Cleary says Clare need to bring more aggression

Promotion or relegation matters are never decided on the first weekend in February, but at the same time a sneak preview of the way things might pan out over the course of the seven-match campaign can loom very large.

That’s especially true for the Clare footballers in their fourth successive season Division 2, where the line between flirting with the top flight and firefighting down the other end of the table has always been very thin.