Clare GAA discussion thread

BloodyBill

Shane_ef wrote: »

Really we're the no. 2 team in Munster

Clare will get another hell of a spanking off Kerry again in the Summer, definitely 10to 15 points. Then out will come Collins and say let's have an open draw. There will be no open draw anytime soon. They ll do ok in the qualifiers but get knocked out before the serious stuff. Then we can sit back,reassess and do it all again in 2020 with Tubridy and Brennan a year older. Its harsh but that's Clares level. Not good enough to compete for top prizes but not poor enough to ignore.

Boots234

BloodyBill wrote:

Clare will get another hell of a spanking off Kerry again in the Summer, definitely 10to 15 points. Then out will come Collins and say let's have an open draw. There will be no open draw anytime soon. They ll do ok in the qualifiers but get knocked out before the serious stuff. Then we can sit back,reassess and do it all again in 2020 with Tubridy and Brennan a year older. Its harsh but that's Clares level. Not good enough to compete for top prizes but not poor enough to ignore.

Its a pity but you are bang on the money with that post. Getting Kerry again is a killer. Ultimately staying in division 2 was the main realistic aim for the year. It will be same again next year

Clareman

Kilmaley won the Under 21 hurling today, seems to have been an easy win for them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX7HaL9fbtY

windy shepard henderson

Clareman wrote: »

Kilmaley won the Under 21 hurling today, seems to have been an easy win for them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX7HaL9fbtY

big win in fairness only there 3rd over all , delighted from a kilmihil view as we had 3 starters 1 off the bench and 3 more on the bench , all them are bringing 21A medals back to the parrish ,

to be fair to the combo they were missing the excellent brefni horner who is an excellent prospect , jonah culligan and ross hayes were top class for crusheen/tubber and to be fair gave an excellent effort for a side who only won the B division last year

sean o'loughlan is a fantastic hurler , especially at right half forward ,fair enough he hit several wides in the first half he almost dominated the second half on his own , he was excellent for the seniors in the championship last year to be fair

massive night in kilmaley tonight especially after all the hardship they have had to endure off the field over the last two years

windy shepard henderson

windy shepard henderson

shortly after full time , adelaide have just hammered carlton in the womens Afl grand final clare and kilmihils ailish considine scored 1-1 in the victory in front of an impressive near 50000 attendance at the MCG

look lads i know i am being biasd to a girl from my own parish but this is a serious achievement for a lady that only took up the game professionally less then 6 months ago

well done ailish:)!!

Donald Trumped

Some results of note in the local GAA scene in Clare so far this weekend.

Clare Cup hurling

Clonlara 1-14 Kilmaley 0-15
Clooney Quin 1-22 Sixmilebridge 1-9
Eire Og 1-23 Doora Barefield 2-14

Cusack Cup

St Breckans 0-12 Lissycasey 0-11
Eire Og Inis 3-17 Kilmurry Ibrickane 0-11
Clondegad 2-21 Cooraclare 1-11
Ennistymon 1-10 St Josephs Miltown 0-10

Donald Trumped

Another result coming in the Clare Cup Hurling 1A

Inagh-Kilnamona 2-22 Cratloe 0-13

Is Fergal Hegarty still involved with combo. Very disappointed with them in last year's Clare championship. Showed no fight at all at times. Have tonnes of talent coming through, as evident with their second team winning the U21 C Championship against Bodyke yesterday. Plus their Junior team reaching the Munster Junior B final a few months ago.

Ballyea had a 4-23 to 1-13 win over Smith O'Briens in 1B. Niall Deasy bagged a hat-trick of goals. Tony Kelly got the other 3 pointer for the defending Canon Hamilton champions. While back to Clare Cup 1A it ended Feakle 1-20 Crusheen 1-12

windy shepard henderson

Donald Trumped wrote: »

Another result coming in the Clare Cup Hurling 1A

Inagh-Kilnamona 2-22 Cratloe 0-13

Is Fergal Hegarty still involved with combo. Very disappointed with them in last year's Clare championship. Showed no fight at all at times. Have tonnes of talent coming through, as evident with their second team winning the U21 C Championship against Bodyke yesterday. Plus their Junior team reaching the Munster Junior B final a few months ago.

Ballyea had a 4-23 to 1-13 win over Smith O'Briens in 1B. Niall Deasy bagged a hat-trick of goals. Tony Kelly got the other 3 pointer for the defending Canon Hamilton champions. While back to Clare Cup 1A it ended Feakle 1-20 Crusheen 1-12

he is still involved , but to be fair to inagh K they are still a fairly young side they have serious talent coming through maybe a few years away yet , had a fine win against sixmilebridge the last day out also so signs of progress for sure

Donald Trumped

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

he is still involved , but to be fair to inagh K they are still a fairly young side they have serious talent coming through maybe a few years away yet , had a fine win against sixmilebridge the last day out also so signs of progress for sure

Yeah maybe I was a tiny bit harsh on the combo re last year's championship. I just thought that in particular against Ballyea in the 1/4 final, they did get to level pegging early in the 2nd half and I just felt that they would push on. But a Tony Kelly masterclass and a red card against Jason McCarthy costed them dear.

On a separate note, I believe that the Clare minor footballers had their final challenge game in the past few days ahead of the Munster Championship opener against Limerick next Wednesday. However I don't know who they played and how they got on. Shane Meehan is the captain of team and big hopes are expected of the Dermot Coughlan managed outfit. Anyone with info on the make up of the panel and rest of Dermot's management team would be most welcome.

LuckyGent88

Donald Trumped wrote: »

Some results of note in the local GAA scene in Clare so far this weekend.

Clare Cup hurling

Clonlara 1-14 Kilmaley 0-15
Clooney Quin 1-22 Sixmilebridge 1-9
Eire Og 1-23 Doora Barefield 2-14

Cusack Cup

St Breckans 0-12 Lissycasey 0-11
Eire Og Inis 3-17 Kilmurry Ibrickane 0-11
Clondegad 2-21 Cooraclare 1-11
Ennistymon 1-10 St Josephs Miltown 0-10

SOD was back playing for wire og today anyway

windy shepard henderson

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

SOD was back playing for wire og today anyway

apparently has been doing serious training outside in the states . match sharpness might take a few weeks but a serious addition to the intercounty panel for may the 12th

BloodyBill

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

apparently has been doing serious training outside in the states . match sharpness might take a few weeks but a serious addition to the intercounty panel for may the 12th

Hes badly needed. The only forward to consistently perform ..wins his own ball and passes or scores. It's down the other end of the pitch where Clare are in trouble

Clareman

Great for SoD to be back but I think to parachute him straight back into the seniors would be the wrong message, how about the guys who burst a gut during the league to prove themselves, they surely should be ahead of him. Back in the 90s the starting 15 was set it stone and half of them didn't play in the league but started in the championship no matter what, in my opinion that's why we had such a massive drop off once the 90s team stopped playing

windy shepard henderson

Clareman wrote: »

Great for SoD to be back but I think to parachute him straight back into the seniors would be the wrong message, how about the guys who burst a gut during the league to prove themselves, they surely should be ahead of him. Back in the 90s the starting 15 was set it stone and half of them didn't play in the league but started in the championship no matter what, in my opinion that's why we had such a massive drop off once the 90s team stopped playing

i dont think the waterford game would really suite him anyway , but i can see him coming on as sub in that game if and probably will be needed ,

as one poster said here we are flying up front our discipline and our nervous backs are letting us down a bit

windy shepard henderson

some of the football results over the weekend , ladies avoided relegation from division 2 today with a win over laois in doonbeg , while in the cusack cup there were huge wins for eire og over kib , clondegad over cooraclare , while former clare soccer manager donnie garrihy is working wonders with breckans 2 wins from 2 for the recently relegated senior side now top of the league in division 1

kildysarts young side had a fantastic win over kilmihil , as did corofin against cratloe in division 2 while in division 3 kilrush's struggles have yet to go away despite being promoted back to senior last year bad loss to naomh eoin ,

Results:
Ladies Football; Clare: 1 – 12 Laois; 1 - 09


Cusack Cup Rd 2: Ennistymon 1 – 10 St Joseph's Miltown 0 - 10
Clondegad 2 – 21 Cooraclare 1 - 11
Éire Óg 3 – 17 KIB: 0 - 11
St Breckan's 0 – 12 Lissycasey 0 - 11

GarryCup Rd 2: Doonbeg 1 – 14 St Joseph's Doora/Barefield 0 - 09
O'Curry's 4 - 08 Kilfenora 0 - 12
Corofin 4 – 07 Cratloe 0 - 11
Kildysart 3 – 17 Kilmihil 0 - 09

Division 3 Football League Rd 2: Killimer 2 – 11 Wolfe Tones 0 - 15
Coolmeen 1 – 13 Shannon Gaels 0 - 11
Naomh Eoin 4 – 12 Kilrush 0 - 09

Division 4 Football League: Clondegad (2) 2 – 05 Liscannor 0 - 04
Ennistymon (2) 3 – 06 Miltown (2) 1 - 04
Lissycasey (2) 1 – 09 Ballyvaughan 1 - 09

keeponhurling

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

i dont think the waterford game would really suite him anyway , but i can see him coming on as sub in that game if and probably will be needed ,

as one poster said here we are flying up front our discipline and our nervous backs are letting us down a bit

Did we not play Waterford down in Walsh Park a couple of weeks back, and our forward line was destroyed ? Aside from Kelly, not sure if any forwards scored from play.

I think SOD should start on May 12th, assuming he's in good shape.
Others had a chance in the league, but have they done enough to claim a place?

Or to put it otherwise, which 6 forwards would you like to see start on May 12th ?

Gael85

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

some of the football results over the weekend , ladies avoided relegation from division 2 today with a win over laois in doonbeg , while in the cusack cup there were huge wins for eire og over kib , clondegad over cooraclare , while former clare soccer manager donnie garrihy is working wonders with breckans 2 wins from 2 for the recently relegated senior side now top of the league in division 1

kildysarts young side had a fantastic win over kilmihil , as did corofin against cratloe in division 2 while in division 3 kilrush's struggles have yet to go away despite being promoted back to senior last year bad loss to naomh eoin ,

Results:
Ladies Football; Clare: 1 – 12 Laois; 1 - 09


Cusack Cup Rd 2: Ennistymon 1 – 10 St Joseph's Miltown 0 - 10
Clondegad 2 – 21 Cooraclare 1 - 11
Éire Óg 3 – 17 KIB: 0 - 11
St Breckan's 0 – 12 Lissycasey 0 - 11

GarryCup Rd 2: Doonbeg 1 – 14 St Joseph's Doora/Barefield 0 - 09
O'Curry's 4 - 08 Kilfenora 0 - 12
Corofin 4 – 07 Cratloe 0 - 11
Kildysart 3 – 17 Kilmihil 0 - 09

Division 3 Football League Rd 2: Killimer 2 – 11 Wolfe Tones 0 - 15
Coolmeen 1 – 13 Shannon Gaels 0 - 11
Naomh Eoin 4 – 12 Kilrush 0 - 09

Division 4 Football League: Clondegad (2) 2 – 05 Liscannor 0 - 04
Ennistymon (2) 3 – 06 Miltown (2) 1 - 04
Lissycasey (2) 1 – 09 Ballyvaughan 1 - 09

More like a great win for Naomh Eoin. Some serious young footballers coming through but probably lack the depth in panel to win intermediate championship.

Donald Trumped

Just looking at the Clare Champion and seeing the 2019 Clare minor football panel. 3 players from the Banner club in Ennis. No player representative from the Eire Og club in Ennis it seems. Shane Meehan (Banner GAA club) is the captain of the team. Only Meehan from last year's panel is set to start against Limerick next Wednesday. Massive turnover of players from 12 months ago.

Manager Dermot Coughlan said that the minors have played 9 challenge matches. Anyone with any info on who they played and how they got on in those matches would be most welcome? Very few dual players on the panel is also interesting to say the least. I presume minor hurling manager Fergal Lynch is not too keen on the dual player issue me thinks. Anyways the very best of luck to them in Newcastlewest in six days time from now. Limerick are improving their football underage structures, so this will be a tough 60 minutes of football for the Clare lads.

Hon the Banner!!

finbarrk

Gael85 wrote: »

More like a great win for Naomh Eoin. Some serious young footballers coming through but probably lack the depth in panel to win intermediate championship.

You'd never know Aidan, this could be their year!

windy shepard henderson

Update on todays clare cup fixtures and results over the last few days ,



Friday Apr 5th

Sixmilebridge 2-19-0-10 Cratloe

Saturday

Sat 6th Apr 19
Tulla v Inagh-K

Tulla 3:00 PM

Clonlara v Clooney Quin

Clonlara 5:45 PM

Feakle v Kilmaley

Feakle 5:45 PM

Division 1B

Thursday 4th Apr

Smith O'Brien 0-17-0-16 Scariff

Fri 5th Apr

Doora Barefield 1-16-1-14 Clarecastle

Saturday
Éire Óg -v-Tubber

Whitegate-v- Broadford

Ballyea-v -O'Callaghans .

windy shepard henderson

Football Standings and Fixtures For Tomorrow



Sun 7th Apr 19
Kilmurry Ibr v Lissycasey
Quilty 2:00 PM

Éire Óg v St Breckan's .
Ennis 2:00 PM

Clondegad v Ennistymon Fo.
Ballynacally 2:00 PM

St Joseph's Miltown v Cooraclare
Miltown Malbay 4:00 PM

Garry Cup

Sun 7th Apr 19
Doonbeg v O'Currys
Doonbeg 12:00 PM

Kilmihil v Corofin
Kilmihil 12:00 PM

Cratloe v Kildysart
Cratloe 1:00 PM

St Joseph's Doora/Barefield. v Kilfenora
Gurteen 2:00 PM

Clareman

How shocking is it that there isn't a single championship match being played during the "club" month.

windy shepard henderson

Sat 6th Apr 19
Ruan v Éire Óg Enn.
Ruan 5:45 PM

Corofin v Cratloe
Corofin 5:45 PM

Inagh-K. vParteen
Inagh 5:45 PM

Newmarket .v Wolfe Tones S.
Newmarket-on-Fergus 6:00 PM
Sat 6th Apr 19
Killimer v Shannon Gaels
Kilimer 6:00 PM

Michael Cusac. v Kilrush
Gleann Ciosog 6:00 PM
Sun 7th Apr 19

Wolfe Tones S.(---)v(---)Coolmeen
Shannon 2:00 PM

Éire Óg V Naomh Eoin
Eire Og, Ennis 4:00 PM

windy shepard henderson

Clareman wrote: »

How shocking is it that there isn't a single championship match being played during the "club" month.

personally i think its better then starting one or two rounds now and nothing until maybe july or august , if i did have one complaint is the county board should have listened to calls for more league games to be played over the championship months of may june and july for non county players

similar to the pro14 in rugby when internationals and 6 nations are played for example there would be 14 games before championship for a football team , 18 for hurling which would have lads out every week over the spring and summer

Clareman

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

personally i think its better then starting one or two rounds now and nothing until maybe july or august , if i did have one complaint is the county board should have listened to calls for more league games to be played over the championship months of may june and july for non county players

similar to the pro14 in rugby when internationals and 6 nations are played for example there would be 14 games before championship for a football team , 18 for hurling which would have lads out every week over the spring and summer

Have the league competitions for non-inter county players and have the championship for everyone. The hurlers haven't played since the 16th of March and won't play until 12th of May, that's 7 weekends without a match, the footballers have a gap from 24th of March until the 11th of May, that's 6 weeks, surely those weekends could be used to run off 3 rounds of each championship and if clubs are blaming about being dual clubs or having players playing for other clubs then run off some of the matches during the week or have Friday night and Sunday games.

The club championship seems to be setup to finish as close as possible to the Munster club championship but that'll only affect 1 team, by playing the round robin stages in April, the Club Month, means that play-offs or whatever can be sorted without much hassle, intercounty players will be playing decent level games leading up to the championship and all players will be playing games int eh summer and more importantly club players will know what they can do for the summer.

windy shepard henderson

Clareman wrote: »

Have the league competitions for non-inter county players and have the championship for everyone. The hurlers haven't played since the 16th of March and won't play until 12th of May, that's 7 weekends without a match, the footballers have a gap from 24th of March until the 11th of May, that's 6 weeks, surely those weekends could be used to run off 3 rounds of each championship and if clubs are blaming about being dual clubs or having players playing for other clubs then run off some of the matches during the week or have Friday night and Sunday games.

The club championship seems to be setup to finish as close as possible to the Munster club championship but that'll only affect 1 team, by playing the round robin stages in April, the Club Month, means that play-offs or whatever can be sorted without much hassle, intercounty players will be playing decent level games leading up to the championship and all players will be playing games int eh summer and more importantly club players will know what they can do for the summer.

i have little time for that structre as it was already tried a number of years ago , you build up momentum in the first two rounds of the championship and then told to wait until the inter county teams are out of the championship is hugely frustrating on clubs

2011 or 12 i think was the last time club championship games were played before the inter county championship started , a number of years ago our club won there first game in the group lost the second game by a point to the eventual champions kilmurry ibrickane then had to wait 3 months to play our next game in which we got hammered by wolfe tones who were out at that stage anyway and had all there hurlers back from the intercounty set up which they didn't have in the first two games earlier in the year

we lost complete momentum and ended up in the relegation play offs , had the wolfe tones game been played a week or two after the round 2 game we could have made the 1/4 finals there is far too much of a gap between games if you start the championship now

windy shepard henderson

i do agree with you about playing the league over the summer and not trying to run it off before june , also playing without inter county players also allows clubs to strengthen there squads by including the fringe players more , you might even have less guys going off playing soccer , i think though and could be open to correction , but i think the sponsors the clare champion were against the idea as it might water down the competitions or something

windy shepard henderson

division 1A

Clonlara 2-19 Clooney-Quin 1-14
Feakle 1-16 Kilmaley 3-19
Tulla 4-8 Inagh-Kilnamona 0-20

Division 1B


Éire Óg 2-26 Tubber 1-13
Whitegate 2-17 Broadford 2-17
Ballyea 0-20 O'Callaghans Mills 0-16

Division 2


Ruan 1-21 Éire Óg (2) 2-16
Corofin 1-15- Cratloe (2) 1-14
Inagh-Kilnamona (2) 3-20 - Parteen 3-19
Newmarket on Fergus(2) 1-07- Wolfe Tones Shannon 3-18

will put updated league tables tomorrow evening after the last few games are played

Clareman

I know what you mean about momentum and it being extremely difficult to play off a competition over 6 months with only 6 games to be played but if you can use rugby as a great example, the Pro 14 starts with whoever's ready, then the European Cup has 2 games played after a while when everyone should be ready, then the Pro 14 plays a few games while the internationals are missing, then there a couple more games, then there's a big break then there's more games etc. etc.

Lets pretend the Championship has 16 senior teams with 4 groups of 4 with 3 group games, quarters semi and final. Have a couple of rounds of the Clare Cup in March to get players back into swing of things, then play off the 3 group games in April (Club Month). If there's a need for a play off then because it's special event it's played during the break week in the Munster Championship (would there be a max of 10 county players impacted???). Then the quarter/semi and finals are all played in September. Every club is going to be affected by dual players or other stuff so just play the games IMO