McCarthy admits a change was needed

THE Waterford selectors had no choice but to change their goalkeeper following the defeat to Clare in the third of their Guinness championship qualifying games, manager Justin McCarthy acknowledged last night.

While pointing out that aspects of their overall display “annoyed” him that particular day, he as much as admitted that the concession of four goals set off alarm bells in relation to the goalkeeping position.

“There were two goals conceded against Cork, which wasn’t a huge amount in a championship match, let’s be honest. There was one scored against us in the Offaly game and one against Dublin, and that wasn’t an awful lot,’’ he commented. “The goals Clare got were a combination of backs and goalie.