Defending in 2014 final was shocking altogether. No wonder lads were scoring at ease. The pressure put on shots was what won Limerick the all ireland, they created a monstrous, suffocating system that little have been able to cope since that day.
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Ye are better than this.
A subdued looking Davy Fitzgerald was spotted at Toomeys Service Station, Monard this afternoon. No sign of Bomber or Gazzy.
I wonder is there some form of meeting in Waterford tonight to discuss his future.
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What Iâve heard from a few sources is that Davy canât survive the debacle that has been 2023 and there will be a new man at the helm in 2024. There is some talk that he could even be gone by the Tipperary game.
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Kevin Morans wide killed all the momentum that dsy
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You seem very excersised by the state of WD hurling, thereâs a litany of moans on this thread, as a proud subject of his majesty I donât understand why youâre bothered with Paddyâs stick fighting.
I donât like to blame him because his goal kick started is the same day.
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The start killed them that day. Mentally didnât seem right for the occasion which was understandable considering baggage from 2008.
That was where Derek needed to earn his coin. He needed to have mentally on the ball by whatever needs be.
From recollection he didnât even need to shoot when he did. He could have taken it on further and made sure of it.
Even still if you are going to win you have to be able to over come those moments.
Looks like Iâve drawn the Limerick supporting windbag from Mullingar onto me again. Is there not about 20 threads on the go where he could be jabbering away to himself about Limerick.
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What also hurt us that day was the early injury to Shane Bennett. The introduction of Maurice Shanahan for him was the wrong move imo.
We seemed to be very formulaic is our subs that year. The first sub always seemed to be Maurice and then Tommy Ryan and then Brian OHalloran. (Thatâs the way i viewed it anyway)
For me Maurice was brought on too early in that game and had minimal impact over the remaking 50 minutes.
He needed to come on around the 50 minute mark when defenders and his marker would have been tired and the physically might have dropped slightly.
Tommy Ryan or OâHalloran were the ones to bring on for the Shane Bennett replacement. They at least had the same speed and could run around like blue arse flies emptying the tank in that system we had. But Maurice was first sub and so Maurice was brought on.
Looking at that table and considering Clare have been also rans and this is a golden limerick generation coupled with John Kielyâs championship record in 70 minute match v Clare - 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats, even if you include the extra time win itâs only 3 wins out of 7 - you would have to say it puts a fairly big asterisk in the history book
What you reckon @peddlerscross
Absolutely. Couldnât agree more.
Limerickâs record there is very, very underwhelming all things considered. I make 4 of their wins in the round robin to be against hapless Waterford outfits too.
A 4-3-4 record against the other 3 counties is bang average.
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What about 2020 and 2021. Thatâs a very selective table.
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Round robbin format only I presume.
Aye, as I said selective.
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Itâs all about silverware lads.
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Thatâs the long and the short of it.
Itâs helping some of the lads make points mate