danganabu wrote: » The most alarming thing looking in from the outside was the massive differnce in physicality, it really was a case of men against boys. this seems to be an issue for Clare across all age groups including senior.
Clareman wrote: » Electric Ireland Munster Minor Football S/F. Full time score: Tipperary 2-4(10) Clare 1-9(12)
Gael85 wrote: » Great result.Was there something about the Clare bus been late delaying the throw in?
windy shepard henderson wrote: » Bad night at the office last night , I still rate a number of players out of this panel for the future , but either the preperation or the setup its self something was wrong from the outset Probably lucky not to be further behind at half time , but we were competitive up to the sending off , Most likely we would have been beaten anyway but not by the margin of 14 points , two things stood out though last night 1 having to make so many changes before and at half time to me is a bad indictment on the preparation by the management Michael o'shea is having a fine league with smith O'Briens , as is paudi o loughlin for clonlara ,surely these two players should have started on form alone 2 in the defense of management , players like colin guilfoyle and Billy Connors had poor games and are key players for the future , I would have expected much better from them two , Limerick have a fine team coming through and will take beating for the rest of the year , a result like last night though should act as a warning sign that we need to improve on the underage setups especially at this level
windy shepard henderson wrote: » but the reason for the last start is laughable if true as it is "rumored" and of course this is just a "rumor" it appears our great leader in clare abby forgot to order the bus in time :rolleyes: of course this is just a rumor and probably no truth to this fiasco in which we are probably blaming poor old pat fitz in the wrong for a bus turning up over an hour late to pick the players up at the west county absolute disgrace if true terrible way for a team to prepare , well done again pat!!
Davys Fits wrote: » It didnt stop Clare winning in 2013. I dont think anyone can be blamed for the lack of big players. There are plenty of them in Clare but theyre just not good enough. A new focus on physicality would be a big mistake. Its the small men on the sideline Im more worried about.
Figerty wrote: » Hold fire a little on the preparation. Shannaher, Martin Daly, and Noonan were all injured. All were certain starters for this team, which was weaker U21 team in any case. Take 1/5th of a starting team out, and in this case three central players on the 21 age level, it's hard to win a match against a strong Limerick team. We were beaten badly at midfield and this is where Limerick were able to build their win. No pressure on Kyle Hayes at centre back as a result. Paudi O'Loughlin should have started, but Guilfoyle, Connors and a few others were marked out of it. I felt sorry for the full back line they worked hard, and the sending off was sign of the pressure they were under all evening.
danganabu wrote: » Heard the exact same rumour last night. Would it really be up to Pat Fitz to be organising buses though? Or those he keep that tight a grip on the purse strings?
Motivator wrote: Wow I was expecting to come on here and see you guys are confident ahead of tomorrow. I give you a great chance and as an outsider looking in, I can’t understand what the negativity is all about.
letowski wrote: » I think it is the last 5 seasons of underperformances that is leading to alot of skepticism from the county. I genuinely believe we have the talent to go along way in the championship, but im not sure I saw much improvement on some of our weakeness from last year. We will see though, because the league to me doesnt matter one bit come championship, hopefully Clare can finally step up. Tomorrow for me is a 50-50 game. I dont want to over simplify things, but the team who delivers more quality ball to their forwards will win because I think both back lines are a little suspect. We'll see anyway.
Clareman wrote: » Could be argued that it's almost 20 years of non-performing that's getting us down, take the semi-final and finals of 2013 out of the equation (big things to remove I know) and it's hard to think of the last "good year" of Clare senior hurling, even getting to the final in 2002 seemed like luck that deserved.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » 2002 felt a little inevitable that we were going to lose at some stage , thats probably what makes that waterford win in the semi final that bit more memorable , taught our performance was fine in the final too but at the time kilkenny were almost unstoppable with the team they had out i regard clare as a bit of a yoyo county as far as hurling is concerned , you just have to stick it out i sopose , my first munster hurling final was in 1993 , who would have taught leaving the gaelic grounds that day after a huge loss to tipperary what was waiting for us around the corner 2 years later fast forward to 2011 where we were operating at division 2A in the national hurling league struggling to beat teams from the christy ring cup again 2 years later we were walking up the steps of the hogan, all we can do is continue to support until we get it right once again
letowski wrote: » That's true. I think there players are there, there's just something missing. I feel like we often leave games where there are alot of regrets and what ifs. Sometimes I think we lack true, follow me anywhere type leaders in this team. The closest we had was Bugler in '12 and '13 where he brought a real warrior fighting spirit that helped drive on the team. I really just want Clare tomorrow to go out work, harry, hassle like dogs and bring a real aggression and physicality as best they can. I think if the team can do that, they have a chance of beating anyone on they're day.
Motivator wrote: » Are things that bad for yee at the moment? I’d have thought there’d be plenty of confidence of getting the win tomorrow. It’s a big ask for Waterford to go up next week to Ennis and get a win. We’re going up without a 70 min battle under our belts and whatever happens tomorrow it’ll do yee the world of good. Personally speaking I’d love to see Clare win tomorrow. Aside from ‘98 and ‘02 I haven’t much to dislike yee for!
supernova5 wrote: » Clare have refined the art of losing games they are capable of and should be winning into a whole new level, something's radically wrong, think its psychological at this point
munsterlegend wrote: » Game was very even in the first half with Cork recovering after a slow start. In the second half I felt Cork improved and got the goals at vital stages. I think Clare will always find it hard to win games as they always concede high scores.It could have gone either way yes but I always felt Cork had that extra gear when required.
