Clare GAA discussion thread

windy shepard henderson

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Semi final draw

Ballyea v feakle
Cratloe v clonlara

Pity that second one wasn't saved for the final. Could and should be a cracker with the class of personnel involved.

Other one is a massive opportunity for either team to get to the final. The draw has been quite kind to ballyea all year and should have the overall class to go through.

to be fair you would have to rate cratloe on a far higher scale then clonlara, clon have again like previous years looked average and shaky at times , they have an excellent bench with the likes of david fitzgerald (starting to get confusing now at this stage i know...) , mikey and paudi o' loughlan coming off the bench along with the several intercounty players they have , but they have just not clicked and are still struggling to find the best position for each player

cratloe have the likes of mcgrath, podge conor ryan and cathal mc , but in truth at this level sean colllins shane gleason , liam markham enda boyce ect... all stand out as better suited club players and are huge assets to cratloe's charges , i think they are the team to beat this year , they have had a fairly tough run of games to get this far too

i would not be surprised if feakle overturn balllyea , but on last saturday nights form especially there defanceive display from the 15th minute onwards they look like favorites , feakle however have yet to really get the credit they deserve , oisin donnellan and shane mcgrath are two very promising hurlers and will offer a far bigger threat then what crusheen offered ballyea last weekend

windy shepard henderson

ShortKickOut wrote: »

Great game in store between Cratloe and Clonlara. If Cratloes double is still on after the Semi finals of both football and hurling where they face two serious tests then they have to be considered the best set of club players ever in Clare

modern era for sure , personally i think they have a better chance of wining the hurling then football but wining one of the two would be still a huge achievement

LuckyGent88

So looks like from the Clare people that the Clare hurling players are going to have a huge say in whether they want Davy or not or what changes they would like implemented.

All the while the manager who has a report to be done for next Tuesday is away on another holiday!!

Kristopherus

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

So looks like from the Clare people that the Clare hurling players are going to have a huge say in whether they want Davy or not or what changes they would like implemented.

All the while the manager who has a report to be done for next Tuesday is away on another holiday!!

Who's paying him:D?

windy shepard henderson

any idea if this meeting went ahead last night ? this is surly the end of the line for fitz , but how many times has that been said before

letowski

I just hope for everybody's sake this doesnt drag out. If the players and clubs decide that a new manager is the right way forward, it is then mandatory for Cooney to end Fitzgearld's tenure. Please let there be no saga, no Clare supporter wants to see the some of our best players refusing to play next year.

Keano

He is stepping down according to the Examiner

http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/davy-fitzgerald-to-step-down-from-clare-helm-755626.html?utm_source=Viber&utm_medium=Chat&utm_campaign=Private

windy shepard henderson

Keano wrote: »

He is stepping down according to the Examiner

http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/davy-fitzgerald-to-step-down-from-clare-helm-755626.html?utm_source=Viber&utm_medium=Chat&utm_campaign=Private

i imagine peter would be one of the last to report this had the source not been close to the camp
https://twitter.com/Westclarepage/status/778280321842372608

Clareman

I may have a beer to celebrate. It's a shame to be happy that a manager who guided us to a ln All Ireland and National League but what can you do.

LuckyGent88

Clareman wrote: »

I may have a beer to celebrate. It's a shame to be happy that a manager who guided us to a ln All Ireland and National League but what can you do.

True but it was needed. The players looked to have lost their love and enjoyment for playing for the county.

So who's going to take over???????

Gael85

Will Maloney and O'Connor go for job?

letowski

Gael85 wrote: »

Will Maloney and O'Connor go for job?

I think they have earned the right the most, but I would like to see a person with intercounty experience be involved in their backroom team too, if they are selected.

windy shepard henderson

Clareman wrote: »

I may have a beer to celebrate. It's a shame to be happy that a manager who guided us to a ln All Ireland and National League but what can you do.

at least he did the honorable thing by asking the squad to vote , to be fair he did it every other too but lats face it its time for a change and some of the stuff that went on over the last 3 years since the all ireland were unforgivable , the davy o'hollaran and nicky o'connell saga , the bust up with journalists for printing the truth or in his eyes bad press , on other days it was our fault for voicing our opinions ,but most of all the fact we only beat offaly laois and limerick in 3 championship seasons and never changed tactics is the real reason we needed a change

windy shepard henderson

Gael85 wrote: »

Will Maloney and O'Connor go for job?

letowski wrote: »

I think they have earned the right the most, but I would like to see a person with intercounty experience be involved in their backroom team too, if they are selected.

donal maloney for sure , he has managed clare in 5 all ireland finals since 2010 ranging from minor 21s and intermediate wining 3 of them along with another 4 or 5 munster titles , i would like to see o'connor take over the 21s on his own and keep things ticking over from the minors , but you can be sure anthony dalys hat will be in the ring too so the county board and clubs need to make the right call here

LuckyGent88

Gael85 wrote: »

Will Maloney and O'Connor go for job?

Deserve the chance alright but as said, would need someone else with more senior inter county experience.

Also, don't want Gerry to leave Eire og though

letowski

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

donal maloney for sure , he has managed clare in 5 all ireland finals since 2010 ranging from minor 21s and intermediate wining 3 of them along with another 4 or 5 munster titles , i would like to see o'connor take over the 21s on his own and keep things ticking over from the minors , but you can be sure anthony dalys hat will be in the ring too so the county board and clubs need to make the right call here

Daly would not be a bad choice nonetheless if he was to be selected. He is known to use a sweeper, but this was with Dublin and Clare teams that did not have quality forward lines. I think he would prepare a Clare team well, he would help make a more compact Clare backline.

cnoc

Peter O'Connell is on Newstalk now....

mickmackey1

Finally some sanity in Clare, three wasted years.

windy shepard henderson

mickmackey1 wrote: »

Finally some sanity in Clare, three wasted years.

2014 could be excused as a hangover year , in fairness we did fairly well in the league that year but everything nose dived after that , last year was the year to go really

windy shepard henderson

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Deserve the chance alright but as said, would need someone else with more senior inter county experience.

Also, don't want Gerry to leave Eire og though

letowski wrote: »

Daly would not be a bad choice nonetheless if he was to be selected. He is known to use a sweeper, but this was with Dublin and Clare teams that did not have quality forward lines. I think he would prepare a Clare team well, he would help make a more compact Clare backline.

if moloney gets the job he will have worked with all the players beforehand , there would be very little transition required , with daly the first year in charge would nearly be a full blown transition

Clareman

I think it has to be Moloney, the guy has history with most of the squad and will know what the fringe players are like, he also has a great track record and deserves a shot at an intercounty senior job.

Sorry but Dalo has had his shot at managing Clare and I really think it's about time we cut ties to the team of the 90s.

LuckyGent88

Would we look outside the county?? Someone like Liam Sheedy

Gael85

cnoc wrote: »

Peter O'Connell is on Newstalk now....

what did Peter say? I wonder will Davy take Dublin job now?

PTH2009

Imagine Davy may take a mentoring role with someone next year and then return to intercounty management in 2018 with Dublin, Galway or Cork ??

windy shepard henderson

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Would we look outside the county?? Someone like Liam Sheedy

dont think so , sheedy has been mentioned for several jobs and never shown any interest , there will be a certain amount of outside interest i am sure , dont be too surprised if Anthony cunninghams name comes up in the next few weeks , he is in line for the cavan football job but as it stands there are 4 or 5 local candidates sure to throw there hat in the ring , the likes of daly maybe lohan also , the likes of donal maloney and maybe one or two club managers maybe gerry o'connor wants to get involved but he is involved with the development squads , sheedy and eamon o'shea would be the best outside managers around at the moment but i doubt any of them are interested in going back into inter county management

Keano

While I think the U21 lads a deserve a shot I'd be concerned that one piece of the jigsaw is missing, Kinnerk. It's widely known he did a lot of the coaching and the players have huge respect for him.

windy shepard henderson

PTH2009 wrote: »

Imagine Davy may take a mentoring role with someone next year and then return to intercounty management in 2018 with Dublin, Galway or Cork ??

galway dont like outsiders .... dublin maybe , but defiantly not cork , if he got the cork job it would restart the civil war. bad and all we were at times i never seen a county to dislike fitz like cork ,and i know what ye think of him in waterford ....:eek:

all jokes aside he probably is too unhealthy the moment for that level of management so expect to see an awfull lot of him on tv next year and beyond

Gael85

PTH2009 wrote: »

Imagine Davy may take a mentoring role with someone next year and then return to intercounty management in 2018 with Dublin, Galway or Cork ??

He be should be looking for Micky Harte job.:D His tactics would be well suited to football

letowski

LuckyGent88 wrote:

Would we look outside the county?? Someone like Liam Sheedy

Liam Sheedy has a high up job in a bank in Dublin. I cant see him returning to an intercounty setup.

Gael85

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

dont think so , sheedy has been mentioned for several jobs and never shown any interest , there will be a certain amount of outside interest i am sure , dont be too surprised if Anthony cunninghams name comes up in the next few weeks , he is in line for the cavan football job but as it stands there are 4 or 5 local candidates sure to throw there hat in the ring , the likes of daly maybe lohan also , the likes of donal maloney and maybe one or two club managers maybe gerry o'connor wants to get involved but he is involved with the development squads , sheedy and eamon o'shea would be the best outside managers around at the moment but i doubt any of them are interested in going back into inter county management

Would Cyril Lyons be a contender?