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Was it Mark Ellis who took out Darragh Donovan beside the ref and Owens told Darragh to get up when he was clearly injured?

Westfester (Limerick) - Posts: 980 - 03/06/2018 10:35:15    2106678

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Replying To Westfester:  "Every player did well after the sending off but Graeme Mulcahy and Seamus Flanagan were on a different level both in attack and as 1st line of defence."
and to think there's posters here who questioned if Mulcahy should even be on the panel. Player like him was never gonna thrive under previous management. Now hes finally getting the license to show the country how good he is.

blackspot91 (Limerick) - Posts: 1055 - 03/06/2018 10:50:47    2106684

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Will Casey come straight in for Gillane against WD or will he start Murphy or Ryan? What's the story with Hannon? Why was Kiely so tight lipped about it? when I watched the match back, I saw them preparing WoD and after that hannon played a ball and looked fine. Also, story with Barry Nash? Injured?

blackspot91 (Limerick) - Posts: 1055 - 03/06/2018 10:57:00    2106685

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Replying To Westfester:  "I didn't see the TV coverage but your analysis is as far off as what you describe from them.
Some of the hurling from Cork yesterday especially their first touch and forward movement was as good as you will ever see. Kearney and Lehane got some unbelievable scores.
Why wouldn't a manager be proud of his team after an epic game like that?
I was there but saw no one being taken to the cleaners and if the game was played again next week there probably wouldn't be more than a score in it again.
Someone said on here, after the analysis of the Tipp game focussed on Tipp being poor, that the more the attention stayed off this young Limerick team the better.
Yesterday was a great game and a great result in the circumstances. We might have to get used to good results from this team so we should try to deal with them with some grace. Anyway slating your opponent only demeans the achievement because if a team is miles better and takes the opposition to the cleaners then with 15 or 14 they should be winning.
Try to focus on the positives WPI otherwise you sound like some kind of disillusioned fan picking negatives out of Limerick's best day out in Cork in 22 years."
Really don't know how I could be more positive about Limerick. Maybe you didn't understand my post. I was saying that it seems to me that a lot of people are undermining Limerick's achievement by overlooking the loss of Hannon the numerical disadvantage the fact that we were playing away from home the almost beyond human effort put in by our lads and by making excuses about Cork playing 3 weeks in a row. Could I be more positive? Anyway thank you for your comment.

welpastit (Limerick) - Posts: 740 - 03/06/2018 11:00:42    2106688

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Replying To welpastit:  "Really don't know how I could be more positive about Limerick. Maybe you didn't understand my post. I was saying that it seems to me that a lot of people are undermining Limerick's achievement by overlooking the loss of Hannon the numerical disadvantage the fact that we were playing away from home the almost beyond human effort put in by our lads and by making excuses about Cork playing 3 weeks in a row. Could I be more positive? Anyway thank you for your comment."
You're welcome.
People here can interpret your posts for themselves.
I don't intend to get into an argument with you but as you asked me a question I will answer.
To me being negative about pundits and the opposition is not the same as being positive about your own team.

Westfester (Limerick) - Posts: 980 - 03/06/2018 12:58:31    2106725

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While I saw Gillane hit O'Donoghue on hip (that is the side e of his body) I did not see 9 the provocation) obviously led to it. I cannot understand why a smack on the side of leg (definite yellow) or hip causes a player to drop to the writhe on the ground while clutching and rubbing his groin area? ... high drama that produced desired result on the oblivious officials ? Don't blv the the ref was in the area to see anything, but he then conferred with linesmen who appeared puzzled as to what to do. I suggest that not knowing what to do they decided a red card for Gillane and Limerick would be a safe and politically correct call to in the new Porky Kiev) .



Cue this (below) comment from Anthony Daly two days prior ..


"Saturday, June 02, 2018 (writing in Examiner
Anthony Daly
When I was with the Limerick underage academy, and the Limerick minors, my boss Joe McKenna had a couple of hard and fast rules, one of which was very simple - never play Cork in a challenge game.


We could play every other team under the sun, and the moon; if we could have got a run out against Barcelona, Joe would have organised it. But Cork? No way. Not for love nor money.

I queried him on it a few times and I always got the same answer, which was basically no answer. "Nah, no way, not that crowd."
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Hope Hannon and English are healthy for next Sunday.
May as well try with CCC and all the other cloak and dagger courts to have Gillane's red card rescinded..

New adjective for Kiely... "articulate" ... he says it all so well with minimum of words. Blv this is also why team have evolved so well so fast under his tutelage.

Finally , wait for it from the pundits.. Cork unlucky no to be be able to put the other team away yesterday, probably caused by the low sun in their eyes..

In Kiely We Trust
Come On Ye Boys In Green



Hoe

PatOLogical (Limerick) - Posts: 1377 - 03/06/2018 13:07:00    2106727

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Replying To Westfester:  "You're welcome.
People here can interpret your posts for themselves.
I don't intend to get into an argument with you but as you asked me a question I will answer.
To me being negative about pundits and the opposition is not the same as being positive about your own team."
You admit you hadn't seen the pundits contribution to which I refer yet you criticise my comments anyway? If you "don't intend to get into an argument" you must be most unfortunate then because you seem to get into quite a few arguments on a regular basis. Really don't get the need for confrontational posts in general but even less so after yesterday. I wish you well in your many hopefully argument free future contributions.

welpastit (Limerick) - Posts: 740 - 03/06/2018 13:59:41    2106747

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Remarkable performance of courage and skill against all odds including losing captain ; playing most of game with 14 ; a huge, partisan crowd and a ref that missed out on a a couple of crucial incidents.

Mul was astonishing as the first line of defence. Flanagan just time and again cut the Cork defence open. Tom Morrissey 's best ever game in the green and so on and on.

Think Galway will win it this year but we are back in the bright lights and if we keep topping up this crop each year with some minors and under 21s, we may be there for years to come.

Management decisions were spot on again yesterday.

Would be nice to give the some of the lads a break for the Déise game but the cut throat nature of the format makes that difficult.
To think Peter Casey has still to come back in to it.

Luimneach abú!

beirbua (Limerick) - Posts: 188 - 03/06/2018 14:14:27    2106751

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First of all congratulations to the outstanding performance of the Limerick minors on another win.
At no stage did they look like losing in fact I felt they had grown in stature since their win over Tipp another well taken goal from young Cormac Ryan killed cork off, Limericks future looks bright.
Would have liked to have seen more Limerick fans arrive earlier and give them the support they deserve.

PROUD as hell to be a Limerick man today after that performance last night.
Gillane had to go , he took a swipe with his Hurley end of story , the only way to retaliate is on the score board , he is young and it happens ,lesson learned I'm sure he will be wiser in the future.
I didn't see the English incident so I couldn't comment except to say when you are playing away those decisions do go against you more often.

But after losing Hannon and Gillane what a performance for 45 mins with 14 men. What heart ,skill, fitness and determination every one of them showed. no point in naming any particular player for there effort they were all brilliant they really are a TEAM .
Well done to management too. Very happy would love to meet cork again in a Munster final even in pairc ui chaoimh , we will have no fear going there or anywhere else with this team.

jimbob50 (Limerick) - Posts: 100 - 03/06/2018 14:45:55    2106758

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Well done Limerick players on last nights performance, it was all that is good about Limerick hurling in your face, chasing and fighting for every score and ball. Well done John Kiely and his management team too I would love to know what was said at half time because the players emptied everything out on the field for them. Also John Kiely was dead right to call out the referee on his performance he hadn't a great evening and i feel myself Cork got alot of hometown decisions but I will give say Gillane can't complain he struck his man twice with the hurley.

Every player did his bit but I would pick out Flanagan and Mulcahy their work rate alone was incredible Flanagan is developing into a fantastic scoring full forward and Mulcahy is starting to hurl with confidence and his shoulder battle give the lads a lift showing Limerick were up for the fight. Tom Morrissey deserves credit for taking over the free after Gillane went off. Cian Lynch is getting better and better linking play and now he is going for his own score more often and Kyle Hayes showing maturity beyond his years to take on the shot to score the equaliser that was difficult under pressure and fare play to him. The backs deserves credit too in the dieing seconds getting the block and harring the cork forwards stopping them getting the winner.

Well done all again looking forward to waterford.

DUALSUPPORT (Limerick) - Posts: 1038 - 03/06/2018 15:08:39    2106765

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any news on Hannons injury? he would be a massive loss i thought Will O Donoghue did well too but Hannons distribution is a massive weapon.
the most exciting game of the year Kyle Hayes,Flanagan and Tom Morissey had they're best games serious character in this team days like yesterday will only bring them on. the first touch of the players has improved so much in the space of a year that is a massive compliment to the coaching staff.

Limdreamer (Limerick) - Posts: 84 - 03/06/2018 16:11:25    2106827

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2 rounds to go and the Munster championship is wide open. This is likely to go down to the last seconds of the last fame. And even then the calculators could be needed.
Now even Cork are not guaranteed to qualify in the top 3.
Thumbs up for the new format. Talk of dead rubber games seems to have been off the mark thank goodness.

Westfester (Limerick) - Posts: 980 - 03/06/2018 18:23:17    2106954

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Would I be right in thinking.That if We beat Waterford Sunday and Tip beat Clare,We are in a Munster Final?

meehan82 (Limerick) - Posts: 173 - 03/06/2018 22:07:37    2107077

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Rant time.
The game of hurling has moved on to a very professional level ,fitness ,conditioning ,diet and skill levels are a whole new level of commitment but the one thing that has been left behind is the standard of officials in charge of these games .it seems every game now there are dreadful wrong decisions being made that are deciding a teams season. Is this fair considering the time and effort these players put in ?
Are there eye tests for umpires ? Who qualifies them ? Should technology be brought in as soon as possible such as goal line sensors and a TV ref like rugby , has Hawkeye has proved itself ?

Ok I am over the top but what do people think ?

jimbob50 (Limerick) - Posts: 100 - 03/06/2018 23:22:40    2107106

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Once again the Sunday Game gave limerick a quick pat on the back for our workrate and proceeded to slate our oppositions performance. I know it suits us fine.. but you still gotta laugh

blackspot91 (Limerick) - Posts: 1055 - 04/06/2018 02:28:27    2107125

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Replying To beirbua:  "Remarkable performance of courage and skill against all odds including losing captain ; playing most of game with 14 ; a huge, partisan crowd and a ref that missed out on a a couple of crucial incidents.

Mul was astonishing as the first line of defence. Flanagan just time and again cut the Cork defence open. Tom Morrissey 's best ever game in the green and so on and on.

Think Galway will win it this year but we are back in the bright lights and if we keep topping up this crop each year with some minors and under 21s, we may be there for years to come.

Management decisions were spot on again yesterday.

Would be nice to give the some of the lads a break for the Déise game but the cut throat nature of the format makes that difficult.
To think Peter Casey has still to come back in to it.

Luimneach abú!"
Why are people conceding this championship is over and done already. If Clare had this attitude in 2013 they certainly would have won no All Ireland. The fact is Waterford were only narrowly beaten by Galway in last years Final and if Conor Gleeson was playing and Jamie Barron was fully fit well it might have gone the other way.
It should also be remembered that Galway have lost several Ireland Finals in the past when they were red hot favourites to win them.
Anyway sincere congratulations to both our minors and seniors on their fine displays over the week end

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4501 - 04/06/2018 07:54:23    2107134

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Replying To Oldtourman:  "Why are people conceding this championship is over and done already. If Clare had this attitude in 2013 they certainly would have won no All Ireland. The fact is Waterford were only narrowly beaten by Galway in last years Final and if Conor Gleeson was playing and Jamie Barron was fully fit well it might have gone the other way.
It should also be remembered that Galway have lost several Ireland Finals in the past when they were red hot favourites to win them.
Anyway sincere congratulations to both our minors and seniors on their fine displays over the week end"
Totally agree re Galway but I'm not even thinking that far ahead Waterford up next win that and we should be close to Munster final I was concerned last week with all the talk of limerick being contenders but I'm not now that was some performance some heart and no little skill there were points taken by limerick that you'd associate with the aristocrats of the game.
Nevertheless we've won nothing yet but are tipping away nicely I assume p casey will come in for gillane? What a performance by Graham mulcahy but for me no one came near Flanagan there are many reasons why we've improved so much but imo he's the biggest one.
Just another thing I thought the Sunday game was a joke last night I don't give a f##k about plaudits but thought they gave us scant recognition as someone else said that's good but still annoying

someday (Limerick) - Posts: 1104 - 04/06/2018 09:05:30    2107142

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Replying To someday:  "Totally agree re Galway but I'm not even thinking that far ahead Waterford up next win that and we should be close to Munster final I was concerned last week with all the talk of limerick being contenders but I'm not now that was some performance some heart and no little skill there were points taken by limerick that you'd associate with the aristocrats of the game.
Nevertheless we've won nothing yet but are tipping away nicely I assume p casey will come in for gillane? What a performance by Graham mulcahy but for me no one came near Flanagan there are many reasons why we've improved so much but imo he's the biggest one.
Just another thing I thought the Sunday game was a joke last night I don't give a f##k about plaudits but thought they gave us scant recognition as someone else said that's good but still annoying"
My point exactly someday. If anything they made Cork out as the ones at a disadvantage having to play 3 games n 3 weeks.

welpastit (Limerick) - Posts: 740 - 04/06/2018 09:35:40    2107155

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Replying To welpastit:  "My point exactly someday. If anything they made Cork out as the ones at a disadvantage having to play 3 games n 3 weeks."
Think the main issue is simply this.
We're not rated as AI Contenders.
Brave limerick, physically strong, etc but when the chips are down we won't deliver the goods.
Only way that will be changed is by a serious challenge.
The pundits on the Sunday game talked about us in the context of what Cork /Tipp do wrong, letting us into the game..
I think we could have a big say in the championship this year.... But outside of limerick no one would really agree with that.

skillet (Limerick) - Posts: 1111 - 04/06/2018 10:19:11    2107176

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Pundits will always see Limerick as a team who will produce one or two big performances and then collapse , that is why we dont get the credit but unfortunately that is what has happened for years . Limerick fans know that it is now very different with a panel of top class hurlers and top class management. Under Kiely these players will win the All Ireland

longtermfan (Limerick) - Posts: 120 - 04/06/2018 11:13:21    2107216

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