They’re not the worst options but it’s getting threadbare. We’re down three of our best players now. The best player in the game, the best corner back and the best centre back. English has been coming in for Casey towards the end of games too and that’s that option likely gone. Every option has pretty big limitations and is open to targetting.
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The system is everything with Limerick and I believe they will go for the most similar-type player so as to least disrupt the role.
Hannon screens, sweeps, gives the out-ball, gets up the middle for the odd score and competes well in the air.
Barry Nash is the most obvious choice.
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Dan 6, Kyle 7 would definitely be the move if you’re moving Dan.
They might do that, that was the first move they made when Hannon had to go off versus Cork. Dan was the centre-back for a lot of the league. But since Cork targeted us aerially in those few minutes, Kyle has been the move since with Coughlan at 7.
I would agree with @Elvis_Brandenberg_Kr that Nash seems the most natural replacement. But then you’re losing his distribution from the full-back line and that’s been something they’ve been very reluctant to lose in Championship.
I’d say ye missed picking teams all the same lads.
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It’s just like old times
There’s lads sitting down with spreadsheets of data, wondering could you get 70 minutes out of Nicky at centre back, what value would there be in putting Cian there, would Kyle finally be ready to become the King.
All the while @Breaking_my_balls realises what he’s been telling you all along, Hannon is the hinge. The door dont work without the hinge.
The more fellas we can shift for one absentee the better. It’s glorious. Gillane will be a ball-winning half forward before the day is done.
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The lad on here who says Hannon is the most overrated hurler of the last 20 years will have egg on his face when the empire crumbles next day out
Hannon is Atlas, holding up the sky. Without him, the next man may hold it temporarily, but in the end, the sky falls.
We are still the team to beat.
The system wins out. The game is rigged
He was an U17 that year though,. He may even have turned 17 a few days after that particular match.
A week later he was 17 
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Whatever way we approach it we lose out something. Nash has been curtailed by teams pushing up on him, he might get more opportunities to get on the ball at 6, and he’s the most like for like replacement for Hannon. In that case makes most since to put him 6 and bring in English. Tipp unlikely to push up on Nash in with three in the full forward line in the same way though, Galway more likely to I reckon.
For the reason you say, Nash to 6 would be my choice too, he’s not as effective a distributor from 4 if teams sit on him.
But then, Galway played an out-and-out sweeper against us last year, giving us a spare man in general play. So that would mean it’d be fine to keep Nash at 4. Tipp did push up on puckouts at the very least the last day.
Of course you’re not going to know whether a team plays a sweeper or not until the day of the match.
If Kiely doesnt trust Colm Coughlan at wingback at this stage why is he even on the panel? Kiely is chronically conservate when it comes to team selections and its biting him in the ass now.
He was closer to 17 than he was to 16
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This is like the equivalent of Kilkenny in their pomp losing Tyrell, JJ and Henry
Because you need 30 lads to have a training match
The best defender in the country, the best centre back (who makes the whole thing tick) and likely the only active hurler with 2 HOTY awards. Limerick are a skeleton at the moment. Any half decent outfit will beat them
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