letowski wrote: » Clare team v Limerick. Pa Kelly, Oisin O'Brien, Cian Dillon, Paul Flanagan, Brendan Bugler, David McInerney, Pat O'Connor, David Reidy, Conor Ryan, John Conlon, Bobby Duggan, Colm Galvin, Aaron Cunningham, Shane O'Donnell, Conor McGrath. Worried about the cornerbacks, I'm not sure how Oisin O'Brien won his place off Cleary, maybe its the end of O'Connor at cornerback. Even still Cleary is in better form than Bulger or Ryan. Not that confident really tomorrow. Galvin in the forwards means were playing 5 forwards again, with SOD and McGrath isolated again, with likely no goal threat again. Probably will be a similar game to last year where the game was so crowded and congested and we struggled to get scores. Hopefully players like Reidy, Cunningham and Duggan can have good games.
Clareman wrote: » Home field advantage isn't worth a goal, that forward line isn't a goal threat, we'll need a serious amount of work in midfield/half forward for that, with Colin Ryan and Tony Kelly missing I can't see that happening, my head is saying Limerick by 5 points with a couple of Clare red cards. I've heard the field is going to be seriously tight tomorrow, extremely compressed cause of the new stand.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » didnt realize colin ryan is unavailable , limerick are not full strength either , if we want to progress we need to stop relaying on the same few players all the time , but yea the game plan is a major hindrance , our discipline has been fine all year up to now though i would be disappointing if we did get anyone sent off we will not win with 14 men i would be disappointed if we didnt win this one , giving how many key players they are missing and giving how few we will be without
letowski wrote: » Hammy will play on the 40 yeah like last week, I think your full backline is solid, Tom and Richie are well experienced, English is the best underage full back line player I think in Ireland now. I dont see us exposing ye here, we couldnt even do it against laois. I think who ever can get on top at midfield like last year will probably win, but it hard to judge, there is a good few lads like Bugler, Ryan, Hickey out of form and there are newcomers in Reidy and Fitzgibbon. I think both sets of forwards would back themselves but both Clare and Limerick have struggled to get their attacks firing well for a while now. Do you know who will play as the extra man, I dont see an ideal player in your side?
Fireball07 wrote: » Extra man in the full-back line? Will probably be Condon, but I'd rather it was Richie, he's excellent in that role, reads thee game well.
windy shepard henderson wrote: i am not as pessimistic as the rest of ye on here .... but i do expect a close game tomorrow , discipline is going to be a huge factor especially in descent weather conditions, limerick missed a host of frees back in the munster league final in january i doubt they will have the same poor success rate again tomorrow
Clareman wrote: » That's assuming a normal "wide" pitch, it's going to be so narrow tomorrow that a 2 man full forward line won't make a big difference.
goldfinger4296 wrote: » The pitch will not be narrower due to the stand. The stand is the same size.
keeponhurling wrote: » Sad (but realistic) that people are almost expecting indiscipline and possible red cards to cost us the game. 15 v 15 and we have a great chance to get back where we belong
Clareman wrote: » 15 v 15 I'd fancy us to beat any other team in the country, we don't want to play that cause we are too busy trying to have different setups like 1 man full forward lines
Easca Peasca wrote: » Some good performances today that would leave you hopeful for a decent Championship run this summer. Going 'route one' up to Conlon gave the Limerick full back line trouble, might not work as well against a more assured side however. Felt like there were too many wides today, anyone have the numbers for that? Maybe I'm wrong.
letowski wrote: » Yeah happy with the result despite the standard of the game being poor. I agree playing the ball more direct and using Conlon was good to see. I liked Galvin (particularly) and Reidy at midfield, they linked the play well. Conor Ryan was better at wing back after a bad 1st half and Bugler had his best game for a while. McInerney and McGrath were class. Loads to work, on but a good test next against Tipperary. Honestly dont know what need to be done to stop us fouling.
Davys Fits wrote: Surely replaying the DVD to the players and showing them that fouling players around the middle third of the pitch should be avoided at all costs. Clare kept Limerick in the game today with frees from the midddle third where points were not likely from play. Clare players first instinct seems to be to foul when beaten. It cost them many games in the past few years.
Davys Fits wrote: » Surely replaying the DVD to the players and showing them that fouling players around the middle third of the pitch should be avoided at all costs. Clare kept Limerick in the game today with frees from the midddle third where points were not likely from play. Clare players first instinct seems to be to foul when beaten. It cost them many games in the past few years.
Kristopherus wrote: » 18 wides:mad: I cannot understand why Davy insists on playing a 2-man full forward line against 14 men. SO'D was a passenger for most of the match. When Honan was brought on, he should have been planted at the edge of the small square. What was he doing 50yds from his own goal in the last 5 mins????
keeponhurling wrote: » Though SOD was involved in quite a lot of our scores, either winning the free or laying off the pass. Sometimes winning the ball back.
