Dublin v Clare Sat. July 10th Croke Park

Clareman

No news on any teams yet, should be an interesting game, both teams concentrating on a few years down the line rather than this year although both would see winning this game as a step forward. Interesting that 2 club mates face each other, come Saturday evening 1 Magpie will stand, 1 will fall

DaNiEl1994

i thnk nicky o'connel is out not sure of starting line up
thread needs to be bumped no clare or dublin hurling fans here i think only me and clareman ha

Browney7

He'd be a loss if he is out. Very good hurler.

Think Clare will sneak this one myself. Dublin were awful against KK and I think Clare will just have enough.

wixfjord

Theres NOONE there!!

DaNiEl1994

wixfjord wrote: »

Theres NOONE there!!

stupid having it in croke park parnell or cusack park please

Clareman

Bit of a joke of a crowd there (says he sitting on the sofa ), there seems to be a strong wind, almost seems like a challenge match, especially with the ref's whistle echoing through the ground

Clareman

I didn't realise that if Offaly win today that the winners of this play Antrim

Clareman

2 long distance frees harmlessly wide, times like this reminds you what a great player Seanie was

Clareman

Pat V is a big loss, why were they showing Jonathan Clancy on the replay? Nickey back on now, I hope he doesn't worsen his back

DaNiEl1994

Clareman wrote: »

Pat V is a big loss, why were they showing Jonathan Clancy on the replay? Nickey back on now, I hope he doesn't worsen his back

ya bad loss but hope nicky will do good gerry quinn on the bench but will he play

Clareman

If they don't improve soon they won't have to worry about not being available for any other matches

Browney7

Clare half forward line is getting cleaned at the moment. Clare need to get a few points to settle themselves

DaNiEl1994

this is a joke to clare hurling how do we play so good against waterford and **** up as much here i do nt even want to watch the second half good bye

Browney7

6 points in 35 minutes of championship hurling is awful stuff. Sparrow is going to kill them at half time

Clareman

Why was Seanie Collins taken off? He didn't look injured to me and he was doing a lot more than Clancy, our half forwards aren't at the races

DaNiEl1994

Clareman wrote: »

Why was Seanie Collins taken off? He didn't look injured to me and he was doing a lot more than Clancy, our half forwards aren't at the races

didnt see him do much i think markham will do better but give conlon hid due hes doing well as usual

Clareman

I would have thought it would have been worth while to bring Markham back half back and move Diarmaid up

existential

Dublin running riot here. Clare need to mark up better and get tighter on Dotsy, McCrabbe and others or else Dublin could put up a huge score.

Clareman

Here goes, they can't get much worse can they?

baldbear

Come on Clare whip in a goal!

DaNiEl1994

great start

Clareman

CMON CLARE

Royal Seahawk

Game over for Dublin

DaNiEl1994

this is unreal

Clareman

baldbear wrote: »

Come on Clare whip in a goal!

Take your points lads, the goals will look after themselves

existential

existential wrote: »

Dublin running riot here. Clare need to mark up better and get tighter on Dotsy, McCrabbe and others or else Dublin could put up a huge score.

Clare taking my advice and its working for them.

Clareman

I thought Honan was through there

COME ON LADS

baldbear

Great attitude now from the Clare bucks. There winning great ball.

Clareman

This is some performance since half time, almost like backs and forwards, there's a long time left though

existential

Wow just wow what a turnaround.

DaNiEl1994

hard luck to young toughy kepp in the game boys

Clareman

I was just about to say well done goalie for dealing with the first ball, then.... idiot

baldbear

Agh Jaysus inexperience from the goaie. Could be a killer blow.

existential

The young goalie will learn from that mistake, shouldn't have come off the line. Hes been good otherwise

Browney7

That was an awful mistake. This stoppage could take the wind out of their sails. Clare have been unlucky with injuries it has to be said

Clareman

Break and goal not great for Clare, Donnellan a huge loss though, hopefully Gerry Q can last the rest of the game.

CMON LADS

Royal Seahawk

The Clare goalie should be shot.

existential

Royal Seahawk wrote: »

The Clare goalie should be shot.

A bit extreme I think.

Clareman

Clare badly need a goal to get them going they have gone completely flat again

baldbear

Jesus terrible wide. That poxy goal was the end of them.

DaNiEl1994

missed about 5 frees shocking should have been put away oh well hows next season looking boys

deise_boi

Very well worked goal by dublin there. Hopefully it won't become a farce of a scoreline now!

Feeky Magee

Clare goalkeeper is absolutely shocking. Needs replacing.

Keano

Feeky Magee wrote: »

Clare goalkeeper is absolutely shocking. Needs replacing.

Only his first season at senior level, so excuse me if I don't go baying for his blood. His replacement has made many howlers over the years.

Clareman

Yeah, he's a good goalie, he just lost the head a bit there, he came out for a ball just before letting that 1 in and did well, he thought he could do it again, plenty other players made mistakes that didn't get punished, hopefully the lads can come back on Wednesday night. I've a feeling it'll be the last time we'll see Markham and Quinn in Clare jersey's today

eroo

Get rid of Fiach O'Loughlin.. the County Board need to hire someone who knows what they are doing i.e. Qualified Strength and Conditioning coach

They were knackered out there.. just like Dublin were before Kilkenny.. silly methods!!

unknown13

Dublin were very good and there half back line was very good. They have some quality players and in a few years will be going places unlike the footballers.

Flukey

Antrim next up. I thought Clare would have made it tougher after their display against Waterford. Early in the second half was when they made any real impression. Dublin should take Antrim and who knows after that. Interesting times ahead.

Mullet

Flukey wrote: »

Antrim next up. I thought Clare would have made it tougher after their display against Waterford. Early in the second half was when they made any real impression. Dublin should take Antrim and who knows after that. Interesting times ahead.

Yea that was sweet. Makes up for the fruitless road trips to Offaly and Waterford that you and I suffered earlier this year.

Lets hope for a home draw against antrim. I wouldnt fancy them up north.

Floppybits

Dublin played well today against an up and coming Clare team, however I think the way the played at the start of the second half will have some alarm bells ringing for the management team. It was the same in the Kilkenny match, we were good up till half time and never got going in the second half, I think the management will need to address that. The goal changed things in Dublins favour, until that went in Dublin were struggling, but once they got that they got going again.

Looking forward now to the next game against Antrim and then who knows after that. Looks like the hurlers could go further than the footballers.