Davy Fitzgerald has appealed to Clare supporters to allow the team to play to its strengths and not be demanding route one hurling all the time.

"The sooner the public in Clare let that team play the way they should be playing, they have a chance of doing something," Fitzgerald said after the Banner knocked his adopted Wexford out of the All-Ireland SHC race on Sunday.

"If they stay doing that stupid stuff of hitting the ball long all the time, they won't win anything.

"They need to work the ball the way they were working it today. That is what works for that team. Myself and the lads, we wish Clare the best of luck. It is crucial they let that team play.

"If we managed to score them two or three points when we got back into it, trust me, I don't think we would have been beaten. We weren't the better team. The better team should have been up a bit more.

"When we got the second goal chance and the few point-scoring opportunities, if we had taken them, it could have been an interesting finish. That didn't happen."

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