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Replying To hurlingexpert: "Shane O'Donnell is a huge loss to us, he had shown some very good form in the league. I suppose that probably means rodgers will get his championship debut. So best of luck to him, great prospect. Ian Galvin probably in the other corner. And i hope Shane makes a speedy recovery to make it back for our next game. All quiet on david mac's injury, but i think its hard to see him start even if he is fit after playing so little. Who replaces him will probably depend on who is best suited to take on jack fagan under the high ball. Wouldnt necessarily be my first choice but I think they will go with paudi Fitzpatrick." We rarely get the rub of green in Clare now SOD a massive loss to go with AF & D MAC both might still make it though I have said often that David Fitzgerald should be a massive player at this stage he is good but lacks consistency IMO he has everything to be up there with the best. We will have to cope with the injuries and we showed against KK that we are thereabouts we need goals V Waterford a young brash Mark Rodgers of Shane Meehan Or R Taylor could pick there pockets. As you mentioned Paudi Fitzpatrick he is slow on turn but good facing ball clooney (Clare) - Posts: 984 - 23/06/2021 12:46:09 2352825 Link
Ya SOD is a massive loss. Its going to be a high scoring affair but i think we all our forwards to fire to have a chance. Clareman (Clare) - Posts: 1056 - 23/06/2021 12:48:55 2352826 Link
Replying To clooney: "We rarely get the rub of green in Clare now SOD a massive loss to go with AF & D MAC both might still make it though I have said often that David Fitzgerald should be a massive player at this stage he is good but lacks consistency IMO he has everything to be up there with the best. We will have to cope with the injuries and we showed against KK that we are thereabouts we need goals V Waterford a young brash Mark Rodgers of Shane Meehan Or R Taylor could pick there pockets. As you mentioned Paudi Fitzpatrick he is slow on turn but good facing ball" I think fitzgerald is always excellent when he comes on as a sub, he really is a great impact player. But it just doesn't seem to be the same when he starts. Very similarly with ian galvin, i think way better suited to an impact role. hurlingexpert (Clare) - Posts: 1941 - 23/06/2021 13:36:46 2352841 Link
Gary Cooney MiAmigaVERONICA (Clare) - Posts: 322 - 24/06/2021 10:53:33 2353022 Link
Replying To MiAmigaVERONICA: "Gary Cooney" I wouldnt think he'll start but a bench option anyway. He got a decent point against kilkenny then a simple second one after that when tony kelly handed it to him, assuming tony passed to try create a goal opportunity hurlingexpert (Clare) - Posts: 1941 - 24/06/2021 15:09:24 2353095 Link
What will team be for Sunday Quilligan Flanagan { Id Say} Cleary Hayes Ryan Conlon McInerney Kelly/Galvin Malone Reidy A McCarthy Ian Galvin/Ryan Taylor Shanagher Rodgers clooney (Clare) - Posts: 984 - 25/06/2021 08:38:55 2353198 Link
Replying To clooney: "What will team be for Sunday Quilligan Flanagan { Id Say} Cleary Hayes Ryan Conlon McInerney Kelly/Galvin Malone Reidy A McCarthy Ian Galvin/Ryan Taylor Shanagher Rodgers" You're probably bang on. Could be a surprise at corner back yet. Liam Corry might come in. I think he will go with ian galvin in the corner ahead or taylor. Seen as galvin started the last few games. hurlingexpert (Clare) - Posts: 1941 - 25/06/2021 11:14:41 2353236 Link
Personally, as i have said many many times on here. I think out best team would have jack browne and jason mccarthy in it. But every manager has his own take on things. Overall with the exception of o'donnell not being available, i am very happy with where we are at going into this game. I think Brian Lohan deserves immense credit for the work he has done, i think it's important to state that now win lose or draw on sunday. Best of luck to him and the 20 players who play on sunday. hurlingexpert (Clare) - Posts: 1941 - 25/06/2021 13:57:41 2353281 Link
Replying To hurlingexpert: "Personally, as i have said many many times on here. I think out best team would have jack browne and jason mccarthy in it. But every manager has his own take on things. Overall with the exception of o'donnell not being available, i am very happy with where we are at going into this game. I think Brian Lohan deserves immense credit for the work he has done, i think it's important to state that now win lose or draw on sunday. Best of luck to him and the 20 players who play on sunday." Brian has done ok yeah we have really very little coming through from under age for a long time now any time we were ever any god in 70s 90 s and 00s our success was build from our then u-21 Teams we have been fairly miserable at u18 & 20 now for some time taking into account all the players that have finished with hurling way too early in life this is all old news of course. There is good spirit in the Camp it seems and in Aidan McCarthy we have one of the most improved Hurlers in Country this year he gets 4 points a match is a goal threat accurate from frees & penalties also very unflustered type of player Waterford are very good no doubt but they don't hold the same tradition over us like a Tipp Or Cork. many would say that the League don't matter much but if KK were playing WD they would be quiet confident of taking them and we beat the Cats so we should be nicely settled for an upset clooney (Clare) - Posts: 984 - 25/06/2021 15:05:31 2353304 Link
Gotta be happy with that First round games are there to be won so I wouldn't dwell on what appeared to be about 25 wides. Roll on Tipp. Our lads should be better for having played a game. Hon the Banner LohansRedHelmet (Clare) - Posts: 2697 - 27/06/2021 17:22:09 2353815 Link
Replying To LohansRedHelmet: "Gotta be happy with that First round games are there to be won so I wouldn't dwell on what appeared to be about 25 wides. Roll on Tipp. Our lads should be better for having played a game. Hon the Banner" A win is a win but they have an amount of progress to go before we are contenders. Our decision making & scoring efficency was terrible shocking wides but as Lohan said "room for improvement" Out think that was so pleasing was the hip to hip marking of the backs the work rate and all that the decision to put TK on the brow of the square and Cahill making the mistake of sending C Lyons to follow him. Waterford were missing 7 of last years all Ireland team so that puts this into perceptive I think. Clare definately have a lot of work put in last Winter as you can see Rory Hayes for example a relatively small hurler is not build like a tank and can stop a player dead with his body. Our standout players were Conlon Ryan Malone & TK our half forward line are very light and when Quiligan went long we we beaten to the dropping ball how a peter Duggan would be so valuable now. The Referee made many bafflling decisions I though Fair play to B Loan & all involved the Media talk of all the stuff happening in the backround bur personally i coulden't give a toss about all this its all about the matches roll on Tipp clooney (Clare) - Posts: 984 - 28/06/2021 08:39:16 2354023 Link
Great to get the win yesterday. Completely dominated i felt, never let waterford play. The missed chances was very frustrating as it let waterford back into it when they closed the gap to 3 at the end. Kelly, shanagher and mccarthy couldve scored another 2-10 between them, so plenty of shooting practise to work on before tipp. I was surprised to see paidi Fitzpatrick have a decent performance, so all credit to him. But i think we'll need david mcinerney's more hurling ability against tipp. I thought it was ryan taylor's best game for clare, out around the middle where he is best. Never understood having him in the full forward line. Ian galvin did reasonably well, scoring one great point. I would think if o'donnell is available for the tipp game then ian galvin will probably be the one to lose out. All in all very positive day. hurlingexpert (Clare) - Posts: 1941 - 28/06/2021 09:59:59 2354043 Link
Replying To hurlingexpert: "Great to get the win yesterday. Completely dominated i felt, never let waterford play. The missed chances was very frustrating as it let waterford back into it when they closed the gap to 3 at the end. Kelly, shanagher and mccarthy couldve scored another 2-10 between them, so plenty of shooting practise to work on before tipp. I was surprised to see paidi Fitzpatrick have a decent performance, so all credit to him. But i think we'll need david mcinerney's more hurling ability against tipp. I thought it was ryan taylor's best game for clare, out around the middle where he is best. Never understood having him in the full forward line. Ian galvin did reasonably well, scoring one great point. I would think if o'donnell is available for the tipp game then ian galvin will probably be the one to lose out. All in all very positive day." Shane O Donnell & David McInerney should be ok for next week hopefully will start Shanager remains a bit of an enigma nowhere near as dangerous as say S Callinan or Gillane he is a build like a Tank we are still waiting for him to explode next Sunday would be fine. Taylor did ok especially in first half and is fairly accurate too McCarthy not his best game yesterday but as Duignan said a beautiful hurler. I thought that Mark Rodgers would have got a spell yesterday Ian Galvin missed too much bar that great point did not contribute and Colm also still not firing fully. Once again a dominant half back line makes all the difference I know much stronger tests await but Ryan/Conlon/McInerney are all good hurlers good in air good strikers cant beat it. clooney (Clare) - Posts: 984 - 28/06/2021 12:05:24 2354091 Link
Yes a great day yesterday and mighty win. Too much focus post game on players waterford had missing. Clare were down 4 or 5 last year when the teams met so it evens itself out. We will need SOD next day. I would start him instead of Ian Galvin. Taylor workrate and speed is top notch. Tipp have class hurlers and power but maybe not much speed. It will take a massive 20 man effort to beat them but its great to be looking forward to it. Pity only 200 can go to the game!1 Clareman (Clare) - Posts: 1056 - 28/06/2021 14:01:20 2354161 Link
Replying To Clareman: "Yes a great day yesterday and mighty win. Too much focus post game on players waterford had missing. Clare were down 4 or 5 last year when the teams met so it evens itself out. We will need SOD next day. I would start him instead of Ian Galvin. Taylor workrate and speed is top notch. Tipp have class hurlers and power but maybe not much speed. It will take a massive 20 man effort to beat them but its great to be looking forward to it. Pity only 200 can go to the game!1" Personally i think in the media waterford were overhyped pre match. Michael verney who is a very prominent pundit on many platforms had been talking about waterford as if they were world beaters. Which i couldn't understand, generally i like verney and think he's one of the best pundits around but i did honestly think he was way off the mark in the build up to this game. Now i do think waterford are a very good team, but my point is the media were over the top as to how good they actually are. hurlingexpert (Clare) - Posts: 1941 - 28/06/2021 14:19:41 2354170 Link
Replying To Clareman: "Yes a great day yesterday and mighty win. Too much focus post game on players waterford had missing. Clare were down 4 or 5 last year when the teams met so it evens itself out. We will need SOD next day. I would start him instead of Ian Galvin. Taylor workrate and speed is top notch. Tipp have class hurlers and power but maybe not much speed. It will take a massive 20 man effort to beat them but its great to be looking forward to it. Pity only 200 can go to the game!1" I am delighted personally for Paul Flanagan always rated him I know he might not be fastest if turned but he is very cute rarely gets exposed. Jack Browne is not the favourite at moment maybe they think he might concede penalties Lohan himself of course always knew what limits he could get away with so perhaps that's the reason, Jack is a fine hurler though and can do a job all over the backline id say at midfield too if needed. Tipp could give you a thumping if they get a run on you but little enough new talent this year and might struggle with pace Fair play to Lohan starting Paudi Fitz he looks a real akward hurler but did a job yesterday. Spirit is good but we need to kill off teams when on top KK were masters at that some of the wides & decision making not good enough. clooney (Clare) - Posts: 984 - 28/06/2021 15:29:01 2354216 Link
Kelly's positioning will be very interesting against tipp. Tipperary have options in terms of markers which makes it interesting. Both brendan maher and barry heffernan are flexible enough to follow him in either the full or half backlines. Paudie maher you'd imagine will be left full back so possibly putting kelly on him could be a good move for us. At 11 as well seen as the center back if its kennedy probably wont follow him. Alan flynn would probably pick him up if he's midfield hurlingexpert (Clare) - Posts: 1941 - 28/06/2021 18:48:08 2354307 Link
Replying To clooney: "I am delighted personally for Paul Flanagan always rated him I know he might not be fastest if turned but he is very cute rarely gets exposed. Jack Browne is not the favourite at moment maybe they think he might concede penalties Lohan himself of course always knew what limits he could get away with so perhaps that's the reason, Jack is a fine hurler though and can do a job all over the backline id say at midfield too if needed. Tipp could give you a thumping if they get a run on you but little enough new talent this year and might struggle with pace Fair play to Lohan starting Paudi Fitz he looks a real akward hurler but did a job yesterday. Spirit is good but we need to kill off teams when on top KK were masters at that some of the wides & decision making not good enough." If its a Clare/Limerick Final it should be interesting as Paul and John Flanagan are cousins and could well be marking one anther. Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4490 - 29/06/2021 12:50:44 2354570 Link
Replying To clooney: "I am delighted personally for Paul Flanagan always rated him I know he might not be fastest if turned but he is very cute rarely gets exposed. Jack Browne is not the favourite at moment maybe they think he might concede penalties Lohan himself of course always knew what limits he could get away with so perhaps that's the reason, Jack is a fine hurler though and can do a job all over the backline id say at midfield too if needed. Tipp could give you a thumping if they get a run on you but little enough new talent this year and might struggle with pace Fair play to Lohan starting Paudi Fitz he looks a real akward hurler but did a job yesterday. Spirit is good but we need to kill off teams when on top KK were masters at that some of the wides & decision making not good enough." If its a Clare/Limerick Final it should be interesting as Paul and John Flanagan are cousins and could well be marking one anther. Silly me, Seamus Flanagan of course. Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4490 - 29/06/2021 12:51:38 2354573 Link
Replying To Oldtourman: "If its a Clare/Limerick Final it should be interesting as Paul and John Flanagan are cousins and could well be marking one anther. Silly me, Seamus Flanagan of course." I hope you're right! I am quietly optimistic that we can so something in this game. However even if we do win against tipp, we'd have no chance against your boys! hurlingexpert (Clare) - Posts: 1941 - 29/06/2021 19:35:49 2354714 Link