Limerick GAA Discussion Part 2

I don't mind the time played at the very end of extra time but the free against Casey was very harsh. Owens of course thinks his job is about producing drama.

Did you think Casey himself was fouled or that he didn't overcarry? Would have been an incredibly soft free to give Casey at that stage particularly in light of how the game had been refereed up to that point and I felt that he did overcarry.

Both teams felt like they were hard done by by the referee on the day which seems to be the norm in hurling these days!

The game was technically a draw. Swear they beat us convincingly.

Lads, I still think Limerick have the highest ceiling by far of any contender. Limerick have dished out hammerings to every other big hurling county over the last few years in the championship, yet your only defeats have been incredibly tight games decided by the finest of margins.

If Limerick play to their maximum the truth of the matter is that no other county can live with them. I still make them favourites. With all their titles in recent years I though that hunger and motivation could be the only area where they are lacking at times, but the video of the Cork sing-song might help them in that regard. Sometimes a team needs a bit of bitterness to reignite the flame. For example, many said they weren't top dog anymore and it was the end of the era before they went out and destroyed Cork the last day. It's funny how the mind works.

All that being said I believe that the Kilkenny semi-final will be a tougher game than the final for Limerick. Kilkenny are very consistent and will never drop below a 7 out of 10 performance. Limerick may be looking towards Cork in the final and if their mentality isn't right, and if they don't give Kilkenny full respect and attention it could be a tough day at the office, and another very tight one decided by the smallest of margins.

it was….the scoreboard clock was on 5 mins for a while then reset back to 4:10 ish when play started again

watched it back this morning…he over carried, went looknig for the free….O'Neil and Flanaghan were outside him on the left free looking for the ball. Game was there for us and we threw it away.

I have no problem with them celebrating of course they are entitled to it its the songs and the chanting im talking about

As alot suspected limerick werent as good and cork as bad as the round robin game.Very frustrating game all up, the referee tried to let it flow but left too much go and it descended into alot of pulling and dragging, combined with the misses and mistakes both sides were guilty of, it made for a close, tense but far from classic game. O'Donovan will have nightmares about his miss in normal time, after a good first half Limerick never got going in the 2nd and could never get into a flow, after each point back they'd have a miss which deflated things. On the plus side the frustration should drive them on and make them hyper focussed to do better if/when they get to Croker, alot of talk of being very hard to beat the same team 3 times in 1 season and they done the record munster wins last year so this one was a 'nice to win'. Lots to play for yet, Cork chanting with their manager in the picture telling limerick to f*ck off home will hopefully come back to bite them, hard to be good winners when you've no practice at it for 20 years!

Saw that video on line with all limerick won they never did that carry one to another county no wonder there hated all over ireland but they'll win no all ireland now that'd for sure.

This is ludicrous. There's absolutely nothing in that video.. Harmless craic amongst teammates having a few drinks celebrating a hard fought win.

The bit of needle between management teams at half time aside, and considering the amount of hard hitting and some on the edge tackling, I don't remember a single dirty stroke or any real handbags or messing between the players on the field the last few times they've played.