Limerick GAA Discussion Part 2

Offaly game is definitely not worth watching. Hopefully Cork match is a bit better

One consideration is the referee. He ruined the game for both sides. I actually thought he was going to give yellows for shoulders

I'm hearing Fitzgerald has a hamstring issue and p casey a groin or hamstring depending on who you talk to. Both out for 6 weeks from time of injury I'm told

it makes sense , i remember the hassle the clare footballers used to have a few years ago in obtaining videos of upcoming teams , one famous coach of tyrone at the time told us that no video of his teams games were going down south

Leave us poor Clare supporters out of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!😀

Not very sharp in front of goals tonight, Cork the opposite, very sharp for the first 20 minutes before Limerick came back into it.

ref assessor will have a lot to report on Stack. Blantant interference and forceful pull on khs helmet is a straight red He is 6 foot 6. What else was he reaching for.

I honestly don't know how some of these lads are left back out on the pitch the following week. The Hayes helmet pull is the kind of textbook red card offense they would show Stack and the other referees time and again before the start of a season you would presume. It's such a straightforward call.

Btw, I'd love to know what Stack gave the yellow card for? There is clearly no yellow card offense in the Hayes helmet pull incident. Serious risk of injury when a player is going past at that speed and an opposition player pulls the face guard like that. Despicable call by the ref.

You can add Tim O Mahony as well. Should have got a second yellow before half time.

home and away deal - last one I can think of is league quarter final played in Páirc ui Rinn in 2017. So must be that.

i dont think cork are very beatable , they have a predictable high octane first 20 or 25 minutes in games that you have to withstand , and even if they go 7 or 8 points up you know you will get a chance to claw it back against them

the most important area of the game is the middle third and for the second part of it they seem to drop off just after half time but they do find a second wind and finish strong which makes them dangerous

limerick are setup to dominate the middle 3rd and with a fast short passing game it opens up so many chances for them ,they could easily hit 50 shots on goal per game come championship which is kinnerks hallmark to be fair , if you are doing that regularly you are going to be fairly hard to beat

Good win last night, sets us up for another crack at them in final if we beat galway. Some good scores last night and another good showing from o Neill and AOC who is a class act and a sweet striker of the ball, we should feed gillane and bull faster and quicker as sometimes our short passing breaks down out the field when we could have just landed it in to them, still unsure about WOD centre back but he was good last night in fairness, munster will be impossible to predict this year and we have a brutal start in clare and cork away so we have to be up to speed straight away or we will be under fierce pressure to qualify

It's gas go over to the cork page they're complaining about him as well, reffing is an extremely difficult job I certainly wouldn't do it it's impossible to get all calls right.

On the match itself I'm happy enough but cork had a way less more regulars than us, that been said though still happy a few of our stalwarts aren't up to full speed yet I'm hoping they can get there , I think Kiely and co are trying to time it to perfection.

Cork obviously a huge threat, lethal forwards etc but they have issues in defence which i feel we can exploit

Agreed its a difficult job and i wouldn't do it either and i don't expect a ref to get everything right,thats impossible at the speed the game is played at.However what i do want is cinsistency and impartiallity which we don't get from Stack.I flagged this before the match last week and unfortunately he proved me right with his lobsided officiating.As for the Cork forwards yes they are decent but i wouldn't swap our 6 for theirs.

Rounds 1–3

Tickets for the first three rounds will be sold exclusively through county boards.

This approach reflects the fact that four of the first six games are being hosted in smaller-capacity venues, while the other two games involve Cork, Limerick and Tipperary, with the first round game between Tipperary and Cork being a repeat of last year's All Ireland Final.

Any unused or returned tickets from county boards will be released for public sale on the Wednesday prior to each game.

Rounds 4–5

Round 4 and Round 5 tickets will go on general public sale on April 8th.

I would image some tickets for the Cork game will come on sale but the Wednesday before the game will leave people waiting. Clubs will be getting a bigger than normal allotment too so I'm sure most who want one will get it.

But don't forget folks there is no mad hype in Cork.