ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1128 - 03/07/2022 22:01:52    2429532

ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1128 - 03/07/2022 22:05:56    2429534

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4318 - 04/07/2022 07:11:17    2429535

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4318 - 04/07/2022 07:12:56    2429536

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4318 - 04/07/2022 07:16:54    2429537

Superb game of hurling yesterday. Real intense stuff. Galway brought everything. The tactics were clear. Simplistic game plan and nearly paid off. Route one and feed off breaking ball and secondly flood the midfield with mobility and shoot from distance. They clocked up wides but I felt they were always going to with the selection of shots that was clearly the plan from the outset. Its extremely rare a team will out shoot limerick and for Galway to get off 47 shots showed tactically they were excellent. Cathal Mannion caused a lot of harm with his movement like Ryan Taylor did in the munster final. Good teams will always adapt to a better teams weaknesses. Limerick this year have been exposed from mobile runners across the 65s. Ger Browne was the first to get reward on the match v Tipp and managers have since copied it with success. Will Cody do similar with Mullen? Will kiely stick ot twist and push up the field. All to be debated.

Limerick don't do panic. If I was to pick one piece of play to perfectly explain the winning of the match was in the 73rd minute. Joseph cooney caught a great ball under the hogan stand after a limerick clearance. Instead of running and flicking a ball into a better positioned man he mishit a shot under pressure from 100 yards out. Nash flicked a ball to morrissey. Back to hannnon inside his own 14. Pop pass to hayes in space over 2 Galway players. Hand pass to reidy in space and a shot under no pressure over the bar. It's small margins but that to me was the play that won the match. It was clear, precise, cold and executed to perfection. Real stuff of champions.

Gillane to me has been a mile the best hurler in the country this year. Ive said it from the league stages he's been hungry all year and his class was to the fore again yesterday. He had a 5 time all star Daithi Burke man marking him all day. It was some battle between the two. Gillanes shooting and movement was tip drawer. 0-06 from play and 3 assists marking one of the best to ever do it. For me he was motm closely followed by sean finn.

It was a huge test of this limerick team who have had a lot of injuries and setbacks so far this year but refuse to be beaten. It sets up some AI final. One in which the whole country will be savouring. Cody v Kiely. Intriguing.

daveboy (Limerick) - Posts: 1126 - 04/07/2022 07:54:33    2429539

Have to hand it to Cody and Kilkenny when we beat them in the round robin they looked a bet team with high ball after high ball down on our backs and no real fight in them. Contrast that to the way they hurled yesterday no comparison.

Tiger1 (Wexford) - Posts: 221 - 04/07/2022 07:54:51    2429540

baire (Galway) - Posts: 1791 - 04/07/2022 08:31:03    2429544

clooney (Clare) - Posts: 887 - 04/07/2022 08:39:26    2429548

togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 902 - 04/07/2022 09:10:30    2429552

Similiar to a couple of years ago, Limerick never panicked and pulled away at the end. I expected that to happen around the 60 min mark but obviously happened much later. I was really surprised at the Limerick changes late on - took some balls and paid off in the best possible way. Plenty to work on for Limerick. I thought the positional sense from both full backs was questionable on a number of occasions. Both of them crossed the half way line on a couple of occasions and one even went inside the far 21 despite conceeding a number of scores from play.
Gillane has often irritated the life out of me but he was unreal yesterday and how he didnt get man of the match I'll never know. A limerick posters critised Tony Kelly for not standing up when needed is he criticsiing Morrissey and Hegarty this morning of hidiing when the need was greatest?! Thats a dig at that poster rather than the two players by the way!
Despite what I seen at the weekend I think Kk should be worried in a big way. I can only see one result in this final. If Gillane was playing for Clare on Saturday I doubt he would have scored with the way Clare played on the day. That KK backline will get a real test in two weeks. Over the last 7/8 years KK have been under the greatest pressure against teams that dont play long and direct ball and I fear for them in the final.

Galways should take positives from the year. They now seem to have a really good keeper (I've egg on the face saying that!) and two good corner backs. I think there was an opportiunity missed with not giving Niland more game time. Cooney now looks the best man to fill the 6 jersey (possibly has been for years) and Tom Monaghan has come back again to prove he is more than good enough.

tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 04/07/2022 09:42:16    2429559

Cooney's 1st half missed free, Graham Mulcachy's soft free in 1st half, bad mistake by Morrissey on 1st half puckout, Gillane brilliance, bad wides, Limerick subs and a few marginal calls in 2nd half that all went Limericks way were the difference between the teams. Brilliant spirit shown by Galway and they played out of their skin. You have to admire Limerick they were never down by more than a point and showed brilliant fight also. No complaints about Hayes incident he clearly didn't exert any downward pressure and no complaint/reaction from Galway player's which tells a lot.

hopballref (Galway) - Posts: 377 - 04/07/2022 09:44:11    2429560

LilywhiteGael (Kildare) - Posts: 93 - 04/07/2022 09:47:43    2429561

katser (Galway) - Posts: 2193 - 04/07/2022 09:52:45    2429562

oneoff (UK) - Posts: 1380 - 04/07/2022 10:01:30    2429567

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4318 - 04/07/2022 10:02:59    2429568

Katser maybe if managers in Galway had been willing to make changes in past few years ye wouldn't still be looking for an all ireland since 2017..kiely has never minded taking off what you call are stars..ive mentioned before we realize we are so lucky to have this team and we are really enjoying our time at the top..we know that we will slip back at some stage but please god it won't happen for a few more years..why are people so shocked that Galway got so close??they are always capable of putting it up to any team..

CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2214 - 04/07/2022 10:23:44    2429571

baire (Galway) - Posts: 1791 - 04/07/2022 10:25:07    2429572

Shocs07 (Limerick) - Posts: 372 - 04/07/2022 10:44:14    2429574

Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1705 - 04/07/2022 11:48:55    2429598