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Limerick GAA Discussion Part 2

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    #242
    billyhead
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    PhuckHugh wrote: »
    What has he to do with fitness? Is that not Joe O'Connor?

    The heads up and running/hitting the ball into space hurling is Kinnerk.

    Ooh sorry. I thought he was involved and brought in for his fitness expertise.


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    #243
    Walter.White
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    billyhead wrote: »
    Ooh sorry. I thought he was involved and brought in for his fitness expertise.

    No man Phuckhugh is right, Kinnerk is the coach and Joe O'Connor is doing strength and conditioning. Both are doing an excellent job.


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    #244
    RayVaughan1984
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    danganabu wrote: »
    Not sure what you are basing any of that on to be perfectly honest.

    Cork/limerick will be 50/50, you say Gillane will have a field day, we'll Kingston and Horgan will be falling over each other tp see who gets to play on Hickey!

    Clare v Tipp in thurles will be a cracker but Clare havent won a championship game of note outside on Ennis in 5 years, If Tipp have the same attitude and application that they showed in the 2nd half yesterday Clare wont live with them.

    I'm basing it on the fact that Limerick went down to Galway and won in this years league in what was the most pivotal game of the league.Yes,it's only the league but this team is excellent and even with Gillane off they outplayed Cork.Cork wont challenge for an AI I dont think
    ,its all very well and good performing well in the early stages of the championship as Cork tend to do every single year only to tail off when it gets to the crunch.Fitzgibbon and Coleman are very good players as is Horgan but the consistency isnt really there.


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    #245
    Amprodude
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    RayVaughan1984 wrote: »
    I'm basing it on the fact that Limerick went down to Galway and won in this years league in what was the most pivotal game of the league.Yes,it's only the league but this team is excellent and even with Gillane off they outplayed Cork.Cork wont challenge for an AI I dont think
    ,its all very well and good performing well in the early stages of the championship as Cork tend to do every single year only to tail off when it gets to the crunch.Fitzgibbon and Coleman are very good players as is Horgan but the consistency isnt really there.

    Funny you say that about Cork. They may be struggling in the latter stages of championship but Limerick have had great teams that failed in the latter stages of championship too. 2013 comes to mind.


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    #246
    RayVaughan1984
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    Amprodude wrote: »
    Funny you say that about Cork. They may be struggling in the latter stages of championship but Limerick have had great teams that failed in the latter stages of championship too. 2013 comes to mind.
    Yes but look at the maturity Limerick are showing here.They dont panic.Any other team would have fallen apart the other night and retreated.And this game was away in Cork.Seriously character building I would imagine


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    #247
    RayVaughan1984
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    Amprodude wrote: »
    Funny you say that about Cork. They may be struggling in the latter stages of championship but Limerick have had great teams that failed in the latter stages of championship too. 2013 comes to mind.
    Not sure that was a great Limerick team either.Decent perhaps but didn't enthral as much as this one or have as much depth.


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    #248
    billyhead
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    Hannon is fit for Sunday. Is Gillane suspended for 1 or 2 Games? Hopefully Waterford will find it hard mentally to get over last Sunday and it will play into our Hands:)


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    #249
    letsseehere14
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    billyhead wrote:
    Hannon is fit for Sunday. Is Gillane suspended for 1 or 2 Games? Hopefully Waterford will find it hard mentally to get over last Sunday and it will play into our Hands

    Straight red is a 1 match ban I believe so back for Clare game. Moran for Waterford only got 1 game and is back for them Sunday.


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    #250
    billyhead
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    letsseehere14 wrote: »
    Straight red is a 1 match ban I believe so back for Clare game. Moran for Waterford only got 1 game and is back for them Sunday.

    Hopefully we wont need him by then. John Kiely may rest him for the Clare game aswell to save him for the Final if we win on Sunday just in case he picks up an injury. Peter Casey could slot in for him.


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    Hurling Rankings
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    #252
    slegs
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    Hurling Rankings wrote: »
    Steady on! If we win on Sunday we might still need to beat Clare to reach the Munster final.

    Only on points difference with Cork?


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    #254
    slegs
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    I think this is THE test for this Limerick team. We really need to win this or things could go south very quickly


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    #255
    letsseehere14
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    Really expect a good win on Sunday and a solid performance to boot.
    Been a great year so far with 1B promotion, beating Tipp, 2 shots at a Munster final now as well. We have been nice and consistent, havnt set the world alight but really solid.
    Support and buzz Id definitely up in the county too so a big crowd should show up.

    We're better than Cork this year, showed that the second half down a man and I think Tipp made Waterford look much better than they are, gave them a huge early lead from unforced errors.
    I think if we can start out strongly and match Waterford effort the rest will fall in to place. I would rather we get the job done Sunday than having to go to Ennis needing a result.
    Only concern is that we seem to hit an awful amount of bad wides in the Gaelic Grounds!


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    #256
    RayVaughan1984
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    Limerick by 4


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    #257
    pajoguy
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    letsseehere14 wrote: »
    Really expect a good win on Sunday and a solid performance to boot.
    Been a great year so far with 1B promotion, beating Tipp, 2 shots at a Munster final now as well. We have been nice and consistent, havnt set the world alight but really solid.
    Support and buzz Id definitely up in the county too so a big crowd should show up.

    We're better than Cork this year, showed that the second half down a man and I think Tipp made Waterford look much better than they are, gave them a huge early lead from unforced errors.
    I think if we can start out strongly and match Waterford effort the rest will fall in to place. I would rather we get the job done Sunday than having to go to Ennis needing a result.
    Only concern is that we seem to hit an awful amount of bad wides in the Gaelic Grounds!

    We have hit them everywhere apart from last Saturday night. Any idea what the wide count was. All I know is I didnt curse as much as usual!!!!!


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    #258
    letsseehere14
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    pajoguy wrote: »
    We have hit them everywhere apart from last Saturday night. Any idea what the wide count was. All I know is I didnt curse as much as usual!!!!!

    I dont actually but it was visibly better than previous matches. I actually always struggle to find post match statistics for games so if anyone has a good website I'd love to see it.


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    #259
    Browney7
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    Very assured performance today. The second goal was a real sucker punch for Waterford. Our midfield and half forward line worked very hard and had too much energy for the Waterford half backs.

    Hegarty took the goal brilliantly - great passage of play to create the chance.

    Second half was a real containment exercise and just seeing out the game without trying to give Waterford a sniff when they started to go direct. The goal we conceded was poor and a pure lapse of concentration. Thought Tom Devine was the only Waterford forward to cover himself in glory today but I still think Casey did well.

    Dowling was great from the frees and was very strong on the ball. Flanagan followed up his game in cork with another strong performance. He seems to always take the right option - laying it off or taking the shot.

    Cian lynch was my man of the match today. When the game wasn't won in the first half he was at the heart of most of the things we did right - laying off ball, running at waterford, getting onto loose ball and picking up some scores. Cliché I know but he is reminiscent of Carey with his runs through the centre.

    Reckon we should be able to beat Clare by 2 or three down in Ennis but that'll be a right good battle.


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    #260
    paddy no 11
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    Lynch is just brilliant and DOD works great beside him

    Kiely will pick the same 15, unfortunately for gillane

    Subs not much impression again but match was a non event when some came on.

    Did all 3 of our full back line go for the same ball for their goal


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    #261
    Mucky_Tackies
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    Hope Lynch took only a slight cork or something, looked to be hobbling a bit. Him against Kelly will be worth the admission alone next weekend.


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    #262
    angeleyes
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    Was there an award for Man of the Match today and if so, who got it?


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    #263
    RayVaughan1984
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    As a Tippman more than happy to row in behind what is a very exciting Limerick team.Having been in Pearse Stadium to witness the League win.This is no surprise.Keep up the great work and get behind this team.There is an All Ireland there and ye can do it this year.
    Great to see Dowling back also.Limerick are playing an intelligent blend of hurling that Clare are going to find difficult to match.I can see ye beating Clare 4 or 5 points.Clare were left in that game yesterday when they should have been buried.


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    #264
    KevIRL
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    Very well done yesterday folks, blew us off the park in every area of the pitch, was men against boys stuff during that first half especially. This Limerick outfit is a serious side, could be a very long summer for ye, all the best in it.


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    #265
    treklane
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    great team win all involved take a bow
    come on limerick all the way
    great win


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    #267
    letsseehere14
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    Definitely won't be the end of the world. And I don't think we will win. Hopefully wrong.
    In many ways finishing 3rd and building towards a semi final in a more metered way might be better than winning Munster and having a 4 week break.
    Clare are decent especially at home but no world beaters. All being fair I still rate them 5th in Munster. Since the Cork game everything has gone their way. They had by far the best schedule. Lost to Cork by 6 in what I saw as a fair result. At home to Waterford they were losing to a team without 2 of their most influential players and it took 4 more injuries and a red before they took over. I think Waterford we're winning until then.
    They had the perfect lead up to Tipp. 2 weeks prep against a team going the 4th time in 21 days. Despite Marty Morrisseys skin curling commentary, Tipp were the better side. They faded similar to how Cork did against us. The schedule won that game for Clare.
    We're a better side than them but I do fear we will struggle to put them away Sunday. Ennis is a hard place to win and they'll be much fresher. We're a young side so could have more energy than Tipp did in the last 10 minutes. We can get the result we need but I wouldn't be surprised if we don't and I dont think it'll be the end if the world either.


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    #268
    mickmackey1
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    letsseehere14 wrote: »
    Definitely won't be the end of the world. And I don't think we will win. Hopefully wrong.
    In many ways finishing 3rd and building towards a semi final in a more metered way might be better than winning Munster and having a 4 week break.
    Clare are decent especially at home but no world beaters. All being fair I still rate them 5th in Munster. Since the Cork game everything has gone their way. They had by far the best schedule. Lost to Cork by 6 in what I saw as a fair result. At home to Waterford they were losing to a team without 2 of their most influential players and it took 4 more injuries and a red before they took over. I think Waterford we're winning until then.
    They had the perfect lead up to Tipp. 2 weeks prep against a team going the 4th time in 21 days. Despite Marty Morrisseys skin curling commentary, Tipp were the better side. They faded similar to how Cork did against us. The schedule won that game for Clare.
    We're a better side than them but I do fear we will struggle to put them away Sunday. Ennis is a hard place to win and they'll be much fresher. We're a young side so could have more energy than Tipp did in the last 10 minutes. We can get the result we need but I wouldn't be surprised if we don't and I dont think it'll be the end if the world either.


    Not sure I understand that, you seem to be saying Clare are poor but will still have too much for us... I actually think Clare are better than their performances to date, and this is a very useful test for us. I also prefer to keep going through the front door as there's nothing like a winning streak to build up confidence. We need to be beating Clare, even in the Cusack den, if we have serious intentions of downing Galway.


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    #269
    Mucky_Tackies
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    Agree with most of what you've written but not certain on the above point. Cork may have been feeling some fatigue after 3 on the trot. But thats where things stopped in our favour. We lost our captain within 10 mins. We were down to 14 after 25 mins. And this on a ground that has never given us any bit of favour. It's a bit of disservice to say that performance was due to things going in our favour. They fought like dogs and earned every bit of that draw

    Win, lose or (whod bet against it) draw Sunday, this team has strength of character and resilience.


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    #270
    letsseehere14
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    mickmackey1 wrote:
    Not sure I understand that, you seem to be saying Clare are poor but will still have too much for us... I actually think Clare are better than their performances to date, and this is a very useful test for us. I also prefer to keep going through the front door as there's nothing like a winning streak to build up confidence. We need to be beating Clare, even in the Cusack den, if we have serious intentions of downing Galway.


    It simple, the weakest in Munster in my mind. But keep in mind the gap in Munster is not that great. It is possible to have a stronger side and still to lose a game. I think Limerick are a stronger side but I feel circumstances will mean that Clare will nick it (our 3rd game straight, home advantage). And although it will mean missing out on a Munster final. The way the set up is this year that may not be a bad thing. It will also quell too much hype.


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    #271
    RayVaughan1984
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    letsseehere14 wrote: »
    It simple, the weakest in Munster in my mind. But keep in mind the gap in Munster is not that great. It is possible to have a stronger side and still to lose a game. I think Limerick are a stronger side but I feel circumstances will mean that Clare will nick it (our 3rd game straight, home advantage). And although it will mean missing out on a Munster final. The way the set up is this year that may not be a bad thing. It will also quell too much hype.

    Yea,very fair comment. Clare weren't very good last Sunday.Tipp should have had them buried in the first half.I'd expect Limerick to be more ruthless.Not much to separate the sides alright but Limerick to win by 5 or 6.


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