Clareman wrote: » I watched the Tipp game back and 2 of the puck outs wasn't down to the goalie, the defenders totally missed the ball. I think the problem with a lot of our players is we aren't allowed be harsh on them, sure they're only young, sure they're on the road a lot, sure they whatever
deaddonkey15 wrote: » I'd agree with that but singling out Kelly is a bit harsh. When they were analysing Tipp before the game yesterday they were showing some clips from the Clare match in July. In one of the clips Conlon failed to rise the ball twice - the first attempt under little pressure. In another clip Cian Dillion had the ball in hand but somehow managed to lose ball and hurley as Tipp turned it over. Both resulted in points points conceded. Kelly was disappointing but we were riddled with mistakes all over the pitch in that game. If I recall correctly, Conlon hit one or two unforgivable wides for an inter county player.
deaddonkey15 wrote: » You're being very harsh on Kelly. It's not as easy as just deciding to give a good last 20 mins. Canning was poor in the first half yesterday but the rest of the Galway side stepped up and kept them in it. They didn't hit stupid wides and they're keeper didn't pick out Tipp players for 3 or 4 puck outs before half time either.
Clareman wrote: » I'm just comparing this year 1 match to another, in my opinion if Tony Kelly gave a last 20 minutes against Tipp as Joe Canning did Clare would have won
funnyname wrote: » Unfair in that Canning hasn't always been a superstar for Galway, so give Kelly a break, judge him after next year.
Clareman wrote: » How is it unfair? Kelly was captain last year, hurler of the year 4 years ago and was named as our key player almost everytime he was mentioned, unfortunately he just didn't produce a decent performance after the AI Club Semi final, his wides in particular at the end of the game against Tipp were terrible.
deaddonkey15 wrote: » It wasn't just Kelly that let us down this year. A lot of the praise for Galway earlier in the year was about how potent their forwards were and how they were all chipping in with many scores and not just relying on Canning. We don't have many forwards who step up and make big contributions to the side. The Galway side is full of absolute monsters as well that are able to win ball.
funnyname wrote: » Ah now that's totally unfair, Canning has been out of sorts manys a year. He hasn't been a total superstar since he burst onto the scene. Kelly will rise again
windy shepard henderson wrote: » dont think we are that far behind but galway and tipp were not afraid to make any changes to there setups , it seems we were and we paid for it players playing in there suited positions , no provisions made for players today any player that was having a bad day was taken off , its a well known fact that certain players were performing better in challenge games ,training or league games and couldnt get a starting place come championship tipperary didnt start jason forde today on the basis that he might come good , but we started players like conlon , like podge and even at times kelly when they were not performing , peter duggan was on the verge of leaving the panel as there was nothing more he could do to put his name forward , he got his chance eventually when it was too late in both the cork and tipp games , jason mccarthy , jamie shannahan , ian galvin all over looked at different times as well , we have a very strong panel but we are not using it properly , you need to go with your form players , you need to take your chances when you get them and if players are not performing you dont play them regardless of who they are
Clareman wrote: » Watching the Tipp Galway match summed up what's wrong with Clare hurling, at the end of the match Galway's "go to" player, who had a poor game and missed some very scoreable frees, stood up and scored some great scores, unfortunately Tony Kelly wasn't up to that level this year.
Boots234 wrote: » Any word on when the next round of the football championship is on?
windy shepard henderson wrote: » any particular code , the football always generates excellent atmosphere at the games probably down to so many neighbouring teams facing each other and that, i expect big things in the munster club championship this year from whoever wins it out
ShortKickOut wrote: » Love the club championships!! Looking forward to them restarting!
Stationmaster wrote: » Munster club starts later for football than hurling this year. Don't think we can expect free weekends just because of the Fleadh either at this stage - it's hard enough find weekends to play matches as it is.
Clareman wrote: » So the footballers are out of the championship earlier so their championship can restart later, that makes sense. Also, having the matches during the Fleadh isn't great planning.
Clareman wrote: » I'm still extremely annoyed about Saturday. We were better than Tipp in almost every area of the pitch ?
Gael85 wrote: » Where did Bobby Duggan go to? Looked a decent freetaker.
finbarrk wrote: » Seemingly the next club championship fixtures are weekend of 12/13 August for the Hurling and 19/20 for the Football.
