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

I think the penny has finally dropped among certain Clare Supporters that this Limerick team is better than Clare at everything.. not by much but by enough. They are smarter , work harder , more ruthless, better coaching , just all round better. It's taken along time for that penny to drop with some. Fingers was saying 'Clare never fear Limerick "..well fingers we shoud have resoect for them.I say that because there should be no arrogance in our Clare side. We've won nothing but we could still win an All Ireland.

Time to tell Rodgers as good as he is that he can't be missing open goal chances. My granny would have put that away. McCarthy thank you for your service. He has to be benched. Reidy starts for me everytime. Id tell Shanagher be ready for the 45min..you ll be on.

Cleary doesn't need to foul so much. The guy is clueless . A junior hurler . He's a liability. Id drop him. Malone and Lohan..? We can have one of them but not 2. McInerney was terrible.. Conlon..last year for him. Can't move. And let's not forget TK...he was shocking . Should have been taken off. The 2 missed frees...just no. Drop em in..do something clever. Put Duggan on the frees...it might stop.him climbing all over fellas in the first 10 mins of matches if he has that responsibility. Shane O Donnell is a saint ..I dunno how he listens to lohan or look around at greedy eejits like McCarthy and Fitzgerald

Agreed. I’d have a few concerns on Lohan’s decision making on the sideline and some of the selection decisions such as in the full back line. But a lot of what happened on Sunday is fixable and a lot of it typically wouldn’t happen. McCarthy on the frees, a few fluffed goal chances. Aggression levels didn’t seem at their normal pitch either.

Granted they don’t have a lot of time but they can definitely fix some of the issues from Sunday in time for the next game/games.

I am because I care and I see a great generation not reaching their potential because little tweaks and little inches weren't reached for.

Have said before would prefer Conlon in forwards. Lohan hasn't really experimented outside of Cleary at 3 and Conlon at 6 in the league which as created an issue. You think he have done something with that at this stage.

The freetaking has become since Colin Ryan retired. No consistent freetaker Kelly, Duggan, McCarthy, Rodgers and Reidy have been tried over the years.

Well that's the issue.

Due to lack of experimentation we have no Plan B for 3 & 6. That's despite both of them having suffered injuries in recent years.

I think we have many hurlers potentially capable of played at CB, e.g. Dave Mc, D.Ryan, C.Galvin, D.Lohan, Conneelly etc.. But it's a bit unfair to throw them in during an all-Ireland knockout game.

In terms of a full back, I can't really think of anybody.

That's a shocking post considering the effort these guys put in. The one week comment with respect tells me you might not know what you're talking about.

There's no doubt Quilligan had a poor game , the reason why lohan played Foudy in the opening round of last yr was he had his doubts that Quilligan was the best ye had but that back fired. Goalkeeping is such a specialised position plus on Sunday he was up against one of the greatest to ever play no1 in my opinion

Good luck to the minor hurlers tomorrow btw, in the All-Ireland semifinal v Kilkenny

Clare are out of their depth in the Sam Maguire, would be way better off playing in a competition that is somewhat their own standard ie Tailteann cup

yes I agree, but for this current year and with the players they had available it would have been interesting to see how they'd have fared in the Tailteann