He played Breen, Hannon and Dodge there the last day I suppose, al aroundl 6ft + and they couldnāt catch a ball so no harm in trying out a few midgets.
He might see would Clarkey tog and call back Clem Smith too, could repeat the same tactic at half back.
1.Quaid
2.Byrnes
3. (If fit) McCarthy
4. Condon
5. Gavin
6. Wayne Mc
7. Hickey
8. Jim-Bob
9. Browne
10. Lynch
11. Downes
12. Breen
13. Tobin
14. Dowling
15. Mulcahy
Fit or not injured?
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Why is OāMahony always āGavinā and not āOāMahonyā when Limerick members are posting teams when surnames are overwhelmingly used otherwise?
Why is Richie Richie instead of McCarthy? Why is Ryan Jim Bob? Why anything? Donāt try to apply logic to Limerick hurling. Itās a Limerick thing.
To answer your question, itās to save typing in the apostrophe, which Limerick people struggle with and are traditionally wary of.
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We do our own thingā¦Jim-Bob will always be Jim-Bob and Browne, Browneā¦ Most of the time itās Wayne Mc not that he needs to be distinguished from any other McNamara, but it will always be P OāBrien and K OāBrien and not Paudie etc. etc.
Hope that clears it up mateā thereās no rationale really, just that certain people in Limerick will always be called by their surname, like myself, while others will only ever be referred to by their first nameā¦
I see our footballers lost again after a gallant performance. Iāll make one thing clear football is not my sport Iāve no interest in it at all but sometimes the Limerick football fans and particularly the media in Limerick really annoy me.
After their annual āgallant performanceā against a side way better than them that played in first gear we hear comparisons to the hurlers particularly from Liam Aherne. Who seems to annually question the hurlers fitness and dedication compared to the footballers after any loss or poor performance. Iāve no doubt some members of the football panel are incredibly dedicated but I know for a fact a lot arenāt. Indeed I know a true story about a lad who was in a well known night club in Limerick the night before the Tipp football league game going hard on the double vodkas. The following day he was played a part in their defeat. Now Iām fairly sure if I heard it surely members of the media and of the panel did but yet this player was a part of the panel on Sunday. If something like this was to happen in the hurling camp weād have weeks of coverage
When the footballers lose heavily to teams everyone is quick to defend the footballers and point out how it is the county boards fault for not supporting football like they do hurling but how many clubs take football seriously Limerick? Fifteen/twenty percent maybe? The county board is a representation of the clubs of Limerick so why would they support the two games equally.
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Fuck Limerick.
At matches youād always roar Gavin as opposed to O Mahony.
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Football is a pile of wank, @anon25556527. Just when it was fading into oblivion in Wexford, the fuckers go and take a scalp in the qualifiers. Now we wonāt be able to pump all the money into hurling. Limerick seem to pay it the lip service it deserves.
My āPush football back out over the West borderā has not taken off as of yet.
Hard to know what kind of a team TJ will select the weekend. Not much that heās going to learn about new players so does he select the team he hopes to pick for the next round and see how it goes or try a few players and see how they integrate? I could see him starting Tobin who was in great form in the end of the league and unlucky not to start v Clare and then unlucky since. Does he take a punt on Byrnes or Lynch or even Quaid at half back?
Probably Quaid will be restored to goals to get match practice.
The full back line heāll have to decide to stick or twist. Walsh is everyoneās candidate to lose out but hasnāt done much wrong. Richie may have been hampered by injury and wasnāt helped by what was going on out the field the last day but is he fit enough. I think we have to hope those issues have been addressed and start with him. Hickey has not been near his level of last year but again Iām not sure can we afford to move him. Our only full back line cover appears to be our two wing backs, or King at a push.
Half back Gavin surely stays at 6. Seanie has been a good addition and will keep his starting place, though he could be pushed forward to mid or even half forward or back into the corner. Condon probably wonāt be moved but heās most under pressure IMO. Iād want to see Wayne Mc start. Iād also strongly consider Byrnes or Ronan Lynch, maybe as second half subs.
Mids: Browne needs to be restored full stop. Paudie loses out IMO, not sufficient workrate. Jimbob is clinging on on the basis of past performance after the quietest outing Iāve seen from him last day, Seanie OāBrien could start for him here.
Half forward: major surgery needed. Iād want to start Downes at 11. Iād shift Hannon to wing, whether heās there or left at 11 he needs to work his socks off and dominate his man the way we know he can, he should be getting puckouts landed on him and should win them too. Lynch moved out would be good to see and would accommodate Tobin starting inside who deserves a chance. I donāt agree Dowling should be moved to half forward, he is a natural full forward and was our best player there against Tipp. Breen could start too to give him some game time, it was probably unfair to expect him to perform the last day out after only being back fit two weeks. Reidy should be given some time.
Full forward is Dowling. Lynch in one corner and Mulcahy in the other most likely. Iād like to see Tobin start. Mulcahy has been starting ahead of Tobin as of right. Not entirely sure itās justified and Tobin deserves a game, iād start Tobin ahead of Mulcahy and that should motivate both, might be reversed then the next day out. John Fitz could start too, or at midfield but him and Browne together would probably be the smallest midfield ever seen.
@glasagusban - What do you mean Gavin surely stays at 6? He has been far from convincing - he mopped up a bit of loose ball the last day but his job is to hold the line and he didnāt do itā¦Wayne Mac offers McCarty more protection tho he is more limited than Gavin when it comes to distributionā¦ iād rather the former at the minute being honest at the rate we are conceding goalsā¦Gavin just doesnāt have the physicality for 6ā¦ Seanie OāBrien has added a bit ball carrying out of defence but what did his man score the last day??? 1-3ā¦ experiment over. When we are going well I agree that Dowling needs to be in at full but over the next two games we need him on the ball as much as possible, heās bar far our best player and he is not influencing games in at 14 presently. Hannon can sit on the sidelines and decide whether he wants to be involved or not. Breen needs game time as does Tobin and iād only leave Mul on in the hope he bangs a few in and it gets him goingā¦ Downes, likewise.
Bloomfield house is a fine spot alright CMā¦ The Mullingar park is ok tooā¦ If you push the boat out, the wineport Lodge in Glasson will definitely score some brownie points
In a strange morbid way I nearly enjoy the football matches more than the hurling. We (the footballers) have no fans and there is practically no under age structure or investment. We are underdogs 90% of the time we play. Most people in the county donāt give a damn about them. Zero glamour or prestige associated with the footballers and an even slimmer chance of success. Absolutely everything stacked against them but when they give their all what few supporters we do actually have are happy to support them.
What bugs me is that when we played Wexford in the league in the double header the hurlers got put up in a hotel the night before while the footballers had to make do with a 4 hour bus journey down that morning. It should be the same for both. Overnight stay for both or neither.
Donāt want to turn it into a hurling v football debate but little things like that create a siege mentality for those who follow the football.
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Anybody that thinks Teege is going to make a whole pile of changes hasnāt a clue. 2 personnel and maybe two positional. Wayne Mcs back is apparently fucked is the reason as to why he is not involved.
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Bollox. We could do with him. Paudie and Dodge to be dropped for Browne and Downes is a must.
If Wayne is so fucked how is he good enough to come in for a few mins?