Kilkenny GAA Thread

Guaranteed a semi final spot?...no need to worry then...Now, you wouldn't be setting us up for a fall by any chance?... or dare I say it...hoping?

Interesting to see how Stephen Donnelly goes

Peter Mc Donald out is unfortunate, we need to see him get lots of game time.

Ridiculous to see Deegan back at half back, surely we need to be looking at Neary or Lyng or Moylan in that slot to see if they can step up. What dont we know (good and bad) about Deegan at this stage?

Cian Kenny plays most of his best hurling at midfield, ffs leave him there, he's not going to be in HF line when Mullen, TJ and Donnelly are back so leave him where he will almost certainly be playing championship. Tinkering for the sake of tinkering or cynically might ask, shifting him to accomodate Killian Doyle?

I fully expect Cian Kenny to operate as a third midfielder

happy to see lads playing their way onto the team - that competition for places always drives higher standards

There was a period in the recent past where the team had very little change in personnel and that was not a good thing

With Blanch maybe they're trying others at 6 in case he's injured or suspended and they have to move someone back there, I think come championship he'll still be our 6 but no harm in having a back up if needed. I'd prefer Kenny at midfield too but no harm in playing Molloy and Doyle, Doyle has worked his way onto the UL team so must be hurling well. The one problem I'd have with Kenny at 11 is that he drops very deep at times and allows the opposition 6 to drop back and sweep in front of our full back line, Lee did very well for Galway last week in the first half. I'd like to see Cody at 11 he seems to do better in the space out there but has been poor the last 2 weeks when played in the full forward line.

I agree completely, a good centre back needs to be a top class hurler, good striker of a ball left and and right. A big presence etc. Carey is grand on the wing and a great athlete but his hurling is very limited, Gowran operated with Langton at no.6 for most of last year. Carey does not have the hands to be a top class 6 imo.

That makes for interesting reading if only he could get himself into a game sooner he would be lethal

Always seems to have his man glued to him for 30mins of a game then gets free and explodes into a game

I don’t think the ff line suits him

sorry now I will not go on with the rubbish you go on with if they not good enough they are not good enough

We could not beat Carlow in a championship match that’s how bad we have gone

We now have to pay good money again to watch Doyle who has never showing he good enough he is only being played because he will get grant as county hurler and lyng and his father are friends

This has gone on for 3 years

1 year played against tipp in the park did not get a puck off the ball

2 played against Offaly

3 against Wexford

All 3 decisions disgraceful

It’s well knowing players have left the panel because off the favouritism showing to Doyle

Where is Cody from Clara one off the top players last year

Where is the army chap from O’Loughlin’s herity I think is his name

The red headed chap from boro gave a great display in under 21 final

And many more

His grant came before kilkenny under 20 last year what a joke

How is young Moylan left out in front off butler

Deegan terrible last week but still in

We have a manager that hasn’t found a player in 2 years

One person says billy ryan improving he not good enough for the camogie team

People talking as if Leinster final victory is certain Buckley is gone lightening wouldn’t strike 2 and the odds is if we don’t beat Wexford we will be relegated in the league

It’s 10 years since we won and the last 2 all Ireland’s we got the biggest beatings kilkenny ever got

If Kilkenny hurling don’t get in some one that’s knows hurling and what it takes to be successful they will be people starting college that have never seeing kilkenny win all Ireland

I live in the real world not dream world

So instead off spoofing contradict the facts tell me where these people have proved they good enough

I like Heary and Paul Cody but if you think they are better than John Donnelly it says enough about what your doing on this forum. It would be more in your line to take in what is going on rather than trying to get reactions here.

Maybe he is just missing that blistering pace but I think he d do better further from goal as he wouldn’t be marked as tight

Dublin, with their reigning AI club champs, must have disappeared off the map.

Agree with you, I like Carey at centre back, don’t get me wrong I think Blanchfield can work there but you don’t necessarily have to be a swashbuckling hurler to be a good number six you just need to know how to play the position.

Carey very good there with the club in the past but of course at a very different level. Definitely worth a try for sure.

I think I read somewhere that O’Briens Dad is involved in S&C so he might just have an advantage that might not be as pronounced at senior level. More interesting I thought, particularly when compared with the progress of our u20 winning team was the performance of the corner forward (o Donovan?) who although lighter in frame believe scalped 3 points in the cauldron in cork

O Briens father is Adrian and was involved in the s &c side of things with the Limerick hurlers and footballers and I think maybe the Clare hurlers aswell at some stage

Only moylan drennan and macdonald have got any real game time for the seniors off that u20 team aswell as Tallis and they’ve only really broke through this year

Rowe doyle Clifford and a few others got the odd run

Ah hear think we have enough of your negativity on this board. Bad enough with poor grammar but "red head from Boro" and "Herity from Oloughlins " just confirms your a complete spoofer when you can't name the players. Constantly running down players/management, enoughs enough now "forachange"