Limerick GAA Discussion Part 2

Last year after he was wrongly vilified for getting the line against Clare he stuck a fantastic goal against them in the Munster final.

And after being pretty quiet in the AI semi stuck an even better goal in the final.

So fingers crossed for Saturday.

That's gonna cause war. I don't blame the ref at all for not seeing it on the day (no one in the stadium seemed to) but it was fairly obvious on TV.

Someone from Waterford made a good point though which is that it will probably suit Waterford to see Clare lose so Limerick are better off full strength.

Considering the options open to Kiely and that this is not exactly an isolated incident do you not think it is a strong possibility that Kiely benches him as a form of punishment or do you think Kiely is more likely to back him unconditionally and circle the wagons, us against the world type thing.

Its a tough one for Kiely, Id be inclined to do the latter as it has a danger of getting out of hand if there are no repercusions but I could also see the benefit of the Loughnane us against the world approach as well.

I don't think he is likely to bench a player that isn't a consistent discipline problem. And if he did he would probably not admit that's why.

I didn't think that was 3. Thats worse than I thought alright I could only think of the 1

I think that's right and I think if Hayes or O'Donoghue get 2 yellows in a game they'll get a ban due to already serving one.

The CCC are looking into it and he still might be banned for a couple of games.

Its easy enough in fairness. Just have 2 teams ready.

If the managers are to believed they don't pick the team till after training on Friday night.

Its pathetic really all the whinging about Limerick players been physical , the media and anti limerick brigade seem to be hell bent on getting Limerick to play a match with ten men so someone can beat them . To be fair to Kilkenny no whinging out of them after the league final .

Hard to understand. It's Wednesday night now, game is on Saturday. Surely they could have convened on Monday night even via zoom-call and made a decision either way. I believe the referee writes his match report before leaving his dressing room after the game (so as to avoid outside influence) so he could have submitted it straight away via email etc. In "bygone" days a committee had to "wait" for refs report to arrive by mail, but then again there was probably 3/4 weeks between games. Anyone know the make-up of the CCCC,? Are they the same people for all decisions and do members have to excuse themselves in certain situations? Not much point of having a fella from Limerick and another from Clare deciding if Flanagan should be suspended or not.!!

CCCC are a 5 person committee appointed by Gaa president and serve a three year term running alongside the president's term.

Current members are: Derek Kent (Leinster Council chairman), Martin McHugh (Former donegal footballer), John Halbert (former Cork hurler), Mary Judge (Galway County Board) and Seamus Kenny (former Meath footballer and Croke Park administrator)

Yep they are mainly given these jobs due to their administrative backgrounds at county/provincial level rather than any high level playing experience. Most of the Cccc functions are administrative, setting fixtures etc. But they also have this role of adjucating on refereeing calls/suspensions. Not sure if they have access to advice from serving refs as part of the process.

You only hear from the whingers!

The Kilkenny guys know the story. They ve lived through vexatious allegations against their style of play. It's typical Ireland. We did the same to the Aussies in the Compromise rules. We are desperate whingers.