Typical response of a Trump supporter.
Have you and Nasher had a falling out?
He was stone cold useless in the first half, fucking jogging to balls instead of running. Thought he was much better in the second tbf, seems very one sided though for a senior IC hurler.
Morrissey was much worse for me, didnât touch the ball in the first half bar picking off a score just before the end. Again seemed to be jogging around. No better in the second half and should have been hooked sooner.
Casey battled hard but wasnât himself makes sense if he was carrying a knock, especially since they subbed him before a few worse IMO.
Gillane, didnât have the same impact at all as previous games but worked hard at least. Lost the battle with Coleman but not the first this year tbf.
Mackey, the change didnât work for me and I wouldnât start him again the next day. One decent score.
Cian Lynch, Iâve been critical of him in the past but he was immense last night. Still a lot to improve on, but his work rate and ball winning were phenomenal. Did some great covering back. Deserved MOTM. Hopefully a lot more of that to come.
Boylan is a great bit of stuff, caused Cork real trouble when introduced including winning two vital frees. Great to see a Limerick man winning so much dirty ball. Iâd start him the next day, though he has served us well from the bench in all 3 games to date.
Aherne worked hard and has some nice touches, but heâs very light and easily bottled up. Could do damage in a more open game. Cork were very defensive last night.
Murphy, made an impact on introduction I thought it was harsh enough to drop him in the first place. Certainly had more of an impact than Mackey.
Colin âMalachyâ Ryan, unbelievable first twenty mins, he was running riot. Then faded out of the game for the next thirty and Cork got on top in the middle, before finishing strong again. Him not getting a chance with the seniors this year is looking more and more farcical by the game.
Hanly, solid outting, thought he really stood up early in the 2nd half when we were under pressure. Had run himself into the ground by the time he was subbed.
Grimes, hit some huge scores early on and was immense at stages. Faded a bit as the game went on, but a very good game overall.
Hayes, Cork made an absolute hero out of him raining ball down on his head and he gobbled it up. Mopped up the danger brilliantly, though he should have stopped the Cork goal (with a foul if necessary). He acted like Fanningâs personal body guard for the evening. I nearly could have played full back behind him myself.
R. Lynch, solid if unspectacular. Long range frees were good with the wind and poor without. Uses the ball well. Caught for pace once or twice and youâd be worried if someone targeted him but he gets by on his hurling brain a lot of the time. Again shields the fb line well.
Joy, solid game, came out with a lot of ball. Hard to judge our fb line properly as theyâve yet to be tested really.
Fanning. Did what he had to do well, though as I said he was well protected by Hayes.
Finn. Again another solid display in a game where he was never under massive pressure.
McNamara. Solid keeper, though he point blank refused to hit short puckouts when they were on against a very strong breeze in the second half. Instead he sky balled it to our forwards and we struggled till Boylan came on and won a few of them.
Overall, we made hard work of it, but we got through it. Never really firing on all cylinders but that game should stand to us now v Galway whoâve no one played (farce). Hard to know what Galway will be like, but weâll need to step it up significantly. Our FF line was very lazy yesterday and bar Cian no one in the forwards fired.
Cork made it hard for our attackers, but at the expense of making it very easy for our defenders and ultimately we just had those few extra lads capable of taking points.
Referee was probably kind to us on the balance but Cork were lucky to finish with 15 at the same time.
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Is he close to the senior team? He looked v good but tbf Cork made a hero out of him belting balls down on top of him on his own
He wasnât this year, but half back is one of our stronger lines, would be one of the less heralded players on this team pre champo.
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A good performer at his age level at every stage but not one of the stand out players, the type of guy that could surprise people and overtake some of the bigger names later on. Hasnât been a regular starter at senior for the club but that should change this year.
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Nash and Morrissey seem to have gone back a bit from two years ago. Cian Lynch has rediscovered form. Iâd have expected him to be at midfield or 11 on this team but maybe the wing is the place for him and we shouldnât expect him to be centrally involved in everything at 11 or midfield. Iâd be tempted to shove Nash or Morrissey out to 11 and bring in Boylan in the corner. Grimes has strengthened the half back line.
I had the sense before the game that we could be in trouble if the pressure came on from a strong team and that happened. If Cork were full strength youâd have to think theyâd have won that game. Maybe Iâm overrating some of these lads but Iâm not sure theyâre performing to the max of capabilities yet, should have been good enough to win that game more comfortably.
They just seemed fucking lazy to me, not like they were going for balls and dropping them or getting hooked etc. They just were standing inside offering no runs and then jogging behind their men to the ball when it was played in. Nash in fairness got stuck in a bit in the second half, but youâd never have picked Morrissey out as a senior player and he certainly didnât play a captains part.
Exact same as when Nash came on against Kilkenny. Heâs on thin ice with me now.
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Iâve gone from a strong pro-Nash position to neutral at best.
Your pro-mop anti-Nash agenda has been clear for some time.
Exactly. He was full of running and well able to put himself about in past years. He has the physicality for senior already. Thinking back over the season though, it hasnât been great for him. Very similar attributes to Downes.
Nash has never displayed anything like Downesâ ability . I still say if Limerick seniors are to do anything in next 3 years we need a fully fit Downes performing . None of the u21s over the past 2 years offers what he does .
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Does Downers even offer what Downes does though is the big question. Year away will be good for him. Poor fucker is crocked.
Is the semi final fixed for the 19th does anyone know??
No, pal.
Iâm in full time employment so donât have time to be posting here by the minute in the course of a normal working day.
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Agree . Will be interesting to see . First issue is doing it for Na P .
Yes, Saturday August 19th.
Hope they donât play it in Thurles as part of a double header. Unfair to Derry.
Play Limerick-Galway in Ennis ffs or toss for home and away (no earthly chance of the latter)
I donât think Nash is a full forward. When he played minor his best position was centre forward. I have seen nothing since to convince me he is suited to the full line. Morrissey is strong and playing balls to the corner flag as we do doesnât suit his strengths. Having said that neither have set the world alight. Cian Lynch was very good last night but needs to be a bit more direct.
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I hate Ennis but it makes sense to play it there