Kilkenny GAA Thread

Who will mark Gillane and Flanagan?

id go tommy walsh on flanagan and lawlor on aaron, walsh has serious reading of the game in my opinion and just going by the munster final where flanagan destroyed hayes i think it was down to who was in front and timing is everything

Great win on Saturday. Our best performance for a number of years and much more variation to our game. I thought Mullen was superb throughout. He was available as an exit for the backs on numerous occasions and took his scores really well. Lawlor was also magnificent. Limerick will be ready for a war and will not fear the physicality we will bring. Congratulations to the mgmt and panel on reaching the final. Limerick will rightly be favourites but I am feeling more positive then I have all year about this KK team.

Depends on who else starts.

I could see lynch (if fit, cos he wasn't fit yesterday) start corner forward instead of mulcahy in that free roaming role and butler might be needed to mark him.

If not I'd go butler on gillane and lawlor on Flanagan and walsh on mulcahy.

They had 4 weeks..I'm sure they could work on a number of things..most 12 year olds work on 9 subjects a day in school .. 😀

Can't wait for the final....Its going to be some occasion you'd feel, Limerick will enter game as hot favourites I imagine when going for 3 in a row.

Everything will have to go spot on for us and some players will have to have the game of their lives, Hard to see any changes happening either for us, Mossy Keoghan might be under some pressure alight but he's a great knack of getting goals so for that reason alone I think he should start.

Adrian Mullen has really come into his own now and playing hurling of his life but Limerick will be out to get him like a pack of dogs. Likewise TJ and E Cody will be closely monitored.

Lawlor probably best suited to Gillane but Cody could have Butler in mind for that, Limerick would love taking Huw out of full back to exploit us that's where R Reid would be crucial if so.

I doubt Kilkenny has ever gone into an AI Final as such outsiders, we are as much outsiders as Waterford were when we were going for 3 in a row in 2008. We need a performance similar to that in 2006 when we stopped Cork competing their 3 in a row.

Great to be back in a final as you said, very little discussion during the past weeks about Kilkenny as it was all about Clare so will be interesting how the build up for the next two weeks goes. This 'Underdog' view on Kilkenny and waiting in the long grass has been an advantage for us.

Will be interesting the support for the final with the fewer number supporters at the All Ireland Semi vs Clare, still reckon their will be a healthy demand for tickets but will be people be less likely to travel since it's against this Limerick team. I for sure will be in Croke Park on All Ireland final day.

It's a funny one, there's a lot of factors that come into attendance numbers, and this year in particular with petrol and diesel prices.

One or 2 on here have stated they won't travel to any more Kilkenny games as long as Cody's in charge and I'm sure that's probably true for a wider cohort of supporters also (and I'm not passing judgement on that, each to there own). I was at all the games this year, apart from Gal v KK round robin game, and the biggest support we had percentage wise was against Wexford in the park and that wouldn't have enticed anyone on the fence to attend the Leinster Final, there was a lot of heads hanging low leaving that game.

We've a smallish population, certainly the smallest of the teams competing for Liam McCarthy at present, bar Laois and Westmeath.

I think the fact it's Limerick will put some people off, but if we listened to that narrative we need not have turned up for last Sundays game. Having poor support seems to always be leveled at Kilkenny, and possibly there's a bit of truth to it, but myself and the few I go with will be there hail rain or shine and there's plenty more like that and that's alright by me. You'll always have a handful that will only go for finals, but that's the same with all sports.

We'll certainly be outnumbered at the final, Limerick have nearly twice the population we have, but that's just more people to say hard luck to on the way out😉

Let's face it. We have one of the worst support of all the teams. Alot only appear for a final. Galway likewise. Wexford, Cork and Limerick have always had great support.

Will be the 8th championship game, only the second time getting to play on a Sunday. Had a fair few games at crap times this year, for me anyway, hopefully this is changed next year

Can probably look forward to going to casement park for 7:30 game on a Saturday :)

All Ireland tickets should be easy come by when only eight thousand KK supporters were bothered their arse going last Saturday.would you think these people will get the prime tickets, not likely .KK have about four thousand hard core supporters who will follow KK through thick or thin, Walsh cup league and championship.Only five hundred bothered going to Thurles for the U20 final seen that Thurles is five thousand miles away.

No Citywest banquet this year, back to Kilkenny Sunday night

I was reading somewhere that the last few years prior to covid the semi finals involving kk the attendance was between 40 and about 48 thousand so the crowd the other didn't suprise anyone.

I don't think it's arrogance in kk maybe we're spoilt but there's definitely an attitude that "we'll wait for the final".We'll obviously be well outnumbered and although it's an expensive day out hopefully supporters get behind the day.

It should be a great occasion Sunday week and although Limerick are serious side and the benchmark they seem to be coming back to the pack. I know this will be music to their ears and we used it ourselves as motivation but they're not getting over the 30 points like previous years. The cody nay sayers are quite and probably keeping their powder dry till after the final but whatever anyone says about him he nearly always gets the team up. Ive being critical of him myself and wouldn't get carried away with last Sunday but I don't know would anyone else keep getting teams up. Although stubborn as a mule he had to go away from the braindead tactics against wexford because it simply isn't going to work and wasn't working.It was very obvious actually. There's still a place for the long ball once it's varied.We definitely deserve credit last Sunday but we know we'll have to kick on from this Sunday week. Tj was exceptional and he's very determined to get his brother up them steps.We all know the way Limerick play but it's just so hard to play against it.Limerick won't give the high ball into the fowards it will be all about movement and space. Hopefully we can come up with something special and theres no doubt this would be one of Cody's sweetest finals.We definitely don't want to get hammered in our 3rd final and I sure Richie Hogan will be itching to get on.

The final will obviously be our biggest test. Everything needs to go well for us.Mikey carey was under pressure the last two games I thought and Billy and mossy would need a much bigger performance. I was dissapointed Billy had to turn back onto his left in the second half when going for a goal chance. He done the same against wexford and by doing this the chance was not as good,you can be sure Limerick will have their homework done. He could start wally In the final.Will we stay trying to work the ball when we're under pressure?this will be the ultimate test but thank god we're trying to do the right thing now.

Hats off to Brian I was joining the list of doubters.

I am worried that this final could end up like our previous two. This team is going to have to play out of it's skin to get over the line. The pain of 16 and 19 must count for something. Limerick are very good side but not unbeatable. Here's hoping!