Clare GAA discussion thread

LuckyGent88

Cooraclare, KIB, Liscannor, Wolfe Tones, Shannon Gaels and Doonbeg all won i think.

pudzy

cheers m8.. thanks.

LuckyGent88

hon the Banner, an All-Ireland is an All Ireland

Congrats to the 2 Eire Og lads on winning the All Ireland

teednab-el

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

hon the Banner, an All-Ireland is an All Ireland

Congrats to the 2 Eire Og lads on winning the All Ireland

Congrats Clare on beating Kilkenny in the intermediate final.

Clareman

Cratloe beat Tulla 4-12 to 0-15
Sixmilebride beat InaMona 0-17 to 0-15
Crusheen hammered Broadford, 1-24 to 0-10 I think
Kilmaley beat Clonlara 1-13 to 1-11

Cratloe and SMB in 1 semi, Crusheen Kilmaley in the other.

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Clareman wrote: »

Cratloe beat Tulla 4-12 to 0-15
Sixmilebride beat InaMona 0-17 to 0-15
Crusheen hammered Broadford, 1-24 to 0-10 I think
Kilmaley beat Clonlara 1-13 to 1-11

Cratloe and SMB in 1 semi, Crusheen Kilmaley in the other.

Saw all the games this weekend.

The Cratloe scoreline is very flattering as they scored 2 goals in injury time,Tulla missed a few chances in the closing minutes to get level and paid for them

Bridge v inamona....... For the 2nd week in a row the park witnessed a dust up,only this was with Hurleys.1 player in particular will be very lucky if he is ever allowed to play hurling again,He held his hurley like you would an axe,never in all my years attending hurling games have i witnessed so many players hit by 1 player,before and after he was sent off.i was informed this evening that 1 player from the bridge suffered a broken hand in the melee,
The row aside,it was a tense,close affair with the combo having plenty good chances to win but they failed to convert their opportunities.

Broadford v Crusheen tight first half with only 2 points in it at half time,completely different 2nd half with Crusheen totally dominant in all sectors in the 2nd half.

Kilmaley v Clonlara clon went 4 points up at 1 stage in the 1st half but the Kilmaley lads stuck at it and were rewarded around the 50th minute when they took the lead and added to it with a point in injury time to win by 2.Tomas o donavan was sent to the line on a second yellow for an off the ball incident,He was a big,big loss as he was winning plenty ball in the centre forward position.Man of the match........ thats easy,Step forward kieran dillion,the kilmaley goalie,probably the finest exebition of goalkeeping i have ever seen,he was that good,steady as a rock under the high ball,of which he caught a number of on his line,made 2 outrageous saves he had no right in saving when his attacker was bearing down on goal,his puckouts always found their man,short ones,long ones.... cant say enough good about him!

Ruan v corofin Corofin were 4 pts up midway through the 2nd half and ruan were missing frees and scoreable oppertunities,however Ruan clawed their way back and were level with 4 mins to go,they had the chances to win but Both teams live to fight another day. Ruan 1-10 Corofin 13pts.

Eire og bt parteen and are through to the intermediate final and await the winners of Ruan and corofin. didnt watch it as the rain that fell on a very exposed shannon was more than i could handle for 1 day:o

just to clarify my comments about the row for the 2nd week in a row,Why didnt our local reporters say what happened at the cratloe v lissycasey game why dont the papers say the reason the Cratloe mentor was sent to the stand? i bet most clare gaa fans arent aware that there was a melee that involved players and some mentors from both sides on the field after an off the ball challenge,i saw the incident ,shame the reporters failed to report it though.

CiaranMT

Though Clon are out of the senior, I should mention that they won the Jnr. B on Saturday (not sure who they beat). Thinking of going back playing next year but I dunno will I get near the panel :pac:

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CiaranMT wrote: »

Though Clon are out of the senior, I should mention that they won the Jnr. B on Saturday (not sure who they beat). Thinking of going back playing next year but I dunno will I get near the panel :pac:

They hammered Kilmaleys 3rd team*, scoring over 30pts i was told:eek::eek:

Kilmaley have a snr,intermediate and junior team

Clon have a snr and junior team,actually i think they have 2 junior teams

Clareman

The Junior B final was 0-24 to 0-7 or something like that, there were people around me in the park yesterday talking about it, Clon pulled quite a stroke by having it on before the Senior game was played as they might have lost a few players, also the Junior B's trained with the seniors which was a huge advantage to them.

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Clareman wrote: »

The Junior B final was 0-24 to 0-7 or something like that, there were people around me in the park yesterday talking about it, Clon pulled quite a stroke by having it on before the Senior game was played as they might have lost a few players, also the Junior B's trained with the seniors which was a huge advantage to them.

i stand corrected on the scoreline,the bit in Bold was told to me early in the day.

Clareman

I am open to correction, I was just back in the country yesterday morning and went to the Park more to stay awake than watch a game to be honest

Mountainlad

Any word on the managerial front?

premierstone

Mountainlad wrote: »

Any word on the managerial front?

Clubs were asked to put forward names in advance of tonights county board meeting and the only name put forward is Davy Fitz :eek: A disaster for Clare imo as they have so much talent coming through that needs to be nurtured and Davy is not the right man for this.

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premierstone wrote: »

Clubs were asked to put forward names in advance of tonights county board meeting and the only name put forward is Davy Fitz :eek: A disaster for Clare imo as they have so much talent coming through that needs to be nurtured and Davy is not the right man for this.

Not only is he the only name to be nominated(by 12 clubs according to the clare people) but he is set to answer his clubs call by making a comeback as their goalie:eek::eek: the regular keeper was replaced last sat eve after receiving a facial injury and by all accounts he has a fractured cheekbone. ouch!

Mountainlad

So he'll be confirmed tonight? I don't envy ye anyway...but sure ya never know, maybe it'll work out.

Clareman

Fitzy has the job, backroom team of Danny Chaplin, Louis Mulqueen and Fergie O'Loughlin, it has been an open secret for a couple of months now.

dartbhoy

Personally I think this is a bad move for Clare hurling. Having been in the county on holidays during the summer most Clare fans I met did not want Fitz.

Clareman

Personally I think it's a disgrace having the son of the county board chairman as manager.

mccarthy37

From a Waterford man I wish Davy alll the best it didn't work out as well as I would have liked but he was a brave man to take over Waterford when he did he certainly wouldn't be lacking in passion for his own county and who knows it might work out for you. Give him a chance he has a great crop of players to pick from the future looks brighter for both our counties. We're not the whipping boys anymore, men like Davy changed all that.

Mountainlad

Clareman wrote: »

Personally I think it's a disgrace having the son of the county board chairman as manager.

I'm no advocate of Davy but I think that is unfair. If you're the best man for the job shouldn't matter who your father is. Shane Dooley, for example, was Offaly captain with his father at the helm. Was that a disgrace?

Now whether he's the best man for the job, that should be more in line with your argument. I don't like Davy, but it definetly is an improvement on Sparrow. But I'd find it hard to see ye winning all-irelands with Davy in charge...but I suppose ya never know, maybe the way he sets out his team and his training methods will suit ye more than us.

Clareman

I have a number of thoughts on the current County board, I won't share them here because of fear of being banned by another mod

IMVHO the Clare senior team needs to cut it's ties from the team of the 90s and get an established manager with experience of building a team.

Mountainlad

Clareman wrote: »

I have a number of thoughts on the current County board, I won't share them here because of fear of being banned by another mod

IMVHO the Clare senior team needs to cut it's ties from the team of the 90s and get an established manager with experience of building a team.

I see the logic in what your saying to be fair. Mike Mac, Considine and Sparrow were all huge failures. Daly the only good one out of all tried so far. And I wouldn't have huge faith in Davy either. So yeah I get ya. What's your opinion on Minogue? What's the story with him? Was certain he was destined for the Clare job after the u21 success albeit I suppose not emmulating it the past two seasons despite being in charge would make people question it.

In terms of established/experienced managers, there's not a great deal to choose from at the highest level.

PTH2009

Can see Davy doing very well with them.

Think if they were to face Waterford at any point they will beat Waterford because Davy would know them boys like the back of his hand.

Munster Semi Final 2012- Clare vs Waterford

Clareman

I don't think John Minogue would be overly interested in the job to be honest, he's a teacher in Flannan's and is brilliant with underage teams. Cyril Lyons had a great run as manager and I wouldn't mind see him taking the reigns again (if we have to stay "in county").

The fact is Clare are going nowhere fast at the moment, but we have great players coming through, ideally I would like to see a Len Gaynor type figure step in and get the foundations of a team in place for the future.

Mountainlad

PTH2009 wrote: »

Can see Davy doing very well with them.

Think if they were to face Waterford at any point they will beat Waterford because Davy would know them boys like the back of his hand.

Munster Semi Final 2012- Clare vs Waterford

Haha, em I dunno, some of his antics you'd swear he didn't know them all that well to be honest i.e. Eoin McGrath on Pauric Maher, Jerome Maher on Lar Corbett.

premierstone

Clareman wrote: »

IMVHO the Clare senior team needs to cut it's ties from the team of the 90s and get an established manager with experience of building a team.

Absolutely Clareman you have hit the nail on the head here, apart from hte fact that it is never advisable to return to the same well over and aver, look at our mistake with Babs, hurling has changed so much since the mid 90's it really is a different game.

The brim and firestone and heart and kind of seige mentalitiy that Loughnane instilled in that team was great and suited the players he had at hes disposal, some of the greatest backs and midfielders of their generation but in truth very limmited forwards with the exception of Jamsie, is not something that can be repeated ad nauseum and will not work with every bunch of players.

eroo

Once he gets a proper strength and conditioning coach in he'll be doing much better. These lads are at the age where physical development to play at this level is vital. I would love to see Dr. Cian O'Neill brought in.

Mountainlad

eroo wrote: »

Once he gets a proper strength and conditioning coach in he'll be doing much better. These lads are at the age where physical development to play at this level is vital. I would love to see Dr. Cian O'Neill brought in.

O'Neill is going to offer his services to the Mayo footballers

Clareman

The 1 thing that I think can be taken for granted is that Davey will put all the resources in place, no matter the cost, and with daddy footing the bill it won't matter how much it costs, in 3 years they'll be gone so it won't matter the state of the finances.

Not meaning to go back to the team of the 90s, but even though Jamesie was the marque forward, Tutts, Sparrow & Fingers were all good forwards and Clancy got through some amount of work, even though most supporters wouldn't rate him, last time I watched the 95 All Ireland I was amazed that he wasn't MotM.

pudzy

well clareman, got to agree with you there, i would have given it to clancy myself.. kilkenny and tipp have mastered the ball catching skills, that clancy was know best for.. on fitzy, we prob got the 3rd best man in the country, behind cody,and dalo..