Limerick GAA Discussion Part 2

Did that venue choice maximise the potential attendance? There was an awful turnout from Kilkenny; to say Limerick supporters Kilkenny ten to one wouldn’t be much of an exaggeration.

(I know maximising potential attendance is only one of the various factors to be considered.)

I’d actually have been happier with a coin toss for home venue; even if it meant a trip to Nowlan Park; great venue for a match and would have drawn good crowds from both Limerick and Kilkenny. Gaelic Grounds would have minimised the Kilkenny attendance but maximised the Limerick attendance.

The drive home was fairly awful last year. And Buttevant can be a disaster.

Pity because it is genuinely better than both Limerick and Thurles as a stadium. All three have their pros and cons.

pity cork didnt do something radical and build the new stadium in mitchelstown they would have the pick of all the matches in munster .As an aside it would want to be better than all the other stadiums as it has cost so much and buried the county in debt.Take the point about the local business,but what is the priority the games ,players and spectators

it is where it is now,always enjoyed watching matches there ,but it has a history also of being difficult to get to and from it

not everybody has that level of time , back in the day 20 years ago ect , fine but now the public transport alone getting from ennis or limerick , they give you a choice then when you get there for a long walk to the ground or a bus down and a long walk back , its a great city , its a fantastic ground but its in a terrible spot , anyone that went down tonight were either stuck in traffic for at least an hour after the game tonight or had to walk nearly that to get back to the city center , that's a massive flaw on any stadium

common sense need to take hold here , if say clare have to play tipp or limerick at a natural venue then limerick should be chosen , as i say its a fantastic ground and city but if ye built a new stadium out in plassey and put on two busses every half hour or asked people to walk from the city i think it would be frowned upon

Whatever slim hopes Antrim had were in all but destroyed within two minutes of the resumption when a free out from inside their own 21 yard line was his short and straight to Gearóid Hegarty who took a few strides forward and picked out Shane O’Brien for an easy finish into the Antrim net. Target practice now.

They’re doing a bit of work on the Gaelic Grounds pitch, no other venue in the county suitable to cover season ticket entitlements

O Dalaigh is fantastic I think. O Brien is very talented but I think may need another year or 2. O Dalaigh is ready to challenge Flanagan and Casey for that inside role this year.

Anyone hear about the under 20s playing Kilkenny at the weekend? Apparently they were well beaten.

O Brien isn't the finished article . Hes behind O Dalaigh for me. O Brien controls the ball on his hurley and not straight to hand for primary possession. He misses too much still. Fantastic talent

Hard to know who was good or bad listening on the radio but the fringe players really shouldn't need the likes of Hegarty thrown on to save the day against Westmeath.

Not a fan of Reidy being in the backs either. He is wasted there and surely there are other players able to fit in just as well.

Flanagan seems to thrive off creating or living in the space created by the other starting forwards.

The mixed A/B teams of the league don't seem to suit him.

Flanagan is a fine player. He's clever and physical and is selfless . However his scoring threat has gone way down over the last year or so. In the All Ireland last year he was quite poor and Casey showed what damage a 'scoring ' forward could do inside.

We are all fans of Seamus here. I'm one of his biggest supporters. His Munster final in 2022 was one of the best displays iv ever seen in a final. He was steady in Munster last year and you're right I haven't given him enough credit especially when you show those stats and of course he makes a tonne of scores.

But you're only as good as your last game and and the 2 Croke Park games didn't work out great for him. I'm saying that O Dalaigh has to come into the equation. He's scoring so freely and heavily its impossible to ignore. If O Dalaigh was from out the county the clamour for him would be higher. There has to be fresh blood in this team

A more fitting overused cliché is “Form is temporary, class is permanent”.

Flanagan wasn’t actually that bad in Croke Park in any case. Judging only by what they put on the scoreboard is very out of touch with the modern game. The full forward line is the first line of defence.

The likes of PeggyShippen would have taken Peter Casey off at half time in the final.

I think we ll have to look forward to what happens in Ennis in the first round of the championship. That should be a great game. Limerick might be leaving Ennis with no points and be on the back foot in the round Robin..