*Limerick GAA news/discussion thread*

thinkstoomuch1 wrote: »

Ye have outstanding cian lynch at senior some consolation though
Going to be awesome if he gets coaching required at senior to get him next level as he's got it all imo

No doubt if he keeps his head. He lacks a bit of strength and aggression which he will develop over time but he's one of the "wristiest" hurlers i've seen a while. When he made his senior debut against Na Piarsigh a few years back they didn't know what to do with him. He would have been 16 or just turned 17 at the time and he came on and scored 3 points.

savannahkat wrote: »

The Kilkenny minors did not that trouble last year

Jesus aren't they great altogether

savannahkat wrote: »

Just keeping a bit of reality in it. Young Lynch is a fine prospect but that is all he is yet. Limerick have a choice of playing and damaging him like they did to Andrew O'Shaughnessy at too young an age or let him develop for a year or two at under 21 and by the way yes they were great. Young John Walsh scored 2-5 in that final but you don't hear of him being bandied about in Kilkenny.

We damaged Andrew O'Shaughnessy? You'd want to read up on why he left the panel. Give the man some respect

savannahkat wrote: »

Just keeping a bit of reality in it. Young Lynch is a fine prospect but that is all he is yet. Limerick have a choice of playing and damaging him like they did to Andrew O'Shaughnessy at too young an age or let him develop for a year or two at under 21 and by the way yes they were great. Young John Walsh scored 2-5 in that final but you don't hear of him being bandied about in Kilkenny.

Ignoramus.

Well if Alan Dempsey isn't added to the county panel my head will fcuking explode. The only problem with him is to work out if he's a corner back, midfielder, sweeper or man marker for tony Kelly.

paddy no 11 wrote: »

Well if Alan Dempsey isn't added to the county panel my head will fcuking explode. The only problem with him is to work out if he's a corner back, midfielder, sweeper or man marker for tony Kelly.

Thought I saw somewhere that he was off to the US for the summer....should be on the limerick panel though...never got a proper chance at all

paddy no 11 wrote: »

Well if Alan Dempsey isn't added to the county panel my head will fcuking explode. The only problem with him is to work out if he's a corner back, midfielder, sweeper or man marker for tony Kelly.

I agree. He was good last night then? Flights are booked though. Teege seems to have made it clear he doesn't rate him, despite the fact that he regularly outplays county starters at club level and the fact that he is clearly highly rated for Fitz level at LIT. He has a great attitude too. I don't get it, it's the only major thing I can put my finger on and say TJ has called it wrong.

Best of luck limerick ladies footballers v offaly league final today
Coached by cork Eddie Murphy
They win or loose deserve great credit for their achievements to date

Was a dire night for a hurling game, so hard to read too much into it.

Na P had the breeze and had an 8 point lead at one point, they went in at half time 5 up. Doon's touch and passing was very poor and they really struggled in the conditions, ref was over fussy and there wasn't a lot of good hurling done in the first half.

Second half was a better game with done twice getting it to a 2 point game but Na P goals kept them ahead.

Not sure doon have a county player, they've lots of good players but no star, darragh O'Donovan might have been best for them especially when he moved to Centre forward.

For Na P, james o' brien played at half forward and was anonymous, not sure where he goes from here. Ronan Lynch was at 7, and looked very accomplished to me, played well. Still don't think cathal king is good enough, started centre back went half and then to full. David breen got 2 goals before going off injured, nothing serious. He's runs that go nowhere are fcuking ridiculous at this stage, he received two hand passes for his 2 goals petty he cant learn the lesson and get his fcuking head up to pick out a team mate himself. Dowling didn't really do much at FF and was well marshalled on the half, looked fit. Downes came on and caught two puckouts, well be well able for 3 weeks time imo.

Dempsey was excellent.

paddy no 11 wrote: »

Was a dire night for a hurling game, so hard to read too much into it.

Na P had the breeze and had an 8 point lead at one point, they went in at half time 5 up. Doon's touch and passing was very poor and they really struggled in the conditions, ref was over fussy and there wasn't a lot of good hurling done in the first half.

Second half was a better game with done twice getting it to a 2 point game but Na P goals kept them ahead.

Not sure doon have a county player, they've lots of good players but no star, darragh O'Donovan might have been best for them especially when he moved to Centre forward.

For Na P, james o' brien played at half forward and was anonymous, not sure where he goes from here. Ronan Lynch was at 7, and looked very accomplished to me, played well. Still don't think cathal king is good enough, started centre back went half and then to full. David breen got 2 goals before going off injured, nothing serious. He's runs that go nowhere are fcuking ridiculous at this stage, he received two hand passes for his 2 goals petty he cant learn the lesson and get his fcuking head up to pick out a team mate himself. Dowling didn't really do much at FF and was well marshalled on the half, looked fit. Downes came on and caught two puckouts, well be well able for 3 weeks time imo.

Dempsey was excellent.

Was Richie English marking Dowling? If not, how did he do?

Would you be worried about Dowling's lack of top form in recent times or do you think he'll step up when it matters? Downes to start wing-forward?

mickmackey1 wrote: »

Waterford beat everyone in the league but they couldn't beat us :pac:

One encouraging thing from our league campaign maybe :pac:

paddy no 11 wrote: »

Didn't have a program, couldn't say where English was, wouldn't recognise him

On Dowling class is permanent Im not concerned about him

Id pick downes on the half just to secure some possession alright

Just had a look at the programme (which was excellent btw, well done county board), he was named as number 22 and wasn't in the starting lineup. Neither were Dean Coleman or Pat Ryan... did Doon line out 1-15? Must have been carrying injuries, those are 3 big players for them.

Would NaP not be better off putting James O'Brien in the half-back line once Downes is fit, he's really not a forward at all. How did Dave Dempsey do actually?





It would have been nice to get promoted, or to win silverware in the league. Waterford winning it shows that there is no excuse for being in 1B really, if you're a good enough side. I guess it's fair enough being a 'Championship team' and Championship performances since 2012 despite poor league campaigns show that, I guess, but it's a bit unfair on supporters. I mean I don't really mind myself but there are a lot of more casual fans who aren't going to go to games if the team aren't going to give 100%... there's not that many games in the year. It's all focus on Clare now, I think we can beat them, but the performance would want to be hugely hugely improved from the Dublin game... and I still don't know how we're going to win clean possession against the strongest teams.

paddy no 11 wrote: »

Yeah either 22 or 23 started corner back for doon, cant recall which. Yeah JO'B should move back. Dave Dempsey was ok, conditions were very bad.both edit, 22 and 23 started one corner back the other in the forwards

Conditions were awful in Ballyagran too, really was a very bad night for hurling.


Number 23 was Thomas Hayes, the current minor, according to the programme.

Nicky worth about 6 points to effin, they'll really struggle without him. couple of other players missing from last year too.

Bruee had a good one over blackrock, bruee huge side be very close to promotion id say.

Senior
Kilmallock 2-14 Ahane 1-13

South Liberties 2-12 Murroe/Boher 1-14

Na Piarsaigh 3-13 Doon 2-14

Ballybrown 0-14 Adare 0-14

Bruff 1-13 Croom 1-10

Patrickswell 3-24 Effin 1-07




Premier Intermediate
Knockainey 1-12 Pallasgreen 2-8

Bruree 1-20 Blackrock 0-16

Monaleen 2-15 Dromin/Athlacca 0-16

Garryspillane 2-13 Granagh/Ballingarry 1-5




Intermediate
St. Kieran's 1-11 Caherline 0-10

Feenagh/Kilmeedy 2-8 Knockaderry 2-8

Feohanagh 1-15 Claughaun 1-3

Glenroe 2-13 Kildimo/Pallaskenry 0-7

Newcastlewest 1-7 Hospital/Herbertstown 1-6

Mungret 3-16 Cappamore 0-16