Clare v Wexford, SHC Qualifier Replay, Wexford Park, 12 July @ 17.00 RTE 2

letowski

Johnny Ryan to referee the game.

Paddy has Wexford at 11/4 and Clare at 1/3, though you'd have to think the match will be a lot closer.

Should again be a good one!

Grats

Thought Clare looked ragged and tired last Saturday, hard to see how you can right that in a week. Perhaps resting them is the answer but Davy doesn't do resting! Known how Davy behaves I could just imagine him continuing with his pre planned training schedule and ignoring the tiredness in his players.

Wexford will be raring to go and they will have great vocal support - they always do in fairness to them. If the game is a repeat of the drawn match Wexford will win with their home support roaring them on. Had the game be played in Wexford Park or even in a neutral venue last Saturday I think they would have won.

I give Wexford every chance and hope they do it.

citykat

Wexford threw away a great opportunity last week. A man up and 10 pts up at one stage. Think Clare underestimated them last week and only started hurling late in the game. They allowed Wexford too much space particularly in the forwards and Wexford forwards ran riot. Don't think Clare will allow that to happen again. I expect them to tighten up at the back. Clare's forwards have the beating of the Wexford backs. Wexford park will be roiling on Sat night. The Wexford team will not fail through lack of effort but I expect Clare to come through by a slim margin.

bruschi

I'd say Clare will win this one unfortunately. I cant see us catching them on the hop so quickly from the start again. It would be great to win, but as I said elsewhere here, I just want consitency with Wexford and follow up a good performance with another one.

One thing that does annoy me about last weeks game is how people say Wexford were ten points and a man up, as if both were at the same time. As bad as it was, we were 5 up when Collins was red carded, not 10. Its still not great, but we had more than enough chances with the extra man to get that lead and more back.

dirkmeister

Wexford will be on a high after the under 21s winning tonight.

They will surely bring a bumper crowd to Wexford Park?

Fireball07

You'd imagine they will bring a crowd. Did they leave it behind them last week?


Clare will need to up their performance, but were Wexford playing to the limit of their ability? They did miss a lot of great scoring opportunities.

I would normally tip Clare to win by 4 or 5, but I remember thinking the same last year between KK and Dublin, but Dublin won the replay. If Clare don't up their game a lot, they'll be in trouble. And they've had a few warnings now- Laois in the league, Tipp in the league, Cork in Championship & now Wexford... that's 4 games in a row. When do they wake up?

Niallers87

Clare Team to play Wexford: 1. Patrick Kelly
2. Cian Dillon
3. David Mc Inerney
4. Jack Browne
5. Brendan Bugler
6. Conor Ryan
7. Pat O'Connor
8. Colm Galvin
9. Seadna Morey
10. Peter Duggan
11. Tony Kelly
12. Colin Ryan
13. Conor McGrath
14. Darach Honan
15. John Conlon

Fireball07

Niallers87 wrote: »

Clare Team to play Wexford: 1. Patrick Kelly
2. Cian Dillon
3. David Mc Inerney
4. Jack Browne
5. Brendan Bugler
6. Conor Ryan
7. Pat O'Connor
8. Colm Galvin
9. Seadna Morey
10. Peter Duggan
11. Tony Kelly
12. Colin Ryan
13. Conor McGrath
14. Darach Honan
15. John Conlon

Changes being... Morey for Donnellan, Duggan for Collins and Honan for Cathal Mc?


Donnellan's been poor this year imo, Morey will play the sweeper role a lot better. And even if they don't play a sweeper, his pace and energy will make him a lot more useful around the middle of the field.

I don't think Peter Duggan is much of a replacement for Podge, but he is a ball-winner and with Conlon out-of-form, that is needed. Will Kelly play the "Podge role"? Or will he do what he normally does?


Honan looked very very bad from the bench the last day, touch was way off. But I suppose he's always hit-and-miss and on a good day, he's unstoppable. And at least he's a different option. 3 big lads in that Clare forward line, won't get pushed around anyway.

marco_polo

Like the look of that side, Morey is too good not to be accommodated somewhere in the side before now, and Duggan will be a useful target (He is pretty skillful too to be fair).

Honan didn't look great in his cameo the last day but hopefully and a few of the others can up their performance levels a few notches.

Vanhalla

any online links for this game? outside ireland i am

The White Feather

I'm looking forward to this replay.

Should be a cracker!

Fireball07

Looks like a very blustery day down in Wexford.

Al_Coholic

how did that not go in!

Fireball07

Very poor shot on goal the first one, could have gone over from the rebound.

Browney7

That was a goal!! Scrappy start. The sweepers are getting a lot of the ball

Fireball07

Class point from McGrath, awful wide from Conlon.

niallo27

****en hell. Refs haven't warmed to us today either.

Browney7

niallo27 wrote: »

****en hell. Refs haven't warmed to us today either.

The umpires are fond of ye though

Kristopherus

Whats this with Clare having to solo out of defence?:(

The White Feather

Very scrappy game so far.....

Boom__Boom

The White Feather wrote: »

Very scrappy game so far.....

Shush - dont say that or people will be getting annoyed :P

Ref getting in Clare players way - Davy'll love that :P

Al_Coholic

The White Feather wrote: »

Very scrappy game so far.....

same as last week,scrappy and Wexford hitting some horrible wides

Fireball07

Wexford sweeping up lots of ball in defence, but very wasteful so far.

The White Feather

Wexford clocking up bad wides already.

What is the exact rule for quick puckouts? One min he lets it go then he calls it back

Boots234

Wexford should be 3 or 4 ahead

Fireball07

Another shocking wide for Wexford. And a free...

niallo27

Sweet Jesus above

Browney7

Johnny Ryan makes some strange decisions some times.

That wasn't even a first cousin to a free!

jfh

Very soft free there to level it

Boom__Boom

Browney7 wrote: »

Johnny Ryan makes some strange decisions some times.

That wasn't even a first cousin to a free!

Always a bad sign when players from both teams look at the ref in confusion, not knowing if the whistle is for or against them.

BQQ

Wides killing Wexford again.

Don't think they'll get away with them this time.

dastardly00

How many steps did Conlon take there for that point?

Fireball07

Very bad goal to concede... load of space.


Great point there though.

Kristopherus

dastardly00 wrote: »

How many steps did Conlon take there for that point?

3.:D

marco_polo

dastardly00 wrote: »

How many steps did Conlon take there for that point?

A good few to many alright. The experiment of moving him inside is working well so far though.

Boom__Boom

Is it 1 point or 2 points Wexford have scored from play?

dastardly00

Wexford are absolutely brainless with all their long shots. 9 wides so far. Playing against the wind in the second half might actually help them.

Fireball07

10 wides in 28 mins is woeful.

dastardly00

Lee Chin is a smashing player.

Boom__Boom

Good God but Wexford's shooting.

dastardly00

11 wides now.

marco_polo

Boom__Boom wrote: »

Good God but Wexford's shooting.

You'd say they were shooting themselves in the foot. Except they'd probably miss that as well today :pac:

The White Feather

Wow a red card :eek:

STB

Groundhog day.

dastardly00

Well that was stupid. Right in front of the ref.

Kristopherus

Silly from Bugler. But what was the ref looking at before that?

Diabhal Beag

Second week in a row. Stupid stuff from All-Ireland champions.

Boom__Boom

Is it a Davy tactic to get a man stupidly sent off before HT to make a game of it?

Fireball07

What the fúck is up with Clare's indiscipline??? So stupid. And from such an experienced player.

niallo27

Davy really has pissed off these refs. It's a ****en disgrace

Boom__Boom

Anyone?