Clare must address key areas as qualifiers loom

When Davy Fitzgerald and his backroom team sit down this week to analyse where things went wrong for Clare on Sunday in Thurles, they should identify three key areas which need major improvement: Use of possession, discipline, and the need to be more competitive in the vital midfield battleground.

Limerick only won this match by one point and their possession tally was only a little higher than Clare’s, but it is interesting to look at how both teams used their possession.

Limerick had a total of 147 possessions in the game and they hand passed the ball 41 times and only gave it away on 10 occasions. In contrast Clare had 126 possessions but they only hand passed the ball 28 times and gave the ball away 21 times.