Waterford GAA Thread - Mod note post #1

What was the story with Ballygunner not usung their bench, crazy decision.

Did the venue unsettle Ballygunner a bit ?

Don't know why it wasn't on in Thurles

Absolutely belting game, such a shame the Gunners couldn’t shake off a tenacious St Thomas team. It was frustrating at the end watching them score top class points only to concede soft frees on the puck out including one where Kevin Mahoney fouled on a clearance bring the free forward 80 yards. St Thomas frees always seemed to be in easier positions than Paudie Mahoney who was off form for him.

On another day, I think Ballygunner would win but St Thomas were too good last night.

I wonder how long more Shane O'Sullivan, Barry Coughlan, Soky, Billy O’Keffe, the older OMahoneys will soldier on? Even Peter Hogan has a lot of miles on the clock. As others have pointed out, there doesn’t seem to be the trust in their bench. We could be witnessing the end of peak Ballygunner. Shame for the all Ireland club but surely good for the local championship.

Thurles would have been the equivalent a home game for BG

Is this the same Peter Hogan who is 26 years of age? What on earth are you talking about?

Hard luck to Ballygunner, thought they were the better team on the night also but some soft frees kept ST in it. To be fair and as someone else said, probably a bit of naivety on behalf of some BG players to even go in for a challenge in the dying minutes when they were a point up each time knowing the ref was liable to give a free in.

On that E1m JP McManus has donated to every county, I understand this gets distributed evenly between all clubs (hurling, football, camogie and ladies football). How many clubs is that in total out of curiosity?

Is that all? I thought he was a few years older than that. All the others are 30i+ though. Given the commitment has already seen 4 drop out of county hurling, why would they continue to put in the hours at club?

Billy O'Keefe must be raging that he is so under used.

SOK is moving abroad with work in the new year, will be a huge loss to Ballygunner but realistically still hard to see them beaten in next years Waterford championship

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Personally I wouldn't agree with that at all.

There only 29 and 27 I think.

Interesting stat!

Waterford Gaa looking for new naming rights for Walsh Park and a new shirt sponsor Waterford Gaa are looking to sell naming rights for Walsh Park and looking to acquire a new shirt sponsor .

Portlaw chairman Paudie Coffey expressed alarm at the rising costs of county teams during the meeting. The Déise board spent €1.2 million on their sides in 2023, an increase of €241,000 on the previous twelve months. “We want to prepare our inter county teams as best as we can but I do question the sustainability of the inter county championship and the demands it puts on counties,” Coffey told the meeting. “GAA at headquarters and GAA at Munster Council level are running a Champions League type championship. It’s putting huge demands on players. The alarm bells are ringing. How are we going to sustain this in terms of finances and in terms of players? Will it affect our clubs? The club is the primary unit of this association, not the county teams. If we don’t protect our clubs, we won’t have county teams in the future. People are voting with their feet. I’d have concerns with the amount of inter county matches that are being played and the affordability for our supporters to keep going to them all. Numbers are dropping. Looking at the figures here, it’s going to be very hard to sustain county teams at this level.”

News and Star

'Three Walsh Park'

Would B&L or Teva sponsor