Munster Senior Hurling Championship 2023 (Part 1)

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

Might be of interest to the Na Piarsaigh folk on here

Home away from home - The Clare Champion

[Bod95]

They have his name wrong for starters always was and always will be Micko, he was our manager from U12 all the way up to U21 in the club when we became the first and still the only team in Limerick to go unbeaten through each age group winning county titles at 12, 14, 16, minor and U21, I know the age grades have changed but we didn’t lose a match in LK from 1986 to 1985, in fact the only match we lost was against Wolfe Tones in our final group game at the feile finals in 1988, Micko was a fanatic he changed his number plate after the AI in 1995 to CE 1-13 OY 2-8 and was the main instigator for the Banner shrine in the club, for a son of Kilkee he’d burn footballs which made him an even bigger legend in my eyes.

[Heyyoubehindthebushes]

GAAGameSenseCoaching

[Ambrose_McNulty]

The dirty belt from Gillane there, should have been a yellow.

[Massey]

Burning footballs makes you a legend does it?

[neilld]

Go and do it so

[PhattPike]

Limerick vs Clare Munster Hurling 1996

Up and atom.

[Fagan_ODowd]

An awful lot of poor hurling on show there. Fumbling foostering and missed lifts. And then the cheap shot from Gillane.

[Batigol]

The weather is far east Limerick this morning is fierce close.

[myboyblue]

@Big_Dan_Campbell

@Elvis_Brandenberg_Kr

A cold analysis of the round-robin game suggests that Clare absolutely emptied themselves to beat a Limerick team with no more than 4 or 5 players playing at their usual levels by a single point.

I find the narratives around Clare from thelimericks fascinating. Last year after the round robin draw we were told that the cold analysis was that it was Clare’s all Ireland and sure limerick weren’t too pushed having already qualified and the Munster final would be academic.

The Munster final was this Herculean effort from Clare and they played well above themselves according to thelimericks cold analytics - despite 6 or 7 of the Clare starting team making little impact on the day.

Now the cold analysis is that Clare emptied themselves to beat limerick in the round robin despite there being little to back that up. Maybe it was as much to do with two lads who were cleaned in the Munster final having solid games and three new players being better hurlers than the lads they replaced for Clare and clare being sore after fucking away a match 6 days earlier while Limerick took a step back from their lofty standards . It was a one point on the scoreboard but far from a one point game on the pitch - 1-18 to 2-8 from play and a consolation goal late in injury time if you want to do cold hard analysis.

Limerick are rightly favourites and like you say if they perform to their peak they will win. But what is their peak and when was the last time they got close to it? 2021 final? They haven’t buried too many teams since, they are probably still the best team in the country all things being equal but clare are in a better position than they were this time 12 months ago - are limerick?

Clare by 4

[Special_Olympiakos]

[peddlerscross]

I’d worry there’s a softness creeping into Clare with the bit of expectation.

They’d be better off if they were being totally written off.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

Clare will try bring us down to their level again today. We need to keep our heads and not get sucked in.

[Julio_Geordio]

Writing songs and all sure and not even finished Munster yet

[myboyblue]

Munster is all that matters to this team

[backinatracksuit]

I think I told you before how we came up to Limerick for a match in 85 and played NaP in an u13 match, both teams had won their u12 county championship, we had a very good team and would have 4 cork minors a few years later, but ye beat the living shit out of us, a sobering experience

[Julio_Geordio]

It’s more important than an all Ireland

[Raylan]

Tom Ryan: Limerick is just too big a hill for Clare to climb

Tom has spoken, we may as well park up in Ennis

[myboyblue]

@Julio_Geordio

It’s more important than an all Ireland

@Julio_Geordio

It’s more important than an all Ireland

It is when you dont have it and the other fella is going for 5 in a row.

Incidentally, if Limerick win 5 in a row, you’d have to say Munster is fucked.

[Thornhill]

I hear that it’s 75 to 1 in boyle sports for both games to end in a draw today.