From Patrickswell so according to Google maps around hour and half
Granted I havenāt seen him this year but I canāt see Flanagan being parachuted in at full forward. Stranger things have happened I suppose. In recent years the early season team generally has little enough resemblance to the championship team. Itās fairly hard to judge how lads will be playing in summer. Iād like to see Nash and Downes starting and think that one or both of them will, but neither merits a start based on the last year.
We must have potentially the biggest set of forwards we have ever had, even without hannon. Nash, Dowling, Morrissey, Downes and Hayes are big men, Dempsey and the two Lynches not small either, do we really need to be making a forward out of Hegarty?
If you started in moate it wouldnāt take as long.
Flanangan is streets ahead of downes and nash. Flanagan will make a full backs life an absolute nighmare and has way more hurling than downes. Far tougher than nash. Iām not sure where this stuff about downes getting a chance is coming from. He must be 27 this year? Heās had plenty of chances and done absolutely nothing of note. If 10 balls come into him he wouldnāt catch one of them against a good fullback. Dunno where people are going selecting him. Heās grand in club hurling hurling where you get second and third chances to win a ball.
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Lots of people take that view, thereās lots of players have gotten lots more chances. I think youāre wrong and Downes has been hampered variously by allenās impact sub policy, TJ being a dope, and a fuck load of injuries. Heās good in the air but is best running onto the ball. Na P using him as a very stationary ff not getting the best out of him, last few matches heās come alive when moved centre forward. Weāll see where heās at at the end of the season.
THats the big difference between the likes of hayes and flanagan And say downes and Barry nash. Hayes and Flanagan thrive when thereās belts flying and proper physical hurling. They love it and it brings out the best of them. No surprise Flanagan had a quite game v Laois it was a pudding game. Downes would score 4 goals versus Laois for you and look like christy ring. Guaranteed next week Flanagan will lead the charge for you. Heāll wear Hurleyās Off the cunts And if heās fouled heāll give it back to the cunts in spades. Unlike his dad he has hurling in spades. Best forward we have.
Facts are downes made his championship debut in 2011 And scores 2-1. Since then heās amassed 1-17 in championship hurling. That isnāt good enough. If downes is to play a part it will be as sub. He could go well as a corner forward isolated on a small corner back. If he got low diagonal ball he might turn his man and get a goal for you.
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In how many minutes?
He played a good 250 plus minutes in 2014 against tipp, cork, wexford and Kilkenny. Managed a grand total of 3 points. These games were when limerick played extremely well and heād plenty of chances. Itās time to move on. Heās a grand fella and all that but heās had umpteen chances and never done it. Time to move on.
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Iād say the only reason hegarty is playing corner forward is to sharpen up his hurling a bit. Heās a real leader in the dressingroom. The type of fella that not only leads the way but lads will also follow. Heās extremely well respected and his hurling will improve rapidly as heās extremely unexposed to high level hurling. Heās the fittest and strongest player on the panel too. Come championship I expect him to line out at 12 and be used to shut down the oppositions launching pad in their half back line. Mark Coleman, De Burca And heāll relish a tussle with Paudie maher. Have no fear hegarty will step up to the plate come championship.
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I would agree fully with the points re Hegarty, he is never going to be a huge score getter but he could have a huge influence on how easy ball is broken as a Coleman, De Burca, Maher, McInerney would all struggle to win clean ball off him. A real pity Robbie Hanley is no available, even with his piss poor striking he reminds me of Bonnar Maher, if Limerick donāt manage to utilize him it will be a pity.
Exceptionally excellent posting here Apple, youāre rocking the forum here today.
Ah fuck it - you have me hyped to death at this stage.
Weāll bate the bollox off any one
Someone name a pub near Bord Na Mona OāConnor Park for pre match pints.
Eugene Kellys on the corner.
I read that the same way as youād talk about a horse. Spin over hurdles to sharpen him up, unexposed at the top level and open to massive improvement.
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Hanley couldnāt be any worse than Bonnar striking wise?