Championship Hangover – Are Limerick the New Donegal?
Talking Balls Comments
Despite an attempt to retract his comments, the Limerick Leader confirmed that they had represented Richie’s revelations accurately. A number of the allegations were repeated on Sunday in the Tribune by hurling correspondent Enda McEvoy. In a recent player Q&A in the Limerick v Clare programme, Limerick player Stephen Lucey, himself a doctor, answered a Question on the ‘Best Invention Ever’ with a single word – Bacardi.
Bennis refused to shift the blame for the championship exit to the players but said: ” “I accept the blame and hold my hands up, but I think some players let me down,” he said.
“To me, it appears this year at least six or eight players treated it as a social event, coming to training on Tuesday and Thursday nights – they broke their hearts in training and then they went drinking. I heard the rumours and it is quite possible a few of the players were drinking and they played accordingly. I put my hands up and maybe I should have seen that. I am annoyed with the performance, but we didn’t go out to perform like that. It does disappoint me – I showed faith in them and it was not returned. It’s hurting me big-time.”
Earlier in the season Talking Balls along with other ‘media’ types were invited to a sports drink launch in Limerick that was subsequently cancelled. Was this because sports drinks are no longer the recovery drink of choice amongst the Limerick hurlers? Who knows.
Anyway, it sounds like the Limerick lads had the right training programme to excel in the Guinness Cubed event over the weekend in Limerick.
Limerick’s championship hangover continues.
