Clare GAA Discussion - 2024 All Ireland Hurling Champions

carter10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122157398#Comment_122157398

No different than Lohan acting the maggot all game on the line…..as usual

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122159763#Comment_122159763

Fitz went on the late late show last year speaking about referee abuse , and said that anyone that acts out of line with referees should be given a lifetime ban

If ever there was a hypocrite he is one , it's hard not to get involved if you are part of the Clare management team given all the jibes he has been throwing at them

Lohan is no saint either but Fitz is a disgrace as usual

YabaDabaDooley

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122159954#Comment_122159954

I don't think there's ever been a GAA manager who has abused, remonstrated and argued with officials more than him. He is toxic imo. A nasty little egomaniac who loves being the centre of attention.

High bike

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122159954#Comment_122159954

Do u not think he had reason to feel aggrieved yesterday,I'm not condoning the abuse of referees but at the very least a manager should be entitled to question decisions that are not clearcut.Its bad enough the crew on the Sunday game being gagged for fear of questioning a referee but now it seems managers have to just shut up and take it too.And no I'm not a Davy fan or anti Clare it applies to all managers.

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122160071#Comment_122160071

What could he possibly be aggrieved about about, there is no way from his position he could have seen if it was a 65 or not , maybe he was angry that mark Rodgers took a 65 from 64 yards out which happens all the time as players look for a slightly longer coat of grass

He said in his interview after the game that his grievance was the awarding of a 65 , which was actually the right call, there isn't a hope in hell he could have fully seen it from his vantage point

Not to mention getting stuck into Tommy Corbett and the pitch full of kids it's ridiculous stuff

windy shepard henderson

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High bike

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122160293#Comment_122160293

Agreed he couldn't see it but neither could the umpire.I don t think in fairness it was about the 64 yards that made no difference what so ever it was the proximity to the sideline from where it was taken and neither the linesman or umpire corrected that.Also the time added on I think was an issue as both the penalty and that 65 came in added time.

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122159983#Comment_122159983

He completely contradicts himself all the time, he has potential to be a serious manager if he wasn't so stubborn, no one is right only himself

It's a pity the late late show is finished for The summer, they could have brought Fitz back on next Friday night to condemn abuse of referees and bullying ..... again!

PeggyShippen

The behaviour from Davy and the Clare selector was atrocious. What were the Clare selectors doing over with the referee? They inflamed the situation. No excuse for Davy, he's an appalling individual.

Was he correct about the lack of injury time even though there was a penalty that took 1min + off the clock.. yes he was correct. There ought yo have been one more play especially as the Umpire and ref knew there was controversy over the 65. Legitimate and all as thr 65 was.

Some of the Clare backs were terrible yesterday. Diarmuid Ryan was especially bad..but he wasn't alone. Cleary was badly beaten and yes his lack if hurling was all too evident at times. Rory Hayes was destroyed and Conlon was stuck to the ground. I hate to say it lads but if it's a Limerick v Clare munster final those guys will be exposed again... Theres a huge amount of work to be done . Malone and Lohan midfield...not good enough, we need Ryan Taylor back asap.

We also butchered 2 goals at least. Rodgers not passing to Reidy in the first half was a disgrace and David Fitzgerald batting the ball over and there an empty goal was another unacceptable outcome . We are in a good position but we've alot to work on.

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122160334#Comment_122160334

They're should have been another minute played but I think he told the players before the Rodgers free that this is the last play what I am led to believe is Rodgers knew this before the 65 was struck

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122160355#Comment_122160355

Cleary got caught badly for the goal for sure , had a good first half but poor second, he's not alone in this, in the first 5 minutes of the second half we missed 3 or 4 criminal wides that would have put us 8 or 9 points

The problem with Hogan and Hayes was the amount of quality ball allowed into the forwards by de burca, had the line decided to push Lohan or Malone out to mark the sweeper and move Reidy to midfield it would have curbed the attacks

Conlon was left in a free role at times and worked hard to be fair to him , Ryan Taylor is a huge loss as was David McInerney and a fully fit Kelly, Kelly did well enough when he came on but not as sharp yet

High bike

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122160569#Comment_122160569

Well then as I said Davy had a right to feel aggrieved,as u know a lot can happen I a minute.Maybe nothing would have happened but in fairness I think Waterford deserved a chance to try.

keeponhurling

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122160355#Comment_122160355

Genuine question here - but did Waterford getting a penalty warrant extra additional time ?

Is the penalty award and the taker lining it up not a natural part of the game.

There could be 30 frees awarded in a game, each of which need to be taken and lined up

There was a bit of indecision over the 65 but was the time not already up at that point

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122160729#Comment_122160729

no the point I was making was I taught there would be one last play after the Rodgers score, but it seems the referee had the players told that the 65 was the last play of the game, none of the Waterford players protested at the end , Calum Lyons certainly wasn't as the camera zoomed on himself and Shane O'Donnell having a chat, then the camera zooms out and you see Fitzgerald launching abuse at the referee

High bike

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122161566#Comment_122161566

I get that the ref told the players,but by your own admission should there have been another minute at least I think it's the least Waterford deserved then there would be less complaining if he gave them a chance and they didn't take it well tough.

Figerty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122161263#Comment_122161263

No. That's part of the game time. Ref only stops the clock for injuries. Starting a row is part of game time.

Figerty

That was exactly the problem. Waterford moved Cleary out to the sideline for most of the game as he man-marked. The problem was that we conceded the puck outs and we lost it at midfield. Once Lohan tired gaps opened. Waterford were raking ball in from all angles and Conlon as Sweeper wasn't covering the ground. Only positive was Waterford kept feeding the corners and not down the centre,, until the Penalty. That was one of the few balls lorded in..we have to do better in the half-forward line to defend and prevent the exposure inside.

Tipp got wiped out becuase they didn't have a sweeper type setup.

Figerty

Same man Davy, got three months for abusing Willie Barrett at a Fitzgibbon match in Athlone. It should have been a year long ban.

KIB4Life

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122162099#Comment_122162099

To be honest hate the roaring or shouting from managers on a sideline, I’d prefer to see a manager keeping his cool and having a calm head. Also managers should by now realise to stop being in the ear of officials. Lohan can get a bit animated on the sideline as well.

It’s all a show with Davy, you can see it on the TV before games where it has the camera on the players going into the dressing room, Davy’s at the door encouraging players going into the dressing room. All for show.

No one can take Davy’s All Ireland win in 2013 off him, but the years after he nearly ruined Clare hurling, personally I lost interest in the team as they were indisciplined and it was all about Davy.

The biggest thing that Lohan has brought it’s that he was brought back the love for the team and has got them performing exceptionally well and hopefully he and the team will get either a Munster or All Ireland this year for their efforts.

mcw100

RTÉ news channel

keeponhurling

Any concern about Limerick man Johnny Murphy being the ref on Sunday ?

If Tipp win, Limerick are guaranteed to progress regardless

If Clare win or draw, then if Limerick lose they are out of the championship

Seems on odd position to put a referee in

sportsfan90

I have 2 stand tickets for Sunday that I won’t be using if anyone here is interested I can transfer on ticketmaster.

I know there’s still tickets available online so I can do a 2 for 1 and sell the 2 for €30.

keeponhurling

An unchanged team named for Sunday. But then again, it feels like we always name an unchanged team regardless.

David McInerney still not back in the squad.

codea

If Limerick beat Waterford in the first game do you think Lohan will change the team for Tipp as we would be in Munster final regardless of the Tipp result??

High bike

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122176722#Comment_122176722

Both matches on at the same time at 4pm,same in Leinster matches on at 2pm

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122173491#Comment_122173491

i dont think it makes a difference , we need to take care of our own business , and we need to improve on last week , we left a ton of scores behind us last week that needs to change , not to mention the amount of goals we have been conceding

for all the talk of tipp going bad , they scored 1-20 last week only a few points less then what waterford scored last week , big improvement required

windy shepard henderson

got the job done , poor game , tipperary showed more fight then us at times , we looked stuck to the ground at times , another super performance by shane o donnell , its looking like a straight shoot out between himself and lee chinn for hurler of the year at the moment

not happy with the level of workrate and decision making at times by the likes of david fitz and duggan in the second half , i fell they are the first two to drop down a gear when we get 6 or 7 points ahead , mark rodgers worked hard but took too much out of the ball at times

conor lean was top drawer again he will surly start the final now , both galvin and lohan were really industrious too

fire_man

Sloppy performance today.Not killing off teams and wasting alot scoring chances. Big improvement needed.

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122187784#Comment_122187784

totally agree , and tony doesn't seem to be moving as well as if he could start , o'donnell is a superstar though

Figerty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122187240#Comment_122187240

Will David Mc be ready? if he is, and Galvin loses out, Lohan has a very good option at either wing-back, or at mid-field. We fall on our work rate when Lohan gets tired, Brian Lohan needs an option there to slot in, pick up the pace and drive on. Duggan went out of the game after the belt, he was working hard but not winning primary possession.

The other concern is can Conlon last a game in a Munster final and if tiring, can he be replaced?

Kelly has two more weeks to loosen out. Hopefully, that's enough. Last year we had Cleary missing the final, and that cost us. This year with Lean and Hayes there is cover. Lean is a smart hurler.

We have cover in each line this year with a strengthening of the squad.

Flanagan went off for Limerick today,. It looked like a hamstring but he was smart enough to call it.

keeponhurling

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122187984#Comment_122187984

Yes agreed on D.Lohan tiring out of games. (although overall he's doing very well for a young lad)

I thought Morey would come on for him yesterday, but it was Donnellan who came in pretty late on

No idea what to expect from the Munster final. In the past 2 years arguably we played our best stuff in the round robin and struggled later. This year we have struggled through the round robin and faded out in all 4 games - maybe we have not peaked yet?

But we have a shot in the final. and if we come up short again, we have a quarterfinal v probably Wexford. So still a decent chance we end up in an All-Ireland semi final in July.

One day Limerick will lose, that's for sure. We just don't know if it's the next day, next year or in 3 years' time.

codea

does anybody know when the munster final tickets go on sale?

patsy_mccabe

Who got Man Of The Match yesterday?

ElNino

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122188789#Comment_122188789

I don't think RTE had one. I know we were lucky to have the game shown on the RTE news channel but the quality of the pictures and the commentary and analysis was all shocking bad.

patsy_mccabe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122188916#Comment_122188916

Agreed & thanks.

oppiuy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122188121#Comment_122188121

I've been mulling over this aswell. Previous years we were electric in the round robin for the most part and then dropped away after the Munster final. Im hoping that the relatively poor showings this year, is a change up in approach. Im no expert and wouldn't have a clue how that would work anyway :) But there's is deff a lot extra to come from this team, Greater panel depth aswell

irelandrover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122188916#Comment_122188916

I turned on RTE news now, the picture quality was so bad and frustrating that after 5 minutes i paid for GAA go.

finbarrk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122188789#Comment_122188789

I think Clare FM gave it to Cathal Malone.

keeponhurling

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122189728#Comment_122189728

Probably purely becuase they're bored giving it to Shane O'Donnell. SOD was by far the best player yesterday.

patsy_mccabe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122189897#Comment_122189897

Diarmuid Ryan played well too.

Figerty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122188121#Comment_122188121

Would say Donnelan defensive side was more needed yesterday to shut down the tipp movement

Good to see him getting a run, he's on the fringe for a while

Figerty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122188960#Comment_122188960

Watched both matches at the same time on RTE player and it was fine. Two screens

,No need for GAA go.

finbarrk

General sale tickets gone in 10 mins.

Paraquat

New on here so Hello everyone

Lots of family members looking for Munster Final tickets but were unsuccessful this morning

There's going to be massive demand on the clubs when they receive their allocations

Stationmaster

46,000 approx is the capacity so you'd imagine most if not all people who want tickets will get them.

Paraquat

So we're looking at around 20,000 per county (allowing for hangers-on, neutrals etc)

Doesn't seem a lot listening to how many people seem to want to attend

I'm sure Limerick's tickets will be gone in a heartbeat

Figerty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122201891#Comment_122201891

A lot of people should have paid their membership…

Still going to be short, but it still better odds in a club when paid up.

Paraquat

Yes, fair point

It's the proper way of getting hold of a ticket

But I'm sure there will be plenty in Thurles next weekend that don't know one end of a hurley from the other

Supporting both teams

Anyway, it is what it is, Up the Banner

Figerty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122211310#Comment_122211310

with a 4 pm start,, and no Holy hour anymore.. there will be a lot who don't know one end of a hurley from the other..

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122211310#Comment_122211310

i wouldn't panic just yet in terms of tickets , apparently they are loads of extras going around a the moment , especially with clare supporters trying to get stand tickets that already have terrace tickets it will bottom its self out over the week and i wouldn't be too surprised to see more go on general sale next week again , its likely only about 8000 went on sale last thursday morning . the club will get the bulk of them , whatever is left over is put back on general sale along with the extras floating around