LIMERICK BOSS TJ Ryan and fellow selectors Donal O Grady, Paul Beary and Mark Lyons have opted to make three changes to their starting team ahead of Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League clash with Antrim.
The Treaty County drew 0-17 to 0-17 with Cork in Division 1B last weekend, and will be looking for a better result against Kevin Ryan’s young team at the Limerick Gaelic Grounds.
Richie McCarthy, Shane Dowling and Graeme Mulcahy are out of the starting team for Limerick, with the latter suspended. Replacing that trio are Mark Carmody, Thomas O’Brien and Tommy Quaid.
Throw in for this fixture on Sunday is 2.00pm.
LIMERICK: Nickie Quaid (Effin); Stephen Walsh (Glenroe), Tom Condon (Knockaderry), Mark Carmody (Patrickswell); Paudie O’Brien (Kilmallock), Wayne McNamara (Adare), Gavin O’Mahony (Kilmallock); Donal O’Grady (capt, Granagh/Ballingarry), Paul Browne (Bruff); Thomas Ryan (South Liberties), James Ryan (Garryspillane), Conor Allis (Croom); Thomas O Brien (Patrickswell), Tommy Quaid (Effin), Séan Tobin (Murroe/Boher).Replacements: Aaron Murphy (Hospital/Herbertstown), Philip O Loughlin (Kilmallock), Barry Lynch (Feohanagh/Castlemahon), Richie English (Doon), Dan Morrissey (Ahane), Cathal McNamara (Doon), Darragh Kennedy (Murroe/Boher), William Hickey (South Liberties), David Reidy (Dromin/Athlacca), Michael Ryan (Doon), John Fitzgibbon (Adare).
I dunno why, I just don’t think a midfield of Oscar, Willian and Ramires can win you the World Cup? Defence can be suspect and Fred up front is over the hill too! Could be wrong of course, but I just don’t see it happening!
Only Oscar of those three is likely to start, it will be Gustavo, Paulinho, Oscar, Neymar, Hulk and Fred
Fair point alright! Although in that case my opinion still stands! Haha! Always liked Gustavo but he’s not a world beater, Paulinho is streaky, Neymar and Hulk can cause damage alright, but they’re more wide players than out and out midfielders in Brazil’s system! I did forget Fernandinho and Hernanes though! But still, they just don’t seem as fearsome to me as past Brazil teams that looked invincible in that yellow jersey!
Your Streaky!
Look further into the research, it also highlights that their odds of winning would drop from 48.5% to less than 20% if the tournament wasn’t in the Americas.
I agree that home advantage is a big help for any team, but to more than double their chances of winning surprises me.
Granted, they have a very good chance at it, but so too do others. I would’ve put their odds closer to around 30%.
Don’t completely get the logic of their findings. They give Uruguay a better chance than England of making it out of their group and also a better chance or making the quarters than England. However they then consider that England have a better chance of making the semi’s, the final, or actually winning it, even though Uruguay have more recently been to a semi-finals, have won more world cups than England, and, the competition is on their continent, strange……..
They’ll walk their group but then get caught out when they play Spain, Holland or Chile in the second round. 23/10, seems like a good bet to me.
… So just to clarify, we’re talking about the same Brazil side that took a full strength Spain to pieces 3-0 in last summer’s Confed Cup Final?
In that case, I can’t see them struggling too much, unless they meet Germany or perhaps Argentina.
Also, don’t write off the Chelsea lads completely, just because Mourinho forces them to play like foxhounds at club level doesn’t mean they don’t have it in them to play a more natural, Brazilian style of football.
With a fully fit Suarez Uruguay will go along way, they are the copa America champions too.
Oh god, do not let it be Brazil….
Brazil are an each way beat for sure,not much money off it but worth a shot.
England fans upon reading this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCKOI24k_UY
Im having a punt on Chile to be the best placed south American team of the tournament, they are a quality team who gave the German team the run around in a friendly recently, well capable of doing a number on any side in the competition.
Must of punched some random numbers to have Uruguay below of England
Aren’t Goldman Sachs an American company. What do they know about football