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5077

Slim, Jim.

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5078

Thereā€™s a few but none interested, it would appear.

5079

Keelan Stephenson would be one anyway worth a shot anyway.

5080

Gearoid Hegarty would be perfect but John Kiely is stil persisting with trying to make a hurler out of him.

5081

And a sharp-shooting corner forward at that too.

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5082

Whatever about wing forward I canā€™t wrap my head around this. If it comes right Kiely the greatest hurling genius of all timeā€¦

5083

I think the chances of Kiely turning out to be the greatest hurling genius of all time, and the chances of Hegarty turning into a good corner forward are fairly similar.

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5085

The moves of Hannon and Hickey went well. Dowling okish, and Hegarty at wing forward okish. Hopefully this corner forward experiment was an aberration.

5086

Stephenson is a decent player alright. Hegarty is a obviously the standout, probably the best player in Limerick full stop.

They have other fellas who have soccer commitments, Hanrahan could have been a fine inside forward for example.

5087

Good post. I fully agree that the night in Portlaoise beating Wexford in 2011 was a great night. There was a stampede onto the pitch at full time in case the ref thought about playing any additional injury time. Iā€™d definitely rate it as the best day following the footballers.

My favourite hurling moments were beating Waterford in 07 and Clare in 96. It was sweet getting the back to back in 2013 and 2014 against Tipp, Donal Oā€™Gradyā€™s monster point and Hannonā€™s winner from out in front of the uncovered stand in 2013 in particular (hence the profile pic). The 10 minutes of torrential rain and thunder in Croke Park in the 2014 semi final against Kilkenny when we absolutely horsed into them was brilliant as well, the more it rained and lightening flashed the better we hurled and more physical we got. Such a pity we couldnā€™t win it but I was immensly proud to be a Limerick man that day.

5088

Iā€™m not even sure Hegarty at half forward will work (think heā€™s better facing the ball), but corner forward is mental altogether. At least at FF you could see some logic to it.

5089

Thereā€™s a fair 15, that would give the actual 15 a run for it, that could be picked of lads not playing for Limerick for one reason or another sadly.

5090

Bring on BORRRRRISSSS
Bring on BORRRRRISSSS

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5091

Itā€™s kinda unfair on the fellas who do commitā€¦ I mean this happens every year nearly. The talk is of the players who donā€™t play.

Hayes
Cahill McCarthy Browne
Riordan Corbett Oā€™Donovan
Hegarty Oā€™Donoghue
Oā€™Donovan Jim-Bob Buckley
Hanrahan Ryan Collins

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5092

I agree but thereā€™s a lot to be said for a guy like Hegarty at wing forward putting himself about and covering back the field and winning ball or generally being disruptive. Ridiculously, Dowling ended up doing this chasing about and Hegarty ended up at full forward v kilkenny, which is fucking mad.

If only your old favourite Breeny was still available for selection the wing forward position would be nailed down and we wouldnā€™t need to have this discussion.

5093

Iā€™ve told you already, where weā€™re going we donā€™t need forwards.

5094

Hard to blame the lads that donā€™t play either.

5095

We just need 4 or 5 lads who can put the ball over the bar from midfield.

Kilkenny and Wexford donā€™t even have 5 lads who can reach the goals from the 65.

5096

Glorified gym monkeys the lot of em