Waterford GAA Thread - Mod note post #1

Only 1 DLS flag up in Ballybricken

Years ago the place would be full of DLS/Mount Sion or Roanmore Bunting/flags

Congrats Kevirl what a win, delighted for ye

did ye see this coming ?

All the talk was about cappoquin from the outset this year since they amalgamated with Tourin

Thanks.

That performance was definitely in the team, but to deliver on the final stage was incredible. Cappoquin rightly were favourites going in, our lads would acknowledge themselves that they were v fortunate to come through against Shamrocks in the semi final. We have been finishing strong all year though and fitness levels v strong. Paddy Mullally having some year, first Carlow now this.

Great year for the club with the division 2 minor title secured only 10 days ago too. Fantastic to see the young kids in Ferrybank jerseys flooding the field at the end.

Quite the night in the briar rose last night!

How can there be many when this is the first time that 10 in a row was achieved?

Auto correct meant 'Country' instead of 'County' OK ?

Good God. This has literally nothing to do with split season, nor was it ever a target of the split season. It’s amazing how many people decide the split season is to blame for everything. The vast majority of club players love the setup. Move on from it and accept that maybe the people putting in the work deserve to be listened to.

Sure. Previously, we had 2 rounds of championship hurling and 2 rounds of football beginning on the last week of March leading into April. This meant club players back training in January for fitness training. Then we had a few rounds of county. We’d wedge in another round or two of championship around June on a weeks notice. Then back to county for a while. Then some time around August Waterford would get knocked out and there would be a crazy panic to run off the championships, which would run until end of October if you played both codes. Sometimes there would be no June games depending on what the county calendar was like. I had summers where we played games in April and nothing then until August.

This meant a 10 month calendar for all club players. Clubs were losing players hand over fist as many players simply weren’t putting up with it. There was also no certainty regarding fixtures because it was all based on where county were in the championship. If we were going through the back door or playing in a league final we’d play on a different weekend than if we weren’t. The uncertainty meant it was impossible to plan holidays etc.

So we had to train for 10 months, never knew when we were playing with certainty. People were rightly fed up of it. It was destroying clubs and championships.

Agree @Mastermcgrath re PI a new lease of life into the grade, fantastic to be going to see us playing the likes of Ballysaggart, clashmore/kinsalebeg, shamrock and cappoquin and not the same old foes in the eastern championship year in year out.

Maybe don't reduce senior sizes too soon though, give us a chance like ;)

Congratulations to Ferrybank hurlers on winning the P.I. championship and going up Senior next season. Will be interesting to see if they can stabilise and survive in Senior and kick on. Having been up at Walsh Park Sunday and seeing how easily the Gunners achieved their 10-in-a-row, I, like everyone else, am wondering who can catch them over the next few years as they keep the conveyor belt of talent coming through from underage teams.

DLS are coming but still look a few rungs below as do Mount Sion who nearly caught them last year, and no other team seems close. A lot is made of the catchment area for Ballygunner GAA and it is a factor though the excellence of their underage structures, coaching etc. are more important. But the big parish/big population argument does have some merit if it can be mined for hurlers and Ferrybank is definitely a club that has a big catchment if they can stay senior and attract more and more kids in. One club in a parish/village/suburb of 6000+ has to have potential if harnessed right.

how many red cards were there…?

Plus lots of mentors foaming at the mouth and spitting bile at the ref/other officials?

I have 😉 Thought it was all Soccer out there, Gaelic 2nd and Hurling way down below kite-surfing and beach-volleyball? 😎

Could say the same about Dungarvan (why aren't they doing better?) but I take your point. My point is that Ferrybank are Senior now and the potential is there.

Dungarvan came as close as anyone to Ballygunner in the this year…. For what its worth there’s a bit of a myth that Dungarvan is such a big club, Abbeyside would have higher playing numbers and their competing with Brickey Rangers for numbers aswell

Why?it's just one match.

Roanmore beat st saviours 1-10 to 07 also.Roanmore seem to be putting in more effort at football in the last 3 years winning the junior and intermediate titles.

Have we had a club of the year or players of the year since COVID?

Very good win by rathgormack this evening against the nire.

Strong showing all over the field against the champions.