Josh Considine, Jordan Higgins, possibly Nigel Foley aswell.
John Flynn has a bad oul injury too; I’m guessing he’ll be back but not sure when.
And, like, SOB is 34 this year, I think. Not the player he was. And I don’t think they have any new players compared to last year. They’ll still be good but Doon definitely have more talent available.
Doon have a team of inter county hurlers - most played at least u20 with limerick.
Adam English coming of age too. Derek will have him sweeping though.
How’s Richie English recovery coming along? Heard he played a club game?
They’re not coming down off the finest land/women in the country to watch fellas mullocking…
Derek is well liked in Doon by all accounts and they are very much one of the teams on my radar for the Club Championships this year.
One of the Limerick’s will correct me here I’m sure but i think they’ve always been missing at least one of Richie English, Darragh O’Donovan, Barry Murphy or Pat Ryan every year in Championship for the past 7 or 8 seasons. Now they’ve Adam English there too and they really should have beaten Na Piarsaigh last year.
4/1 is skimpy enough though when there are 4 genuine contenders there. I don’t think you can draw a line through any of the other three yet.
You’d get the sense that they’ll win it well if they are to win it. Serious mileage on the other contenders and it is the pivotal year for the established county lads.
I see huge similarities between where Doon are now and where Glen Maghera were in 2021.
Derek is going to be Doon’s Malachy O’Rourke.
They’ve deffo the players and the depth and sure AE could be as good as anything around in time. I hope they do it.
They had a fair rollercoaster in the group last year with all the injuries. They have the others of the big 4 up first three games this year which could make or break McGrath.
You’d hope that if they do win it, they go on and win a few more.
I think we are on the cusp of a changing of the guard at Club Hurling level nationally.
We’re down Breen and Casey up top, you’d have to say it’s finally Doons time to be fair
Barry Murphy will be key, I think. He’s the one who has had awful luck with injuries but he seems to have stayed fit for a good while this year.
Adam is the elite forward but Murphy is a serious operator and makes their attack tick.
I’m presuming Derek will play a sweeper; Cormac Ryan is probably the logical choice, you’d just be worried that he’ll use DOD and that would be a waste of him higher up the pitch.
At the end of the day, we’ll bate them with our cap. If there’s a way for Doon to lose, they’ll find it.
What is HRH mate?
The few inches between the ears has always been Doons problem. I think that’s an area where Derek might actually be of most use. Would love to see them win it though, the demilitarised zone would be like Las Vegas for a few weeks😀
I doubt many of the Doon lads have read “Art of War” so Derek might bamboozle them.
Just call a Doon lad a Tipp cunt at the throw in and the meltdown proceeds from there
The Limerick doctor is wicked for chirping at the referee when he attends to a knee taker. Always whinging
From JP right down to the medical staff - everyone is doing something wrong in the eyes of the Tippos 
Wait till they hear JPs next stroke 
Real tinfoil hat stuff