Derek McGrath says he will work off a smaller Waterford senior hurling panel next year.

McGrath's new-look Na Deise were a revelation this year, winning the league and contesting a Munster final and All-Ireland semi-final, but the manager admits he'll be tightening the ship somewhat next term with a focus on quality over quantity:

"We carried a big panel this year," he notes in The Irish Times. "That was great in terms of creating a togetherness but maybe going forward we need a tighter group, less numbers maybe.

"We'd obviously hope to try and get to Kilkenny and Tipperary's level. I think you have to add goals to your game anyway. But I think we have to look at a game plan to beat Galway and Cork and Limerick and Wexford and Dublin and those teams rather than thinking about the big two.

"I wouldn't say we have overachieved, we are proud of our efforts but when the National League kicks around in February I'd imagine that when you go to Paddy Power I'd say we'd be short enough in terms of relegation."

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