Bench strength could prove a game-breaker
Limerick, I believe, go into tomorrow’s Munster final as favourites based on their performance against Tipperary while home advantage is an extra bonus.
John Allen has selected the same team which started that victory and he will be hoping for a similar performance. The tactics tomorrow will be similar to the semi-final. Declan Hannon won’t play a traditional full-forward role. He’ll operate as a ‘double’ centre-forward, tasked with collecting loose ball around the half-forward line and then using his ability from short and long range to pick off opportunist points. Cover will also be provided for the defence by having three across midfield. With the full-forward in a withdrawn role, the two speedy corner-forwards, Graeme Mulcahy and Seán Tobin, have extra space in which to operate. They move across the full-forward line alternating positions, more or less as Dotsie O’Callaghan and Paul Ryan do for Dublin, looking for the vital metre of space to gain possession and to turn their markers.
