John Meyler reflects on his predictions before the start of the Munster championship where he felt Clare would not progress.
John Meyler has defender his pre-Munster prediction that Clare would not be one of the three teams to progress.
Banner viewers were up in arms when they were picked not to come out, with Meyler explaining his view that it would be โstraightforwardโ.
โBut you live by your comments, Shane. You asked me for my opinion and I gave it to you, I said: Cork, Tipperary and Limerick.
“Thatโs what I thought honestly at the time when you asked me, maybe three months ago.
โI said to you, and if you go over your video, that Waterford werenโt going great at the time and, look, they lost three games and won one game which really didnโt matter.
โI thought Clare were going poorly and, that was based on that evidence at that point, but I still maintain this morning that Clare have one or two issues that they need to straighten out.
โBut Limerick have one or two issues as well and they need to be straightened out.
“I like Cian Lynch, I think heโs an outstanding player, Iโd like to see him back in there.
โSo Iโm not wrong yet, Shane.โ
LIAM MacCARTHY CUP
LEINSTER
- Round 1: April 22: Antrim 1-19 Dublin 1-19, Corrigan Park; Galway 0-24 Wexford 2-12,
Pearse Stadium; Kilkenny 0-29 Westmeath 0-7, UPMC Nowlan Park. - Round 2: April 29: Wexford 1-30 Antrim 1-26, Chadwicks Wexford Park; Dublin 2-23
Westmeath 1-14, Parnell Park; April 30: Kilkenny 0-28 Galway 1-25, UPMC Nowlan Park. - Round 3: May 6: Dublin 1-22 Wexford 0-23, Croke Park; Galway 6-33 Westmeath 0-17,
TEG Cusack Park; May 7: Kilkenny 5-31 Antrim 3-20 Corrigan Park. - Round 4: May 20: Kilkenny 0-27 Dublin 0-21, UPMC Nowlan Park; May 21: Galway 5-29
Antrim 1-22, Pearse Stadium; Westmeath 4-18, Wexford 2-22, Chadwicks Wexford Park. - Round 5: May 28: Wexford 4-23 Kilkenny 5-18, Chadwicks Wexford Park; Dublin 2-22
Galway 1-25, Croke Park; Antrim 4-24 Westmeath 1-19, TEG Cusack Park. - Final: June 11: Kilkenny 4-21 Galway 2-26, Croke Park
MUNSTER
- Round 1: April 23: Limerick 1-18 Waterford 0-19, FBD Semple Stadium; Tipperary 5-22
Clare 3-23, Ennis. - Round 2: April 29: Clare 1-24 Limerick 2-20 TUS Gaelic Grounds; April 30: Cork 0-27
Waterford 0-18, Pairc Ui Chaoimh. - Round 3: May 6: Cork 4-19 Tipperary 2-25, Pairc Ui Chaoimh; May 13: Clare 2-22
Waterford 0-16, FBD Semple Stadium. - Round 4: May 21: Clare 2-22 Cork 3-18, Ennis; Tipperary 0-25 Limerick 0-25, FBD Semple
Stadium. - Round 5: May 28: Limerick 3-25 Cork 1-30, TUS Gaelic Grounds; Waterford 1-24 Tipperary
0-21, FBD Semple Stadium. - Final: June 11: Limerick 1-23 Clare 1-22, TUS Gaelic Grounds
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Preliminary quarter-finals: June 17: Carlow v Dublin, Netwatch Cullen Park; Offaly v
Tipperary, Glenisk OโConnor Park. - Quarter-finals: June 24: Galway v Offaly/Tipperary; Clare v Carlow/Dublin.
- Semi-finals: July 8: Limerick v quarter-final winners; July 9; Kilkenny v quarter-final
winners. Both in Croke Park. - Final: July 23, Croke Park.
