Treplev wrote: » Are there student tickets/discount for tickets in PUC?
puzl wrote: » Win or lose vs Galway this is where Clare need to be. As far as I can recall, you haven't played in croker since 2013. One sure way to prevent the successes of the future is to ignore the successes of today. No disrespect, but to me Clare floundered aimlessly for a while after 2013. You have the hurlers and even though I think you are a bit behind Galway one thing is certain: The only way you'll catch them is to play them in big games. And who knows.. anything can happen in a two horse race. We could even see a clare vs cork rematch. As a neutral I just would love to see one of Clare or limerick in the all Ireland.
letowski wrote: » Good to get the win, at this stage it's all about getting the job done. Overall, I'd be reasonably satisfied. For the 1st half we hurled well to be fair and were well worth a 7 point lead at half time, with all of our forwards contributing well and the backs doing fine. I was hoping for us to push on in the second half and win by more, but Wexford brought more bodies around midfield and nullified our half forwards and midfielders for a good portion of the second half, made in more of a physical battle. That said like the Limerick game, we were able to find that extra gear towards the end which I would give the boys credit for, they passed the test, albeit against a poor enough Wexford side. I thought Shane O'Donnell answered alot of critics after some unproductive performances up front for us. It's important though to point out that he did get much better ball this afternoon and infairness he made hay. Podge was excellent too, was very influential in winning breaking ball and initiating our attack. It's great to see him back close to his best and also significant, with us returning to Croke Park, that's the type of environment where Podge has and can play some brilliant hurling. Same to can be said of Kelly who was excellent in the first half with 4 very good points, these boys are the type of players that can really shine in Croke Park, like they have done before. That said, Galway is an enormous task for this group of players. We kind of got a flavour in the second half today, of how Galway will look to take us on. Galway will be ferociously work-man-like and physical in the midfield and get direct ball inside to players like Glynn and Burke to win. The full back line is a massive concern, when Chin and McDonald got direct high ball inside, we didn't deal with them well at all for me. I think the management will need to figure out this because Davy Mc and Patch are always trying to out catch their markers, which would be absolute suicide especially on a player like Glynn. That said, if they try to spoil the ball, Cleary coming back from 6 isn't really good at reading the breaks and covering ground. I'd don't know how the management are going to work this out, maybe play Jamie Shanahan deeper at 6 and have Malone working back from midfield. I don't know. At the other end, I think we have the forwards to trouble any back line with good movement and stickwork. They are coming into a bit of form with Ian Galvin and McGrath to come on too. I'm looking forward to see what they can do. One thing about today, I'm not sure why McCarthy was not on the bench but we missed him a bit today. Malone went well for his usual 50, but struggled and was wasteful in possession for the last 20. We needed McCarthy on at that time like before. Hopefully he will be back again in a fortnight.
Clareman wrote: » Take 2013 out of it and Clare have being floundering for almost 20 years now.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » 27 points scored today 22 from play , good day at the office ! Peter Duggan 0-7 (0-5f), Tony Kelly 0-5, Shane O’Donnell 0-4, John Conlon 0-3, Pádraic Collins, 0-2 David Reidy 0-2 Séadna Morey,0-1 Cathal Malone,0-1 Conor McGrath,0-1 Ian Galvin 0-1
windy shepard henderson wrote: » disagree slightly , we were always very competitive under cyrill lyons and anthony daly after the loughnane era , things did started to fall apart in the mike mc era around ten years ago , i feel we were terrible under fitz bar that one year in 2013 however we are starting to look a lot more like a competitive hurling team again , but like the lyons and daly era we have a fairly good side but one or two teams look stronger then us , the galway panel in particular ,cork are probably that bit better at the moment too all we can do is keep hitting the frame and hopefully we strike gold along the way again at some stage
letowski wrote: » It's a nice spread of scores, especially against a 7 man back line. And contributions from the bench as well. I'm with you too, I wouldn't right off this team against Galway. For sure they have the better team, but this is sport and a once of game. I like the form our forwards are in now. I'm very much looking forward to Saturday week, evening game, seeing how we fair up against the best team in Ireland, in a semi final. It's where we want to be from the start of the year. And I'm sure the boys will really embrace this challenge, some of these lads I'm sure have been desperate to run out again on that wide open turf where they have had such fond memories. Can't wait!
Clareman wrote: » I can't wait either, to be in the last 4 is MASSIVE for us, 2 games and we're champions.
Speakerboxx wrote: » Get a grip and take one game at a time. You are sounding like the English soccer fans now. You may get a reality check soon enough. Wexford are not in the top 4 best teams in the country so come back down to reality. You are playing the best team in the country next and if Clare don't perform and Galway do, Clare will be up against it and could be in for a long day at headquarters.
Tellyium wrote: » Looking forward to a great Saturday against the neighbours, will be fair craic along the border for the build up! Ye were very comfortable today, we’ll need to be at full tilt for ye. Was expecting Wexford in the semi to be honest, but ye were a level above them today. Might have to tip down to Crusheen for a pint before then !
windy shepard henderson wrote: » what the hell are you raven about ? he only stated a fact , fairly far fetched as it is it still is a fact no one on here is getting any where near carried away ,how could we after that excellent performance galway produced last week , trust me we are delighted to get this far , this would have been regarded as serious progress at the start of the year
Speakerboxx wrote: » He said "2 games and we are champions"
windy shepard henderson wrote: » and do you not think that is fairly far fetched , id say that's fairly wishful thinking , win two games and you are all ireland champions sounds great but in fairness a near impossible task after last week id say the post is more tongue in cheek
Speakerboxx wrote: » Clare have a great chance of doing so but it isn't a foregone conclusion. Clare Galway Kilkenny Cork and Limerick all have a mighty chance. All good teams. Hard one to call. An underperforming Galway might do it for Clare but a Galway team on form will be really difficult to beat.
Speakerboxx wrote: » The poster said "TWO GAMES AND WE'RE CHAMPIONS" . What does that mean to you? The Galway fans on the site arent even saying that and they have the best team.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » very strange rivalry , often i have been to league games between galway and clare and expected the gards to step in and call the game off , it can get pretty brutal at times both in the stand and on the field ,..........crazy part is both counties then proceed to support each other for the rest or the year ....until they face each other again :pac: galway are defiantly the stronger side at the moment but the hope is emotions will be running high that evening and game plans (and rule books get thrown out the window and all hell breaks loose , we have to find some way of breaking you're momentum
Clareman wrote: » 20 years is a bit harsh but unfortunately in the past 20 years we've won 1 All Ireland, 1 Munster and 1 league while losing 1 other All Ireland final, we weren't even getting All Stars for a lot of years. The Lougnane/Lyons/Daly team was based on the 1989 minors, the current team is based on the 2010 minors, we've nothing else coming through unfortunately, the minors of 97 were a lost opportunity for us to keep things going, them meeting that great Limerick under 21 team was extremely bad timing.
Figerty wrote: » The 89 Minors? Davy Fitz, Conor Clancy, Jamsie as a sub. That's all that came through to senior in reality. We won an All-Irland without having won a Munster u21. I recall hearing that Loughnane was asked after the 1994 county final, how he was going to make a team from that... (a poor final) his answer was 'I have enough to work with'
