mullinr2 wrote: » How many years have ye not won a match in Munster? Shocking stuff from Clare. Ye have alot of improving to do if ye r to knock the functional beyond belief champions. I wonder do the players have complete belief in the system Davy has them playing.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » we didnt help ourselves at any stage today , when we got on top we struck wides , we won very little breaking balls , very little puck outs . and several key men failed to perform , tony kelly , conor mcgrath , honan and at times galven and podge were below par ,conlon looked off the pace too i also stand corrected on the importance of colin ryan , yes we would have to drop one of the midfielders to compensate him but his frees would have at least kept us in the game here today especially in the first half , our heads had dropped by the time he came on on todays expose's we will struggle to see the 1/4 final stage , on the positive it is good to see , david mac back conlon returning and the performance's of oisin o'brien , conor cleary , david reidy who were the only ones driving us on and had fine displays
Rightwing wrote: » Ye won the league. That's all ye'll be winning folks.
LuckyGent88 wrote: » Superb contribution. Anything else to tell us. Enjoy your victory.
keeponhurling wrote: » Sometimes it feels like we're too interested in surprising the opposition. Such as Kelly and Reidy playing so deep. (Waterford must have been delighted given the damage he did the last day) Some of the strange decision making, playing Dave Mc up forward even if he wasn't named on the programme. Why not just play our best hurlers in their best positions, and let the opposition worry about themselves
PTH2009 wrote: » Hard luck today. Best of luck in the qualifiers Who's out stocking up on the miwadi and biscuits lol
deaddonkey15 wrote: » Another Munster defeat, another performance littered with shocking wides, another match with virtually no goal threat, another match overplaying the ball and practically beating ourselves, another anonymous display from Honan and O'Donnell. How much longer do we keep carrying these two players as passengers in the side? How much longer do we stick with a manager that stifles incredibly talented hurlers into a system that can no longer yield championship wins? Am I right in saying that Offaly are the only side that Clare have beaten in the championship since winning the All-Ireland almost 3 years ago? Worst thing is this isn't even surprising. It's all so predictable.
Redsoxfan wrote: » On another day ye have the goal cancelled out fairly early on (brilliant save from WD goalie) and wouldn't have so many wides or is that lazy analysis?
LuckyGent88 wrote: » Bang on analysis imo. We really didn't help ourselves at all. Some very sloppy play, poor wides and key players didn't show up. It also must be said that Waterford performed very well and really negated the influence of Tony kelly. They won the tactical battle, took most of their chances, seemed to win most of the breaking ball and this time we're professional in seeing the game out. And while we weren't in the game really I think it really changed with the poor john Condon turnover just before half time. We could have brought it back to 1 and next thing we were 3 down Why David reidy was pretty much playing full back in the first half is beyond me?? Just why waste his ability playing that deep. Something just wasn't quite right with everyone on the Clare camp today. Even Davy wasn't as animated as usual. Think we are out July 2nd and who can the opposition be?? Cork, Wexford, Laois, Westmeath
windy shepard henderson wrote: » the problem with the positioning was ,i asume the players were asked to go with there men , for example , david mac on gleeson , gleeson tracks back macinerney finds himself in the half forward line , same with david fitz on moran , reidy ended up being a spare man and not sure what to do but was still effective in his role it probably would have helped our cause had we maybe adopted a zonal marking system that other teams use in which a half back holds his position and just picks up whoever is free at the time the qualifiers is the same as last year 3 munster teams , 5 leinster teams 3 munster teams v 3 leinster , and 1 remaining leinster v 2 remaining leinster the four winners will advance to round 2 and in an open draw play off , the winners of round 2 will play a provincial runner up in the 1/4 finals the 3 munster teams are clare cork limerick/tipp loosers the 5 leinster teams ( notice the elephant in the room down at the end :eek: ) wexford westmeath laois galway/offaly losers dublin/kilkenny losers there is every chance dublin could win in o'moore park next saturday night and worst case scenario pit us with a trip back down to nolan park .......but that is just worst case scenario ...
Cake Man wrote: » Is it possible for Clare to meet Waterford again at the AI quarter final or semi final stage, if Clare were to get through the qualifiers? Or are repeat ties avoided?
Alpha Centauri wrote: » Your down but not out Clare, heads up.... I'm sure you will have a long summer ahead of ye. Ye have a fantastic squad of players. This time yesterday I was fair nervous before the match, hearing that ye had a 100% fit squad, with the likes of Conlon back. Unfortunately for ye it didnt go to plan. Great squad and great supporters
