Clare GAA discussion thread

Clareman

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

doubt they will have a double header in thurles the day before a munster final ?

I guess it depends who gets who, I'd say Dublin or Limerick would want to hold on to home advantage but I don't think Clare or Cork would be able to host a home match, it was fairly chaotic in the Park yesterday with ~16k people there, I'd hate to be there if there was a problem.

windy shepard henderson

Clareman wrote: »

I guess it depends who gets who, I'd say Dublin or Limerick would want to hold on to home advantage but I don't think Clare or Cork would be able to host a home match, it was fairly chaotic in the Park yesterday with ~16k people there, I'd hate to be there if there was a problem.

derrick lynch from clare fm has a link up on twitter from the gaa website confirming that round 2 of the qualifiers will not be on a home and away basis , pretty much confirms it will be a double header in thurles , outside possibility of limerick if we draw cork or portlaois if we get dublin but i would imagine thurles

keeponhurling

Ok Offaly were very poor.

But that was exactly what we needed.
A 20-point win is great for confidence, and great to see Galvin, McGrath, Bugler and co. come back in. Even Cunningham is now back.

We're in decent shape going into a game v Dublin or Cork

windy shepard henderson

keeponhurling wrote: »

Ok Offaly were very poor.

But that was exactly what we needed.
A 20-point win is great for confidence, and great to see Galvin, McGrath, Bugler and co. come back in. Even Cunningham is now back.

We're in decent shape going into a game v Dublin or Cork

by our own standards we had a very poor first half , and when i compare standards i am talking of what it would take to defeat the likes of cork /dublin and so on

we are starting to look like a panel again that could Challenge , but the fact of the matter is whoever it is we play it is going to be our most important of the year so far

the reason i dont get too excited about the munster championship is mainly because it is effectively a separate championship , the importance of our game vs cork or dublin next saterday is ten times more important then any munster championship game regardless of what kind of atmosphere there is , we wont have our show back on the road unless we get the job done next weekend

windy shepard henderson

colm collins looked very resigned in his interview on the sunday game after yesterday , it would be an absolute disaster if he was to walk away or asked to leave , he has done wonders for clare football in a short space of time , yesterdays performance was'nt great but that aside we are progressing , in truth we could do with him in charge for another two years even just to consolidate things , but i doubt that will happen , i think 3 years is his tenure

sometimes i think there is too much expected of the footballers , the reality is we are a hurling county and in recent times a fairly serious one, so to be operating in the fashion that we have been reacently and with a restricted squad everything up to date has to be seen as major progress

Lenny17123

Cork up next

keeponhurling

I had been hoping to draw Dublin.

We really need to avoid last year v Cork happening again, with Pat Horgan scoring 2-11 from placed balls! The referee did give him some very soft ones, but we also shot ourselves in the foot.
Horgan's absolutely lethal, so we really need to pressure in the back line but without fouling needlessly.

thinkstoomuch1

keeponhurling wrote: »

I had been hoping to draw Dublin.

We really need to avoid last year v Cork happening again, with Pat Horgan scoring 2-11 from placed balls! The referee did give him some very soft ones, but we also shot ourselves in the foot.
Horgan's absolutely lethal, so we really need to pressure in the back line but without fouling needlessly.

This cork be a classic high scoring shoot our

Horgan is grand from frees but we need so much more
Cork will play sweeper with Ellis deep
Worry for Cork is we started our new system too late and should started it earlier

Figerty

thinkstoomuch1 wrote: »

This cork be a classic high scoring shoot our

Horgan is grand from frees but we need so much more
Cork will play sweeper with Ellis deep
Worry for Cork is we started our new system too late and should started it earlier

Conor Ryan has a habit of popping over points from midfield, bypassing the sweeper as well it's going to be interesting watching the two teams adapt to one another.
Clares biggest weakness at the moment is in the backs, you always feel they can be cracked,,Tipp did it in the league very simply.
I'd also like to see Clare feed the top Left. Everything seems to drift to Top right when we are in difficulty.

thinkstoomuch1

Figerty wrote: »

Conor Ryan has a habit of popping over points from midfield, bypassing the sweeper as well it's going to be interesting watching the two teams adapt to one another.
Clares biggest weakness at the moment is in the backs, you always feel they can be cracked,,Tipp did it in the league very simply.
I'd also like to see Clare feed the top Left. Everything seems to drift to Top right when we are in difficulty.

It's the draw none of the two wanted

Come through that and there's nothing to worry from an over hyped Galway for any team as kk in second gear like I thought showed them up

If clare win and they had to play if waterford lost would not have anything to fear with them either
If clare win they will have momentum and Cork too
For the neutrals it's a great game

Mountainlad

thinkstoomuch1 wrote: »

It's the draw none of the two wanted

Come through that and there's nothing to worry from an over hyped Galway for any team as kk in second gear like I thought showed them up

If clare win and they had to play if waterford lost would not have anything to fear with them either
If clare win they will have momentum and Cork too
For the neutrals it's a great game

Yeah this is the all Ireland final for Clare really, sure everyone else left after Cork is soft.

thinkstoomuch1

Mountainlad wrote: »

Yeah this is the all Ireland final for Clare really, sure everyone else left after Cork is soft.

Look there's no point in trying to engage with you as again you twist and turn debates just cause I don't buy the hype with waterford
This isn't clare all Ireland and you know damn well I said Cork not all ireland contenders
Point is momentum and should clare win then Galway showed nothing yesterday to be worried and my point is waterford yes have good system but clare won't fear them as waterford have done nothing to clare to earn that right yet
And yes maybe waterford could beat clare but I be thinking clare
I know you would love and fair enough your county beat clare even though yere greatest manager ever in last man get ye all Ireland is now with clare

Figerty

Mountainlad wrote: »

Yeah this is the all Ireland final for Clare really, sure everyone else left after Cork is soft.

The soft matches in the championship are over at this stage. Now everyone has a chance of winning. It will depend on how the draw pans out. If Clare don't win it I wouldn't mind see Waterford win it.. but who ever wins it will have earned it.

keeponhurling

All tough matches ahead, with Kilkenny winning Liam in the end.

Figerty

keeponhurling wrote: »

All tough matches ahead, with Kilkenny winning Liam in the end.

Likely outcome, but by no means certain.

thinkstoomuch1

keeponhurling wrote: »

All tough matches ahead, with Kilkenny winning Liam in the end.

I'd have to agree there to a point and some teams had luck with a few false dawns buy Kilkenny and tippeary are waiting in the long grass and possibly clare

Kilkenny are miles ahead of the rest bar tipp but they don't probably have the mind-set to beat them

Lot average teams outside the top contenders with clare imo the pick of the rest if they get to a quarter final

windy shepard henderson

game live on sky next week , so that means a 7pm throw in

nobody wanted cork , but it would be a huge step in the right direction if we overcome this hurdle , despite there two games against waterford i would still fear cork that little bit more then i would waterford , especially at this stage of the championship i would have them ahead of galway also

limerick will most likely be the venue , a very tight pitch no one on here is too gone on the place either i would be thinking , but as i said in the past , its now the time to do the talking on the field , if we dont cross this fence it will leave management with a lot of questions to answer i would imagine

danganabu

thinkstoomuch1 wrote: »

I know you would love and fair enough your county beat clare even though yere greatest manager ever in last man get ye all Ireland is now with clare

Comedy Gold right there Only you could argue that the man that overseen a 21 point drubbing in a Munster Final and a 23 point hammering in an AI was that countys greatest manager.

windy shepard henderson

thurles next saterday night 7pm as part of a double/tripple header i persume

Benbecul97

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

thurles next saterday night 7pm as part of a double/tripple header i persume

With the Munster Hurling Final on the following day - I doubt it.
Cork V Clare probably in Limerick.
Dublin v Limerick probably in Tullamore/Portlaoise.

dastardly00

Benbecul97 wrote: »

With the Munster Hurling Final on the following day - I doubt it.
Cork V Clare probably in Limerick.
Dublin v Limerick probably in Tullamore/Portlaoise.

It has been confirmed for Thurles.

Benbecul97

Cork will take on Clare and Dublin face Limerick in a hurling qualifier double-header in Thurles on Saturday.

RTÉ will show the Dublin-Limerick tie (5pm) live, while the Clare-Cork game, with a 7pm throw-in at Semple Stadium, will be shown on Sky Sports.

letowski

Thats four games in about 26 hours on the pitch. Oh to be a groundsman!

Clareman

Probably the best pitch in the country but it's going to be in fair sh1te come Sunday evening if the weather doesn't improve, don't forget the minor match before the senior match on Sunday.

thinkstoomuch1

danganabu wrote: »

Comedy Gold right there Only you could argue that the man that overseen a 21 point drubbing in a Munster Final and a 23 point hammering in an AI was that countys greatest manager.

And who was the last manager get them to all ireland final
Look i know what to expect from you with Davy as your remark on him two week ago was well over the line of what ethos in gaa is
So pardon me if I take what you say on this topic with a large dose of salt with the greatest respect

Mountainlad

thinkstoomuch1 wrote: »

And who was the last manager get them to all ireland final
Look i know what to expect from you with Davy as your remark on him two week ago was well over the line of what ethos in gaa is
So pardon me if I take what you say on this topic with a large dose of salt with the greatest respect

What do you make of Fitzgeralds behavior with regard to this ethos?

I reckon Clare and Dublin will come through. Clare would be the only ones of the 4 I wouldn't like to play but that is just for the talent they have. Couldn't see them beating Kilkenny though.

keeponhurling

Slightly excited at the thought of a full fit full forward line of McGrath-O'Donnell-Honan

Serious goal threat there if they get the right ball, and the full back line isn't Cork's strongest line

wackokid

thinkstoomuch1 wrote: »

I'd have to agree there to a point and some teams had luck with a few false dawns buy Kilkenny and tippeary are waiting in the long grass and possibly clare

Kilkenny are miles ahead of the rest bar tipp but they don't probably have the mind-set to beat them

Lot average teams outside the top contenders with clare imo the pick of the rest if they get to a quarter final

Crawler.........Tadg a dhá dtaomh

Figerty

keeponhurling wrote: »

Slightly excited at the thought of a full fit full forward line of McGrath-O'Donnell-Honan

Serious goal threat there if they get the right ball, and the full back line isn't Cork's strongest line

Yep. 2013 final, each scored a goal.. Each of them is a threat that pulls a half back line and sweeper back towards goals.

letowski

Barry Kelly refereeing this like like he did in the same tie in Munster 2013. We came out badly with him that day. A little worried about it to be honest because Colin's recent freetaking has not been great really, Horgan is better. This is also because we have huge disciplinary issues in the tackle, Kelly is one of the more stricter referees in this area. I suppose we are going to win nothing anyway if we keep giving away double digit scorable frees but for love of god please let us be on the good of the ref for once.