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

Any idea if (terrace) tickets for Sunday will go on general sale on Ticketdisaster?

everything very schtum as usual, lets just hope they have everyone fighting fit from the word go

Mac is back 😀

Definitely we have a stronger bench than in previous years.

Clare’s full senior squad v Limerick is as follows:

1. Eibhear Quilligan (Feakle)

2. Adam Hogan (Feakle) 

3. Conor Cleary (St Joseph’s Miltown)

4. Rory Hayes (Wolfe Tones)

5. Diarmuid Ryan (Cratloe)

6. John Conlon (Clonlara)

7. David McInerney (Tulla)

8. David Fitzgerald (Inagh-Kilnamona)

9. Darragh Lohan (Wolfe Tones)

10. Cathal Malone (Sixmilebridge)

11. Mark Rodgers (Scariff)

12. Peter Duggan (Clooney-Quin) 

13. Aidan McCarthy (Inagh-Kilnamona)

14. Shane O’Donnell (Éire Óg)

15. David Reidy (Éire Óg)

16. Cian Broderick (Clarecastle)

17. Conor Leen (Corofin)

18. Paul Flanagan (Ballyea)

19. Seadna Morey (Sixmilebridge)

20. Ian Galvin (Clonlara)

21. Paddy Donnellan (Broadford)

22. Tony Kelly (Ballyea)

23. Aron Shanagher (Wolfe Tones)

24. Shane Meehan (Banner)

25. Robin Mounsey (Ruan)

26. Cian Galvin (Clarecastle)

Need to ruthless. Vital all good chances are taken, no pot shots out the field and nail all the frees. Hon the Banner.

Sitting in the car and that was pathetic

Clare haven't got it when it really matters.

Great individuals in that Clare side but they arent a great team like Limerick are. Lohan relies on individual brilliance from O Donnell or whomever. Limerick have the individuals, have the sideline amd make better decisions. Where to for Clare now..? Probably beat Wexford, probably won't beat Kilkenny . It's a pestering out of this particular Clare side. Limerick are fantastic. Lohan has to be criticised after today

Easily said. Hit the post twice, once for a point and once for a goal. Limerick hit the post and it went for a point. Small things change games. Great goal keeping from Limerick. Limerick the Better team so no complaints.

Riedy should have been on for Lohan early, McCarthy wasn't involved in the game. Rogers can do what McCarthy does.

Kelly was only finding his feet in the second half.

Changes have to be more ruthless. at some point Conlon is going to have to be thrown up Full forward when he starts to fade.

Leen was excellent. Cleary was obviously targeted by the ref early. I think Morrissey had Rogers held at the and worst than Cleary does and no foul. Limerick also played the ref better.

Will need to look at the game again in the cold light of day, but I think Colm Lyons lost the nerve a little. The delay didn't help him either.

I'm strangely not too disheartened by the result today. We went into it as underdogs and rightly so. But I wouldn't be as negative as what donal og and Liam sheedy were on the panel. They reckoned we were lucky to be within 10 points of them! Bar a few bad frees by Mccarthy and Rodgers hitting the post it could've been very different. I don't think limerick were that much better than us.

Facing champions like that, you have to take your chances, and we didn't.

On Cleary, (not to get into another argument, but I think today highlights what my point was). His reputation has followed him for pulling and dragging. He got pulled for 2 frees I think, for pulling out of gillane with the ball the other end of the field. They were soft frees I think, but because of his reputation the ref was looking out for it. In general also he didn't have a good game, and was rightly subbed to also avoid a second yellow.

The subs Lohan bought on were to much of like for like there was nothing different. Shanaher should've been brought on. All day long ball was been sent in but wasn't sticking in there. O Donnell did brilliantly with whatever he could get on. His hands are magic.

I'd loved to have won a Munster!! It may have been our chance to beat limerick. Cos as we know they're different gravy in Croke Park... And are kilkenny. And not forgetting Cork sneaking up..... Still not that disheartened though, under the radar might suit us.

Sure there'd be no craic without differing opinions! 👍

There was too many clare lads left isolated today also without support. A few times they won ball and straight away surrounded by 3/4 limerick players, with no options to pass it off. This is what limerick do so shouldn't have been a surprise to clare.

Is there a case for changing the goalie, genuinely ?

Quilligan's probably around 30 now and was never really in the top level of goalies. He's got plenty experience but neither puck-outs or saving have been good this year.

It seems like Broderick is the sub now, he did OK in the league v Wexford, might be worth a go against the same opposition in 2 weeks. Not sure if Foudy is still on the panel ? With Quilligan out of form there's not much to lose.

And if we want to change things up, might there be a case to take Conlon out of centre back? He's starting to struggle to cover the ground. Cian Galvin could start wing back with D.Mac or D.Ryan switching across. Or Lohan go back, and Paddy Donnellan start.

I just think the current team will not beat KK in a semifinal and will struggle v Wexford. We don't have much to lose and at least we'd be giving exposure to promising younger players.