Clare GAA Discussion part 2 , No Purple Jumpers Allowed !!

BloodyBill wrote: »

It's a poor reflection on management and the drip drip nature of the new appointment. The players are only an after thought and now theyve bitten back. Only in Clare is the cloak and dagger still part of appointing managers. There should be an open interview situation,panel of 3 or 4 and off you go. May the best man win. Moloney shouldn't be staying on by himself. They weren't good enough when there was two. 2 of the biggest beatings followed by a good phyrric victory reminded me of the 'Olde' times of plucky Clare putting in a big performance but not one that really mattered.
Duggan is a hot and cold type player but he has developed a level of consistency over the past few years. Would I be surprised to see him hit a daisy cutter free a mile wide 40 yards out in front of the posts ...? No I wouldn't but he brings alot to the party and in this Clare team he is a talisman. Kelly will be back on the frees and doesnt really do well with the responsibility they bring. His own 'childish' type exuberance is stifled with the free taking responsibility. Kelly has never really developed into the type of player Clare hoped for...he cant take a game by the scruff of the neck but he is still a very good player..
Where to now? Moloney will get the job and I cant see us getting top 3 next year..no chance even though with the right gameplan and all our players we have the capacity to do damage. It'll be another year wasted . The boys of 2013 that never grew up...all still boys in mans world.

problem with the 2013 team is there was more in that team just the man in charge at the time lost the plot . his attitude at that time between 2014 and 16 was really unhelpful

in his defense i would say he is one of the most sought after coach's in the country and rightly so ,his record is serious to be fair , he has given wexford there best summer since 96 , he gave us our best summer since 97 but he let the pressure of having to win a 2nd all ireland get to him

the underage system failed afterwards too after several poor appointments at intercounty underage level plus the newly found high expectations within the county did not help

the backbone of the 2013 team was heavily bolstered by cratloe ballyea and clonlara . to be fair the standard has dropped in club hurling in recent years and very few clubs look to be stepping up to the plate

one example would be clarecastle , last year i watched them get hammered by cratloe in round 3 , just to my right was stephen sheedy , anthony daly and several more ex club and inter county hurlers looking on wondering what went wrong with there club , daly was managing a dublin club at the time , things like this dont happen in tipperary or kilkenny , if ritchie hogan or paul murphy found themselves managing a club 100 miles away while there club danesfort were struggling they would be told where to go
also , clubs in danesfort, glenmore , james stephens, o'loughlins gaels ect all get hit with immigration and loss of players for one reason or another and still turn over serious talent

we will never see a consistent run of championship runs or all irelands in this county while the club system is struggling , if changes are to be made then the underage structures have to change , to start with west and north clare , the county board really need to set up development hurling squads in these areas form u10s level up to get the most out of the talent in the county and start again ,

to be fair we are miles behind most counties at the moment , i suppose we just got lucky so many good lads came through together at the time problem is counties like ours will only experience success once every 15 or 20 years , several structural changes and even attitude at club level have to change

we can blame county boards , managers whoever , but the reality is it as 3 or 4 hard working clubs that got us to where we were in 2013 and that's what we got to go back to again

3 teams that were regular senior county finalists less then 10 years ago , had mixed fortunes today

doora/barefield grinded out a win against wolfe tones in clooney , shannon gaels had young thomas kelly to thank as his goal was the difference against the next door neighbours ,both sides through to the last 4

i imagine it was a surreal watch for liscannor and kilkee supporters as there sides battle to stay in the second tier of clare football both clubs contested county finals in the last 10 years and now fighting to avoid junior level football

Naomh Eoin were hit with two late goals by the townies second team who stay inter for next year , a fantastic achievement for a reserve team and shows just how much the club is progressing at the moment

Naomh Eoin will meet either liscannor or kilkee in the relegation final

in the junior A championship the men from the burran saw off the men from east clare in the first of the semi finals , cusacks will face either . The Banner or neighbours Ballyvaughan in the final

intermediate 1/4 finals

Doora Barefield 1-10 0-8 Wolfe Tones Shannon

Shannon Gaels 1-10 0-10 Coolmeen

Intermediate relegation semi finals

Éire Óg Ennis(2) 3-09 2-10 Naomh Eoin
Kilkee 1-10 1-10 Liscannor AET

JFC A Semi final

Michael Cusacks 1-09 1-06 Clooney Quin

Dickie9 wrote: »

Great win for Doonbeg after extra time 4.08 to eire ogs 1.12

Unbelievable finish to this one , for anyone that missed it , eire og controlled this game for the best part of 55 minutes leading 1-03 to 0-10 points and looked to be cantering to the semi final as favorites , david tubridy kicked a free shortly after to keep the small element of doubt in eire ogs heads with 3 minutes remaining

then all hell broke lose , first eoin tubridy found the back of the net on the 59th minute to level the game , eire og's paddy o'malley converted a penalty 2 minutes into injury time to put the townies 3 up again ,

david tubridy chipped over a consolation free or so it looked like 4 minutes into stoppage time ,before doonbeg won the next kick out and converted again , from the next kick out colm dillon won the break and put it over the bar 6 minutes into stoppage time , complete snatch and grab job

extra time like normal time eire og controlled , led by 1 point in injury time of extra time , then eoin tubridy got his 3rd goal of the day against the run of play , again eire og lost the kick out and from about 40 yards out david tubridys high speculative drop shot in around the square missed everyone and ended up in the back of the net :rolleyes:

eire og were the championship favorites and had this game won on several occasions but somehow managed to throw it away

Doonbeg scorers

David tubridy 0-7 Eoin Tubridy 3-0 Enda Doyle 1-0 colm dillion 0-1

Eire og

Gavin Cooney 0-6 , Eimhin Courtney 0-3 , Paddy O'Malley 1-0 ,Philip Talty 0-2 ,David Reidy 0-1

edit it was actually enda doyle with the last goal for doonbeg

Bonniedog wrote: »

Looks like Anthony will sending out his CV again after Crokes got an awful pasting from Cuala in the quarter finals.

i think its shocking he has no involvement with his own club who are in his own words the whipping boys of clare senior hurling at the moment , clarecastle used to be one of the more decorated clubs in the county up to a few years ago

wouldn't rule out a shot at the waterford gig , but unlikely

Bonniedog wrote: »

He was just what we needed when he was over the county, but he has brought nothing to Crokes. They were like headless chickens today, and some of the decisions made on the line in the drawn final and replay last year probably cost them the match,

His stock is falling. Can't see too many bashing his door down.

one you are in the public eye you always will be involved with a high profile set up , banty mcenaney in monaghan is a perfect example

but you are right some of his line calls can be very strange to say the least