Limerick GAA Discussion Part 2

Peter Casey and Cathal O'Neill still have to return from injury and obviously Cian Lynch so the bench will look a lot better than.

Yes. Congratulations to Billy Lee and all involved. Best of Luck in the Final.

As I thought , Hegarty red, was definitely too generous with the timber.

Doesn’t need that.

We could see the ref needing a bit of protection after this…..

Absolute joke, hegartys first yellow was never a card, up to clare man to move back, unfortunately gearoids perceived reputation got him carded, this is all brought about by a national media witch hunt, they are trying their best to knock limerick off our perch, otherwise I thought backs played well, midfield good but will has a tendency to give away lot of fouls, forwards poor overall, Hayes, boylan, Flanagan and Tom Morrissey poor, reidy has had plenty of chances and no improvement

Those backs are an incredible unit absolutely mesmerizing to watch.

Pulled on the ball before the whistle was blown while the Clare man was in his way.. Easy see why he would do that but the referee refs the game.

He made it easy for the ref later with the niggly stuff. Class hurler and for his size his mobility and control is exceptional.

Limerick has more in the tank than Clare do for the Munster final. Clear favourites.

100% correct,an umpire 50 or 60 yds away could see what happened when half the time they can't see whether the ball was a wide or a point.There was 2 such incidents in the Cork match today both in favour of Waterford

Hegarty would do himself and Limerick a big favour if he controlled his timber better.

Most honest folk admit he is ‘loose’ with the hurley which is why he attracts attention, not because he is Hegarty.

Those who know hurling can see this, and it’s a pity because he doesn’t need to do it.

He is a class hurler without any of that stuff.

Yes Hegarty is targeted all the time. The first yellow was a joke. The second a travesty. The outrageous thing is nobody saw anything. This was clearly evident in Lyons going from the linesman to the umpires. No one saw anything so he then said ' I ll send him off anyway'. Its so poor. If you don't see something you can't book a guy. Fitzgerald should be retrospectively carded for simulation.

Boylan was unlucky to he taken off. Flanagan was poor..Reidy totally ineffective. Oisin Rielly was poor. Mulcahy is finished.

Guys every single time I go on about Kyle Hayes shooting technique. It's appalling for a great kid. Whis coaching him. His head is up when he's striking. If he was a golfer he'd be taken aside and told. Everything skews off to his right. He doesn't strike through the ball. Why is no one helping him fix this.?

Nash ,Casey ,hannon and Byrnes were great.

Windy, in the last few meetings Limerick have never assigned someone just to track Kelly. It's a case of closest player to him at any given time picks him up as Kelly floats so much. Lynch would never be assigned to track him anyway. But in some game Kiely/Kinnerk could pull a rabbit from the hat and do something different. They are famous for it by now,

Having said that Tony is an outrageous talent and by far the best forward in the game right now.

Agree too on the Limerick backs. Brilliant as a unit again today. Great to watch.

I seemed like it was the umpires behind the goal who saw it, on TV it showed how it would have looked from their angle. And from that angle it looked worse than it actually was, you could only see Fitzgerald's back and Hegarty's hurley swinging around the front. You can see a swing, but not really if there's anything in it. I can see why a referee might give a yellow for that, "no need for it" and all that.

It didn't help Hegarty's cause that there was a vocal home crowd, and that Fitzgerald was in a heap on the ground.

The first yellow card was very strange, seemed really harsh.

While Kyle Hayes has done OK in the full forward line and is a presence there, I'd agree that he is much better out the field where he is coming on to ball and running at teams.

In relation to Kelly, I don't think they'll assign a man marker to follow him. They seem to prefer to let him off rather than disrupt their own set up/game plan. Even by his standards the first half was freakish yesterday, every shot he took went over, regardless of angle or distance.

Thought Will O'Donoghue was outstanding yesterday, won a lot of contests that were 60/40 or worse against him.

Gillane and Cathal O'Neill will be back in for the final which will make a difference to our scoring threat.

Looks likely that both Limerick and Clare will end up in the semi finals (Limerick 1/100 to get there with the bookies!) as the Munster final losers face the Leinster third place team or Joe McDonagh runners up in a quarter final.

I was in Parnell Park Saturday evening and Cusack Park yesterday. The smaller venues are great in terms of generating an atmosphere. They could seriously do with looking at the facilities in Ennis though, nowhere near enough toilet facilities particularly for the women.

Oh sweet Jesus I give up