Pat Ryan

So even the fact that they meet up, we'll say, for the three-hour mark beforehand for the food, there will be no talk about the game in terms of a group sitting at all until maybe an hour and a half out.

But you can't really play

a certain way if it doesn't suit the players you have at your disposal you know an example like that with us even in doing you know the club we were trying to play a certain way for ages we'd say in Mortish you know and then Derek came in from Watford and then he played a certain way for us that allowed us to actually play a lot better because we're better at maybe running the ball do you know what I mean in terms of

So you don't really actually meet and get...

you know, in terms of dialed in, in terms of an hour and a half out maybe.

You'll have your food and you'll just relax and have a bit of crack with fellas.

There's no meeting until maybe...

until maybe an hour and a half beforehand.

And maybe if it's an hour and a half beforehand, we'll have your meeting for 15 or 20 minutes.

We're playing better the last three years with him than we were before trying to match other teams that were winning their styles.

And then you're back on, you're heading onto the bus, which is honestly, it's one of the most exciting parts of the day when you get on the bus and you're heading in for that guard escort.

Because, you know, you'd all love to play like Limerick or Kenny, if you know what I mean, in terms of, oh, with that big half forward line and they just catch the puck outs and they put the ball over the bear, but it's easier said than done.

Yeah, there's no feeling like it.

Oh, it's unreal.

It really is a special, special feeling.

If you don't have them, you can't do it.

Exactly, yeah, you know.

And the cock half back line, obviously, just maybe they don't, whether it's a thing they just feel more comfortable following their men in terms of putting more pressure on them, whether it's a thing they don't, you know,

They don't feel acutely aware of positional-wise if they're not attached to a man.

Because it's very impressive from Limerick lads where they'll allow trust to another fella.