Kyle Hayes already has as many all Irelands and has all stars in two positions. He’ll probably have at least as many all stars as Maher by the time he’s 28 or 29 and will have more medals.
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Agree on KH’s potential. Another force of nature. But keeping that exhilarating change of pace is not KH’s big problem at the moment.
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You can never look too far ahead at anything.
You can be king of the world today and nowhere tomorrow.
Fair point. That’d be my expectation anyway, we’ll see how it shakes out.
If you had said in 2016 Padraic Maher wouldn’t win another Munster medal or in 2017 he wouldn’t win another County Championship you’d have been sent to a mental hospital.
For a while people would have thought Dublin would win 10 or 11 in a row in football. Now they look closer to Division 2 than All Ireland contenders.
The wheel turns quickly.
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I think Hayes is Limerick’s most important player really. Liable to pop up anywhere, scares direct opponents who he is also physically stronger and quicker than. Huge game intelligence as well mixing it between running game and the early cross field ball, always follows his pass etc…
If there’s one thing Limerick can very occasionally be guilty of its being too methodical through the lines and overplaying slightly. Hayes nearly always snaps them out of that. He is just so direct and does everything at pace and with conviction.
Not sure what Kyle Hayes has to do with retirement of an all time great of Tipperary hurling. How fucking needy are ye at all.
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Doesn’t Maher have an all star at full back in 2009 and 5 more from the half backline?
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He does.
Sure hurling was invented in 2018
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Correct. You can forget about anything before it.
The Tipp lads are reeling and it’s great to see, Pawwdee heard the round robin fixture was changed and the thought of another pasting from Limerick was enough to cry uncle.
He won 1 at Full Back, 3 at Left Wing Back, 1 at Centre Back, 1 at Right Wing Back.
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Such a pity for Hayes his peak years were played in front Big Rob Ryan and a few journalists.
Kyle finished him a few years ago, he never recovered from it.
David Breen used give him fits ffs.
The shams are circling the wagons.
You knew the gig was up when little Mul put him on his arse.
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I was lucky enough to be in Ennis in 2008 for the infamous Munster U21 final, little did we know what a decade of hurling lay ahead. The classic finals of 2009/10, the epic trilogy between Galway and Tipp 2015-2017. Clare, then Galway, and finally Limerick all winning all Irelands. Looking back it was an incredible decade. Maher was integral to it, an absolute warrior.
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Great post
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