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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: 2177 - 21/04/2022 11:06:04 2412028 Link 0 |
My team for Saturday would be: daveboy (Limerick) - Posts: 1102 - 21/04/2022 11:46:38 2412041 Link 0 |
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 Link 2 |
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: 382 - 22/04/2022 09:52:08 2412197 Link 0 |
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: 1102 - 22/04/2022 10:12:55 2412204 Link 0 |
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: 658 - 22/04/2022 10:35:38 2412212 Link 2 |
Seems like too many unsophisticated @ country fellas" for your liking on the panel.
PatOLogical (Limerick) - Posts: 1337 - 22/04/2022 12:40:36 2412247 Link 0 |
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. Yadse (Limerick) - Posts: 1 - 22/04/2022 13:37:56 2412269 Link 0 |
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 Link 0 |
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 Link 0 |
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 Link 1 |
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: 2177 - 22/04/2022 21:21:50 2412377 Link 0 |
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: 38 - 22/04/2022 21:22:11 2412378 Link 0 |
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. Mads (Limerick) - Posts: 366 - 24/04/2022 08:45:47 2412645 Link 0 |
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. daveboy (Limerick) - Posts: 1102 - 24/04/2022 09:17:50 2412651 Link 2 |
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 Link 1 |
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 Link 0 |
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: 1767 - 24/04/2022 12:10:32 2412700 Link 2 |
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 Link 0 |
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: 2177 - 24/04/2022 14:56:31 2412734 Link 0 |