Clareman wrote: » Why does it have to be the players of the 90s? Why does it have to be those 3? The problem with Clare is Pat Fitz, pure and simple, but there's no-one either willing or with the backing to replace him
Clareman wrote: » He's the secretary, if clubs were to bring a vote against him then Croke Park wouldn't have a choice but to remove him from the position, he's not far off retirement though at this stage so that'll be the only way to get rid of him.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » how do you get rid of him , have you ever heard of a treasure been sacked form a county board , he was put there by croke park there is nothing clubs or ex players can really do
sasol wrote: » He is secretary. In the immediate term, I am more worried about junior getting back in, and there is plenty that clubs and ex players can do about that.....if the appetite is there to do so
windy shepard henderson wrote: » i rushed my post earlier today sorry , he is secretary and a whole lot more with it :rolleyes: my belief is that this maybe gerry and donal's last year due to both having top jobs for the companies they both work for if it is there last it wont be junior that takes up the helm , here's why 1. anthony daly stepped aside from the process to allow gerry and donal get the gig the last time , he had said he didnt want to run against them especially if it divided opinion in the county , he has not put his name in the hat for an inter county job since and is waiting to take over next 2 fitz wont get the backing of the full squad , why ? he left the post at the end of 2016 after asking the players to have a vote if they wanted a change or not they voted for a change i doubt they would be as quick to vote him back 3 transition , at some point over the next 3 or 4 years whoever gets the job next will have to oversee a transition of some sort this would not suite fitz who just wants to win , a number of players have already suffered burn out , i imagine players like kelly podge and galvin who have given so much to the county wont play too much hurling into there 30s john conlon is probably the first of our golden generation of u21 players to have hit the 30 mark lately there is a fine bunch of kids on the way through ,we will probably see more of them at minor level next year ,including this year and last years u17s they are all about 5 years away from becoming intercounty hurlers 4 underage , his sidekick bruiser lynch is already in at u17 level as manager at the moment , dont be surprised if fitz takes up this role or u20s role first , from there he can implement his game plan early rather then waiting for them to come to him at senior level as one high profile hurling man in the county put it , in ten years time we could have some of the best players in the country playing with two sweepers :rolleyes: were safe at inter county level for the moment at senior level any way
Clareman wrote: » Looking at the current Clare setup. There's a group of 25/26 year olds that have won all Ireland's There's a potential group of under 15/16
Clareman wrote: » Most of the current crop of players have over a decade of slogging done for Clare at this stage, they started at under 16 development, got to an All Ireland Minor, then to the under 21s and straight to seniors, lots of them have never had a summer holiday.
LuckyGent88 wrote: » Well out of the loop on all things Clare gaa the last few months. What’s the team that looks like taking the field on Sunday in Waterford?? Lots of so called experts either have us not getting out of Munster or else winning the all Ireland!!! Personally think we will do very well to get out of Munster.
letowski wrote: » I'm hearing: Touhy Patch - DMac - Morey Malone - Browne - Fitz Galvin - Golden Dugs - TK - Ryan SOD - Conlon - Podge I think we are maybe even stronger than what we were last year from 8-15 with Ryan and Golden for Malone and Reidy. But our back line is weaker and unsettled. If we do go with the full back line above, it's the same one that played in 2017 that was shipping big scores per game. 3 good stickmen but I prefer man markers. We don't have a good back line tbh and it lacks discipline and depth down the center. Cleary is a loss, while O'Brien will miss this game, he would be a good man marker to have back there with Browne moving out. I think if we have any chance we obviously need our big guns up front (especially Duggan, Kelly and Conlon) to fire. But we really need Davy Mc to come to play and impose himself on Bennett. If those 4 lads go well we have a chance. Malone will be probably follow Aussie everywhere. Waterford favorites for me, but we can win if we perform.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » i have us down as the most consistent front 8 in the country , we were excellent in the league up front also , our discipline at the back killed us and in truth hid just how good we are going forward i was told before the last game against waterford that the panel were just starting to work on a defensive system , down in waterford in the 1/4 final of the league we looked like a side that was trying a new system , something more akin to a challenge game then a full blown league knock out game and got slaughtered as a result the one worry i had coming away that day as the pitch is very small , we struggled with our running off the shoulder game plan as waterford flooded the middle 3rd , they will have a lot of joy in this area of the pitch against both us and limerick at that venue like cork last year in the first round if we lose it should be nothing to get excited about , limerick is our net away game which is home from home for us and we have an excellent record lately against them while i fancy our chances at home against an uneasy looking tipperary(they badly need a win in cork for confidence alone ) and i fancy us against cork in the last game , here's hoping it will see us through to the knock out rounds
Clareman wrote: » The way the Munster championship is any team who lose is under pressure straight away, the fact that we have a break week in week 2 means if we lose this weekend we will be bottom of the table by the time our next game comes around and we'll have to win 2 of the remaining games to get through, might even need to win 3 or at least draw the other 1. Waterford away in the first game is probably the most difficult game we could have, it's so far away with a 2 throw in means the team has to go down the night before, Waterford have also being playing competitive games up to the last day of March and have a huge advantage in a new ground. Saying all that, if we are to challenge for the championship we have to be beating last years bottom of the table team who were also the only Munster team in division 1B this year, we beat them by 9 points last year (thanks to a fortunate red card in my opinion), with Tipp and Cork coming to Cusack Park and being away to Limerick we don't have any easy game, if we lose this we're in trouble straight away.
