Clare GAA Discussion part 2 , No Purple Jumpers Allowed !!

Clareman wrote: »

https://twitter.com/ClareChampion/status/
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Quilty and Milltown is tie of the round. Is it neutral venue for games?

Clareman wrote: »

Yeah, but I can't imagine the 95 team surviving today with the speed of the game and the amount of cameras to catch what's happening, same as I couldn't imagine today's teams surviving in the 90s with the physicality. The biggest change I think that would affect the team of the 90s is the constant moving of players, in the 90s rarely would any of our backs have moved from their position, Lohan played the 95 final on 1 leg, today you're as likely to see the full back in the forwards as in the square, look at O'Donovan scoring the equalizer in 2013, Frank or O'Halloran would never be that far up.

agreed overall with this post, but saying the 2013 squad couldn't survive their physicality? I'd disagree big time.
Look at it, probably the strongest hurler in the country at a time, John Conlon was there, Clare's tallest ever hurler Darragh Honan at 6'6, Tony Kelly, Pat O'Connor, Cian Dillon, Domhall O'Donovan, Brendan Bugler. Yeah in my opinion they'd hold their own on a pitch.

Clareman wrote: »

Clancy is probably the most underrated hurler in Clare's history, watching back the 95 and 97 All Ireland final's it's amazing how he didn't get man of the match, I've heard it said that Lohan and Seanie used to look forward to championship matches cause they wouldn't have to mark Clancy

Unothrodox is the word I would use, Like Honan, or PJ O'Connel. Any back looks for a pattern in a forwards hurling; how the pick up the ball, how the move and trys to upset that. With O'Connell and Clancy you had two different styles who could upset a centre or full back by just swapping postion.
Podge brough the same type of change in style in 2013 and was unmarkable against Cork the first day, the second day Cork studied an nullified him a bit, but O'Donnell then brought a different game than was expected from Honan. That variety, with quality on any team is what changes games.

zetecescort wrote: »

So Pat Fitz has the Gardai after ye?

Everybodys a suspect.....paranoia strikes deep in the heartland...

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

He started it, with his drive by county board meeting last week :pac:

That meeting should be up for golden cleric county board award...

When the County board meeting finished last week..the truck driver pulled across the side curtain like it was a Broadway show...encore they roared from the stand.
This investigation by the guards is disturbing. But no one deserves personal abuse. I haven't seen any of the abuse Pat Fitz is reported to have got. I think criticism of him will be stiffled because of this investigation.
I wonder would the guards broaden their investigation and look into how the 2 million euro redevelopment of Cusack was conducted. About 500 000 was spent in Cusack Park on exits and a disastrous upgrade of the stand. Where did the rest of the money go?

BloodyBill wrote: »

When the County board meeting finished last week..the truck driver pulled across the side curtain like it was a Broadway show...encore they roared from the stand.
This investigation by the guards is disturbing. But no one deserves personal abuse. I haven't seen any of the abuse Pat Fitz is reported to have got. I think criticism of him will be stiffled because of this investigation.
I wonder would the guards broaden their investigation and look into how the 2 million euro redevelopment of Cusack was conducted. About 500 000 was spent in Cusack Park on exits and a disastrous upgrade of the stand. Where did the rest of the money go?

A good question. but never going to be asked and if ever asked I'm sure there builders and accountants reports available.

Figerty wrote: »

Unothrodox is the word I would use, Like Honan, or PJ O'Connel. Any back looks for a pattern in a forwards hurling; how the pick up the ball, how the move and trys to upset that. With O'Connell and Clancy you had two different styles who could upset a centre or full back by just swapping postion.
Podge brough the same type of change in style in 2013 and was unmarkable against Cork the first day, the second day Cork studied an nullified him a bit, but O'Donnell then brought a different game than was expected from Honan. That variety, with quality on any team is what changes games.

That's quite a good post. Shane O Neill was completely unsuited to Shane O Donnell, I think O Neill was a corner back, he got caught out of position numerous times that day. Remember O Donnell's second goal where I think Galvin whipped the ball from the wing to the corner and it was broken down (by John Conlon maybe) into O Donnell's path.

O Neill followed the flight of the ball and got caught in no-man's land for that brief second when he should have stood his ground as a full back.

Podge is probably a bit unmarkable at times too, he buzzes around and can drop deep, as a defender you are probably as well to let him go and pick him up again at the 45. He isn't going to do much damage further out as his striking isn't the best. In the replay Cork let him off and he was ineffective, due also to 3 or 4 particularly bad stick passes from him.

It will be interesting to see if Lohan uses Podge, not sure will he be starting.

Figerty wrote: »

https://www.balls.ie/gaa/the-mystery-of-liam-ryans-foot-injury-439897

Things are getting interesting..

I can only imagine the reaction here if Davy had done this.....https://www.the42.ie/clare-gerry-oconnor-daniel-kearney-4685496-Jun2019/

Figerty wrote: »

You mean like this mentioned in the article?

“Maybe it’s indicative of just the occasion and the situation Clare find themselves in. We saw it in Nowlan Park a couple of years ago where Davy Fitzgerald got penalised for doing that and rightly so.”

The reaction to Gerrys incident was minimal compared to Davys that the point I'm making....