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Originally posted by Larkin:
I met a man today, who stood in the rain as a young boy in '73 and cannot recall a match since then that he has missed. For the first time he is deliberately not going to a Limerick game. I suspect that this will be the attitude of a lot of people.

Originally posted by Larkin:
I met a man today, who stood in the rain as a young boy in '73 and cannot recall a match since then that he has missed. For the first time he is deliberately not going to a Limerick game. I suspect that this will be the attitude of a lot of people.

Originally posted by Blanco:
Why is this , because of what is perceived to be going on in the Limerick setup or just the economic times we are in?

Originally posted by flyinghigh:
Larkin,I can see where that man coming from but I believe a huge Limerick crowd will travel to Thurles.While I think we can win that I dont reckon we have what it takes to topple Cork in semi.They not as bad as they appeared yest and will learn from the experience.

Originally posted by Blanco:

Would it be best for limerick if they eased on Tipp near the end rather than dishing out a trimming , therefore the press won't be going in to overdrive about Limericks chances against Cork, and less pressure on the players.

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Originally posted by flyinghigh:
Lots of people expected Cork to overcome depleted Kilkenny today,but the Cats again showed their class easily brushing light weight Cork aside.I think this augurs well for Limerick in 3 weeks time in that Munster hurling may not be as strong as we thought and there is no reason we cant turn over Tipperary in Thurles.While we could do without the Ciaran Carey resigning issue and the allegations of poor training methods, lets not forget that Tipp have the Lar Corbett issue and rumours abound of players not totally happy with a high ranking member of their management team.Our team will probably not vary much from what we saw in the league and I would hope that Condon not Geary would start at full back.I also think we would be better served having Dodge restored to midfield but finding a better centre back than him may not be easy.Hickey just doesnt look at home there and Gavin O Mahony never bedded in there.Could there be any surprise inclusions in a team with nothing to lose against a Tipp side that looked so poor against Cork. And looked what happened to them.!

Originally posted by Time!!!:
Not going on Cork's performance today and I know Limerick have their own concerns but I have a sneaky feeling that Limerick will make the Munster final. Have been to quite a few of the Limerick games and if they have a full compliment of players available, have continuoulsy improved in the fitness area etc I'd expect them to just about beat Tipp & Cork.

Originally posted by Larkin:
I don't want to sound all Martin Kiely-like ( a man rang me during the week) but it is genuine. This man has followed Limerick through thick and thin but he has had enough of the politics and in-fighting. Yes, there might be a bit of the recession in his reasoning, but I know him well and for him to say he is not going is tragic situation with no winners. I wonder how many more Limerick followers will do likewise? I have to say, and I hope to be able to go to Thurles, that I have not felt as despondent about Limerick's chances in a long time. They were badly prepared throughout the league and if that has not changed then Tipp will eat Limerick alive.

Originally posted by theblack&amber:
Not sure Limerick are good enough to compete with Tipp in any ground, never mind Thurles. I have to hand it Limerick fans, if every county had the belief (some would say unrealistic and full of fantasy) in their county as Limerick fans have in theirs the GAA would be in much better shape.Tipp didn't look their best in the league but still have the players and experience to beat Limerick out the gate. I can see Limerick giving Tipp a game, but no more than that, Tipp at championship level are too good for them, and a Tipp on form only Kilkenny would fancy taking them.Also the fact the game is in Thurles in front of their own, the fact they have to lay down a marker for themselves and to everyone else and that there's question marks over them should see Tipp massively fired up for this one. In that situation I can only see a Tipp win.I'm also of the opinion if Tipp don't win this one, they can kiss their championship ambitions goodbye.

Originally posted by rebelrebel30:
Your well entitled to your views but i couldnt agree one bit. Cant see any logic for that analysis at all. Whatever about Cork and to be honest we are ahead of Limerick in my view, Tipp are way further down the line than Limerick..they have been in the last 3 all irelands, seriously cant see how you think they will turn over Tipp. Limerick are well behind the level needed to reach 3 all irelands in a row. That just doesnt happen overnight.

Originally posted by Time!!!:
Where did you get the idea from my post that it was an analysis? Its a hunch! A brief summary of my opinion on this would be:
Tipp seem to be starting out similar to 2010 and Cork caught them so why not Limerick?
Cork are in transition and Limerick have improved since last year with the younger guys coming on leaps and bounds. My own county only caught them because Limerick ran out of steam for the last 15 minutes.
Limerick gave Dublin and Waterford a good run for their money last year.
A full compliment of players available to Limerick with the team firing on all cylinders, their fitness levels improved etc then my hunch would be to give Limerick the nod.

Originally posted by lopper:
Tipp should have enough for us alright. Back in the dizzay coming in under the radar with such little optimism would be exactly the kind of scenario where Limerick would do the business, but in this day and age of near-professionalism I wouldn't count that as a big factor. The one thing I would say is that I do feel there's another level to Limerick yet this year, provided the fitness is being worked on (and for Allen's sake, you'd hope this 'concentrating on championship' aspect comes to play in some way or other) and the right team is picked, with a full compliment of players. We haven't been at full strength with the likes of Hannon and Hickey out for the spring. Competition for the forwards is fierce, which is excellent, but the management faces a huge dilemma as regards defence: go with what was tested extensively during the league (and didn't inspire confidence) or go with what would be many people's gut instinct and a format that hasn't been really tried out. To add to our worries the normally solid Limerick half-back line has given us some headaches this year so far and to be quite honest I have no idea who'll be at centre-back: I would probably favour Seamus Hickey at the moment, but I feel he could well be needed in the full-back line yet. All in all the team seems fairly unsettled - it's a young team and hopefully there's more young players coming through so a little bit of patience may not go ar strae.Just reading on the Cork opinions here, last year I would have not put much between Cork and Limerick, but this year Cork have had the benefit of Div 1A hurling and are more settled so you would have to put them above us. I don't think there's much between us potential wise, and there could be fantastic battles in the next few years, but JBM has hit the ground running in the league.

Originally posted by South Limerick Referee:
I thought you said you were banned!!!