A privilege to watch a Clare team play like that in Croke Park. Hard to know what to say about it, just a great, great day. Thereâs so much raw talent in these young lads itâs frightening at times. We felt that we had the players to win the game if it was open enough for them to express themselves and thatâs how it turned out. Some of the scores like those Tony Kelly got today though, thatâs even more than you could wish for.
Hard luck to all the Limerick lads, a bitter pill to swallow. Feeling like you never performed makes losing all the worse and Limerick just never got any momentum at all today. Hopefully this is just the beginning of things for both teams and weâll have many more battles on centre stage in the years to come.
[quote=âWatch The Break, post: 819414, member: 260â]A privilege to watch a Clare team play like that in Croke Park. Hard to know what to say about it, just a great, great day. Thereâs so much raw talent in these young lads itâs frightening at times. We felt that we had the players to win the game if it was open enough for them to express themselves and thatâs how it turned out. Some of the scores like those Tony Kelly got today though, thatâs even more than you could wish for.
Hard luck to all the Limerick lads, a bitter pill to swallow. Feeling like you never performed makes losing all the worse and Limerick just never got any momentum at all today. Hopefully this is just the beginning of things for both teams and weâll have many more battles on centre stage in the years to come.[/quote]
A great vindication for Davy over those who wanted rid of him only a few weeks ago.
[quote=âWatch The Break, post: 819414, member: 260â]A privilege to watch a Clare team play like that in Croke Park. Hard to know what to say about it, just a great, great day. Thereâs so much raw talent in these young lads itâs frightening at times. We felt that we had the players to win the game if it was open enough for them to express themselves and thatâs how it turned out. Some of the scores like those Tony Kelly got today though, thatâs even more than you could wish for.
Hard luck to all the Limerick lads, a bitter pill to swallow. Feeling like you never performed makes losing all the worse and Limerick just never got any momentum at all today. Hopefully this is just the beginning of things for both teams and weâll have many more battles on centre stage in the years to come.[/quote]
Great day for Davy alright, Clare are lucky to have him in charge of those young lads.
The only way Davy will win over the doubters is if he names biddy early corner forward for the final and wins. Good post by balbec. Limerick need to regroup , great day, no other clash has cars with supporters wearing both sets of colours. Limerick will be back and could well beat clare next year , thatâs the Shannon derby.
This was our revenge for '55, it only took us 55 years to get
[quote=âKid Chocolate, post: 819504, member: 553â]The only way Davy will win over the doubters is if he names biddy early corner forward for the final and wins. Good post by balbec. Limerick need to regroup , great day, no other clash has cars with supporters wearing both sets of colours. Limerick will be back and could well beat clare next year , thatâs the Shannon derby.
This was our revenge for '55, it only took us 55 years to get
[quote=âKid Chocolate, post: 819504, member: 553â]The only way Davy will win over the doubters is if he names biddy early corner forward for the final and wins. Good post by balbec. Limerick need to regroup , great day, no other clash has cars with supporters wearing both sets of colours. Limerick will be back and could well beat clare next year , thatâs the Shannon derby.
This was our revenge for '55, it only took us 55 years to get
RIP jimmy smyth
Tony Kelly holy fuck[/quote]
Fair play KC, Iâm finally a believer. Iâm fuckin sick at that loss but Banner abĂș for the final.
Makes a real interesting final. Itâs pretty hard to gauge so much of this years hurling. Galway were shit against Dublin and Clare, Cork had 3 games where a sending off affected the run of the game.
Clare were really really good, but while most of that was application, great skill and sticking to the plan, a good chunk of it was dreadful Limerick tactics, poor touch and awful option taking. Adding in the selfishness of a few players an woeful free taking and it creates another side to the game.
Allen looked to me as confused and our maneuvered as he did in 2006. This is always a danger with Allen as I donât think heâs a very good âon the dayâ tactical type of manager. Mind you I am still to be convinced Davy is either. Whatever about 2006 when KK came with something new there was nothing new about Clareâs tactics so he even got the pre planning wrong. However a manager can only bring them so FR, Limerick players did not hurl well and didnât play their roles either, thatâs the bottom line.
Clareâs hurling and style has come on and is more efficient than earlier in year when they were doing alot of over playing. Davy deserves alot of credit for adjusting that and also for getting them to the pitch they were at yesterday.
Heâs still a horrible little man whoâs carry in and ignorance to media and on the sideline is embarrassing.
Alot will be made of tactics for the final, but JBM doesnât coach sides allowing for the opposition. He makes good hurlers of them and gives them confidence as well as coaching the right thing to do in certain situations. Cunningham looks after everything else.
Clare playing that extra man against Cork might be slightly back-fire-able with Conor O Sullivan being a brilliant free man and Corks long rang
Itâs clear Cork and Clare will completely dominate the All Stars.
Limerick are close to or not far off as good as they get. There is only so much you can get out of players and these are the same players more or less for last few years. It would seem likely Allen might walk away happy bringing them to Munster which is arguably all they were ever going to win.
Itâs absolutely incredible how much Limerick supporters got carried away, and always do, with one result. The Cork game fell really well for them and I always felt they got too much credit for it. Itâs clear now they did, as satisfying as it must have been for them.
The lay off from provincial finals might be even more of an issue with the hurling. Something has to be done to even things up. This is another example of a provincial win almost being a hindrance.
Conlon is a far better player than Dwyer. What they have in common is strength and a good paw, after that there is no comparison. Conlon is just better in every other department.
Disillusioned and disappointed. I wouldnât even know where to begin so I wonât bother.
Clare were fantastic to a man, thoroughly deserving winners, I hope they drive on now and win it.
We were sat next to the benches, poor Hannon was in tears at the end, really took it bad. Plenty of the Clare lads trying to console him but a tough day for him.
[quote=âMark Renton, post: 819536, member: 1796â]Disillusioned and disappointed. I wouldnât even know where to begin so I wonât bother.
Clare were fantastic to a man, thoroughly deserving winners, I hope they drive on now and win it.
We were sat next to the benches, poor Hannon was in tears at the end, really took it bad. Plenty of the Clare lads trying to console him but a tough day for him.
Overall, that will hurt for a while.[/quote]
You Limerick boys are taking it like men, no excuses, fair play to you Renton.
Nerves pure and simple I think. Must watch the game again because my initial impression was that Clare played well and took great scores but game was v loose and Lmk had huge amount of ball. John Allen will take plenty stick but it was just horrible shooting display more than anything else killed any momentum. Richie Mc was ripe for what happened with that goal alright, madness letting his man get inside like that
Nerves pure and simple I think. Must watch the game again because my initial impression was that Clare played well and took great scores but game was v loose and Lmk had huge amount of ball. John Allen will take plenty stick but it was just horrible shooting display more than anything else killed any momentum. Richie Mc was ripe for what happened with that goal alright, madness letting his man get inside like that
holy fuck
