Kilkenny GAA Thread

Exactly there's two players and couldn't we do with Bill Sheehans pace

Good jazus he's back 🙄 how many players from Comer have been on the panel for years that shouldn't have been given a chance? I can name one but I won't out of respect for his effort. Other than that the most obvious one you've been hilighting for years for what seems to be a "personal" reason.

Just out of curiosity Comerman what is your feeling on Peter Donovan as a coach with our county senior team. You might be better placed to give me some in site into what teams he coached gained success with ect. The reason I ask is I feel Kilkenny is a very poorly coached team. He is involved with your school also I believe any success with the schools hurling?

Comer got to an All Ireland B schools final with Donovan as manager a few years ago. He was with DJ and the U20s as well along with Nigel Skehan and Liam Smith at one stage.

I don't think the man is even 40 yet.

Don't know how the coaching is shared in there between himself, Phelan and Rice although I think people have said Phelan is gone now.

Donovan does appear to be No 2 though as he's always with Lyng at the games.

Comerman hold your head up high and **** the begrudgers ye beat the village to reach the U16 final and ye are far from relegation, they cannot say the same.**** boys a vic.

Thanks for the feedback to my question. I just feel we have hurlers but we need a manager prepared to take a risk and try young players and we most certainly need a decent hurling coach with a game plan.

Any matches I saw so far across all grades and underage was of good quality. As was stated above giving young lads and not so young lads a decent shot will have to be done. Without the Walsh cup could we not organise regional teams to play in a mini competition where everybody could be reviewed by the hurling public. This was done years ago at junior level with north v south you could even have that intermediate north and south and senior north and south.at least it would throw up some interesting matches.

They mentioned comments online and it was clearly stuff posted here

To be fair they have a point when there's multiple grades on it's very hard to cover everything, I just can't understand how worked up Scally gets over an anonymous forum.

Why though? They seem to be doing great work, made history this year even.

Probably because he knows full well he's biased and loves the sound of his own voice

I agree except maybe about TJ, one more year ( someone has to lead the charge)?

Jaysus did the three of us just agree on something KK united at last

Lads like Padraig Walsh,Paul Murphy ,Richie Hogan, Joey Holden, Colin Fennelly Johnjo Farrell etc etc, wouldn't expect any less. Maybe you might enlighten me as to who you are referring to on the current Kilkenny panel that you say is not doing it for their club? I can think of none. Likewise who are you suggesting are only remaining on the panel for personal gain? Better again what possible personal gain ? I personally hope both Reids remain. To be fair to Wally and Conor F their seasons were decimated by serious injury.

But it's not the player's job to "move on", being on the team is a life long dream for most of those lads, why would they willingly give it up if they're still enjoying it? It's the managers job to push them out. It's a hard thing to do to a long time servant of the county and all that, but that's the job, and lyng needs to do it. The players have no obligation to make it easy on him. But lyng also needs to place some trust in younger players and persist with them even if things go wrong, rather than wheeling out the same lads every time. Not sure personally about the TJ question, I think he still has a role to play and he's still been pivotal to the attack this past year so I would keep him, but I can see the argument that it's long overdue for Mullen and Cody to step up and take ownership of the forwards.