Waterford wonât be made shit of by any side. They have an excellent set if mobile and physical backs who are strong in the air and they are very hard to ware down. They are a very consistent side and wonât be far off winning the A/I.
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Waterford are set up not to get hammered.
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Tipp on there dayâŚcould expose the system.
Forwards win games at the end of the day, and Tipp have the best on paper.
Most pundits try and play down their countyâs chances
Mullane heaps pressure on them
Kilkenny, Tipp, Galway
Lots of questions to be answered
DO we Keep Davey
where are all these good players
why pay for that shite
That American backer must be seething Joe.
Ye wonât be as bad as that again though. Can still see Clare hurling in August.
I cant and i do nt want to going on today
Chin up mate, Conlan wasnât rightâŚshouldnât have played by rightâŚMcGrath will never miss those frees again.
Yeâll get to croke park.
Dont do anything foolish there Joe, tis only an aul game.
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I think weâll do it.
Itâs bizarre. He bigs Waterford up every chance he gets.
In fairness they are one of the best teams in it so donât need hyping up. They are incredibly difficult to play against and will give every single opponent they face bucket loads of it.
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The test of the managers was the few weeks after the league final. McGrath won that hands down and presented a team ready to win.
Tipp are coming in under the radar and will smash Waterford, purely because they are a much more effective aerial team and donât have the Munster hangups Clare have.
A poor game today, Iâve seen nothing so far to worry Dublin. The double is very much on gents.
Write off Limerick at your pearl.
True, although I reckon Tipp are more suited to breaking down that appalling shite.
Clare were probably on top on the play in the first half but their heads progressively dropped as the game went on. You sense the cards are there for them now to be better than at any stage since 2013 but they keep disappointing in the championship, and really they still havenât played a good championship game since 2013.
Shocking second half performance. A few of their leaders from their All-Ireland win like Conor Ryan, Pat Donnellan, John Conlon and Conor McGrath were either not on the pitch, not match fit or woefully out of form. Kelly and Collins are lovely hurlers but theyâre not natural leaders. Theyâll need McInerney at full back for the rest of the championship. Heâs as good as there is when on form. You sense they need to simplify their game a bit - they were at their best in the first half today on the occasions when they let the ball into the inside line, theyâre also obsessed with picking the ball up in tight situations when pulling on it might be a better option.
Waterford are far more comfortable in their tactics and Clare didnât appear to have any sort of plan to get around them, which doesnât look good for the Clare management. They are like Donegal in 2012 in that they play an unattractive enough game but every game is played on their terms and thatâs an automatic advantage. Their tactics suit playing from the front but itâll be interesting to see what happens if they go behind in a match. Theyâre excellent in tight, scrum-like situations, fight like dogs and will be hard bet in this championship.
I think theyâll win Munster. Galway are a possible semi-final opponent for them but Galway have never held any fears for them. Donât think they have enough to beat Kilkenny yet but I doubt theyâd lose by much to them.
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I tipped yeah to when munsther
We will rain high balls down on pa begley.
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Waterford are the enemy of the game of hurling. Hurling wasnât designed to be played by cynical rubby players lined up 13 men behind the ball as a standard formation.
If they win an all Ireland in this fashion they will kill the game. Gaelic football was being kilt by Donegal until Dublin came along with 10 million euros. That wonât happen to hurling, Waterford will murder it and everyone else any good will just dance on its grave.
A curse on Derek McGrath and the pox he has brought to our great game.
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How many of lasts year clare under 21 team started today?