There was very little in that, I think Iām right in saying it was the handle of the hurl that caught his helmet. Certainly wasnāt anywhere near as bad as Tony Kellyās earlier in the year and he only got a yellow for that as well.
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I agree. Very insulting to Dublin for lads to be suggesting he try a few lads
I havenāt seen it back but did another Limerick defender get in Mikeās way at the time also? I have it in my head two Limericks went for the wan ball and Mike caught Fitz on the head in the mix upā¦ could be wrong in that.
It would also be desperation. Team has been renewed and built over a season. Glaring issues or injuries aside youāre not going to make massive changes at this stage.
No, Casey came steaming in with the Hurley up for the block down, WOD was in chase but they didnāt interfere with each other- Fitz at the last second pulls out of the shot and dummies him. Casey has committed and the Hurley comes down and he catches Fitz clean on the top of his helmet with the middle of the hurley
It happened quick and Fitz got on with it which helped but it would have been a red back in March
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Id imagine they will have to consider the Byrnes dilemma
A legend of the game but teams are targeting him. And heās coughing up huge scores directly and indirectly.
And if we have learned anything from the semi final last year and how Cork targeted Hannon then itās best to consider a change here. We gave up an unbelievable amount of scoring chances to Cork throughout the game - more than last year.
They might be resistant to it given the whole unit were under pressure the last day. CON would give Harnedy something to think about going the other way also.
Barry Nash was so important to Limerickās overall gameplan the past few years and I think his effectiveness has been negated by the move out to wing back. I would be dropping Mike Casey tbh (not for performance reasons, but to improve the team generally), and returning Nash to the corner where he can do the most damage from.
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Iād return DOD to the team and let English play in 15 role where he would be an attacking midfielder.
Quaid
Finn Dan Casey
CON Hayes Nash
DOD WOD English
Hego Lynch Tom
Gillane Bull
He had sort of commited to the block down before Fitzgibbon faked it, a yellow was fair enough
Who replaces Nash? I think we have lost some of the ability to play out from the back without Nash in the full back line and Hannon centre back. They linked everything up. But Casey is playing brilliantly.
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DOD is completely out of shape and was gassed incredibly quickly on Saturday
He will not be starting
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He needs game time - Dublin is another good opportunity for him to get game time.
Ryan Taylor had the run of the Gaelic grounds against him a couple of weeks back. Cian Kenny is a similar style of busy hurler who will need tracking, Iām wouldnāt be putting DOD in on him.
They should move Hayes full back to make sure teams canāt play around him.
The slight drop in effectiveness from the Limerick half forwards puts more pressure on behind them and you then have a cascading effect. Itās nothing more than time and mileage catching up with players and bringing them back to the pack. Still my favorites for the All Ireland.
Gillane is unplayable with half decent ball going into him.
He just isnāt in form and English is excellent.
Not sure Limerick need to rip up their team after a draw. In all seriousness though, DOD looks well off starting at the moment. English didnāt have his best day but heās still a massive weapon at midfield IMO with his striking and off the shoulder running. On a better day gets two goals and itās Cork who need to rip up their midfield. WOD didnāt go great either but youād still trust him to get back to standard. Thereās more in Hegarty too, heās so hard for opposition teams to mark but heās not really making it tell on the scoreboard. Is he ever going to get pulled for the move where he leans into the defender and throws them over his leg before striking off his right?
Just as an aside, Limerick warmed up infront the Clare End for both Cork games. I thought there was a big decrease in the intensity of the warmup from the round robin game despite that being a much warmer day. Lot of balls being spilled and picks being missed for whatever reason.
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No
I assume youāre wumming here
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I wouldnāt be so sure. Thereās any amount of dung posted here recently, drop Reidy, drop Mike Casey, start DOD, put CON wing backā¦
The lads whoāve trained and picked 5 All-Ireland and 6 Munster Championship winning sides might actually know what theyāre doing.
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SO youāre saying Nicky centre back?
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