Limerick GAA Discussion Part 2

just watched an excellent video of the limerick supporters welcoming home the hurlers at colbert station , a fantastic touch in fairness

i am no good at posting links up at the best of times so i will leave it to some one else , it was excellent to see in fairness , the players were still despondent but great show of support ,

and personally i see it as a blip rather then a regular fixture , a small fix like maybe dropping cathal o neill back into the half back line next year could have a huge say in things

not sure it was a blip when its the same team and you concede a lot same way. I could see high up in the davin byrnes. Hannon struggling and mike casey struggled with the high ones down the middle. The breaking ball was mopped up and put over the bar.

Both Casey and Finn have had a tough time with injuries and no Nash up against a rapid Cork forward line was always gonna mean it had to be a game of putting up a huge score to beat them.

Thought Cork were that little bit hungrier than Limerick yesterday and it was just enough to get over the Line , lot of miles on Limericks legs , even the cork supporters were more ravenous than Limericks who have become spoilt over the past 6 years.

Hopefully Cork will go win the All Ireland dont end up like Kilkenny who beat us in 2019 semi and then lost after doing the hard work to the well beaten Munster finalists Tipperary which would be Clare this year .

gas the way everyone assuming this is the end of Limerick… limerick are almost certain to make an all ireland semi final again next year… and will be in with a serious shout

im afraid to say but Declan Hannon really struggled against the pace of that barrett chap yest…. declan has been fantastic to watch since he came on the scene in 2011…. and has had a good year this year.. but he is 33 this year i think? would limerick be better to put kyle hayes at 6 next year.. maybe cathal neill to 7 an darragh donovan midfield??

Limerick's attack could be a match for anyone in the next few seasons but its unavoidable that change is coming in defence. The midfield options of O Donovan and O Donoghue are 30+ next season also

There hasn't been anyone to go past what has been there since 2018. Fergal O'Connor is the only panelist close to it but when push came to shove he wasn't brought on yesterday.

Another thing to note is that Limerick have only 1 player as a starter aged 23 and 26 and 1 other on the panel.

There is the change in the minor/under 20 to consider as it affects the players at 23-26 years old but even still its unprecedented for Limerick to have such a void between 23-25.

I'm not sure if anyone aged 23-25 in Limerick has started a championship game.

Kerry came back after the 5 in a row attempt, so too did Kilkenny but there is so much miles on the clock between 1-8 that they need to make major changes to go again.

that will be some game for sure and LKimerick are not finished… nowhere near it… hunger and desire will return and next year will see a refreshed limerick…

I think whether Clare or Cork win, unless it's a really 1-sided affair they're not going into next year as some kind of "benchmark" the way Limerick have been. Probably Limerick still the team to beat.

It's good for hurling, we're hopefully seeing the seeds of a competitive 2025 season again. Leinster is a bit of a disaster though.

I'd say ur confusing it with the no of Tipp tipp tipp supporters that showed up in Limerick this year for the round robin game.And u winder why the whole country hate ye.

well who are team to beat ?

clare and cork have both lost 2 games as have limerick.

Beaten by Clare when we were already qualified.

Who else beat us ?

just clare.

2018. Beat tipp. Draw cork. Beat waterford. Lost clare. Best carlow kk cork and galway.

Noticed two young limerick lads really leave themselves down yesterday, right outside the entrance to the Hogan two 20's supporters obviously drunk were shouting after a steward asking for directions for the Hogan stand… They were calling him "foreign steward". Thankfully an older gentleman told them to shut up.