‘There’s so little between the top counties in Munster that the odds on this going to extra time again would be short enough’
I don’t believe for a moment that the dynamic will shift because of that. There’s so little between the top counties in Munster that the odds on this going to extra time again would be short enough, but I imagine it’s ultimately the last thing that either team wants.
Move David McInerney from half back? That would diminish the power in that line, which is a loss because someone is going to have to mark Hegarty as well. Clare match up very well physically with Limerick with everyone on board — Cleary, McInerney, Diarmuid Ryan, John Conlan but Cleary’s absence would unbalance that equation.
He has managed to find pockets of space against Limerick from where he can score but this year there’s been more support. David Fitzgerald, Shane O’Donnell, Peter Duggan, Mark Rodgers and, the last day, the half backs have all contributed. Ryan Taylor is hugely energetic but scoring isn’t his forte and he can miss then easier ones.I saw things in Limerick that suggest they are gradually improving.
Add him back in and the concerns about Limerick’s scoring rate have eased. They scored 3-25 against Cork, well up on the early to mid-20s they had been scoring earlier in Munster. If it wasn’t for Joseph Cooney and Daithí Burke hauling them out of trouble against Dublin, they wouldn’t even be in the final.
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