Clare GAA discussion thread

marco_polo wrote: »

No bother you're allowed one slip . Didn't think Ballyea were desering of being such warm favourites but a little surprised it wasn't closer, sounds like a pretty dissapointing performance.

yeah they were over hyped , from what i saw of them over the summer they never really looked liked real contenders, today they forged plenty of chances and a large number of goal chances and couldnt convert, they were all over the place in the first half, but through out the game there seemed to be a pateren where ballyea went close with a goal chance or had a player disposesed in a scoreable position it was nearly always punished immediately down the other end of the field

i wouldnt write off clarecastle , but if they gave up the same level of scoring chances against the likes of cratloe or clonlara they would be punished , and the fact they had trouble staying close with newmarket a few weeks ago , i would be willing to put a line through there name should they draw crusheen giving the nature of there win yesterday but at this stage it is very hard to call

Hurling SFs.
Clonlara V Crusheen tbp 20/21 Sept.
Cratloe V Clarecastle dependent on Cratloe V O' Currys in football.

few results from earlier today in the football championship , liscannor will be intermediate next year after a 6 point defeat to shannon gaels,and last years finalists are out thanks to a last minuet rory donnally goal

senior football championship 1/4 final

cooraclare 1-07 0-08 doonbeg

relagaton playoff

shannon gaels 2-11 1-08 liscannor

intermiedite football championship ( play off )

kildysart 0-24 3-11 kilmihil ( aet)

Running Balance wrote: »

I d say that LL be sweet for cooraclare getting one over doonbeg!!

Any one know how the junior championship is going??

yeah it must have hurt doonbeg alright , it seemed as if the game was over dispite only 1 point in it . a lucky bounce caught out doonbeg which left a 1 on 1 most players would have fisted it over the bar and take extra time

cooraclare were the better team but kicked a criminal amount of wides

the junior championship was at 1/4 final stage at the weekend

naomh eoin 1-16 1-08 ballyvaughen

ennistymon 2-11 1-08 kilrush

moy 2-05 0-13 michael cusacks

with coolmean stil to play clondegad, i would imagine naomh eoin and coolmeen would be the strongest teams in the division and would imagine one of them 2 teams will be contesting intermediate next year

Clareman wrote: »

I'm guessing the guys were told to chose a sport and they decided football
http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/blow-for-fitzgerald-as-collins-brothers-opt-for-football-30569039.html

And given that choice they were always going to pick the footballers.

They get to work with there father and the team environment seems a lot less serious than the hurling panel under Davy.

Massive boost for the football panel anyway and hopefully they produce the goods again next year.

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

yeah it must have hurt doonbeg alright , it seemed as if the game was over dispite only 1 point in it . a lucky bounce caught out doonbeg which left a 1 on 1 most players would have fisted it over the bar and take extra time

cooraclare were the better team but kicked a criminal amount of wides

the junior championship was at 1/4 final stage at the weekend

naomh eoin 1-16 1-08 ballyvaughen

ennistymon 2-11 1-08 kilrush

moy 2-05 0-13 michael cusacks

with coolmean stil to play clondegad, i would imagine naomh eoin and coolmeen would be the strongest teams in the division and would imagine one of them 2 teams will be contesting intermediate next year

Does anyone know has semi final draw been made? Hoping Naomh Eoin win.Have a nice blend of youth and experience

buck65 wrote: »

Ridiculous decision, ****ing waste. Football in Clare is a joke.

I think it a great day for Clare Footballers. Too often Clare Football has played second fiddle to the hurlers. They dont have half the resouces given to the hurlers. The appointement of Colm Collins was the first decent management since John O'Keefe was involved in 98. This year there was actually a professional set up and first time in years that the county best players wanted to play for their county.Progress was made with promotion to Division 3 and playing 5 Championship games. If could get also Liam Markham and Cathal McInerney they would be huge additions too.

opinionated3 wrote: »

He is missing out on winning all irelands though. .... and for what? The chance to play under your father? Where's his ambition gone? Football in clare is poor at best. Disappointing day for our hurling tradition

There is as much chance of Clare footballers winning silverware next year than the hurlers.

People were calling for Podge to give up one code and concentrate fully on one all year,He has now done that but there seems to be a big problem that he picked football.

Cork will have the same problem with there lads if they choose the big ball

marco_polo wrote: »

He is an amateur sportsman, whom I am sure would love to play both codes for the county as he did this year. If certain individuals cannot facilitate that then it say alot more about them than either of the Collins brothers.

It's not a case of facilitating the lads playing both codes. . It's a case of reiterating that it cannot be done without one suffering over the other. It was obvious this year that podge was not at his best with the hurlers. Even aidan walsh with cork looked jaded in the semi final

opinionated3 wrote: »

It's not a case of facilitating the lads playing both codes. . It's a case of reiterating that it cannot be done without one suffering over the other. It was obvious this year that podge was not at his best with the hurlers. Even aidan walsh with cork looked jaded in the semi final

I think this is hilarous. If managment feel that player can't play both to 100% level, then fine - up to them not to pick them. But I'd rather have Podge Collins at 95% then not have him at all.
Comments about Aidan Walsh are cheap shots being made all year by people and the media. "Even aidan walsh with cork looked jaded in the semi final". 90% of the cork team looked jaded against tipperary -they simply didn't turn up. To pick out Aidan Walsh is silly. Same after Kerry v Cork - media / commentator criticised Walsh, Cahalane and Cadogan and brought up dual issue and that you couldn't do both. Them three players were no worse than rest of cork team that they. To a man, they all played very poorly.
Walsh was outstanding in Munster hurling final against Limerick - no mention of this anywhere!

Not at all arrogant. I do believe that there is fantastic potential there with this bunch of players and if managed correctly there is definitely more all Ireland victories in them. And my point is that podge will miss out on that.

almostover wrote: »

The lads were forced into the decision by Davy Fitz and not their father. Davy made a big issue of them playing football. It had little to do with Clare's performances this year. Clare, like many other teams before them, suffered from second season syndrome. They will be back as a team to be reckoned with next season and under-age success will ensure a steady crop of new players to keep them in the top 2-3 teams in the country in the coming years. For the 2015 championship I would rate them (begrudgingly) in the top 4 teams.

This is an overreaction by Davy Fitz and not the Collins' brothers. It's clear that Davy gave them an ultimatum and now it has backfired. Expect plenty of back-pedalling and internal negotiations this winter and Podge Collins to be wearing the 15 jersey for Clare hurlers next season.

If we could get Davy Fitz out!! It would be great but not while daddy there.