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Waterford look to bounce back from their Munster SHC exit to Cork when they travel to Tullamore this Saturday. Hammered by 19 points by Galway in Leinster, Offaly are 14/1 to cause an upset against the Deise men. Administrator (None) - Posts: 2274 - 27/06/2017 14:00:02 2006306 Link 0 |
Dan Shanahan claims that Offaly are "dangerous" and that this is a "tricky" fixture for Waterford. He said that with a straight face apparently. Gaillimh_Abu (Galway) - Posts: 996 - 27/06/2017 14:35:56 2006332 Link 1 |
Would like to see Derek McGrath let his team off the leash in this one and play 15 on 15 hurling with his players picked in their best positions. slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 27/06/2017 15:11:59 2006355 Link 0 |
true, but Waterford didn't shoot the lights out against Cork..1-15 is the type of scoring return Offaly have hit in qualifier games in recent years so with Waterford not great goal getters its going to be "points" that they will be looking for and while I think they will get over 20 in this game it should be enough to win it, but if Offaly get a goal (or 2) along with 14 or 15 points it wont be plain sailing for Waterford, and shocks happen and its not beyond Offaly's scope completely to pull one here..hard to see happening in fairness....
Fairplayalways (Offaly) - Posts: 1034 - 27/06/2017 16:02:50 2006381 Link 1 |
This will be a turkey shoot. Waterford will win by 15-20 points if they want they can win by more. I would expect Waterford to step up and answer their critics and in that case i'm sorry Offaly but you are in for a mauling. hurlorhurley (Wexford) - Posts: 1660 - 27/06/2017 16:18:38 2006391 Link 0 |
14/1 is a joke. catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 27/06/2017 16:49:15 2006410 Link 0 |
He probably half means it. In his playing days (and shortly after he retired) I believe we did well against them in the league and the championship games were close affairs for most of the 70 minutes. if that is shading his perspective then so be it. All he needs to do is look at current events to know that Offaly is not much to fear from a Waterford perspective at present. The past is nothing to go by this weekend. Hoping for the best all the same. UpOffaly (Offaly) - Posts: 68 - 28/06/2017 19:06:54 2007069 Link 0 |
We will give it a go on Saturday afternoon, win, lose, or draw. Nothing to lose. thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1706 - 29/06/2017 19:30:29 2007662 Link 0 |
Offaly will be given no hope and probably with good reason. catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 29/06/2017 20:27:36 2007682 Link 1 |
If Waterford play like they did against Cork this game will be closer than people think. Offaly have goals in them. Waterford do not have a top class inside forward line and nor does their management trust this area of the field. LohansRedHelmet (Clare) - Posts: 2432 - 30/06/2017 06:29:10 2007785 Link 0 |
Good assessment. Goals win games and Waterford don't get enough of them. Waterford by 2 points
tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 30/06/2017 12:58:42 2007918 Link 0 |
I don't expect a big performance from Waterford tomorrow. I can see this been competitive for 45-50 minutes. Then Waterford will pull away Ban (Westmeath) - Posts: 1410 - 30/06/2017 13:08:54 2007923 Link 0 |
Level after 20 minutes with Offaly playing against the wind. Ended up conceding 1-35. 33 points conceded against Galway...God almighty! keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 01/07/2017 16:39:16 2008391 Link 0 |
Jesus but Offaly are woeful athe the minute. catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 01/07/2017 16:52:38 2008395 Link 0 |
Offaly are terrible. hurlingexpert (Clare) - Posts: 1941 - 01/07/2017 17:33:54 2008410 Link 1 |
Offaly should just voluntarily drop down to the Christy Ring championship. They are an absolute joke at this stage. Gaillimh_Abu (Galway) - Posts: 996 - 01/07/2017 17:54:35 2008419 Link 0 |
Good to see Patrick Curran back getting a run even if only for 10 minutes Waterford will badly need him if they face Kilkenny or Tipp in next round dubshurling7 (Dublin) - Posts: 1017 - 01/07/2017 21:32:26 2008575 Link 0 |
If anyone sees a man in Offaly with a hurl this morning go over and take it off him and break it in half hurlorhurley (Wexford) - Posts: 1660 - 02/07/2017 08:35:39 2008752 Link 0 |
Waterford 9/1 to win the all Ireland. Worth an EW bet. They'll almost certainly beat tipp or Dublin. And they're the last team galway will want to play. tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 02/07/2017 11:14:50 2008829 Link 0 |
Wexford people seem to have gotten quiet cocky all of a sudden...dont like that. Ye have had plenty of barren years and the whole country wanted you to succeed and pull through..yeve done that now which is great for hurling im glad, but dont get too cocky and look down on others. Im half offaly and take no pleasure un seeing their present situation, it must be the worst offaly team ever in my opinion, people say oh offaly only made the breakthrough in 1980 but all through the 60s and 70s were competitive and before that too. Offaly contributed in a big way to hurling and to the hurling revolution in the 80s and 90s.
preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 726 - 02/07/2017 12:06:05 2008850 Link 0 |