âWe prefer the club championships to the inter county championships now anywayâ 
We have the best club championships too by the way! 
Dominant teams do that.
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Limerick didnât change the format into this crazy round robin nonsense and they didnât get the final moved to July.
The structure is shit. It favours countyâs who have a large playing population and piles of money.
Itâs no surprise waterford were 0/8 in the round robin crap but became competitive when it reverted to the old format for the past two years.
Knockout championship gives everyone a chance.
Limerick would be dominant at the moment under any structure. Winners adapt and donât make excuses.
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Thatâs not really the point though.
Fair enough. One couldât disagree with the fact that knockout is more exciting. Itâs a bit of a conundrum though with such a small pool of teams. How can you get more games without diluting the excitement.
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You should be on Ripleys believe it or not mate, as a showcase for what is possible with incest
Well population is always going to hinder certain counties and creating these pools where you are required to play so many games in such a short period of time will always suit teams with a bigger squad.
Maybe itâs a case of rose tinted glasses but I remember nearly always looking forward to every championship clash regardless if limerick were playing or not. Canât say thatâs the case anymore thatâs for sure.
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I see the season has well and truly started. No sign of any shadow boxing here
Limerick have a smallish number hurling if truth told .
The city isnât strong : the 3 town in west Limerick are weak to non existent . The game isnât played in swathes of the county .
The secondary school structures are weak
What are our numbers like compared to Offaly or Waterford?
Exactly. We have a once in a lifetime set of players at the moment.
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weâd have won 2 in the 90âs with a bit of luck. We had a once in a lifetime set of backs then too and Ciaran. An auld forward to go with Kirby and weâd have won 2 or 3
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The same debate was around when Kilkenny were in their pomp.
The championship is boring.
Theyâre too good.
Theyâre too physical.
Referees need to clamp down on them.
Now, long may Limerick continue to boil the collective piss of the hurling world but even a team as ruthless as this wonât go on forever. If they can add another league title or two thatâll do me.
Once this team departs weâll probably revert to the levels of a Clare or Wexford.
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Iâm not sure that Tipp team of 2009-11 would have been quite so good only they had to raise their levels to Kilkenny to get a sniff of winning.
Having one great team out there can be of benefit to the game, but only if others raise their levels to meet them
If you swapped Tom Ryan and Ger Loughnane as managers in the nineties Clare would have won none and Limerick two.
They wonât as long Jp keeps pumping in the money particularly at underage. Theyâll remain very competitive but not as dominant.
The gaa is going down the same route as pro sports. The teams/counties with the most money will be at the top bar the odd year. Itâll happen in both hurling and football.
The gaa should look to address this ASAP.
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Absolutely.
None of us are deluded enough to think this is going to last forever. But I certainly think there is the possibility of Limerick going on to win at least another All Ireland. That would be 4, which is some haul for one team. After that, who knowsâŚ
The big point of discussion should be based around who will emerge to topple us eventually, like Tipp did in 2010.
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Itâs essentially been built off a group of lads mostly born between 1994 and 1996. Iâd say thereâs savage togetherness among the group who all came through around the one time. The 1996 crew in particular are special and a lot of them like Lynch and Finn have the advantage of being born early in that calendar year.
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