Clare GAA Discussion - 2024 All Ireland Hurling Champions

Banner2theend · 26-02-2020 12:44pm

Best of luck to the Clare U20 footballers tonight as they take on the defending Munster and all Ireland champions Cork in Miltown Malbay for a place in next week's Munster final at stake.

This is a really strong Clare team and there are big hopes of a huge performance against one of the best Cork underage football teams they have assembled.

The match has a 7 pm throw in.

Hon the Banner!!!

BloodyBill · 26-02-2020 1:33pm

I can see a big Clarr performance tonight. They ll play to the maximum of their talents and still lose by 10 points + and that's the disappointing part

Clareman · 26-02-2020 1:41pm

This is a serious Cork team though, they still have loads of players from last years team and they won a tournament earlier on in the year (can't remember the name of it).

fire_man · 26-02-2020 1:53pm

Any coverage of game other than radio?

Banner2theend · 26-02-2020 1:55pm

Clareman wrote: »

This is a serious Cork team though, they still have loads of players from last years team and they won a tournament earlier on in the year (can't remember the name of it).

That competition you are referring to is called the John Kerins Cup. They defeated Kerry, Galway and Kildare on the way to winning that pre season tournament.

Banner2theend · 26-02-2020 1:58pm

fire_man wrote: »

Any coverage of game other than radio?

Most disappointing to hear that Clare FM will NOT be covering the game live. Other than that no television coverage of it either. The Munster final will be live in TG4 next Wednesday though.

Clareman · 26-02-2020 2:18pm

I can't imagine there'd be much interest in a Clare Cork under 20 match outside of both counties, even at that I'd imagine the viewing figures would be low. Maybe if the game was somewhere with decent media facilities but the cost involved in setting up an outside live broadcast in Milltown would be too expensive

Treble double · 26-02-2020 2:30pm

Clareman wrote: »

I can't imagine there'd be much interest in a Clare Cork under 20 match outside of both counties, even at that I'd imagine the viewing figures would be low. Maybe if the game was somewhere with decent media facilities but the cost involved in setting up an outside live broadcast in Milltown would be too expensive

Couldn't give a fiddler's about the media facilities in Miltown or the lack of media coverage. It will make things more awkward for the Cork camp travelling back to the wilds of West Clare for a Wednesday evening game in February in horrendous weather conditions. Playing on the edge of the Atlantic tonight won't be very hospitable for the All Ireland Champions and hopefully it will take something from their performance. Clare are going to need every bit of edge or advantage they can get to be competitive in this.

Clareman · 26-02-2020 2:33pm

Sure lads from Milltown would have to travel to wherever in Cork, every match is always awkard for someone unless you're the home team

Treble double · 26-02-2020 2:36pm

Clareman wrote: »

Sure lads from Milltown would have to travel to wherever in Cork, every match is always awkard for someone unless you're the home team

Of course, but Ennis would have made things slot more comfortable for Cork

Clareman · 26-02-2020 2:38pm

No floodlights in Ennis though, and the County Board like to protect the pitch so wouldn't risk it for a silly football match.

to paraphrase Ger Loughnane "If I had my way I wouldn't even tell them what time was throw in"

Treble double · 26-02-2020 8:35pm

Clare leading the all Ireland champions by a point at half time in Miltown Malbay, keep her lit lads

Treble double · 26-02-2020 9:04pm

Cork pulling away now unfortunately

Banner2theend · 26-02-2020 9:28pm

Treble double wrote: »

Cork pulling away now unfortunately

Incredibly Clare lost by just 2 points 1-12 to 2-7. Immensely proud C!areman this evening. They quite literally gave their last drop. Hard luck lads. One of our finest performances at this grade for sure, but still came out the wrong end of the scoreboard.

Best of luck to Cork though as they now prepare for the Munster final against Kerry next Wednesday with Tralee a likely venue.

funnyname · 26-02-2020 11:54pm

Their full forward line killed us and only one positional change was made, obviously young Conneely was a big loss and we didn't have the players on the bench to make changes like Cork did. They made 3 changes 5 minutes in to the 2nd half. Massive crowd at tonight's game in freezing conditions great to see, no harm having a few of the NFL games back west.

The_Kew_Tour · 27-02-2020 5:00pm

Fair play to ye. My old man was at it and said ye gave a great display but Cork just had that little bit more in end.

Cork will need improve though for next week

Treble double · 27-02-2020 6:58pm

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Fair play to ye. My old man was at it and said ye gave a great display but Cork just had that little bit more in end.

Cork will need improve though for next week

They may not have to, that was a well prepared, well drilled Clare team, that game will be worth an awful lot to Cork. Kerry had it all to do to beat Limerick.

theMountain · 27-02-2020 7:06pm

funnyname wrote: »

Their full forward line killed us and only one positional change was made, obviously young Conneely was a big loss and we didn't have the players on the bench to make changes like Cork did. They made 3 changes 5 minutes in to the 2nd half. Massive crowd at tonight's game in freezing conditions great to see, no harm having a few of the NFL games back west.

They moved young Murray who was doing well out of full back after 10 to mark the tall wing forward. I think it worked for a while but in the first 20 min of the 2nd half we were over run in the midfield area and the pressure come on our fb line. Cork only scored 1-2 from play.

Banner2theend · 27-02-2020 8:19pm

Strong chance that the St Flannans v CBC Cork Harty Cup final to be held this Saturday in Mallow might well be called off for the second time due to the impacts of Storm Jorge.

Could be the worst storm we get this winter season so stand by for developments in the coming hours.

Clareman · 27-02-2020 9:15pm

Considering there is an orange weather alert in affect for Clare on Saturday I think the match has to be called off, it wouldn't be fair/safe to expect people to travel under those conditions.

Banner2theend · 28-02-2020 7:05am

Banner2theend wrote: »

Strong chance that the St Flannans v CBC Cork Harty Cup final to be held this Saturday in Mallow might well be called off for the second time due to the impacts of Storm Jorge.

Could be the worst storm we get this winter season so stand by for developments in the coming hours.

Match called off late last night. re-fixture details to be confirmed in the coming hours.

Gael85 · 28-02-2020 9:56am

Banner2theend wrote: »

Thunder, lightening, hail and severe winds. That's the weather atm here in Ennis. No worries say the GAA the Clare v Laois hurling game goes ahead. Sure till be all grand!

We really have the most inept administrators in Irish sport despite the record revenues that the GAA got in the last year. No wonder there such disconnect between officialdom and the grassroots in the GAA.

GAA have no consideration for players, supporters etc playing matches despite weather warnings. Holding pitch inspections at 11th hour despite some fans travelling long distances. THE GAA have crammed league fixtures in worse time of year weather wise to finished off in 9 weeks. The current fixture schedule doesn't allow for possibility of games called off.

Marty Xavier · 28-02-2020 10:44am

In fairness the whole thing has to be looked at, I think January and February intercounty hurling is a joke. The colleges / schools may have to run their games off in that time due to exams later in the year.
Really these McGrath cups, Waterford Crystal etc should be binned. Even the league is a bit of a joke really, it's all about the championship.
I think ideally that the championship should be on an expanded league format where basically every team plays the other something like the NFL. Ok so we have 10 teams that are competitive that's basically 9 games played over 3 months starting late April and finishing mid July,
The top 2 munster teams go into the Munster Final and the Top 2 Leinster / Galway team go to Leinster final in late July or early August, winners progress to All Ireland final in late August or alternatively if we ditch the provincial finals - top 4 go to semis.
Every team would be guaranteed at least 3 big home games, imagine Kilkenny rocking up here in June. There should also be consideration given to playing some of the marquee games in Croker, even a double header, every team guaranteed at least 1 game in Croker every 2 years. I am open to suggestions.
Bottom 2 teams go to relegation playoff with loser going down to be replaced by winner of secondary competition that is the curtainraiser to the All Ireland final.
If 9 games is considered too much then perhaps 6 or 7 games but rotating every second year so every team plays every other team at least once every 2 years in the league but each team would have to play their provincial colleagues each year.

Clareman · 28-02-2020 11:25am

Gael85 wrote: »

GAA have no consideration for players, supporters etc playing matches despite weather warnings. Holding pitch inspections at 11th hour despite some fans travelling long distances. THE GAA have crammed league fixtures in worse time of year weather wise to finished off in 9 weeks. The current fixture schedule doesn't allow for possibility of games called off.

Don't get me started on the GAA calendar, it's trying to keep everyone happy but only annoying everyone.

25 years ago Clare played on June 4th, July 9th, August 6 and September 3rd, that's 1 match a month for 4 months. If Clare are to win every match this year to win the All Ireland they'll play May 7 17th & 31st, June 7th, 14th & 28th, July 26th and August 16th, that's 8 matches in 4 months, or twice the number of matches in the same amount of time. Throw in football, club and college competitions you just don't have space for a league with 8 matches to be played.

To me it's easy, change the league to 8 team divisions with bottom 2 relegated and top team champions, play it off over 7 weeks between Feb, March and April, there's no reason why it couldn't be finished by the 2nd week of April at the latest.Play the provincial championships over 7 weeks with 6 teams copying the 6 nations (2 games, break, 1 game, break, 2 games). The provincial finals/quarters are played as normal except the preliminary quarter finals are played the same weekend as the provincial finals. I'd move the All Ireland back to the first Sunday in September, that's tradition and it fits, no one wanted to move it.

I know the club championship will suffer, but if intercounty leagues can be played in Jan/Feb why can't the club championships? There's only going to be a few teams still playing in August/September, play it then. This whole thing of intercounty players being wrapped in cotton wool annoys me, if players aren't available there's other players, play the f**king thing.

Marty Xavier · 28-02-2020 11:28am

Sure that's much the same as what is going on now! except the club championships in winter.

Figerty · 28-02-2020 11:43am

Clareman wrote: »

Don't get me started on the GAA calendar, it's trying to keep everyone happy but only annoying everyone.

25 years ago Clare played on June 4th, July 9th, August 6 and September 3rd, that's 1 match a month for 4 months. If Clare are to win every match this year to win the All Ireland they'll play May 7 17th & 31st, June 7th, 14th & 28th, July 26th and August 16th, that's 8 matches in 4 months, or twice the number of matches in the same amount of time. Throw in football, club and college competitions you just don't have space for a league with 8 matches to be played.

To me it's easy, change the league to 8 team divisions with bottom 2 relegated and top team champions, play it off over 7 weeks between Feb, March and April, there's no reason why it couldn't be finished by the 2nd week of April at the latest.Play the provincial championships over 7 weeks with 6 teams copying the 6 nations (2 games, break, 1 game, break, 2 games). The provincial finals/quarters are played as normal except the preliminary quarter finals are played the same weekend as the provincial finals. I'd move the All Ireland back to the first Sunday in September, that's tradition and it fits, no one wanted to move it.

I know the club championship will suffer, but if intercounty leagues can be played in Jan/Feb why can't the club championships? There's only going to be a few teams still playing in August/September, play it then. This whole thing of intercounty players being wrapped in cotton wool annoys me, if players aren't available there's other players, play the f**king thing.

Not a hope of Club Championship games being played in January. Even the current situation of moving the Club championship out of Patricks day was stupid. What was affected 4 county hurlers on each team?

County should be released for Clare cup games by rule. Saturday evening games, back to County for Sunday Training if neede.

Pogue eile · 28-02-2020 11:50am

Calendar should be built around the Club, not the other way around. The idea that the entire calendar is built around less that 0.1% of the association members is bonkers.

Treble double · 28-02-2020 12:50pm

Marty Xavier wrote: »

In fairness the whole thing has to be looked at, I think January and February intercounty hurling is a joke. The colleges / schools may have to run their games off in that time due to exams later in the year.
Really these McGrath cups, Waterford Crystal etc should be binned. Even the league is a bit of a joke really, it's all about the championship.
I think ideally that the championship should be on an expanded league format where basically every team plays the other something like the NFL. Ok so we have 10 teams that are competitive that's basically 9 games played over 3 months starting late April and finishing mid July,
The top 2 munster teams go into the Munster Final and the Top 2 Leinster / Galway team go to Leinster final in late July or early August, winners progress to All Ireland final in late August or alternatively if we ditch the provincial finals - top 4 go to semis.
Every team would be guaranteed at least 3 big home games, imagine Kilkenny rocking up here in June. There should also be consideration given to playing some of the marquee games in Croker, even a double header, every team guaranteed at least 1 game in Croker every 2 years. I am open to suggestions.
Bottom 2 teams go to relegation playoff with loser going down to be replaced by winner of secondary competition that is the curtainraiser to the All Ireland final.
If 9 games is considered too much then perhaps 6 or 7 games but rotating every second year so every team plays every other team at least once every 2 years in the league but each team would have to play their provincial colleagues each year.

The hurling leauge is a joke, especially when the start of the championship is run on a leauge basis. The leauge is only glorified challenge matches so I don't see the point in having another competition of glorified challenge games ie the Waterford crystal as a warm up for more challenge games.
The Football leauge is a superb competition and should be the premier competition for football and played during the summer. The championship could be played as a knockout warm up competition in the spring.
I don't see why hurling and football should be played in the same structures as they have totally different needs.

Clareman · 28-02-2020 12:57pm

My problem with the club championship is that it's designed to finish when the Munster Club starts, that means that the whole competition is designed for 1 team.

For me college competitions should be mid-week and played in Jan and Feb, league should be Feb, March and April, club April and May, intercounty June, July, August with finals in September), club championship Septemer, October and November.

If the likes of the McGrath club want to be continued they can be played in Jan and Feb but college players be excluded. People will say that players won't have a break but the only players playing all year round will be college players who's club and county make it to the All Ireland finals.

What's happening now is excuses and trying to keep everyone happy, you can't play midweek cause of players being away, you can't play when the county lads arent' available, you can't play because of a dual club, you can't play in case of replays, you can't play because............

windy shepard henderson · 29-02-2020 3:51am

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Fair play to ye. My old man was at it and said ye gave a great display but Cork just had that little bit more in end.

Cork will need improve though for next week

This is where we want to be, in a position to challenge against the kerrys and corks its basically phase 2, phase 3 is beating ye and improving to the next level on a consistent basis

Probably a bit away but on the right track, best of luck on yer all ireland quest lads ðŸ‘

Banner2theend · 29-02-2020 9:20pm

Clare and Dublin have named strong teams ahead of tomorrows NHL Division 1B match at Cusack park. For ourselves Diarmuid Ryan and Paidi Fitzpatrick all come in to the team. Cathal Malone and goalkeeper Eibhear Quilligan are the other new incomings from the team that played against Kilkenny last Sunday.

No sign of any Clare senior football team named ahead of their trip to Cavan in the NFL Division 2 encounter tomorrow at Breffni park.

Finally St Flannans college take on CBC Cork in their re-arranged Harty Cup final in Mallow. Throw in is at 12 noon. Best of luck to all teams representing the Banner county tomorrow!

On a separate note, how are the Clare minor hurlers and footballers faring in recent challenge matches ahead of their respective Munster championship campaigns. I know that the minor hurlers were meant to have played against Kilkenny, Galway and Laois in recent weeks but the weather might have had the last say! Any info on this will be most appreciated by this passionate Clare GAA poster.

Feenie · 29-02-2020 10:32pm

Eibhear looks very good in goal and we could discuss him as possibly replacing Donal Touhy for a while depending on how he does puckout wise. The full back line seems to have been carved out well by Brian with Liam Corry stamping down number 2 and doing very well there so far. Conor Cleary is very satisfying at full back, an open wound for Clare for a very long time. Number 4 seems to rotate abit Jack Browne, Jason McCarthy, Eoin Quirke all seem very good in there. I think Jack Browne is a very good choice with having more experience, in general we know more about him at this level. It's interesting to see how Paidí FitzPatrick and Cathal Malone will do. Cathal Malone is a big man and a skillful hurler well able for this level of play, plus him in the half back line is a good choice with mid field being a very important position these days in hurling. Hoping Paidí FitzPatrick does well but I don't know much about him. If he doesn't play well of course Aidan McCarthy is waiting on the bench. He's been in brilliant form and with how he's been going so far, could be reaching for an all star.
David McInerney and Tony Kelly have worked very well in midfield, as one reporter put it "The iron fist and velvet glove". The only issue is where Colm Galvin would be played. Wing forward seems like a good place to put and he could drop back into 3 man mid field or something like that. 2 man inside forward line then of course.
My concern with this half forward line is it's lack of strength and size, with the loss of David FitzGerald. David Reidy is a very small man, same for Diarmuid Ryan. Too outstanding players but lacking for the battle we face in modern middle third. Domhall McMahon is far from being small but a very big lad. My answer to this could be to possible play Podge Collins and Nial Deasy in the half forward line. Podge is a strong fella, not very tall but a strong lad. Niall Deasy is very similar to Peter Duggan and a big tall lad.
Again, a solid full forward line with John Conlon, Shane O'Donnell and Ryan Taylor. Shane in particular has been in tremendous form all year round and is seeming to reach the heights of 2013 again. However nextside to him John Conlon is yet to catch fire. A tally of 4 points isn't great for the Clonlara man and aswell picking up a red card. Maybe playing him a bit deeper to get him closer to the action and flowing during the match would be a good idea. Ryan Taylor I am also very happy to see starting. He's been in very good form with 1-3 from play so far. However withdrawing him to the half forward line doesn't sound like a bad idea either.
Looking good for Clare. A strong starting 15, but we need to be weary of the Dublin challenge. However Clare will pull it off in my opinion. Too much riding on the game and in my opinion Dublin just can't get that close to Clare. they're alright, but not at Clare's level if you ask me.

Banner2theend · 01-03-2020 2:43pm

What a day for St Flannans and Clare hurling in general. The Ennis school have just beaten CBC Cork 1-15 to 1-12 in the Harty Cup final at Mallow today!

Massive congratulations to player's and management and the teachers, staff and students of course on what will be some day at Flannans tomorrow.

HON THE BANNER!!!

Banner2theend · 01-03-2020 5:13pm

HON THE BANNER!!!!

What great wins for Clare senior hurlers and footballers today. Add to Flannans success today it's one of Clare GAA's great days for quite some time.

Let's hear the Banner roar!!!!

YEEHOOO!!!!

LuckyGent88 · 01-03-2020 5:35pm

Can’t ask for a much better day for Clare gaa at the start day of March.

Hon Flannans

Cavan_King · 01-03-2020 6:18pm

Congrats to Clare footballers today. The better team won. Some excellent running by your lads. Made us look very ordinary.

Banner2theend · 01-03-2020 6:23pm

Only made the second half of Clare v Dublin. That was our best performance under the Lohan era. Workrate was excellent yet again. Felt that Pat O Connor was outstanding in centre-half. Cathal Malone, Liam Corry also thundered into the secondhalf.

In attack Shane O Donnell and John Conlan. Their workrate and unselfishness in laying off to the man in the best position was brilliant. Tony Kelly and David McInerney were immense in midfield while David Reidy had another huge game for the Banner county. Great buzz in leaving Cusack park today. They are a very happy camp it appears and everything has gone right for Clare so far.

Huge win for the Clare senior footballers today. A deserved win although we did make things much more nervy then what should have been. It's 2 points on the road and after a week's break it's Fermanagh and Armagh at home in our final 2 matches in the league. Great work continued to be done by Colm Collins and his team.

But last but not least the win for St Flannans today is a huge fillip for Clare hurling and the great work been done in the development squads. Some savage performer's in that Flannans team with a bit of quality to boot. You know my opinions on sweepers but to befair the performances of Cian Galvin in that role has been the one of the hallmarks of how Flannans achieved since Their first Harty Cup match against Lismore last September.

A huge congratulations to all teams who have represented the saffron and blue today. A proud day to be a Clare GAA fan.

HON THE BANNER!!!!!

Banner2theend · 01-03-2020 6:26pm

Cavan_King wrote: »

Congrats to Clare footballers today. The better team won. Some excellent running by your lads. Made us look very ordinary.

Lovely words Cavan_King. Always felt that Cavan people had a touch of class about them. With words like that it fully vindicates that opinion. Best of wishes to your great county in the remainder of the league and championship.

windy shepard henderson · 01-03-2020 10:25pm

missed both games today due to work, would have loved to have been in brefni park for that one , sounded like our work rate had improved today 10 fold on recent performances , delighted to see joe mcgann make an impact , he has been talked up since he was a teenager he will build from that hopefully , he has the makings of a decent target man something collins has been looking for ,

the win has turned out to be huge with kildare wining also ,it also puts serious pressure on several teams above us on 5 points , ironically had we won the two games we lost by 1 point we would be top of the division , two home games left fermanagh and armagh , the fermanagh game is huge win that and we should be ok

in hurling , the second half sounded impressive , lohan has really got the best out of the likes of david mc and kelly , the panel looks strong again , at the back especially , paudi fitzpatrick and liam corry have really strengthened things up we look a compleatly different team under lohan , it will be very interesting to see how we fare in the semi finals though the stronger teams are in group A and that's where the real test will come great to still be unbeaten ,

excellent win for flannans in the harty cup final , the likes of tony butler , cian galvin conor hegarty and diarmuid cahill are going to have a serious impact on our senior team in years to come, excellent performance by killian o'connor from corofin with 0-4 points from play also

letowski · 01-03-2020 10:30pm

I just got to see the Harty Cup final today, I must congratulate St. Flannan's on an excellent achievement.

I've see some of these lads a few times now between the Clare minors and today at school level. There are some serious prospects on that team for inter county senior level. Cian Galvin, Conor Hegarty, Killian O'Connor, Tony Butler and Oisin O'Donnell to name a few. There are a couple more outside of Flannan's around that age are very good. Winning competitions like this are great for bringing a winning culture with the group. Without putting too much pressure on Brian Coffey this summer, I think if Clare don't get back to a Munster U17 final this year would be very disappointing.

Banner2theend · 01-03-2020 10:44pm

letowski wrote: »

I just got to see the Harty Cup final today, I must congratulate St. Flannan's on an excellent achievement.

I've see some of these lads a few times now between the Clare minors and today at school level. There are some serious prospects on that team for inter county senior level. Cian Galvin, Conor Hegarty, Killian O'Connor, Tony Butler and Oisin O'Donnell to name a few. There are a couple more outside of Flannan's around that age are very good. Winning competitions like this are great for bringing a winning culture with the group. Without putting too much pressure on Brian Coffey this summer, I think if Clare don't get back to a Munster U17 final this year would be very disappointing.

I think that Killian o Connor and Oisin O Donnell of those that you mention are currently underage for inter county minor for 2020. The rest are all overage re U17. The U20 team should be quite handy too with Aidan McCarthy and the likes of Cian Galvin, Shane Meehan, Diarmuid Cahill and Conor Hegarty all part of Sean Doyle's panel.

Huge potential this current crop of minors and those just overage for U17. So much talent, skill and great workrate to boot. Huge work has gone into this St Flannans side with the likes of Bugs, Jamesie, Tony Kelly to name but a few no wonder we are witnessing the 're birth of St Flannans hurling with such hurling IQ. Great to see!

windy shepard henderson · 01-03-2020 10:57pm

Banner2theend wrote: »

I think that Killian o Connor and Oisin O Donnell of those that you mention are currently underage for inter county minor for 2020. The rest are all overage re U17. The U20 team should be quite handy too with Aidan McCarthy and the likes of Cian Galvin, Shane Meehan, Diarmuid Cahill and Conor Hegarty all part of Sean Doyle's panel.

Huge potential this current crop of minors and those just overage for U17. So much talent, skill and great workrate to boot. Huge work has gone into this St Flannans side with the likes of Bugs, Jamesie, Tony Kelly to name but a few no wonder we are witnessing the 're birth of St Flannans hurling with such hurling IQ. Great to see!

throw in tulla who had a serious campaign in the harty also before loosing to flannens in the 1/4 final , the development squads at 14, 15 level has been a huge addition to east clare in particular especially having the 'B' squad playing competitive games against first teams from say offaly antrim and strong limerick and cork development sides

letowski · 01-03-2020 10:58pm

Banner2theend wrote: »

I think that Killian o Connor and Oisin O Donnell of those that you mention are currently underage for inter county minor for 2020. The rest are all overage re U17. The U20 team should be quite handy too with Aidan McCarthy and the likes of Cian Galvin, Shane Meehan, Diarmuid Cahill and Conor Hegarty all part of Sean Doyle's panel.

Huge potential this current crop of minors and those just overage for U17. So much talent, skill and great workrate to boot. Huge work has gone into this St Flannans side with the likes of Bugs, Jamesie, Tony Kelly to name but a few no wonder we are witnessing the 're birth of St Flannans hurling with such hurling IQ. Great to see!

It really is. Its super having the likes of Bugs, Jamesie and Kelly around those kids. I always remember when i was underage, if ever there was a hurling star taking a training session, or giving you some advice, it always meant alot. For someone like Cian Galvin getting advice from Bugler on half back line play or the same with Coner Hegarty learning from Tony Kelly, that will help them a huge amount with their development. I'm looking forward to seeing them back in saffron and blue for the Clare U20 and U17s this summer.

Billy Ocean · 03-03-2020 1:20am

Boys & Girls, with mcinerney and Kelly starting 5 from 5 so far and on that assumed as your planned championship midfield pairing how do ye reckon Lohan plans to use Colm Galvin if fit?

Clareman · 03-03-2020 10:29am

Half forward line to contest puck outs and also cover as a third midfielder, we are still very light on ball winners from puck outs (either ours or the oppositions) so he'd be a welcome addition when he's back.

I think we've a great balance so far and a team that is setup to win, the 1 thing that is bothering me a little bit is frees, I don't think Kelly is a natural free taker but I can't see another option, you really need a free taker who'll score well over 90% of frees and I don't think Kelly is that type of free taker, not that Duggan was either.

BnB · 05-03-2020 9:12am

Clareman wrote: »

Half forward line to contest puck outs and also cover as a third midfielder, we are still very light on ball winners from puck outs (either ours or the oppositions) so he'd be a welcome addition when he's back.

I think we've a great balance so far and a team that is setup to win, the 1 thing that is bothering me a little bit is frees, I don't think Kelly is a natural free taker but I can't see another option, you really need a free taker who'll score well over 90% of frees and I don't think Kelly is that type of free taker, not that Duggan was either.

RE: Freetaker....Is Reidy an option?

Banner2theend · 05-03-2020 9:28am

BnB wrote: »

RE: Freetaker....Is Reidy an option?

No disrespect to David Reidy but having seen him take frees for club and county, he is far better off focusing on his on field play, to which he is playing quite well atm.

LuckyGent88 · 07-03-2020 3:32pm

What a win from Flannans. Hon the Blue condom!!!

8 points to one down and a man down and win by 3 points. Superb fightback

Banner2theend · 07-03-2020 3:39pm

St Flannans 0-14 St Kierans College 0-11 result in the Croke cup quarter final.

Another massive win for St Flannans. They played all of the second half with 14 men after Ashley Brohan received a red card earlier in the 1at half. They were 8 points to 1 down at one stage but with the likes of Oisin O Donnell and substitute Conner Hegarty all playing a role with some outstanding scores.

Congrats to both players, management and all involved. Brilliant stuff!!

letowski · 07-03-2020 3:59pm

Incredible stuff from St. Flannan's!

Clare GAA Discussion - 2024 All Ireland Hurling Champions

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