Clare GAA Discussion - 2024 All Ireland Hurling Champions

Yeah Id even love to see them both in there together. I think Rodgers will make a fine starting inside forward too. I think Shanagher has the potential to be very effective at this level, we’ve seen flashes like v Waterford last year, it’s coaching that will be so crucial with him imo.

Possibly but I like having two good lads at winning their own ball up top. Especially when Lohan likes to play that ball direct. The only issue is that SOD and Shanagher‘a scoring returns are very uneven (for want of a word!).

I though the last day, with the Kelly/Galvin/Shanagher, it got very predictable because we all know Kelly and Galvin are secondary ball players. So 90% of our ball hit in versus Tipp went to Shanagher. Tipp knew this and dropped Ronan Maher deep at left half back. It cancelled him out and we couldn’t make it stick for most of the second half. That did change late on when Rodgers came in and brought more balance.

Tomorrow is a different day though. They’ll have more spare defenders. I guess a lot of conventional thinking goes out the window.

Shanaher wins ball. Others do not. We have had too many players who need to be fed rathar than a feeder.

Look, go back to Conor Clancy? How many scores did he make vs how many did he score. The problem isn't Shanaher the problem is the workload he's carrying at the moment. Sure I'd like his wrists to the more like Tony Kellys but they aren't. Shannaher is the first name on the forwards list after Kelly if O'Donnel isn't available.

Shanagher gets picked ahead of Taylor, McCarthy, Galvin, Riedy any day for ball winning reasons.

I heard Peter Duggan is back in the country.... doubt he will turn up today.. but it will have Davy Fitz thinking!