Hickeyâs role is going to be vital. I reckon it could be scrappy enough around the middle and he need to be back there hoovering up that ball or at least disrupting the delivery of the Clare midfielders.
The one thing we have done brilliantly this year is make opponents turn. Make them turn, force them to hit over the shoulder passes/shots which are usually less accurate. We turned the Tipp midfield and forwards time and time again, now I know Tipp are spineless but it still needed to be done. If we stand up and let the Clare lads deliver ball theyâll cause us trouble, but if we stick to our Treble H philosophy (hook, harry, harass) we could get on top and stay in control of the game.
Hannon hasnât dominated in any game yet, but yet he still chips in with a few from play and has stormed into the game towards the end with big tackles and scores. Honan is lethal but Richie will shade that battle. Wayne Mc Wonât be following Kelly and will clean up. Ryan wonât let anyone in the Clare half back line win a clean ball. I see us shading all these battles.
I reckon a lot of these battles are inter-linked. The McCarthy v Horan battle will probably be decided further out the field. If we are losing the battle around the middle and Clare are able to deliver good ball then McCarthy could be in trouble, but if the ball coming is a bit scrappy or loose then Richie should come out on top.
Wayne Mac and Kelly is an interesting one, also who picks up Podge Collins, Iâm sure Allen will have a plan in mind for this, and the one thing about coming through the qualifiers is that all your cards are pretty much already face up on the table.
I would have no fear of Hannon, I think this will be the game where he really imposes himself from play. Croke Park will suit him.
Back from holidays and the mind is now firmly focused on Sunday. The Cork boys in the office are fucking living it up so I just need to hold my tongue for now.
I hope to God the game is nowhere near as open as yesterday but I doubt it will. Same again from Limerick as far as Im concerned. Before the Tipp match i was screaming blue Murder for Dowling to Start but if it aint broke dont fix it. We will need to likes of Hickey and Ryan to put in some trojan work for the 1st 50 to stop the supply of ball to the Clare forward at source. Then we can spring the bench. We need to impose our game on Clare. Clare lack that bit of experience to turn a game that is going against them so if we get on top in the second half Id expect us to drive it home.
[quote=âTreatyStones, post: 816145, member: 1786â]Hickeyâs role is going to be vital. I reckon it could be scrappy enough around the middle and he need to be back there hoovering up that ball or at least disrupting the delivery of the Clare midfielders.
The one thing we have done brilliantly this year is make opponents turn. Make them turn, force them to hit over the shoulder passes/shots which are usually less accurate. We turned the Tipp midfield and forwards time and time again, now I know Tipp are spineless but it still needed to be done. If we stand up and let the Clare lads deliver ball theyâll cause us trouble, but if we stick to our Treble H philosophy (hook, harry, harass) we could get on top and stay in control of the game.[/quote]
Treble H philosophy? Oh good Jesus but this is getting worse!
You mean Hiding. As in the hiding weâre going to give you, and the hiding that your youngsters with their lovely hands will do when we turn up the heat.
There is some buzz around town. I popped out to HQ earlier to pick up a couple of tickets for my darling mother and there was a queue, Men, women and children of all ages!! The banter was flying and the general consensus was that we are going to destroy Clare, one young chap added that we will bate them out the door because Davy is a bollox. Whn I got to the counter I asked the chap what he thought of yesterday, he said it was immaterial as no one is going to stop us! Anyway I left all those jovial smiles and flying banter behind and tipped into the city to hand over the tickets and wasnât every fucker out on the street for their lunch break all talking about the game, the whole way up OâConnell St all you could hear was âWe will walk all over themâ , âWe are going to murder themâ , âWe will tear the bastards asunderâ. Now, with so many Clare folk working in Limerick city you might ask how I knew they were all Limerick fans, well thatâs easy, they werenât talking through their teeth like those hicks do (Kid will be on to say they were talking through their holes tho :rolleyes:) . It must have taken me an hour to walk from Arthurs Quay to Bobby Byrnes for my lunch I met so many fellaâs eager to catch any bit of gossip on the team or how training was going, I was famished for a finishâŚ