John Mullane

it's going to be a battle it's going to be a war of attrition out around that middle turd and I think it's going to largely come down to whoever wins the most turnovers whoever gets their hands on the most ball and I think the puck outs then are going to be massive then as well I think Limerick will really go after Patrick Collins on his own puck out

Just on the, my next question to you then is, going back to that Munster round-robin game, Kyle Hayes didn't follow Fitzgibbon out the pitch and who was the other wing forward?

Was it Barry Walsh?

Barry Walsh and Burns didn't follow Barry Walsh.

He struggled in the league final, was very good the last day out in the months around.

So,

Do you think that could change the weekend where Kyle Hayes might follow Healy and Burns might follow Barry Hodge?

So it's going back to that Munster final in 2021, Tipperary in that first half, they played a double centre forward.

So how did you actually counter that, Pat?

I think they can beat Limerick playing a mixture of... A bit of the Limerick structure mixed in with the Pat Ryan... The three-man-up kind of... Structure.

I don't... I don't think they can go... I could be proven wrong the weekend.

I don't know if they can go toe-to-toe.

Playing the Limerick structure, taking them on in that middle third, I could be proven wrong the weekend, but...

I think it's going to be extremely difficult.

I think they're going to have to have a little mix of maybe what they're bringing to the table under Ben O'Connor mixed in with what Cat Ryan's structure got an awful lot of joy from the last couple of years.

I think Keane Lynch is a massive problem for him.

If they want to play the limerick structure where Downey will sit, I think if you've had an English and you've seen Darryl Donovan in midfield, Tommy O'Connell is usually that lad that will come back and sit off and pick up the number 11.

Just on the... My next question to you then is, going back to that Munster round-robin game, Coyle Hayes didn't follow Fitzgibbon out the pitch.

But if he's going to be designated...

to go and put out the Adam English fire.