Clare GAA Discussion part 2
Not dropped.
Gone of their own volition or dropped?
We reckoning these tickets will be snapped up sharpish tomorrow morning? For the home games anyway.
Ciaran Downes and Aaron Griffin gone from football panel.
Tomorrow at 11am.
re the limerick lads you mentioned I totally agree, you're picking my thoughts re the lad from templeglentine.
not sure if limerick were better very closely matched for me
he was excellent last year at senior level but almost too young for it , he played in a number of league games and a couple of championship games , but after a poor club championship he lost his place in the senior side ,he is very good but its very early for him i reckon hes under age next year too
that Clare team has some excellent prospects at the back , adam hogan is close to starting for the senior team and john corneally and ian mcnamara will be future regulars , oran cahil and darah lohan are prospects too
a number of thes lads lost by 40 points in a minor championship game to cork a few years ago so in terms of development it has been huge since then , mr Mulcahy from UL is a serious reason behind the improvements a top class S/C coach
i actually taught limerick were the better side ,english is a giant at this level and our game plan was to bypass the likes of him with a short hand passing game that was hard to watch at times , o'donovan was excellent both on frees and from play , interesting to see a lad from as far west as templeglentine look so promising but that Fitzgerald lad looks really good too
to be honest he is a serious talent , can play anywhere , kicks off both feet and scores 3 to 4 points a game , he is deffinatly the closest to brennan we have seen
to be fair you have summarized perfectly division 2 football over the last 7 years that we occupied the division , we did everything right to preserve that status up until the last 20 minutes against kildare . at times we lived a charmed life but we survived in years past , it caught up with us this year and it shouldn't have especially with 4 home games , i know you probably disagree but ithink we will be back up shortly enough we have a nice group of players coming through for this level
next week id say going on last year , id swore the tickets went on sale last year around the second Thursday or Friday of April , but be warned , the gaa had a habit last year of saying games were sold out then magically produced another 5000 tickets closer to the game be it the group stage or the munster fiinal
When are tickets on sale for the Tipp game in a few weeks?
From watching Terence Fahey/ Thomas Kelly coached teams its not something they do very often
They were over the tulla team that won the hearty cup, and both have been involved with their own clubs , whitegate and inagh/K you never associated that type of hurling with either clubs or school
It was a tactic to compromise Limericks taller backs , but it was awful to watch
Ya have to admit Clare definitely deserved at least a draw. Crotty chap was very good
To be fair Clare couldn't provide a venue for a midweek game so was changed to the Saturday. Limerick game moved because of the weather so worked out fair.
Same for both of them. College exams coming etc. Just get on with it.
oh and who are these geniuses within the Gaa that scheduled Clare and Limerick to play 2 games within the space of 4 days? absolutely mind - boggling stuff
Well the Under 20's showed great character again to come back and salvage a draw, they are a hard working, useful tenacious side. but I must say also very frustrating to watch as time and time again coming out of defence they try to break the tackle, run into traffic, turn over ball and give up the cheap scores. If they omitted this from their game plan they would clearly be celebrating 2 wins now instead of 2 draws
Emmet McMahon is doing OK, but he is no Gary Brennan.
This has proven to be a particularly weak Div 2 with Meath and Kildare a shambles and Limerick players revolting against their manager
just on the hurling over the week , great win by the minors on wednesday night , some of them lads look really promising , young michael collins's goal in the second half was outstanding
its also great to see a strong cratloe/clonlara contingent in that side , they have some of the best underage coaching in the county so when a fella makes the clare team from south clare you take notice
yesterday was a really good game in the 20s , ref was a bit confusing let a lot of stuff go then blew for some very soft things , but in truth i felt tipperary were the better side marginally , we raced in to a big lead inside the first 1/4 while tipp lead by a point by half time , and most of the second half until late in the game when the lead see sawed a few times before patrick crotty notched over an equalizer late in the game
terrance fahey has done some job with that team . about 5 or 6 of that team that started yesterday lost by 40 points to cork a few years back not to mention the work he has done with coneeley and hogan at the back , we might be asking questions in clare hurling about 3 and 6 come championship but these two boys wont be long answering them questions in years to come , inside forward line is a little light but young smythe from kilenana is promising as we all know
Clare 2-18 Limerick 0-9
in my best pat spillane accent the best way to describe todays game is , 'while clare and limerick are heading to division 3 ,limerick reminded us today what a division 4 team look like '
yes it was that bad limerick didnt want to be there . they have had a turbulent few months and look to have gone backwards about 3 years since the last time the two teams met 11 months ago , clare made 8 or 9 changes from the trip to derry , freshening things up by starting mark mcinerney , daniel walsh , ike ugweru ,cillian and brendy rouine, ciaran downs and micheal garry , and the future of clare football did not disappoint
the game was controlled from start to finish leading by 8 at half time , it turned into a challenge game in the second half goals at either end of the half by mark mcinerney and ciaran downes and a limerick sending off in between for james naughton didnt make the game any easier on the shannonsiders
we looked fresh today . we actually moved the ball well moved it fast , which makes me ask did we get caught up in such a rut in beating louth one of kildare/meath/cork and final game against limerick and reach 6 points every year that we eventually got caught sleeping
we have excellent players in this team , mcmahon is almost a direct replacement to his neighbors from clondegad , the only diffrence i see is brennan was a better hurler , bohannan is a top midfielder ,he proved this against the likes of mccarthy of dublin ,rodgers of derry and mcguire of cork this year and feealy of kildare
the more i look at it we should never be in this mess , but as we face limerick again next year a really good westmeath side an improving down and offally teams along with sligo, wicklow and Antrim the quota of points has now gone from 6 to 10 or maybe even 12 to get back to where we were today at 2 o'clock , we have the players do we have the fight
clare scorers
Mark McInerney 1-03 1
Emmet McMahon 0-05
Keelan Sexton 0-05
Aaron Griffin 0-03
Daniel Walsh 0-01
Podge 0-01
Shane Griffin 0-01
I'd say they should be selling shortly. They are up on Ticketmaster, but not on sale yet.
Only Leinster selling tickets for their games so far, will keep an eye on it.
Can you only buy tickets a wk or two before Championship game?
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Not having that
Are they available online?
It is relevant, as losing by 40 points is not so much a reflection of the talent, rather the shambolic lack of preparation.
I know the Tipp team is different from last year, but still. I’d rate a win over them much more than say a Kerry or a Waterford. We know they consistently produce a lot of good hurlers.
I'm pretty sure it's a new Tipp team. Rowan and Ryan would have been subs last year.
Brian O'Connell used a sweeper in the munster final last year - is he still using one?
In fairness, the squad 2 years ago was completely different, so whether it was a win or a loss by 40 points, I don’t think referencing it means anything. Tipp’s team insanely different too (missing best player from last year)
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The U20s start their campaign v Tipp on Cusack Park on Saturday.
It feels like a long time since we even won a match at this level, but under the round robin system we get guaranteed 4 games - so hopefully this is the year to put it right.
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