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Mcfan I'd ignore that post..it's obviously someone trying to get on some peoples nerves and knows nothing about a combination that happened a few years ago..

CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2214 - 21/04/2022 11:06:04    2412028

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My team for Saturday would be:

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Finn Casey Nash
Byrnes Hannon Dan
WoD DoD
O Neill Lynch Tom Mul
Gillane Hego

Obviously missing Peter casey, Flanagan and Hayes is huge. That said defensively I think we are very strong and the midfield last weekend were awesome. I think o neill right now starts just ahead of reidy as his confidence must be high. He isn't an inside forward and I'd have him on the 40 with lynch and Tom. Mulcahys work rate last Sunday was off the charts. People might look at him not scoring and question his performance but for me he did everything but score. He lasted into the 70th minute which itself tells a story. I'd have him in again roaming around the 21 and out on the 40. I'd start Gillane and Hego inside. I'd switch hego and mul and rotate them. Keep the Waterford FB line on their toes. I'd even try Tom in there at times.

Its going to be a big match. The narratives i see is Waterford will want a statement win v the AI champions and Limerick would send some statement if they manage to beat Waterford without the 3 all star forwards nearing their returns.

Intriguing

Luimneach abú

daveboy (Limerick) - Posts: 1127 - 21/04/2022 11:46:38    2412041

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Replying To CTGAA10:  "Mcfan I'd ignore that post..it's obviously someone trying to get on some peoples nerves and knows nothing about a combination that happened a few years ago.."
No its a genuine question. What is happening to develop inner city hurlers in this time of plenty for Limerick GAA. I am involved with a club ( why would that matter?) . Ans why attack my motives. Iv great respect for Monaleen,Na Piarsaigh and what they are doing. I'm also well aware of the amalgamation of Claughaun ,Pats and Old Christians underage and the problems that arose. And these clubs have great people involved.
Survey its just a case of banging heads together. There's room for 1 good hurling club instead of 3 bad ones. It's not as if these clubs are close to a breakthrough or they are doing anything underage. They are some of the worst I'm the whole county underage..Theres villages of a few 100 with better underage. There's zero talent coming from these 3 clubs. Claughaun are one of the biggest disappointments considering where they were. The excuses are just that..."people moving in don't join em anymore 'ect...
There needs to be a task force set up. Compare Waterford with Limerick..a much smaller city...De La Salle, Mt Sion, Ballygunnar, Roanmore, all senior...then Saviours ,ferrybank...like the comparison is stark

bloodyban (Limerick) - Posts: 1710 - 21/04/2022 19:57:30    2412164

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Replying To daveboy:  "My team for Saturday would be:

Quaid
Finn Casey Nash
Byrnes Hannon Dan
WoD DoD
O Neill Lynch Tom Mul
Gillane Hego

Obviously missing Peter casey, Flanagan and Hayes is huge. That said defensively I think we are very strong and the midfield last weekend were awesome. I think o neill right now starts just ahead of reidy as his confidence must be high. He isn't an inside forward and I'd have him on the 40 with lynch and Tom. Mulcahys work rate last Sunday was off the charts. People might look at him not scoring and question his performance but for me he did everything but score. He lasted into the 70th minute which itself tells a story. I'd have him in again roaming around the 21 and out on the 40. I'd start Gillane and Hego inside. I'd switch hego and mul and rotate them. Keep the Waterford FB line on their toes. I'd even try Tom in there at times.

Its going to be a big match. The narratives i see is Waterford will want a statement win v the AI champions and Limerick would send some statement if they manage to beat Waterford without the 3 all star forwards nearing their returns.

Intriguing

Luimneach abú"
Conor Boylan named at full-forward is interesting, another big man who would have been seen as a half-forward. Great opportunity for him and I really hope he takes it, I guess with Boylan and Hegarty starting together they could easily interchange too.

Looks like the tactic is to have a big physical player in the FF line who can stand players up and stop defenders from coming out with the ball. Mulcahy plays a similar role but more in getting the hooks and blocks in and making a general nuisance of himself to the full backline.

Fitzy01 (Limerick) - Posts: 387 - 22/04/2022 09:52:08    2412197

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Replying To Fitzy01:  "Conor Boylan named at full-forward is interesting, another big man who would have been seen as a half-forward. Great opportunity for him and I really hope he takes it, I guess with Boylan and Hegarty starting together they could easily interchange too.

Looks like the tactic is to have a big physical player in the FF line who can stand players up and stop defenders from coming out with the ball. Mulcahy plays a similar role but more in getting the hooks and blocks in and making a general nuisance of himself to the full backline."
Bang on. Hayes ability to hold up the first cork defender last week was huge to allow the others to get in and force turnover ball and poor clearances. Kiely probably going like for like in that particular aspect with a big man like boylan. Kyle obviously a huge loss but boylan wins ball which is his main attribute. His end product has been where he needs to improve whether that's shooting or assisting. I think having him there allows for him to rotate in and out with mul and even hego. Hego had a mighty game out the field v cork so maybe that's where kiely will keep him. I think kiely really likes having o neill reidy and Ryan to come in and get scores.

daveboy (Limerick) - Posts: 1127 - 22/04/2022 10:12:55    2412204

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Replying To bloodyban:  "No its a genuine question. What is happening to develop inner city hurlers in this time of plenty for Limerick GAA. I am involved with a club ( why would that matter?) . Ans why attack my motives. Iv great respect for Monaleen,Na Piarsaigh and what they are doing. I'm also well aware of the amalgamation of Claughaun ,Pats and Old Christians underage and the problems that arose. And these clubs have great people involved.
Survey its just a case of banging heads together. There's room for 1 good hurling club instead of 3 bad ones. It's not as if these clubs are close to a breakthrough or they are doing anything underage. They are some of the worst I'm the whole county underage..Theres villages of a few 100 with better underage. There's zero talent coming from these 3 clubs. Claughaun are one of the biggest disappointments considering where they were. The excuses are just that..."people moving in don't join em anymore 'ect...
There needs to be a task force set up. Compare Waterford with Limerick..a much smaller city...De La Salle, Mt Sion, Ballygunnar, Roanmore, all senior...then Saviours ,ferrybank...like the comparison is stark"
Hard to develop anything in the inner city these days , rugby is also struggling in the inner city . Whilst there are still a share of old school decent families in the inner city the amount of extended families involved in crime has had a massive impact on the inner city . Soccer is about the only sport in these communities as it's easy play and unlike rugby or gaa you don't need to train much .
Meanwhile in the suburbs as you call it monaleen and Na Piarsaigh are building clubs on a par with the Dublin super clubs and Mungret are heading that way as well whilst all the greater limerick city area clubs like ballybrown, Murroe , ahane are getting stronger and stronger .

OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 672 - 22/04/2022 10:35:38    2412212

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Replying To bloodyban:  "Is it one city player on the under 20s team and the minor is something similar. That's an awful statistic. 100,000 people and 1 player. On any successful Limerick team there's been at least 3 City players who offer a different mentality. Take O Donoghue,Hegarty out of the senior team and yiu lose alot . And even the senior team doesn't have hardly any city players..."
Seems like too many unsophisticated @ country fellas" for your liking on the panel.

PatOLogical (Limerick) - Posts: 1358 - 22/04/2022 12:40:36    2412247

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Boylan in for Hayes is a surprise. Hayes will be a huge loss - we are arguably down 3 of our best forwards - and Boylan despite many opportunities has never been able to nail down a starting place. He has plenty of hurling but just seems to make poor decisions with the ball. I expected O'Neill to start but I guess Kiely prefers to hold him as a sub and maybe Boylan is seen as bigger (if not really more physical) than somebody like Reidy or Pat Ryan.
Our panel depth is not as strong - especially in the forwards - as we would like

Yadse (Limerick) - Posts: 1 - 22/04/2022 13:37:56    2412269

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Replying To Yadse:  "Boylan in for Hayes is a surprise. Hayes will be a huge loss - we are arguably down 3 of our best forwards - and Boylan despite many opportunities has never been able to nail down a starting place. He has plenty of hurling but just seems to make poor decisions with the ball. I expected O'Neill to start but I guess Kiely prefers to hold him as a sub and maybe Boylan is seen as bigger (if not really more physical) than somebody like Reidy or Pat Ryan.
Our panel depth is not as strong - especially in the forwards - as we would like"
Here's a stat - Pat Ryan has made 17 championship appearances - but has YET TO START a game. And David Reidy has made 18 appearances - but has only STARTED ONCE.

johnocarroll17 (Limerick) - Posts: 408 - 22/04/2022 15:27:41    2412310

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It's last chance saloon time for Boylan as a starter. He's been around a long time and I'd love to see him do well. He's got alot of ability under a high ball but yeah he's never been a 1-3 or 5 points man. Reidy and Ryan aren't starters. Pat Ryan might at some point start and yiud never know. Reidy is a good sub to have but not the relation of a starter. It would be great to see Mul get on the score sheet because he used be able to marry that work rate woth scores up to last year

bloodyban (Limerick) - Posts: 1710 - 22/04/2022 15:37:41    2412315

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Replying To bloodyban:  "Thats good that 5 were playing from tbe City on the minors. You are stretching reality saying Kildimo and Patrickswell are the city. They don't even have the same accent!.
Wouldn't you think the likes of St Pats and Claughaun could produce some talent underage. Even 1 player of note. The most successful period in a limerick since the 3Os and 1 player Geroid Hegarty representing the whole of the inner city, about 40,000 people. Na Piarsaigh, Mungret and Monaleen are all suburban. And don't tell me the young fellas aren't there. Pike rovers,Fairview, Geraldine's all producing fine footballers...surely we can make a few hurlers out of them.
Give Claughaun and Old Christians no choice...join em up and Throw in Pats in hurling. And call em something catchy..."
No offense but you don't know what your talking about you know nothing of the three clubs,you come on here every year having a go mostly at claughaun then old christians and St Patrick's,if you really want to learn about the issues, your more than welcome to ask the clubs,instead having a go at the clubs for doing the best they can.

cityman73 (Limerick) - Posts: 775 - 22/04/2022 19:31:03    2412355

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Wishing all involved in the limerick camp the very best of luck tomorrow night..I'm surprised by boylan being named to start but just maybe he's the surprise packet we need..he's definitely capable of bothering prunty physically or has kiely a further surprise to starting team..think tomorrow night could be one of the matches of the year.waterford havnt picked gleeson or Barron which might give them the edge from the bench..I'm interested to watch ref as he is an inexperienced man for such a big game..

CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2214 - 22/04/2022 21:21:50    2412377

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Replying To bloodyban:  "It's last chance saloon time for Boylan as a starter. He's been around a long time and I'd love to see him do well. He's got alot of ability under a high ball but yeah he's never been a 1-3 or 5 points man. Reidy and Ryan aren't starters. Pat Ryan might at some point start and yiud never know. Reidy is a good sub to have but not the relation of a starter. It would be great to see Mul get on the score sheet because he used be able to marry that work rate woth scores up to last year"
Wonder if they will put Boylan in on Conor Prunty, who was made look very average last Sunday by Mark Kehoe. Or move Boylan out half forward and try Hegarty in the full forward line.

stpats1886 (Limerick) - Posts: 39 - 22/04/2022 21:22:11    2412378

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Well great crowd at the game last night. Could they put a speaker at the open stand side. Could barely hear which players were coming on/off.

Anyway to the game.

Overall positives
1.Gillane was a superhero last night. Unmarkable. He should have got an all star last year. He was like a fella in a playground
2. Byrnes again is some man for settling things down. Now the go to man if things are dicey
3. Waterford were a much harder hitting and well organised team than cork. Asked a lot of questions but still eeked out the 2 points which is huge. With the shape of the forward unit in disarray, brilliant to get a result.
4. CO'N. 3 points in a game like that. Super. Brilliant experience in the bank. Never went missing. Getting onto puckouts and getting the head up a bit more for the pass will have to be worked on.

Negatives
1. Again INJURIES. The one thing asked for was a clean bill of health. Cian had just caught a brilliant ball before he went down. Looked in serious pain on the floor. This could derail our season big time. I hope he will be back in a few weeks. Even if we get Flanagan and dare I say casey back, they are under pressure to hit peak performance straight away in a knockout game. Hopefully we'll see Flanagan next day. We are definitely digging into the reserves big time.
2. While the backs in general had a good game but when ran at at full tilt again another goal was rammed into the back of the net.

A word on Waterford. Yes it can be argued that Jamie Barron isn't back to full fitness and the home support was worth a few points but I think will be very disappointed that they couldn't get a result with so many of our players out. Now look we all know it will be the first of at least 2 meetings so we'll see later on.

Mads (Limerick) - Posts: 366 - 24/04/2022 08:45:47    2412645

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Very impressive win last night. I felt for limerick to win without hayes casey and Flanagan would make a serious statement to the country for this year's AI. Now without Lynch on top of that the statement is more emphatic. My 2 main concerns leading into the match was being able to bring the same energy we saw in cork after 6 days when the cork match was so heavily built up and secondly our ability to score consistently without 3 all stars(4 as it turned out) in our forward line. To get 30 points, 15 wides and then create the last 6 scoring chances when Waterford had applied pressure shows to me a ravenous hunger in the bunch to go for 3 in a row.

I felt the FB line were under pressure esp in 2nd half and had a lot to contend with. Playing against the wind would always suit the inside line more. Serious match for Mike casey again to get under his belt. The HB line were superb again. Dan was excellent throughout and hannon has put in back to back captain like performances. Byrnes is a contender for HOTY already. His turnover on Gleeson in front of the open stand in 2nd half forcing him to catch 3 times was as good an example of defending as I've seen.

DoD had a brilliant match as WoD was a bit quieter than his top showing in cork. Hego is becoming an unstoppable force and is beginning to cement his place as one of the greatest wing forwards ever. He has an unwavering will to win. Leader.

Tom again slowly showing signs of improvement. I see a big match in him v tipp. Gillane was top drawer. Everywhere. A constant menace. Shooting and free taking excellent but workrate possibly the best I've seen from him. Twice back in his HB line in 2nd half. Mul still doing the hard work and unlucky again in front of goal with the slip. His performances may not be eye catching but his ability to turn ball over and force hurried clearances is why he'll start again v tipp. Boylan I fear may not be strong/smart enough yet to start v tipp. I thought he got blown off the ball a few times in the 1st half but put the body on the line more in the 15 mins he was on the field in 2nd half. He should analyse that spell and repeat.

O neill could be and might well be a superstar in the making. Work rate, tackled everything, spatial awareness and striking all top drawer. Working on a bit more composure and he'll double his tally game on game.

The obvious worry is injury. A lot of people will feel the only thing stopping limerick is injury. This is why those first 2 wins are crucial.. the injury list is deep now with all stars and hurlers of the year but the business end of the year is still a way off. Fingers crossed cians hamstring is a grade 2 at worst and he'll be back after or for munster final. Kyle and Flanagan would be close enough for tipp match I'd guess and I believe casey and Murphy are looking at munster final returns if we can get there.

Hugely enjoyable team to support and 28000 again on a sunny April Saturday evening is good for the soul. Well done too to Waterford.. never gave up and you'd have to respect their squad and coaching ticket. Asked a lot of questions but I feel psychologically not getting over the line last night will require some work in the camp.

Roll on the 2 week break and get the bodies reset (players and supporters).

Luimneach abú

daveboy (Limerick) - Posts: 1127 - 24/04/2022 09:17:50    2412651

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Replying To Mads:  "Well great crowd at the game last night. Could they put a speaker at the open stand side. Could barely hear which players were coming on/off.

Anyway to the game.

Overall positives
1.Gillane was a superhero last night. Unmarkable. He should have got an all star last year. He was like a fella in a playground
2. Byrnes again is some man for settling things down. Now the go to man if things are dicey
3. Waterford were a much harder hitting and well organised team than cork. Asked a lot of questions but still eeked out the 2 points which is huge. With the shape of the forward unit in disarray, brilliant to get a result.
4. CO'N. 3 points in a game like that. Super. Brilliant experience in the bank. Never went missing. Getting onto puckouts and getting the head up a bit more for the pass will have to be worked on.

Negatives
1. Again INJURIES. The one thing asked for was a clean bill of health. Cian had just caught a brilliant ball before he went down. Looked in serious pain on the floor. This could derail our season big time. I hope he will be back in a few weeks. Even if we get Flanagan and dare I say casey back, they are under pressure to hit peak performance straight away in a knockout game. Hopefully we'll see Flanagan next day. We are definitely digging into the reserves big time.
2. While the backs in general had a good game but when ran at at full tilt again another goal was rammed into the back of the net.

A word on Waterford. Yes it can be argued that Jamie Barron isn't back to full fitness and the home support was worth a few points but I think will be very disappointed that they couldn't get a result with so many of our players out. Now look we all know it will be the first of at least 2 meetings so we'll see later on."
Injuries are a massive concern but thankfully after that win last night a lot of pressure off the squad for the remaining 2 games. A few players still struggling for form as well! Felt management got starting team right last night but were slow enough in making changes. Mul is just struggling with his game full stop. Boylan like Mul worked hard but everything just needs to be speeded up with him. Hopefully that quality game last night will stand to him. Felt fresh legs were needed as well in the mid field area in that last quarter.

dingo (Limerick) - Posts: 23 - 24/04/2022 09:40:35    2412658

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Excellent post earlier by Daveboy. It was a great match last night. Without Flanagan, Hayes and Peter Casey we were inevitably going to struggle in the forwards, so to lose Cian Lynch so early was potentially catastrophic. But what a response to adversity from our boys! Hegarty was brilliant, while Gillane was extraterrestrial. Cathal O'Neill did very well also given the boots he had to fill. With a little bit more cold-bloodeness and compsure in front of goals he could be a pivotal player for years. Tom Morrissey was again relativity quiet until he hit two fine scores while Gaeme's workrate was at stakhanovite levels. He must be a nightmare to play against. The only downside upfront was Boylan. I really hate to come down hard on any player but I'm questioning the management here because I'm at a loss to see what Kiely is doing by persisting with him, particularly as his role seems so ill-defined. I'd really love to see Boylan succeed, but how many chances does he need? Kiely was not slow to be ruthless with Boylan's clubmates, e.g. Adrian Breen, David Dempsey & Kevin Downes (all of whom are far betterscoring forwards) but is content to give Boylan endless opportunities. Our halfbacks were again sensational last night, particularly Byrnes and Hannon, while Dan gave another top-class performance. Strangely enough, our full-back line looked a little shakey at times, although Waterford do have a superb full-forward line. Dessie Hutchinson, for example, had a fantastic game on Sean Finn, which is unprecedented at senior level. Finn did show why he's a four-time All Star though in the way he recovered. Total class. Fair dues to Waterford - they gave it absolute socks last night, even against a depleted side. They are definitely our biggest danger this year - an excellent team who will get better as the days get warmer and the pitches get faster. Almost three months to the All-Ireland Final so timing is everything for Kiely and co. How I hope Derek McGrath continues his blathering and bigging up of the Deise between now and then. He's like a loud-mouthed weapon in the wrong hands. Luimneach abú!

GerO.Racle (Limerick) - Posts: 47 - 24/04/2022 11:26:44    2412688

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Credit where credit is due, that was a wonderful display by Limerick yesterday, remarkable considering the amount of quality players that were missing through injury.

baire (Galway) - Posts: 1794 - 24/04/2022 12:10:32    2412700

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Great to read the posts on the Limerick thread today. It is a privilege to watch this Limerick team in action. A great evening of hurling.

slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 24/04/2022 13:34:08    2412718

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It really is a pleasure to be around for days like this for limerick..we have been down before,we,ll go down again.but lets hope the good days continue for a few more years..I'd really love to know what starting 15 limerick would have if Kyle,Peter,Seamus and Cian we're fully fit..mike Casey and Dan have been outstanding so who might lose out??we are in a super position when I watch tipp today..

CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2214 - 24/04/2022 14:56:31    2412734

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