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

brookville wrote: »

Id say all the final league games will be played on the same day and time

All last round matches fixed for 3pm sunday 26.

On the match yesterday evening we really gave everything we had.
The penalties and goals from them came at just the right times to give us a lift an put a small bit of doubt in tipps minds.
Eoin murphy again very good. Never put a foot wrong.
Paul murphy was caught for the 2 goals. 1st one lost his footing and couldn't control the ball and the 2nd one should have caught it instead of trying to block or bat.
Padraig walsh is certainly developing well at full back and had a strong outing.
Conor o shea also had a much improved outing and was up with his man. Hurled very well.
Conor Fogarty, Pender and cleere also had strong outings. Great to see cleere put in a strong performance. Made a few mistakes but hurled well and will improve with each game.
Pender coped very well and his distribution was good. Fogarty also hurled very well.
Buckley outstanding.
Deegan stood up yesterday and covered an amount of ground and never gave up. Good showing.
Walter hurled well but could have converted s few more points.
TJ, what can you say. Outstanding as well.
Colin poor but will improve from that.
Alan Murphy poor but will improve also.
Blanchfield strong but probably needs an extra yard of pace.
Maher ok but needs to steady himself on the ball. At championship pace will need to make better use of possession.
Overall was delighted with the effort and commitment from everyone and the game will stand to them no end.
A few stray passes and shots for scores but all in all a super showing under the circumstances.
It will give the lads a big lift. Still 2 points needed in parnell park to ensure a quarter final place.
Not going to be easy but definitely well within them to do it. Need to keep this momentum and keep improving on delivery of ball to forwards.
Hopefully for parnell park we will have leahy and lyng back to select from.
Don't know if lester is fully recovered. Might be a few more weeks.
Ditto ger aylward. Hopefully the hamstring trouble will not keep him out for too much longer.
Considering his exploits v tipp in the u21 yesterday will john walsh get onto the matchday panel v dublin. Hasn't been on any panel yet.
Don't know if we are going to see bergin, kelly john joe back on the panel. Any news anyone???

usualstripes wrote: »

All last round matches fixed for 3pm sunday 26.

On the match yesterday evening we really gave everything we had.
The penalties and goals from them came at just the right times to give us a lift an put a small bit of doubt in tipps minds.
Eoin murphy again very good. Never put a foot wrong.
Paul murphy was caught for the 2 goals. 1st one lost his footing and couldn't control the ball and the 2nd one should have caught it instead of trying to block or bat.
Padraig walsh is certainly developing well at full back and had a strong outing.
Conor o shea also had a much improved outing and was up with his man. Hurled very well.
Conor Fogarty, Pender and cleere also had strong outings. Great to see cleere put in a strong performance. Made a few mistakes but hurled well and will improve with each game.
Pender coped very well and his distribution was good. Fogarty also hurled very well.
Buckley outstanding.
Deegan stood up yesterday and covered an amount of ground and never gave up. Good showing.
Walter hurled well but could have converted s few more points.
TJ, what can you say. Outstanding as well.
Colin poor but will improve from that.
Alan Murphy poor but will improve also.
Blanchfield strong but probably needs an extra yard of pace.
Maher ok but needs to steady himself on the ball. At championship pace will need to make better use of possession.
Overall was delighted with the effort and commitment from everyone and the game will stand to them no end.
A few stray passes and shots for scores but all in all a super showing under the circumstances.
It will give the lads a big lift. Still 2 points needed in parnell park to ensure a quarter final place.
Not going to be easy but definitely well within them to do it. Need to keep this momentum and keep improving on delivery of ball to forwards.
Hopefully for parnell park we will have leahy and lyng back to select from.
Don't know if lester is fully recovered. Might be a few more weeks.
Ditto ger aylward. Hopefully the hamstring trouble will not keep him out for too much longer.
Considering his exploits v tipp in the u21 yesterday will john walsh get onto the matchday panel v dublin. Hasn't been on any panel yet.
Don't know if we are going to see bergin, kelly john joe back on the panel. Any news anyone???

Id say john walsh should get a run soon and it's great to hear his hurling well.anyone know the situation with luke scanlon is he injured?
Kelly and bergin recovering from injury but farrell was back with his club doubt his dropped but for a lad who played all the walsh cup and 1 poor league game it's dissapointing from his point of view

Correct me if I'm wrong but if we beat Dublin, we're guaranteed a Quarter Final spot, aren't we?

If we beat Dublin, we'll have 5 points. Waterford play Clare, both on 4 points. If Waterford win, we're ahead of Clare. If Clare win, we're ahead of Waterford. Even if they draw and both end up on 5, our points difference will be -6 at worst (it's currently -7), and Waterford's would be -8.

Brian017 wrote: »

That's correct, win and we're in the QF.

Which will most probably be against Wexford assuming 5pts will put us in 4th place?

Brian017 wrote: »

If maths are correct (which by no means is a certainty these days ) The only way we can finish 4th with 5 points is if Tipp/Cork and Clare/Waterford BOTH end in draws. That'd leave us, Cork, Clare and Waterford all on 5 pts and we'd finish in 4th ahead of Waterford on Points Difference.

In all likelihood a win would mean we'd finish 3rd and in that case we'd play the winner of Gal/Lim as the winner of that would finish 2nd in 1B. But as I said, I'm open to correction from someone with better maths skills!

A win will guarantee a 1/4 final that's the most important thing opposition after that wouldn't matter.just looking at the highlights tonight cleere got sucked in for the 2nd goal leaving o meara loose behind him on his own.I'm not being critical of him with it only being his 2nd match at this level but o meara caused him trouble with his direct running but Infairness to our backs we tightend up in the 2nd half and tipps fowards are the benchmark I'd like to see cleere start at 6 again the next day as he definitely has potential.I thought foggy was very good again last night at 5 and he could be there for the summer with the number 6 an 7 still up for grabs,maybe joyce or lennon could put their hand up but I doubt there's room for both on the one line or buckley could go back to 7 if deegan keeps improving
Hopefully walsh,leahy and lyng are available for the dublin match

TJ was amazing Saturday, his goal was of the highest quality. Kilkennys second goal came from TJ blocking Noel Mcgrath in the corner then dispossessing him and Alan Murphy being fouled from TJs ball across, his ability to win hard ball in rucks and find a man causes teams havoc. Stop TJ and you stop Kilkenny, Clare have found out this, Tipp chose to ignore this, although i admire Tipps attitude in that they dont worry about opposition, they just want to play the game properly.

Moving Buckley to midfield is proving great, although Brendan Maher was a big loss.

The form of Paul Murphy is worrying, caused 2 goals, lucky wasn't a third when John Mcgrath caught a ball over his head and forced Murphy into a great save. Think a spell on the bench is needed

Village87 wrote: »

TJ was amazing Saturday, his goal was of the highest quality. Kilkennys second goal came from TJ blocking Noel Mcgrath in the corner then dispossessing him and Alan Murphy being fouled from TJs ball across, his ability to win hard ball in rucks and find a man causes teams havoc. Stop TJ and you stop Kilkenny, Clare have found out this, Tipp chose to ignore this, although i admire Tipps attitude in that they dont worry about opposition, they just want to play the game properly.

Moving Buckley to midfield is proving great, although Brendan Maher was a big loss.

The form of Paul Murphy is worrying, caused 2 goals, lucky wasn't a third when John Mcgrath caught a ball over his head and forced Murphy into a great save. Think a spell on the bench is needed

I know murphy was the cause of the two goals but I thought he had a good 2nd half and mcgrath is one of the best forwards in the game even with the 2nd goal just a split second he had it snatched.murphy will improve I wouldn't have much fear for him

Very tough game against Dublin Coming up. Once more like the Tipp match it is a season defining moment for us. If we play to the right intensity we should win but.

If Kilkenny beat us then they are safe no matter what. Dublin will be in a play off unless there is unlikely series of events anyway even if we do win!

Saw someone refer to 21s. How many of current senior team who have played league are eligible for Kilkenny this year?

Our seniors are stuggling, albeit with honour, but I would imagine the experience gained for 21s is invaluable.

Anyway, looking forward to April 2. Should be good.

Bonniedog wrote: »

If Kilkenny beat us then they are safe no matter what. Dublin will be in a play off unless there is unlikely series of events anyway even if we do win!

Saw someone refer to 21s. How many of current senior team who have played league are eligible for Kilkenny this year?

Our seniors are stuggling, albeit with honour, but I would imagine the experience gained for 21s is invaluable.

Anyway, looking forward to April 2. Should be good.

Of the u21s to get senior league action so far cleere,leahy,morrissey,lyng,blanchfield,murphy have seen action while delaney is on the bench most of the panel is currently training with the seniors but dublin have a lot of their players hurling senior so I expect the u21 match to be a cracker

Bonniedog wrote: »

It will be serious game alright!

Not too many 21s teams have that sort of senior experience coming into the 21 championship.

Our 21s backs playing senior are good, but forwards are struggling. Lack of freetaker may prove fatal!

I agree yer free taker has missed a few scoreable frees but it's great experience for him and I'm sure he'll come good in time.I wonder will con o callaghan be allowed hurl u21?he'd be some addition.
I think cork have a lot of u21 on their panel I think they finished with 5 on Sunday.

Kilkenny u21 team will be in the all ireland final this year, Leinster is poor this year. Ulster in the semi final. 50/50 in the final.

Strong team,

I was at the match last year v Westmeath with some members of our club involved.

They have to be careful not to automatically start all the players that come back from the seniors.

Looking at the game last year and leaving Cusack Park i said no way will Alan Murphy and Sean Morrissey make it, id leave them off the team this year. John Walsh, John Donnelly, Richie Leahy, Pat Lyng, Kevin Farrell

Any other forwrads out there?

Village87 wrote: »

Kilkenny u21 team will be in the all ireland final this year, Leinster is poor this year. Ulster in the semi final. 50/50 in the final.

Bit of a bold statement to make so early on in the year don't you think?