[Syferus]

Great to see Clare get another shot at the big time. 1992 is up there with Leitrim 1994 in terms of folklore. These occasions are exactly why the provincial championships still retain so much vitality, the long-shots, the ten-to-ones, the David and Goliath finals. It's about time for another special one.

Hopefully the bandwagon swells in time for the finals!

[Paudie223]

Great win for them. It will be difficult to see anything but a trimming in the Munster Final.

[CiaranMT]

Was there with a few Limerick lads, great bloody win. Jeez, if Clare had played at all in the 2nd half it could've been a hockeying, strange oul game.

[ShamoBuc]

Very good result beating Limerick - looking forward to the final.

[opinionated3]

Anyone else here disgusted by the ticket prices for the hurling next Sunday? 30 euro for a stand ticket and that before you put fuel in the car. seriously considering staying at home....first time missing a Clare championship match in over ten years I reckon...disappointing

[calvin_zola]

Originally Posted by opinionated3

Anyone else here disgusted by the ticket prices for the hurling next Sunday? 30 euro for a stand ticket and that before you put fuel in the car. seriously considering staying at home....first time missing a Clare championship match in over ten years I reckon...disappointing

theres only one terrace open aswell. Im a firm believer that if they cut prices to say 10er for the terrace and 20 for the stand they would get alot more people going... sell alot more programs, beer, hotdogs, crisps etc etc

ticket sales have been woeful down here, I reckon that everyone is euro2012 crazy at the moment, I can't see a big attendance, atmosphere will be cat

[Clareman]

Apparantly Clare haven't gotten close to selling their allocation of tickets for this, I wouldn't imagine there'd be more that 10,000 at it, alot of people are complainging about the price of the tickets, couple this with the cost of petrol and other expenses you can't blame people for watching it on TV

[opinionated3]

I am still in two minds.as much as I want to support the lads in person, I also want to protest my anger at the gaa pricing. We don't have a Celtic tiger anymore, I think the gaa need to have this point shoved home

[Henno30]

Out of interest, what other sporting events can you get into for 30 euros? In Ireland or across Europe. I understand the problem when people are trying to bring kids along and there definitely should be some way to alleviate that pressure. Aside from that though thirty quid is far from extortionate.

[Clareman]

You'd be able to get into most rugby and soccer matches, you'd also get a round of golf in a lot of courses. IMVHO, the GAA shouldn't be looking at other sports, rather they should be looking at the entertainment value for their events. If Mrs. Clareman and I was to go to the game it would cost close to €100 for a couple of hours entertainment, that would be 2x€30 tickets, €5 for a program, €10 for misc. drinks/food and €30 for petrol to and from Ennis (260km round trip), for the same €100 I could get a couple of nights away

[Henno30]

Should be an interesting game. From accounts of training to date they've been undertaking very intense sessions up to very recently, which suggests there hasn't been much in the way of recovery time. That would tally with what we've seen from Waterford over the past few years under Davy, i.e. somewhat sluggish in their early games and looking much more energetic as the season progresses.

Think that would be a worry for us in the context of Sunday's game. We have a very light team physically and we would be relying on very energetic performances all over the pitch to compensate. Waterford are at least 2/3 programs ahead of us in terms of physical conditioning and going toe to toe with them would not go well for us I feel. A lot of movement and precise distribution is necessary for us to work our way through teams and create chances. I'd be concerned about our ability to do that for 70 minutes.

Likewise, we'll need to be very aggressive to disrupt Waterford, and to be fair and on the evidence of the first half against Kilkenny he seems to have made a bit of progress on that front. The workrate, while it collapsed in the second half, was really excellent in the first and would give you a bit of hope that we might have an edge there in the championship. The way we were walked on against Galway last year shows what a low base we were starting from in the physical stakes though and you'd have to be realistic about what you can expect at this point.

Waterford crushed that same Galway team through a better gameplan, better conditioning, and complete dominance of the middle third last year. They've only lost to Kilkenny and Tipp in the last three years of championship hurling and finished last season very strongly in my opinion. We, by contrast, haven't won a championship game in the last three years which shows just how big a test this is for us.

There's definitely talent there and there's more on the way. Over the next two seasons I'd expect at least 6 new players to come into this team, we're very much still building an outfit that can be competitive. A win against Waterford at this stage of their development would be a very big step forward for this group of players. I'd give them a decent chance of doing it, but Waterford deserving favourites in my opinion.

[ballykev]

Originally Posted by Clareman

You'd be able to get into most rugby and soccer matches, you'd also get a round of golf in a lot of courses. IMVHO, the GAA shouldn't be looking at other sports, rather they should be looking at the entertainment value for their events. If Mrs. Clareman and I was to go to the game it would cost close to €100 for a couple of hours entertainment, that would be 2x€30 tickets, €5 for a program, €10 for misc. drinks/food and €30 for petrol to and from Ennis (260km round trip), for the same €100 I could get a couple of nights away

Agree totally prices should be 15-20 for stand covered and uncovered 10 for terrace get in a big crowd and create a good atmosphere for the game. The GAA should be selling the games as a product the amount of marketing they do is non existent.

A lot of supporters don't care whether their team wins or loses they have other things on their mind paying for the roof over their head, putting food on the table, paying childcare etc.

The interest in the games are dying within a few years there will be no one going to games apart from maybe the semi and the finals.

See Leinster council this week announced 300,000 drop in takings and all they say is we kinda expected it,

[LuckyGent88]

First off, congrats to the footballers on getting to the Munster Final. Completely deserved by all accounts. Nice for those lads putting in all that effort to get a nice reward out of it.

Now for the main course this weekend. Most of the money seems to be going on Clare and i cant really see why. Waterford have played division 1 for the last number of years while we were in B division and the Clare team will most likely have players with very little championship experience.

I'm hearing the team is along the lines of:
P. Kelly
Donovan Dillon Cooney
Bugler J.Mac O'Connor
O'Connell Donnellan
Conlon Lynch Clancy
McGrath Ryan Cunningham.

A lot of talk about Markham for O'Connor, Glynn for Cooney and that Tony Kelly will be on the bench.
Sean collins is out with hamstring apparently and Cunningham will start.

Say it will be a very close game with us coming out on top by 2 or 3 points.

[ballykev]

Originally Posted by LuckyGent88

First off, congrats to the footballers on getting to the Munster Final. Completely deserved by all accounts. Nice for those lads putting in all that effort to get a nice reward out of it.

Now for the main course this weekend. Most of the money seems to be going on Clare and i cant really see why. Waterford have played division 1 for the last number of years while we were in B division and the Clare team will most likely have players with very little championship experience.

I'm hearing the team is along the lines of:
P. Kelly
Donovan Dillon Cooney
Bugler J.Mac O'Connor
O'Connell Donnellan
Conlon Lynch Clancy
McGrath Ryan Cunningham.

A lot of talk about Markham for O'Connor, Glynn for Cooney and that Tony Kelly will be on the bench.
Sean collins is out with hamstring apparently and Cunningham will start.

Say it will be a very close game with us coming out on top by 2 or 3 points.

Full back line Cooney needs to be kept away from pacey forwards as his serious weak link.

Donovan very solid

Dillon very solid all year so far, have doubts could be destroyed with fast ball.

That half back line isn't up to much to be honest , NOC should be in it and not midfield , J Mac is too slow and one sided,

as above possibly play C.Ryan some to pick up some breaking ball

half forward line not up to much lynch solid useless not even rated by his own club men 7 years on panel never done a thing, Clancy rubbish also
Conlon needs to actually fight for ball and win it possibly best player in this line.

Full forward line ok McGrath serious hurler, awfull awkward style of taking frees and misses when under any bit of pressure, Are we over dependent on him?? Ryan won't score ere so should be played out field , Cunningham deserves a chance

[Henno30]

Originally Posted by ballykev

Full back line Cooney needs to be kept away from pacey forwards as his serious weak link.

Donovan very solid

Dillon very solid all year so far, have doubts could be destroyed with fast ball.

That half back line isn't up to much to be honest , NOC should be in it and not midfield , J Mac is too slow and one sided,

as above possibly play C.Ryan some to pick up some breaking ball

half forward line not up to much lynch solid useless not even rated by his own club men 7 years on panel never done a thing, Clancy rubbish also
Conlon needs to actually fight for ball and win it possibly best player in this line.

Full forward line ok McGrath serious hurler, awfull awkward style of taking frees and misses when under any bit of pressure, Are we over dependent on him?? Ryan won't score ere so should be played out field , Cunningham deserves a chance

I have never seen anyone write as much utter rubbish about players as you do. You're comments on the team last year were a disgrace, and no doubt you are waiting for things to go wrong so you can have another spite filled rant this year. You're not a Clare hurling fan. You're a joke.