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

Cornerback1 wrote: »

I think we were punching above our weight in terms of league win so we are are back in the pack again.


This year is all about development for me. Winning the league was a bonus. Lads can't wait for a poor performance to come on here 5mins after the game and cast all sorts on the team and individual players. Galway are the All Ireland champions and were at home. They are a mature team in terms of their physical development. We had a bad day at the office in terms of our general playing and score taking. Sometimes it just doesn't work out on the day - even Tommy Walsh and JJ had bad games. That's sport!

We'll have 2 weeks to regroup and take on Wexford. It should be a big game and we'll see what happens after that.

As I've said we do have 2 weeks to regroup and I for 1 wasn't casting all sorts on the team and individual players but just giving my view on the game and performances. Kilkenny were outhurled and outright but I do agree this is a steep learning curve for the bulk of our players. Is there an all ireland final in these guys? Maybe not but if we keep learning who knows. I think we will beat wexford and if galway beat wexford next week we will be in the leinster final v galway as our head to head with 2 teams on the same points works in our favour.
The pitch is exactly the same size as bowman park but it was in poor order.
Morrissey, Delaney, Leahy, mossy, Donnelly, Sheehan and Scanlon all need another spell to acclimatise but in their day they have it in them.
It's more than likely that fennelly will start v wexford.
Galway won't want to meet us in a leinster final that's for sure as they know we were sun standard today.

We won the toss and always play again the wind and we were in a good position up to the dissalowed goal.we know our fowards didnt go well scanlon was the bright spark today.lets not forget we started with 4 fowards who are only chaps there getting great experience.the weeks rest is definitely a help we know what we have to do saturday week where as wex only have a 6 day turnaround after playing galway

Pitch and conditions favoured the more physical team today.galway better team on the day and deserved win.richie kevin kelly and a fit ger awylard would give us more scoring options from play going forward.need galway to bt wexford then all to play for in the park.to early to write us off.lost first two league games and won the league.long way to go and we will improve.

A humbling experience.

Galway did to us what we did to everybody for roughly the last 20 years. They bossed and bullied us.

They were stronger, bigger, faster, sharper and had more heart and guts. The winning margin didn't flatter them.


However, we have positives to take and it will be a great learning experience for our lads. Had Walters goal stood there was 2 (3?) points in it and would likely have taken a different completion.

We hung in there.

Wexford game is huge. It's important we get to the LF to give our lads more experience, a probable quarter final and avoid Galway in a potential semi final. Who knows, we may be better equipped for them later in the year.

Apart from James Maher, I think we lost every individual battle today. Thought Joey was good when he came on too.

We move on .....

savannahkat wrote:

I wonder why Henry Shefflin and Ger loughnane thought it was a 7 point wind advantage at half time while Cyril Farrell thought it was a five point advantage. I wonder why the Galway puck outs for most of the first half were dropping in and around our full forward line while Murphy's a longer striker of the ball was dropping considerably shorter in the 2nd half..

Ger Loughnane also said Tipperary were finished and should take up gardening. I wouldn't read much into what they say. And I'd love to see Murphy and Skehill in the poc fada because I'd be backing Skehill. Maybe the analysts were trying to make things a bit intriguing for the second half as the first was so poor. Wind was in it (always is in Salthill) but I didn't think it was anyway near a five or seven point swing.