windy shepard henderson wrote: » rory hickey is said to have quit refereeing , apparently down to not getting selected for intercounty games enough , a very fair ref from a football point of view much better then a number of so called top refs at the moment , the appointment of fergal kelly for the national league final a week after an abysmal job he done for the clare v tipperary national league game in thurles was a huge insult to the likes of hickey , the likes of fergal kelly , jerome henry and sean joy are some of the worst ref's i have ever seen in almost 30 years watching the game hickey was head and shoulders above them 3 and rarely selected for inter county ahead of them its fair to say he is a huge loss to the county if true
Donald Trumped wrote: » Agreed with everything what you said 1000%. Rory Hickey is very good and fair football ref. Very disappointing that he has taken this decision, but feels that this is the best move in his life which is completely fair. My huge gra with the GAA is that you have referees being allocated inter-county matches who wouldn't get near Junior C standard, let alone inter-county material. You also have the bizarre situation and one thing that I have noticed in inter-county, is that one of the teams involved would have the match ref that is based in a neighbouring county, whether that be just inside or outside the province. Crazy stuff really. In my opinion the standard of refereeing has gone so bad especially nationally. Locally the picture ain't pretty either. In Clare club matches, in particular hurling, I have noticed how refs give some frees that would make you wonder if we are playing some kind of non-contact tiddlywinks sport. In other news there was some worrying developments for Oisin O'Brien. He played for Clonlara in their narrow win over Feakle in the Clare Cup. However the match was completely overshadowed when Oisin collapsed and was subsequently hospitalized with a suspected asthma issue, 10 minutes from time. Thankfully he has made a good recovery but clearly from a personal point of view it has been a most difficult period in his career with a host of injury problems plaguing O'Brien. Best of wishes to Oisin on his continued recovery.
Donald Trumped wrote: » https://twitter.com/GaaClare/status/1119245511284985857
tomo75 wrote: » Well, that makes it all better! ��
Figerty wrote: » That statement is laughable... The key for the second room is on the door of the first room...but we had to tell them where the key way.. for jaysus sake it's not 1960... As for ordering food.. another ridiculous statement offloading blame. At least Donald Trumps statements are somewhat entertaining.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » what baffles me is why didnt the management not order the food any way , charge it to the county board , the sherwood in ennis is the company that covers the players meals its where players are brought to after training or home matches , they travel all over the country with the county teams providing meals surly the fact they didnt get fed is down to management not making arrangements after the game for players the key on the door excuse is laughable but probably true , most venues in the country even for challenge games would have several officials on hand to look after teams , show them where there changing area is , making sure hot water and shower areas are clean and working parking outside the ground ect... not in clareabby however , only one man patrols the area and tries to do everything himself and thats the man in the purple jumper pat fitz himself
Clareman wrote: » No management will ever be allowed order food like that, ffs, a bag of chips costs money you know it all have to be approved by the Tsar. It's a disgrace that the dressing rooms weren't open, that means there was no-one there to look after the venue
Clareman wrote: » Anyone that has a problem with a ref should give it a try, I was a club ref for a long time and you get nothing but abuse, the losing team will nearly always blame you for their loss whereas the winning team will never thank you.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » as much as i have time for your posts , this one i will challenge , why... the current process rory hickey quit because he deserved more inter county game time , fergal kelly struggled to manage a game between two sides in division two in front of 1000 people one week gets rewarded with a league final in front of nearly 50000 the next week he was diabolical in thurles for both teams my one criticism of the gaa is they fail to outline what a foul is and what is not, this notion of the referee's interpretation is a load of bolix ,its a foul for everyone or it is not. one or the two , its a complete cop out from the rule makers in my opinion
Clareman wrote: » Rory retired because he had a falling out with Fitz and wasn't getting backed by the County board which meant he wasn't getting inter County games. He also is in his late 30s, had a few injuries and bad matches
Donald Trumped wrote: » The Clare senior hurlers played two challenge matches over the last few days. A mainly second string team beat Laois comfortably. While the first team beat Dublin also. Just under 3 weeks and counting to Waterford in Walsh Park in the Munster championship opener.
letowski wrote: » Seems like Jack Browne will play center back for the suspended Conor Cleary. Not sure about that move though he played well there for his club last year. I think we will be doing well to get a result.
Clareman wrote: » Browne is always likely to get booked, but weirdly I think a holding center back role would be ideal for him as he mightn't be isolated 1 on 1 and he has a good hurling brain to cover space. Backs is our weakness, David Mc and Conor Cleary aren't inter-county full/centre backs but they are coping. In my opinion we have the capabilities to be All Ireland Champions but we drop for 20 minutes in most games and we are quick to blame outside forces, for example last years semi final against Galway, Shanagher should not have missed that open goal (yes it was a difficult chance but it was an open goal in an All Ireland Semi Final it should not have been missed), we dropped for 20 minutes when the game nearly got away from us and we were exposed in midfield. I know I'm being a bit extreme but I'd drop Tony Kelly, for the couple of great things he does in a game he's liable to do 50 bad things, either be in the wrong position, be hiding, have a bad wide, give a bad ball, etc. etc., we need a 21 to 21 midfielder who doesn't go missing. For the first game against Waterford we need to concentrate on not giving away soft frees, playing the full 70 minutes and taking our chances when they come, if we can do that in every game we'll be All Ireland Champions, if we don't we'll be out of the championship in June.
Figerty wrote: » Galvin will probably drop to cover in front of Browne. Waterford are switching to working the ball out shorter than before. Kelly won't be dropped, but we will create space for the full forward line to open up Waterford. Limerick did it also. Don't underestimate the loss of a holding centre back who dominates the space so long as Mid-field are working that diamond with the centre forwards.. This is the problem with Kelly, sometimes he doesn't hold that shape.
Clareman wrote: » I agree 100% with this, he just seems to go off and do his own thing, the last play against Galway last year when he took up the ball BEHIND the full back line summed up the problem with him for me, he shouldn't have been there, he should have been taking the game by the scruff of the neck but he went hiding.
BloodyBill wrote: » It was his tragic decision to hit a nothing ball into the Galway fullback line with that last play that summed up his decision making for me. He could have carried it abit more and then trusted his super God given striking abilities or he could have played it in low. He did neither. Game over ,ball burst. . I think Clare expect too much from him. Hes never had a head on his shoulders and weve always struggled to deploy him properly. If he had Galvins head on his shoulders hed be the best hurler in Ireland ...but saying all that we should mitigate his deficiencies and just take decisions out of his hands. Treat him like a kid fresh on the panel. That's how he plays.
