1. Limerick’s inability to turn dominance and chances into scores

IN THE build up to this second round qualifying game, the rumour mill was working overtime with regard to the Dublin squad’s wellbeing following their comprehensive loss to Meath.

BACK in 2003, I took the Limerick team I then managed to Killarney for a Munster final replay, the last time the two teams met in Munster championship football at the venue.

FOLLOWING the debacle of last year’s embarrassing Leinster championship exit to their fierce local rivals Kildare, Laois football was at a crossroads.

UNFORTUNATELY, the decision which hugely influenced this Munster football semi-final in Fraher Field was not made by the Limerick or Waterford management team or a player from either side but by the referee Syl Doyle.

I TOOK a trip down memory lane yesterday when I attended the Munster senior football championship quarter-final between Waterford and Clare in Fraher Field, Dungarvan.

Three things I learned from yesterday

SUNDAY’S All-Ireland final will be contested by two teams at the opposite end of the spectrum in terms of big day experience in Croke Park on the third Sunday in September.

1. KERRY have learned their lessons from the past.

1. IN racing parlance yesterday’s All-Ireland semi-final was contested by two horses with contrasting form.