Kilkenny GAA Thread

Who's better than him,ill tell u no one what's there now are shite for sure

Steps Ref …Steps !!!

How many is a foul now????

Mullen - very selfish , crazy shots from crazy angles.

Puckouts - Go wide and into the space?

Ryan - Cant see why he starts.

Penalty - Eoin Murphy should have been the man ?

So u think James Owens is a better ref?

was it ten goals he scored in last year’s championship

Which forward(s) were most responsible for Kilkenny getting back into it in the second half of the league final?

Exactly, two of the four forwards he has again written off were our best performers in the second half, in the wind and muck, against a top 3 team in a national final

mossy has not scored a goal in any match from Leinster final on that’s fact always taking off has very little skill and to slow when it really matters

Keeps getting picked

Buckley would have being playing only broken nose what a joke

Fogarty on panel what a joke

If you go back on my texts I told you how young kenny was one of our better players

It’s time now people woke up and realised we are no way near winning all Ireland

I said it before trying the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the sign of madness and that’s what we are doing

For the last time

Mossy

Ryan

Hogan

Donnely

Reid

Tommy Walsh what a run around he got

Are not good enough to hurl for kilkenny

How many finals is that we are after loosing in a row

If tj doesn’t get back we will be lucky to get in to top 3

mossy got a goal in the 2022 all Ireland final b Cody’s last 🤣🤣

Pathetic post as usual, nowhere to be seen after the Limerick match.

And mossy's touch to control the ball was top notch too

Anyone else worried about Deegan at CB and the fact we can't seem to make the ball stick up front?

Carey, if fit, is the CB for me ahead of Deegan, Paddy just has a tendency to get suckered into things and leaves too much space in front of the FB line. I'd prefer to have him as a covering midfielder, and he's well worth a couple of scores on his day too, though really needs to look up before he delivers long ball. Kenny is starting to show promise too in midfield, I wouldn't mind seeing the two of them given time to gel together in midfield.

Up front I feel is our downfall though, we just lack the quality of winning the ball in tight corners and just whipping it over the bar on our own. I think as well a word needs to be had with Mullen and Cody, far too often the first option is the shot at goal under pressure when the pass is on for someone else, both have the potential to be match winners, but take the selfish option a little too much.

I'd also be worried about our forwards movement in general, we're a bit too static up front at times, and we see ball being lobbed up too often as a result.

A bit of movement with ball delivered in front of the man to run onto, a bit less selfishness, and a serious improvement on our first touch/striking under pressure up front, we could be a more serious threat for that AI. Easier said than done.

I have to say your post has offered no solutions or what players should replace the players that you say are not good enough. We have won the last 4 Leinster Finals, runners up to a fantastic Limerick team in 2 All Ireland finals and one league final, runners up to Clare on Saturday night after beating them in the real matches that count for the last two years . A lot of counties would love to be at this level.

I agree that we should look at other options at centre back outside of Paddy. I think Paddy is ideally suited to wing forward - he’s great stamina, good in the air and he’s fairly accurate. He would bring a leadership to the group when TJ is not there.

I would move Adrian Mullen the other way. I know Adrian didn’t give the obvious pass to Billy Ryan last Saturday for the goal (I think he was anxious to score after missing so much), but in general he has great vision, physicality and recovery pace. He would need time to develop his positioning but if John Conlon who hardly ever hurled centre back (even for his club) can become an All Star after being a forward most of his inter county career, I think Adrian is more than capable of making the same transition.

A half back line of Blanchfield, Mullen and Carey would be good in the air, have plenty of mobility and hurling to become the wall we haven’t had in quite some time.

I would keep the Molloy and Kenny combo in midfield. I think Jordan will only be the better for the experience of last Saturday as it was another step up and you can only understand where you need get to by experiencing it. Between them they cover a fierce amount of ground, are generally good decision makers on the ball and pop up for a score.

For the forwards, I would have TJ, Donnelly, Cody, Mossie, Deegan and whoever shows form between Billy Ryan, Tom Phelan, Wally, Conor Heary, Timmy Clifford, etc.

I Think all mistakes made on Saturday night can be rectified with the injured players back I think we could make a big impact this year.

Murphy

Butler Lawlor Walsh

Blanch Carey Murphy

Kenny Deegan

Mullen Donnelly Ryan?

Cody Keoghan Reid.

Good team but I’d put Deegan wing forward and Molloy in midfield…. Billy drops to the bench.