Clare GAA discussion thread

Hidalgo wrote: »

I'd say Barefield to make the drop to Senior B for me.

In football today, cratloe beat Kilrush in Quarter finals, the final quarter final takes place tomorrow between Cooralare and Doonbeg.

Is that game still going ahead? I heard it was called off due to a bereavement

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

the clare hurlers ......AHEM.....:pac: sorry i ment to say cratloe had a good win over kilrush in the football championship winning 2-06 to 0-07 fergal lynch being there best player,

they play eire og next week in the semi final which should be a cracker,

well done to lissycasy who won the minor final by a point aswell , as a man who hails from a rival parish it can be hard to say , but what i heard they deserved to win it!!!

I'm from a rival parish also (maybe from the same club!) and hate admitting it but fair play to them, most clubs in west Clare are struggling to field under 21 teams but Lissycasey seem to be going from strength to strength

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

thats true as far as i know , one of the cooreclare player's father died yesterday. i dont know when it will be replayed

If it is on next week then it means that the final can't be on for another 3 weeks, surely too late to have a team in Munster unless they nominate someone, maybe the winners of Eire Og and Cratloe?

Boots234 wrote: »

If it is on next week then it means that the final can't be on for another 3 weeks, surely too late to have a team in Munster unless they nominate someone, maybe the winners of Eire Og and Cratloe?

sorry my bad!!! the game go's ahead tomorrow as planed just heard there. a lot of people unhappy about that, i heard somewhere today that it was called off

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

sorry my bad!!! the game go's ahead tomorrow as planed just heard there. a lot of people unhappy about that, i heard somewhere today that it was called off

That is bad form

dpofloinn wrote: »

Feakle v Whitegate in intermediate

Guillfoyle coaching Feakle?,and a few of the o gradys playing with them?

thinkstoomuch1 wrote: »

Guillfoyle coaching Feakle?,and a few of the o gradys playing with them?

Yep. Tommy Guilfoyle is involved with Feakle, wouldn't have a clue as to what their team is tbh, main forwards would possibly be Tommy's son and a Neville lad.

For Whitegate Brendan Bugler would be their mainstay

So in the hurling, do I have this right?

Semi finals next weekend Nov 3
Final the following one Nov 10
Then Munster match Nov 17

Not sure what happens in event of any cancellations or replays

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

thats not the half of it!!!

i just read on the clare fm obituaries page that the funeral mass is on at 12 o'clock with burial afterwards, the match is fixed for 2 o clock!!

so according to this the county board expct the players to attend a funeral for the father of one of there team mates and play a match straight afterwards crazy!!!

Is this going ahead today?

Ya that was always going to be a hard hitting game before this happened. This is crazy stuff, it's a county quarter final. I presume it's more the county board's fault in that they won't postpone the game until next weekend rather than Doonbeg's, who would surely be willing to play it on another date?

Running Balance wrote: »

Its a bloody joke is what it is. Especially since Cooraclare played Friday night..

Makes the clare gaa look like a heartless crowd of btards!! Would love to see Cooraclare win!

BTW: I m not from there!! they have beaten us plenty of times!!!

i think alot has to do with the fact that doonbeg could'nt play it mid week because of players with work commitments cooraclare couldnt play today , i am sure doonbeg could have arranged something for mid week to help out

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

doonbeg get there walkover they play lissycaesy next saterday again in kilmihil very harsh on cooraclare

what i hear now is doonbeg rejected the walkover and the ball was not throwing in!!! the reff's match report to be sent to the ccc tomorow. as the county board see it doonbeg will play in the semi final next week. its a compleat mess

does it still count as a walkover if the ball is not thrown in and they score??

Always thought once one team didn't show up that was good enough to get a walkover..

piss up and brewery spring to mind when I hear of the county board!!!

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

i think doonbeg just turned up to avoid being throwing out of the championship or fined or whatever because as it stands they have refused to accept the walkover, i dont think they submitted a team sheet , so i dont think they can collect a walkover,

the ironic thing about it aswell was the doonbeg players/supporters had to pass the funeral on the way to the match its self,

alot of people are starting to get fed up with the county board at this stage, i mean they put clonlara's game back a week in the hurling because donal o donavon could'nt make it home in time, and then they let this happen

county board don't give a sh%te about football.

They'd be happy to run the whole off as a blitz over one weekend!!!

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

i dont think its as simple as that, there are plenty of west clare people on the board as well i think parrish rivalry's have alot to do with it aswell . i have no doubt this game could have been fixed for later in the week, but it would look very bad on doonbeg had they accepted the walkover!!

on a better note the clare u17's hammered tippeary in the munster u17 final in the gaelic grounds 1-15 to 0-07 good to see the work paying off as i have said before the development at underage level in football seems to be at the highest standerd's that i have seen at any stage before in the county

The county board have let this situation develop because they haven't structured their fixtures properly over the year. At this stage Croke park should step in and insist that rounds of the champtionships be played after County games.

Clare County board should be renamed Clare County Hurling team board as they have been compliant on every move the senior management wanted and this this to detriment of the clubs.

We now are in the stage that we won't have a team in the Munster club. You know what,, who cares if we don't a familiy funeral will always be more important than any match. If we miss out on the Munster club then so be it.

Figerty wrote: »

The county board have let this situation develop because they haven't structured their fixtures properly over the year. At this stage Croke park should step in and insist that rounds of the champtionships be played after County games.

Clare County board should be renamed Clare County Hurling team board as they have been compliant on every move the senior management wanted and this this to detriment of the clubs.

We now are in the stage that we won't have a team in the Munster club. You know what,, who cares if we don't a familiy funeral will always be more important than any match. If we miss out on the Munster club then so be it.

If games are postponed, the county management can request postponment, its the clubs and their representatives that vote.

Why in Gods name did football championship not start till August? That's an absolute joke. Or was that at the request of the hurling management??