Clare v Cork - Round 2

Have to go with Clare after the 1st game as well,hoping JBM has come up with some way of avoiding Clares half back line,Clare have rightly gone favs,surprise me.

patrick horgan to be MOTM 8-1 is the play.

Im on Clare to be ahead at half time 2.14. Not sure about their resolve to go through with the job over the full 70 mins.

I think Clare will be a bit rattled after the last day. In the first game most likely played to 100%, were a far better team and still coudnt seal the deal. Their full back line goalie combo are likely to leak goals too.
With all that taken into account and an improved display from Cork likely I cant call the winner. Still I think Clare will start at 100mph again and should be ahead at half time. Whether they wilt mentally in the 2nd half remains to be seen.

Kelly I assume its just the casual (clueless) punters backing Cork on the match odds to "have an interest" just like the first game

Up ou dat Nash. They hadn,t enough on the line

yre still in the game jimmy,old stock!but for ffs,get something done about the full back line!

One bad half for Cork painful viewing,still 4 points only, surely will better this half.

Super Goal-I wouldn't begrudge Clare the win if that's how it materialises but Davy.......
Very strange to have an All Ireland Final on a Saturday.

Clare well deserved,weathered the storm,a poor 1st half and a couple of softish goals cost Cork ultimately, erra fook it.

And JBM is a class act .

Good match?................bloody fantastic match......no game in the world like it. Superb.

im after it.unreal.best game in the world bar one.how did we irish stumble across it.it was draining and it was magical.im sure if cork had won we would have wished them well.but i think clare were the better team over the two games..its great for a lovely group of young lads!!

Brought my son to his first All-Ireland final today.

Great match. Great atmosphere.

Cork put in a much improved performance and had the best of the first 20 mins of the 2nd half and could have gone ahead.

Clare better over the 70 and deserved their win.

Clare should be around for a few years, not so sure about Cork(no underage success for years). And I think Dublin are well off this pace.

The game might have lacked a bit of class but for sheer excitement you couldn't beat it.

Best team won even die hard Cork fans will admit that?.

great match for sheer excitement but some of the touches were way off at times, don't want to be a kill joy but who would say that Clare are going to dominate for years to come?

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Not sure what game you were watching Silvergreaser "some of the touches were way off at times". Maybe during the period where Cork got on top, Clare lost a small bit of composure but that was due to Cork raising their game too. But Clare were ruthless for the first twenty and last fifteen, certainly no bad touches in those periods.

Wouldn't agree that Kilkenny are a better team. They had limped through a few games before Cork put them out of their misery. Most people will agree this is only the start of a great era for Clare hurling. Cork I'm not so sure. JBM factor had a big impact this year.

I'd argue that last years KK/Galway final was actually of a much lower standard. Look at the quality of the Clare full forward and half back lines compared to Galways and they nearly beat Kilkenny. Limerick also gave KK a good game last year and Clare simply blew us away.

Hate to be harsh Sil, but if you can't appreciate the quality of that Clare team, you simply don't know what you're looking at. You are a Kildare man after all!!