Clare GAA Discussion part 2 , No Purple Jumpers Allowed !!

No but the forwards do plenty of it 😅

clare 2-12 tipperary 0-10 daryl darcy cup final u17

excellent win for the minors against tipperary side that had beaten them comfortably only a few weeks ago , conor burke looks like he is a real talent in the making 1-8 of the 2-12 tonight he racked up

clare will play cork next week in the munster semi final

ok ,on the munster gaa website it says cork must be a mistake

ironically it would suit kerry to lose the munster final to gain better competition in the group stage , its likely if they win they will play louth, meath and monaghan

its a very big ask for our lads sunday the winners of munster group would be great ,

i agree the provencials should be where the mcgrath cup is now and the top 16 decided by national league placings ,down were excellent against armagh last week they look too strong for the tailteann cup

clare 2-27 waterford 1-11

this game was far more competitive then the scoreline would suggest , with 15 minutes to go it was 1-14 to 0-11

in fairness this is a really good young team in the making , james organ and sean rynne done serious damage , michael collins scored a cracker of a goal before half time while conor whelan looks like a very impressive hurler in the making let alone his free taking but his workrate also

finally Terrance has moved the gunner back to his best position in the half back line , his club mate niall o' farrell looks like hes living up to the expectation once he steadies himself in front of goal jack o'niell and jamey moylan and james heagerty all got on the score sheet today , along with ronan Kilroy and even mixtad these will be regulars of the next generation of clare hurling in the next 2 to 3 years throw in john coneeley , and conor leen on the clare senior panel the depth could be huge

Clare 1-13 Kerry 0-23

Kerry are always going to hit the 20 point mark in munster you need to be taking every chance to stay with them ,unfortunately we will rue two great chances by cousins dermot coughlin and brian mcnamara either side of half time

it was a performance that would have beaten about 20 other teams in the country but just that bit short against a seasoned team like kerry , both tony brosnan and david clifford kicked some excellent scores from play and under serious pressure at times highlighting the difference in class

ikem took his goal really well and out scored his initial man he was marking in paudi clifford , it was an honest display and if repeated will hopefully get us one or two wins in the group stage and make a real push for the latter stages of the championship

i praised the appointment of mark fitz last year , today you can see why , he has done a super job in transition and has clare playing a descent brand of football , we asked plenty of questions of the kerry backs and midfielders today which is all you can do , hopefully we can repeat the same performance saturday week against cork , if we do and improve on the finishing we wont be far away

clare scorers

Emmet McMahon 0-5 4f

Ikum Ugwueru 1-0

Ciaran Downes 0-2 2f

Aaron Griffin 0-2

Daniel Walsh, 0-1

Dermot Coughlan, 0-1

Gavin Murray, 0-1

Mark McInerney 0-1 1f

yeah bang on i have watched closely how Fitzgerald controls the line , i usually stand along the sideline in the park and the same where i can up the country in the away games , he is an excellent communicator to the players and always positive although he nearly killed dermot for a wasteful free in the first half before he kicked a brilliant score

the Offaly game sticks in my mind more then any this year , we played some brutal stuff were 0-10 to 0-4 down with about 12 minutes left , offaly got a goal , not only was he driving on the players to get back into it he was full of encouragement to the lads coming on that they could still make a difference and that's exactly what happened every single player despite playing rubbish bought in to him ad drove on for the last ten minutes and pulled of a remarkable comeback , today every single player bought into his game plan and fought to the end regardless of how good the opposition was

its very very encouraging going forward , dermot was excellent i actually think manus had a fine game on clifford , ikem was fantastic on paudi constantly in his face and telling him "not to day paudi not today" tookj is goal brilliantly when others would have stayed down looking for a penalty , aaron griffin was good too but the ball in was poor at times , emmett , brian mac and darragh bohannan did well also , if we can get rid of the silly errors we made today we can be a match for any team in our group in the sam McGuire

That's the realistic angle here , in our two games against Derry and Monaghan last year we played much better than we did in our home game to Donegal, if we attack cork and play in the same fashion as last week we would have a serious chance of getting a result ,

It's a good learning curve for a young panel and one that will stand to them next year in division 3 and hopefully put us back up into division 2 again where we can build again