Clare v Mayo Round 3A Qualifier

[macdanger2]

Clare will rightly see this as a huge chance to take down a "big" name team. You'd expect them to be fired up and ready to go in front of a home crowd so it'll all come down to where we are - if our shooting is as bad as it was on Saturday night then we're scuppered.  Same goes for the softness down the middle of our defence.

[Mayo Club 51]

Sean Hurson has been named ref for the match.

[Rossfan]

Probably won't be a Clare "crowd" at it.
Big day out Sunday and all that.

[criostlinn]

What's the of capacity in Ennis

Can't get accommodation next nor near the place

[mouview]

Cusack Park ain't that bad, covered terrace across from main stand is fairly good.
Ennis is a hell-hole; full of knacks, gypos, refugees, social welfare types etc. Soon be much worse than Athlone, Ballinasloe or Mullingar --- and that's pretty bad.

[Syferus]

Cusack Park ain't that bad, covered terrace across from main stand is fairly good.
Ennis is a hell-hole; full of knacks, gypos, refugees, social welfare types etc. Soon be much worse than Athlone, Ballinasloe or Mullingar --- and that's pretty bad.

Bit early in the week to be on the sauce, Mou.

[mouview]

Can't resist an open goal TBH!

[Il Bomber Destro]

Ok lets be done with the Plámásing!

Clare won two games in the National League - Down and Cork.

Drew with Derry away.

They lost four in the League - Galway, Kildare, Fermanagh and Meath. Bar the Kildare game, Clare got some good beatings in some of those games.

Clare only survived Division 2 on Goal difference.

Clare beat Limerick by a point this year in the Munster Championship and were beat by six by 14 man Kerry in the second half.

Clare beat Laois who played the last 25 minutes with 14 men.

Clare biggest win of the past 15 months was beating Roscommon. A Roscommon team who had six days to recover from a hiding from Galway.

This is not putting Clare down, their heads are up presently and will be a formidable threat, but lets not lose the run of where they are at!

I think it's important to view Clare's league form in perspective. They drew with an already depleted Derry side missing the Slaughtneil contingent and beat a Down side at that stage devoid of confidence and in disarray in their first two league games. The only points they put on the board after that was against a gutless Cork side. Timing was everything for them surviving.

I think Mayo got their scare last week and will be much more focused for the challenge of a limited Clare side who do get the most out of themselves. I can see Mayo win by 6 or 7.

I do think this Mayo group are on the slide and I can't see them having enough for Kerry in the qf.

[From the Bunker]

Ok lets be done with the Plámásing!

Clare won two games in the National League - Down and Cork.

Drew with Derry away.

They lost four in the League - Galway, Kildare, Fermanagh and Meath. Bar the Kildare game, Clare got some good beatings in some of those games.

Clare only survived Division 2 on Goal difference.

Clare beat Limerick by a point this year in the Munster Championship and were beat by six by 14 man Kerry in the second half.

Clare beat Laois who played the last 25 minutes with 14 men.

Clare biggest win of the past 15 months was beating Roscommon. A Roscommon team who had six days to recover from a hiding from Galway.

This is not putting Clare down, their heads are up presently and will be a formidable threat, but lets not lose the run of where they are at!

I think it's important to view Clare's league form in perspective. They drew with an already depleted Derry side missing the Slaughtneil contingent and beat a Down side at that stage devoid of confidence and in disarray in their first two league games. The only points they put on the board after that was against a gutless Cork side. Timing was everything for them surviving.

I think Mayo got their scare last week and will be much more focused for the challenge of a limited Clare side who do get the most out of themselves. I can see Mayo win by 6 or 7.

I do think this Mayo group are on the slide and I can't see them having enough for Kerry in the qf.

They are on the slide! But as proven last year, they are the type of outfit that could take out an AI contender on their day.  If (and it still is a big if) Mayo get to the quarter finals they could be a bit sharper in games played than a rested Kerry!

[Gael85]

Ok lets be done with the Plámásing!

Clare won two games in the National League - Down and Cork.

Drew with Derry away.

They lost four in the League - Galway, Kildare, Fermanagh and Meath. Bar the Kildare game, Clare got some good beatings in some of those games.

Clare only survived Division 2 on Goal difference.

Clare beat Limerick by a point this year in the Munster Championship and were beat by six by 14 man Kerry in the second half.

Clare beat Laois who played the last 25 minutes with 14 men.

Clare biggest win of the past 15 months was beating Roscommon. A Roscommon team who had six days to recover from a hiding from Galway.

This is not putting Clare down, their heads are up presently and will be a formidable threat, but lets not lose the run of where they are at!

Clare have achieved greatly against the odds over last 4 years under Colm Collins who inherited a group of players that had little underage success compared to the hurlers. This season they lost 5/6 from last year panel so its a miracle they stayed in Division 2 and to progress in qualifiers working off a small pool of 21/22 players.

[Cunny Funt]

Ok lets be done with the Plámásing!

Clare won two games in the National League - Down and Cork.

Drew with Derry away.

They lost four in the League - Galway, Kildare, Fermanagh and Meath. Bar the Kildare game, Clare got some good beatings in some of those games.

Clare only survived Division 2 on Goal difference.

Clare beat Limerick by a point this year in the Munster Championship and were beat by six by 14 man Kerry in the second half.

Clare beat Laois who played the last 25 minutes with 14 men.

Clare biggest win of the past 15 months was beating Roscommon. A Roscommon team who had six days to recover from a hiding from Galway.

This is not putting Clare down, their heads are up presently and will be a formidable threat, but lets not lose the run of where they are at!

Clare have achieved greatly against the odds over last 4 years under Colm Collins who inherited a group of players that had little underage success compared to the hurlers. This season they lost 5/6 from last year panel so its a miracle they stayed in Division 2 and to progress in qualifiers working off a small pool of 21/22 players.

Can you name the 5 or 6 players because looking at last and this years reports they seem to have retained more or less the same 20 plus players.

[rosnarun]

Cusack Park ain't that bad, covered terrace across from main stand is fairly good.
Ennis is a hell-hole; full of knacks, gypos, refugees, social welfare types etc. Soon be much worse than Athlone, Ballinasloe or Mullingar --- and that's pretty bad.

jaysus I know I was slagging it  off but its the clare  people and their shitty pitch  I object too .
I don't have time to be a racist as well

[Captain Obvious]

They are on the slide! But as proven last year, they are the type of outfit that could take out an AI contender on their day.  If (and it still is a big if) Mayo get to the quarter finals they could be a bit sharper in games played than a rested Kerry!

Didn't take out any AI contender last year and you probably have to go back to 2012 (Dublin in the semi final) since Mayo did this? could say Donegal 2013 but they were in no shape to retain their All Ireland title that year. Beating Clare and probably Cork/Roscommon in round 4 is hardly a big if for Mayo to reach this years All Ireland quarter final in fairness!

[PW Nally]

They are on the slide! But as proven last year, they are the type of outfit that could take out an AI contender on their day.  If (and it still is a big if) Mayo get to the quarter finals they could be a bit sharper in games played than a rested Kerry!

Didn't take out any AI contender last year and you probably have to go back to 2012 (Dublin in the semi final) since Mayo did this? could say Donegal 2013 but they were in no shape to retain their All Ireland title that year. Beating Clare and probably Cork/Roscommon in round 4 is hardly a big if for Mayo to reach this years All Ireland quarter final in fairness!

Yep, team reaching all Ireland final will not have to beat contender to get there.

Captain oblivious reigns.

[Gael85]

Ok lets be done with the Plámásing!

Clare won two games in the National League - Down and Cork.

Drew with Derry away.

They lost four in the League - Galway, Kildare, Fermanagh and Meath. Bar the Kildare game, Clare got some good beatings in some of those games.

Clare only survived Division 2 on Goal difference.

Clare beat Limerick by a point this year in the Munster Championship and were beat by six by 14 man Kerry in the second half.

Clare beat Laois who played the last 25 minutes with 14 men.

Clare biggest win of the past 15 months was beating Roscommon. A Roscommon team who had six days to recover from a hiding from Galway.

This is not putting Clare down, their heads are up presently and will be a formidable threat, but lets not lose the run of where they are at!

Clare have achieved greatly against the odds over last 4 years under Colm Collins who inherited a group of players that had little underage success compared to the hurlers. This season they lost 5/6 from last year panel so its a miracle they stayed in Division 2 and to progress in qualifiers working off a small pool of 21/22 players.

Can you name the 5 or 6 players because looking at last and this years reports they seem to have retained more or less the same 20 plus players.

Shane McGrath
Shane Hickey
Enda Coughlan
Pat Burke
Podge Collins

Alan O'Neill,Jack O'Dea,Sean Haugh,Declan McMahon,Sean O'Donoghue,Damien Burke and Martin O'Leary were on panel also gone. Liam Markham, John Hayes, Ciaran Russell and Shane Brennan are back this year. Apart from John Hayes none of the bench against Laois has started a senior championship game for Clare