The finishers are no starters.
Why was Gillane taken off at HT out of interest?
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Ah here
I would say the yella. I would have taken Simon off before him, but as it turns out Simon would have been better than Flanagan on the day. Flanagan was scandalous
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There are still plenty of chances to be had for lads, I wouldnāt be writing off anyone completely after today because a lot of our bigger players were poor too.
Like, I thought Coughlan had a poor game. But he wasnāt fit enough to play for UL Freshers during the week, so he may be carrying a knock. And even with him being poor, Byrnes was very similar and we know that heās class (although he still hit some beautiful frees in very very tough conditions).
Similarly, we know that Simon isnāt a starter really. OāReilly didnāt convince either in his time. But Gillane & Flanagan were probably worse than both; nothing stuck at all inside.
Hanley was no worse than WOD either, both were okay at best, but probably too similar to play together.
And with Mulcahy probably three weeks away from getting a game, thereās definitely an inside forward slot really really up for grabs at the very least. But, Kielyās comments after the match would suggest that some players might be on their last chance.
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Limerick are done.
Ducked our heads into this place today and they had 8 (EIGHT) TVs showing the Giuseppe Garibaldi Cup match and not a sign of the hurling. Tipped across the road to the Mocking Monk (?) and they had two screens on the front bar showing Dublin vs Waterford.
There was a big Welsh presence around town after the big Tist match the day before.
Hurling is a different game when matches are played in front of proper crowds and not just Big Rob Ryan with a scattering of journalists.
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Mocking monk or laffans. Mm over the front though. Proper pub. Ya like it?
A middling pint to start with but settled down nicely after that. Grand spot. Wexford seems to have a fine set of beer gardens. (Stayed in the front bar ourselves)
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It was great while it lasted. They owe us nothing.
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Do you think crowds being back might unsettle them? Could the fragile Limerick mind make a reappearance and memories of the 2007 pre match roar, the last 8 minutes of the 2018 final, and 94/96 come flooding back? Has to be a concern you would think. Maybe JP can invest in some noise cancelling technology in their helmets.
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At this stage itās Mulās place to lose. As for CON the ball wasnāt sticking at all and his distribution was poor. Very rushed.
Sink or swim.
Itās a major concern.
Came across a stream of Taffy buses and camper vans heading out the Rosslare Road around 4 oāclock.
As for Limerick today - we were a bit over indulgent with the diagonal ball into the corners. It clearly wasnāt working. Itās not really the weather for it, thereās no zip off that sod in February and none of OāReilly/Flanagan/Reidy were looking to make the right runs to the corner to begin with. Pat Simon did get on quite a bit of ball first half but never really got the better of Liam Ryan. We should have worked it through the lines more, especially with that wind. Given that Kiely/Kinnerk are normally spot on tactically, itās surprising how we didnāt play the conditions at all well today.
Sought out three different pubs in order to watch Forest - Leicester game in the Cup after the hurling was done with. All three were showing the rogbee, and could not be dissuaded from it. Despite nobody even watching it in one of the pubs! Everything thatās wrong with this country! Give the punters what they want FFS.
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Iām told thereās 6 figure sums being spent on helmets right now.
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Heās like a fella lacking in confidence at the moment. Iād hope heās started again next week.
Playing devils advocate here the full forward line could be an issue or at least interesting selection wise for Limerick.
Iām not sure when Peter Casey is back. I hope soon but I presume heāll do well to be back before championship.
Graeme Mul best days are behind him surely and while heās still very useful to have about im not sure how effective heād be as a starter. Particularly in the round robin phase when the games come thick and fast.
Flanagan is one of my favourite players for Limerick but we saw in 2019 he lost form for whatever reason and itās not unreasonable to think something similar can happen for all heās older and more experienced now.
Gillane didnāt look good yesterday and he was dropped last season too. He can blow hot and cold at times. He probably played within himself a good few times last year even when he got back in.
Pat Ryan and David Reidy are unlikely to start in the full forward line. I thought Darren o Connell might get a start yesterday ahead
One of Reidy or Ryan but he didnāt.
Cathal o Neil is still young but heās had a tough enough start so far. Heās probably a wild card. If he gets confidence and a run who knows where heāll end up but at the moment itās hard to know.
Itāll be interesting to see how it plays out anyway.
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