VAR would ruin the gaa, rather talk about humans making mistakes based on a split second view than a human making a mistake after spending 5 mins looking st a screen
Sure they nearly threw away a big lead in the semi v Tipp (who got back to 2 points). If Tipp had a lad able to hit a free that day, we’d have snatched the win. And we are in CRISIS.
Clare will not recover from yesterdays loss. They have always thrived on a perceived sense of injustice, and yesterday’s defeat was like a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. Consequently, they are likely to engage in self-criticism & blaming each other. Its just just the Clare way. Lohan to exit stage left in a few weeks.
It’s not so much the defeat itself so much as the manner of the collapse. Yesterday will be in their heads all week. Plus the knives are out for Lohan now as well and in a public way. The introduction of Tony Kelly was designed as a fuck you to limerick as they thought they had the game in the bag.
It would be absolute madness to start Tony Kelly yesterday.
Limerick played Sean finn v Kilkenny when they didn’t have to a month ago. From what I heard they were hoping to get 15 minutes to him but injuries dictated otherwise.
He was still a sub yesterday and looked in discomfort at the end.
Lohan made mistakes but bringing on Tony Kelly was not one of them nor was it showboating.
Kyle Hayes, Dan Morrissey, Declan Hannon and David Reidy have had very little game time and they all started. You put your best players on the pitch if they’re fit enough.
The man hasn’t hurled a ball in anger in 12 months. Eight points up going into the last 15 minutes and the Clare crowd cock a hoop. It was the on field version of the showboating their supporters did after the round robin last year. Only this time the final whistle wasn’t blown