LIMERICK REMAIN UNBEATEN in Division 1B of the Allianz hurling league on a day when Wexford recorded their first points of the campaign.
Limerick saw off Offaly by 1-19 to 0-14 in O’Connor Park in Tullamore with Declan Hannon’s goal in the first-half proving crucial.
Hannon, who won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal with Mary Immaculate College last weekend, impressed in the scoring stakes early on as Limerick went ahead 1-10 to 0-8 at the break.
Offaly fought back in the second-half and had the gap down to four – 1-15 to 0-14 – before Limerick upped the ante in the closing stages to clinch an eight-point win that ensures TJ Ryan’s side stay top of the table with Clare.
Hannon finished with 1-6 to his name while Paul Browne, Diarmuid Byrnes and Tom Morrissey chipped in with 0-3 apiece. Shane Dooley was Offaly’s top scorer with 0-8.
After suffering defeats to Limerick and Clare, Liam Dunne’s Wexford side finally got off the mark with a comprehensive 2-25 to 0-8 win over Kerry in the early game at Austin Stack Park in Tralee.
It was a straightforward victory for the Model County who were ahead 1-13 to 0-4 at the interval. Conor McDonald’s 14th minute set Wexford on their way, putting them in front 1-4 to 0-2 at that juncture.
The second goal arrived for Wexford in the 63rd minute courtesy of Andrew Shore as they ran out easy winners.
Shore struck 1-7 for Wexford while Harry Kehoe hit 0-6 and McDonald notched 1-2.
It was a tough day for Kerry and they finished with 13 men after Tom Murnane and Bryan Murphy were dismissed.
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Klopp should book him a 12 month cruise. “But boss, I’ll miss every game?” “I know! Here, I packed your bags.”.
@Alan J. McKenna: I’m half with you. I think in an ideal world someone of Henderson’s technical ability would not start for us. However, I think the best place for a team captain is in midfield and as limited as a player he is, he is incredibly hard working, selfless and a very good leader. He won me over in this regard against Roma last year when they got off to a flying start at Anfield. He made a crunching tackle after an Andy Robertson miss pass and turned around and ate the head off him before turning to the rest of the team and barking at them to up their game. We crushed them from that minute on. Milner is a better player but not as vocal. So while I’d like someone better, I think he’s often unfairly dismissed out of hand without consideration for his leadership ability.
To be fair he will need to be fresh if he is going to push to keep his place..only 3 midfield positions up for grabs with alot of competition..fabinho, keita, wijnaldum, milner, chamberlain.
Klopp obviously wants to see his other options , is this the beginning of the end of Henderson
So if they get a great start will he come straight back in to mid field …. I think not ?