I think Clare will be as good as eliminated after two games.
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Hard to look beyond Munster. Itâs too competitive
I donât think Limerick threw the kitchen sink at them last year, the days of Limerick coming close to peak for Munster final are gone,
They scraped by a shocking Cork team by shooting the lights out in the first half, the rest of Munster was pitiful.
I think theyâre massively overrated as potential champions, not a chance
A bear pit.
@backinatracksuit has been consistent in not rating Clare and that is fair enough. But Lohan has completely reenergised and retooled the team in his three years they have consistently improved year on year under him. Take out his first and last championship match and Clare have been a consistent and competitive side under him and their limitations are becoming less and less.
Now that doesnât guarantee they will continue to improve but they were excellent in Munster last year which was a fair achievement given how many injuries they had to deal with over the winter and spring leading into the championship last year. They were every bit the equals of Waterford, Tipp and Cork in 2021 and kicked on last year - I think the other three have to find a bit of improvement to get to the level of Clare last year in the round robin
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Clare creep up on you. They look absolutely useless with average players yet they grind out results for some unexplainable reason.
Theyâre tough and seasoned and have one of the best hurlers of all time who can win games by himself
Weâre talking about Munster here right?
Anyway, i think theyâre physically well conditioned and have some lovely tricky forwards that will cause any team trouble. Theyâve improved year on year⌠the question remains if they can take another step forward under Lohan. Iâll guess weâll see.
I said theyâre overrated, Munster is in the thread title but Iâm not bound by it.
If you asked me now Iâd say theyâll come out of Munster as the third team, somebody has to.
What has you rating Cork so highly?
Open your eyes mate. Cork are flying
Iâm not so sure
2nd in Munster is hardly crazy.
Tipp and Waterford arenât great, and I think Cork are better than Clare,
I donât think Cork can beat Limerick in Croke park, Kilkenny and Galway are both very dangerous,
So I donât think I rate Cork that highly, I just donât rate them as low as others (if you know what I mean)
I get ya. I genuinely think that Cork are up against Waterford and Tipp for that third spot. I think theyâll get it. Iâd rate Clare higher than all of them
He was cocksure Cork would bate them last year and heâs seething over it since 
Do you really see them as that consistent? Are Clare not about equally as likely to turn up and be the team from the all Ireland quarter and semi final last year as the team from the Munster final?
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great thread Julio
the reality is no one really has a clue when it comes to calling the three
For the sake of it, nailed my colours to the mast
Limerick - because they are all ireland champions several times over and poor league form means nothing if you judge by 2022
Cork - not because I am convinced about them but just because Cork are Cork, year one bounce with Pat Ryan, have had some decent under age teams , mushroom theory etc etc
Waterford - have been so kack in the championship in recent years, there must be some bit of pride in them to throw the kitchen sink at it in 2023 plus a crazy Davy year one bounce
Anyways the above are my three
Discounting Tipp - look to have too much ground to make up, havent really replaced Bendan Maher, Paudie Maher or Bonnar Maher, ok Bonnar is still aroud but hardly the man of times past. Callinan is getting on has had lots of injuries
Clare - think they may have boxed above their weight in 2022 and havent been great under age for a while
When you take away their Limerick hatred five point bonus they are ordinary enough
Theyâve not won a trophy since Davy was ousted.
They need him back.
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That was a great day, I won my age category in the GLR.
I probably did think Cork would beat them last year, I donât even remember,
I donât think theyâre great, I have no agenda, donât be upset