Kilkenny GAA Thread Part 2 **MOD NOTE POST 1***

Michael Kavanagh

brookville wrote: »

Yea sorry it was on the paper midweek so things have obviously changed.I've heard richie hogan is having back trouble and is unlikely to feature sunday

Is that not a major problem with Ritchie since the start of the year it does not seem to be getting better .

brookville

Michael Kavanagh wrote: »

Is that not a major problem with Ritchie since the start of the year it does not seem to be getting better .

Yea he seems to be in trouble with his back,this time last year he was carrying the team like tj is now

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Michael Kavanagh wrote: »

Is that not a major problem with Ritchie since the start of the year it does not seem to be getting better .

It stretches back to the before the AI final last year, he seemed to be rolling around on his back before the match to try and warm it up. I saw him doing it before a club match subsequently. I had heard he was a doubt before the match. It is definitely a big concern

Cornerback1

brookville wrote: »

Yea he seems to be in trouble with his back,this time last year he was carrying the team like tj is now

He hasn't looked right this year. Big blow if he's not playing but getting him right for the summer is more important.

We probably have Colin, T.J. Walter and others from John Jo, John Power, Kevin Kelly, Eoin Larkin and Blanchfield.

Any word on Mick F? Team will be announced tonight i presume?

Cornerback1

brookville wrote: »

Yea sorry it was on the paper midweek so things have obviously changed.I've heard richie hogan is having back trouble and is unlikely to feature sunday

There was 2 reports on Hogan Stand saying Mc Ilnerney, O'Donnell and Kelly were going to make it and then another one saying they weren't going to make it.

Conflicting reports but that's the way it is i suppose.

Clare will be gunning for us - looking to make a statement and wanting to reach the final. I don't think there is any pressure on them and we'll see what Cusack's influence/input is in this game. He'll have had time to work on something but we still have the players and spirit to prevail.

Great opportunity, once again, for players to push for a starting place.

tbiggertycome

Team v Clare

E Murphy
J Tyrrell, J Holden, S Prendergast
P Walsh, K Joyce, C O'Shea
L Ryan, C Buckley
W Walsh, TJ Reid, K Kelly
J Power, JJ Farrell, R Hogan
Subs
R Reid
B Kennedy
C Delaney
J Lyng
C Martin
M Malone
M Rice
C Bolger
L Blanchfield
A Murphy

As good a team as we can put out at the minute by the looks of it. I'd still be fairly happy they can do damage.
Missing
C Fennelly
M Fennelly
C Fogarty
R Lennon
E Larkin
P Murphy
J Maher
G Aylward

dubcat51

Murphy 2 fennelly fogarty and larks all starters not playing.really good game to see if the panel has been strengthened.

Cornerback1

tbiggertycome wrote: »

Team v Clare

E Murphy
J Tyrrell, J Holden, S Prendergast
P Walsh, K Joyce, C O'Shea
L Ryan, C Buckley
W Walsh, TJ Reid, K Kelly
J Power, JJ Farrell, R Hogan
Subs
R Reid
B Kennedy
C Delaney
J Lyng
C Martin
M Malone
M Rice
C Bolger
L Blanchfield
A Murphy

As good a team as we can put out at the minute by the looks of it. I'd still be fairly happy they can do damage.
Missing
C Fennelly
M Fennelly
C Fogarty
R Lennon
E Larkin
P Murphy
J Maher
G Aylward

Yeah, I agree. A strong team that we can put out at the minute. Good strong half back line and strong midfield. Will give us a good platform.

Hopefully Richie will start and play a free role. JJ as a target man with KK picking up breaks in the ff line. Good options in that forward line to rotate and mix things up a bit.

I wonder why there is no No. 19 on the KK website??

dubcat51

Would have liked to see o shea in midfield and Buckley back at wing back.hope bolger or blanch field get a run on Sunday. Any word on clare team.

FrKurtFahrt

Cornerback1 wrote: »

I wonder why there is no No. 19 on the KK website??

There are 2 number 15s - happily Rice is back in the frame.

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tbiggertycome wrote: »

Team v Clare

E Murphy
J Tyrrell, J Holden, S Prendergast
P Walsh, K Joyce, C O'Shea
L Ryan, C Buckley
W Walsh, TJ Reid, K Kelly
J Power, JJ Farrell, R Hogan
Subs
R Reid
B Kennedy
C Delaney
J Lyng
C Martin
M Malone
M Rice
C Bolger
L Blanchfield
A Murphy

As good a team as we can put out at the minute by the looks of it. I'd still be fairly happy they can do damage.
Missing
C Fennelly
M Fennelly
C Fogarty
R Lennon
E Larkin
P Murphy
J Maher
G Aylward

I think we may struggle on Sunday but would be happy enough if some of the newcomers put their hand up for later in the year

JJs Left Hand

Jesus that's a weak team in my opinion. Full back line is there to be cleaned out. Don't know what people saw in O' Shea the last day that makes them think he could cut it at midfield. He's like an arctic turning - if you're playing him it's absolutely the correct decision to have Buckley at midfield. Don't expect Lester or him to venture too far up the field.

If Clare can't beat us Sunday then they may forget about it for the rest of the year.

And despite all that I still expect us to win.

Cornerback1

No word on Clare team yet. I thought it had to be named the day before at least?

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Cornerback1 wrote: »

No word on Clare team yet. I thought it had to be named the day before at least?

Different rules for Davy

mountgomery burns

The 26 is supposed to be supplied for the programme on Thursday. You have to name your team 20 minutes before throw in as far as I'm aware.

Dan Chipowski

Leinster MFC: Wexford 17-20 Kilkenny 0-00

That really is a disgraceful scoreline.

Realt Dearg Sec

Dan Chipowski wrote: »

Leinster MFC: Wexford 17-20 Kilkenny 0-00

That really is a disgraceful scoreline.

I know a simple and elegant solution.

dastardly00

Dan Chipowski wrote: »

Leinster MFC: Wexford 17-20 Kilkenny 0-00

That really is a disgraceful scoreline.

It's a dark, dark day for KK gaa

Dan Chipowski

Dan Chipowski wrote: »

Leinster MFC: Wexford 17-20 Kilkenny 0-00

That really is a disgraceful scoreline.

Jesus. Saw it flash up on RTE News Now. Went online to double check. Should this game have even been allowed to happen?

eigrod

Feel for the players that went out to play today and the management team. Croke Park & KK County Board have a lot to answer for. The GAA do a lot right, but a system that permits this, and Wicklow Minor hurlers recent defeat to Meath, is plainly just wrong.

PressRun

Just saw this scoreline. Feel very, very sorry for the young Kilkenny lads. The kind of thing that would put a kid off playing.

mattser

Looking at that here in Meath. Absolutely disgusted. Shame on the GAA to allow this to happen to a group of young lads. No doubt they'll have some obscure twisted logic to support it.
Sickening.

cms88

Surely the Kilkenny county board should be held responsible for this? Much the same as the Wicklow county board after last week.

I assume they are getting funding from Croke Park for football? If so what exactly are they spending it on? No one is expecting them to be winning Leinster championships or anything like that, but my god.

kk1970

Dan Chipowski wrote: »

Leinster MFC: Wexford 17-20 Kilkenny 0-00

That really is a disgraceful scoreline.

It is abit much alright! I feel sorry for the young lads that were made play this, and the fact is we are still not gone! We have to play the winners of carlow and laois in the back door. My tuppence worth is we should give a walkover, and just forget about football altogether, at county level anyway.

cats pyjamas

Attacking the KK county board for not supporting football is not entirely correct.
They do support it but cant force people to play. The truth is that the best footballers are also the best hurlers.

Given the choice, I know which game I'd prefer to play - despite being a better footballer than hurler.

Topcat32

cats pyjamas wrote: »

Attacking the KK county board for not supporting football is not entirely correct.
They do support it but cant force people to play. The truth is that the best footballers are also the best hurlers.

Given the choice, I know which game I'd prefer to play - despite being a better footballer than hurler.

Its not just hurling that gets greater priority, I remember going to a minor football training once in O Loughins. By the time the session was about to begin it looked like I was the only player to show up. About 5 minutes later a load of lads from Comer and Railyard turned up. The management were obviously delighted as they would have played by far the most football with their school and clubs. It turned out that they were there to play a basketball match and not one of then was there to train with the panel they were members of. Got a pretty big beating of Westmeath that year.

Stokseys Da

mattser wrote: »

Looking at that here in Meath. Absolutely disgusted. Shame on the GAA to allow this to happen to a group of young lads. No doubt they'll have some obscure twisted logic to support it.
Sickening.

I really don't see how it is anyone but the Kilkenny County Board's fault for a disgraceful neglect of our national game and concentrating all their resources on hurling.

I do feel sorry for the young lads of that minor team today who clearly were not prepared properly but hopefully today will shame the Kilkenny County Board into a more equitable allocation of resources and putting a proper infrastructure in place. And don't tell me it can't be done.... look at Kerry hurlers excellent improvements last few years.

I say keep making Kilkenny line out teams in these competitions, including senior championship, until ye are shamed into action and improvement. It certainly takes the gloss off the fine recent hurling achievements by ye unfortunately.

Slieve Gullion

Don't know where this faux sympathy for the players is coming from. They clearly don't give a monkeys. Just not on.

Cornerback1

Clare's team has been named;

1. Patrick Kelly
2. Oisin O'Brien
3. Cian Dillon
4. Paul Flanagan
5. Conor Cleary
6. Pat O'Connor
7. David Fitzgerald
8. Brendan Bulger
9. Colm Galvin
10. John Conlon
11. Conor Mc Grath
12. David Reidy
13. PodgeCollins
14. Darach Honan
15. Aaron Cunningham

Will it start like this..that's the question?

cats pyjamas

Slieve Gullion wrote: »

Don't know where this faux sympathy for the players is coming from. They clearly don't give a monkeys. Just not on.

Why so? They went into the game expecting to be beaten (by a much better team) and still showed up.