Thatâs Mac, actually.
And they are ugly as sin.
Parteen is in Limerick
I believe they launched a boundary campaign a few years back to try and sneek inside the Limerick border, but the idea was quickly quelled by Limerickites who like to keep Clare people where they are, namely cutting the gardens around our summer homes.
All joking aside itâs the combination of pace and skill more than anything else. Itâs a great thing to have going into Croke Park. I think if you look at the damage McLoughlin and Kearney did on the break of the Cork puckout against the slower Boland and McCaffrey you get a sense of how significant pace and an excellent first touch can be in there. And with all due respect to them, McLoughlin and Kearney just arenât as good as Kelly or Galvin in pure hurling terms.
Our lads just seem to be coming really good at the moment and thereâs a genuine belief that they wonât be out hurled. Any intercounty player will talk about how big a pitch Croke Park is and how difficult it is to contain teams, the expectation would be that Limerick will similarly struggle to close off the space and if we get the freedom to hurl we could do some damage.
As well as that, Wayne Mac must be the greatest donkey of a centre back to ever make it to an All Ireland semi-final and any one of our lads from 8-12 is capable of roasting him.
[quote=âWatch The Break, post: 818372, member: 260â]All joking aside itâs the combination of pace and skill more than anything else. Itâs a great thing to have going into Croke Park. I think if you look at the damage McLoughlin and Kearney did on the break of the Cork puckout against the slower Boland and McCaffrey you get a sense of how significant pace and an excellent first touch can be in there. And with all due respect to them, McLoughlin and Kearney just arenât as good as Kelly or Galvin in pure hurling terms.
Our lads just seem to be coming really good at the moment and thereâs a genuine belief that they wonât be out hurled. Any intercounty player will talk about how big a pitch Croke Park is and how difficult it is to contain teams, the expectation would be that Limerick will similarly struggle to close off the space and if we get the freedom to hurl we could do some damage.
As well as that, Wayne Mac must be the greatest donkey of a centre back to ever make it to an All Ireland semi-final and any one of our lads from 8-12 is capable of roasting him.[/quote]
Will there be any space for the Limerick forwards at all??
[quote=âWatch The Break, post: 818372, member: 260â]
As well as that, Wayne Mac must be the greatest donkey of a centre back to ever make it to an All Ireland semi-final and any one of our lads from 8-12 is capable of roasting him.[/quote]
I know thereâs a belief in Clare that your underage system is strong but I think you may be overrating your juvenile players slightly there.
Isnât that the same Wayne Mac who roasted Clare last year?
[quote=âWatch The Break, post: 818372, member: 260â]All joking aside itâs the combination of pace and skill more than anything else. Itâs a great thing to have going into Croke Park. I think if you look at the damage McLoughlin and Kearney did on the break of the Cork puckout against the slower Boland and McCaffrey you get a sense of how significant pace and an excellent first touch can be in there. And with all due respect to them, McLoughlin and Kearney just arenât as good as Kelly or Galvin in pure hurling terms.
Our lads just seem to be coming really good at the moment and thereâs a genuine belief that they wonât be out hurled. Any intercounty player will talk about how big a pitch Croke Park is and how difficult it is to contain teams, the expectation would be that Limerick will similarly struggle to close off the space and if we get the freedom to hurl we could do some damage.
As well as that, Wayne Mac must be the greatest donkey of a centre back to ever make it to an All Ireland semi-final and any one of our lads from 8-12 is capable of roasting him.[/quote]
If itâs pace and skill youâre looking for in your full back line then you should be playing Morey. But as his time in the corner showed those are beneficial but not the key attributes for a full back line.
Wayne Mc wasnât roasted by anyone from 8-12 off either the Cork or Tipp teams. Clare have some lovely hurlers with a great pedigree from u21 but ye are blowing them out of all proportion. Youâd swear it was a team of all DJ Careyâs ye had and that Cork and Tipp are Christy Ring hurlers by comparison.
Few of the Clare lads were in Limerick shouting the odds the other night throwing their weight about, mainly picking on young wans and little leaving cert chapsâŚ
[quote=âMark Renton, post: 818390, member: 1796â]Few of the Clare lads were in Limerick shouting the odds the other night throwing their weight about, mainly picking on young wans and little leaving cert chapsâŚ
[quote=âglasagusban, post: 818387, member: 1533â]If itâs pace and skill youâre looking for in your full back line then you should be playing Morey. But as his time in the corner showed those are beneficial but not the key attributes for a full back line.
Wayne Mc wasnât roasted by anyone from 8-12 off either the Cork or Tipp teams. Clare have some lovely hurlers with a great pedigree from u21 but ye are blowing them out of all proportion. Youâd swear it was a team of all DJ Careyâs ye had and that Cork and Tipp are Christy Ring hurlers by comparison.[/quote]
Itâs possible but our opinions on these players are echoed by plenty outside of the county.
And if we are overestimating them, then youâd also have to acknowledge the fact that Limerick appear to have completely lost the run of themselves on the basis of their two wins in the Munster championship. Letâs face it, Limerick rode their luck in both games and got some big breaks along the way. Not saying they didnât deserve to win but they didnât show anything in ever game to justify their supporters hyping them up as world beaters in the manner that they have.
Limerick just arenât that good. But they seem to have regarded those wins as propelling them to a different plane entirely. The reality is that they could have the won the Munster championship last year had they held it together against Tipp. The only difference seems to be that this year theyâre a bit fitter and they have a bit more maturity and consistency in their play.
Theyâre a mediocre outfit, solid and respectable, but not a whole lot different than the team we should have beaten in Thurles last year. Weâve matured since then as well and bounced back from some hard knocks along the way, and on an individual basis we just have the better hurlers. Theyâre young and that brings inconsistency but if they strike form on the day thereâs little enough in that Limerick team that you can see stopping them.
[quote=âWatch The Break, post: 818405, member: 260â]Itâs possible but our opinions on these players are echoed by plenty outside of the county.
And if we are overestimating them, then youâd also have to acknowledge the fact that Limerick appear to have completely lost the run of themselves on the basis of their two wins in the Munster championship. Letâs face it, Limerick rode their luck in both games and got some big breaks along the way. Not saying they didnât deserve to win but they didnât show anything in ever game to justify their supporters hyping them up as world beaters in the manner that they have.
Limerick just arenât that good. But they seem to have regarded those wins as propelling them to a different plane entirely. The reality is that they could have the won the Munster championship last year had they held it together against Tipp. The only difference seems to be that this year theyâre a bit fitter and they have a bit more maturity and consistency in their play.
Theyâre a mediocre outfit, solid and respectable, but not a whole lot different than the team we should have beaten in Thurles last year. Weâve matured since then as well and bounced back from some hard knocks along the way, and on an individual basis we just have the better hurlers. Theyâre young and that brings inconsistency but if they strike form on the day thereâs little enough in that Limerick team that you can see stopping them.[/quote]
You seem to have the opinion that Clare have a far better team. That view is not shared by that many outside the county since Limerick are marginal favourites.
I donât think Limerick are losing the run of them themselves. Thereâs been some trash talking and everyone favours their own team a bit but all four counties that reached the semis would have had a decent chance to win it out, not much between any of the 4.
Clare have some nice players but ye have beaten no one in getting to the final. Beating a shambles of a galway team and drawing with Wexford is not a strong record coming into an all ireland semi.
Iâll be supporting Clare in the final if they do beat us however I fancy Limerick by 5. Will you still consider Limerick a âmediocreâ team if we beat Clare, or will it be a delusional Clare âshould have wonâ like last year?
Should have beaten us latst year!??? 
hahaha FFS the final score falttered Clare WTB.
21 scores each. A few scuttery goals swung it yeâre way. You forget that two of our kids, Cunningham and Galvin missed one on one goal chances in the first half that could just as easily have crept in. The soft goals gave ye the cushion and the bit of security. I know Limerick tend to afford their leads some sense of permanence and are perennially shocked when those leads evaporate down the stretch but yeâre second half lead in that game was never that big.
Ye did have the upper hand, but ye never pushed on and put the game beyond doubt, which should be a worrying thing in itself. Just look at the Cork game this year as well, 14 man Cork were dead on their feet and Limerick still didnât push on and finish them off until the game was in garbage time.
The main difference between Clare and Limerick is that if we get spells on top we will make it show on the scoreboard. Thatâs the difference skill makes. The last five minutes of the 94 All Ireland should have taught ye that.
what have Limerick bet?
Cork, the team that hammered Clare
My own thoughts are that limerick donât even see us as a threat. Iâm not sure the players do. There is nothing between these teams but limerick seem convinced that everything weâve achieved at underage since 2009 is completely irrelevant, despite pundits like Eddie Brennan giving them advance warning. Limerick donât respect Clare. Even in 95,it was the refs fault, same in 2008, 2006 , Joe McKenna cost us the game.
Iâm not sure where this delusion comes from but they will never agree we were the better team. Its alien to them, I love that never say die attitude but theyâll never learn to take their beating,and it,dramatically affects their psyche.
Id love to see us win Sunday and be congratulated. If we win at a canter theyre more likely to abuse us.
a 14 man side, if Horgan was not outrageously sent off, Limerick would not even be here
[quote=âBeTimberin, post: 818425, member: 675â]My own thoughts are that limerick donât even see us as a threat. Iâm not sure the players do. There is nothing between these teams but limerick seem convinced that everything weâve achieved at underage since 2009 is completely irrelevant, despite pundits like Eddie Brennan giving them advance warning. Limerick donât respect Clare. Even in 95,it was the refs fault, same in 2008, 2006 , Joe McKenna cost us the game.
Iâm not sure where this delusion comes from but they will never agree we were the better team. Its alien to them, I love that never say die attitude but theyâll never learn to take their beating,and it,dramatically affects their psyche.
Id love to see us win Sunday and be congratulated. If we win at a canter theyre more likely to abuse us.[/quote]
Theyâre a strange bunch. What other county would regard one of their best young players being too fat to last more than 20 minutes as a positive? Not just a positive either, but a tactical master stroke.