Best hurler not to win an all star 2000 to 2010

[Batigol]

For Tipp I’d put Eugene O’Neill ahead of John O’Brien personally.

[anon60384913]

Redser O Grady for prank calling babs that time.

[Locke]

@anon78624367

…If you were on the team I’m thinking about you would have had a good back 4. Eugene? Some man to go and win a ball. Alan Keoghan full back? Ma hickey?I’d prefer a commanding goalie than a watery cunt that was good at stopping shots in any sport

Yep, Eugene at the heart of the defence. Great man to grab a goal. Pickah, Keochs the odd time at full back but another Limerick man who’s name escapes me, Adrian? I know it’s not you Ma was there alright, some midfielder. Eugene’s bro was striker, scored loads.

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

He was as much at his best in the late 90s as he was in the early 2000s. Fair enough call but O’Brien was a starter for a longer period

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

All the more galling that Jerry got three all stars and a POTY

[myboyblue]

@Big_Dan_Campbell

All the more galling that Jerry got three all stars and a POTY

Beggars belief quite frankly.

[Ashman]

@anon78624367

The loss to Dublin was as bad as it got, John Allen improved Limerick a lot more in my opinion

I wouldn’t say that . From 2009 to 2015 Limerick and Dublin were broadly at one level . There was little enough between the teams . Lk weren’t great in 2011 . We lost to Waterford who were in turn obliterated in Munster final . O’Grady brought a bit of discipline back after 2 awful years . He said he was there for 1 year . That said the Lk players were ill suited to the short passing game he advocated .

[Batigol]

I just can’t seem to remember O’Brien standing out in many games, whereas O’Neill always stuck in my mind as a lovely stick man.

Paul Ormond(e) was a great corner back in 01 too but he disappeared off the scene soon after because of injury (I think).

[Batigol]

Am I the only one who hasn’t a notion who Shane Kavanagh is?

[anon60384913]

Any limerick fan knows the tipp all Ireland semi was the low point. While the style didn’t suit it improved their hurling no end which we benefited from in 2013. The players knew what to expect from proper coaching and training also. Jerry Wallace was brought into the fold who many players still regard as the best coach they’ve worked under. He stayed around limerick over the next few years and had a huge roll in the development of 13 and 14 minor teams and the team Kyle Hayes was on as well. O Grady bringing Wallace with him was another huge moment in limerick gaa.

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

He was there from 2001 to 2014. MOTM in the 2008 Munster final, had his best year in 2010 when he was one of the few Tipp players to show up against Cork when they were hammered and was excellent in the semi final win over Waterford as well.

[Batigol]

I was at the fecking Munster Final in 08 too. I’m hugely confused

[Dziekanowski]

@Bandage

Tom Kenny for me.

I recall the brilliant goal he scored against us in Cork’s very, very narrow All Ireland semi final victory against us in 2004. Ran half the length of the field and his shot, if I recall correctly, went through an approaching defender’s legs, and rose into the top corner past Fitzhenry.

Was it not a low enough shot, two or three feet off the ground all the way, but the sheer power made it unsaveable? One of the few things I remember from the unmemorable 2004 final was Kenny galloping through at a key stage of the second half and scoring a point. It was a classic sort of statement score where you knew Cork would not be denied. I would have thought Kenny would not have been far off Player of the Year that year on my cursory memories of that championship.

[Ashman]

He was useful. : had a decent paw but a long way off all star material

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

Yeah but of the Tipp players of that decade pretty much all of their main men won All stars from the early 2000s team under English or the 2008 onwards Sheedy team.

He was a better hurler than the likes of Benny Dunne, O’Brien, James Woodlock etc who were the other regulars who didn’t get one

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

He had a very similar run against Clare in the 2005 semi final and sent a shot straight into the bottom right hand corner, somehow Davy managed to get down and save it

[Ashman]

Fair enough what you say but my point stands

[anon78624367]

@Locke

…Yep, Eugene at the heart of the defence. Great man to grab a goal. Pickah, Keochs the odd time at full back but another Limerick man who’s name escapes me, Adrian? I know it’s not you Ma was there alright, some midfielder. Eugene’s bro was striker, scored loads.

Trevor Fitz

[Batigol]

Get your 2010-2020 list ready for tomorrow.

[anon60384913]

Kyle Hayes