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Not the best news from a Limerick point of view this week to hear of the re appointment of Liam Sheedy as Tipp Manager . He guided Tipp to glory in 2010 and will get the most out of that Tipp team next year and i am sure Tipp will be chomping at the bit to get going with the success of their under 21 s aswell . There will be some skin and hair flying to get out of munster next year never mind go on a long run in the All ireland Series , hope John Kiely and the boys will be ready for him ... WhipOnTheBall (Limerick) - Posts: 138 - 26/09/2018 12:11:20 2143912 Link
Replying To blackspot91: "couldnt agree more, I was just thinking how Burke and lynch will get all stars even though dod was more effective than both of them. He never makes mistakes, always does the right thing, never panics. Is a great ball winner, the absolute glue of this limerick team. And it's not like hes some limited workhorse, hes got some magnificent scores from play and sidelines." Two points: Yes Darragh O'Donovan was outstanding this year but missed most of the league due to injury. Cian Lynch was an absolute power house in the middle third. His strength and speed was outstanding. I remember thinking that Cian Lynch & Tony Kelly would be some mid field paring with Lynch laying ball off to Kelly. I wouldn't swap Kelly for DOD now though!! DOD is more consistent. Re Hurler of the year. Cian in with a great shout. This is voted for by the players. So the players will see the real work and play making done by Cian. Also, as there are two Galway nominees, I feel that it could swing it for Cian as players mighty vote Limerick or Galway???? Seeking_silver (Limerick) - Posts: 411 - 09/10/2018 20:23:27 2145828 Link
Great to see Munster Rugby formally recognising the All Ireland winning Limerick hurling team. Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 11/10/2018 02:12:44 2146020 Link
Interesting to read Declan Hannon's article in the Star today. It was a terrible time for him to go through at 20 years of age. Those so called supporters that put him through that are weak bullies. Not true Limerick supporters. Great to see him finally put that time behind him by lifting Liam McCarthy. brud (Limerick) - Posts: 943 - 11/10/2018 19:33:54 2146117 Link
Replying To brud: "Interesting to read Declan Hannon's article in the Star today. It was a terrible time for him to go through at 20 years of age. Those so called supporters that put him through that are weak bullies. Not true Limerick supporters. Great to see him finally put that time behind him by lifting Liam McCarthy." 100% agree. Most of those bullies were never any good on the field themselves and it is good that Declan highlighted their utterly obnoxious behaviour. Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4350 - 11/10/2018 20:26:01 2146123 Link
Just watched the Limerick Co hurling final. I'm from Wexford with no ties with Limerick, but why Alan Dempsey was dropped from the county panel this year is a mystery. gminor (Wexford) - Posts: 488 - 27/10/2018 21:03:00 2148453 Link
Replying To gminor: "Just watched the Limerick Co hurling final. I'm from Wexford with no ties with Limerick, but why Alan Dempsey was dropped from the county panel this year is a mystery." gminor. I have watched him with years, in fact from his Harty Cup days and what appears mysterious to you seems even more so to me. Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4350 - 27/10/2018 21:44:35 2148454 Link
Replying To Oldtourman: "gminor. I have watched him with years, in fact from his Harty Cup days and what appears mysterious to you seems even more so to me." I hope he gets his chance next year and if we don't win it then I hope ye can do it again. gminor (Wexford) - Posts: 488 - 27/10/2018 22:15:47 2148456 Link
Outstanding performance from Na Piarsaigh , they really have a host of big game players and from many years of watching it reckon they could well be the greatest limerick club hurling team of all time . Patrickswell , South Liberties , Kilmallock , Claughaun have had great times in that 40 years but none as complete as this Na piarsaigh team . I obviously never saw the Treaty sarsfield team of the 60s or the Ahane team of the 30s . 7526 was a great crowd . OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 683 - 28/10/2018 07:38:59 2148467 Link
Which Dempsey got man of the match last night. Both were outstanding. hamstring (Limerick) - Posts: 318 - 28/10/2018 10:00:16 2148472 Link
Replying To hamstring: "Which Dempsey got man of the match last night. Both were outstanding." David Dempsey. fainleog (Limerick) - Posts: 598 - 28/10/2018 13:21:29 2148488 Link
Adrian Breen and Dean Coleman are both worth a look for Limerick in the league in spring. Both performed well in the county final. Thought there would be a larger attendance to what we got after the year we have had. Was expecting 10,000. The standard of the intermediate final was hard to watch. Disappointed the minor final wasn't the curtain raiser. brud (Limerick) - Posts: 943 - 29/10/2018 07:52:49 2148552 Link
Replying To brud: "Adrian Breen and Dean Coleman are both worth a look for Limerick in the league in spring. Both performed well in the county final. Thought there would be a larger attendance to what we got after the year we have had. Was expecting 10,000. The standard of the intermediate final was hard to watch. Disappointed the minor final wasn't the curtain raiser." I was in Dungarvan yesterday and Garryspillane were very poor. They hung in there for about twenty minutes, but always appeared to be second to the ball and once James Ryan went off they were well beaten. The fact that they missed a penalty did not help either, but they would not have won anyway. Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4350 - 29/10/2018 09:53:28 2148566 Link
Replying To Oldtourman: "I was in Dungarvan yesterday and Garryspillane were very poor. They hung in there for about twenty minutes, but always appeared to be second to the ball and once James Ryan went off they were well beaten. The fact that they missed a penalty did not help either, but they would not have won anyway." Tournafulla & Feohanagh will fight it out for the intermediate next season. Its basically junior hurling. I would expect dromin/athlacca to be relegated next year. Its a jump too much for them relying on players in there 40s aside of the 2 Reidys. The standard of the lower intermediate is awful poor. One would wonder should we put the junior A and intermediate together in an open all county competition? brud (Limerick) - Posts: 943 - 29/10/2018 14:43:24 2148597 Link
Replying To brud: "Tournafulla & Feohanagh will fight it out for the intermediate next season. Its basically junior hurling. I would expect dromin/athlacca to be relegated next year. Its a jump too much for them relying on players in there 40s aside of the 2 Reidys. The standard of the lower intermediate is awful poor. One would wonder should we put the junior A and intermediate together in an open all county competition?" Dromina athlacca only have one player in his 40,s. Quite a decorated player too. Would be very surprised if they go straight back down. Wasn't a good game to watch fair enough but wasn't helped by some really poor discipline from the croom players. Ref was forced to send off two croom players, and that had the effect of them catching a lot of breaks from the ref. Resulted in broken play and some very soft frees for croom. In fairness it could be said that athlacca won the division in a canter and should be able to hold their own in premier I'm not as knowledgeable about the West teams mentioned but teams such as St Patrick's who struggled to win the county junior A for a few years only performed moderately. Reckon they were fairy happy to have held their own reasonably comfortably. Big step between the divisions in my opinion 4ever (Limerick) - Posts: 29 - 29/10/2018 22:16:22 2148660 Link
Replying To gminor: "I hope he gets his chance next year and if we don't win it then I hope ye can do it again." He's very unlucky for a lot of reasons. (1) The NaP players were coming back into the panel late so they were under pressure to dislodge guys who were already in position and playing well for the county. (2) He's playing midfield for his club with is a log jam for the county. He'd have a better chance at corner back which is his county U-21 position (He's still an option there because we lack depth behind the starters (3) He's in his mid 20's so he's no longer a development player that you can keep around in the panel for a few years and see how he turns out. Bottom line is that he's good enough to be in the panel but not the team and he has to be at corner back. Dealer (Limerick) - Posts: 835 - 30/10/2018 13:35:03 2148724 Link
Replying To 4ever: "Dromina athlacca only have one player in his 40,s. Quite a decorated player too. Would be very surprised if they go straight back down. Wasn't a good game to watch fair enough but wasn't helped by some really poor discipline from the croom players. Ref was forced to send off two croom players, and that had the effect of them catching a lot of breaks from the ref. Resulted in broken play and some very soft frees for croom. In fairness it could be said that athlacca won the division in a canter and should be able to hold their own in premier I'm not as knowledgeable about the West teams mentioned but teams such as St Patrick's who struggled to win the county junior A for a few years only performed moderately. Reckon they were fairy happy to have held their own reasonably comfortably. Big step between the divisions in my opinion" DA aren't a bad junior team at all and with the two Reidy's should be comfortable with the next level. We all know that there's a massive gap between the divisions. There's a chasm in senior between the top 4 teams and the rest but I like to think that's because we have 4 genuine high quality senior teams in the county. Dealer (Limerick) - Posts: 835 - 30/10/2018 13:37:38 2148725 Link
Replying To Dealer: "DA aren't a bad junior team at all and with the two Reidy's should be comfortable with the next level. We all know that there's a massive gap between the divisions. There's a chasm in senior between the top 4 teams and the rest but I like to think that's because we have 4 genuine high quality senior teams in the county." Dá previously played at intermediate level and have now progressed up to Premier intermediate level. I think it was 93 when they won the county junior and have not been down there since. A good achievment considering the size of their catchment area with no sizable Town to pull players from. The chasm does appear to be ever growing between the top 4 teams and the rest. Some previous top clubs who have huge catchment areas and tradition must be very disappointed with how this has developed Feel sorry for Doon. They are bumping into probably the finest club team ever seen in Limerick 4ever (Limerick) - Posts: 29 - 30/10/2018 18:48:21 2148781 Link
Replying To 4ever: "Dá previously played at intermediate level and have now progressed up to Premier intermediate level. I think it was 93 when they won the county junior and have not been down there since. A good achievment considering the size of their catchment area with no sizable Town to pull players from. The chasm does appear to be ever growing between the top 4 teams and the rest. Some previous top clubs who have huge catchment areas and tradition must be very disappointed with how this has developed Feel sorry for Doon. They are bumping into probably the finest club team ever seen in Limerick" Dromin/Athlacca have one of the biggest catchment areas in limerick with banogue parish also in the mix. They have 3 parishes to pick from. brud (Limerick) - Posts: 943 - 01/11/2018 19:17:55 2149158 Link
Yes I'd like to see Coleman of Doon and Boylan of Na Piarsaigh on next year's panel. bloodyban (Limerick) - Posts: 1710 - 01/11/2018 19:38:45 2149169 Link