Kilkenny GAA Thread

huge work rate from both Cian Kenny and Billy Ryan, if you get a point or two off of Billy Ryan we would be doing well. Maybe that’s all we should be expecting from him and let the marquee forwards do the scoring although I wouldn’t be depending on Eoin Cody, what is wrong with him he played alongside the two best forwards of all time and surely saw the other one. Carey,Shefflin and T.J. Always popped a ball off to a man in a better position. These passes made them the super players they were. It’s easy for defenders to swarm Cody knowing that there’s not a hope in e on hell he’ll pass the ball.Now when there is video analysis done why isn’t the bolix chawed out of these lads, it’s the same as Paddy Deegan with a big aimless ball up to the forwards ask them a simple question WHY? Anyway I thought it was management fault for the second half, the should have been told no let up drive on and should have stared substituting earlier. I couldn’t understand why he didn’t introduce Gearoid Dunne to give him a confidence boost, he played very well in Ennis when introduced.

just as a side note my hands circulation didn’t come back for about twenty minutes in the car, not easy on players but if you are there you can appreciate the conditions.

Was actually fed up listening to it on RTE. Pundits and commentary constantly making excuses for Wexford through the whole transmission. Theyre only down what, 4 or 5 lads who will come back. Its not like theyre missing 9 or 10. Every team has had retirements. Wexford arent in a good place and it looks like its going to get worse over the next couple of years before it gets better. It would be disastrous for the Leinster Championship to see them go the way of Offaly, who, no matter what they think, will not be able to climb back to challenging for Leinsters off the back of one underage team. But its like some people are putting their fingers in their ears and pretending Wexfords issues dont exist.

I also loved Ger chiming in about the great crowd that had turned up and how theres always a great crown in Wexford Park for the hurling. 4,562 the attendance given. Was probably the lowest attended game in 1a so far. RTE werent afraid to throw a dig in at Tipps attendance last weekend and there was far more at that game than last night.

Was it last year Wexford bet kk and barely survived relegation from Leinster after been bet by Westmeath the week before and they had a full deck to pick from

I would be worried if I was a Wexford fan once Ryan macdonald and chin retire

Heard that, although heard it was 3. Also heard Woodlock had the Tipp young fellas far more excited than was necessary, to put it mildly, for an early season challenge game. Seems like a horrible character given his antics in Nowlan Park last year, and his macho bukksh!t comments afterwards.

Limerick/Tipp was a fair game today. 2 big challenges in Nowlan Park ahead against both. Savage fitness levels from both teams for this time of year.

ye it could of been three points alright I missed the first minute or two. The Tipp wing back was acting the tramp alright and at one stage a free for all broke out. I hadn’t really thought about the Woodlock influence but you could be right, if you are they should bottle it up for the future.

Wasn’t it woodlock who proclaimed Tipperary were starting there own drive for 5 at the 2010 Tipperary home coming he retired in 2015 and tipps next all Ireland was 2016

His carry on on the line last year by him and all his management was scandalous particularly in the profession there in

I am very sceptical of Carey no.6, i have seen him for club this year and he was poor in a lot of matches, his hurling skill levels are basic to say the least, in the county final Young Irelands conceded a goal due to Carey standing on his own and miss hit the ball and it barely went 10 yards straight to opposition player(they worked a goal from the play), this happened a lot from what i seen this year. He is a very good athlete and is working well on the wing. Just my opinion on him, maybe i will be proved wrong

Yeah just a feeling i have about him at centre back where you need a lot of hurling, composure, good hands etc. He has been great on the wing, even before he went on his travels, he works well there, has great pace which we lack. But look as you said hopefully i will be proved wrong.

There is much more to it than that, the opposition played for one. DJ, Henry, Larkin and TJ some of the greatest the game has seen can never be judged on scores alone. They were (TJ still) equally renowned for their scores created and selfless teamwork. Shane O'Donnell is the ultimate modern team player, has his fingerprints on so many of his fellow Clare forwards scores and so much more . We all know of Codys ability , he just needs to learn there really is no I in team.

I agree, I think David Blanchfield could be similar to D Bryne's at wing back, great striker, good legs to carry forward and unbeatable in the air, made for the positon, but that does not solve our probelm at 6.

That’s the thing, they’re probably both better suited to wing back but we need to find someone for centre back. It’s no harm to have a couple of lads that can play there if the need arises though.

not trying to be clever but there’s a few posters on here who were watching the match on television and have a totally different view of the game than I had and I noticed that in Ennis some poster said Cian Kenny was bad, not so and in Wexford park I thought Killian Doyle wasn’t bad? Can I get a few opinion from people who were at the game, there seems to be a different perspective altogether on the games, again I’m not trying to be clever just curious?

I thought that was the best Killian Doyle has played in a Kilkenny Senior shirt. One small fault was I think he tried to offload the ball too quickly when in possession. Probably down to nerves. I'd say he nearly handpassed every ball sideways the second it got into his hand. Would like to see him get the head up and break the tackle a little more. Also thought he had filled out considerably. I also though Stephen Donnelly was good in first half. Makes clever off the shoulder runs and has good vision on the ball similar to John. Harry Shine showed some glimpses also but the problem we have in all our forwards is none are blessed with lightning pace bar possibly Billy Ryan. We are struggling to get space ahead of the man or get away from the man when in possession. We're relying heavily on good off the shoulder running.

At the county board meeting last night, confirmed that planning on the new development in Dunmore will be going in, probably in April, details of the plan should be out at the April CB meeting, they reckon that by the time everything is complete the cost could hit €5m.