washman3 wrote: » To be honest, no team would've faired any better than Clare tonight. Waterford were simply unbelievable all over the pitch.
robbiezero wrote: » Are you joking? Very few teams in the country would have performed as badly as that in the second half.
Clareman wrote: » Throwing the hurley at a player after making a mistake for a goal, f**k off, if it was under 14 you'd take him off, here it's 1 of the senior players. This isn't going to be pretty watching.
washman3 wrote: » Performed as good as they were allowed. Clare simply couldn't bet ball to their dangermen. If Shanagher got the same supply that Bennet/Curran got he would run riot too. Waterford's 8 and 9 were outstanding. Sometimes you just have to give credit where its due.
RichFTW wrote: » Davy was there throwing hurleys at the guys at the back full force if he thought they weren't trying hard enough! Always think of that memory when flying hurleys are mentioned.
Clareman wrote: » http://www.clarechampion.ie/fitz-lashes-out-at-local-media/ I find it very amusing that Fitz is complaining about journalists without a hurling background and the press officer who declined to comment probably never played hurling past primary school and wouldn't have much have hurling background.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » i taught himself and peter o'connell had put there differences to one side after a 10 page interview in the clare champion at old ground last year, dunphy is not from connelly and not "west" clare of course so it makes him a more credible journalist , joe o'muircheartaigh is the son of probably the most famous gaa commentators/reporters in the history of the game , but as stated by joe cooney , he is a dub with kerry parents so obviously knows nothing about the game what interest's me the most is pat donnellon's views on cooney's comments , of course he is entitled to have no say either , i wonder if they meet each other in kilkishen over the week how would the conversation go
Clareman wrote: » Differences were put aside and he was willing to give a nice long interview to a local paper and he has the owner of (probably) the biggest local news site as his press officer, how does he think the local media are out to get him? 2 weeks out from an All Ireland Quarter Final and he decides to go on national radio for an interview, how did he think this would be a good thing?
Figerty wrote: » He will claim it was to take the pressure of the players. It's a low base of management strategies we are operating off.
Clareman wrote: » Actually, wouldn't it have been refreshing if instead of "they're all out to get me" that he came out with "We've a national league, all Ireland, loads of under 21s and Munster league medals in our pockets but at this stage we're just worried about Galway the next day, I know it can be frustrating watching us sometimes, but we're winning and we're doing out best to keep winning, hopefully our supporters will get behind us the next day and we can keep winning"
Figerty wrote: » Sounds like you could be added to the PR team.. would you like to be number 33 in the backroom team?
cosatron wrote: » Any chance even a small one that Davy will throw the handbrake off and go balls out 15 v 15 against Galway. I think it would be some spectacle. Galway Abu. I don't know where we're at. We hurled well for a bout 10 mins against kk but tailed off as usual.
Clareman wrote: » I would say that if we played a traditional positions format with tactics of support runners from midfield and a puck out strategy of aiming for the opposition wing backs we would beat any team in the country
Figerty wrote: » That would be like, how we won the Ireland.....that could never work again¬! Blackadder had it nailed...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgy6Fcz7q0s
Joe_ Public wrote: » Taking on the national media isn't always a bad thing, it can help foster the idea of a siege mentality in a positive way, but when your at war with the local boys, then you know there's a problem. I don't know a county where the local media isn't, on the whole, supportive of the county teams so I can't imagine it's much different in Clare. There's a fine line between over sensitivity and paranoia and not sure Davy has ever found the right side of it.
Clareman wrote: » I understand the whole siege mentality but reports are there's major hassle in the camp after some of the players questioned the use of subs, there's a lot of cliques forming with groups not talking to each other, Fitz is probably a lot more annoyed with the rumours than the press, ffs the main news website is ran by his own media man and the main sports writer for the Champion is not only a county board officer (well PRO for his club I think) who's son is on the football team.
Clareman wrote: » Big day for the footballers, they don't seem to do well as favourites and Markovitz Park isn't any easy venue to get a result but if they win today they're up against Tipp or Galway/Roscommon for a spot in the quarter finals, this is a brilliant opportunity for us
bluestone wrote: » Is there anyone missing for this match. I presume podge will be a sub if needed?
