the key games are the must win knockout games. 1/4s, 1/2 and finals. These are the days that really count. O donovan was outstanding against Kilkenny too in 2018: 10 passes recieved off team mates between the Limerick 21 and 65 yard line.
5 breaks won.
10 successful passes
3 unsuccesful passess
3 points scored ( 1 sideline). Flanagan and o donovan were no more inconsistent that any other limerick in 2018 despite you constantly trying to tell us this. The way they’ve ruined the Munster championship with the new format you’ll rarely get players that play well every day over the course of a championship. Every limerick player was poor v Clare in 2018 and nobody was that good versus tipp either really.
Flanagan made key contributions versus cork. Up until the point of him being subbed off not many limerick players had played that well. I wouldn’t call it really poor. I thought he was good v Kilkenny. Also I’ve no notion why you pigeoned DOD and Flanagan into the one group. O Donovan has been very good for limerick, a more decorated underage hurler and just imo an all round better player than flanagan. An odd comparison.
Both of them had a good year overall in 2018, some very good moments but also some fairly poor games. I wouldn’t count either in our top 10 or dozen players of the season, I think both were lucky enough to be starting by the end of it. Both of them had a dip in form this year and were overtaken by other players and they each have a lot of ground to make up to start next year. Fairly clear comparison. Also you seem to have a massive horn for both of them.
Pretty much every limerick player was good in 2018 and not as good in 2019. Without DOD back to his 2018 form where he was one of our most important players imo we won’t go very far. There’s probably more options in the forwards but as shown in the Kilkenny performance where we extremely poor a fully fit and firing Flanagan would be a huge addition.
Felt he was the best player on the pitch in the first half of the all Ireland. Would have been in the running for motm if he could have kept it up. He was gassed after 50 mins.
