Clare GAA Discussion part 2
Be interesting to see if Dalo says anything about it.
who is O'Neill ?
IF only we actually could trust his motives that would be fine. We can't based on past performance.
Fair enough; I wouldn't have knowledge of his past history!
I'm probably missing something since it is Clare where they make up their own rules at times when it comes to internal row but surely wondering about a journalist's motives for revealing news is like being suspicious of a priest who says mass.
There's a few different priests disciples of different Gods…
Kieran O'Neill
Ryan Taylor named among the subs.
Aidan McCarthy listed to start ahead of Shanagher.
Let's see how we actually line out tomorrow.
Jez I hope Shanagher starts . He offers more than McCarthy. That's an underwhelming team . It's all abit stale. I feel it's groundhog day. I'd have thrown Taylor straight back in. I'd have started Shanagher and I'd have dropped Malone and McCarthy. Id have Possibly dropped Diarmuid Ryan aswell .
As an outsider I would have said that's your strongest 15 to start..shanagher always contributes well when he comes on as a sub
It would be madness to start Taylor in an all Ireland semi final when he hasn't hurled competitively in 12 months..again he will be a good option for 20mins..
No way will we do anything drastic like drop Ryan or Malone
We’d only confuse ourselves more than the opposition. They don’t deserve to be dropped anyways.
I hope you're right and I'm sitting in Croke Park at 1800hrs with egg on my face and Clare in the All Ireland final. However if we do the same thing 3 years in a row and lose again like we did to limerick in Munster then management will have many questions to answer and 2 will be 'why was diarmuid Ryan and Malone undroppable'. Ryan is a poor poor marker but an excellent shot taker when on form. He's nit on form. Malone hasn't been on form in 2 years. We are carrying both at the moment. Besides all that we need subs in from minute 45 not 55. We've a huge challenge ahead but Kilkenny aren't the team Limerick are and we are well capable of beating them. Up The Banner
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if it is true it is no surprise , romer is a loose cannon , its widely believed has been a source in the past for the clare times facebook page , which i wouldn't be surprised to hear if it were true
personally i never even knew o'neill had joined up the backroom team , its not something that's going to divide the team , mcmahon and lohan dont get on so he was probably only happy to run the story
he got the brunt of lohans rage in front of a whole host of reporters last year so i am sure he is only happy to run a story like this , especially it having no real consequence on the team , its not like him to stir things up though
the clare times facebook page is making a huge thing about it though which is no surprise
mcinerney would be dropped ahead of ryan surely ,
That Clare Times page is a disgrace, when I 1st became aware of it I honestly taught it was satire like Waterford Whispers, between that and the tweets from Derrick Lynch ye have a few loose cannons out there in the media.
the problem is , he or the people running it cant be held accountable because thy are not using there own name , i was talking to a lad form a club in town last year that was convinced that romer was a source to the page , i only taught of it the other day when i say the post about him , and how upset the lads on the clare times were
they were banned since september and only back in action this week , its amazing how many people fall for it though
the problem is that would be the smartest thing to do , lohan usually hasn't done the smartest thing in some of these big games , if taylor features i hope its because we are 5 points up and liam gordon has the whistle in his mouth
MaCarthy not adding enough at the moment. Start Shanaher. Bring on Galvin, he has fight in him. If Taylor is good enough to make the panel, then throw him in there later in the game. To win means taking risks.
At some point, Hogan will also have to go to wing back.
well done Clare , I thought yere Goose was cooked at halftime. Think we(Limerick) will beat Cork, it will be some atmosphere for the AIF
thought Clare were goosed
Still don’t fully believe in them but some job getting over the line today
Kilkenny’s poor bench the difference maker
Congratulations.
McCarthy proving the doubters wrong. A brilliantly talented hurler, and also an absolute gent off the field. Has gone through a rough period especially with injuries, had a horrendous workplace accident that took him a long time to come back from, so only delighted for the man and his family.
Great win. A monkey off their back to win in Croker and beat kilkenny. They'll need all the psychological help they can get to beat (probably) Limerick.
Taylor made the difference coming on. But huge praise has to go the the whole defensive unit in the second half. Twas night and day from the first half whatever was said in the dressing room. Conlon in the 1st half was as poor as he's ever been, gave away numerous balls with wayward passes. Second half he was solid. Hogan, Cleary, Leen were excellent. To hold kk scoreless for 16 or 17 minutes is a big achievement.
The wind looked like it played a big part too, kk struggled with wides and their long passing accuracy into their forwards in the 2nd half.
If they have a first half like that in the final it'll be game over whether it's against cork or limerick, but especially if it's limerick.
First championship win in Croker since 2013 and first championship win against Kilkenny since 1997, enjoyed that win. Honestly thought Clare were gone. My late father was a Clare man who died days after the corresponding game between the two sides in 2022, so that win meant a lot today. Hon the Banner.
Himself and Reidy kept the scoreboard ticking with two points each from play in first when things weren't going well.
Ah yeah there was a lot of **** being wrote on here and other places about him by people that don’t have a clue. He has scored 3-63 (3-12 from play) between the league final and championship. That’s some scoring return no matter what way you look at it. I don’t think he is a natural inside forward, his best position is probably further out the field, he was an All star minor wing back, which shows his versatility. But he has done a fairly effective job and apart from the Munster final he has been deadly accurate from frees.
Nailed his frees today, and got some really hard ones, but still hit the ball at the goalie, a goal scorer puts it high or low. Same as the Munster final when he gave Quaid a chance. We were goosed without his accuracy today but from play? Still questionable but with almost 100% accuracy, he's a certainty for two weeks time.
We have bigger problems.
Up the banner and down the pints !! we will talk to ye tomorrow lads……..
