5 points up at the half. Odd match, lots of hard work in the midfield but bar Eoin Cody and his moment of class it hasn't been the best of matches. Backline has done well so far but the forwards have struggled at times. Mullen hasn't been in the match much nor has Donnelly. We've probably left a goal behind us to an extent although the Clare keeper did make a few good saves.
Definitely still a lot to do in the 2nd half. There's a wind here which I think favoured us in that half but it drops in intensity regularly enough.
Hope Kilkenny aren't too complacent now and come out and bury them in the first ten minutes.
They need to finish them off.
3 of Clares points came from frees that were in no way near frees. We've a lot to do to put this game away. Too many missed chances will cost us unless we are more clinical. Donnelly and Mullen need to be in the game more.
Should be further ahead. Carey really should have scored a goal. Clare will throw everything at us in the second half. They have nothing to lose really. Flashes of brilliance here and there but not the best game.
Gone back to old flaws here in 2nd half. Long ball being eaten up by Clare
Self destruct button by kilkenny up against it now
Rather lose a semi than another final again. Mullen and Donnelly completely off their game
Septic
oh good holy **** how did they cough up that.
Typical kilkenny didn't finish them
Forgarty to come on at the end was game over, you need scores to win
A disastrous week for kilkenny hurling
Forwards were never in the game, Mullen, Mossy, Cody bar the goal just not in it.
That was septic.
Its pretty bad when you are tactically outmaneuvered by Brian Lohan.
sorry I said I would wait till all over
Unfortunately everything I told you came through
Minor lost on the line
Under 20 lost on the line
Senior manager lost on the line never should have being appointed manager
what a shambles of a year
Did you see billy Ryan’s performance today ya gowl 🤣🤣
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I don't think forchange is an anagram of rosita but there must be a connection..no kilkenny man would be so delighted to lose
I thought last weekend couldn’t get any worse one word gutted
Enough of the forwards didn’t click we missed 2-5 if not more in the first half that was the losing of the game
Lawlor got a very strange yellow card in the second half which meant he had to be cautious A lot of the same old failings of to much long ball appeared in the second half
If that was Tj Reid’s last performance in a Kilkenny shirt then fair play to him I thought he was immense
Not sure where we go from here so disappointing
I feel sorry for you, it's just sad
Oh get lost! You're the worse type of supporter, the Anti-Fairweather supporter. One who only shouts and moans when they lose, stone silence other times
We should have been out of sight at half time but we didn't deserve it after the missed chances and didn't go well second half.
Sad if that is last we see of TJ, really struggled without scores from Mullen and Cody.
Big rebuild for next year, I can't imagine Walter, Forgarty will be back next year. I also think TJ should leave too, we need to eventually live without him. Time waits for no one. To compound things Limerick will win the 5 and will go down as the greatest ever
Abysmal tactics from the management team. Changed nothing in the second half.
Our fitness must be questioned too . How many times have we started like house on fire only to fizzle out ? I don’t mean to pick on him as I rated him years ago, but why is Walter Walsh on the Kilkenny team ? It can’t be only for his size. I don’t think I’ve seen him catch a high ball since 2017.
The whole county board need to have a look at themselves. They were too arrogant and rested on their laurels. Now the whole of Munster is laughing at us. We are well behind everyone else
Stopping Limerick should have possessed this whole team. Now they are going to waltz to another AI by beating a fairly crap Cork and Clare team.
Kilkenny fans deserve 10 years of not getting out of Leinster
Really really poor today, TJ scored our last point in the 57th minute… says it all really.
Awful second half. Forwards especially Mullen and Donnelly were poor and Keoghan was dreadful but the ball into them was bad. Cody lacks pace, hit the ball directly to him, not for him to run onto. Subs didn't work, Wally was too static and Clare were ready for the high ball directed to him. Phelan was poor this year and made little impact. Fogarty for Ryan when it happened was baffling, we needed more forwards on the pitch not less. TJ was probably our best forward for most of the match but he took two long range frees in the 2nd half that were never on. I mentioned around the Dublin group stage match I think that he should leave them for Murphy or Richie Reid to hit in. The weird momentum that the opposition get when TJ hits a wide is very noticeable at times.
Backline were not as good in the 2nd half, O'Donnell got much more ball and Rodgers caused a lot of problems. Lawlor wasn't bad but the yellow card took him out of the game somewhat. Expected a bit more from Blanchfield and Carey today but in the 2nd half they were under a lot of pressure. The movement of our players in the 2nd half was too limited. Very disappointing result and if Lyng is there next year he needs to find some new forwards and and a corner back and a centre back. There will be a few retirements I'd say and we thank them for the efforts but for some of the bench in particular it's time for them to go before they're pushed.
No score for 17 minutes is shocking for an All Ireland semi
HOw did we loose that, just leaving the ground as I couldn't believe what happened
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