Youâd be a mug not to if youâre a betting man.
I would not bet against my own but that is a decent bet .
Not a lot to turn to on the bench if itâs not going well.
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Pessimistic cunts
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A bit realistic tbh . Team still young and raw , no Na P , a few injuries and a good few lads had Fitzgibbon cup during the week .
Offaly seem better and fitter , will be buoyed by last week & they always made it hard in last few years .
I think we will win but I Offaly are a decent value bet .
We know people think offaly are a decent bet, itâs been mentioned often enough here over the last few days
Kiely wasnât the U-21 manager last year though, Donnelly was. It is a little unusual but to be fair, he obviously sees a bit of a gap in that position and the entire half-back line for the U-21s last year is currerntly available. He gave Malachy a couple of games there last year so Iâm a little surprised he hasnât got a shot but OâLoughlin was decent the last day.
And Gillane, Flanagan and Murphy may be newcomers but they are good players and itâs not as if Offaly are overloaded with established stars either. Their best player the last day was Kelly, who is even younger than Gillane, I think.
Offaly do have nothing to lose, but thatâs the same as always against them. Weâve got a bit of forewarning and the team we have out there should be good enough, I think itâs a quite decent team.
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Itâs not linear though, lads. A lot of hurling men trace everything back through U21 and minor teams. Different players mature, improve, stall, have good and bad spells of form at different times. Just because some fella wasnât a first choice on a minor or U21 doesnât mean he doesnât deserve a chance in a given game.
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Ah here
Iâve a feeling this Colin âMalachyâ Ryan chap is going to be a huge letdown for ye, what has he ever done to deserve the plaudits heâs getting here?
The vast majority of this Limerick panel are very very young; pretty much none of them have done anything at senior level yet.
But he is clearly one of the best hurlers in the county.
From the little Iâve seen (relatively) heâs a decent stickman with a decent engine, good man to Hoover a bit of loose ball but I wouldnât see him as any sort of solution, does he have the requiredphysicality? Iâd see him as a Paul Browne light
Heâs physical and tough as old boots. Heâll get down into the trenches and battle. He can take frees and is quite accurate at point scoring. Also has a fantastic paw on him for catching dropping ball.
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Well I look forward to seeing more of him so, thereâs an awful lot of competition for the 5 and 7 jerseys, would it be more appropriate to give him a run in midfield?
Not as mobile as Paul Browne but a far better hurler , better in the sky and a lot harder . A fine hurler but I wonder does the current management rate him .
Thatâs not really an apt comparison at all. He plays the game with a much more physical style than Paul Browne, he wants to make hits/shoulders, run directly at people and likes to mix it. Heâs very very good in the air, probably the strongest in the panel bar maybe Kyle and Byrnes.
I would say that his stickwork isnât as good as Browne tbh. And as a forward, he mightnât score enough from play, although heâll definitely win frees. What I do like about him is that he gets his head up, no matter what position heâs in, and tries to give as good a ball as possible to his teammates.
I donât know what his fitness is like or his application in training, etc. but I have seen quite a bit of both players, and Paddy OâLoughlin is not better than him.
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He was brilliant against Cork in the U21 last year but he had a handy evening, if Fitzgibbon had played weâd have found out a bit more about him. Did he have a decent opponent throughout that run? Until he gets a few looks in the senior team we wonât know for sure, i just feel heâs being hyped massively here, Reidy is another whoâs getting mentioned a fair bit.
He was the decisive influence in the U-21 win over a very strong Tipp in 2015 when we were down to 14. Was superb throughout that year actually, brilliant in the semi-final too.
They are only U-21 performances but he definitely has more about him.
And tbf Reidy has only been mentioned at all since he scored 3 points from the bench the last day. I donât think anyone expects he will start in the summer, but people quite rightly, thought that maybe that was enough to start this weekend.
Surely not?
Fair assessment. Good player. Probably being overhyped but the muldoons on here love repeating âMalachyâ this and âhas a bit of cut about himâ that to each other which is why he keeps getting mentioned. Thought he was less influential for the 21s as the year wore on last year. Has possibly suffered from his versatility. Would definitely like to see him get a few runs during the league.