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*Limerick GAA news/discussion thread*

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 695 ✭✭✭zombieHanalei


    I'm hearing the team named during the week was 100% definitely not the final team and that they just resubmitted the Munster final selection for the sake of submitting a team for the match program. The actual team was supposedly announced the night after to the players. May well have ended up being the same anyway, although one player is supposedly an injury doubt.

    Aside from that, a lot of conflicting rumours, although one rumour with a bit of substance is Hannon in the half back line, he played there in a recent challenge game, I personally don't see it happening, we'll know soon enough I suppose.

    Til tomorrow, good luck to us all, Luimneach abú! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,264 ✭✭✭✭Fireball07


    I'm hearing the team named during the week was 100% definitely not the final team and that they just resubmitted the Munster final selection for the sake of submitting a team for the match program. The actual team was supposedly announced the night after to the players. May well have ended up being the same anyway, although one player is supposedly an injury doubt.

    Aside from that, a lot of conflicting rumours, although one rumour with a bit of substance is Hannon in the half back line, he played there in a recent challenge game, I personally don't see it happening, we'll know soon enough I suppose.

    Til tomorrow, good luck to us all, Luimneach abú! :)

    Interesting.

    I do think Dodge would be a big loss, did very well in the 1st half the last day, always good for a score or two, and while not someone who will win every ball, he does challenge aerially and is capable of winning his own ball, or breaking it down. It would definitely weaken us in that department, not to mention his leadership.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,551 ✭✭✭panda100


    Great win today. Just double checking, we playing Kilkenny on Sunday 10th august in Croker for semi final?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭Browney7


    Moment of the day was Richie Mcs substitution!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭slegs


    panda100 wrote: »
    Great win today. Just double checking, we playing Kilkenny on Sunday 10th august in Croker for semi final?

    Yes


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭Mountainlad


    panda100 wrote: »
    Great win today. Just double checking, we playing Kilkenny on Sunday 10th august in Croker for semi final?

    Yep, Waterford v Kilkenny on before it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,581 ✭✭✭bennyl10


    Yep, Waterford v Kilkenny on before it.

    Hill will go.on sale during the week id assume ya?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭slegs


    Will be bags of tickets. Kilkenny people won't be arsed to show up as they will expect to hammer us. Will be saving money for the final


  • Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭cnoc


    Felt sorry for the Wexford players but NOT for their manager....


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭me89


    slegs wrote: »
    Will be bags of tickets. Kilkenny people won't be arsed to show up as they will expect to hammer us. Will be saving money for the final

    We will have plenty of fan's there don't worry. ;-)

    And well done today very impressive, should be a great semi final.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭savannahkat


    slegs wrote: »
    Will be bags of tickets. Kilkenny people won't be arsed to show up as they will expect to hammer us. Will be saving money for the final

    No, Kilkenny do not and will not expect to hammer Limerick. Kilkenny expect a do or die battle with no guarantees that we will win. Limerick will outnumber us but that has as much got to do with the respective populations of both counties as interest. Only a fool would expect to hammer Limerick. Brian Cody the Kilkenny selectors , the Kilkenny players and most Kilkenny followers are far from being fools.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,704 ✭✭✭citykat


    slegs wrote: »
    Will be bags of tickets. Kilkenny people won't be arsed to show up as they will expect to hammer us. Will be saving money for the final

    You forgot this...:rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,101 ✭✭✭Rightwing


    KK are 4/9 favs. The bookies expecting a close one judging by that. 2-3 point handicap.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,645 ✭✭✭paddy no 11


    Mighty, best thins I heard today was TJ saying that he over trained them before cork, if our problems are that easily resolvable id be delighted, still wasn't happy with GOM at the start but he improved and if he takes confidence from that mightn't be too bad.

    Dodgy will be ok for next day and don't think any of our injuries are too serious.

    Hannon, hickey, jimbob, mulcahy all excellent.

    Downes hit some awful wides(4), browney too.

    We're playing KK which should keep the hype down, and we missed enough chances and could have conceded more that there's plenty to work on. We beat KK.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,704 ✭✭✭citykat



    We beat KK.

    When?:eek:


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  • Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭LMK


    Professional performance out of Limerick today.
    I thought Tom Ryan slotted in well and Walsh, Tobin and King fitted in seamlessly when they arrived as well. Hannon, O'Mahoney & Paudie O'Brien gave it their all.
    What I like most of all about this team is their discipline, they are the dark horse.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,101 ✭✭✭Rightwing


    citykat wrote: »
    When?:eek:

    Last time we won the AI ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,704 ✭✭✭citykat


    Rightwing wrote: »
    Last time we won the AI ;)

    Seeing as it's so long ago I'll give you that. :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,101 ✭✭✭Rightwing


    citykat wrote: »
    Seeing as it's so long ago I'll give you that. :D

    Same year a when we last beat Tipp in thurles. Thing is, even if we do beat KK, we'll still be underdogs in the final!


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,704 ✭✭✭citykat


    Rightwing wrote: »
    Same year a when we last beat Tipp in thurles. Thing is, even if we do beat KK, we'll still be underdogs in the final!

    Whoever wins the AI this year is going to earn it. I agree with your comment (albeit from another thread) that the four best teams in the country are in the semis. IMO there's f***all between any of them. On their day they could all win or lose to each other. Todays pairings were total mismatches. The semis will be far tighter.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,101 ✭✭✭Rightwing


    citykat wrote: »
    Whoever wins the AI this year is going to earn it. I agree with your comment (albeit from another thread) that the four best teams in the country are in the semis. IMO there's f***all between any of them. On their day they could all win or lose to each other. Todays pairings were total mismatches. The semis will be far tighter.

    Not much between them. KK prob the best, cork and tipp are evens, the bookies have it that way, and limk are 4th.

    Hopefully the semis will be better, no entertainment at all today.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,264 ✭✭✭✭Fireball07


    Not going to go into too much detail now, but that was a great win. People talked about us laying down a marker, and we did. Wexford weren't great today, but we totally dismantled them.


    Still loads to work on, we hit some horrible horrible wides and lots of them. But we exposed their weaknesses, nullified their strengths and were deserving winners. Clinical, professional, excellent.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭slegs


    The media will talk about Wexford as they struggle to hide their disappointment that the Wexford fairy tale is over.

    Truth is the Limerick backs and midfield were outstanding. They didn't put a foot wrong all day. We didn't let Wexford play. 4 games in a row is hard but it's again a disrespect to Limerick to put the margin of victory down to that.

    Our forwards were hit and miss but Dowling and Breen were very good again. Mulcahy and Hannon looked dangerous in spurts.

    If Dowling played for Kilkenny we would never hear the end of it about skill and ability but because we are Limerick it will be all the usual 'heart and passion' patronising nonsense.

    On the reverse you will have lads like Amprodude talking about games 20 years ago like that means anything to Dowling and Hannon who weren't even out of nappies. Limerick have a line of form over the last 3 years that shows development and bar Clare last year they have looked a match for anyone.

    This Limerick team has earned the right to be respected as a top table hurling team. We may not beat Kilkenny but you know that we will give it one hell of a lash.

    I can't wait for August 10


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,178 ✭✭✭windy shepard henderson


    slegs wrote: »
    The media will talk about Wexford as they struggle to hide their disappointment that the Wexford fairy tale is over.

    Truth is the Limerick backs and midfield were outstanding. They didn't put a foot wrong all day. We didn't let Wexford play. 4 games in a row is hard but it's again a disrespect to Limerick to put the margin of victory down to that.

    Our forwards were hit and miss but Dowling and Breen were very good again. Mulcahy and Hannon looked dangerous in spurts.

    If Dowling played for Kilkenny we would never hear the end of it about skill and ability but because we are Limerick it will be all the usual 'heart and passion' patronising nonsense.

    On the reverse you will have lads like Amprodude talking about games 20 years ago like that means anything to Dowling and Hannon who weren't even out of nappies. Limerick have a line of form over the last 3 years that shows development and bar Clare last year they have looked a match for anyone.

    This Limerick team has earned the right to be respected as a top table hurling team. We may not beat Kilkenny but you know that we will give it one hell of a lash.

    I can't wait for August 10

    the way i see it , if it was kilkenny that put up a score line of 4-26 today with all the hype surrounding wexford , the bookies would be running for cover and the general attitude would be that there was no one in the country to beat them

    limerick going into an all ireland semi final as under dogs will suite them down to the ground , the hype and expectation placed on there shoulders last year against us was unbelievable , i never seen anything like it , when clare got the goal with around 15mins gone you could hear a pin drop around croke park , and that had to have a massive impact on the players at the time

    many people here think that if limerick started with there best 6 forwards that we would have struggled to beat ye and probably lost , this year the one thing that has to be credited to tj is he is picking his best hand all the time regardless of the opposition, and with that a massive chance to overturn kilkenny

    on the negitive side , the game is on in croker , not a happy hunting ground at all for limerick , thurles is almost a home venue for ye and ye always perform there , clare are the opposite we can never seem to win down there but could always turn it on in croke park ,its something ye will have to get out of yer system,ye will have the luxury of making two trips in two weeks up there with the minors playing galway the following week


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭slegs


    the way i see it , if it was kilkenny that put up a score line of 4-26 today with all the hype surrounding wexford , the bookies would be running for cover and the general attitude would be that there was no one in the country to beat them

    limerick going into an all ireland semi final as under dogs will suite them down to the ground , the hype and expectation placed on there shoulders last year against us was unbelievable , i never seen anything like it , when clare got the goal with around 15mins gone you could hear a pin drop around croke park , and that had to have a massive impact on the players at the time

    many people here think that if limerick started with there best 6 forwards that we would have struggled to beat ye and probably lost , this year the one thing that has to be credited to tj is he is picking his best hand all the time regardless of the opposition, and with that a massive chance to overturn kilkenny

    on the negitive side , the game is on in croker , not a happy hunting ground at all for limerick , thurles is almost a home venue for ye and ye always perform there , clare are the opposite we can never seem to win down there but could always turn it on in croke park ,its something ye will have to get out of yer system,ye will have the luxury of making two trips in two weeks up there with the minors playing galway the following week

    Thurles being a happy hunting ground is a relatively recent thing though so no reason why we cant change the Croke Park thing either.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭savannahkat


    citykat wrote: »
    When?:eek:

    1973:D


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭mickmackey1


    ye will have the luxury of making two trips in two weeks up there with the minors playing galway the following week

    when the dubs made both semis in 2011 they changed the schedule to have the minors on the same day, croke park are u listening :cool:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭Browney7


    when the dubs made both semis in 2011 they changed the schedule to have the minors on the same day, croke park are u listening :cool:

    If it wasn't the Kk minors they would change it I'd say


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,178 ✭✭✭windy shepard henderson


    when the dubs made both semis in 2011 they changed the schedule to have the minors on the same day, croke park are u listening :cool:

    it would be a logistical nightmare trying to play two minor semi finals on the one day before the senior , i doubt kilkenny will be willing to swap either


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭mickmackey1


    it would be a great idea trying to play two minor semi finals on the one day before the senior

    fyp :pac:

    give 500 tickets to galway and everything's sorted :)

    edit: and 200 to waterford...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭slegs


    when the dubs made both semis in 2011 they changed the schedule to have the minors on the same day, croke park are u listening :cool:

    Can't happen this time as Kilkenny minors will take priority unless they play both minor matches on same day


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,178 ✭✭✭windy shepard henderson


    fyp :pac:

    give 500 tickets to galway and everything's sorted :)

    edit: and 200 to waterford...

    given the amount of times galway play in croke park the novelty is gone , id say looking at last years semi final and final there was just about the players fathers and mothers ..........the odd girlfriend .......and the 20 or 30 degenerate lunatics that stalk the likes of cyrill farrell and mattie murphy in there spare time :eek:

    croke park and under age success dont interest galway folk any more 50 would be enough for them;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭Mountainlad


    Dowling was class today. That was duly acknowledged by everyone.

    But I think some need to relax a bit about the team being under rated.

    Last year they won Munster, and fairplay to them. They deserved to win it. There'll always be doubts about it though, such as the home advantage and the red card Horgan got which comes with the territory generally of any new team winning.

    The only thing you can do to dispel those doubts is to win the all ireland, and unfortunately Limerick fell pretty tamely at the next hurdle.

    This year the questioned were asked again and they duly delivered against Tipp. In a game though that they dominated, they still needed Dowling (or Mulcahy's) goal to get them back on terms very late in the game and at the other end I don't think Tipp took chances that they would on another day. Deserved win though.

    In the Munster final, they were beaten by a better team though not a 6 point better team and could point to chances Dowling missed as opportunities that could have steered the game in a different direction.

    Maybe it was unfair for people to be talking about Wexford winning today, but I guess we all like to jump on bandwagons sometimes. Take the independent tipping Laois to beat Waterford earlier in the year, for example.


    In light of the result, it was impressive and Limerick deserve great credit but I don't particularly agree with the Clare man above that it's a joke that this hammering from Limerick should be viewed differently to a performance of a similar nature by Kilkenny.

    Kilkenny have earned the hype that surrounds them. Just thinking about their record yesterday and I count in Cody's era that they have won 12/14 all-ireland semis and 9/12 finals (not including one drawn). That is phenomenal. What have Limerick achieved in that time?

    So you can understand the different perceptions of both teams.

    All that said, Limerick were excellent with room for improvement today and that is all anyone can ask for after and All-Ireland quarter final. I don't think Kilkenny are as good as they were even 3 years ago, so ye definitely have a chance and I think coming in from a quarter with another game under the belt is definitely a big advantage on what ye had to deal with last year.

    Just saying that I think that ye could do with less of the outrage, and more just being happy to be in a semi final that ye've a good shot in as it is the best Limerick team I've seen since my first game funnily enough in 2001. Well done today.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 695 ✭✭✭zombieHanalei


    Mountainlad; I've looked at the posts preceding yours; how in the name of god have you managed to claim there is "outrage" here?!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭Mountainlad


    Mountainlad; I've looked at the posts preceding yours; how in the name of god have you managed to claim there is "outrage" here?!

    Slegs seems continuously outraged Limerick aren't getting enough credit.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 695 ✭✭✭zombieHanalei


    Jaysus I wouldn't say he's "outraged" by any stretch of the imagination! There's validity to what he's saying, but it's one side of an argument, you have touched on the opposing side.

    Doesn't really matter if the team gets credit, in fact it's probably better that a team doesn't get the credit they feel they deserve because a lot of the time a team will genuinely gain extra motivation in the face of a perceived lack of respect/credit. I don't really get why teams buy into that "Nobody's giving us a chance, we'll show them" nonsense, but it seemed to be a major motivating factor ahead ahead of the Tipp game for Limerick this year.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,645 ✭✭✭paddy no 11


    Great win, will do some sort of report tommorrow but just enjoy it for now, fantastic day, evening, not too often we roll out of thurles complaining that we didnt get enough of a challenge.

    Again, saw TJ's interview and he said he over trained in the run up to the game, good that he recognised/acknowledged that (allows me sleep easier:D), means we can still improve.

    Not remotely concerned about downes he can turn that into a winning performance against KK.

    Enjoy and well done lads


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,264 ✭✭✭✭Fireball07


    Is it too early for Tactical Jenius Ryan? :D Tbf to TJ, I think he got everything spot on today (as he would say himself), Hickey destroyed McGovern, our backs held their shape, our midfield out-worked theirs (that might have been down to the 4 weeks in a row tbf), Hannon to centre-forward was a masterstroke.... but where he found the ball-winning ability, pace and aggression that he didn't have 2 weeks ago, I don't know. He was super. He got Mulcahy & Dowling into the space, they were class... Downes' shooting was the one real black mark, but that's not TJ's problem, that's purely Downes, he needs to just set himself and go again.


    I thought we were really really good. And we'll need to be even better to challenge KK, but I don't see why we can't beat them.


    We were so fired up today, our touch was way better, there was real fire in their bellies, they all wanted to get the better of their opposite number and most of them did. Movement, work rate, fluidity, all that stuff clicked and if it wasn't for the number of wides, the margin could have been a lot bigger.


  • Registered Users Posts: 485 ✭✭donnem33


    given the amount of times galway play in croke park the novelty is gone , id say looking at last years semi final and final there was just about the players fathers and mothers ..........the odd girlfriend .......and the 20 or 30 degenerate lunatics that stalk the likes of cyrill farrell and mattie murphy in there spare time :eek:

    croke park and under age success dont interest galway folk any more 50 would be enough for them;)

    id be inclined to agree with you on this. Its funny, galway didnt win their first all ireland minor until 1983, however the success mattie murphy and john hardiman had with them have made supporters spoilt.

    I go to the majority of galway matches and will be there to support our minors too. However, ive always found galway hurling supporters to be particularly fickle and poor followers on the game. Galway footballers generally tend to be more positive and stick by the team that bit more. Thats just from my experience anyway.

    Should be a good game. let the best team win!

    PS i hope yer seniors go all the way. Ive had a great gra for limerick from my 4 years spent in UL!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,264 ✭✭✭✭Fireball07


    donnem33 wrote: »
    id be inclined to agree with you on this. Its funny, galway didnt win their first all ireland minor until 1983, however the success mattie murphy and john hardiman had with them have made supporters spoilt.

    I go to the majority of galway matches and will be there to support our minors too. However, ive always found galway hurling supporters to be particularly fickle and poor followers on the game. Galway footballers generally tend to be more positive and stick by the team that bit more. Thats just from my experience anyway.

    Should be a good game. let the best team win!

    PS i hope yer seniors go all the way. Ive had a great gra for limerick from my 4 years spent in UL!


    Hopefully will be a good game, was gutted about the minors last year, I really hope we don't fall again. We have an excellent minor team, as we did last year, and I would be very disappointed for them if they didn't make an All-Ireland final. Galway will be a threat, as they always are at this grade, but I think we have the hurlers this year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,178 ✭✭✭windy shepard henderson


    i have to admit that i am very impressed with tj as manager, i taught with his slight inexperience at this level and how he was drafted in, in the first place would work against him and not to mention what happened after the league

    that was a very honest interview today , but what ever about that he has limerick playing like real all ireland contenders and there should be nothing in it the next day, and in truth i dont think kilkenny have played any one close to ye in lenister this year so far


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,143 ✭✭✭Straight Talker


    Dowling was class today. That was duly acknowledged by everyone.

    But I think some need to relax a bit about the team being under rated.

    Last year they won Munster, and fairplay to them. They deserved to win it. There'll always be doubts about it though, such as the home advantage and the red card Horgan got which comes with the territory generally of any new team winning.

    The only thing you can do to dispel those doubts is to win the all ireland, and unfortunately Limerick fell pretty tamely at the next hurdle.

    This year the questioned were asked again and they duly delivered against Tipp. In a game though that they dominated, they still needed Dowling (or Mulcahy's) goal to get them back on terms very late in the game and at the other end I don't think Tipp took chances that they would on another day. Deserved win though.

    In the Munster final, they were beaten by a better team though not a 6 point better team and could point to chances Dowling missed as opportunities that could have steered the game in a different direction.

    Maybe it was unfair for people to be talking about Wexford winning today, but I guess we all like to jump on bandwagons sometimes. Take the independent tipping Laois to beat Waterford earlier in the year, for example.


    In light of the result, it was impressive and Limerick deserve great credit but I don't particularly agree with the Clare man above that it's a joke that this hammering from Limerick should be viewed differently to a performance of a similar nature by Kilkenny.

    Kilkenny have earned the hype that surrounds them. Just thinking about their record yesterday and I count in Cody's era that they have won 12/14 all-ireland semis and 9/12 finals (not including one drawn). That is phenomenal. What have Limerick achieved in that time?

    So you can understand the different perceptions of both teams.

    All that said, Limerick were excellent with room for improvement today and that is all anyone can ask for after and All-Ireland quarter final. I don't think Kilkenny are as good as they were even 3 years ago, so ye definitely have a chance and I think coming in from a quarter with another game under the belt is definitely a big advantage on what ye had to deal with last year.

    Just saying that I think that ye could do with less of the outrage, and more just being happy to be in a semi final that ye've a good shot in as it is the best Limerick team I've seen since my first game funnily enough in 2001. Well done today.

    With regards to the bit in bold you see plenty of that in the Waterford and Cork gaa threads at time as well.Were all passionate about our counties and we will defend them to the hilt when we feel our teams aren't given their fair dues.There was a lot of hype about this Wexford team but Limerick blew them out of the water.Ignore this talk about Wexford falling apart.They didn't fall apart they were ripped apart by a far superior hurling team and it should have been a bigger winning margin by 24 points in the end.Of course no one will give Limerick a chance against Kilkenny but i think they'll give the cats one hell of a battle.Last year against Clare was a bad day at the office but Limerick were a better team than what they showed that day and i felt the 7 point winning margin was flattering to Clare.I think there's a huge performance in Limerick in a few weeks time.They had a good win today and there's plenty still to work on.It's the perfect place to be really.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭savannahkat


    With regards to the bit in bold you see plenty of that in the Waterford and Cork gaa threads at time as well.Were all passionate about our counties and we will defend them to the hilt when we feel our teams aren't given their fair dues.There was a lot of hype about this Wexford team but Limerick blew them out of the water.Ignore this talk about Wexford falling apart.They didn't fall apart they were ripped apart by a far superior hurling team and it should have been a bigger winning margin by 24 points in the end.Of course no one will give Limerick a chance against Kilkenny but i think they'll give the cats one hell of a battle.Last year against Clare was a bad day at the office but Limerick were a better team than what they showed that day and i felt the 7 point winning margin was flattering to Clare.I think there's a huge performance in Limerick in a few weeks time.They had a good win today and there's plenty still to work on.It's the perfect place to be really.
    Of course it is the perfect position to be in. This is an excellent Limerick team but Limerick have to understand Kilkenny will not underrate them. Kilkenny expect and will get a great battle. Right now it is 50/50 and if the papers write anything else it will not be what Brian C0dy is saying or believes or any Kilkenny players for that matter. Kilkenny have achieved what they have achieved by not underrating the opposition. Limerick have earned respect, they will get the respect and kilkenny will be ready for one all mighty battle. If we are to win we will earn it. Don't blame Kilkenny for any sense of inferiority surrounding the Limerick team, that, if it exists is down to yourselves, your own supporters and your own scribes and to a large extent is a figment of your own imaginations. No one is going around disparaging Limerick not Cork, Tipp or Kilkenny.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,143 ✭✭✭Straight Talker


    Of course it is the perfect position to be in. This is an excellent Limerick team but Limerick have to understand Kilkenny will not underrate them. Kilkenny expect and will get a great battle. Right now it is 50/50 and if the papers write anything else it will not be what Brian C0dy is saying or believes or any Kilkenny players for that matter. Kilkenny have achieved what they have achieved by not underrating the opposition. Limerick have earned respect, they will get the respect and kilkenny will be ready for one all mighty battle. If we are to win we will earn it. Don't blame Kilkenny for any sense of inferiority surrounding the Limerick team, that, if it exists is down to yourselves, your own supporters and your own scribes and to a large extent is a figment of your own imaginations. No one is going around disparaging Limerick not Cork, Tipp or Kilkenny.

    Im actually a Cork man!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    Maybe this isn't the thread to ask but I see on ticketmaster that only lower tier tickets are for sale for the semi-final. Will more tickets (upper tier) be made available soon?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭Browney7


    Maybe this isn't the thread to ask but I see on ticketmaster that only lower tier tickets are for sale for the semi-final. Will more tickets (upper tier) be made available soon?
    Tickets.ie tend to sell them in blocks and make other sections available nearer the time


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭slegs


    Dowling was class today. That was duly acknowledged by everyone.

    But I think some need to relax a bit about the team being under rated.

    Last year they won Munster, and fairplay to them. They deserved to win it. There'll always be doubts about it though, such as the home advantage and the red card Horgan got which comes with the territory generally of any new team winning.

    The only thing you can do to dispel those doubts is to win the all ireland, and unfortunately Limerick fell pretty tamely at the next hurdle.

    This year the questioned were asked again and they duly delivered against Tipp. In a game though that they dominated, they still needed Dowling (or Mulcahy's) goal to get them back on terms very late in the game and at the other end I don't think Tipp took chances that they would on another day. Deserved win though.

    In the Munster final, they were beaten by a better team though not a 6 point better team and could point to chances Dowling missed as opportunities that could have steered the game in a different direction.

    Maybe it was unfair for people to be talking about Wexford winning today, but I guess we all like to jump on bandwagons sometimes. Take the independent tipping Laois to beat Waterford earlier in the year, for example.


    In light of the result, it was impressive and Limerick deserve great credit but I don't particularly agree with the Clare man above that it's a joke that this hammering from Limerick should be viewed differently to a performance of a similar nature by Kilkenny.

    Kilkenny have earned the hype that surrounds them. Just thinking about their record yesterday and I count in Cody's era that they have won 12/14 all-ireland semis and 9/12 finals (not including one drawn). That is phenomenal. What have Limerick achieved in that time?

    So you can understand the different perceptions of both teams.

    All that said, Limerick were excellent with room for improvement today and that is all anyone can ask for after and All-Ireland quarter final. I don't think Kilkenny are as good as they were even 3 years ago, so ye definitely have a chance and I think coming in from a quarter with another game under the belt is definitely a big advantage on what ye had to deal with last year.

    Just saying that I think that ye could do with less of the outrage, and more just being happy to be in a semi final that ye've a good shot in as it is the best Limerick team I've seen since my first game funnily enough in 2001. Well done today.

    There is no one outraged and no one is getting carried away. What I said is true. Read the media today, most commentary about Wexford/4 weeks/Bridge too far etc. No one happier than me that we are in the semi.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,645 ✭✭✭paddy no 11


    Will try and watch back on the player but only 3 real concerns for next day

    Have we a half back line to cope with KK, GOM was still poor when the game was a contest yesterday, i dont think he should start the next day, WW could take him to the cleaners. Happy with how Wayne mac is playing though, he's improving all the time esp since he's cut out the stupid runs. Lovely (wristy) point and liked the way he came in and read the riot act to the FB line when richie went off. POB was at fault for their goal im still not sure how he's going to cope against KK.

    Downes and Browne and accuracy in general, we pi*sed away the cork game in the first 20 and done the same yesterday, but for the opposition it could have cost us. Our accuracy last year was excellent, need to get back to that standard.

    Breen, won great ball, but he just puts his head down and runs, he never looks up, he fouled the ball for the first when he only needed to lay it off to an unmarked mulcahy, no need to catch again. His second shot was a poor effort, it went in but a better keeper stops that again mul was unmarked at the back post. Third shot was poor, keeper stops it but we werew lucky to have dowling to knock it in. Needs to get his head up, he done the same a couple of times to beat cork. The managemnt have sorted wayne macs stupid runs out, they need to tell breen to get his head up.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 695 ✭✭✭zombieHanalei


    I think anyone hoping for changes the next day is going to be disappointed, only change will be O'Grady back in for Ryan. I'd still have concerns about the wing backs but we just have to hope and trust that their improved performances yesterday will enable them to push on and get back to their best.

    Richie McCarthy is some man. I don't think I need to say any more.

    Really happy for Wayne McNamara, still not perfect, but the man's attitude is outstanding, and he works very hard in training and so on. He's been frustrating in the past and his first touch was particularly questionable at first, but there's a reason successive managers kept picking him.

    The Ryan-Browne midfield partnership is the real key to this team at the moment in my opinion, work very well together and cover some amount of ground.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,645 ✭✭✭paddy no 11


    I think anyone hoping for changes the next day is going to be disappointed, only change will be O'Grady back in for Ryan. I'd still have concerns about the wing backs but we just have to hope and trust that their improved performances yesterday will enable them to push on and get back to their best.

    Richie McCarthy is some man. I don't think I need to say any more.

    Really happy for Wayne McNamara, still not perfect, but the man's attitude is outstanding, and he works very hard in training and so on. He's been frustrating in the past and his first touch was particularly questionable at first, but there's a reason successive managers kept picking him.

    The Ryan-Browne midfield partnership is the real key to this team at the moment in my opinion, work very well together and cover some amount of ground.

    Agree with that, and yeah think it will be the same team again, but it will be hannon at 11 surely, with tomas ryan to come in on walter walsh if GOM is getting hosed.


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