Greatest League in the World 2024 [new thread available]

I saw a quote somewhere from a Pats fan saying that Amond is doing the job for Waterford that we hoped Eoin Doyle would do for us a couple of seasons ago. Hard not to agree.

It’s easier though. At a team like Pats with the likes of Leavy, Mulraney, Forrester etc it becomes more difficult for one centre forward to be as central to everything the team does. Obviously the names were slightly different in the last couple of years, but Keating will be suffering that now after being at Cork and being their talisman.

To mix the thread up a little. I won't even share a picture of Tolka Park! 😁

I draw stuff, because I can't figure out something better to do with my life, and I've been making some LOI stadium drawings this year, I thought you all might be interested 😬

Would you say he has had the same impact as Amond? Not having a pop like, genuinely curious - take him out of the Shels team and you reckon ye would be well off the pace like?

Edit: Obviously you do actually as you said unquestionably he has been the signing of the season. Fair enough, I wouldn't have thought ye would be so far off based on the defensive structure in place there but will defer to your knowledge of the team.

I think Amond is more important to Waterford than Jarvis has been to Shels, but Jarvis has been a better player, so join the dots around that whichever way they go I guess.

Great news for us is that Colm Whelan is back in full training, and scored in an U20 game.

He'll be like a new signing, and will be coming into the team at a very busy time. Hopefully the lad can catch a break and have a career now free of any serious injuries.

Euros start Friday.

I saw some people linking with us within our fan pages etc. but I doubt there’s anything in that.

Hopefully, considering our recent home form, there have still been a lot of empty seats at the RSC.

A home win would put the cat amongst the pigeons and do Derry a favour (as if we haven't done them enough favours by rolling over every time we've played them this season!)

Don’t think the Thursday night aspect of it will help away attendances across the league.

We will still travel in good numbers because we’ve been doing well, but for the most part weeknight aways will only attract the most hardcore or support.

Hopefully as it has been relatively dry all week the pitches will be grand, bring a coat thou, summer football eh 😂

Happy for him. Was quality for Pats.

3 coaches going down anyways and assume a decent number driving - not bad for a Thurs night tbf.

Shams & Bohs also travelled in numbers recently to the RSC, in fairness. Has always been a problem for Waterford being so far from any other club with a big fanbase (sorry Wexford). Looking forward to Cork being back in the Premier division next season for the hordes of langers that usually travel up to the RSC. (Is it too soon to stop worrying about relegation? 😏)

It is actually yeah, less of that now!

Long way to go though in fairness, so I definitely won't be getting over confident given the squad available, one or two more injuries and we be right in the **** like but I'm feeling good about the gap to the bottom right now

Mcdonald off injured is the big take away from the first half at the RSC. Both sides have had chances in the first half and a draw a fair state of play at half time.

Ballon d'or contender Will Jarvis has just ripped Waterford's defence apart there

It's that man Jarvis again!

The way I seen it, he had the Waterford defence tripping over themselves, just can't deal with him

Even game, one defence cock up being the difference.

We are depleted but still, if that's the best team in the country we aren't far off them. Draw would have probably been the fairest result but that's football.

This is one of the funniest dives I've ever seen and the ref bought it. Boyle misread the bounce and got out of jail.

Typical Rovers under Russell. Good results against Derry, Shels and Drogs and you think they've turned a corner but no. Those players were already on holiday tonight and didn't even test the young lad in goals a single time.

shels defence could win them the league. They don’t score a lot but so many clean sheets this season

3 goals and 3 points for Galway Utd tonight, against a very poor Drogheda! Good to get back to winning ways before the summer break.