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

who is O'Neill ?

Fair enough; I wouldn't have knowledge of his past history!

There's a few different priests disciples of different Gods…

Ryan Taylor named among the subs.

Aidan McCarthy listed to start ahead of Shanagher.

Let's see how we actually line out tomorrow.

As an outsider I would have said that's your strongest 15 to start..shanagher always contributes well when he comes on as a sub

It would be madness to start Taylor in an all Ireland semi final when he hasn't hurled competitively in 12 months..again he will be a good option for 20mins..

I hope you're right and I'm sitting in Croke Park at 1800hrs with egg on my face and Clare in the All Ireland final. However if we do the same thing 3 years in a row and lose again like we did to limerick in Munster then management will have many questions to answer and 2 will be 'why was diarmuid Ryan and Malone undroppable'. Ryan is a poor poor marker but an excellent shot taker when on form. He's nit on form. Malone hasn't been on form in 2 years. We are carrying both at the moment. Besides all that we need subs in from minute 45 not 55. We've a huge challenge ahead but Kilkenny aren't the team Limerick are and we are well capable of beating them. Up The Banner

MaCarthy not adding enough at the moment. Start Shanaher. Bring on Galvin, he has fight in him. If Taylor is good enough to make the panel, then throw him in there later in the game. To win means taking risks.

At some point, Hogan will also have to go to wing back.

thought Clare were goosed

Still don’t fully believe in them but some job getting over the line today

Kilkenny’s poor bench the difference maker

McCarthy proving the doubters wrong. A brilliantly talented hurler, and also an absolute gent off the field. Has gone through a rough period especially with injuries, had a horrendous workplace accident that took him a long time to come back from, so only delighted for the man and his family.

First championship win in Croker since 2013 and first championship win against Kilkenny since 1997, enjoyed that win. Honestly thought Clare were gone. My late father was a Clare man who died days after the corresponding game between the two sides in 2022, so that win meant a lot today. Hon the Banner.

Ah yeah there was a lot of **** being wrote on here and other places about him by people that don’t have a clue. He has scored 3-63 (3-12 from play) between the league final and championship. That’s some scoring return no matter what way you look at it.

I don’t think he is a natural inside forward, his best position is probably further out the field, he was an All star minor wing back, which shows his versatility. But he has done a fairly effective job and apart from the Munster final he has been deadly accurate from frees.