Clare GAA discussion thread

windy shepard henderson · 20-09-2014 12:43AM

keeponhurling wrote: »

If it is the case that he missed some training, hypothetically, then picking guys like that aren't going to win you the all-Ireland unfortunately

The guy you're marking in the championship won't take it easy on you cos you've been busy at work

You could almost turn it around and say Davy wasn't afraid to make a hard decision

yeah but the whole set up heading into the league/championship was miles behind the rest of the country i think the players went on holliday in mid january where most of the top teams in the country were putting the finishing touches to there league campaign, this year the development squads will be out training 3 months earlier which will work in our advantage massively come
next summer

donal was unable to make training for the first month or two of the year , he wasnt that far behind his team mates in terms of training last march or aprail

cnoc · 20-09-2014 05:50PM

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

there is no doubt davy fitz lost an awful lot of support with the clare people this year , with the treatment of the local media ( who never did anything wrong in the first place ) and the way he treated the clubs half way through the championship, there is no way i would doubt the fact that he most probably dropped donal for his work commitments, thats if he treats the players the same way he treats everyone else of course

but some of the rumors were well off the mark, i would expect things to settle back down again shortly , to give davy his credit he is a very good manager but the off the field stuff has to stop

Seemingly (rumour if you like) but he, Domhnall O'Donovan was given an ultimatum by D Fitz to get a job in this part of the country, or else he would be dropped from the panel.

Limestone Cowboy · 20-09-2014 06:51PM

14 man Crusheen knock out Clonlara

windy shepard henderson · 20-09-2014 10:08PM

cnoc wrote: »

Seemingly (rumour if you like) but he, Domhnall O'Donovan was given an ultimatum by D Fitz to get a job in this part of the country, or else he would be dropped from the panel.

yeah i heard that story too but in fairness he is not the only player in the panel working outside the county , hard to know if it was actually true or not but as i said above it would not have been out of place of davy to say something like that

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

14 man Crusheen knock out Clonlara

very poor game , crusheen just muscled there way through the game they were way too psychical for clonlara , both defences were very strong which ment the game turned into a tennis match between the two defences at times , it goes to show just how unevan the group stages are in the championship , clonlara looked like world beaters up to today , in an open draw system i am sure the likes of sixmilebridge would be still in the mix at this stage

i taught clonlara would get through today , it wouldnt be beyond the possibility of a clarecastle v crusheen final , but if cratloe do get through tomorow as they found out earlier in the championship , they will have a huge job on there hands to get over the line

feakle got promoted today with a 4 point win over parteen in the intermediate final ,just in time as 4 extra teams will be relagated , wolfe tones the leatest to hit the drop zone after there loss to doora/barefield ,

the joes go on to play whitegate in the final relagation playoff game where the winner stays up, whitegate beat broadford in the other relagation play/off

the senior B final ended in a 0-16 to 1-13 draw between o'callaghans mills and eire og

Limestone Cowboy · 20-09-2014 11:20PM

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

yeah i heard that story too but in fairness he is not the only player in the panel working outside the county , hard to know if it was actually true or not but as i said above it would not have been out of place of davy to say something like that

very poor game , crusheen just muscled there way through the game they were way too psychical for clonlara , both defences were very strong which ment the game turned into a tennis match between the two defences at times , it goes to show just how unevan the group stages are in the championship , clonlara looked like world beaters up to today , in an open draw system i am sure the likes of sixmilebridge would be still in the mix at this stage

i taught clonlara would get through today , it wouldnt be beyond the possibility of a clarecastle v crusheen final , but if cratloe do get through tomorow as they found out earlier in the championship , they will have a huge job on there hands to get over the line

feakle got promoted today with a 4 point win over parteen in the intermediate final ,just in time as 4 extra teams will be relagated , wolfe tones the leatest to hit the drop zone after there loss to doora/barefield ,

the joes go on to play whitegate in the final relagation playoff game where the winner stays up, whitegate beat broadford in the other relagation play/off

the senior B final ended in a 0-16 to 1-13 draw between o'callaghans mills and eire og

Ya twas a terrible game alright. Wasn't a bit impressed with Clonlara and didn't think the bigger names in their squad stood out. Galvin and Conlon were poor throughout. There's some steel in that Crusheen squad to win that game down a man and their most influential player at that. Expecting a better showing from Cratloe tomorrow!

Hidalgo · 20-09-2014 11:25PM

Bad game between Crusheen and Clonlara but you cant blame Crusheen for that. Playing with 14 men for half the game, they still managed to play the game on their terms.
Clonlara played right into crusheens hands carrying the ball into contact. If there's one side that relish a physical digfight its Crusheen.

After 20 mins Clonlara led by a solitary pt despite having done the majority of the hurling. Too many crossfield passes abd over elaboration of short passing cost them time and time again.
Considering the firepower Clonlara possess, a return of 2 pts in the 2nd half was a shocking return. Both from placed balls and with an extra man adds to it.

Big thing now for Crusheen is they have to plan without Pat Vaughan who got a straight red just before HT. Injuries to Jamie Fitzgibbon and Alan Brigdale also.

Physios on both sides were flat out as players were dropping constantly.

Clareman · 21-09-2014 06:49PM

Senior Championship Semi-Final Full-Time:
Cratloe 4-15 Clarecastle 1-19
Cratloe will now face Crusheen in the Senior Championship Final

letowski · 21-09-2014 06:56PM

Clareman wrote: »

Senior Championship Semi-Final Full-Time:
Cratloe 4-15 Clarecastle 1-19
Cratloe will now face Crusheen in the Senior Championship Final

It will probably be billed as Crusheen's defence vs Cratloes attack, but games don't always work out that way. Should be a very interesting game, nonetheless.

Conor McGrath with 3-4, thankfully he didn't decide to go for the football too!

Has any team ever done the double in Clare? It would be some achievement for Cratloe if they could pull it off. Certainly wouldn't be beyond possibility.

keeponhurling · 21-09-2014 07:00PM

Eire og win the football and were in the hurling final a few years back, 2000 maybe

Can't remember anyone ever doing the double

cnoc · 21-09-2014 07:12PM

keeponhurling wrote: »

Eire og win the football and were in the hurling final a few years back, 2000 maybe

Can't remember anyone ever doing the double

Were the Collins' brothers and Cathal McInerney playing playing fror Cratloe or did they give up hurling altogether?

Clareman · 21-09-2014 07:18PM

cnoc wrote: »

Were the Collins' brothers and Cathal McInerney playing playing fror Cratloe or did they give up hurling altogether?

They are still playing hurling for their club.

Boots234 · 21-09-2014 07:30PM

keeponhurling wrote: »

Eire og win the football and were in the hurling final a few years back, 2000 maybe

Can't remember anyone ever doing the double

I'd imagine that they would be short odds to do the double now. They should be favourites to win the hurling and I think only Eire Og could beat them in the football but they still should have enough to win both titles

cnoc · 21-09-2014 07:35PM

Boots234 wrote: »

I'd imagine that they would be short odds to do the double now. They should be favourites to win the hurling and I think only Eire Og could beat them in the football but they still should have enough to win both titles

Has John Galvin added much to the footballers?

windy shepard henderson · 21-09-2014 08:57PM

letowski wrote: »

It will probably be billed as Crusheen's defence vs Cratloes attack, but games don't always work out that way. Should be a very interesting game, nonetheless.

Conor McGrath with 3-4, thankfully he didn't decide to go for the football too!

Has any team ever done the double in Clare? It would be some achievement for Cratloe if they could pull it off. Certainly wouldn't be beyond possibility.

infairness to crusheen they came very close to beating cratloe in the group stage i think there was only one or two points in it in the end , and it was very much a must win for both teams at the time as it was to see who toped the group and avoid the likes of clonlara and newmarket, the two teams that toped the other two groups , crusheen have sence beating both and in myopinion the one team cratloe probably didnt want to see in the final again

and i think one of the old ennis teams won the double maybe 80 odd years ago before they became eire og not sure

cnoc wrote: »

Has John Galvin added much to the footballers?

he came on in there last game , a narrow win over o'curry's , they were wining by ten points when he came on , but bringing him on was a mistake as it compleatly upset there rhythm they moved two or 3 players out of position to accommodate him they went on to win the game by 4 and had to wether a late storm , i would expext him to keep playing cameo roles until he is fully fit

Boots234 wrote: »

I'd imagine that they would be short odds to do the double now. They should be favourites to win the hurling and I think only Eire Og could beat them in the football but they still should have enough to win both titles

cratloe easily disposed of eire og early in the championship they won pulling up , so i dont think they would worry too much of a rematch, kilmurry are still lurking around and if there is one team that knows how to win county chapionships without playing well its them , and they would love nothing better then be the team known for stoping the double

Clareman · 21-09-2014 09:30PM

keeponhurling wrote: »

Eire og win the football and were in the hurling final a few years back, 2000 maybe

Can't remember anyone ever doing the double

I got the roll of honour for both the hurling and football from Wikipedia and did an excel sort to see if any clubs won both championships, just 4.

1929 Ennis Dalcassians
1914 Ennis Dalcassians
1911 Ennis Dalcassians
1890 Ennis Dalcassians

Keano · 21-09-2014 09:37PM

I know a Cratloe player and he did tell me at the start of the year they really wanted to do the double this year. Best of luck to them.

Hidalgo · 22-09-2014 10:23AM

Boots234 wrote: »

I'd imagine that they would be short odds to do the double now. They should be favourites to win the hurling and I think only Eire Og could beat them in the football but they still should have enough to win both titles

Whilst they'll probably be the bookies favourite for the hutling I wouldn't be in a panic to back them.
Conor McGrath was lethal yesterday anytime he got ball in hand but I thought if his marker had slightly better hurling McGraths influence would have been a little less.

If there's one club well able to defend andcut out space its Crusheen.
If Crusheen can stop McGrath from tearing it up I'd give them a right chance. Doing so will revolve around the fitness of Alan Brigade. He went off in the 2nd half v Clonlara with what looked a hamstring injury. If he's fit I'd see him as the best man marker for McGrath.

The one thing Crusheen don't have that Clarecastle had yesterday was a forward like Bobby Duggan. He got some excellent points.

pedro1234 · 23-09-2014 01:48PM

Just a reminder that Clare won it in 1995, and 1997.

What's to say they can't do it in 2013 and again in 2015?

Limestone Cowboy · 23-09-2014 02:35PM

pedro1234 wrote: »

Just a reminder that Clare won it in 1995, and 1997.

What's to say they can't do it in 2013 and again in 2015?

Nothing's to say they won't and they could well do it but there seems to be a lot of turmoil at the moment. Time will tell a lot!

windy shepard henderson · 27-09-2014 03:07PM

nearly half time in the first of the semi finals in the football championship eire og lead 0-7 to 0-4

comentary here

http://www.live-radio.net/SearchResults.php3?OSt=Li&St=&OFee=Any&OCnt=Li&Cnt=&OPag=10&OSta=Li&Sta=&OCit=Li&Cit=county+clare&OGen=Li&G

Limestone Cowboy · 27-09-2014 04:13PM

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

nearly half time in the first of the semi finals in the football championship eire og lead 0-7 to 0-4

comentary here

http://www.live-radio.net/SearchResults.php3?OSt=Li&St=&OFee=Any&OCnt=Li&Cnt=&OPag=10&OSta=Li&Sta=&OCit=Li&Cit=county+clare&OGen=Li&G

Result?

windy shepard henderson · 27-09-2014 04:19PM

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Result?

sorry it finished eire og 0-14 k.i.b 1-07 couple pf players sent off for the bricks late on goal was last kick of the game as well , townies look like there geting better by the game , alot of good young players coiming through , davey o halloran is probably the best footballer in the county at the moment, they should give cratloe a better game in the final should it work out that way ,

Limestone Cowboy · 27-09-2014 04:22PM

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

sorry it finished eire og 0-14 k.i.b 1-07 couple pf players sent off for the bricks late on goal was last kick of the game as well , townies look like there geting better by the game , alot of good young players coiming through , davey o halloran is probably the best footballer in the county at the moment, they should give cratloe a better game in the final should it work out that way ,

Hope to make the Cooraclare Cratloe game tomorrow, Hard to see Cratloe being beaten in the big ball!

windy shepard henderson · 27-09-2014 04:46PM

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Hope to make the Cooraclare Cratloe game tomorrow, Hard to see Cratloe being beaten in the big ball!

it is i would expect the hurling to be an awful lot closer, both eire og and cooraclare lost by 4 points to cratloe earlier in the championship but both teams scored late goals to make the scoreline respectable

cooraclare will be able to contain cratloe better then most teams but the will struggle to find scores , other then rory donnelly they really dont have too much to write home about, pitty considering they could have hammered doonbeg the last day , they hit something like 28 missed chances between wides droped balls into goalkeepers hands or foild close range chances , even if they had one more player to the value of donnelly they would have a great chance , but i would expect cratloe to have far too much for them up front

should that work out , then the final will be a pulsating game and i feel much closer then the first day but it cant be ignored that cratloe led by 8 points with 3 or 4 mins to and were winning pulling up in the first round game

LuckyGent88 · 27-09-2014 09:48PM

Hon the townies

windy shepard henderson · 28-09-2014 06:07PM

cratloe as expected through to the county football final after a tough hard fought win over cooraclare , the intermediate football final will go to a replay after a late wolfe tones point keeps the shannon side in the promotion hunt , coolmeen and naomh eoin wil contest the junior final , in hurling st josephs doora/barefield's miserable year just got worse today as they failled to hold on to senior status in there 3 point defeat to whitegate

SFC , Semi final

cratloe 0-12 0-08 cooraclare

IFC FINAL

Wolfe tones 1-06 0-09 corofin

JFC Semi finals

naomh eoin 0-18 2-9 michael cusacks
coolmeen 2-10 1-10 ennistymon

SHC Relagation playoff

whitegate 2-09 1-09 st josephs D/B

Limestone Cowboy · 28-09-2014 06:13PM

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

cratloe as expected through to the county football final after a tough hard fought win over cooraclare , the interiediate football final will go to a replay after a late wolfe tones point keeps the shannon side in the promotion hunt , coolmeen and naomh eoin wil contest the junior final , in hurling st josephs doora/barefield's miserable year just got worse today as they failled to hold on to senior status in there 3 point defeat to whitegate

SFC , Semi final

cratloe 0-12 0-08 cooraclare

I wasn't hugely impressed with Cratloe today. They will need to buck up a lot to beat Eire og, thought Galvin seemed a long way off the pace too.

windy shepard henderson · 28-09-2014 06:23PM

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

I wasn't hugely impressed with Cratloe today. They will need to buck up a lot to beat Eire og, thought Galvin seemed a long way off the pace too.

yeah they did pick off some great scores , cooraclare did very well to contain them lacked ideas at times in the second half when the game was in the balance, john galvan didnt seem to add too much to them really though , but in truth they were always that little bit ahead of cooraclare all day ,

eire og have improved since the first round of the championship but will it be enough to get over the line in two weeks time ?? .... i am not too sure , some of the scores cratloe picked off today were as good as you will see any where

Boots234 · 28-09-2014 07:17PM

It will be the first football final since 1898 not to have a team west of Ennis in it!

Running Balance · 28-09-2014 07:24PM

Anyone know the score in the naomh eoin game..

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