Decent Glenmore team on the programme. Interesting match that one
Off to Graigh. now it’s hard to know what to expect.
We need a stopper at centre back for kk someone with physicality like d Blanchfield r Richie gets turned inside out to many times because he won’t make contact with the player taking him on
Did Tj play yesterday ? How did j Holden go ?
I watched the Shamrocks v Clara game yesterday. Why is Paul Cody not on the Kilkenny panel, did he go himself or was he pushed ? He is a lot better than a lot of players on the panel at the minute and some starters. He is the type of player we need. Richie Reid exposed again yesterday for lack of presence, physicality and pace. He has to be moved on i'm afriad, we cannot get away carrying him for another year
Rebelside. The ref was a Tipp man Kevin Jordan from Thurles, which is fine seen as it’s a Tipp run competition.
Waterford beat Dublin 13 points to 1-09 in the Sonny Walsh cup final.
Kilkenny had two teams in the Tony forristal I think. Only county with 2 teams. Team 1 beat Tipp 1-12 to 0-2 in QF
Team 2 lost to Laois 2-08 to 0-7
Team 1 bt Waterford 4-08 to 1-05 in S/F
Team 1 bt Wexford 2-09 to 3-04 in final
Team 2 lost to Cork 1-17 to 3-09 in shield
I must also congratulate the academies on a good day out we didn’t win too many Tony Forristals.and it was good to get to the finals on the other comps.
if you were paying attention you would have seen my earlier post to Rebelside. Thank you very much for interfering.
I think you'd want to check your facts.
None I think?
Congrats to Kilkenny on the Tony Forristal win. I see Cork and Tipperary sent in divisional teams. How many teams did Galway send
take your word on that.
Only one sent off…a bad foul now. A mentor was booked. I thought the ref was good - a brother of Thomas Walsh maybe.
two KK boys sent off in the U15 final, the ref was supposed to be shocking.
Tipp had a very good team in the Arrabawn tournament, beat our lads handy enough in the semi and gave Kilkenny a clipping in the final
comer were absolutely destroyed by OLG today in Freshford, 9 wides for them and put up a huge score but comer were missing key men and you still couldn’t write them off to stay up in a relegation battle. OLG in second gear at best today but are the outstanding team to beat.
All Tullaroan need is a point from their last 3 games to make them safe from relegation in reality. I don't see them dropping off massively they have been very strong so far. Given the two form lines I would expect them to give the Village a really hard day at the office next Saturday. So regardless of the result against Thomastown (which could go either way, should be the game of the weekend) they will be facing a weakened Village team, particularly if Brassill's injury is bad.
my point was based off last years form. Tullaroan obviously had a poor year by their standards. Back to their best at the moment. If they lose to thomastown though Village could drag them back into relegation mix if they beat them
Looked like a bad injury in fairness, wishing him all the best.
With Joey back and the shamrocks looking like they're trying to get everyone on the field for knockout, I don't think they'll be stopped come the business end.
Relegation between JS,Comer and Glenmore, with Js unfortunately slight favs at the moment
ye Tullaroan won’t be a soft touch.
I can definitely see the point being made about the lack of jeopardy in the league but I feel like it only applies to Ballyhale. I can't see any other team taking that risk. Once you're in knockout, anything can happen, no matter how good you are. I'm betting that Glenmore and the village will be feeling jeopardy, especially if Ballyhale finish 5th in their group. One bad relegation semi and suddenly you're dragged into a relegation final in October where the weather can be unpredictable and a team like Comer or Fenians who both seem to have nine lives can turn it into a dogfight.
Personally, I've always liked that a team can turn their season around with a relegation semi final win and go on a run to a final, but maybe I like fairytales too much.
I’d regard Tullaroan as difficult an opponent as any of the 3 they’ve played
This is why I think we should revert to the bottom 4 teams being in the relegation semifinals and if the win their safe for next year but they shouldn't be allowed back into the championship.
I thought the old system brought more cut and raised the stakes and importance of the league stage games. When you see Ballyhale regularly not arsed about the league and still going on to win the championship it makes a mockery of the league stage. It's not Ballyhales fault by the way fair dues to them for being able to do it. What I always felt was great about the Kilkenny Championship structure was there was real jeopardy in the league phase to get a good draw for the championship section. Ballyhale have shown this doesn't exist anymore and the 5 league games are essentially just warm up games now. Used to try and get your game plans and team selections right with little or no pressure because you can finish in 6 place and still be in with the chance of winning the county final if you go undefeated.
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I thought Colin got a cruciate injury?
From what I've heard he's injured with very little chance of being fit to play any part in the campaign but I suppose you never know things might just come right for him.
Is Colin Fennelly coming back?
Hard to see how Comer will get enough scores in many games to stay up, they are honest as the day is long though so wouldn't be a shock if they won a dogfight.
If Ballyhale were in relegation/ first round, it just makes the quarters draw mental, like them and the boro last yr.
Village are down in their luck at the moment but they'll be fine. On paper they've had their 3 toughest group games. They need to pull together now and tough it out. If they don't they would easily be in a one off game to stay senior
