Iām not sure how Paddy OāDonovan wasnāt starting.
Cian Galvin has been very good since coming on too; youād have to think heās probably good enough to start. And John Conneally not involved at all is odd?
How did Robbie Cotter not get a minute there and the forwards bate all over in the second half?
UCC just couldnāt win a ball up there in the second. They needed to push more numbers up the field IMO.
UCC needed their full selection really. Daly and Cunningham were losses.
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Fergal OāConnor was the best player on the pitch across the 60 minutes; a classy, classy player.
Some of ULās bigger names were poor in the first half but stepped up in the second half: Brennan, Coughlan, OāConnor & English. Rodgers was pretty quiet but got a crucial 1-1 in about 60 seconds. And I suppose thatās what really top players can do- even on a bad day, they can hurt you.
UCC will be disappointed tactically with the second half; they ran into trouble an awful lot and didnāt get any kind of good ball into Hayes & Buckley like they did in the first half. Okay, it looked like UL were defending very deep but UCC had the wind at their back; should have pushed the delivery zone back a bit and they probably could have afforded to commit the UL defenders.
They had done very well in the first half, maybe caught UL by surprise a little by the level of their work rate. UL came out a different team in the second half, Iād say they doubled their tackle count in the second half.
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Gearoid OāConnorās analysis of the game is quite good for a fella only just at full-time; you often have a distorted view when youāre in the thick of it.
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Not fully sold on him yet. I havenāt sern enough of him but Iām yet to be convinced he should be spoken about like CON, SOB and AE.
FOC is a great yoke. Should be making match day 26s for championship for Limerick this year.
Coughlans hurling in tight spaces is very slow at this level still.
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The second half performance was more what I was expecting from UCC having seen them against MIC and Maynooth.
I donāt think heās as fancy as them, perhaps, but he has real quality and his work rate is very good. Just trying to find his best position at senior intercounty is the issue. Currently at half-forward, I think heās more suited to the Mulcahy role.
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Like given as I generally agree with you there, but I think POD will surprise you.
He is a good one.
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I suppose when you are the underdog, you have to be clinical when you are on top. Maybe if UCC had more of a cushion at half-time having been the better team, they could have really rattled ULās confidence. Two missed goal chances, two relatively easy frees, a couple of other bad wides.
UL missed a few too but to only go in 2 points down, theyād have been confident of pulling that gap back even against the wind.
As I said I havenāt seen enough of him as you lads.
Capable of great one off scores. He got a point under thr new stand in the 20s final vs KK that was class. Just goes long periods without doing things at times.
The College bate by the NIHE. They wonāt like that one bit
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Score was 15 a piece. Barrett (who I rate) misses a free from the middle of the field. 20 secs later GOC converts from the same spot and UL go ahead. Need to be hitting 90% on frees.
Iād like to see UL win for TJ Brennan captaining them alone.
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Jamie Wall will be keeping the head down
Time will tell of course. He has been unbelievable for his club though over the last three years. Underage level outclassed bigger names recently too. I think with a bit of time on the panel, POD will be a significant Limerick senior hurler.
Not as big a name as some of the other young lads. You wouldnt mind that though.
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Heās a lesser known name but when the need was there for Limerick 20s last year, he was far better than his better known peers. Across several games as well.
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A fine Roman emperor at CB for MIC there
You knew UCC was fucked when Carlow were bateing them with their cap
He played well, in fairness to him. Would say he was better than Hogan on the day.