Originally Posted by
NeverFeltBetter
I was wondering what the proper course would be if Limerick stayed up, bot for sure now: Martin Russell should be relieved at the earliest convenience. I was dead wrong in defending him earlier in the season. His job was to keep Limerick up, he failed. Unable to properly motivate players, constantly playing out of form players - his son and Kanyuka worst of all - and some bizarre tactical choices.
But that's just one part of the catastrophe. Pat O'Sullivan's choices this season - the budget cut, the supporter banning and some bizarre public announcements especially - deserve much criticism. There was the Market's Field delay as well and the resulting return to Jackman Park.
And there are the players, some of them anyway. You can make excuses for the youth, and some others did great work late on in the season. But too many of them just did not have it in them. Didn't try enough.
No easy bounce back next year, no way. The crowds will vanish again - Limerick bottling it when they turn up is practically a recurring joke at this point - and who is going to be enticed by four games against Cabinteely anyway? Typical POS delay on signing players to be expected, and then there will be Shels, the Students, and the possibility of a resurgent Drogheda or Waterford to contend with.
I hope they leave Kanyuka in Balleybofey.
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