Clare GAA Discussion - 2024 All Ireland Hurling Champions

i genuinely dont think he will make it , too many people are being romantic about the time seanie mcmahon played with an dislocated shoulder in 95 , i dont think he has a chance of starting in two weeks time if he dose i will be shocked . rory hayse has been excellent since he has been called in be it corner or full , dont know why lohan didnt put him on gillane in the munster final

do you think so re lohan , i taught he struggled at times especially when he was picking up Considine , then again adam hogan was brilliant all year and paul crummy made him work hard yesterday

i think hes john conlons replacement if last year is anything to go by , he was excelllent for clooney at half back , he only stood in for adam hogan before the cork game in munster

It won't be for 3rd concussion this year, last Saturday is the first game this year Conlon was substituted

He's started every other game since the Westmeath game in the league

If he had previously been concussed this wouldn't be possible

What is possible is he could be stood down on medical grounds , but heard nothing about the situation yet

id say so , they did in the cusack last year , ticketmaster sell the corner flag tickets first then move more central when the club and unsold season tickets come back

looking at the season ticket exchange there are only a handfull of unsold season tickets in 305 or 306 in the cusack so i would expect the upper cusack to open next tuesday , keep an eye on the galway v limerick seats on ticketmaster that will be a carbon copy of our game but a day ahead

Seams as there is not much to talk about in terms of injuries ,as know one actually knows outside the squad , here are some of the stats ahead of next week

semi final records since 1999

kilkenny 17 wins lost 4

clare 2 wins lost 5

the last team to beat kilkenny in a semi final and win the all ireland is us back in 97 , ironically maybe that the final was against the team we had previously met in the munster final , it was also the last time we won the all ireland minor championship in 1997

in all ireland championship meetings , its 6-1 to kilkenny with 1 draw

that 1 and only win came in 1997 , kilkenny have beaten us in 2 all ireland finals 3 all ireland semi finals and one all ireland 1/4 final

the average wining margin is 4 points the same as the margin of victory in 97 , however the largest margin was recorded last year of 12 points

highlights form tonights game in kilkishen , killian nugant has some range in fairness on frees , who need jacob loughnane, scariff bay radio did the comentry and young eoghan gunning forging a fine career as an analyst before his fine senior intercounty career even begins , a very well spoken lad in fairness, big night in jacks tonight 😂

To be fair this is the only time this year that we have had to really leave the county boundaries bar the Waterford game in thurles

Galway hurling supporters have been all over the country since the championship started

From a supporters point of view the split season is a god sent , I have been on the road since January win lose or draw you know everything will be over by the August weekend, from there you can start saving a few quid for next year's season tickets , and some of the expenses that go with it you have 6 months to prepare for it again

I know it's a huge expense at the moment but we are basically living in early 1980s level of high inflation, if you look back at some of the attendances then at all Ireland semi finals they would barely attract 25000 and the finals rarely sold out , it's just the times we are in

A lot of Kilkenny people won't travel this weekend for that same reason