Claregaafan18 wrote: » St Josephs Doora Barefield and Eire Og Ennis are playing in both the minor A and U-21 A football championship semi-finals today. In both teams case they play each other at 12 today in the U-21 competition and 2 hours later they play in their respective minor football semi-finals. Here is the problem. Many of the players on both the Parish and Eire Og are part of both U-21 and minor panels meaning they have a choice to make. It is also very unfair on supporters, management and of course parents who would be under pressure to decide what is best for their sons. Clare GAA should be ashamed of themselves for a. playing matches in this time of year, b. showing a complete lack of regard of player welfare and c. putting enormous pressure on supporters, parents, players and management who have to make a very tough decision.
Claregaafan18 wrote: » St Josephs Doora Barefield and Eire Og Ennis are playing in both the minor A and U-21 A football championship semi-finals today. In both teams case they play each other at 12 today in the U-21 competition and 2 hours later they play in their respective minor football semi-finals. Here is the problem. Many of the players on both the Parish and Eire Og are part of both U-21 and minor panels meaning they have a choice to make. It is also very unfair on supporters, management and of course parents who would be under pressure to decide what is best for their sons. Clare GAA should be ashamed of themselves for a. playing matches in this time of year, b. showing a complete lack of regard of player welfare and c. putting enormous pressure on supporters, parents, players and management who have to make a very tough decision. Clearly this debacle is further proof if needed that the powers that be in Clare GAA don't care about the promotion of football in the county. Personally the sooner we see the back of Pat Fitz and his fellow pro-hurling friends, who have not got the best interests of Clare football at heart the better.
Clareman wrote: » I'm not defending Pat Fitz here but what were the county board to do here? The minor footballers were still in the championship until the 7th of August which probably meant that no games could be played before then and then they had to play off the under 21 and minors together while also running off the football championships. Personally I think the biggest disgrace is playing championships in November, how is that going to encourage players?
Claregaafan18 wrote: » Your points are valid Clareman. However my own personal opinion is that the U-21 football championship should not be played at all. You could argue that it could be played in March or April of next year but that clashes with the U-21 hurling championship which is also played at that same time. The inter-county minor championships also get underway at that time so these dates are a non-runner. Of course more matches for that 18-21 age bracket are important in order to encourage players to continue playing gaelic games which is why the U-21 championships are there is the first place. However if this results in any championship whether it is minor or U-21 struggling to finish before Christmas then that is clearly not acceptable. Therefore I suggested that the U-21 football championship which always seems to be some kind of fall guy in relation to fixture congestion in Clare GAA therefore not proceeding for the interests of player welfare. Player welfare is something that the Clare CB continue to disregard and Pat Fitz should be held accountable like the rest of the county board over this most important of issues. There is a perception whether the Clare CB like it or not that football does not get the same treatment as hurling does in the top brass of Clare GAA. This debacle is further evidence of that.
Boom__Boom wrote: » Someone has thrown some cash on Senans to win Munster outright, I'd imagine. On a related note An Ghaeltacht are a very well-balanced team - lot of very decent footballers throughout the team. However they have a couple of injury doubts for the game against Mallow - Marc O'Se and Tomas "the dancer" O'Se are both carrying knocks, but should be able to start. Cathal O’ Fiannachta is a major doubt and Cian O'Murchu is definitely out.
windy shepard henderson wrote: if anyone is going to that game tomorrow , the venue has changed from newcastle west to now kilmallock , pitch in NCWest is waterlogged 2pm throw in
windy shepard henderson wrote: » I really fancy kIB's chances in kilarney tomorow , they have sent down huge support today and more in the morning will follow , i just think out of all the close shaves they gave the crokes in the last few years this could be there chance to get one over crokes in what is becoming an annual event at this stage between the sides
windy shepard henderson wrote: » 3 clare teams in munster action , tomorrow , big day for bodyke as they enter the munster junior championship as clare champions rather then clare representatives would be a fantastic achivement if they won in ardmore tomorrow and qualified for a munster final i really fancy kIB's chances in kilarney tomorow , they have sent down huge support today and more in the morning will follow , i just think out of all the close shaves they gave the crokes in the last few years this could be there chance to get one over crokes in what is becoming an annual event at this stage between the sides kilmihil travel to kilmallock tomorrow to try and emulate neighbors kilmaley and qualify for munster intermediate final if they do win tomorrow it will be a much tougher ask then the challenge faced by kilmaley last week , st sennans of limerick boosted by captain ian ryan , former all star and young player of the year nominee is still a serious talent . senans had a similar type of win in the limerick final wining comfortable win over galbally , last week they traveled to toomeyvara where they beat killadangan by 4 points home advantage is huge in munster club competitions it would be huge just to have one team win tomorrow and join kilmaley in a munster club final
washman3 wrote: » Gaelic Grounds is hardly a home advantage to Senans. NCW would be. God help the clown that thought Kilmallock would be a good venue for this game. Its a dump. Senans will be hard to beat. Big agile forwards. Ian Ryan plays centre back now. Did you mean he is a former All-Star or was just nominated.? For the record, no Limerick player has ever won a football All-Star. Not even the great John Galvin. Laughable,when we look at some players that have, and its getting worse. This year we saw a forward winning his THIRD All-Star despite the fact he hasn't scored in FIVE All-Ireland finals.:P Player to watch for Senans is former Limerick outstanding wing-back Conor Mullane. He will operate at centre or full forward and is a fair handful for any defender. All their forwards have the ability to score and are physically very strong.
Boom__Boom wrote: » Have to disagree - I think this year's Crokes team is the strongest they have ever been in terms of the overall quality of their panel. One possible area of weakness is midfield, especially with Alan O'Sullivan suspended. Something like 10 of the team that played Clonmel in the previous round have played with the Kerry seniors in either league or championship (and of the remaining lads there are likely a few more who will get a run with the seniors at some stage in the future) The big thing is that for the most part even the players coming off the bench are serious quality.
Claregaafan18 wrote: » Latest scores from all the Clare teams involvement in the respective Munster club championship games Ardmore (Waterford) 4-13 Bodyke 0-3 HT Munster Junior Hurling semi-final Dr Crokes (Kerry) 1-11 Kilmurry Ibrickane 0-4 HT Munster senior football semi-final Kilmihil 1-7 St. Senans (Limerick) 1-3 HT Munster Intermediate Football Semi-Final
windy shepard henderson wrote: » kilmihil were 5/2 to win tommorrow last wednesday , they have been backed heavy since not sure where its coming from we have no game played in two months nearly we have been performing well in the challenge games against some of the cusack cup semi finalists but not the same thing if anyone is going to that game tomorrow , the venue has changed from newcastle west to now kilmallock , pitch in NCWest is waterlogged 2pm throw in
Boots234 wrote: » What did you think of the Kilmihil game yesterday?
thesultan wrote: » Ardmore where senior about 4 years ago and still have seamus pender playing
windy shepard henderson wrote: the second half was all senans , we only managed to score 1-1 in the entire 30 minutes and lets face it the goal we got was poxy , we didnt play well in the second half but were wining by a point with 2 minutes remaining if we had held on it would have been daylight robbery
Boots234 wrote: » If that chance had been converted in the first half before they got their first goal it might have been a different story with a big half time lead. Was their first goal an own goal? St. Senans totally dominated the second though and their number 13 was excellent from the start. Pity about the result but I can't see St senans getting close to an Gaeltacht who are 1/16 on to win Munster! They came to mallow yesterday and beat a team who looked impressive in the Cork championship by 10 or 11 points, they are a seriously good side
Claregaafan18 wrote: » FT Munster PP Schools Football U15A Final St Flannans 8-7 (31) St Brendans Killarney 2-9 (15) What a win for the Ennis school and a massive boost to the promotion of football in Clare. Congrats to one and all, players and management!!!
