Limerick GAA Discussion Part 2

I'd be happy enough with the performance. Great intensity and workrate but plenty of room to improve as well.

Lynch was excellent, the amount of dirty ball he won was outstanding. The jury's probably out on Hayes at 11 as to whether its where he's most needed, he was very good in the first half and faded slightly during the second.

English very good at midfield, he's some stylish player, but missed three very scorable chances in the closing stages. The Hawkeye one was questionable. U

Hegarty did OK but has more gears that he'll need to use. Morrissey's radar was off.

Reidy worked OK at 15 but good to see Casey showing some nice touches when he came on, and he's a better option for that position.

Byrnes a mixed bag, 2 bad errors led to Tipp points in the first half. Some good long range scores and a couple missed as well.

The few minutes before half time were unfortunate. Connolly landed three massive frees, all of which were unlucky to concede. English blown for a couple of tackles that were no different from many others that were let go. Limerick got a couple of lucky decisions also.

Nash was excellent in defence.

Jake Morris tipps best player. Drifted all over the field and caused trouble.

Funny to see the Dome packed full of Limerick and Tipp fans all loudly cheering Clare on beforehand.....

Muppet

Hardly surprising

Was crazy in the dome beforehand, shouts of up the banner and all… I mean we all want Cork to lose but to be roaring and shouting for Clare was a strange one.

Hayes looing class early on and can play anywhere but we Hannon already out I think taking another all star out of half back line was not a good idea. DOD on the bench and got no time at all odd too. Was worried leaving there but we've never won there in round robin.

Very strange a bit like the AI semi final i thought the changes that came were too late,and could have been 1 or2 more

Ironically I think the draw rather than a win may have been a better result in long term. Had Tipp lost they would most likely been out of the championship if they lost to Cork. Now if they lose to Cork they will still go to Ennis needing a win and have the potential to turn Clare over. Also the draw focuses the mind for Limerick going to Waterford and there should be no risk of complacency setting in. Overall I think JK will be happy enough. The hunger is still there, no injuries and a few of the new starters SOB, AEnglish and B Murphy were solid. Lack of pace in the H/B line is still a problem. WOD is missed at midfield and Kyle is better as a wing back than a centre forward. I'd expect some changes to that middle diamond for the Waterford match. Could DOD come back in releasing Cian to Centre forward. Also I don't ever remember JK only using 2 subs. Not sure if he felt the games was too close to risk throwing in inexperience players.

The KH to 11 and WOD to 6 makes little sense to me. What exactly was gained from the league? I would have thought JK was using that to work on new structures and KH looked a nailed on starter at 6 and a player to build around - good for those around him to understand any changes they need to make to their game to work as a cohesive unit - I can only presume they have trained a lot with this formation? If he shifts back to 6 the next day then it will start to be a bit of a worry. And how fit can Nickie Quaid be? I hope the knee is 100% and he's not risking things but maybe the initial injury wasn't as bad as everyone believed. I thought Shane Dowling looked good enough during the league to start but seems management think NQ in his current state of health is a better option. Impossible to really judge after 1 game so we'll sit tight and let those that have won a bunch of All-Irelands do their thing!

you’ve got to be disciplined with the standard of free takers now at all grades. Jersey pulls, pulls on arms of players going nowhere are punished. Last free before half time 3 limerick lads against one Cork lad over by sideline - hold him up, force him to play the ball under pressure but don’t grab his arm and swing him round - result free and point. At the same time limerick weren’t getting many frees as the overall free count showed.

Ya I know but he was still one of our most effective threats going forward.