Limerick GAA - All-Ireland senior hurling champions 2018

[glasagusban]

That Limerick team wouldn’t strike fear into anyone but Tipp are missing a few of their best players, I think we have enough to do it.

[TreatyStones]

The footballers must still be checking who they have

[Aristotle]

Look, that is a very strong team; I would say our strongest available to be honest.

As expected really, apart from Darragh O’Donovan in for Browne but I think he’s an excellent hurler, big engine, smart, very good player to go in alongside Lynch.

I thought there might be one more forward on the bench than there is- Nash not there is surprising, I’m guessing he might be injured?

But otherwise, as expected, and a team well capable of beating Tipp.

I suppose the talk from a long way out was the likes of Callanan wouldn’t make it. Seamus Kennedy at full-back is an interesting one; Hamill & Barry both played there during the League, I don’t remember Kennedy playing there. And two debutants at midfield.

They have a ridiculously strong bench with Bonner, Callanan, Brendan Maher, Barry, Breen. But if they were fully fit, the first 3 would surely be starting.

[Julio_Geordio]

@ciarancareyshurlingarmy

Ah FFS

1. Nicky Quaid Effin
2. Sean Finn Bruff
3. Seamus Hickey Murroe Boher
4. Richie English Doon
5. Diarmuid Byrnes Patrickswell
6. Declan Hannon (Capt) Adare
7. Dan Morrissey Ahane
8. Darragh O’Donovan Doon
9. Cian Lynch Patrickswell
10. Gearoid Hegarty St. Patrick’s
11. Kyle Hayes Kildimo-Pallaskenry
12. Tom Morrissey Ahane
13. Aaron Gillane Patrickswell
14. Seamus Flanagan Feohanagh
    15.Greame Mulcahy Kilmallock

Fir Ionad
16. Barry Hennessy Kilmallock 17. Paul Browne Bruff 18. Mike Casey Na Piarsaugh 19 . David Dempsey Na Piarsaigh 20. Shane Dowling Na Piarsaigh 21. Richie McCarthy Blackrock 22. Barry Murphy Doon 23. William O’Donoghue Na Piarsaigh 24. Paddy O’Loughlin Kilmallock 25. David Reidy Dromin- Athlacca 26. Pat Ryan Doon

I think dropping Nash and Hickey are the only two I’d strongly disagree with. I just hope Hickey proves me wrong. I’d say Nash is a lazy bastard in training, he’s a lazy bastard in matches most of the time but I’d have him as an option on the bench all day

[Copper_pipe]

I’d say they’re getting the money down on Clare to cover the handicap before the team is named!

[dodgy_keeper]

Football team not being released until lunch time tomorrow, for some reason.

I’ve had a few quid on Clare -4 at 5/6.

[anon32894817]

I stuck 100 on minus 2 @ 10/1

[Peejaymc]

You’d have to be quietly confident looking at both teams. Personally, I would have Downes and Nash on the bench. Obviously I don’t know how they are going in training or if there are injuries. But while you mightn’t be able to put your house on either delivering, they have a bit of an x factor and if you are chasing a game and are looking for goals they both bring size and serious potential. With Reidy and Murphy you probably know what you are going to get but are they game changers, I don’t think so. Dowling and Dempsey both very likely to feature in the forwards at some stage now and I think both will add a different dynamic. Pat Simon also likely to see game time if the game opens up a little.
Hope our full back line stands up to them as their danger is in the inside three.
Tipp team isn’t frightening. I actually think Brendan Maher not playing doesn’t weaken them, he’s a lot of hurling done at this stage and I always thought he was a bit over rated. Callanan is a major plus for them though to spring from the bench.
I think we’ll hit the fuckers hard, Hegarty who has improved immensely this year for man of the match and that we’ll scrape through against Tipp and Cork will edge it over Clare.
Then Cork come to thurles next week with momentum, mick Ryan makes a lot of changes after their narrow loss to us and Cork take the fuckers. So Tipp in serious bother then with two losses.
Limerick then, after a weeks rest, travel to Cork who have a six day turn around from a huge game against Tipp and face their third game in 13 days and they burn out in the second half and we win that.
Obviously, those predictions could be total horse shit but I think we have a good fall of fixtures. Other prediction for this championship is that Mike Casey will win his place back in the full back line. In mind he’s the unluckiest of the Na Piarsaigh players

[FlakeAway]

That’s it we’re fucked, you cursed us.

[Julio_Geordio]

@anon32894817

I stuck 100 on minus 2 @ 10/1

Where you getting that? It’s 3/1 with PP

[anon67715551]

@Peejaymc

hey are going in training or if there are injuries. But while you mightn’t be able to put your house on either delivering, they have a bit of an x factor and if you are chasing a game and are looking for goals they both bring size and serious potential. With Reidy and Murphy you probably know what you are going to get but are they game changers, I don’t think so. Dowling and Dempsey both very likely to feature in the forwards at some stage now

He’s backed the footballers the daft cunt.

[glasagusban]

Lar Corbett on the GAA podcast says English is the weak link in the limerick full back line and he’s looking forward to see who goes in on him and how they target him.

[Watchyourtoes]

[anon32894817]

Last time tipp played limerick bubbles got himself sent of trying to bully English.

[anon32894817]

Either way lar Corbett is a massive simpleton that struggles to speak coherently.

[Aristotle]

Lar was a great player, but he’s an idiot.

Whoever is marking John McGrath will have a tough time of it, but English will be fine.

[anon32894817]

I presume English follows bubbles and finn follows McGrath with Seamus stickey marking forde

[Esso_Oil]

@anon67715551

He’s backed the footballers the daft cunt

Too good a post to be ignored

[balbec]

I think he got his Ritchie’s mixed up.

[Aristotle]

Mulcahy is going to cause absolute wreck.