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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6 pm throw in for our semi final
Bollocks Fergal. Thatās a ā¬200 hotel room so
I wonder might they throw a curve ball.
Byrnes, Nash, Coughlan halfbackline with maybe Kyle dropping deep in front of Nash.
It fairly stemmed the tide for Limerick in 19.
Could have Kyle midfield with WOD or as spare man. DOD is a fine wing forward as well.
Iām really intrigued to see what they do here and its a fair window into the long term future of the team in the 6 position.
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Kilmallock giving Nap a pasting in the league semi
Just back from balmy Bruff.
A fair trimming.
The Big Robbie Egan show. 2-03 from play and he assisted in another clatter of scores. Wreaked havoc from start to finish.
His first goal was a bit fortuitous - long ball in, he threw up the paw, it came off his hand, went goalwards and trickled between the legs of the unfortunate ākeeper. Minutes later BRE fetched another sky scraper, laid it off to the inrushing Pierce Connery who finished with aplomb.
Trailing by 12 at the short whistle, the city outfit were in a dire position. 2 early points on the resumption suggested an unlikely comeback but that was quickly snuffed out when who else but that man Egan caught another boomer, shrugged off his weary marker and drilled past The Dow (who had entered the fray between the sticks at half time)
A game that will have zero relevance later in the year with both sides missing loads but the @balbec looked sharp. Robbie Hanley, apart from BRE, was the best player on display. Lorded it from centre back. Heās still worth a place on the county squad IMO. Beside him Paddy OāLoughlin was decent with two beauties from play, in another life heād be lining up at wing back on Saturday fortnight. POB impressed at 3 but Na P were so poor itās hard to read much into it.
Chanley is some hurler. Heās still carrying the weight but what a stick man. 0-04 from play, nearly all of them outrageous. Class, class, class.
Slim pickings for Na Piarsaigh. Ronan Lynch wore 13 and lined out in attack. Grabbed three from play and was the only one of their forwards to make inroads. One point for Kevin Downes who was extremely peripheral otherwise. The Dow caught three balls under the cross bar, the debate over the goalkeeping position just wonāt go away, although he drilled one short puck out to his corner back into the pitch and putt course next door.
A fine crowd on a glorious summer evening, the pitch was in fantastic nick. Mike Sexton was the man in the middle, although the match was so tame he might aswell have stayed at home.
FT Bons Secours Limerick County Senior Hurling League Semi Final - Kilmallock 3-22 Na Piarsaigh 0-14.
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Doon 3-22 Adare 1-18 in the other semi final.
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Doons year