Limerick GAA Discussion Part 2

Looks like Flanagan and Kyle Hayes are serious doubts for Sunday, with O'Donoghue, Gillane and Lynch also carrying knocks according to the Leader today.

We just don't have the strength in depth aswell.

The defence has good cover with Mike Casey and Richie English now available. Also Colin Coughlan can cover at Half back. I agree about O'Neill getting game time but we have already lost Casey and with Flanagan romoured to have broken his hand he will be out for a while. I'm not a fan of David Reidy. His overall game isn't great. If Gillane and Lynch are also out on Sunday the pendulum will swing in favour of Cork if they have no injury concerns.

If any of Gillane,Lynch or Hayes or O Donoghue are missing then it's a Cork win for.me.

Huge loss regardless. Already without Peter Casey from last year's A.I. final. Flanagan has had some fine outings V Cork. People talking about having players back for "later in the championship" need a reality check. Failure to take any points from the first 2 games could well mean the championship is over. And Limerick are not alone in this scenario, Clare, Tipp and even Waterford have players struggling to be fit. Waterford however have the strongest panel around at the moment and thus will be least effected. Cork seem to be the only team with an injury-free squad to pick from.

Cork supporter here. I wouldn't be putting too much emphasis on whatever player's ye have missing on Sunday. Some Cork supporters were very confident before the League Final because Austin Gleeson was out for Waterford. Didn't make any difference after.

It's a big game for sure but not that big when you think about it because three of the five teams in the Munster championship will qualify for the All-Ireland series. So both sides can afford to lose on Sunday and still qualify. I think Cork need to win a lot more than Limerick do because this is our only home game; we have to play Waterford in their home ground (we are obviously going to lose that game). We have to play Tipp in Thurles; never an easy assignment. We have Clare in Thurles; Clare love playing there just as much as we do. The league format of the Munster championship means more games so that is obviously something the fans welcome but the edge has been taken off some of the games as a result. Whoever finishes third faces playing the following week of the last game of group (I am fairly sure) so that is obviously not a good situation to be in but depending on who they get in the draw they could still get to the All-Ireland final.

It does seem a bit ridiculous to have all five teams playing each other with the end result of it being only two of them get knocked out.

I'd agree with that.. Id see it as Cork and Waterford with Limerick getting third but to play Clare in Ennis ...thats a real tough one.

We have to dampen down the expectations 😉

I would imagine it might by Lynch moving to corner forward with the freedom to roam and Hayes as you said moved to half forward with Dan Morrissey moved to half back and Richie or Mike Casey to full back.

Seriously short of forwards. Reidy never delivers when the chips are down. The fact he wont be taking frees also means he will not be involved in the game as much either.

If that's the starting team then it's a crushing disappointment for me. When has Kiely ever named a dummy starting line up.Reidy has never delivered as a starter,not once but the manager loves him. He buzzes around lolking for loose ball which he then precedes to blast wide. He nearky lost us the Galway semi in 2020 with 4 wides on the trot. Mulcahy going on last years form wasn't good but I suppose starting him makes sense. He won't last 50mins.

It's all abit stale. Even looking forward to when this current management move on,they've not given enough debuts...or any. This whole team will age together and it ll be a decade in the wilderness afterwards. Cork will win this game with about 5 points to spare.

Kiely and Kinnerk don't owe us anything. I wouldn't be criticizing them. I would probably move Lynch to corner forward and let him roam out the field with O'Neill starting in the half forwards. I agree Reidy isn't great. We don't need him for set peices aswell.

I'd start Adam English and O Neill. Its sink or swim.I'd keep Morrissey in reserve ,he's been out of form but a great man. I'd have moved Kyle up aswell, moved Dan Out and Played Mike Casey