Clare GAA discussion thread

windy shepard henderson · 30-06-2014 10:08PM

Boom__Boom wrote: »

Sorry to break the bad news but nearly 100% that if Clare win then a game against one of the other winners of 2B is the result, so basically 1 of the following

Cavan v Roscommon
Tyrone v Monaghan/Armagh
Down v Kildare

There's a fair amount of quality there - 2 Division 1 teams, 3 Division 2 teams and the 2 teams from Division 3 who got promoted to Division 2. I'd expect Clare to get the win over Carlow but I think it's hard to see them progress beyond that.

http://www.hoganstand.com/kerry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=219083

sound for that i assumed the idea was the same as the hurling championship , looks like the end of the road so should we beat carlow

Clareman · 30-06-2014 10:21PM

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

sound for that i assumed the idea was the same as the hurling championship , looks like the end of the road so should we beat carlow

I wouldn't say that at all. We could have beaten Down a couple of years ago in the Park, the Ulster teams must be wrecked after all the games they've played and we'd have no fear for either Kildare or Roscommon, still, it's nice to be playing football in July

windy shepard henderson · 30-06-2014 10:26PM

Clareman wrote: »

I wouldn't say that at all. We could have beaten Down a couple of years ago in the Park, the Ulster teams must be wrecked after all the games they've played and we'd have no fear for either Kildare or Roscommon, still, it's nice to be playing football in July

true but an away trip to any of those counties could mean curtains for us , but yeah a win in carlow would signal great progress for the year

Clareman · 30-06-2014 10:43PM

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

true but an away trip to any of those counties could mean curtains for us , but yeah a win in carlow would signal great progress for the year

Promotion out of Division 4, win a Munster Championship match, great performance against Kerry, that's great progress, anything after this is a bonus

zetecescort · 05-07-2014 04:21PM

opinionated3 wrote: »

Believe me. ..... There is a massive issue here that will eventually break into the media. I can't discuss it here but it is a scandal of epic proportions. Puts the whole lynch affair of 98 into the shade. So I would not be knocking davy or mcdonagh for comments passed in the post match arena. I think davy vaguely referred to it when he said " there is something I might talk about at the end of the year". Trust me on this. .

All could be revealed in 35 minutes time

Clareman · 05-07-2014 07:05PM

I've heard of an altercation between Davy and a supporter outside the park after the match, punches thrown by all accounts, and not by the supporter.

dastardly00 · 05-07-2014 07:26PM

Clareman wrote: »

I've heard of an altercation between Davy and a supporter outside the park after the match, punches thrown by all accounts, and not by the supporter.

Holy fcuk! :eek:

marco_polo · 05-07-2014 08:29PM

Clareman wrote: »

I've heard of an altercation between Davy and a supporter outside the park after the match, punches thrown by all accounts, and not by the supporter.

Wonder was it this or another seperate incident

http://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/clare-manager-davy-fitzgerald-involved-in-tunnel-bustup-30409405.html

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 05-07-2014 08:30PM

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/clare-manager-davy-fitzgerald-involved-in-tunnel-bustup-30409405.html

Clareman · 05-07-2014 08:31PM

marco_polo wrote: »

Wonder was it this or another seperate incident

http://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/clare-manager-davy-fitzgerald-involved-in-tunnel-bustup-30409405.html

That's probably it, nice to see Daddy stepping in to sort things out again, if only every manager got such paternal support from their County Board :rolleyes:.

twinytwo · 05-07-2014 08:34PM

Davy fitz really is a horrible little troll of a man with an ego far too large for his minute stature.... I eagerly await the day someone pans him out.

pappyodaniel · 05-07-2014 08:35PM

He makes a complete ass of himself at times and it's no wonder he's a bit of a laughing stock outside of the county.

niallo27 · 05-07-2014 08:36PM

Clareman wrote: »

That's probably it, nice to see Daddy stepping in to sort things out again, if only every manager got such paternal support from their County Board :rolleyes:.

You do realise the man won us an all ireland last year. We are some shower of miserable bastards of fans, from not bothering to go to games to abusing the man at any chance.

Mountainlad · 05-07-2014 08:42PM

niallo27 wrote: »

You do realise the man won us an all ireland last year. We are some shower of miserable bastards of fans, from not bothering to go to games to abusing the man at any chance.

Looked like about 12,000 there today? I'd say the players had something to do with that all-ireland too.

cul beag · 05-07-2014 08:50PM

niallo27 wrote: »

You do realise the man won us an all ireland last year. We are some shower of miserable bastards of fans, from not bothering to go to games to abusing the man at any chance.

Try being a Waterford supporter!:rolleyes: Clare definitely not firing fully at the moment but I would expect them to turn this around the next day. A lot of counties would have been glad to see ye beaten today-knowing it would open up the All Ireland for a few more counties.

Clareman · 05-07-2014 08:53PM

niallo27 wrote: »

You do realise the man won us an all ireland last year. We are some shower of miserable bastards of fans, from not bothering to go to games to abusing the man at any chance.

No I do not realise that he won us an All Ireland, I do realise that he managed a support staff of multi-national proportions that in turn managed probably the most gifted generation of hurlers our county has ever produced.

It'll take some amount of Miwadi to sort stuff out this time.

niallo27 · 05-07-2014 09:01PM

Mountainlad wrote: »

Looked like about 12,000 there today? I'd say the players had something to do with that all-ireland too.

I was including myself in my statement as well by the way. Why aren't the players getting the abuse when things go wrong.

Clareman · 05-07-2014 09:08PM

niallo27 wrote: »

I was including myself in my statement as well by the way. Why aren't the players getting the abuse when things go wrong.

After the Laois game last year we were useless and going no-where, after the Wexford game we were useless and going no-where, after the Galway game we didn't have a full back line, after the Limerick game we were lucky that they missed frees, after the drawn game we were stupid not to sit back on our lead at the end.

The nature of sports is no matter what people will always complain about something.

niallo27 · 05-07-2014 09:11PM

Clareman wrote: »

After the Laois game last year we were useless and going no-where, after the Wexford game we were useless and going no-where, after the Galway game we didn't have a full back line, after the Limerick game we were lucky that they missed frees, after the drawn game we were stupid not to sit back on our lead at the end.

The nature of sports is no matter what people will always complain about something.

I don't mind that. It's the personal abuse I have a problem with.

Clareman · 05-07-2014 09:13PM

niallo27 wrote: »

I don't mind that. It's the personal abuse I have a problem with.

It's always personal when someone makes it so.

savannahkat · 05-07-2014 09:16PM

Any one know where the replay will be played

Clareman · 05-07-2014 09:20PM

savannahkat wrote: »

Any one know where the replay will be played

Won't be decided until after the draw is made on Monday. I would assume it's on in Wexford, but the qualifiers aren't automatically a home and away situation so that mightn't be true, I'd like to see a double header with the footballers but I doubt Wexford or Carlow would agree to that

niallo27 · 05-07-2014 09:26PM

Clareman wrote: »

It's always personal when someone makes it so.

When someone shout Davy you little prick. Your father should have pushed your mother down the stairs 40 years ago I would find that quiet personal.

Clareman · 05-07-2014 09:34PM

niallo27 wrote: »

When someone shout Davy you little prick. Your father should have pushed your mother down the stairs 40 years ago I would find that quiet personal.

I'm not condoning people or their actions, but, if he doesn't want to be shouted at maybe he shouldn't be shouting at people himself. The guy has fixed hurling in Clare with a chat at his house, he solved drugs with a 2 hour meeting in a hotel, he was bullied all his life, surely having someone saying something to him shouldn't have too much of an affect on him.

niallo27 · 05-07-2014 09:36PM

Clareman wrote: »

I'm not condoning people or their actions, but, if he doesn't want to be shouted at maybe he shouldn't be shouting at people himself. The guy has fixed hurling in Clare with a chat at his house, he solved drugs with a 2 hour meeting in a hotel, he was bullied all his life, surely having someone saying something to him shouldn't have too much of an affect on him.

I'm not feeling sorry for the bloke. I just don't understand the mentality of people who abuse the man after all he has given to clare hurling. I don't like the bloke myself but I respect what he has done.

Clareman · 05-07-2014 09:39PM

niallo27 wrote: »

I'm not feeling sorry for the bloke. I just don't understand the mentality of people who abuse the man after all he has given to clare hurling. I don't like the bloke myself but I respect what he has done.

I'm not questioning all he given to Clare hurling, but I would question that he's not always the best person at the time, even when he was playing he was prone to errors.

I think I speak for a lot of Clare hurling people when I say that I wish he'd just concentrate on hurling and not the rest of the antics, not to mention staying out of the spotlight for a while.

Clareman · 05-07-2014 09:46PM

The Fitzgerald Clan were on the sideline today, Pat of course as the Don of Clare Hurling (doubt he'd be that interested in a football match) and Helen in some other capacity, I wonder if there'll be any recourse for the non-playing rule being broken? Shane O'Donnell was there as well

http://www.thescore.ie/sideline-cut-as-gaa-approves-reduction-in-non-playing-numbers-719308-Dec2012/

marco_polo · 06-07-2014 01:27AM

niallo27 wrote: »

I'm not feeling sorry for the bloke. I just don't understand the mentality of people who abuse the man after all he has given to clare hurling. I don't like the bloke myself but I respect what he has done.

There is 100% no call for anything like that for sure, and he has definitely given the county some service.

But he should be holding his head up high as an All Ireland winning manager from last year, instead the chip on his shoulder appears to be getting ever larger and he is generating needless controversy and attention to both himself and the team where there is absolutely no need for it.

littlesthobo · 06-07-2014 02:12AM

Clareman wrote: »

I've heard of an altercation between Davy and a supporter outside the park after the match, punches thrown by all accounts, and not by the supporter.

Comments section underneath the article on facebook indicate that davy wasn't the one throwing the punches

Hidalgo · 06-07-2014 12:29PM

pappyodaniel wrote: »

He makes a complete ass of himself at times and it's no wonder he's a bit of a laughing stock outside of the county.

Laughing stock inside the county as well as outside