Clare GAA discussion thread

derealbadger · 11-10-2011 01:40AM

So what do ye think of Ollie Baker going to the Biffos good move for him? good move for Offaly hurling? has he much managerial experience at club level

kstand · 11-10-2011 10:39AM

derealbadger wrote: »

So what do ye think of Ollie Baker going to the Biffos good move for him? good move for Offaly hurling? has he much managerial experience at club level

I think he's taking a bit of a poisoned chalice. Joe Dooley was doing great work there but the board did little or nothing to back him. Offalyt seems to be divided down the middle between football and hurling. They should be playing their hurling matches in Birr, but the board insist on dragging them across the county to play in Tullamore. Plus all the stories about them not being able to train on the pitch in Tullamore. I supose Ollie sees it as an opportunity, but I'd be guarded if I were him. They were going well with what they had under Joe Dooley, relegation aside.

eroo · 11-10-2011 04:17PM

Davy will be ratified tonight. Will be interesting to see his backroom team.

premierstone · 11-10-2011 04:34PM

eroo wrote: »

Davy will be ratified tonight. Will be interesting to see his backroom team.

Brian Lohan has turned down the offer to be a selector.

eroo · 11-10-2011 05:07PM

Looks like Louis Mulqueen will be physical trainer. I know he trained Clare teams in the past, but the game has moved on. Does anyone on here know if he's a qualified strength and conditioning coach?

eroo · 11-10-2011 09:34PM

http://hoganstand.com/Clare/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=156362

Top two teams in Div 1b of NHL will play each other with winner going into semi final against top team in 1a. Other semi final involving 2nd and 3rd teams in 1a.

This is good for Clare hurling, we have a chance of playing against the top tier.

eroo · 12-10-2011 01:05AM

Davy has gotten a 3 year term with Louis Mulqueen and Mike Deegan as his selectors.

ballykev · 12-10-2011 10:04AM

eroo wrote: »

Looks like Louis Mulqueen will be physical trainer. I know he trained Clare teams in the past, but the game has moved on. Does anyone on here know if he's a qualified strength and conditioning coach?

I wouldn't think so, strength and conditioning coach is to be announced at later date deegan mulqueen just selectors

User Friendly · 14-10-2011 10:45AM

Killmurry IBricken v The Parish

The wesht Clare boys to beat the -4 pts handicap. 11/10;)

I expect KIB to win 7/8/9 points + it wouldnt surprise me if it was double scores.

ConTheCat · 16-10-2011 08:52PM

Does anybody have any sort of report on the football match today? Just heard KIB won well!

User Friendly · 16-10-2011 11:03PM

ConTheCat wrote: »

Does anybody have any sort of report on the football match today? Just heard KIB won well!

if your interested in Clare football................. then your probably best look for another Gaa Forum.

this place is a ****e place to debate anything as you see!:rolleyes:

LuckyGent88 · 17-10-2011 05:40AM

disappointed that DB didnt put in a better performance in the final. by all accounts they got hammered.

anyway, the main match is next weekend!!!!! Hon the Town

Evil_Clown · 17-10-2011 12:01PM

ConTheCat wrote: »

Does anybody have any sort of report on the football match today? Just heard KIB won well!

From Clare FM

KIB claim 12th County Football Title
17 October, 2011 - 08:20

An impressive performance from Kilmurray Ibrickane saw them claim the county football title against St Josephs Doorabarefield by 17 points to 5 in Cusack park.

The champions led from start to finish,never allowing the first time finalists time to settle and went in at half time 8 points up.

Manager John Kennedy told Clare FM that they got the start that they wanted and that was crucial to their 12 point win:

ConTheCat · 17-10-2011 08:22PM

User Friendly wrote: »

if your interested in Clare football................. then your probably best look for another Gaa Forum.

this place is a ****e place to debate anything as you see!:rolleyes:

Haha just noticed this yeah, not very interested just have family in the place and a cousin on the team!

LuckyGent88 · 23-10-2011 04:38PM

HON THE TOWN

:D God i wish i was back in Ennis tonight.

Clareman · 23-10-2011 05:19PM

Crusheen won the senior, the match should not have been played,the ball spent more time in the ground that on top of it, if the inter-county team is going to develop then we have to start playing the championship earlier that the end of October.

Mountainlad · 23-10-2011 05:55PM

Clareman wrote: »

Crusheen won the senior, the match should not have been played,the ball spent more time in the ground that on top of it, if the inter-county team is going to develop then we have to start playing the championship earlier that the end of October.

To be fair, Waterford and Tipp finals were played last week, and the Cork final two weeks ago. When are ye out in the Munster club championship? Wouldn't be good preparation for the county champions to be waiting so long for a competitive game!

It was a really bad game, but looking outside my window I can see how bad a day it is and the pitch was in a bad way after a little while. That said, you'd wonder how much better it was in Kilkenny, and that game was of a far higher standard. There was very few standout players, Cian Dillon was an easy pick for man of the match.

Clareman · 23-10-2011 06:08PM

Waterford were in an All Ireland semi final, Tipp in the All Ireland, you can understand them not being available, how are we supposed to find player playing in the mud? We don't even have the league finished off yet, it's a joke really.

Clareman · 23-10-2011 06:10PM

Sorry, we're playing the Munster club in the second week of November, I can't see the problem with having a team waiting a month to play in the Munster club if it means they get to play the county championship in August/September

pakalasa · 23-10-2011 08:20PM

Maybe they'll move it forward now, seeing it was the bridge that were beaten, with a much younger and lighter team too....;)

Clareman · 23-10-2011 08:48PM

I think the big gap is because it's straight into a semi for both teams, AFAIK the directive for county boards is for their championships to be finished by November.

And as for the time of year & lighter hurlers, the minor A final is on next weekend, the B competition is just at the semi final stage

Mountainlad · 23-10-2011 08:51PM

True I suppose, Waterford was very rushed though, which meant a few dual clubs playing for 6 consecutive weeks or more.

How many Senior clubs are there in Clare and how does the championship work?

In Waterford, there are twelve teams, spilt into two groups. The championship is played off in 8 rounds.

Clareman · 23-10-2011 09:06PM

IMVHO there are too many senior clubs in Clare, there are 20 clubs, that's 4 rounds of games in the group stages, quarter finals, semis & final, without replay's/play-offs that's 7 weekends that have to play. The tradition is to play hurling 1 weekend and football the next, throw in allowing for the minors & intermediate players their runs it means it takes 5 months to play the competition.

If I had my way, I would cut the number of teams down to 16 and have 4 teams of 4, the top 2 teams into the quarter finals, the bottom 4 into relegation play offs (2 teams down every year 2 up), the 4 3rd place teams play in the Senior B, this would guarantee every team at least 4 games every year.

I would have the calendar organised with Championship Weekends, start Friday evening and finish on the Sunday, all the other secondary competitions can be ran during the week, we have enough grounds to be able to cater for all the matches, and playing them during the summer would mean pitches wouldn't suffer too badly. I would also have the dates set in stone, let teams play regardless of how the intercounty teams go, it might be harsh, but let the players decide if they want to play or not.

Gael85 · 27-10-2011 10:05PM

Has anyone a list of Davy Fitz hurling panel?he dropped Philip Brennan and Gerry Quinn.Will Tony Carmody,Gerry O'Grady return to panel?

construct06 · 01-11-2011 12:00AM

Id also allow games to be played at one of the teams venues for any given championship match. this could be done by a toss of a coin initially and then by agreement each year after if the same sides happen to meet.

this would allow the Gaa to show some appreciation to their fans/followers by fixing games at home venues of one of the teams. The standard of pitches and clubhouses in the county is now quite high but the attendances are very very poor for games and i think this is because the games are always fixed for neutral venues and people in these harsh times may not have the money to travel and then pay in, especially of there is a family. Also a lot of people have stopped going to games, and the buzz that might be around a town or village on the day of a big match would possibly entice people to back to the games. Also the pubs might do well out of such an arrangement.

i dont see the point on clubs upgrading their facilities and then on their biggest days they never get to play there. It doesn't happen in the premiership for instance.... Man. Utd. play every second week at Old Trafford for instance...

I know Clare Cup games are played at home but their importance or relevance is questionable and at such an early stage in the year with poor conditions again.

I think Clare players are now more used to Winter hurling conditions than Summer? Is hurling a winter game?!

Kerrydude1981 · 01-11-2011 02:27PM

Hey guys,any info on what Eire Og are like? They are playing the Kerry county hurling champions Ballyduff next Sunday in the Munster Intermediate Championship semi final.

Gael85 · 02-11-2011 04:41PM

By Fintan O’Toole

Thursday, October 27, 2011

CLARE football manager Michéal McDermott is hopeful that more members of county senior champions Kilmurry-Ibrickane will be part of his squad for the 2012 season.

Defender Martin McMahon was the only regular representative from the 2010 All-Ireland club finalists in the Banner senior side this year although clubmate Declan Callinan was introduced as a substitute against Down during their All-Ireland qualifier defeat in June. McDermott is optimistic that situation will change next year with players like Enda Coughlan, Darren Hickey and Stephen Moloney examples of those who would come into the frame.

However, the Clare boss intends to defer any plans to recruit more players from the Quilty-based club until after their club championship commitments have concluded as they prepare for a Munster SFC semi-final date on November 20.

"The full focus of the Kilmurry-Ibrickane lads at the moment is the Munster club championship and they deserve to be left alone to concentrate on that," he said.

"Whenever their season does draw to a close, then that will be the time to sit down with them and talk about getting involved with us in Clare.

"For now they need to think about the big games they have coming up. But I would be very hopeful that come the 2012 league and championship, we will have a number of Kilmurry-Ibrickane guys on board with us."

McDermott has also added Limerick native Michael Cahill to his backroom team for the coming season. Following a recommendation from new Waterford senior hurling physical trainer Pat Flanagan, who previously played a key role with the Kerry footballers, McDermott brought Cahill on board to take charge of Clare’s strength and conditioning.

Mayo legend Liam McHale will remain part of the Clare setup as a selector with particular emphasis on the coaching of the squad’s forwards, and James Foran completes the management setup.

"Michael is originally from Mungret in Limerick but is now based in Tralee where he is working. He would have studied in IT Tralee where he trained under Pat Flanagan and it was through Pat, that Michael was recommended as a guy to bring into our setup. Given Pat’s record at intercounty level, that was a serious recommendation.

"We had a trial game last Sunday where Michael made a presentation to the players. We’ll be moving into fitness tests then this weekend and then we’ll be given them their individual training programmes for the closed months of November and December.

"The lads are very enthusiastic and Michael will bring a great element of professionalism to our setup. I’m delighted that Liam and James are also with us, and Liam is going to be focusing on the coaching of our forwards this year.

"League promotion has to be our aim next year. That will give us a good platform for the Munster championship where it is a huge plus that we’ve avoided Cork and Kerry, and that we’ve a bye into the Munster semi-final."

Gael85 · 02-11-2011 04:43PM

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Hey guys,any info on what Eire Og are like? They are playing the Kerry county hurling champions Ballyduff next Sunday in the Munster Intermediate Championship semi final.

Éire Óg back from the wilderness (Intermediate final)
Written by Peter O'Connell
Thursday, 27 October 2011 11:43

Éire Óg 1-14

Ruan 0-6

This is not a championship Éire Óg will hope to win again any time soon. One intermediate championship will suffice. They were desperate to win it last Sunday in Clarecastle however and regain their senior status, which they lost in 2008.

Due to be played as a curtain-raiser to the senior final in Cusack Park, the intermediate final was switched to Clarecastle following a pitch inspection at the county grounds on Sunday morning.
The intermediate finalists definitely benefited from the change of venue. Bearing in mind the torrential rain that fell last weekend, the surface in Clarecastle was in superb condition. In fact, the pitch was in better nick at the end of the hour’s hurling than Cusack Park was after both senior teams had merely warmed up. Yet while the players got to play on a decent pitch, Éire Óg and Ruan supporters didn’t come out of it so well. With no covered viewing areas available in Clarecastle, even protection from a sea of umbrellas couldn’t protect most supporters from saturation as the rain teemed ceaselessly.
Éire Óg had three scores on the board inside the first eight minutes, with Davy O’Halloran and Ronan Keane scoring from play, while Danny Russell pointed the first of his five scores from a free. The scores helped t o settle the winners while Ruan were hit with a significant setback when Darragh Roughan had to retired injured in the eighth minute. Shortly afterwards Ruan reshuffled, with midfielder Eoin Hanrahan reverting to wing-back, where he picked up Keane, who excelled in the opening quarter.
John Punch pointed Ruan’s first score from a free yet it was their profligacy from dead balls that hurt them badly as the game wore on. Some scoreable frees missed the target, whilst others didn’t even make it as far as the square, where a break could have paid dividends for Ruan.
To compound this, a lengthy Fergus Flynn free, in the 14th minute was adroitly flicked to the net by Barry Nugent at the clubhouse end. Suddenly, Éire Óg were 1-3 to 0-1 up and Ruan, several of whose players sustained early knocks, were facing a mammoth task.
With Michael Vaughan showing well in their half-forward line, Patrick Keegan and Aidan Lynch pointed their only other first-half points from play. Danny Russell, following a foul on David Ryan and Cooraclare’s Thomas Downes, completed Éire Óg’s tally, leaving the Townies 1-5 to 0-3 up at the interval.
If they were to have any chance of winning the intermediate title, in what was their second successive final, Ruan needed to up their work rate and intensity levels immediately. Caimin Howard pointed early in the second half but Noel Whelan and Barry Nugent responded immediately for Éire Óg, with Fergus Flynn making Nugent’s score. Patrick Keegan put over his second point for Ruan but Danny Russell (free) and centre-forward David Ryan replied with a brace of points.
Tadhg Hanrahan put over what was Ruan’s last score in the 12th minute of the second half. Not scoring in the remaining 18 minutes underlines where one of Ruan’s primary problems lay.
Now coasting but still trying to do the simple things well, Éire Óg tagged on points from Russell, Ronan Keane, Davy O’Halloran and Ryan.
Their reaction on hearing Johnny Healy’s game-concluding whistle didn’t border on ecstatic. Players, management and supporters looked more relieved than overjoyed, knowing Éire Óg are a senior club again. The task now for the team from the county capital is to consolidate and re-establish themselves at senior level.
Conditions militated against anything approaching free-flowing hurling but Éire Óg showed they were adaptable, whatever the weather. Their half-back line, Fergus Flynn in particular, gave them a crucial foothold, while Ronan Keane and David Ryan worked exceptionally hard in their half-forward division. Danny Russell did the business from frees, while Davy O’Halloran and Barry Nugent scored 1-3 from play between them in the full-forward line.
Eoin Hanrahan, Michael Vaughan and Garry Bell did their utmost for Ruan, who looked flat from the off, although they will feel that if they had converted more frees, they would have made a game of it.

Éire Óg: Kevin Brennan; Cathal Brennan, Cormac O’Regan, Mark O’Donnell; Tadhg McNamara, Fergus Flynn, Kevin Moynihan; Noel Whelan, Mark Fitzgerald (captain); Danny Russell, David Ryan, Ronan Keane; David O’Halloran, Barry Nugent, Thomas Downes.
Subs: Adrian Walsh for Noel Whelan; Ronan Cooney for Cathal Whelan.
Scorers: Danny Russell (0-5, 0-4f, 0-1 65); Barry Nugent (1-1), Davy O’Halloran, Ronan Keane, David Ryan (0-2) each, Thomas Downes, Noel Whelan 0-1each.
Wides: 5; Frees won: 15; 65s: 1
Yellow cards: Ronan Keane, Tadhg McNamara, Fergus Flynn.

Ruan: Pakie Roughan (captain); Garry Bell, Niall O’Connor, Leon Quirke; Killian Ryan, Jonathon Clohessy, Darragh Roughan; Tadhg Hanrahan, Eoin Hanrahan; Aidan Lynch, Colin O’Donoghue, Michael Vaughan; Patrick Keegan, John Punch, Brendan Lyons.
Subs: Caimin Howard for Darragh Roughan (injured); Alan Bell for John Punch; Damien Brohan for Tadhg Hanrahan.
Scorers: Patrick Keegan (0-2), Aidan Lynch, Caimin Howard, Tadhg Hanrahan (0-1) each, John Punch (0-1f).
Wides: 8; Frees won: 15
Yellow cards: Jonathon Clohessy, Tadhg Hanrahan.

Referee: Johnny Healy (Smith O’Brien’s).

lala88 · 03-11-2011 11:17AM

Is Noel Whelan whos midfeild with Ennis the same lad who played with Kilmoyley a few years back?

bob911 · 16-12-2011 07:25PM

the likes of cratloe boys cathal mcinerney podge collins cathal mcgrath enda boyce barry duggan.

doonbeg cathal dillion shane ryan.

kilmurrys noel downes darren hickey enda coughlan stephen moloney.

clondegad cormac ryan conor gavin podge mcmahon francie neylon tony kelly.

doorabarefield alan o neill david o brien enda lyons
kilkee gearoid lynch

wolfe tones garry leahy daniel gallery kevin cahill
ennistymon seanie mcgonigle. st breckans conor cormican sean cormican stephen tierney should all be on the clare panel

Clare GAA discussion thread

Comments