Galway v Clare

[gaillimhmick]

Fair play to Clare yesterday, they were outstanding. Very proud of the Galway lads, their heads never dropped. However, we have an uphill battle now. It’s Clare’s to lose.

[anon32894817]

@anon32894817

There’s oceans of space in that Galway defense. Clare have serious speed in that forward line and will create havoc. Globo Galway are built to play the likes of tipp and kk that have little or no speed and just lump ball up to their forwards. That’s what Galway want. McInerney will be taken to the cleaners.

@Ambrose_McNulty

You’ve a serious horn for McInerney. Did he reject your advances at the Galway Races one year?

@mikehunt

Do you really think Donoghue doesn’t know this? That’s why he drops the two midfielders and half forward lines back. Forwards make it difficult for opposition backs to deliver good ball to the forwards meaning 50/50 balls are usually won by the big slow lads. Now fuck off out of this thread until you come up with something even remotely interesting to say.

@mikehunt

So you’ve already awarded the tactical battle to Clare managers who have won nothing at senior level ahead of a manager that has won senior club and inter-county All-Irelands?

@mikehunt

Donoghue gets his teams to play to their strengths. He led a smallish Clarenbridge team to their only club All-Ireland. He achieved this by getting them to play a running/possession based game against a physically bigger O’Loughlin Gaels in the final. Now he manages a physically imposing Galway team and his “hoofball” strategy has won them an All-Ireland for the first time in 30 years. Tactically he seems adequate.

@gaillimhmick

Poor auld @anon32894817 making a show of himself again. Poor fucker hasn’t a clue.

@maroonandwhite

Sure he watched the replay of the leinster final… amm…twice…and thought kk wouldn’t keep it pucked out to them. Young lads get excitable, we were all that way once

Evidently the Young’s lad that get excitable know a lot more than simpletons such as @gaillimhmick @mikehunt and @Ambrose_McNulty

[Brimmer_Bradley]

Ooooft. Nice work buddy.

[Ambrose_McNulty]

Are you standing at a bar rooting through old posts, trying to make out you know something about hurling?

You absolute loser.

[Joe_Player]

Ian Calvin got what looked to me a point but waved wide no hawk eye involvement

[KinvarasPassion]

Wonderful contest, hard to call it enjoyable. Massive confidence shown by this group of Clare hurlers to come back from their meek opening.

Our line were pretty poor yesterday, were they listening to their man in the stand at all? It was pretty obvious from the upper cusack where the source of Clares scores was and we did little to negate it.

You can say all you want about this Galway team but we were on the ropes, 2 points down with injuries mounting after Shanaghers goal and we still dug it out and should have won it.

Mac, Glynn, Canning, Touhy and Whelan all carrying knocks. I’d say we’ll have to plan without Mac anyway.

We can still do this but we need to bring something a little different and it’s time to give Flynn a jersey from the start, he’s confidence looks fairly shot.

[fistoffury]

Thought cannings injury was worse. Seemed to be the knee. Was mcinerney not just bad cramp

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

@KinvarasPassion

, 2 points down with injuries mounting after Shanaghers goal

Shanaghers goal was first time in match Clare led. Did it put them a point or two up?

It was another great contest in a serious summer of hurling. I think the result was fair but I was convinced Clare did not deserve to lose.

I usually dislike the banjo boys but I was happy for the cunts at the end. The replay wont be a walk in the park for ye

[anon32894817]

No I’m still in bed.

[KinvarasPassion]

@fistoffury

Was mcinerney not just bad cramp

Would take more than cramp to keep Mac off the pitch.

Canning is half fucked since the Wexford game.

[horriblecunt]

@Big_Dan_Campbell

It was my first time seeing Galway live since the 2016 quarter final. They have some quality stickmen but it is a very rudamentry almost agricultural style of hurling. Very impressive in terms of physicality and strength but I wouldn’t be overly enamoured with their style.

Think Cork would cause them serious bother if they were to meet. Galway wides in the second quarter yesterday kept us in it yet we left them off the hook with a lot if unforced errors second half. Great contest.

Was surprised how inexperienced and shallow the galway bench was yesterday too.

galway actually remind of the clare team of the 90s

[Bandage]

It put them one up, but Galway equalised immediately. Clare then went two in front, one was the great O’Donnell point. Think Galway scored the next three before the final Clare point.

[maroonandwhite]

Its essentially hurling with modern football tactics, smart puck outs and keep possession til a shot is on. Difference being a kick from the 40 is a less than 50% chance while its close to a guarantee, from even further out maybe, in hurling. Press up on men and force a long puck out? Standing 10 yards off lads hands in the air won’t cut it.

[GeoffreyBoycott]

That Clare team of the 90’s were some crowd of mullockers. They had the worst set of forwards to win an All Ireland, I can remember.

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

Mate, you do know there were 75 shots in a 70 minute game?

[KinvarasPassion]

After saying on radio 1 that McInerney is out. Torn calf.
Canning is a race against time

[Matty_Hislop]

Happy to give that the vital 10th*

*I’ve no idea what any of it meant.

[GeoffreyBoycott]

Galway were heroic yesterday. Only a champion team could have got out of that corner, comprehensively outplayed for all bar first 15 minutes and mounting injuries to key personnel.

[mikehunt]

They went down fighting. Oh wait…

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

Twas hard to keep up as it was so much of a ding dong battle mate