Limerick GAA Discussion Part 2

realdanbreen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122074214#Comment_122074214

Didn't see it clearly myself but the girl beside me did and I knew by the way she reacted and held her hands to her face that it was very bad. Hopefully he makes a full recovery.

High bike

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122076124#Comment_122076124

100% correct the last thing anyone wants to see,a serious loss for the rest of the year just when he seemed to be catching fire.Next year is a new year and hopefully he back firing again,its up to the rest of the panel to to drive on and do it for him

pajoguy

It was such a strange situation with the elation of the crowd seeing the net ripple and then the almost choreographed aaahhh from the crowd when they saw his ankle twisted out of position.

The game afterwards was very much secondary in a lot of peoples thoughts including the players for much of it.

Please god he makes a full recovery and gets back to some sort of action next year.

biglad40

anyone in the north stand yesterday. It was a joke. You couldn’t see the rows and the paint was washed off the steps. And the moss and sludge on the concrete. Surely they could have got it power washed for the new season. Also I felt tipp were massively outnumbered yesterday. 1O to 1

rjoe90

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122075489#Comment_122075489

Agreed, don’t believe there was any malice to it. Very tough on Peter though, hopefully we will see him back to his best for next years Munster championship.

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122076671#Comment_122076671

Very very poor Tipp crowd especially considering how easy it is to get to Limerick from Tipp.

The massively overinflated Cahill bubble seems well burst.

Dannymole22

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122076671#Comment_122076671

City End wasn't much better. Ground was filthy

Very poor crowd from Tipp from what I could see too. Clare end terrace looked to be half and half Lim/Tipp too

slegs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122068307#Comment_122068307

Just some info from experience and future trips. I travel from Kildare and go via Birdhill to Parteen via O'Briens Bridge to Limerick IT. Great parking in Limerick IT and only 5 mins walk to open stand. Takes a little while to get out after but when you do you get back to Birdhill in 25 mins. Quickest way I have found to get to GG.

slegs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122066439#Comment_122066439

…. and their money easily parted

crusd

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122075489#Comment_122075489

It was an honest attempt at a block, but, in general in Hurling you see the player who throws himself into everything without thought to safety as being virtue, shows his passion. There is an argument that when you launch into a tackle with no control or regards for personal safety, that you are putting yourself and others at unnecessary risk. There's a difference between controlled fair aggression and reckless abandon, even when there is zero intention

shocs07

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122077554#Comment_122077554

Mark who..😂😂😂

Glenomra

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122077516#Comment_122077516

Whist will you!!!!!. As an East Clareman who regularly attends games in the Gaelic Grounds and can be in an out in 'a jiffy', please do not divulge our State Secret.

Vinnie222

Hopefully its the last time we see Dowling over any Limerick side

shocs07

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122091647#Comment_122091647

To be fair, if they can't score from play in the opening half they can't be great. Certainly wouldn't be blaming Shane Dowling for that

Seadin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122091730#Comment_122091730

I would blame him. He knows it all. He can't keep his mouth closed when on TV. Badly needs a reality check.

Iecrawfc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122091730#Comment_122091730

Think they went 3 halves without scoring in their earlier games, by far bottom of the pile in Munster, is it the talent or the manager/coaching/tactics? Hard to say until they get to u20 and on, Clare minors were hammered 40 points at minor level but were very competitive at u20...can happen young lads...still it's a wakeup call for the underage, no wins this year at all, bottom in hurling and football in both age groups...

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122091971#Comment_122091971

I too hate it when pundits talk, especially when they are telling you what they think about the match.

dilinja1

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Knockdromin

Dowling still only 30 and no significant coaching experience was a terrible appointment by county board. They’ve been patting themselves on the back for the last ten years now telling each other how the Limerick academy is the envy of the other counties on on account of bringing through one generation of top class players.

Record since 2017 at underage is poor. Only the 2022 under 20 team came close to winning an All Ireland. Couple of Munster minor titles 2019/20 but those teams were annihilated by KK/Gal in their respective semi finals. 2018 minors also destroyed by KK/Gal in all Ireland qualifier group.

Six years on from the 2018 breakthrough our team is still 2018 panel plus O’Neill, O’Dálaigh & English. There may have been a few others who got a few minutes here and there and a handful of league appearances but in terms of players who are ready to start championship games one player every two years since 2018 is a very poor return of this lauded academy.

Troubled times ahead once the 2015/17 under 21 cohort start retiring.

The dogs on the street knew Dowling wasn’t ready. On the one hand you’d like to think he would have known that himself and turned it down opting instead to work his way up, work as a selector for a few years, learn the ropes and in 3/4 years time put himself forward for the manager roles. On the other hand he had the balls to accept it and backed himself.

The county board should never have offered him that role. What happened to the policy of turning to the coaches who brought them through the u14/15/16 development squads when vacancies arose? County board complacency is catching up with them, 0 from 3 for both our minor and under 20 teams is what we have to show for it.

Our academy was initially a great success, but if you just stand still you’ll eventually get caught and ultimately left behind.

High bike

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122093244#Comment_122093244

Excellent post and 100% true.The present team were a once off bunch combined with an excellent management structure but they can't go on forever.If we don't get our act together and fast we'll be left behind very quickly again.

rjoe90

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122091730#Comment_122091730

Generally would agree with this point but this same team won the under 16s all Ireland last year..

rjoe90

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122093244#Comment_122093244

This current team still has 4/5 years left in them, I am sure we will have produced a few players by then who are ready to step in with the likes of fergal O Connor, o neill, o dalaigh, English etc.

shocs07

If you look at the team & bench for the current senior panel, you have ODalaigh, Coughlan, OConnor * 2, English and ONeill. All off the same u20 team. Not bad for an injection of youth. There's also Shane O'Brien from that team.

I accept that results underage could be better but did the u15s not win the All Ireland or the equivalent last year?

Iecrawfc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122093548#Comment_122093548

Winning those titles are absolutely no indication of the talent you have, thay are glorified blitzes, one of the issues this year has been the reliance on the same team that won u16 last year, at that age you would expect a turnover of talent but they seemed to rely on the same 20 since last year. We need to be following other counties in playing 2 equal teams up along and giving as many young lads exposure as possible, also forget about ASR(the minor coach was from there) the schools that should be helped to get up to Harty standard are Castletroy, Doon, Hospital.

rjoe90

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122093741#Comment_122093741

Why would you expect a turnover of players on a team who won the under 16 all Ireland the following year at under 17s?

Rosita

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122093741#Comment_122093741

Very difficult to do much with school teams unless you have to ability to pick from far and wide like the successful school teams does. The average country school is going to be limited to the few local parishes it picks from.

PeggyShippen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122094292#Comment_122094292

That's true but Castletroy should be alot better. Ard Scoil ris is only 50% a Limerick school so there really needs to be a push on Castletroy and surely there's one more city school that could be helped.

Doon do a good job really with limited numbers. Any chance for a school in the west doing something

rjoe90

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122094470#Comment_122094470

A lot of club players in Castletroy colleges catchment go into Ard Scoil which a big problem.

coffey87

This minor team won U15 and U16 and now all of a sudden they are the poorest team in Munster. While they might not be significant competitions, that is a huge drop off in a year. I think there was a management change for U17, which must have something to do with it

rjoe90

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122094508#Comment_122094508

Yes, there clearly must be good players in that age group. Who was their manager when they won the under 15/16 all Ireland?