Kilkenny GAA Thread

I had to look that up, all 3 scored in fact

Wouldn't rule out Clare from possible relegation talk either. Don't think they have a very deep talent pool and may not be fussed about the league; they are double-champs and may be looking forward to the c'ship already. Lose in Salthill on Saturday night and they'll be playing catch-up, especially with their Munster rivals, including an improving-Tipp, to play yet

when is the last time we beat Wexford in Wexford it could be ten years and we still expect to beat them on Saturday night? We have 100,000 people in county KK and all we could get in the park was 5,000 from as somebody said “A hurling mad county”.

and you can add mossy to that come hard ground fast ball mossy has showing he has not got it

It’s not the first time he has started with all guns blazing remember down in Walsh park

It’s time people started waking up to the fact we are in the same bracket as Galway Dublin Carlow Waterford I would say Wexford but they have showed in the past few years they better than use

😂😂😂😂😂😂 the same Wexford that since being beaten in 4 Leinster finals in a row 2005 - 2008 , and have only contested two Leinster finals since , winning one of them?? Let’s put it another way, since 1998 Wexford have won 2 Leinster finals , Kilkenny have won 21. Yeah we are firmly in wexfords shade.

Big win for DCU

Great win for them all the KK lads did well, I thought Paddy Langton, Billy Reid and Cahal Beirne stood out. Shane "Bull" O'Brien was the outstanding player on the field. Some prospect for Limerick and the centre back Quilty likewise. Great entertainment.

Billy Reid has pace, size and plenty of hurling as well, modern style half back, worth a look also.

billy ryan just not good enough 1-2 after 6 years

Donnely unbelievable man gives it everything great against weaker teams when it speeds up just has not got the pace

Paddy Deegan absolutely gives everything can’t find his man to slow when it matters

Luke Hogan just not good enough

Kerry man had no score from play in the county semie final and final

I told you butler struggling for last year now people agreeing

Lyng not one player brought in in 2 years

Bringing Doyle in has the panel questioning his ability as manager the amount off players that have left the panel over this

People need to wake up kilkenny hurling never being as poor

Facts we could not beat Wexford they beat use 11 times in Rowe

Carlow very unlucky not to beat use in the championship

Galway come to nowlan park and beat use after being destroyed by tipp

Very lucky to beat Clare b team only 3 off all Ireland team we missing 2 Mullins and Tj

I call it as it is not as I hope it would be

The most important thing now is we need a coach maybe look in Carlow direction to the person who should have got the job in the first place only the mooncoin man spoke

And this thing that we won Leinster well how sad

It’s about all Ireland finals and we are so far away from winning one it wouldn’t be long now till people will be going into secondary school and will not have seeing kilkenny win all Ireland never being heard off

There a great advertisement for the ignore option....

Great to see such a big contingent of KK players doing well with DCU, Denis Walsh and Ted Dunne were on the bench also. I think all of the DCU players that played last night were from Leinster counties which is good also, hopefully they keep doing well. I see someone else say Cathal Beirne turned down a call up which is disappointing as I think there is lots of potential in him.

The Mooncoin man spoke?? I don't think in fairness to the county board(with all their faults) they would turn away from Mullally just because 1 man wanted to. There must be more to why he's not been asked before.

The one thing I admire is his commitment to a group. From what I have heard( I stand to be corrected) he was with the Rangers for 7, if not 8 years in a row. He's been involved with Carlow hurling for around 20 years in total from MLR, U20 and now the Senior set up, this being his 5th year over them and seem to be improving all the time.

A lot of coaching and managerial experience built up between the above mentioned plus Clara, Naas, Glenmore, Shels ( 1 title in WX) and that adds up to a hell of a lot more success than anyone involved in KK setups from Seior all the way down…..or am I missing something or someone?

I don't think KK are too far off but definitely are way too slow in blooding players and building up their experience over a couple of league / cship campaigns.

As regards players, I've huge time for Mossy, unbelievable attitude. A lot more reliable than some other injury prone "stars" and is a great example to the likes of Billy Drennan on the kind of workrate that's required .. I would have written off Billy Ryan a couple of years ago but he has changed my mind with his improvement over the last 12/18 months and even more to improve. Blanch def has to start at 6 and give him time to grow into it. He will get huge tests especially when teams start running at him but he's def got what it takes.

Looking forward to the year ahead.

Wexford have beaten us loads in the last ten years not alone that but there underage teams have also beaten us loads, it’s time to stop the rot and reverse the trend. I thought the team might be out tonight. Anyway I’ll see you all in Wexford park won’t I ?

O' Brien undoubtedly the best player on the field last night.

I saw him last year for the first time since 2022 and couldn't believe the scale of his physical development in less than 2 years.

What Limerick are doing 18-21 y/o development is still miles ahead of the pack and should mean they will continue winning senior AIs.