Clare GAA Discussion - 2024 All Ireland Hurling Champions

Clare footballers had a fine year and should be proud of themselves.

Context needed behind that

Lost 3/3 in the league and then lost relegation match (making it 4/4 losses) and are down to Division 3 next year

In the Championship they were in a group of 3 teams with 2 to qualify - Beat an atrocious Down team (who's manager has left now) and lost to Louth

Beat Longford in the 1/4 final then

Essentially they've won 2 games this year out of 7. Doesn't sound as good in that sense. Good luck to them against Laois though. Will be underdogs, so will be tough.

Some fair points.

Galvin is good for the odd goal too though. and his two points in first half v Wexford kept us in it a bit.

Duggan probably keeps his place for his free taking alone.

I actually had assumed a bigger crowd on Saturday than Sunday. We shall see.

Not a chance duggan will be dropped. He's doing far more than is given credit for. Have a look at the Tony Kelly point where he rolled of the ground. Duggan broke that ball. We need him there for that work rate alone

If rumours are to be believed, John Conlon hasn't trained at all since to Wexford match. So possibly him.

Hayes down to start according to the teamsheet. Not surprised tbh.

Possibly yes. Although when Diarmuid Ryan went off injured against Limerick Malone went to half back. But those rumours are probably second or third hand, they could be completely wrong as very little gets outside the Clare camp. WSH might be right about Kelly too.

This is a totally unfair comment. While the performance was poor, to say nobody expected much more than ineptitude is so exceptionally insulting and grossly unfair to a team who have been in the top half of teams in the county for a number of years now. I, and the many other Clare football supporters who were there, went to Croke Park hoping to cheer on a Clare win which wasn't beyond the capabilities of the players to deliver - they just didn't reach their own standards on the day.

I'd put the majority of the blame there on Lohan! Think he got caught up in the 'we can beat kilkenny' approach instead of playing the way they've played for most of the year. When they went back to that for a period in the second half they put a few scores together. Game was over before half time. Can't blame lohan for the shocking wides though, but that's a confidence thing from the beating they were already taking.

Future is still bright though..... They should learn from this battering!

Sorry that management have alot of questions to answer after today. They've got plenty of well deserved praise after their Munster campaign. We aren't a patch on Limerick..we put the house on the Munster final but we aren't at the required level.

Cleary and Malone ,Paidi Fitz..they just don't have the ability needed at this level. Getting dispossessed all the time. Just greenhorn type stuff. And the decision making was shocking. Just a brainless gameplan ontop of a Kilkenny being efficient and clever and unselfish. We are still a selfish team..How many times do Fitzgerald and Kelly have chances to pass to a colleague and they don't bother.

The cracks were there guys and im not having a go at you on Clare forum. Firstly Cork played terrible against Clare and Clare were the better team but they left a 12 point lead almost slip and Cork lost by 2 points. That was the 1st worry I had about this Clare team. They did outstanding against both Waterford and Limerick but possibly missed out by not going for the juggler when they had the opportunity. Wexford left a massive lead slip too and really if Wexford tactically could step up and properly manage the game, Clare were beaten. Kilkenny showed those cracks up and Kilkenny will not give you handy goals. I was expecting Clare to blow Kilkenny away but it was so strange not seeing it.

They had their chance but I don't think they were the 2nd best team in Ireland like what alot of posters on here said they were and pundits alike. I think it's Kilkennys All Ireland to lose. Limerick will dread playing Kilkenny and Cody will find a way to beat them. No disrespect to Galway but they will come up short against Limerick.

Limerick won't dread playing Kilkenny if they get to the final. Not a chance . Limerick have a different mentality entirely. It would be a humdinger. Limerick as a county have a collective memory of the Mackey 1930s era when they went toe to toe with Kilkenny and came out top ,mostly. They don't see themselves the same as a Clare or Wexford or Galway ...They see themselves as like the big 3 but without the titles to match. It's a strange one but they'd have a right physical battle with Kilkenny. Clare outside of McInerney and a few more didn't engage yesterday at all.

We all have to sit back and ask Lohan some questions. I'm Lohans biggest supporter but Davy wouldn't have set up so disastrously yesterday. Paidi Fitz is not and has never been at this level. Cathal Malones dramatic loss of form has not been addressed either. He was terrible. Leaving Kelly on for 70 mins when he was on one leg. That was a disaster. Iv questioned Duggan all year. He offers nothing at full forward,ditto Galvin, a luxury player who got cleaned out and on his best days isnt as industrious as Meehan ir Rodgers . We had one substitute on before half time yesterday.

I hope the goodwill shown to Lohan doesn't hide or attempt to gloss over the mistakes and non performance of yesterday. Did he do an interview?

Conlons loss was incalculable. He's the only leader on the whole team. He's more important than Hannon is for Limerick.