John Kiely is adamant that there's room for improvement in his team for this Sunday's Munster SHC final clash with Clare.
The Banner were battling to secure their place in the provincial final that day, which they did with the draw, while the Treaty men had already earned their place with three wins from three up to that point.
And Kiely insists there were areas where his players didn't reach the standard they're capable of.
"We were disappointed with our performance when we reflected on it," Kiely tells RTÉ Sport. "We know there's a lot of areas we would be looking to improve significantly on. That's where our focus has been over the last period.
"We didn't do well at all on the Clare restarts. That was obvious on the day and it's something we would pride ourselves on. It was a source of a lot of disappointment within our group.
"We can go back at it again. That's the beauty of getting to the final, we've a second chance.
"Our creation of shots was low, we didn't create as many scoring chances as we would have liked to."
This golden era for Limerick sees them just three wins away from completing a first ever three in a row for the county, regardless of what happens on Sunday.
"They're relishing their work at the moment, relishing their training and being together as a group," Kiely says when asked about where the motivation comes from
"These years are flying by but it's all the more reason to put as much into the group as you can possibly contribute. Be that the players, mentors or coaches.
"We've to give as much as ourselves because that's the only way we're going to get the real satisfaction out of it. Every time you go out onto the field there's an opportunity to enjoy your hurling and contribute to the jersey.
"Hopefully that's what our lads are going to do on Sunday."
Kiely acknowledges that Clare have impressed in their run to the final as they topped the Munster round robin table on score difference.
But he adds that Sunday will be about Limerick trying to play the game on their own terms.
"They're all playing extremely well and working really hard for each other," he says of the Banner men.
"They're racking up big scores and creating goal scoring chances. They're on a real march at the moment and it's all credit to them for the work they've put in to get to that position.
"It's our job to make sure we get out on the pitch and impose ourselves on the game. [We want] to bring our best performance to the Munster final.
"Both sides do their own thing. We know we can do better than we did the last day and we're going to have to find that performance."
One of the big talking points ahead of the game at FBD Semple Stadium has been the discipline of Gearóid Hegarty.
The Limerick half-forward was sent off against Galway in the Allianz League for raising his hurl against an opponent.
The sending off against Clare was more controversial as both yellow cards he received on the day seemed to be soft.
And it's something that Limerick captain Declan Hannon feels can be unfair.
"He probably gets targeted more than the majority [of players]," the Adare man says.
"But he's well able to stand up for himself. He takes a lot of hits and belts throughout games that go unnoticed.
"It's pundits who highlight what Gearóid does. For us he's a fantastic player, a great ambassador for Limerick, and we're hoping for a big game out of him on Sunday."
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