Limerick GAA - it's Box Office - Always Has Been, Always Will Be

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Following our league campaign this is my take on things.

Positives.

  • we were coming from such a low base but weā€™re back being relatively competitive again. Went toe to toe with Galway, Clare and Tipp who would all be vastly more experienced than us. Itā€™s only the league etc but definitely got a bit of self respect back. Supporters seem to have faith in this team.
  • Finn & English look the part in the corners, Finn especially. I think this fella is the real deal. We conceded one goal in normal time in 7 matches.
  • Half backline looks settled.
  • After four years Lynch has finally found his position. Leave him there until he retires now.
  • Flanagan has come from nowhere. Couldnā€™t make the u21 side last year but his emergence has been as positive as it has been unexpected.
  • Gillane not the finished article but another lad who had a great league.
  • plenty of competition for places generally. Much of a muchness in many positions but thereā€™s very few untouchables now.
  • by and large puck outs have been much improved although we gifted Tipp about 1-03 last night. With Eoghan Mc unavailable due to his studies Quaid is the best keeper we have.
  • proper team spirit with this group. Theyā€™ll make any team who beats them earn it. At various times against Galway, Clare & Tipp they could have thrown the towel in but they fought, which often hasnā€™t been the case in recent years when there was almost a tacit acceptance of the inevitable when things were going wrong.
  • we play a style which works well for us. Nothing fancy. Our touch is much sharper than at any time in recent years.

Negatives.

  • still uncertainty among the full back position.
  • aimless ball into the forwards still an occasional problem. Massive Byrnes fan but, Jesus, for every wonder point he gets he must miss four more. Did so much good things, great catches etc but just needs to tidy up this aspect of this game.
  • an absolute balls not having the Na P lads. Worst of both worlds - didnā€™t win that A-I and tough for them to break into the side now after being unavailable for months.
  • nobody knows our best six forwards, including ourselves. Need a balance between the workers and finishers.
  • only got 0-05 from play from the inside line last night. For the ball in we need a much greater return than that. Seems to be a reluctance to drive at the heart of defences and instead we prefer to work it back out away from goal and play the percentages. When we ran at them last night we got joy but didnā€™t do it nearly enough. At least this can be easily rectified.
  • need to find a midfield partner for Ciano. Iā€™d like to see Darragh Oā€™Donovan given a chance there but time running out now. Not writing off Browne but been a bit subdued for a while now. Malachy isnā€™t a midfielder. Has great attributes but suffers from being a jack of all trades.

Promotion was the big thing. Even if it goes tits up in the championship thatā€™s something tangible to take from the year. Look at the way it has stood to Wexford up in 1A.

Roll on May 20th. Giddy up. :ronnyroar:

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Yes to the first question.

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Limerick were impressive in their passing, looked slicker and sharper than Tipp.
Puck outs were very good other than the fuck up for the goal.
Half back line dominated.
They were physical and aggressive in their tackling and put the Tipp half back line under a lot of pressure.
You would wonder how Tipp scored 0-26 in normal time, but they did!
Every time Limerick got close Tipp tacked on a couple of scores.
Limerickā€™s All Ireland to lose.

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Can one of the Mods edit the thread title, pls.

Limerick GAA - itā€™s all about the Moral Victories

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Weird mental gas bastards :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes::grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes::grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Itā€™s only the league, mate.

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Tipp are rattled as fuck.

I donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever seen @Mullach_Ide on this thread before.

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B team makes final of the League.

Weā€™re extremely rattled alright, so rattled we will have a thousand posts in relation to who should play Championship.

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In contrast to the myth about the Kilkenny team of the noughties the Tipp B team does genuinely seem to be the second best team in the country

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The Tipp A team can go fuck themselves. All the talk about it being the Tipp B team last night. When you brought on your A team what did they do???
Brendan Maher - handy chance at the end for a point, bottled it. Yellow card
Bubbles - one point scored, about 3 wides
Barrett - yellow carded, lucky not to be red carded.

How did the Limerick subs do?
Mulcahy 1-1
Nash 0-1
Pat Ryan 0-1
Reidy 0-1

You have Callanan, McGrath and Bonnar to come back in. Serious doubts about callanans fitness for the year. Will Bonnar be as effective as he always has been?
The likes of Padraig Maher (one of the best hurlers Iā€™ve ever seen), his brother, John McGrath, Breen and Forde are your main men now, they won ye the game last night so quit your poor mouth fuck acting about B team bullshit.

Limerick have the two Caseys, two serious hurlers to bring back, it was Nashes first game of the year, very little played at senior level as well next year. Dowling, Downes, Dempseys, O Donoghue from Na Piarsaigh and O Donovan from Oola to come back in to add serious strength in depth.

Tipp and Galway are the top two currently, I would have Tipp as justifiable slight favourites. But Tipp are trying to maintain their level of the last two or three years to be successful. 7 of our 8 midfielders and forwards that started last night were under 21 last year. So while Tipp are trying to maintain their level, Limerick are only going to improve. Upward trajectory for our boys.

So throw your fucking A team off the side of Slievenamon, yeā€™ll get nothing easy of us this summer or over the next few years.

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Last night was disappointing, there is still a lot of fine-tuning to do but by God, these lads will fight for everything. That game looked dead going into stoppage time, but they kept going again and again. Was the same the last couple of days, and it will stand to us in Championship.

Again, the wides are a killer. It is something that we should be able to work on but itā€™s not something you can just flick a switch withā€¦ some of them are ones they should be getting, others are just bad decisions. And if players are still making bad decisions now, they mightnā€™t be able to rectify that easily. Like, I donā€™t want to keep harping on about him but Byrnesā€¦ heā€™s killing the inside line. He does so well to win the ball, heā€™s pretty good at winning his patch but you canā€™t just keep fucking the ball wide. I presume someone has been saying it to him, but he just keeps persisting. Someone needs to show him a video of all his wides in this campaign.

Tipp, even with a weakened team, were so much more clinical. We also went from scoring 4 goals against Clare to not really creating goal chances until we were desperate for them.

Kyle is still very rusty, but he did score 3 points from play and there was a bereavement in the family too. Hegarty was excellent, I thought Tom Morrissey was really good too. Malachy was quiet, really not sure whether he is a midfielder. Pity thereā€™s not one more match for WOD to get a chance.

Subs made an impact, Mulcahy looked very very sharp. But all our forwards subs got scores, there are options.

The first goal was a freak incident, Quaidā€™s puckouts were very good all night and he very rarely makes mistakes. It was a costly one but I would presume that it wonā€™t happen again, it was mad really.

Less scoreable frees conceded which is good, work rate was excellent. Still need to find a bit more composureā€¦ Tipp were just able to get their scores that little bit easier. Casey into the forwards should help a bit.

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Keep typing essays to justify your moral victory. :see_no_evil::see_no_evil:

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Another essay to justify a Moral Victory :rofl::rofl:

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Hegarty sums up this Limerick team for me. Excellent work rate, strong, physical, serious heart and heā€™s not a bad hurler either. Has some lovely pickups and flicks.

Heā€™s a man that the younger lads look upto clearlyā€¦its the same with his club even more soā€¦tbhā€¦That sideline he scored for a fella who cant supposedly hurl was class.

Guaranteed starter in May. Heā€™ll also be playing club football this week.

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Itā€™s only the league pal, wouldnā€™t get too worked up about it. Weā€™re still trying things out.

Limerick will beat Tipp in Championship.

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Heā€™s a magician.

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We keep this place going you cunt.

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Go off and rattle your cousin.

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