windy shepard henderson wrote: » malone is not a popular choice with some clare supporters , he did ok today , we need him in my opinion for his hight but anything he dose wrong in a game it will be highlighted
LuckyGent88 wrote: » Another game we left behind us really. Had so many opportunities that we didn’t take or just messed up with a poor last pass or decision. We simply missed that killer instinct and composure when it really mattered. Not sure what was up with Duggan today but his touch was just awful. Nothing went right for him. Really glad for SOD. Gets criticized so much but finally shows what he can do when he actually gets quality ball and isn’t double marked. A couple of poor wides though. Thought Cork got the tactics better in the second half and flooded their half back line and midfield and once they turned us over they had plenty of space and picked off scores much easier. Couldn’t fault the work rate and I thought we did reasonably well in defense and good to see us trust in our one on one defense. Huge game next week and can’t see us having the same space to run into and create goal chances like we had today so we need to remain patient and choose the correct option.
The White Feather wrote: » I thought Cathal Malone was one of your best players today as well as Reidy,Kelly and O'Donnell. They said on commentary that Reidy had cramp so that's why he was taken off
corks finest wrote: » Thought the Clare number 14 was fine, surprising ye took him off
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.
Reputable Rog wrote: » Very disappointed today on both minor and senior results. The senior game was an improvement on last season, Shane O'Donnell was very impressive at times, I think Pat O'Connor is finished, Cathal Malone and Jack Browne should be no where near the squad. I can't understand taking David Reidy off, Conor McGrath was running aimlessly around with the ball afternoon.
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.
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
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
