The average Limerick hurling fan

jordainius

Based on what I have heard from people and from a few web forums.

The average Limerick hurling fan...

• Expects success
• Doesn't understand that maybe we don't actually have a strong enough pool of players to be successful.
• Doesn't realise that counties like Kilkenny, Tipperary, Cork, Galway and Waterford might actually have better players than us.
• Holds the players personally responsible for being of limited ability (They should all be carbon copies of Henry Shefflin)
• Is willing to tar every player on the panel with the same brush (drinkers, indisciplibed) regardless of how few are actually a problem.
• Willing to accept as gospel truth any rumour that portrays our panel in a negative light.
• Unwilling to accept any rumours portaying management in a negative light.
• Thinks that they know it all.
• Disregards the hundreds of hours of training and general sacrifice put in by players.
• Fails to see that sometimes things aren't just "black or white" and that sometimes there are grey areas.
• Seems to think that the Tipperary match is a fair representation of how Limerick will play in every match. Unwilling to accept that maybe that match was a freak one off. Fails to realise that horrible individual errors as in the first half of that match was not actually a regular occurence.
• Unwilling to accept many of the players concerns last year such as lack of tactical direction and lack of intensity in training- concerns which were aired as early as May.
• Confuses "not willing to play for your manager" with "not willing to play for your county"
• Thinks its okay to regularly insult and mock the players.
• Expects 100% professionalism for players despite the fact they are amatuers.
• Thinks little of players rights.
• Doesn't realise that the players are just normal people like the rest of us with jobs and families and friends.
• Talks of how it is an honour to play for your county when they don't have the slightest idea the sacrifices required to do so.
• And most importantly- bases most of their strong views and opinions on rumour and innuendo, rather than through fact. Feels entitled to have opinions on things that they don't really know anything about without any concrete evidence to back their claims.

existential

Sounds like a load of crap.

Limerick hurling fans usually come out in great numbers to support the county team, and lets be honest have seen more bad days than good ones.

The current episode is sickening really. I'm a fence sitter on the players v management standoff and I think both sides have let themselves down really. The biggest loser however is the loyal Limerick hurling fan who has to see their team beaten heavily by everyone at the moment.

I wish good luck to the young lads putting on the jersey but we need our experienced senior players back and hopefully they will come back soon.

popebenny16

jordainius wrote: »

Based on what I have heard from people and from a few web forums.


The average Limerick hurling fan...

• Expects success
• Doesn't understand that maybe we don't actually have a strong enough pool of players to be successful.
• Doesn't realise that counties like Kilkenny, Tipperary, Cork, Galway and Waterford might actually have better players than us.
• Holds the players personally responsible for being of limited ability (They should all be carbon copies of Henry Shefflin)
• Is willing to tar every player on the panel with the same brush (drinkers, indisciplibed) regardless of how few are actually a problem.
• Willing to accept as gospel truth any rumour that portrays our panel in a negative light.
• Unwilling to accept any rumours portaying management in a negative light.
• Thinks that they know it all.
• Disregards the hundreds of hours of training and general sacrifice put in by players.
• Fails to see that sometimes things aren't just "black or white" and that sometimes there are grey areas.
• Seems to think that the Tipperary match is a fair representation of how Limerick will play in every match. Unwilling to accept that maybe that match was a freak one off. Fails to realise that horrible individual errors as in the first half of that match was not actually a regular occurence.
• Unwilling to accept many of the players concerns last year such as lack of tactical direction and lack of intensity in training- concerns which were aired as early as May.
• Confuses "not willing to play for your manager" with "not willing to play for your county"
• Thinks its okay to regularly insult and mock the players.
• Expects 100% professionalism for players despite the fact they are amatuers.
• Thinks little of players rights.
• Doesn't realise that the players are just normal people like the rest of us with jobs and families and friends.
• Talks of how it is an honour to play for your county when they don't have the slightest idea the sacrifices required to do so.
• And most importantly- bases most of their strong views and opinions on rumour and innuendo, rather than through fact. Feels entitled to have opinions on things that they don't really know anything about without any concrete evidence to back their claims.

yes, but whose side are you on.

thats all we care about

blackbelt

popebenny16 wrote: »

yes, but whose side are you on.

thats all we care about

Based on the emphasis on the players,I reckon he would side with the players.

Dave_

Replace the word Limerick with "most GAA fans of any county" for the general areas you've mentioned and you probably have a point.

Have you ever listened to a Kerry football fan when they're going through a bad patch?

jordainius

popebenny16 wrote: »

yes, but whose side are you on.

I don't take sides. Why should anyone be on a side? I just think people should lay off players to be honest that's all! A lot of things get said which are either grossly exaggerated or just downright lies, no harm for somebody to stick up for them once in a while!

My side is Limerick hurling.

popebenny16 wrote: »

thats all we care about

I can safely say that nobody could care less!:p

Maybe my original post was probably over the top but I think its fair to say that people tend to lose the run of themselves when it comes to their feelings on players.

ShamoBuc

jordainius wrote: »

Maybe my original post was probably over the top but I think its fair to say that people tend to lose the run of themselves when it comes to their feelings on players.

I don't! My feelings on players are whatever my opinions are on them, plain and simple. I don't lose the run of myself , many other people don't either, they call it as they see it.

Seanie118

I dunno what kinda supporter you are describing there, and i would imagine if there are people in that category, they are the ones to turn up for finals :mad:
the average limerick hurling fan knows well enough to know our capabilities.
but at the moment we dont stand a chance

flutered

limerick are the best supported team in the country, just look at the support they always had, we had expectations, we had hopes dreams possibly, fine days, wet days, a lot of bad days, the occasional day in the sun, we payed our money took our chances which were mostly slim, now we seem to be used as pawns in the current game of chess, the players asking why did the clubs back the management in this fiasco, did we not see what happened against cork and tipp in the league, yes we did, the management asking did we not see what happened in croke park last august yes we did, which was the worst, for me croke park, some of our team were opening supermarkets, petrol stations etc, the heads of some were so big that one would have to send to texas of hats big enough to fit them, kilkenny on the other hand were over the border in wexford training in gorey, i will say no more.

ShamoBuc

flutered wrote: »

limerick are the best supported team in the country .

Just my opinion, but you are wrong, so very wrong.

flutered

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Just my opinion, but you are wrong, so very wrong.

considering what they have won in the past 20 years they have, every year look at the number of supporters that arrive at their munster championship games, this is what i mean, no all ireland, how long is it since they won a munster final, they have followed them through bad days, worse days, also the odd horrible day, then the players say they must appoint the coach.

ShamoBuc

Alot of counties don't win All Irelands... just ask a Waterford supporter!.... and yet they turn up in their thousands year after year! Does that mean they are the best supporters in Ireland? Mayo fans have endured alot of bad days in Croke park and yet every time they get there they outnumber the other county, does that make them the best fans in Ireland? I could go through the list of counties both from a provincial perspective and All Ireland one, but I'm sure you get my point.
Every county has fantastic fans, I'm not sure how you can be so confident Limericks are the best?