Derek McGrath must keep driving Waterford

To me, Derek McGrath has been manager of the year to date.

Everything he has done has been progressive and productive but one of his comments during the week concerned me. The majority of an interview he gave was positive and upbeat but as soon as he spoke about his fear of a ‘fall-off’ after such a good season to date, the headline writers — naturally — pounced on it like lions around a lame gazelle.

Waterford have been moving forward all year, but was Derek subconsciously backing off? As a manager, you have to be very careful with the language you use at this level, especially on weeks as important as this one.