Made life more difficult for ourselves than it needed to be. Honestly, a very poor second half from both sides really but Waterford at least pulled themselves back into it.
Oisin, Harrington & Scully got the scores to level and win it but we didnât play well.
SOB was destroying his man in the first half but was very poor in the second half by his standards, taking way too much out of the ball. The half-forward line faded from the game completely, the midfielders werenât involved to the same extent. We gave away a lot of stupid frees too.
Overall, Langan had his best game tonight but needs a lot more development. Davy had his best game too, hurled a lot of ball. Best game for Scully too and scored a lot but I donât know if he makes it at senior intercounty without having some sort of right side, gets caught on it too often for my liking.
For me, OâFarrell looks like the one who is the most likely to make it other than SOB. His decision-making is good and he fights for every ball. He needs to tidy up his hurling a bit but heâs got the raw materials. Fintan Fitz had a bad start to the campaign but has shown flashes of excellence. Quiet enough again tonight but was starved of ball, not sure if thatâs his best position. Definitely Hayes was the best outlet at 11, offered something different. Again, decision-making can let him down.
Seniors-wise, maybe a few of the younger lads might make it but will need more development at club & this level before you could say for sure. Any 18-year-old who is starting at 20s must have something about him though- Casey, Matthew Fitz, ROF, Flanagan are definitely good prospects.
I think that might have been the first game since round 1 that Patrick Fitzgerald played and youâd really wonder how they were expected to cope without him. He didnât even have close to his best game but he was still their main outlet by a mile.
Do you think SOB can make the senior team later this year?
Has not been great at u20 level this season but I think heâs a handful for any corner back with the right supply
Iâd be surprised if he did tbh. Iâve no doubt heâll be a very good senior player in time but I think if he can force himself into the 26, thatâd be a good step first & foremost and thatâd still be a bit off featuring on the pitch.
Immensely talented but has a few bad habits that he wonât get away with at senior level, he gives too many opportunities to defenders to dispossess him for absolutely no reason. Quality of backs at this level will take that every day of the week.
SOB isthe nuts and should be with the seniors to me. Lads from other counties who hurled challenge games v Kilmallock are v high on him. He is the future 11 for Limerick. Has it all. There is no real weakness there.
SOB- CON-AE could keep Limerick close a while.
SOB seems to be able to win his own ball which is huge.
Fair play to Cork. They kept fighting when other teams have wilted. Incredible game of hurling. Cork identified the weaknesses in Limericks defensive and in play setup and really targeted them.
Limerick response in the 2nd half was expected but Iâd say the management will be slightly more worried than after previous losses. The injuries are piling up and Hannons performance will be extremely worrying.
The team themselves lost nothing in defeat and the Waterford match will be massive now
Caught at the death when they had it won, it happens, not the end of the world. The injuries are really starting to pile up though, two week break probably needed now
To be fair if you take out the 2 gift wrapped goals cork gave Limerick they were well beaten.Cork could have had 5 goals in the first half.As @BruidheanChaorthainn said the injuries are mounting up now.Have Waterford got the stuff to beat them in the GG.If the do the All Ireland is wide open.