Originally posted by coogee bay:
1- full back line skinned , in particular cian dillon
2- management too slow to make changes
3- short passing game - no end prduct
4- john conlon does not pass the ball.congrats to limerick and best of luck in the quarter final.if clare can sort out the above problems they will be there next year too.

This message has been edited - 14-jul-2012 @ 21:10

Originally posted by coogee bay:
1- full back line skinned , in particular cian dillon
2- management too slow to make changes
3- short passing game - no end prduct
4- john conlon does not pass the ball.congrats to limerick and best of luck in the quarter final.if clare can sort out the above problems they will be there next year too.

Originally posted by bluesky:
Biddy Early was seen going into thurles

Originally posted by lovelypoint:
I would add poor calls on the line too, to the above. Continuing to play with withdrawn forwards when goals were needed, and taking off one of your best goal threats in Honan, made no sense. Clare can hurl, but as I said on the Limk v Clare thread, shortsighted handpassing, a blind focus on stamina only, and withdrawn forwards are not going to do Clare hurling any favours.

Originally posted by Frankel:
Why Limerick won and Clare lost.
1. Limerick have more ball winning physcial forwards, this is something Clare lack. Hence the short passing game.2. When Clare were well on top in the first half a dubious free was given to Limerick and poor defending let Limerick into the game.3. Soft frees Bugler I believe was caught for 2, One of which on Dowling who fell over was not a free. Bugler was excellent again a leader.4. Too slow to make changes when the killer 3rd goal came Clare continued with a withdrawn forward line, for this to work Clare needed to start hitting long range scores. This would have forced Limerick out. Instead they overplayed the ball. 5. Playing Darach Honan who try his best is not fit yet and to compound this error he was not left at the edge of the square with McGrath just off him.6. Too many changes the world and his mother knows pretty much the best Clare team, count the changes since the league final7. Ruthlessness granted the Limerick goalkeeper was well off his line each time but 1 goal from the 3 21's, the cunningham miss. Take that against Limerick defender pulling the ball in on the ground to stop a clare goal.8. Full back line Donovan is a 2, Dillon against a big man is not at the races. He was well out of position for the first goal and got a roasting from Moran. He had a poor day fine hurler but a poor day, lack of action from the sideline with the Limerick full forward like going to town on Clare was mind boggling.I think Clare have improved but lets face it Clare have a conveyor belt of minors coming through if they can find a 3 and settle on 6 and get a goal getting forward like a Keane they are a serious threat. Div 1 hurling will bring them on.Hopefully for hurling and Clare's sake these stylish hurlers won't be consumed by negative tactics or overtraining. What surprised me today at the game was most cork and Wexford were shouting for Limerick. This is pretty much the Davy factor.New Clare team
Kelly
O'Donovan
Bugler
Glynn
Morey
Donnellan
Barrett
Markham
S Collins
Conlon
Keane
Cunningham
McGrath
Honan
O'Halloran/Ryan

This message has been edited - 15-jul-2012 @ 09:23

Originally posted by coogee bay:
1- full back line skinned , in particular cian dillon
2- management too slow to make changes
3- short passing game - no end prduct
4- john conlon does not pass the ball.congrats to limerick and best of luck in the quarter final.if clare can sort out the above problems they will be there next year too.

This message has been edited - 15-jul-2012 @ 10:16

Originally posted by gaelforce10:
I'm not sure Niall Moran will ever play as well again, and Dillon hasnt played that badly this season up to now. It was like 96 again in a way. We were the better team for long periods but allowed Limerick to stay in touch with the second goal in particular. Whoever is full back shuldnt allow a forward that sort of levity in around the house- it wasnt commanded.Seadhna Morey is more of an out the field player than a corner back and I think Pat O'Connor did enough the last day to justify a place v Limerick. Bad call by Davy.I think its a pity that Daire keane didnt come to the fore this season and then got scuppered by injuries- he's a big man with ability to score and create in a way that Fergal Lynch just can't at intercounty.Expecting Darach Honan to work miracles after two hip operations this year was a bit much. Still he was dangerous but he'll be a different prospect next season, like a new addition.Does anyone think we need a forwards coach, someone like Jamesie or Eamonn O'Shea- we seem to have the personnel now but Davy has a blind spot about how to best to use them.If someone told me at the start of the year we'd be out of Division 2, and that we will have beaten Dublin and been unlucky not to beat both wATERford and Limerick in the champiosnhip I would have taken it. We have a good solid footing now.My fear is that Davy may not be the man to lead us back to glory. If he is he needs to improve the brains trust alongside him on the line and not think he's going to do it all on his own.Fair play to Limerick- someone said the rivalry was bitter, but I wouldnt categorise it like that. Clare and Limerick is a keen rivalry and its hard but fair. Hope they maintain the momentum now, not least because it might make us feel better about ourselves and ease the disappointment we, in Clare, are feeling right now.