U-21 Hurling 2018

That was 2016. We left it behind us that day.

We have a good few from the 2015 minors that were competitive in Munster final v Tipp.

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I think so. Flanagan was fucked last Sunday. Can’t see him having the same impact. Not sure about Kyle Hayes. Am interested to see how Casey will go

Flanagan was up against a really top defender on Sunday and will learn more from that than all the games combined this year .

Ah look. I’ll head back to it anyway. May as well be done for a sheep as a lamb.

Absolutely. He was well shackled. Will hopefully be all the better for it, touch was very off the last day though by comparison to the cork game.

If there’s to be a trimming it will be Limerick hammering Tipp. Tipp are decent throughout but limerick have some real top class hurlers there

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He got a bit more time v cork . McInerney is a better defender than Cahalane .

I think the second half of the Cork game took alot out of Seamie he ran himself into the ground before cramping up badly,the break after Thursday to recharge the batteries will do a world of good for him.

LK very strong but the full back line could be got at?

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Morris could do damage inside, over 2.5 goals should be the bet in this one.

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Galway v Kk on tomorrow in Tullamore. Should be decent. If I remember correctly Galway edged them in a very close minor semi.
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Would agree with that. Strong on paper from 5 up alright. Was pretty impressed with Paddy O’Loughlin the last day.

Wouldn’t be expecting too much of Hayes & Flanagan after the exertions of the last few weeks, although Hayes is playing centre-back which can be kind to a tired body sometimes. Peter Casey hasn’t been fully fit since last year so keen to see how he’s moving now.

Yeah, Josh Adams had a very good game against Clare but wasn’t tested by anything near the quality that Morris has. You’d imagine that he’ll deal with high ball all day long, but low ball and a mobile forward could be a different story. I’d imagine Kyle will be sitting fairly deep though.

Flanagan’s touch was off against Clare at the weekend; would Brian McGrath be much of a man marker? You’d imagine Flanagan will do a lot of moving from full-forward, he got on a huge amount of ball in the last 21s game.

At minor level, a lot of these Tipp lads were very good; could be more of a unit than the Limerick team.

He racked up insane mileage that day. A good game for the 21s could lift his confidence massively and be a huge boost, hopefully he gets an early score. And hopefully Casey is properly back. The problems last sunday were not with the full forward line but Casey would be a massive addition all the same.

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Galway won with the most obvious square balls I’ve ever seen. I’d be very surprised if this group aren’t well up for this.

Haven’t seen a Wexford starting team for tomorrow’s game against Dublin in Parnell Park.

It’ll have Conor Firman, Damien Reck and Rory O’Connor from the senior starting side and some other senior subs / extended panelists / lads who’ve been on the senior squad at some stage this season.

These will include Darren Byrne, Aaron Maddock, the two Molloys from Gorey and Joe O’Connor.

You’re very keen to stress in your posts that the problems weren’t in the full forward line! :laughing:

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Loftus started senior against Dublin and was the main man the last day. Fahy is the next in a line of big powerful half forwards who can hurl, salmon was in with the seniors for a while as was grealish, Burke is supposed to be a decent full back and Niland is a throwback to silky but light forwards, very highly rated underage but will need to develop physically to make it. I’d say the other lads have more knowledge on them though.

Fools shouldn’t go unchecked mate.