Clare GAA Discussion part 2
Took the ref, umpires and linesmen a long time to decide it was a penalty!
They're 2 seperate incidents, If you think the first one wasn't a penalty you've no business watching hurling, it's not even debatable
When is the next Clare county board meeting? The reason why I ask is because we will know by then what Colm Collins’ intentions for the Clare footballers for 2023? Will he stay or will he go?
I also presume that Brian O Connell will remain on with the Clare minor hurlers (likely to be U18 grade next year) and Mikey Neylon for the U20 footballers.
Living in Shannon now by all accounts. Big addition to Wolfe Tones.
Not a hope will Stack ever manage a Clare senior team. He was a fiasco when he was a selector in the early 2000's. His time has passed.
Feakle were blown away by an organised Bridge team. Bridge are clear favourites for the championship now. Quality all over the field and plenty on the sideline. However, they won't really be tested now until the Q finals. Tactically Feakle tried a sweeper and it didn't work as the bridge won all the personal battles. The fact they only scored one goal is how easy it was. Will be hard for Feakle to recover from this.
Sixmilebridge put a very impressive tally of 1-31 in their 21 point hammering against a very poor Feakle in the second Clare SHC game today in the park.
The Bridge have been the most impressive team so far in the championship. Sean Stack is a serious operator, should be a future Clare hurling manager candidate once Lohan goes.
Clarecastle 1-14 O Callaghans Mills 1-14 result from the Clare SHC at Cusack Park. The mills led by 4 with 5 mins of normal time left before a Bobby Duggan inspired comeback for the magpies gave them a 1 point lead before Gary Cooney scored the leveller and the final score of the match.
Feakle v the Bridge at 3 today in Ennis.
How come Billy Connors transferred to Wolfe Tones?
NR not part of the Kilmaley coaching team so!
Eire Og were 1 of the few clubs not to field an under 19 team in the championship and they gave walk overs in the Junior A league (they were in the relegation playoff for that last year), for a club with the resources and pick they have it's a disgrace how it's being ran.
Eire Og have major issues full stop, their sideline was a disgrace yesterday, Gerry O'Connor was constantly being told to get off the pitch, players coming off were swearing at management, Niall Malone had to calm a few of them down in the stand, panicked subs. Kilmaley's sideline was a lot more measured, small things like making substitutions on the opposition puck out make a huge difference.
Eire Og have some basic skills issues.
Aron Fitz tried to bulldoze his way out at the end of the first half. He dropped the head and put the shoulder out in front and then was livid when pulled for charging. Likewise, Corry lost the plot when he dropped the hurley in front of the ref, even if it was held he still let it go. With better coaching (probably at underage) most of the mistakes made could have been avoided. Or another was trying to block a player coming in with his shoulder instead of the body with the arms up..easy free for a ref.
You can't 'tackle' a goalie in the square.. not the same as not touching him. The penalty came from the challenge from the cornerback. O'Donnell plays the double swerve very well. Moves left, then right into the man and lift the hurley up as though impeded.. He usually is a the backs have to hang off him.
O'Donnell got some very soft frees, I always thought if you touched the goalie in the small square it was a free out, it was a good save it was never a penalty in my opinion.
I think you could argue that was after the fact. To be fair his momentum would have brought him into the goals. The goalie stood his ground it was a good save; very hard to stop O'Donnell in that position. I wouldn't fault O'Donnell at all for coming through.
Guys Eire Og have a fantastic squad. The best in Clare in my opinion. They don't have a winning mentality,haven't had it since the late 80s or early 90s. They never play for the full 70. They finally beat Sixmilebridge last year and it took years of beatings from tbe Bridge to finally stir them in an excellent performance. I think there's an issue in the club. Always whinging yet rarely performing on the pitch.
I ll compare Eire Og with Na Piarsaigh down the dual carriageway. Na Piarsaigh weren't liked because it led to the demise of Treaty Sarsfields club. They were also seen as outsiders full of Tipp ,Clare ect. And Northside townies. They didn't whinge. They knuckled down and finally made tbe breakthrough and stayed ontop more or less. They also produce aggressive players like William O Donoghue. Eire Og don't produce that sort of player . You have to have a mix of skill and aggression.
I watched the match back there, if anything it should have been a free out, O'Donnell launched himself at the goalie. There was about 4 Eire Og lads in the square at the end
I have the video, I think you are right on the hurley. O'Donnell's class dummy made it go from a block down to a block across the arm, instead a hook/block. Pure class from O'Donnell.
Agree with you apart from the penalty. I was down that side and the Kilmaley corner back broke his Hurley across SOD, it was 100 % the right call, I don't think they could decide who did it though so no one was booked.
Agree with this completely, Eire Ogs management cost them the game, Kilmaley had their home done and got their homework done, it took injuries for Eire Og and Kilmaley turning off to keep them in the game. Eire Og made panicked subs who didn't add much, Kilmaleys subs rose their game, i think 2 of the 3 scored
Sorry, yes I quoted the wrong post, Townies feeling hard done by when they have a professional playing for them and their managers being completely inept, I spotted the ref Malone having to calm down some of the lads who were taken off.
impressive wins also for inagh/k , clooney quinn , and especially wolfe tones today , the shannon men look real dark horses with the inclusion of billy connors . add him to a side with , dara lohan , rory hayes , cuningham and shanagher and thats as good on paper in the county at the moment , billy was outstanding today, if he ever fancied himself as an inter county hurler we would open the double doors with open arms a fantastic hurler
inagh/k were never troubled by crusheen good solid performance by a good solid side there qustions will be asked of them in the latter rounds
newmarket will stay senior if nothing else after comfortably seeing off whitegate , not contenders at the moment but rebuilding well,
clooney are for the future some really tallented lads coming through at the moment over there , they look to be able to mix the play comfortably from short to long with with little fuss , add in duggan and ryan taylor and they enter the dark horse group of contenders , probably a year or two too early for a serious challenge but looked really good in terrible conditions
in the intermediate , barefield did what was expected of them today with a handy win over killenena , ogonnelloes win however has tulla looking in real trouble going forward , a mighty win for the lough derg men that nobody saw coming
good win for kilmaley tonight , first half performance was excellent , mikey o'malley was outstanding as was tom barry , and brian mcnamara
the latter is a serious athlete probably the best footballer in the county under 20 at the moment but has serious intercounty hurling potential if he can stay in games longer as he has a habit of drifting out of games for 10 or 15 minutes , daire keane must have turned down that wedding invitation because he was back to his best also tonight , worrying for kilmaley is that he seems to be the only ball winner whin the chips are down
as regards the referee , and clare refereeing , i imagine the directive from the board is to let as much go as possible , several championship games i have attended over the last two weeks have been controlled in the same manner , and in truth its no bad thing , a number of county championships over the last 5 or 6 years were nothing more then free taking competitions
eire og were tactually inept tonight it took them 40 minutes to get there match ups right , the first half performance was terrible , and but for shane o'donnells brilliance it could have been embarrassing , they played a nice fast brand of direct hurling in the second half for the last 15 to 20 minutes and nearly snatched it , but the tactics imployed in the first half was scandals , too short and predictable , they have a fantastic side but no game plan at the moment
I hope you replied to the wrong post! I agree with you. It's theclaretideisturning has the issue. I have just seen the penalty call. There was no penalty.
Jesus were you at the same match I was at? Eire Og got a very soft penalty in the first half and the goal they got at the end had about 3 Eire Og lads in the square as the free was being taken let alone when the ball was hit
Second to the ball all evening. Lost ball all evening and couldn't handle the physicality in the full-back line. If you do any of these then you are going to suffer,. Eire Og did all three. Two of the full-back line gone in the first half and the full-back was being cleaned by a young lad. That's where the problem was. They set up for defending short puck outs and Kilmaley went long.
The penalty Eire Og got shouldn't have been given.
When they got their act together in the second half for 20 minutes they were the better team. O'Donnel and Reidy were a class apart, Kilmaley a better team.
Only Eire Og think there is an anti-Eire Og conspiracy,..yes, ye are paranoid. Constantly mouthing to ref and supporters abusing the ref doesn't help.
Eire Og lucky to be only a goal down at the end. That final goal may be hugely important in score difference later.
I left the Eire Og v Kilmaley game just before half time. The standard of refereeing has collapsed in Clare. Some baffling decisions by the referee. As an Eire Og fan I’m fuming. I’ll get in trouble if I say anymore but anyone that thinks that there isn’t some kind of Anti Eire Og conspiracy from refs and the CB, they’re delusional. All off the back of the Eire Og backed Saffron and Blue report a game changer for Clare GAA long term, seven months later Pat Fitz retires.
Serious lack of referees and linesmen a big issue and Seanie McMahon, the Clare referees administrator has major questions to answer. The whole system in Clare is corrupt.
Results from the Clare senior hurling championship
Wolfe Tones Shannon 2-17 Smith O'Briens 1-12
Ballyea 1-22 Broadford 0-13
Clooney Quin 1-16 Scariff 0-13
HT Scores
Newmarket on Fergus 0-7 Whitegate 0-7
Inagh Kilnamona 1-11 Crusheen 0-7
Eire Og Ennis take on Kilmaley at 7 pm tonight in Ennis.
The weekends Senior fixtures:
Clooney Quin V Scariff Senior Hurling Championship Gp 3 Rd 1 Sixmilebridge 2:00 PM - Live Streamed
Ballyea V Broadford Senior Hurling Championship Gp 2 Rd 2 Shannon 2:00 PM
Smith O'Brien V Wolfe Tones Shannon Senior Hurling Championship Gp 4 Rd 1 Sixmilebridge 4:00 PM - Live Streamed
Inagh-Kilnamona V CrusheenSenior Hurling Championship Gp 4 Rd 1 Cusack Park 5:00 PM - Live Streamed
Newmarket on Fergus V Whitegate Senior Hurling Championship Gp 1 Rd 2 Tulla 5:00 PM - Live Streamed
Kilmaley V Éire Óg Ennis Senior Hurling Championship Gp 3 Rd 1 Cusack Park 7:00 PM - Live Streamed
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Davy's son is going to help out with the Mills as well, or so I've heard. From county final to relegation mix isn't a good look for any club and you can imagine that this is because of background issues.
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