LohansRedHelmet (Clare) - Posts: 2024 - 29/06/2011 11:49:59    970198

Wud it be fair to say we know what we are going to get from Clare .... plenty of spirit and fight from the off, from a young team that are starting to find their feet after a couple of years in the wilderness... the imponderable is what we are going to get from Galway :-\

If Galway can pull out a performance like they were producing last year they will scrape through here with a couple of points to spare .. if they pull out a performance similar to their last two Leinster Championship games .. then this will be a stroll on the Salthill Prom for Clare ...

Hope its a good game and a fine day. (Salthill is a dreary place in the rain.)

littlevillage (Galway) - Posts: 236 - 01/07/2011 15:41:00    972543

whats the team for 2moro

fergalhegarty (Clare) - Posts: 62 - 01/07/2011 19:46:29    972731

After Clare,s gutsy performance last day out if they could reproduce the same again i,d back them to come out on top..

DUB1 (Dublin) - Posts: 5583 - 01/07/2011 20:00:54    972738

Clares Keeper isnt up to it

Taffin (Leitrim) - Posts: 268 - 02/07/2011 19:32:44    973143

Bye Bye Clare I'm afraid

Banner.Abu (Clare) - Posts: 92 - 02/07/2011 20:11:46    973160

an eeffing disgrace get fergal lynch,diarmaid mcmahon,cormac o donovan and the management OUT!!!!!! and john conlon has to start to u use his 2 hands wen he is rising the ball and patrick donellen has to stop going on these maisy runs

fergalhegarty (Clare) - Posts: 62 - 02/07/2011 21:08:32    973203

Clare need a center back i would put nicky o connell back to center back and have markham and clancy im midfield

fergalhegarty (Clare) - Posts: 62 - 02/07/2011 21:10:54    973206

That might bring ye back down to earth lads, demolished, game over after 10 minutes

bbilly (Galway) - Posts: 414 - 04/07/2011 10:50:52    974019

bbilly

Tis Galway who need bringing down to earth lad. All RIeland contenders every year? Dont make me laugh. When did ye last win a senior All Ireland hurling title?

LohansRedHelmet (Clare) - Posts: 2024 - 04/07/2011 11:58:56    974104

clare hurlers...tank you for wasting my time, sincerely!

dakid99 (Clare) - Posts: 3 - 04/07/2011 13:31:39    974229

ignore billy the clown from galway. I never take any pleasure in beating our neighbours. Been at your last 3 all irelands in 95 97 and 02 cheering on the banner. Hopefully galway can do it for the west now, although I wont be holding my breath!

d3ccy (Galway) - Posts: 75 - 04/07/2011 13:53:33    974263

d3ccy
None of your business.

LohansRedHelmet
Learn to take your beating, Clare fans getting carried away got their answer, cockiness gets ye nowhere, Gaillimh abu

bbilly (Galway) - Posts: 414 - 04/07/2011 14:18:36    974291

bbilly

Looks like your fairly well respected amongst your own kind anyway. keep it up lad.

LohansRedHelmet (Clare) - Posts: 2024 - 04/07/2011 15:59:53    974463

Very disappointing from a Clare point of view, the game was effectively over after the first 15 minutes.
Our defence got cleaned out, although I thought that Cian Dillon had a good enough game.
Whatever chance we had of a comeback (or at least putting up a respectable showing) was destroyed when McInerney got the line. A completely reckless challenge.
Brennan was poor for the 2nd goal, but there wasn't much he could do about the other 3. In fairness to him he pulled off a great save at one stage.

Midfield was non-existent again. Nicky went back to play sweeper system but the Clare defence has no clue how to actually play this system. How many times was Nicky 1 on 1 with a forward when his role should have been to support any "other" defender who was 1 on 1 with a forward. Clancy once again was anonymous in midfield.

Up-front, Conlon, Lynch, McMahon & McInerney didn't make much headway.
Morey had a few good moves, while McGrath had another very good game. Had we been able to make any headway in half-forward line, then we could really have tested Galway's full-back line because they looked suspect here at times.

To be fair to Galway, they played with great intensity and looked much more settled. Their middle axis of Kavanagh/Regan/Burke-Smith/Farragher/Canning looks strong.
Damian Hayes is impossible to mark when he is on-form and gets good ball (although, his form can be a bit hit and miss).
In saying that Galway conceded 0-20 to a poor Clare team, and they have a few positions that will be well tested by better teams.
Corner backs looked in trouble at times, and Cullinane struggled big time when marking Fergal Lynch.
While Tannian was impressive, he did look very slow at times, and I remain to be convinced on Gantley & Kerins.

Best of luck to Galway for the remainder -any all-Ireland which crosses the Shannon is always to be welcomed.

Roashter (Clare) - Posts: 238 - 04/07/2011 17:16:51    974582

Back to the drawing board for another 83 years lads ;-)

bbilly (Galway) - Posts: 414 - 05/07/2011 12:29:10    975213

Sparrow, please dont Mull, just go!!

LohansRedHelmet (Clare) - Posts: 2024 - 05/07/2011 13:57:33    975340

bbilly

i ask you again. When was the last time Galway won the senior All Ireland Hurling Championship?

LohansRedHelmet (Clare) - Posts: 2024 - 05/07/2011 13:58:19    975343

Sparrow please leave as LohansRedHelmet has all the answers and he will know what has to be done, Joe Canning was pegging Clare players out over the stand in salthill the last day.

bbilly (Galway) - Posts: 414 - 05/07/2011 14:43:08    975414