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Davy defiant about Clare's progress despite 'the doomers and gloomers around'

The Banner county slumped to a third straight defeat yesterday.

EMBATTLED CLARE BOSS Davy Fitzgerald is confident that his Banner County stars can defy the โ€œdoomers and gloomers.โ€

Clare slumped to a third successive Allianz Hurling League Division 1A defeat on Sunday โ€“ and are now staring a relegation playoff squarely in the face.

Clare have two games left to save their skins or theyโ€™re facing the prospect a second one-off shootout in three seasons to preserve their top-flight status.

But Clare did, of course, defeat Cork in 2013 before going on to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup later in the year.

Fitzgerald watched Clare lose by five points against Tipperary at Cusack Park on Sunday.

But he accentuated the positives from the home sideโ€™s display in front of over 7000 spectators.

Fitzgerald said: โ€œA lot more fight there today. Iโ€™m a lot happier.

โ€œWe have the doomers and gloomers around (but) if we keep playing with that kind of passion and spirit, weโ€™ll win more games.โ€

And while Fitzgerald, a fiercely competitive character, is concerned by his teamโ€™s current losing streak, he insisted that the summer is what really matters.

But the worry for Clare is that they havenโ€™t won a game in League or championship since defeating Laois in the 2014 League quarter-final.

Fitzgerald added: โ€œListen, theyโ€™re big games but in the context of Mayo and June, how big will they be?

โ€œIf we lose to Limerick and Tipp in Munster, theyโ€™re big games. Iโ€™d be worried then if we were getting well beaten.

โ€œWeโ€™re disappointed, we tried everything to win the game. I felt we werenโ€™t 100 miles away today.โ€

And Fitzgerald hailed a vocal Clare support for their backing.

โ€œThe crowd were pretty good โ€“ they tried to get behind us. We were half-expecting they might get on our backs but hats off to them.

โ€œThey know weโ€™re trying and trying very hard. I said to the lads inside (in the dressing room), youโ€™ll always have the fellas that will be giving out and knocking you but weโ€™re a very united squad as everyone will see.

โ€œWeโ€™re very together and weโ€™ll keep going. We wonโ€™t be 100 miles away from anything.โ€

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    Mute G
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    Oct 16th 2021, 2:56 PM

    Great save by Kelleher near the end. Comfortable afternoon for him

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    Oct 16th 2021, 2:56 PM

    Top player.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:42 PM

    Super performance and result albeit against a woeful Watford. Unlikely to be a worse performance by any PL team this season. Salah is unbelievable and his goal was magical, give him the contract his performances and goals deserve. Great to see Firmino scoring. Though Kelleher had nothing to do he kept his concentration to make a very good save at the end. Gonna be a tight title race. Surprised Salah and Mane played the 90 minutes, Minamino could have done with game time especially against that Watford team.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:49 PM

    Mo Salah is WOW!!! a pleasure to watch himโ€ฆ..Firmino not bad either : )

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:11 PM

    Time to sack Ranieriโ€ฆโ€ฆ.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 10:05 PM

    @John S: dilly ding dilly dong

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    Oct 16th 2021, 10:12 PM

    @Heckler davies: dilly ding, dilly gone

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:12 PM

    Class win and 3 more handy points. We will be hard to stop This season as we put last seasons blip behind us

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:01 PM

    Danny Rose will sleep tonight. Great performance against an albeit poor side!!

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:56 PM

    Give Mo all the money. Almost 0% chance of being able to replace him

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:31 PM

    Lewandowski and Salah are the best players in the world on current form.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 2:59 PM

    I donโ€™t think Iโ€™ve ever seen a PL side as bad as that Watford side todayโ€ฆ.if they lost 10-0 it wouldnโ€™t have been a surprise! Woefulโ€ฆ

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    Oct 16th 2021, 3:12 PM

    @Ottomaaan: you forgot to mention that they were up against a solid side with a rampant front three, there, I fixed it for youโ€ฆ. :)

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:27 PM

    @Gordon Larney: no need to fix anything. That was the worst performance Iโ€™ve ever seen from a PL side, dreadful stuff and Liverpool could have put 10 past them.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 5:09 PM

    @Ottomaaan: have to agree. I was at the game and never seen such a bad performance from a PL team.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:12 PM

    Salah in great form. But how long canhe hold that form? He has 20-25 goals in him a season, but heโ€™s up and down. If he held this form, heโ€™d be close to 40 goals?
    Bigger tests against Athletico and United on the way.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:28 PM

    @Finn Faulkner: did you like your own commentโ€ฆ

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    Oct 16th 2021, 4:28 PM

    @Finn Faulkner: how long can he do that. ? He has been doing it for the last 4 seasons. 104 goals in 166 games in the Premier league but you think he should score more. Okay so

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    Oct 16th 2021, 5:04 PM

    @Finn Faulkner: youโ€™re gonna need bigger bait on that hook โ€ฆ.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 5:55 PM

    @WESHALLNOTBEMOVED: But by that metric 4 seasons at 40 goals would be 160 goals. He hasn t done that. But my point is that if he can keep that killer hat on his head for a prolonged period, and with our squad almost injury free, he could break records for us. Iโ€™m HOPING he keeps this lethal form indefinitely. He still canโ€™t be put in the Messi/Ronaldo category until he starts being seriously clinical. Iโ€™d love to see him win the Balloon dโ€™Or this year (or the next)

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    Oct 16th 2021, 5:56 PM

    @len len: No, but seeing as you need likes, here, have mine. Have a lovely day.

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    Oct 16th 2021, 6:10 PM

    @WESHALLNOTBEMOVED: you included his Chelsea stats there, itโ€™s 102 in 153 for Liverpool

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    Oct 16th 2021, 7:38 PM

    @Shane Roche: Itโ€™s still an amazing number of goals per season, but I think he can go even further, he needs to keep this current form. Biggest tests are against Athletico and then United.

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    Oct 17th 2021, 1:02 AM

    That salah. Goal was pure roy of the rovers.. Pure art.. He must be a great dancer..

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    Oct 17th 2021, 2:02 AM

    As good as Liverpool are, and they are really good. This in my opinion is all about Klopp.

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