It was a terrible performance all round, no end product, gave the ball away all the time and far too much hoofing on our part. We just didn't seem interested and that was reflected in the scoreline. The defence was the worst I've seen us in a while, Finucane and Purcell were poor, especially Finucane. Buckley was very poor as well and you just have to wonder how long more before Ski realises that he is not a full back? No attacking threat from midfield either, plus our set pieces were a shambles despite Waters giving pretty decent deliveries from dead ball situations.
Shels kept the ball far better than we did, they also kept switching the play quickly from one side to the other which gave us problems. In contrast, we didn't utilise our wide players at all, rarely switched the play and our general attacking play was poor. One Shels fan shouted to the Limerick fans in the first half "Yiz need to sort out the football in yer football club" and unfortunately he was bang on.....
Shane Clarke came on and showed some good touches and good strength. He certainly won't be pushed around and I'd expect to see a lot more of him next season. Tierney did well as well, again I think next season he'll start to come on a bit. Harrington looks like a clone of Tommy Barrett. Waters was again our best player and the only one who displayed half a brain. I still think Tommy Barrett is wasted as a central midfielder. He should be playing further up the pitch as we badly need a physical presence up front
