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

thursday night was most impressive , liam murphy was really only a supporting act at the start of the campaign for the likes of marc o'brien his last two performances in particular in front of goal has been sensational 3-1 against tipperary and 2-3 against cork for the amount of possession he gets in a game his ratio of scoring is top class

the middle 3rd though is serious , mathew corbett harry Doherty , patrick finneran james cullinane , dara Kennedy and rian mulcahey have built a wall between the two 40s their work rate is immense , a lot of that is down to brian o'connell too even with 2 minutes to go the other night and seven points up you could hear him roaring work work work !! on the sideline anything can happen on the day but it would be a huge success to win back to back munster championships , especially after so many of last years team were overage this year

last night however was a different story , we did well to grind out a win but the truth be known tipp were much stronger much more physical team then us , they lost paddy mccormack early in the game , up to that point he was running the show ,basically a superb performance by conor whelan kept us in the game , the ball into the forwards at times was poor and when deliveries were good the likes of collins and O'Neill were muscled out of it by there men , mark sheady pulled off one super save that would have probably finished the game as a contest

and while its good to see the likes of diarmuid stritch and sennan dunford return from injuries , that performance probably wont be good enough next friday night

big game in the park tonight for the footballers against a much improved cork team that came up short last year in ennis , if we can replicate the kerry performance in the munster final and take the chances especially the goal chances tonight we are in with a huge shout

cork are footballs marmite , one minute they look as good as any team in division 1 , another they look like a team that would struggle in division 2 , both teams scored and conceded nearly an identical amount form play against kerry in the munster championship cork scored 1-08 from play in killarney while clare scored 1-08 from play in the munster final , cork conceded 0-14 from play in the game in killarney while the Kingdome scored one point more from open play 0-15 in ennis 2 weeks later

big games tonight needed from cillian brennan and manus doherty again on colin corbett and brian hurley , we cant allow the concession of goals again tonight to have a serious chance

time for the big one tomorrow , against the most improved team in the munster championship this year , so good have the performances of the likes of calum lyons , tadhg de burca and mark fitzgerald that davey has completely ditched the sweeper system , not only did we chastise him over it , he wrote a book about it and how it was the only way to win at elite inter county hurling ,

waterfords back 6 have been fantastic in the first two games , something even limerick have been struggling with , along with this , waterford are shooting from high percentage scoring areas rather the low ones last year , davey will have a huge chip on his shoulder after the bust up with that lunatic romer in the tunnel last year in thurles

i reckon kelly will start , but the word on duggan is not great , duggan is seriously important for puckouts alone , he had a super game in cork two weeks ago too in general play , great to have daragh lohan back a real chippy personality on the field which is something we will need , its going to be a big day for the clare backs , hutchinson has found his form again and the likes of barron mikey kiely and pendergast are all hurling with confidence , this is a huge game in the context of the group

davey fighting again on the sideline , a great man to take his beating 🙄 , himself and tommy corbett went at it at the end