“When I started off five years ago, I was hypersensitive to anything that was said about me,” the Déíse boss revealed. The tactic was to take the pressure off so people would say Waterford are clearly building towards a couple of years time, are in transition. “I struggled to shield myself from the criticism, initially, but I am learning.”Derek McGrath and Dan Shanahan. Such is the style of play McGrath has introduced during his tenure, there aren’t too many ideological debates concerned with where hurling is headed that doesn’t see Waterford mentioned at one juncture or another. That is why it is baffling when you hear people say they weren’t allowed play, they were hamstrung by instruction.”

Source: Irish Examiner January 20, 2018 02:03 UTC