I havenāt seen the Limerickās this panicked since they went full AWOL in the lead up to the 2018 AI Final 
Neither Byrnes nor Kyle should play 6 because they offer so much more in other positions. Youāre hamstringing yourself by doing it.
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They are having a conniption at the prospect of being beaten in Croke Park by the worst Tipp team in 20 years.
Expect weāll be playing Galway again.
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Honestly think Tipp will beat Galway. Especially seeing as Galway seem to have an issue turning up for first halves this summer.
Iād agree. Just listened to hurling Pod, Paul murphy thinks Byrnes will be centre back, canāt see it though.
SO SORRY TO BREAK THE NEWS ABOUT DECLAN HANNON LIMERICK CAPTAIN HERO HE HAS A BAD KNEE INJURY AND WONāT PLAY FOR THE SEMI FINAL LADS WE ALL NEED TO GET BEHIND JOHN AND THE LADS AND GIVE IT ONE BIG PUSH THESE LADS DESERVE ALL OUT SUPPORT AND PRAYERS PLEASE GOD WE WIN THIS SUNDAY
COME ON LIMERICK ALWAYS
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Limerick have a suite of jigging around options all which seem to have merit
it would be handier if they just had the one option!
That was the absolute height of it alright. And who said all Irelandās werenāt won or lost from behind the photocopier
Did Coughlan play at 6 during the league final against Kilkenny? I canāt see Byrnes and Hayes being moved.they wonāt want to move the deck chairs too much I would imagineā¦
Hannon has not been playing great. Not as big a loss as previous years.
You have to look at the balls he doesnt hit.
No, Dan did. Coughlan was at 7.
Heās definitely not a 6. If we were bringing a player from outside to play 6, it would be Connolly over Coughlan.
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Would Connolly ever be able to do a job on a straight switch?
Or is he way off the pace ?
Coughlan still played wing for schools and Limerick underage teams I recall, more the most part anyway, even when he was one of the marquee players. Iād certainly be happy to see him start for Limerick anyway if Kiely gave him the vote of confidence.
Personally from what Iāve seen of him I think donāt think he has the speed of hurling for the way we play.
Limerick have very little top quality coming through from 2-6
Most of the beat young hurlers are forwards
Sure look at Hegarty.
Ya, itās a bit of a headache.see how we nearly fella part against waterford when hannon went off injured early on after being 8 points up.
Only positive is we have a few weeks to prepare.
Backs naturally stand out less at underage though. Bar a really dominant centre-back or a rampaging wing-back, you donāt hear the hype about backs until you actually see them in action over a prolonged period of time.
Like, I think FOC is a serious bit of stuff. A natural defender but loads of hurling too. But heās going to be a corner-back at the highest level, the likes of Mike Casey & Richie English werenāt superstars underage either, Dan Morrissey certainly wasnāt. They were all solid reliable defenders. Even Seanie Finn, one of the best corner-backs of all time, was a sub to Mark OāCallaghan on the 21s in 2015 (admittedly that was a baffling call at the time too).
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