Clare GAA Discussion part 2
Duggan it seems not named on the squad for today.
but the first 15 named is strong, could easily see around 10 of those starting come championship time
Clare Team v Waterford
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Michael Verney reported today in the Indo that Peter Duggan has returned to the panel, which is a huge boost.
Aidan McCarthy is touch and go for the championship unfortunately after a serious workplace accident.
Hopefully we have good availability of players this year, it seems every year we down a big name or too before a ball is pucked.
Clare senior hurlers had a good workout against a University of Limerick Fitzgibbon Cup team over the weekend. I expect that the like of Robin Mounsey, Cian Galvin, Shane Meehan et al will all be involved v Waterford in the Munster league cup semi final at Cusack Park with a Saturday afternoon 1:30 pm throw in time. Any word on whether we will see Peter Duggan involved with the Clare senior hurlers this weekend?
How come Eimhin Courtney not starting?
Eire Og have some great players but they'll struggle to have any kind of dominance without growing their squad, they have a lot of players on both the hurling and football teams and their second teams aren't going too great, although their under 21 footballers are in the A final on Thursday.
Yeah awfully disappointing, the soft goals as you say and some dubious decisions cost them. It will be interesting to see how Finbarrs fare out in the munster final but based on yesterday I'd be surprised if they came out on top.
Eire Og have the potential to go on and put a couple of county titles back to back but they need a bigger scoring threat.
Disappointing performance from Eire Og conceded two soft goals which they hadn't being doing all year and lack of fire power up front and a recognised free taker came back to bite them. Still don't think Finbarrs are all that and it's Stacks to lose.
Eire Ogs first venture into munster in nearly 15 years, the experience will stand to them. Think they are well ahead of what's in the county if they keep the heads right.
i stand corrected mr clareman i expected a little more from eire og , great call , i am one of the joe garry brigade that gets overexcited when it comes to clare football ,
great win by corofin , really good side but i still think kildysart are better then most senior teams and will really be kicking themselves , corofin will have a huge chance in the final now against jack barrys lads
Great win for Corofin
8 points in it, kept within 10
Eire Og down 2-7 to 4 at half time, Corofin down 7 to 6
both championships looked awfull on the examiner website , the hurling was good to watch from an attacking point of view , but there clubs really lack any sort of definsive structure , but great forwards , they have plenty to work with intercounty wise after horgey
was not that impressed with the standard of football to be fair within the county
look i dont buy this at all , cork gaa is slightly improving yes but not anywhere near that much , as for loughmore , they were robed last week in waterford against a ballygunner side tipped for a munster championship
they did not look unfit in any shape or form , cork gaa is all about mind set , against the kerrys and dublins they can raise it in football but in truth both clare and tipperary have been well ahead of them in most grades in both codes for a while now
Kieren Keating has an excellent reputation in finance and administration. He will be an excellent chair IMO. Michael O'Connor was a brilliant PRO, his rival for the vice chair role Paddy Smith is far from liked in GAA circles, and I've heard some negative reports about his conduct during games. The new treasurer Rebecca Sexton is going to be a breath of fresh air and is extremely highly thought of in Kilmurry Ibrickane and it's great to see female representation in the CB executive.
I don't know much about Tony Brohan, but I would like to have seen Kilrush's Niomh Madigan get the assistant treasurer role, as it would be a further sign of that change that clubs and their delegates have been demanding.
I'm overall reasonably happy with the make up of the Clare CB top table. Implementation of the recommendations in the Clare GAA strategic plan group is what got Keating over the line. Now it's about action, we have had enough empty words from previous incumbents in the Clare CB executive.
On matters on the fields, great to see Rice College Ennis claim the Under 16.5 Munster PPS B Hurling final in hurling and St Josephs Spanish Point claim the Under 15 D Munster PPS Football finals today. We should have two very good inter-county minor teams in both codes for 2022.
We saw how poor the Cork hurling champions were last weekend. Maybe the football championship down there might not be as strong as in the past. It is a hard ask for Eire Og to go down there and win, but I would give them every chance. They are a fine team, their defence is outstanding and Darren O'Neill should be able to spoil Ian Maguire. I feel they might be lacking a real experienced ball winner in the forward division, I wouldn't rule out an upset here, best of luck to them anyway.
So new treasurer, same assistant treasurer, vice chair goes to chair and PRO goes to vice chair with no decision on PRO (outgoing chair might go for that), not exactly earth shattering changes at the top table.
I'd agree, certainly have a decent chance and will run them close I think.
Not a hope I fear, they should never have been brought to extra time against a team who had just done the double, they'll be lucky to keep it within 10 points at the weekend unfortunately.
I know what you're saying about Ikem Ugwueru but anyone from Eire Og I've spoken to reckon he's gotten too big and that he'd struggle to last a full match now, the chances of him featuring for Clare are slim unfortunately but he's a great chance of making a career in rugby.
I saw Coughlan win the under 16 title for Barefield almost on his own, he's a truely gifted sportsman, if Barefield have him and Butler featuring for them they'd be a shoe in for promotion.
Yes, I'd give Eire Og a chance of pulling off an upset here.
I don't think they'd have been competitive with the likes of Dr.Crokes or Nemo in their pomp. But Finbarr's, good as they are, aren't truly in the discussion as All-Ireland contenders.
With Eire Og's decent defence you'd expect they'd be still in it coming into the final water break, with Finbarr's having to work hard for their scores, and from there you just never know....
football very strong in the county at the moment , both sides will have a huge say yet in how munster pans out , fancy eire ogs chances against finbars in cork next week
big loss to clare hurling tonight as tony butler lined out for munster fair play to the lad but he is a super hurler and a huge loss
the footballe people in the county will feel the same as ethan coughlan tony's club mate and kildysarts conor moloney all played there part for munster tonight in coventry both huge prospects in the past in the devolepment squads
the qustion mark still hangs over the excellent ikem ugwueru who is border line for a munster squad place , the best ball (football) carrier in the county he would be a revelation in the saffron and blue hopfully he makes both teams at some stage over his career too,
Eire Og and Corofin travel to Cork for their Munster Semi Finals after a draw for home venue today.
I would give Eire Og every chance against St. Finbarrs even in their back yard.
Cork and Kerry teams are a lot stronger than everyone else in the junior and intermediate grades, it possibly is a step too far for Corofin.
Fare play to Eire Og they progress to the next round of Munster.
Thought they were the better football team today but struggled to shake a team renowned for their doggedness
Eire Og defenders to a man were outstanding in defence and attack.
They will be hoping for more spark from their forward division in the next round against the Barrs
Another fine mess from the county board. ... Clarecastle have nothing to lose so they may as well object.. or transfer to Ballyea.
Also hearing Clarecastle could contest the whole relegation should be null and void
Could mean 3 go down next year
had another fine win today in sixmilebridge against brickey rangers of waterford , their neighbors were not so lucky yesterday losing out to waterford outfit dunhill in the intermediate championship
today without kelly epically , in fairness they are a well prepared side , they won their county championship over 8 weeks ago , today was bonus territory for ballyea in my opinion once kelly was out no one gave them a chance to go on and win the championship
Ballygunner must love drawing Clare clubs in the provincial championships
17 I think
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