Limerick will still be the biggest threat over the next few years.
Lack of cover at midfield exposed Byrnes and Hannon. Very poor year from Cian Lynch. Himself and Finn are pale shadows of the players they were 3/4 years ago before the injuries.
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GRMMA
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Forced errors the key word missing there, the threat of turnovers from the Lmk forwards was missing yesterday.
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Hope so
Would U blame them though?
Lunch done absolutely nothing yesterday.
He was everywhere the last 15 mins, had Lmk managed to level the game it was down to his efforts of winning a pile of ball and starting every attack linking it forward.
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Surely the turning point of the year was Kyle Hayes needlessly hauling down Shane Kingston for a penalty.
Cork were out of the hurling championship that night if it wasn’t for the late penalty.
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Might well be that last puck of a ball from Mark Rodgers against Waterford to keep Cork in it.
Nasty stuff being insinuated here.
Perfect time for Offaly to be coming.
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Which poster is the one the simpletons call the big dog?
He was the biggest wanker by a mile out of all @thelimericks
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Tbf most of the Limerick hurling folk on here are decent
Always get a fuckin dimwit thrown in unfortunately.
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Nickie Quaid 7
There were echoes of 2018 when Quaid pulled off a brilliant late save to deny Patrick Horgan which kept Limerick in the game here. However, there was to be no Limerick win this time around.
Sean Finn 6
Usually a defensive rock, Finn struggled here particularly in the second half as the Cork deliveries came early and often and the Rebel forwards looked to stretch the play
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Dan Morrissey 6
Like the rest of the full back line, Morrissey and Co found the going tough as Cork went route one and the likes of Alan Connolly and Hayes fed gleefully off the scraps.
Mike Casey 6
Struggled early on with Brian Hayes as the Limerick full back line shipped water. Stuck to his task manfully but there was little respite all afternoon even as duties changed.
Diarmaid Byrnes 6
Registered a wide from a 65 and dropped another short before settling with a brilliant fetch and point from a Cork puck out. However, was part of a half back line that was second best.
Declan Hannon 6
Another who couldn’t yield his usual influence for Limerick as he tried to quell the influence of the brilliant Shane Barrett.
Kyle Hayes 6
So often both a provider and scorer for Limerick, he was forced to the fringes here as he was busied by the excellent Declan Dalton. Couldn’t get on the ball enough.
Will O’Donoghue 6
O’Donoghue often pulls a lot of the Limerick play together but there was no breathing space here and, unusually, he was withdrawn late on.
Cathal O’Neill 7
No shortage of effort and work rate from O’Neill who also clipped over three points. Has grown into an important player for Limerick.
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Gearoid Hegarty 6
You’d have gotten long odds that Hegarty’s first (and only) score of the game would come on 69 minutes. Tried hard to get into the game including heading into the full forward line for first half but it didn’t fall for him.
Cian Lynch 6
Threatened to take the game by the scruff of the neck at times in the first half as he showed flashes of his brilliance but Cork wouldn’t allow it.
Tom Morrissey 6
Hit two early wides before finding his range with two nice scores but his influence waned in the second half.
Aaron Gillane 9
Coming into this game the reigning Hurler of the Year had landed just one point in his previous three championship games but was at his best today, finishing with ten points from 11 attempts on goal.
Seamus Flanagan 6
Was always going to be a marked man having hit 3-3 in the defeat in Pairc Ui Chaoimh and couldn’t get into the game in the same way. Flanagan was the first man withdrawn for the Treaty.
David Reidy 7
One of Limerick’s best performers in the first half as he clipped over three points but the supply line dried up as Cork picked up the pace in the second half.
SUBS 8: Shane O’Brien for Flanagan (52), Darragh O’Donovan for O’Donoghue, Adam English for Reidy (both 54), Aidan O’Connor for Tom Morrissey (64).
Bench impact - 8: Limerick’s subs delivered four points down the home stretch to keep Limerick hopes alive.
Limerick might have one more in them but it’ll be Cork, Tipp and Kilkenny ruling the roost again by 2026/27 with Waterford, Wexford and Offaly fighting it out for the token semi-final “making up the numbers” spot.
The last two years the round robin has been tough enough for Limerick. It’ll be tougher next year and I think that’s the biggest issue.
I expect Waterford to be a good bit better as well.
If it was a series then Limerick would regroup and beat Cork 4 times out of 5 to close it out
But it’s not and we’ll take that happily,
I think Cork will beat Clare and already I’m looking forward to next year when the Cork and Limerick games will be absolutely box office,
As regards obituaries I hope it’s not offensive to anybody to say that Hannon is finished and shouldn’t have lasted long yesterday, a great servant, a great leader. No reason Nickie won’t play another few years except for the young family, the other older players are easily replaced.
Horgan didn’t have a good first half yesterday but he’s proved they he’s absolutely worth a spot in the starting 15, but when he goes life will go on, Harnedy won’t be so easy to replace.
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A little help lads?
Not sure what you are basing this on, he did basically nothing yesterday - he also missed an absolute sitter of a goal that could have cost us badly.