GAA Hurling 2015

From a Clare perspective tonight's was a great draw. The year 2014 is best forgotten for reasons on and off the field.
Surely a Munster championship where we'l need to beat Limerick, Tipp and probably Cork (which would be the ultimate for us) will focus the minds properly now and we can get back on track.
Dublin and Galway an interesting 1 also.

All-Ireland champions Kilkenny must wait to see who they face in the Leinster semi-final, while Limerick and Clare is the stand-out tie in Munster.
Munster

Clare and Limerick will have to do battle for the right to face beaten All-Ireland finalists Tipperary in the Munster Hurling Championship semi-final.
The 2013 champions, led by TJ Ryan, were drawn against Davy Fitzgerald’s 2013 All-Ireland winners in the quarter-final.
Elsewhere, Waterford and Cork, for whom manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy will take charge of for a further two-year term, will meet in the other semi-final.
Leinster

All-Ireland champions Kilkenny, meanwhile, will face the winner of the quarter-final between Wexford and the runner-up from the qualifying group that includes Laois, Antrim, Carlow and Westmeath in the Leinster semi-final.
Dublin, who appointed Ger Cunningham as new boss yesterday, will play 2012 All-Ireland finalists Galway in the quarter-finals.
The winners of that game will face either Offaly or the winners of the qualifying group, as they meet in the quarter-finals.

Yep, just my opinion. We're the opposite of limerick - struggle in Munster but can do it in Croker.
Wouldn't swap thou

In fairness, any team would struggle in Munster.

Jackthelad wrote: From a Clare perspective tonight's was a great draw. The year 2014 is best forgotten for reasons on and off the field. Surely a Munster championship where we'l need to beat Limerick, Tipp and probably Cork (which would be the ultimate for us) will focus the minds properly now and we can get back on track. Dublin and Galway an interesting 1 also.

Edited by deise316 - 09 Oct 2014 at 11:37pm

reddladd wrote: Grand draw for Laois. Don't like the qualifier concept but should we come out on top it's a game against the Biffo's for the right to meet Dublin or Galway in the semi final. Would agree about Munster championship. The provincial winners haven't faired so well in the AI semi final. Qualifier teams seem to have the greater momentum. Kilkenny were very close to a fall against Limerick last year while Cork got a bit of a lesson from Tipp.

I already explained why its a good draw for clare and I stand by that
Also you mention the recent record of goin from a munster qf to an AI, also should be noted the greatest sustained stranglehold over the liam mc carthy cup has been in this time courtesy of the greatest bunch of KK hurlers ever.
Id imagine il be in the majority happy with it when I meet lads tomorrow.

How in gods name is that next to impossible? How can you say that?
We may as well do squad rotation till the qualifiers then?
I guarantee you players and management are happy with this tonight.
Were they really at home looking for the handiest 1, perhaps waterford in a semi? f**k that.
Bring em on, if we're good enough we're good enough. No excuses.

Jackthelad wrote: How in gods name is that next to impossible? How can you say that? We may as well do squad rotation till the qualifiers then? I guarantee you players and management are happy with this tonight. Were they really at home looking for the handiest 1, perhaps waterford in a semi? f**k that. Bring em on, if we're good enough we're good enough. No excuses.

If we win the Munster Championship minus Podge i'll be extremely surprised, we have limitations which I don't think we can overcome next year - Id love to be proven wrong but I have my doubts