Liam Sheedy: Bravery at the restart vital to put regal Limerick on the back foot

When the green wave starts to come at you they are extremely difficult to curtail

Limerick goalkeeper Nickie Quaid during the All-Ireland final win over Cork last year. Picture: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

From outside, Allianz League games are hard to read. For managers, getting the balance right between results and blooding new talent is not easy. Pundits will talk about shadowboxing.

But the truth is also out there in plain sight, any time of year. Look at the reaction of Will O’Donoghue when he turned over Clare in the second half of the Munster Co-Op Cup final in Ennis. It tells you how connected every player on the Limerick team is to that aspect of their play.