have been stand alone for the last two years. Will depend who is in them.
Cork v Kilkenny/Wexford will surely be in Thurles
Dublin v Limerick/Tipp would make sense for Portlaoise but if it is Limerick then good chance of double header in Semple.
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A chance for Dublin v Tipp they could bring it to Kilkenny as well Iâd imagine.
This munster final demonstrates the flaw in the new system. Like the last day, itâll be completely forgotten come all Ireland final day, and itâs not 100% clear that winning it is an advantage.
But that has been the way for some time. Both Munster and Leinster are nice cups to win but pale in significance compared to the All Ireland.
If Galway hadnât won the senior in 2017 I doubt the Leinster title would have been much of a consolation to the players.
Agreed, but it lends itself to a corroded outcome.
Any two of those three. Itâll be a traditional winner pal
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pay walled.
For Brendan Cummins- this is officially jump the shark territory, the most inane pointless gobdaw out there.
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Brendan Cummins: âPremierâs intense pressure game will be the key as Treaty look to time run to perfection in Munster showdownâ
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Filling big boots: Dan McCormack. Photo: Diarmuid Greene/Sportsfile
Brendan Cummins
June 24 2019 2:30 AM
Six days out from the Munster final, thereâs one thing Iâm sure of: weâre about to witness a very different game to what we saw in Semple Stadium.
Over the weekend I watched that game back, and itâs surprising Tipperary didnât win by more. I counted 36 unforced errors for Limerick, 19 for Tipp. The chief cause? Pressure.
Tipp are putting incredible pressure on their opponentsâ passing, on their skills. Itâs easy to watch a video and call players out for turnovers, but itâs very different being in the eye of that storm.
Itâs something we faced with Tipp in 2009 and 2010 against Kilkenny, as they got to you before you got your head up. Itâs suffocating and squeezes the life out of your attack.
There was a narrative swirling last week that Limerick werenât trying a yard in Thurles, but I donât buy it.
You canât tell me Shane Dowling or Aaron Gillane werenât trying - when you put on an inter-county shirt thereâs no stage where you say âto hell with thisâ.
They were just completely out-thought and out-fought, punch-drunk in the end and making bad decisions all over the pitch. Tipperary have made every Munster team look ordinary because of their work rate and Limerick were just the latest victims.
So why should Sunday be any different? Well, there are several reasons.
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The first is âBonnerâ Maher. Limerick didnât know what to do with him the last day and with him absent Tipp will hope Dan McCormack is up to the task, even though heâs a very different player.
If thereâs one thing that will decide the game, itâs Declan Hannon versus Paudie Maher, the two who will have the most possession. Whoever uses the ball better through their areas or stops the other team playing through them will win, because those are the platforms to play from.
I wrote last week that Maher was a perfect sweeper for Tipp, but by definition heâs not really that.
Playing a sweeper means you take a corner-forward out to play as a third midfielder, which allows a centre-back to sit, but Tipp arenât doing that, theyâre still playing three in the full-forward line.
Noel McGrath and Michael Breen are sitting and the half-forwards and midfielders are working so hard that they balance the books, even though itâs four on five.
The constant rotation of the forward line means fellas pop up all over the place for Tipp, and thatâs the big conundrum for Limerick. If you go man-to-man - and Noel McGrath is an obvious target for that - you drag your whole defensive structure out of kilter because youâve one less guy tracking back and space starts to open up everywhere.
The puck-outs will be key. I think Limerick will step back on Tippâs puck-outs, then it depends if Brian Hogan goes short to the corner-back. With Cathal Barrett possibly out, Limerick could well dare Tipp to run the ball out.
Between the Limerick â45â and â65â the last day Tipp killed them with turnovers. When ball dropped, Tipp were able to manipulate it in the air and move it around and even when Limerick won it, they took it off them because Limerick didnât have the numbers behind the ball. If Limerick concede Tippâs puck-outs theyâll have more numbers when Tipp go long.
For Limerickâs puck-outs, I think theyâll revert to last yearâs All-Ireland final strategy: line up in the middle of the pitch and go in-to-out. If Tipp donât follow them in theyâll go long down the middle where theyâll have numbers.
However, to execute a long puck-out strategy, you need all your midfielders and half-forwards moving. The last day Darragh OâDonovan, William OâDonoghue and Shane Dowling didnât move so three out of five were static - thatâs a lot easier to close down.
Limerick had acres of space on puck-outs and they didnât explode into it, but on Sunday Kyle Hayes, Cian Lynch, GearĂłid Hegarty and Tom Morrissey will all be changing positions with energy and thatâs a different proposition because Nickie Quaid will have more runners.
Limerick will bring a lot more fire, more anger, and because of that their style of play will be implemented better.
Tipp, though, are setting the standard for work rate and teams are struggling to play through it - you probably have to play around it. When Limerick went long the last day there was often space, but they tried to be too precise and play ball to hand. That level of precision, with the pressure youâre under, is really tricky. Half a second is all Tipp players need to move it on because theyâre playing it into space, but Limerick players take a fraction more to play their precise passes. Tiny margins, but they add up to a meaningful difference in turnovers.
So far in this yearâs Championship, Limerick only had it put up to them twice and both times they havenât had an answer, which is a big concern. But having now felt the nose-to-nose pressure of Tipp already, theyâll be far more prepared this time.
Theyâll feel theyâre ready to win at home and get their summer rolling. Itâs a question of whether Limerick have timed their run to perfection, and whether Tipperary have gone too soon.
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If you think heâs bad, Iâd advise to read some of the articles inot the Limerick leader
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How many limerick forwards would get on with Tipperary? Gillane?
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I think it is fair to say Quaid, Finn, English, Casey, Hannon, Lynch, Hayes and Gillane would make a dual side.
More than Cork anyway
Mulcahy would get on any side at the moment
I tuned out at Expert View
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This is real award winning sports journalism right here.
Gillane, Mulcahy and Hayes. Youâd have McGrath and lynch in midfield. In the backs then youâd probably have Brendan and padraic Maher, and maybe Barrett would get into the limerick team but Barrett is out injured. Quaid in goals then.