windy shepard henderson wrote: » Referee was a little bit fussy but no excuses for that amount of frees given away , the level of wides hit from midfield and worse still the half backline is worrying I would far prefer players be encouraged to play a diagonal ball into the corners and start an attack from there rather hitting a hail mary wide from your own half , the galway module of the last 4 or 5 years would be my example . With conlon opperating in the full forward possition Reidy is having an excellent league and had another fine outing again today while shane O'Donnell has nominated himself with a goal of the year effort and a super finish In the first half we had 9 different scorers which was a descent spread but only 5 points in the entire second half was not good enough We were much the better team but Kilkenny are going in the right direction some good young lads coming through especially the likes of young Murphy , they will never go away for as long as cody has them and can be happy with there second half performance
Twiceasnice97 wrote: » This is a farcical statement Kilkenny got frees in the first half which were ridiculous. Consider the way o donnell is held and compare that to the frees McGrath gave yesterday re playing the ball in direct that's all well and good but the three in the full forward line didn't win a lot of good ball hit in to them
Claregaafan18 wrote: » Any word on how the Clare Under-17 hurlers and footballers are getting on ahead of their respective Munster Championship campaigns? Will there be any dual players involved in both squads. Anyone with info on both teams would be greatly appreciated.
Claregaafan18 wrote: » Absolute disgrace that this ref was allowed to ref in a division 2 match. The red card call on Jamie Malone was so infuriating plus the David Tubridy black card. It was just a push on the Tipp maor foirne (I think - sorry about the poor Irish) no more after the ball went out of play for a Clare lineball. Referees I know have it tough. But boy their make themselves vulnerable too with such outrageous and ridiculous decisions. What was the story with one man needing medical treatment during the 2nd half? Why was the match not stopped. Clare were heroic and brave. That is all you could ask from a team regardless of performance. Shooting needs to improve though. But the headlines will go to such an incompetent ref. That is a real downer of what was an entertaining match without the real quality of course.
cnoc wrote: » A disgrace what the Clare player did to the Tipp selector - I know he didn't intentionally wish to injure the Tipp man. He will get a much bigger match ban for interfering with an official of the opposing team.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » can you clarify what happened , from the clare camp i hear that malone ran into stapleton , while a tipp supporter has informed me that malone threw the selector to the ground the only people that should be commentating on this should be the people that actually saw the incident , given the fact stapleton was rushed to hospital with a head injury i have been made aware that one particular radio station have been making noise about the issue , , if malone is at fault i expect a long suspension for his troubles but i dont want to hear ideal speculation from anyone on the issue until we hear more on stapletons condition at the very least
Claregaafan18 wrote: » I hope that this year's GAA congress can introduce new measures to ensure that it should be mandatory for an ambulance to be present for all inter-county league and championship matches in light of what happened to Shane. [/url]
Clareman wrote: » J@ysus I don't know how that would be possible, today there was 8 football matches and 1 horse racing meeting, that's 9 ambulances that would need to be "tied" up at sporting events, I'd imagine there would be many more ambulances on service for the whole country
windy shepard henderson wrote: » there needs to be some sort of shannon doc/ order of malta or whatever on duty for a game at this level some form of transport anyway , your talking about an area where there is in the region of 1500 people and a physical sport taking place surly there should be something in place most factories or large scale business's have emergency vechicals in place , for all the money county boards have should they not have something similar
kala85 wrote: » Was there any video footage of the incident
cnoc wrote: » Okay, I take your point on board. I read about it on the42.ie. I was not at the game. Clare FM didn't mention the incident in the 5 o'clock sports segment. Hope the Tipp man makes a speedy recovery.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » neither team played anywhere near there best but given the conditions it was an exciting game none the less , both teams battled hard in winter olympic like conditions with several haill sleet or snow showers hampering the game this was a game that was there for the taking for clare but we did ourselves no favors in front of goalthe ref how ever will be the main talking point and while jamie malone was probably harshly sent off for running into tipperary selector shane stapleton the tipp man is recovering in hospital after the collision ,who we wish a speedy recoverythere was no malice in it but the reff at the time was instructed to do so by his linesman , in open play however mayo man Jerome henry was miles out of his depth and should not be considered at this level any time soon in no way is this sour grapes from a clare mans point of view , we had the chances to win the game and failed to take them but positives were plenty , the performance of sean o'donahue and keelan sexton were a highlight , david tubridy made a comeback which is vital for our survival , also defencive displays by ciarian russell and pearse lillis were massively improved from last week in navan a repeat performance in newry in two weeks time will have us in the mix once again but it is now clear what clare need to do and win there next two home games in order to stay up in this incredibly tight division K Sexton 0-3, 0-1 free E Cleary 0-2 f, P Lillis 0-2 ; K Malone, 0-1 G Brennan, 0-1 C Russell 0-1 J Malone 0-1 highlight of the game will be on tg4 tomorrow night managerial interviews after the game from clare tv
windy shepard henderson wrote: » can you clarify what happened , from the clare camp i hear that malone ran into stapleton , while a tipp supporter has informed me that malone threw the selector to the groundthe only people that should be commentating on this should be the people that actually saw the incident , given the fact stapleton was rushed to hospital with a head injury i have been made aware that one particular radio station have been making noise about the issue , , if malone is at fault i expect a long suspension for his troubles but i dont want to hear ideal speculation from anyone on the issue until we hear more on stapletons condition at the very least
cunavalos wrote: » From initial reports it seemed like it appeared like the Clare player was harshly treated but tg4 footage does not put it in a good light. It was reckless and dangerous and certainly warranted a red card
danganabu wrote: » He obviously didnt mean to inflict the damage he did, but I think he could be in big trouble a 3-6 month ban wouldnt suprise me at all, its a bit of a hot topic with the big wigs at the minute and they will want to nip it in the bud, probably a little harsh on Malone that he will be the sacrificial lamb if you like but he was in the wrong going by the footage I seen.
Spirit of 67 wrote: » Have you seen footage of the incident :rolleyes: ! ! !
windy shepard henderson wrote: » i genuinely dont think they should appeal the two game ban , that sort of stuff goes on all the time in games , but as what happened on sunday its only a matter of time someone gets seriously hurt i think malone is incredibly lucky to get off with just a two game ban IMO
danganabu wrote: When you consider that Diarmuid Connolly got 3 months in the height of the summer for a far less dangerous incident it makes an absolute mockery of the system, it appears if an incident is on The Sunday Game it automatically becomes more serious!
