really

If that fella ever got near the Waterford team we’d be in a very, very bad state.

Anyone find Gardner. Davy must have told him to come off boards when he got called up as his pitch side advisor.

Sad to see Waterford going downhill so fast. Yere county board is a disgrace, appointing that clown. Do ye have full time employees working for the county board? Are these paid employees answerable to the club's? Yere fortunes seem to be declining rapidly and that stems from the top down. Our county board in Kilkenny ain't much better but at least they are volunteers.

Sad to see as ye have a class full forward line in Hutchinson, Bennett and young Fitzgerald. But yere tactics don't use the inside line of course. Crazy stuff.

As opposed to now?

what? he done wonders in laois , a county that look down on hurling from a county board level , the last game i attended before covid was clare v laois in ennis , they lacked scoring forwards but grafted all over the place and were tough at the back , look how far they have fallen since, fits's tactics are way too complex at times , brennan is way more straight forward and would suit this team all day

plus he would hardly let his performance coach off up to dublin for some rugby match when he was needed in thurles