Clare GAA Discussion - 2024 All Ireland Hurling Champions

Dickie9 · 01-07-2019 8:52am

Meath possibly the best draw we could ave got avoiding tyrone cavan and cork #rollonsuper8s #hondbanner

Redsoxfan · 01-07-2019 8:54am

Do it lads! Have seen and heard enough of Meath this year.

letowski · 01-07-2019 8:55am

windy shepard henderson wrote:

i agree but soon all 3 teams , minor 20s and senior will all be set up the same way , the de facto just need to ussher aside the man from bodyke and the two adopted townies first

Anthony Daly was Director of Coaching for Limerick underage teams for 3 years after Jerry Wallace. Id like if we could get him involved in some capacity like that, or set up a role like that for someone qualified. Clare's underage structures and coaching are not working properly in my opinion. I think we need someone that can identify good coaches and try to maximise the talent in the county. A director of coaching is probably too forward thinking for Pat Fitz though.

Pineapple1 · 01-07-2019 8:57am

Would love to see Clare come through this, really believe ye have the momentum to make it to the Super 8s, wish I could say the say the same for my own team mayo..

Clareman · 01-07-2019 9:20am

letowski wrote: »

Anthony Daly was Director of Coaching for Limerick underage teams for 3 years after Jerry Wallace. Id like if we could get him involved in some capacity like that, or set up a role like that for someone qualified. Clare's underage structures and coaching are not working properly in my opinion. I think we need someone that can identify good coaches and try to maximise the talent in the county. A director of coaching is probably too forward thinking for Pat Fitz though.

Clare underage structure are completely led by clubs taking the lead themselves, there is minimal, if any, input from the county board.

Bansai · 01-07-2019 9:26am

I was hoping to avoid Meath in the draw, they have beaten us well in the league recently! If we are still in contention late in the game we might push on and get a win but my gut says Meath will win. Hope I am wrong

WengerOutIn · 01-07-2019 9:26am

Hope ye take Meath to the cleaners and look forward to meeting ye in the super8s! Tir Chonaill Abú!

Dickie9 · 01-07-2019 11:18am

Clare wanted meath...meath wanted clare.....
Were the ones with all the momentum at the moment hopefully the winning run continues and hopefully the same meath team that turned up against dublin will turn up against clare

Be some achievment by colm collins and crew if we make super 8s he deserves massive credit for what hes done 2 clare football....

keeponhurling · 01-07-2019 12:21pm

Let's not get carried away with our "great run".

We beat two Division 4 teams, Leitrim and Waterford, as you'd expect.

We lost to a Division 1 team, Kerry.

We did beat a Division 3 (albeit the champions) in a game you'd expect would be tight, and indeed we won by a point.

Meath finished top of Divison 2, and would naturally be favourites for this game.

Clareman · 01-07-2019 12:23pm

keeponhurling wrote: »

Let's not get carried away with our "great run".

We beat two Division 4 teams, Leitrim and Waterford, as you'd expect.

We lost to a Division 1 team, Kerry.

We did beat a Division 3 (albeit the champions) in a game you'd expect would be tight, and indeed we won by a point.

Meath finished top of Divison 2, and would naturally be favourites for this game.

We're into the last 12 of the championship with a real chance of making the super 8s, if this isn't a time to get carried away with Clare football I don't know when is

irelandrover · 01-07-2019 1:35pm

When are the times/dates for the round 4 qualifiers released?

Marty Xavier · 01-07-2019 2:05pm

The 1000 or so football fans in Clare must be getting excited !

Gael85 · 01-07-2019 2:16pm

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

agreed ,young brennan is excellent , o'dea is a fine reader of the game maybe not the best tackler in the world but very good sweeper and ball carrier

young ryan is also excellent great understanding with the two boys in midfield plus some excellent kickouts against a force 4 yesterday in the second half

as for gary , we probably dont deserve him , rumor had it at the time 7 or 8 years ago that kerry were trying to lure him down , he would walk on to there team in fairness he would probably be one of there better players he is that good

if he was in tipperary , limerick cork or waterford he would be on there hurling panel and not playing football at all , he had a serious championship for ballyea last year in the club hurling championship and from open play was much better then niall desy his club mate and colin gilfoyle from newmarket who were called up to the panel ,

i never cared what the rest of the country taught about clare football we all know on here at club level we are a duel county, as a west clare man however i always felt we never pulled enough weight at inter county level something colm collins has changed and hopefully it remains in future we need to keep it this way now

CC is top manager. I believe Saturday was his 70th game between championship and league managing Clare. Will throw stats up later.

Sterling Archer · 01-07-2019 2:48pm

Last 12.. definitely time to get carried away..
In other news the U20s face Waterford in Fraher Field Dungarvan at 7pm tomorrow

Gael85 · 01-07-2019 2:52pm

irelandrover wrote: »

When are the times/dates for the round 4 qualifiers released?

Talk of 2pm Sunday in Portlaoise.

Redsoxfan · 01-07-2019 2:58pm

keeponhurling wrote:

Meath finished top of Divison 2, and would naturally be favourites for this game.

Meath folded in the Division Two Final, scraped past Offaly and offered nothing against Dublin.

Game will be at a neutral venue.

Believe!

Sterling Archer · 01-07-2019 3:04pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Meath folded in the Division Two Final, scraped past Offaly and offered nothing against Dublin.

Game will be at a neutral venue.

Believe!

I'd say Portlaoise... we'd never get a double headed in thurlus with the Cork - Laois game??

Gael85 · 01-07-2019 3:11pm

Shane_ef wrote: »

I'd say Portlaoise... we'd never get a double headed in thurlus with the Cork - Laois game??

I'd say Cork/Laois will be double header with Mayo/Galway in Limerick

snowgal · 01-07-2019 3:38pm

its confirmed Portlaoise on sunday at 2pm

finbarrk · 01-07-2019 3:42pm

On TV also. RTE 2.

Sterling Archer · 01-07-2019 3:51pm

Gael85 wrote: »

I'd say Cork/Laois will be double header with Mayo/Galway in Limerick

Double header with the Hurling Dub v Laois

windy shepard henderson · 02-07-2019 10:06pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Meath folded in the Division Two Final, scraped past Offaly and offered nothing against Dublin.

Game will be at a neutral venue.

Believe!

this is the attitude most clare people have , but 2 things stand out , 1 our league form against them has been terrible

2 , there backs played quite well for the best part of 55 minutes until the dam broke ,plus there forwards could never be as bad again

but yeah i do think we are overdue a decent performance against them , i am expecting a reaction from them sunday so we need to be up for it

its impossible to know whats going on behind the scenes up there since , the stuff with mcintee and the local media, graham reillys reaction to being substituted was bizar to say the least , and Graham Geraghtys sun column the following day did nothing for the moral of the team going forward along with the poor performance of ben brennan its hard not to be expecting some sort of backlash

Gael85 · 03-07-2019 12:04am

Colm Collins Championship/League Record as Clare manager. Last Saturday was his 70th game in charge.

Games Won Draw Lost Goals Points Total Goals Points Total
Championship Championship 2019 4 3 0 1 4 51 63 1 55 58
Championship 2018 4 2 0 2 3 66 75 4 76 88
Championship 2017 4 2 0 2 4 56 68 4 58 70
Championship 2016 6 4 0 2 4 87 99 7 84 105
Championship 2015 3 1 0 2 2 35 41 3 45 54
Championship 2014 5 2 1 2 10 70 100 5 63 78
26 14 1 11 27 365 446 24 381 453

Games Won Draw Lost Goals Points Total Goals Points Total
League League 2019 7 2 1 4 9 80 107 5 98 113
League 2018 7 3 2 2 7 80 101 6 93 111
League 2017 7 2 1 4 9 78 105 6 99 117
League 2016 8 5 0 3 9 112 139 4 100 112
League 2015 7 3 0 4 5 89 104 11 74 107
League 2014 8 5 1 2 11 108 141 10 74 104
44 20 5 19 50 547 697 42 538 664

BnB · 04-07-2019 10:18am

Anyone know what way the tickets are broken up for Portlaoise - They don't seem to be available online any more so I just want to know what I am looking for before I head up to my local Centra.

As far as I remember (its a long time since I was there) Portlaoise is just one big seated stand and the other 3 sides are Terrace.

Will it just be "General Entry" and you can go where you like ?
If the stand is separate - Will seats be allocated to you or is it first come first served as to where you sit ?

windy shepard henderson · 04-07-2019 10:40am

BnB wrote: »

Anyone know what way the tickets are broken up for Portlaoise - They don't seem to be available online any more so I just want to know what I am looking for before I head up to my local Centra.

As far as I remember (its a long time since I was there) Portlaoise is just one big seated stand and the other 3 sides are Terrace.

Will it just be "General Entry" and you can go where you like ?
If the stand is separate - Will seats be allocated to you or is it first come first served as to where you sit ?

I have a season ticket for the football, apparently its unreserved it says just bring your card so I imagine it's first come first served

Bansai · 04-07-2019 11:31am

BnB wrote: »

Anyone know what way the tickets are broken up for Portlaoise - They don't seem to be available online any more so I just want to know what I am looking for before I head up to my local Centra.

As far as I remember (its a long time since I was there) Portlaoise is just one big seated stand and the other 3 sides are Terrace.

Will it just be "General Entry" and you can go where you like ?
If the stand is separate - Will seats be allocated to you or is it first come first served as to where you sit ?

I bought tickets Monday and it just says General Admission

Marty Xavier · 04-07-2019 11:59am

letowski wrote: »

Anthony Daly was Director of Coaching for Limerick underage teams for 3 years after Jerry Wallace. Id like if we could get him involved in some capacity like that, or set up a role like that for someone qualified. Clare's underage structures and coaching are not working properly in my opinion. I think we need someone that can identify good coaches and try to maximise the talent in the county. A director of coaching is probably too forward thinking for Pat Fitz though.

Maybe not, maybe he has someone very close to home in mind for such a role I hear...

BnB · 04-07-2019 1:21pm

Bansai wrote: »

I bought tickets Monday and it just says General Admission

Thanks for that - Just got them now. General admission makes life a lot easier

Hammer Archer · 04-07-2019 1:46pm

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

this is the attitude most clare people have , but 2 things stand out , 1 our league form against them has been terrible

2 , there backs played quite well for the best part of 55 minutes until the dam broke ,plus there forwards could never be as bad again

but yeah i do think we are overdue a decent performance against them , i am expecting a reaction from them sunday so we need to be up for it

its impossible to know whats going on behind the scenes up there since , the stuff with mcintee and the local media, graham reillys reaction to being substituted was bizar to say the least , and Graham Geraghtys sun column the following day did nothing for the moral of the team going forward along with the poor performance of ben brennan its hard not to be expecting some sort of backlash

I would hope/pray that our forwards will not be as bad. The likes of Conlon and McMahon, neither of whom got even a sniff against Dublin, will certainly have more room on Sunday. Frees will be interesting. Can't see how Brennan will be starting. We've got Newman, Dardis and Seán Tobin to step in but none of them would be extremely consistent.
You're correct that our backs were the only ones to come out with any credit against Dublin. McGill at full back and Keogan (who can really play anywhere) are easily our best players and rarely have a bad game. Think that's where we can win on Sunday as your forwards will run riot against a poor defence.

Where we can lose is our midfield. Am I correct in saying Clare would have a decent midfield? Ours is, quite frankly, atrocious. This puts more pressure on kickouts as we will almost certainly lose aerial battles leading to more kickouts going over the sideline or simply going straight to the opposition.
As well as that, as you mentioned, our morale could be in the pits. It's a regular occurrence for Leinster final losers that they go out in the next game (it's happened every year since 2009). Given our recent record against Clare, I'd usually be very confident of victory but I get more nervous as the game gets closer.

Obviously hope we come out on top but Clare will 100% deserve it if we don't and it'll be a culmination of all the fantastic work that's gone into football in the county over the last number of years.

Clareman · 04-07-2019 2:34pm

J@ysus lads the Meath crowd are trying to take over

We've gotten rid of Westmeath already, we're coming for Eastmeath next

BloodyBill · 04-07-2019 2:45pm

I'd say an underage director post will be created . We all know who's going to reluctantly accept the position.
And to pay for that there ll be an announcement of a new upgrade to Cusack park. 8 million fundraising drive for a new toilet block ... cue 2 new cisterns and a painted door .. receipt 7.9 million

BnB · 04-07-2019 2:55pm

Anyone else get a nice letter in the post from the friendly Limerick Gardai after the Clare-Limerick round robin match in the Gaelic Grounds ?

I was one of about 30 cars parked along in a row so I presume all the rest of them were done too. Parked on dry grass - leaving no marks on it - not blocking the road or entrances or playing areas or anything like that.

Didn't get a ticket on the day so they presumable just drove past and wrote down/took pics of every single one. Shooting fish in a barrel just to boost their numbers.

Redsoxfan · 04-07-2019 3:59pm

I got a ticket in Clones a few years ago for parking opposite an unbroken white line. Me and about a 100 others I reckon. An offence, but I always take care not to park on footpaths etc. Worst thing was that we lost too.

Redsoxfan · 04-07-2019 4:05pm

Hammer Archer wrote:

Where we can lose is our midfield. Am I correct in saying Clare would have a decent midfield? Ours is, quite frankly, atrocious. This puts more pressure on kickouts as we will almost certainly lose aerial battles leading to more kickouts going over the sideline or simply going straight to the opposition. As well as that, as you mentioned, our morale could be in the pits. It's a regular occurrence for Leinster final losers that they go out in the next game (it's happened every year since 2009). Given our recent record against Clare, I'd usually be very confident of victory but I get more nervous as the game gets closer.

Clare have Gary Brennan at midfield, one of the finest players in the Country.

Agree that morale could be an issue, but, Meath will surely have expected to be in this position, it is really only the manner of how they have ended up there that is the issue.

If McEntee is as good a motivator as he is an enemy of the press then Clare could be in trouble.

For a good half of the league final, Newman destroyed us. But, we figured him out. If Clare can disrupt supply to him, do Meath have enough options to get scores?

citykat · 04-07-2019 5:38pm

BnB wrote: »

Anyone else get a nice letter in the post from the friendly Limerick Gardai after the Clare-Limerick round robin match in the Gaelic Grounds ?

I was one of about 30 cars parked along in a row so I presume all the rest of them were done too. Parked on dry grass - leaving no marks on it - not blocking the road or entrances or playing areas or anything like that.

Didn't get a ticket on the day so they presumable just drove past and wrote down/took pics of every single one. Shooting fish in a barrel just to boost their numbers.

Is Woodlock stationed in Limerick?

mrsoundie · 04-07-2019 5:43pm

BnB wrote: »

Anyone else get a nice letter in the post from the friendly Limerick Gardai after the Clare-Limerick round robin match in the Gaelic Grounds ?

I was one of about 30 cars parked along in a row so I presume all the rest of them were done too. Parked on dry grass - leaving no marks on it - not blocking the road or entrances or playing areas or anything like that.

Didn't get a ticket on the day so they presumable just drove past and wrote down/took pics of every single one. Shooting fish in a barrel just to boost their numbers.

Its like parking on a footpath, it's a no no. I've seen people park on the main road there and people trying to park as well, only for a Guard to run up and down the road telling them to move on.

munsterlegend · 04-07-2019 9:30pm

mrsoundie wrote: »

Its like parking on a footpath, it's a no no. I've seen people park on the main road there and people trying to park as well, only for a Guard to run up and down the road telling them to move on.

We all know it’s not allowed but rediculous carry on by the Gardai. Fine if blocking a cycling lane or footpath but on grass blocking no one is just mean spirited. People have enough bills to pay rather than these unnecessary ones.

Hammer Archer · 05-07-2019 12:25pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Clare have Gary Brennan at midfield, one of the finest players in the Country.

Agree that morale could be an issue, but, Meath will surely have expected to be in this position, it is really only the manner of how they have ended up there that is the issue.

If McEntee is as good a motivator as he is an enemy of the press then Clare could be in trouble.

For a good half of the league final, Newman destroyed us. But, we figured him out. If Clare can disrupt supply to him, do Meath have enough options to get scores?

I was surprised Newman had such a good game from open play against Donegal as he usually struggles. Conlon got 5 from play against Laois so I'd hope he starts. McMahon would also be decent if he gets the service.
But we're missing our two top scorers from last year so we could very well struggle (in the league we scored 3-19 in 2017, 0-21 in 2018 but only 1-12 this year).

Best of luck lads.

Clareman · 05-07-2019 12:35pm

munsterlegend wrote: »

We all know it’s not allowed but rediculous carry on by the Gardai. Fine if blocking a cycling lane or footpath but on grass blocking no one is just mean spirited. People have enough bills to pay rather than these unnecessary ones.

It's your car you are responsible for parking it properly, there are loads of "legal" places to park around the Gaelic Grounds, you could even park in Na Piarsaigh, it is clear that there's no parking on Brookville Avenue by the double yellow lines on both sides of the road and I'm sure if the grass verge was to be used for parking that the grass would be removed and parking spaces put in in place.

Clareman · 05-07-2019 12:37pm

Hammer Archer wrote: »

I was surprised Newman had such a good game from open play against Donegal as he usually struggles. Conlon got 5 from play against Laois so I'd hope he starts. McMahon would also be decent if he gets the service.
But we're missing our two top scorers from last year so we could very well struggle (in the league we scored 3-19 in 2017, 0-21 in 2018 but only 1-12 this year).

Best of luck lads.

There isn't a huge difference between Meath and Clare when it comes to scoring in the league (111 vs. 107 points) but the huge difference is defence where Meath only conceded 84 points where Clare conceded 113 which was the worst in division 2, for Clare to have any hope on Sunday we'll have to try to nullify the Meath attack.

windy shepard henderson · 05-07-2019 9:15pm

Clareman wrote: »

There isn't a huge difference between Meath and Clare when it comes to scoring in the league (111 vs. 107 points) but the huge difference is defence where Meath only conceded 84 points where Clare conceded 113 which was the worst in division 2, for Clare to have any hope on Sunday we'll have to try to nullify the Meath attack.

while meaths forwards were awful against dublin there backs were fairly good up to about 10 minutes to go dublin had only managed 13 points , they brought on probably the best forward in the country dean rock to add salt to the wounds, if they defend like that sunday we will have a huge battle on our hands to stay in it , there is no way meaths forwards are going to be as wasteful again as that game against the dubs

good news however in terms of defence on our part , kevin hartnet returns in place of conal o hanifin , hartnett picked up a broken jaw in a collision with sean o shea in the kerry game a few weeks back some recovery

https://twitter.com/DLynchSport/status/1147230722865926144

windy shepard henderson · 06-07-2019 4:49pm

Clare 0-12 2-14 kilkenny

Round 1 of the all ireland 1/4 final round Robin, other then Cian Galvin Conor Hegarty and cillian mcgorey it was very much an off day for young hurlers

Story could have been much different had Shane Meehan taken one or two of his 4 goal scoring chances, 3 times he had point blank shots saved by kilkenny keeper Aidan Tallis

Kilkenny look to have a few superstars of there own on the way peirce Blanchfield and Billy drennan look the real deal, the two made up 1-11 of the cats 2-14

Clare play Galway in a do or die game in two weeks time for a place in the semi final

letowski · 06-07-2019 5:37pm

Yeah the goal misses proved costly but I suppose KK missed 2 chances too. Hopefully the lads can get a win against Galway and get a day out in Croke Park.

I said what I have to say about the sweeper, but I think at least we should try someone else at sweeper and try playing Galvin further up the field. I think he could bring alot to midfield or half forward.

With regards to prospects, I think the best 17 year olds are Butler, Hegarty, Galvin and Meehan. There are a couple others that have good potential too, a good few are underage next year (at least 7 of the starting team are u16) Hogan is only u16 playing full back and maybe is the best overall propest on the team. Oisin O'Donnell and Killian O'Connor are u16 aswell and are very good players, O'Connor will make a good ball winner half forward at the next level.

Ill remain positive about this talented group, I wouldnt rule them out just yet.

U20 hurlers are out against Cork next Wednesday in Cork. Very difficult task. That said, its a better team than what we have put out in the last 2 years. I'd give them a chance. Very good Cork full forward line to deal with.

windy shepard henderson · 06-07-2019 10:24pm

letowski wrote: »

Yeah the goal misses proved costly but I suppose KK missed 2 chances too. Hopefully the lads can get a win against Galway and get a day out in Croke Park.

I said what I have to say about the sweeper, but I think at least we should try someone else at sweeper and try playing Galvin further up the field. I think he could bring alot to midfield or half forward.

With regards to prospects, I think the best 17 year olds are Butler, Hegarty, Galvin and Meehan. There are a couple others that have good potential too, a good few are underage next year (at least 7 of the starting team are u16) Hogan is only u16 playing full back and maybe is the best overall propest on the team. Oisin O'Donnell and Killian O'Connor are u16 aswell and are very good players, O'Connor will make a good ball winner half forward at the next level.

Ill remain positive about this talented group, I wouldnt rule them out just yet.

U20 hurlers are out against Cork next Wednesday in Cork. Very difficult task. That said, its a better team than what we have put out in the last 2 years. I'd give them a chance. Very good Cork full forward line to deal with.

the sweeper system can work and it is no harm to get young lads used to the system as it will be used more in future , but there is a time to change and really after the 2nd kilkenny goal we should have gone 15 v15 immediately if we had taken the goal chances we could be all here tonight patting bruiser on the back for another fine win

i have no bother with sweepers if you have a plan B attached to it , a 5 minute spell changed the game today early in the second half , meehan had a shot saved , clare were on top at the time after too excellent conor hegarty scores to keep us in within 2 , from the shane meehan goal chance kilkenny tagged on the next two points and then a super goal that was really well worked and put 7 between the sides

we didnt change to 15 v 15 for another 5 or nearly 10 minutes , plan b or c needs to be implemented for the system to work

and for anyone not in thurles today , it may as well have been davey in charge the system lynch is using at the moment is basically davy fitz circa 2015

windy shepard henderson · 06-07-2019 11:20pm

big big game for the footballers tomorrow in o'moore park

the sum it up , the win against tipperary in round 7 of the league was job done for 2019 , that was the objective , after that both pearse lillis and keelan sexton who scored the winning goal in that game headed for the states , a win in munster a big push against kerry and a win in the qualifiers was the expectation after that , we ticked all the boxes ,

last week in mullingar we were down 4 or 5 players the 2 players mentioned above lillis and sexton , dermot coughlan (who is probably one of the best underage prospects since tubridy or cleary came on the secane) , robert eyres , kevin hartnett , we grinded out a win we would have lost in the years before collins took over

tomorrow while hartnett is back we could be without jamie malone who picked up an injury mid week , we are without conal o hannifin but dermot coughlan is named in the panel for the first time since breaking his ankle in the armagh game in february

for the first time since the early 90s we have a panel worthy of competing against the top counties in the country ,without malone who has been our best forward in the championship i still would give us a chance , i expect the game to be close however and if we do get over the line tomorrow evening i will be expecting some form of pitch invasion before the hurling gets under way

also anyone heading to the irish open tomorrow it could get messy up there too :pac:

for us to be lining out against donegal next week in ballybofey , mayo in croke park the following week and kerry in ennis after that would be an amazing achievement

Kristopherus · 07-07-2019 4:21pm

Well, they nearly did it. Not a classic game by any measure. And the ref was a shambles, for both sides. Must have played according to 1950s rules.:rolleyes:

Bansai · 07-07-2019 7:33pm

Very disappointing loss, didnt think Meath were much better than us, but they got over the line. Another good year for the footballers though, hopefully they can push on next year, retain div 2 or try for promotion and aim for Super 8s next year.

windy shepard henderson · 07-07-2019 8:19pm

Bansai wrote: »

Very disappointing loss, didnt think Meath were much better than us, but they got over the line. Another good year for the footballers though, hopefully they can push on next year, retain div 2 or try for promotion and aim for Super 8s next year.

very tense game , watching the game back now and , not a classic we had plenty of chances to win it had we taken them , we need more games like this to get to the next level

excellent year in fairness disappointed not to be going further , a lot of good young lads coming through hopefully we can kick on next year and improve again , i think we are good enough to be talking about contesting promotion next year for division 1

windy shepard henderson · 07-07-2019 11:43pm

ok just to summarize the season we just had with with the footballers , all we wanted at the start of the year was to stay in division 2 , we ended up within a kick of a ball from the super 8s ,

what collins has don has been outstanding , and while we do have some excellent coaches in the county it is 100% vital that joe cooney and purple jumper fitz get the cheque book out and give colm what he wants to stay in charge , the next generation of o'hannifien , cooney , dermot coughlan , stephen ryan are all kids with really good careers ahead of them at this level , keelan sxton , pearse lillis , jamie malone , eoin cleary have years left also , cillian brennan has the ability to take over from his brother in the middle in time to come , cormac murry and gearoid o brien are two prospects for the future also along with eimhin courtney and eanna o'connor

we have excellent structures in place to compete at this level , but we have to be bullish now , we have to up the stakes next year and try and push for promotion to division 1, for this to happen we need collins in charge brennan and tubridy are now in there prime now is the time to kick on ,

we always had good footballers in clare but never the structures to build on guys like the late michael o'shea , rory donnelly david russell , mark o'connell ect were all excellent footballers of a different era where very little was done behind the scenes nothing was done to push on to the next level,
now everything is in place hopefully nothing changes and now we can kick on next year and make a bigger impact we need colm in charge for this to happen though

fire_man · 07-07-2019 11:52pm

Is there any talk of what players might retire?

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