Originally posted by zetorisbetter:
HA HA its easy part a fool and his money, why would Klare lads be buying tickets to see their team lose.I hope ye learned to take a beating you would thing ye would be well used to it

Originally posted by daylo:
Wum

Originally posted by zetorisbetter:
HA HA its easy part a fool and his money, why would Klare lads be buying tickets to see their team lose.I hope ye learned to take a beating you would thing ye would be well used to it

Originally posted by tmack:
some thoughts on the match before the teams are named.
clare were very good against waterford but time will tell if clare are that good or if waterford were very poor. tipp are a team of no stars but honest hardworking players and their 2 wins away from home have been impressive.tipp will not fear clare and by winning it woul be a huge achievement given all 3 games would be away from home.
clare have shown their hand in playing a 2 man full forward line and i expect tipp to leave a sweeper back there and also to play a deep lying no 6 to close down the centre. clare have very skillful fast forwards but maybe too many loose players. i expect the middle third to be a battleground with all breaking ball to be fought for ferociously.clare will try to break the ball as tipp will be superior in the air.
if clare can supply their forwards with quick ball they will win, tipp consequently will try to put all clare deliveries under pressure. if tipp suceed in winning midfield they will win the match. tipp will not shoot as many wides as against limerick. tipp also have the advantage in having the best freetaker on the field.
i expect that ultimately the game will be decided when both teams worst lines meet each other, tipps full forward line and clares full back line. tipps inside line have been poor so far and it is unusual to have the outside forwards outscore the inside ones. clares fullback line are suspect and have no senior panelist. they are a strange selection given the subs on the line and the form of clares minor fullback.
hopefully the weather will improve and we will have a great match.

Originally posted by Scoreboard:
Senior football games on Friday for a few clubs. Liscanor play Wolfe Tones that evening I think. That would mean Aaron Cunningham also playing Friday. Any other dual players involved with the 21's.

Originally posted by N16:
If I have to bring the laptop with me and use an Irish proxy then I will. Doing my homework currently on it.

Originally posted by An Early Bath:
I just sent you a message there on the old Facebook N16 with some instructions that might help you out!

Originally posted by midnight:
Yes with great difficulty, I found registering first and registering card helped. It also took several attempts to get on to the payment page and when you make your payment, error comes up, it don't tell you what the error is but I found at this stage you have to enter the the 3 secure digits at the back of the card. Hope this is helpful.

Originally posted by daylo:
im trying my best to leave him alone
i suppose when we lift the big prize on the 8th
it will completely shut him up for good then he will have plenty of time to go and make the communion then .....

Originally posted by zetorisbetter:
But ye wont lift it, ye never lift it ye always lose, born losers the Klare players and management know this too its just some fans seem unaware

Originally posted by zetorisbetter:
But ye wont lift it, ye never lift it ye always lose, born losers the Klare players and management know this too its just some fans seem unaware

Originally posted by Scoreboard:
Senior football games on Friday for a few clubs. Liscanor play Wolfe Tones that evening I think. That would mean Aaron Cunningham also playing Friday. Any other dual players involved with the 21's.

Originally posted by Frankel:
Tipp going for the senior,intermediate,minor and u21 clean sweep. Clare have a very strong panel but Tipp have grown over the campaign and cleaned Limerick in the Gaelic Grounds. In Cork last 10 minutes they finished in style hitting some great scores.
Clare have the better panel but physically will they win enough ball, question mark over the wides hit in the intermediate game also.
I think the bookmakers have this wrong and it will be very close. Clare have the bench to turn the game if it's goin against them. Not too many counties with a bench as good as that at u21, maybe only Galway,

Originally posted by bp:
I'd have to agree with you here Frankel, I think the bookmakers may be taking the form/scorelines of the semi-finals too literally.
They are underestimating the Tipperary challenge quite markedly in my opinion. Tipp beat a well-fancied Cork side below in Cork in the first round and followed that with another away from home win against a Limerick side peppered with seniors, they also achieved the semi-final win despite hitting a shedload of wides, something on which Ken Hogan is bound to have done alot of work on in the meantime.
Tipp are a big strong side, and while none of the Clare lads are shrinking violets, they will hold the upperhand over Clare on sheer physicality, Maher ( no.8 ) and Curran (no.11) are two good ball winners in particular and if Curran in particular brushes up on his shooting he'll be a real handful,.... that being said he'll be coming up against a fair yoke in Conor Ryan !
I thought Clare moved the ball and themselves very well against Waterford, they are skillful, fast and well-coached and the player in possesion is always looking up and weighing up his options. Ialso think that Waterford's challenge wilted very much from around the twenty minute mark and because of that the winning margin is bigger than it should've been.
I think it will be a close final, and Tipp will not at all be phased by playing it in Ennis, Clare have some reat options on the bench and this could well prove decisive as hurling is becoming more and more a twenty man game.

This message has been edited - 01-aug-2012 @ 23:03

Originally posted by Ted its like ed but with a t:
Klare Klare Klare (all said in a Klare accent)

Originally posted by zetorisbetter:
We are going to win this but hopefully it is by 7 or 8 points so we wont have to listening to the Klare crowd how tipp robbeb or some umpire from Limerick was out to get them.

Originally posted by 1st Time:
Any word on Daire Keane? I presume even of he is recovered, he won't start / won't be match fit.