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Kilkenny GAA Thread

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usualstripes

Looking at the tipp/clare match today ot really comes down to how teams prepare and hit form on any day. I really believe that any one of 6 or 7 counties have the measure of each other on their day. If we can sort our deliveries into our forwards we can match anyone. We have tj, mullen, Cody, Billy Ryan, Walter, bergin, Alan Murphy and Richie hogan all who are more than capable.
If we could tighten up our half back line and get more dominant in the middle then I'd have fear of no one.

Swamp_Cat

Alonzo Moseley wrote: »

Wonderful stuff but will only matter if we learned lessons.
4-5 players have surely played themselves out of the equation, and no harm in that for me, I think we were fooling ourselves with a few of them.

Donnely and Walsh immense in X time

I thought Billy Ryan was poor in regular time but credit to Kilkenny management for reintroducing him when they saw Wex players starting to generally struggle with cramp etc.

A great win, but we have to learn from it.

I'm being greedy but Darren Mullen and Delaney in backs and R Hogan in mix, and I think we match anyone.
Midfield stilla worry, but Maher gone to top of pecking order

Really thought we were beginning to get away from nonstop long ball. There were signs in a few matches, usually in the 1st half before reverting back to lumping high balls down. But not seeing it. I don't want them to be like some teams but they have the talent to mix it up a lot more.
I forget which, but in one recent match(Clare) there were 6 Ballyhale lads on the pitch & we know those boys can play a beautiful mix. Not overdoing it or pushing their luck too much w/passes that have to be perfect. Able to change things up when needed so I really don't see the issue being a lack of ability.
Thoroughly enjoyed the match but it's tough to watch Wex coming away w/possession over & over from our own puckouts. Eoin Cody did well under the high balls & TJ made a few great takes but it's still a head scratcher for me. Cody is too smart, too experienced & too good a manager to not see it which is the 'head scratcher' part for me. Just my .02

Happy 4th if there's any other yanks who post here.

Any thoughts on the final? Dubs playing well & very well coached IMO. Galway were pretty impotent yesterday so not sure what to expect. They're definitely improving fast. Thank god they love their football so much up there. ;-) Adding Con O'C to the Dublin attack would be quite the addition by itself.

brookville

Pigeon Chaser wrote: »

What a fantastic game. Well done to all involved.

I would worry about Deegan, and I don't think Padraig is suited to 6.

I also think Adrian Mullen could be "converted" into an excellent half back.

I agree with all this although James maher slotted in to the half back line and done well.I don't think padraig is comfortable at 6 but we haven't really an alternative with delaney out.

kk.man

That was some battle from both team. I think we're at the top table again after a performance like that. It's great preparation for the leinster final.

Some players came of age out there yesterday and Wally had his first decent championship game against Wexford. The omens are looking good if you get a performance like that at round one.

Pigeon Chaser

What a fantastic game. Well done to all involved.

I would worry about Deegan, and I don't think Padraig is suited to 6.

I also think Adrian Mullen could be "converted" into an excellent half back.

brookville

The_Ghost wrote: »

Great to beat Wexi, and Davy after a close game, honestly myself felt as if we were beat at the first water break. Make no mistake today our puck out strategy was shocking. Look it’s great to beat them Without any of our best hurling well, including TJ, Pádraig, leahy, anybody inbetween. Showed character and That’s all i as, but the Cody subs were good today. We’re never far away

I was lucky enough to be at the match and the dirty work mullen and tj were doing was unreal.i do agree lads like mossy,Alan Murphy and Richie Reid have all played better.We done well to keep coming back.two goals were easily preventable.Deegan gave one away and I think it was padraig and two went for the same ball.Its really poor for that to be still happening.Id be hoping mullen and delaney can try get back.Was leahy injured going off?Disappointed with our puckouts aswell .We are lucky to have Darren brennan he was fierce unlucky not to save the penalty
The minors had a good win but faded out in the second half but that mightnt be a bad thing instead of winning by 40 points.Galway as always will difficult.It would be great to win a minor.

Realt Dearg Sec

The_Ghost wrote: »

Great to beat Wexi, and Davy after a close game, honestly myself felt as if we were beat at the first water break. Make no mistake today our puck out strategy was shocking. Look it’s great to beat them Without any of our best hurling well, including TJ, Pádraig, leahy, anybody inbetween. Showed character and That’s all i as, but the Cody subs were good today. We’re never far away

You wouldn't consider TJ's performance "hurling well"? Jaysus I'd love to see a lad you did think hurled well.

The_Ghost

Great to beat Wexi, and Davy after a close game, honestly myself felt as if we were beat at the first water break. Make no mistake today our puck out strategy was shocking. Look it’s great to beat them Without any of our best hurling well, including TJ, Pádraig, leahy, anybody inbetween. Showed character and That’s all i as, but the Cody subs were good today. We’re never far away

brookville

Alonzo Moseley wrote: »

I find it extraordinary with 2 wing backs struggling and all of the full-back line walking tight ropes with yellows that Darren Mullen wasn't brought in.
Not sure what is the point of naming him if no intention of playing him.

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I hope we see mullen soon.James maher hasn't played much this year but he slotted in wing back at stages and definitely helped shore things up and took his point well.
I thought we might of seen joey or mullen.
We still have a bit of work to do from midfield back.Fogarty was anonymous after he scored that point.Eoin cody unlucky he didn't have a few more goals.He is developing into a serious player.i was delighted for bergin he took his points well.Maybe our panel isn't wake as some lads thought.As someone else said If we could get delaney and mullen in that defence and leahy and maher fit and hurling we could give a few teams a fright

kilkennyboy

Some heart. that could have been gone easily but we seem to have the ability to just stay at it .
Management team and s&c men earned their dinner this evening.
We could go for fresh players who all made a impact while wexford had players who seemed to empty out
Thrilled for Wally has had a few tough days

blackcard

Kilkenny had 15 different scorers today, can't ever remember so many different players scoring before.

[Deleted User]

I thought Darren Brennan played his part when he came in he slowed down the game a notch his puck outs were good.

Alonzo Moseley

I find it extraordinary with 2 wing backs struggling and all of the full-back line walking tight ropes with yellows that Darren Mullen wasn't brought in.
Not sure what is the point of naming him if no intention of playing him.

Swamp_Cat

Alonzo Moseley wrote: »

Wonderful stuff but will only matter if we learned lessons.
4-5 players have surely played themselves out of the equation, and no harm in that for me, I think we were fooling ourselves with a few of them.

Donnely and Walsh immense in X time

I thought Billy Ryan was poor in regular time but credit to Kilkenny management for reintroducing him when they saw Wex players starting to generally struggle with cramp etc.

A great win, but we have to learn from it.

I'm being greedy but Darren Mullen and Delaney in backs and R Hogan in mix, and I think we match anyone.
Midfield stilla worry, but Maher gone to top of pecking order

Donnelly makes such an impact & is consistent. he's like TJ when it comes to coming out of messy situations with the sliotar. Turns a lot of quality players over without clumsy tackles. Pretty accurate as well. ...and what a hit! He may have dipped a bit going in but looked shoulder to shoulder from my couch. Wally did great to stay focused and get his rewards after a slow start.
Plenty of work to do but enjoyable match.

JJs Left Hand

Mad about baa baas wrote: »

As frustrating as it was the irony is that wexford ran with the ball a lot more and were burned out by extra time. Let the ball do the work..

I get what you're saying but we weren't playing like Wexford in the league. Work the ball to midfield to draw the defenders out and then ping the corners. If the defenders don't come out to meet you kill them from midfield. But we just launched ball down. And the long ball isn't even accurate. 90% of the time our forwards are having to reverse to get under the ball which means the defender is in the best position and Wexford are always going to have more bodies back for the breaking ball.

Look, we won which is the main thing obviously but Jesus we're doing the same thing that hasn't worked for the last 5 years like.

Comerman

Brian017 wrote: »

Was the minor match streamed anywhere?

https://page.inplayer.com/offalygaafaithfultv/

Mad about baa baas

JJs Left Hand wrote: »

The really really frustrating thing is until extra time when TJ gave a diagonal ball to Cody and Donnelly gave a ball down the line for Bergin we completely abandoned everything we were doing well in the league. Never tried to run the ball from the back, never tried to play a ball outside a corner forward. I just don't get it

As frustrating as it was the irony is that wexford ran with the ball a lot more and were burned out by extra time. Let the ball do the work..

KK Supercats

Delighted with the result, fitness and never give up attitude. Still plenty to work on and still issues in most lines of the team. Cannot understand the puck outs at all. Thought Mullen did a lot of dirty work today and Eoin Cody looked like a leader in the attack. I think Cody’s experiment of trying to turn Paddy Deegan into Jackie Tyrell has not worked and maybe should be one thing looked at for the next day.

JJs Left Hand

The really really frustrating thing is until extra time when TJ gave a diagonal ball to Cody and Donnelly gave a ball down the line for Bergin we completely abandoned everything we were doing well in the league. Never tried to run the ball from the back, never tried to play a ball outside a corner forward. I just don't get it

usualstripes

blackcard wrote: »

Eoin Murphy's save from Rory O'Connor followed by Billy Ryan's point was pivotal

This reaction save was the turning point.
A mixed bag overall but we have to stop with the high ball in crowded full forward lines. If there's only 2 on 2 then fine but we were losing these all day.
Corcoran, browne and leahy not really on the game from the start but we never gave up.
One of the most disappointing aspects of the game was literally having only 1 player in wexfords half for most of their puckouts. They had so much time to start their running game. Ironically it came undone with tj intercepting one of these in the last few minutes.
Walter did excellently for the goal. Bergin did well when introduced too and Cody will take some watching. Adding the threat of mullen, Billy Ryan and tj we have scorers to match any team in the country.
I've also said this many times but padraig walsh centre back is not ideal. A super hurlers but in every match there are times when his area is left wide open after he travels up the field. Happened today a number of times. I know positions mean very little now in the game bur we have to cover that area and any threat that comes in there.

Brian017

Was the minor match streamed anywhere?

blackcard

Eoin Murphy's save from Rory O'Connor followed by Billy Ryan's point was pivotal

Alonzo Moseley

Wonderful stuff but will only matter if we learned lessons.
4-5 players have surely played themselves out of the equation, and no harm in that for me, I think we were fooling ourselves with a few of them.

Donnely and Walsh immense in X time

I thought Billy Ryan was poor in regular time but credit to Kilkenny management for reintroducing him when they saw Wex players starting to generally struggle with cramp etc.

A great win, but we have to learn from it.

I'm being greedy but Darren Mullen and Delaney in backs and R Hogan in mix, and I think we match anyone.
Midfield stilla worry, but Maher gone to top of pecking order

blackwave

Swamp_Cat wrote: »

I don't come down on him as hard as many but damn if his deliveries/passes don't go astray more often than not.

Too many long puckouts we kept losing but still a really enjoyable match. Good to see Wally have a big impact.

Great for Wally's confidence, tbiggertycome had said before the match that he was in good form and he was proved right. He really came into the game after a quiet start when brought on.

Swamp_Cat

dastardly00 wrote: »

That pass from Deegan that led to the goal... Christ almighty

I don't come down on him as hard as many but damn if his deliveries/passes don't go astray more often than not.

Too many long puckouts we kept losing but still a really enjoyable match. Good to see Wally have a big impact.

kksaints

Fair play to the lads, they dominated extratime. Subs made a big difference. Can never question the effort anyway.

Rosita

I expected Kilkenny to win with comfort as Wexford have had their day but it took a while!

blackcard

We may not be great but they showed great fight when going down to 14 men and a goal down as well

[Deleted User]

Thoroughly enjoyable game.

Delighted with the win.

JJs Left Hand

Never in doubt......