Brendan Cummins believes Galway are now better served off the bench than was the case in last year's All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Limerick, so giving them a better chance of exacting revenge when the sides meet again at the last-four stage on Saturday evening.
Three points was the difference at Croke Park last July and it was substitute David Reidy who came on to fire over crucial points that saw the Shannonsiders over the line.
On the day, Galway couldn't summon a similar impact to come in and save a game they could easily have won.
Henry Shefflin's side again enter their clash with Limerick as underdogs, coming off the back of a heartbreaking defeat to Kilkenny in the Leinster final and then accounting for Tipperary by more than the two-point winning margin would suggest in the quarter-finals.
Speaking on the RTÉ GAA Podcast, Ursula Jacob believes Galway will have to be at their "very best" if they are down the All-Ireland champions, adding that Shefflin's side must not dip in and out of the game.
"If the Galway we know can bring that consistency in performance across the 70 minutes, Limerick will know that they have to put in a huge, huge performance," said the former Wexford camogie star.
"My worry with Galway is that consistency and them drifting in and out of games. They have been doing it all year and should have put Tipperary away the last day; they were eight points up after 50 minutes and somehow Tipp clawed their way back.
"In the end there was only two points separating the sides. My worry if that happened on Saturday is that Limerick don't give you that second chance. They pounce, are ruthless, and thrive off that challenge. For me, Galway are going to have to be at their very best to get one over on Limerick."
On the Tribesmen's chances of ending a three-game losing sequence against the Treaty, Cummins feels they can't repeat the mistakes that had them playing catch on early on in last year's semi and that the positioning on one player is key, with the former Tipperary custodian saying: "The big question for Henry and Richie (O'Neill) is what are they going to do with Cathal Mannion?
"Last year they positioned Cathal Mannion at left-half-back to stop the runs of Aaron Gillane, but Gillane got four touches and four points.
"What they didn't factor in was that if you have seven backs, Limerick have seven backs as well, so you allow one of the Limerick players to look up and ping the ball in. They (Galway) were absolutely roasted for the first 12 or 13 minutes, then they changed, pushed up, and got better.
"With respect to my colleagues in Tipp, Limerick are further down the road and are more composed in possession. They won't hit the ball 70 or 80 yards down on top of Cathal Mannion and Gearóid McInerney, they'll ticky-tacky the ball around until the time is right to go in. [Seamus] Flanagan and Gillane will make the runs.
"Galway are better positioned this year with ten minutes left if there is a point or two in it"
"The way you set up is the first question. I think Galway will have to push up and take a chance because Mannion sitting there, he'd be like a dead duck on the edge of the D the way Limerick play."
As to the impact off the bench, Cummins referenced 2022 and what Galway now have at their disposal, when adding: "Limerick have subs to come on and kill the game. Last year, David Reidy came in and scored three points. The subs Galway brought in simply didn't get them across the line.
"Tom Monaghan coming on against Tipp was a huge plus. Henry said it after the game: 'my panel, my bench, my 40'.
"They went to Ennis last week and had a training camp. He's putting huge pressure on the lads coming on because he knows last year that's what caught him. Galway are better positioned this year with ten minutes left if there is a point or two in it. He can put on [the likes of] Tom Monaghan and they are going to make an impact which wasn't the case last year."
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