One of those times when the near-complete absence of media publicity or outside interest is a benefit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
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One of those times when the near-complete absence of media publicity or outside interest is a benefit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
Do the tickets bought give an indication where to enter the ground. If the UCD ones said enter via the lane & Waterford via the arch etc it would give an indication what tickets to buy ?
The link just says entrance for UCD is main entrance turnstiles 2.
Also when you buy the ticket it says -
Welcome to the 21st century!Quote:
We advise supporters to bring a printed copy of your tickets to the game as we cannot guarantee that it will be possible to scan tickets presented on a mobile device.
Normally it works fine on a phone. I’ve my ST card for most league games but for the early return from covid games and cup games I worked off the phone most of the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Yeah that’s standard enough messaging on e-tickets as far as I know, it’s just to cover themselves in case someone shows up with a cracked screen or dimly lit phone that the scanner can’t read or whatever. Although to be honest even if that did happen you’d get in fine by showing them the email as proof that it’s your ticket
Complete headbangers just the 2 men involved here it seems, and another thing it seems Bircham is tweeting from England ,is it odd to anyone else that the fella is not in the country 3 days out from the biggest game of the season?
It's the LoI. It's odder when everything seems fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Noticed that myself, it’s likely he just jumped on the first flight to London this morning though after being told last night he wouldn’t be in charge on FridayQuote:
Originally Posted by joey B
I think that's a default, he also showed as in England when at the Aviva previously.
To be honest it seemed like things were starting to fray when he absolutely trashed his players after losing to Rovers a few weeks ago. Did not see this coming mind you.
Bircham interview: https://twitter.com/damienwlr/status...20059073806337
Bircham going, Waterford forfeiting a match or fielding u19s? They may have gotten lucky. He worked on the edge in the past, seemed to be a calmer person now and possibly good coach but obviously still makes the odd silly choice.
Bircham was in England since the weekend apparently at a family occasion so that's a bit strange that he wasn't back by last night.
Terrible way to prepare for such a big game on Friday. It's a bizarre situation and the fans are bewildered. It's taken a lot of the buzz from the play off game.
I have seen some strange decisions by club owners at Waterford over the years but this tops it all.
Surely whatever issues were there between the owner and Bircham could have put aside for a week. Bircham is an outspoken character so I would not blame the owner completely either without knowing the whole story.
4 players suspended and some injured last week.
However there's a bit of truth in that as one player hasn't been picked for months after he fell out with Bircham even though we could do with a striker at the moment.
Bircham was also unhappy that some under 19 players weren't made available to first team squad last week so has been some tension between him and under 19 management as well.
Why would you not prioritise the 1st team and release u19s if needed. They are there for the benefit of the club to progress to senior level. Give that u19s coach a copy of Football Manager, might get him over his having to play a weakened underage side....that would be very much a wtf moment for coaches coming in to LoI never mind refs and FAIs.
There was a deleted post from their Academy social media page doing the rounds earlier, saying that the issue was that most players couldn't go to first team training during the day as they had school, college etc. This meant Bircham wouldn't include them in the squad.
Speculation Bircham and the academy director (Whom already has a bad representation- driven good quality local coaches away from the club in the past) had a bit of a word feud. Again god knows the true reason but Bircham publicly said after a game there’s trouble with getting 19s player released for the first team. And the recent academy statement released and soon after deleted. We’ve a very small squad and have been working with the same 14/15 pros for most of the season. One of whom the owners son who rarely got game time.
There’s huge angry among fans, there were strong belief among fans if we stayed up and Bircham honoured his contract he’d have been the makings of the club. I hadn’t seen such excitement around the club for a long time and we’ve been down the bottom all year. The owner has a Twitter account he actively uses, no doubt he’s inbox in through the roof. The owner will have a lot of making up to do with fans. Chances are we wouldn’t have had a hope of staying up had Bircham not come in. We were hopeless pre-Bircham! We just can’t seem to help ourselves from jumping from one with ****show to another regardless of owner... Feels like a proper kick in the balls. At the end of day just gotta get on with things you get use to this sh*t after a while. The most important thing now is to support the team in the play off.
Ian Hendon - former West Ham assistant manager and most recently manager of Europa Point in Gibraltar. Is set to take the reins at Waterford in a temporary basis. https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/...-40751505.html
I remember Boncho Genchev playing for Hendon way back in the early 2000s. Always thought it was a great name.
What's the point of bringing someone in at this stage? What will he contribute to a one off game not knowing anything about the players or the opposition?
Took a punt on the UCD section. It will be a good opportunity to get down to Inchicore before the cup final.
I was thinking of getting the Luas in from Red Cow for the match to avoid traffic. Drimnagh, Goldenbridge and Suir Road look near to ground. Any advice from Pats fans on which is better and is it a safe walk?
Goldenbridge is the usual stop I think. 5 minute walk. Never had any problems
They are all ****e stops, with the same pond-life existing at all three at different part of the day. More likely to have hassle at Goldenbridge I'd say if it's an evening kick off. But it's the closest directly - 5 min walk through Michael's Estate which tbf isn't as big a deal anymore.
I live close to all three and would walk regularly so would be confident enough of the above.
Golden Bridge or Suir Road are best. The walk from Drimnagh is past the flats. I’ve never had a issue but if you don’t know the area I’d use either of the other two.Quote:
Originally Posted by trevy
I usually use Goldenbridge. It closer than Suir Road and safer than Drimnagh imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by trevy
Stating the obvious but how sh1te is it to have to ask what stop to get off as the safest, and it a neutral spot for the game. As ive said before never had any hassle one way or another going to Richmond but still sad that it has to be a consideration at all. Genuine question and for some context - would it really be much different if it were heading to Oriel (or Tallaght et al), even if eg over 2 legs home/away as it really should be, and potential niggle there can be between some 'fan' ypes?
Like I said I'm going since I was a kid in the mid nineties and never had a bother, either walking from public transport or parking a car. Its just that if your not from the area I wouldn't advise walking through Keoghs Square from the Drinmagh stop. You would have more of a chance walking by a few unsavourys on that route. The Goldenbridge over the canal lock through the housing estate and your on Emmett road would be the route id recommend for anyone not desensitized to urban decay created by decades of bad urban planning in the area.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
I hope my comment didnt come across as a slight on St Pats or going to Richmond as so far so good for me too. When not driving that sounds like the option taken occasionally, crossing the canal a few residential streets and then near the ground. Were more recent playoff finals in neutral grounds? Would the Carlisle Ground be a bit fairer if up to it, Longford even or is my geography way off!?Quote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
Not unprecedented. We sacked Jimmy McGeough for not picking the owner's son 18 years ago so we're just repeating storylines now.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Bircham shedding more light on the situation,pretty pathetic if that’s true….
https://mobile.twitter.com/McDonnell...69070948896779
Not at all. You can’t polish a turd, there are parts of the area that could do with improvements and there is no denying it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Im no big fan of Bircham from playing days and that could well be a deflection! If it does happen to be true then it is a bit of using a club a personal play thing and the manager was right to stand their ground. But a weeks suspension for saying he doesnt rate the owners boy, to then a sacking via text and on social media. Doesnt add up imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
There's an interesting reply in that twitter thread from someone else close to Friday's game... :o
Collie ready to tell all!!Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Will loitv cover this under the previous subscription or are they looking for a one off payment?
It seems to be covered when I had a quick look.Quote:
Originally Posted by ayeboy
I suppose anywhere over 1,000 can be expected at Richmond tonight, seems a big contingent will be up from Waterford!
Early lead for Waterford.
Great start for Waterford,Bircham in attendance aswell!!
Got into the ground as the team in blue scored.
One cheer in the UCD area which silenced quickly when I saw noone else celebrating! :o