Real home town performance from him
Cork decision making is a lot better than ours the last ten mins alright plus the bench has had a big impact for them
Hes lost the plot with some of his decisions in the last 10 minutes. We're making the wrong choices too often atm.
The long range wides are criminal
Ref not keeping up with the rules penalising Blanchfield
Johnny murphy not giving us much
Yes to be fair Donnelly was the best of our inside forwards in 1st half. Body seems to let him down a lot by looks of it
Stephen donnelly going off was a big loss. He got a goal and won 2 frees.. yes shine is a bit slow but some of the ball that went in the first half was scandalous. Some players had plenty of time but drove it to the spare Cork man in defence. Very poorly executed. Mossy very quite
Yeah I actually think the ball into the forwards has improved this evening apart from a couple of Hail Marys. Carey very solid at centre back so far.
Kenny elite at 11. Leave him there. He's finding pockets of space around the middle that I'm not sure anyone else can and getting the ball in dangerous areas.
People keep harping on about the ball in. Inside line can't get any separation from their markers, in some cases are behind them and their first touch is desperate at times. He's young and he'll improve but Shine getting a lesson in senior hurling.
We’re finally throwing the ball like the rest of the country if you can’t beat them then join them 🤣
He has been incredibly frustrating so far this match. Lots of good play but he's taking on incredibly low percentage shots and wasting possession.
Blanchfield could go handy on the pot shots
Ball in poor alright but lack of pace in there being exposed too
I know I'm biased but the Tg4 commentators don't half cream themselves over anything positive that Cork do.
Ball into the forwards hasn't been the best so far.
Nice throw straight to Fitzgibbon there
Hard luck to Kierans and CBS, both teams just too young to go all the way, Kierans didnt have a single forward from last year and it showed against a very strong Athenry team.
When I saw Jake Mullen was out, I feared the worst, but even still they were unlucky with two of the Athenry goals being very fortunate.
Athenry have been producing strong teams for over a decade and with Niland now back, will surely break their duck in final, and good luck to them too.
Wouldnt read a lot into either semi as regards current KK underage strength, both teams will be very strong contenders next year.
Think the schools is under 19 and half so not as many minors as used to be
Not going to happen for Kierans today. Athenry well on top. The two Kilkenny schools bet by the two Galway schools. Bad omen for the minor championship
Stopping Cork's pace at source and not allowing them to run through us will be the key tonight.
CORK (Allianz HL v Kilkenny): Patrick Collins (Ballinhassig); Niall O'Leary (Castlelyons), Eoin Downey (Glen Rovers), Ger Millerick (Fr O'Neills); Ciarán Joyce (Castlemartyr), Robert Downey (Glen Rovers), Micheál Mullins (Glen Rovers); Darragh Fitzgibbon (Charleville), Tim O'Mahony (Newtownshandrum); Declan Dalton (Fr O'Neills), Shane Barrett (Blarney), Diarmuid Healy (Lisgoold); Brian Hayes (St Finbarr's), Robbie O’Flynn (Erin's Own), Patrick Horgan (Glen Rovers).
How far are John Donnelly and Mullen away from fitness?
Would like to See Mackessy get a half a match in midfield if his knee is better as I am not convinced them two lads Doyle & Molloy have the physicality as a pairing, but we will see.
Still no Mullen....
Not a bad team
Will TJ make an appearance?
Correct but the best hurler in Good Counsel is actually a 16 year old called Sean O'Brien from Cushinstown in Wexford.
He is incredible.
He is a grandson of sixties Wexford star Jimmy O’Brien, while his father, Larry, is a former under-age defender with Kilkenny.
You're right though. Most of the glenmore lads go to good counsel. 4 of them on the team that played kieran's in the leinster semi final.
If only Good Counsel had Kieran`s recruitment enthusiasm.
Glenmore as one example...they continue to produce players to county teams/developmentsquads. What is the population....is it around 1000? What they did from late 80s and through the 90s is a remarkable feat for such a small club and are producing players consistently albeit will need development etc.
They also have a very decent grounds down there with indoor option for training.
Especially when compared to some larger clubs
Agreed re Tullaroan and Glenmore. We've talked about South Kilkenny, but out of the clubs in the north and central, what other clubs are exceeding expectations and what clubs do you think are below expectations in senior?
Obvious ones that are below expectations would be some of the bigger towns like Callan, Graignamanagh, even Comer who have a big pick but haven't had a regular starter since Fogarty. Of the ones that are exceeding, Tullaroan are the obvious ones but other northern country clubs have been struggling the last few years. I'm not including Bennettsbridge here as with the size of it I think they're actually producing the right amount of players in the last 10 years.
Thoughts? This isn't to criticise clubs it's just an open discussion. I also don't want this to turn into Dicksboro bashing, it's been mentioned plenty of times
Yes a great club, similar to Tullaroan of the north.
My mistake, I had presumed with their close proximity to New Ross they would have went to Good Counsel.
