Kilkenny GAA Thread

Sorry never bet did Timmy Kelly not get a two match ban?

Yeh he got 3 matches and they managed to get it back to 2 I heard, only available for the Final if they get there

Why on earth is the minor match on the day before Senior . Where is the sense in that. You could bulk up the crowd and atmosphere with both counties in both games and just have it on the same day . For god sake just a small bit of common sense would go along way. Very disappointing

Senior team for Sunday

Is there a reason Owen Wall gets so little game time for Kikenny?

His pace alone would surely be a huge asset to the team.

I thought Owen Wall should have been brought on as a sub against Clare last year but I didn't think he was great at the latter end of the year with OLG. I thought he could have been brought on againsy Offaly. With matches being played nearly every week now, there is little opportunities for subs to make an impression. I do think if he gets ball in hand he creates havoc in defences. I would be bringing him on before Billy Drennan, Gearoid Dunne or Luke Connellan. Before Fionan Mackessy also if you are chasing a game. At the moment, my first forward sub would be Luke Hogan.

Did Purcell not play in the round Robin game.

Purcell did play in the Park, not his best game but he is a very good player. This is a really good Dublin team, pushed Offaly all the way last year as well. Kelly will likewise be a huge loss to us. It's a level playing and the winners will deserve it with no excuses before or after. Same with our other two teams.

Kelly is well covered, not a massive loss.

A big week for kk hurling. It looks like the minor and u20 are still trying to find their best team. Potentially this is one of the best minor teams we had for a long time but obviously these are only 16 and 17 year old chaps.

The u20s made a few changes aswell and dublin could also target the same side of the full back line again. Need to be very careful picking up a yellow card now you are skating on thin ice. Management have a decision to make with the free taking but Michael brennan would be my preferred choice.Macdermot was excellent when these 2 teams last met and himself and marty will be on Dublin list. We need the other fowards to chip in with a few scores when the game is in the melting pot. This was martys first start of this competition and he was excellent and I think they can even get more out of him. Dublin hurling is on a high at the moment and they have huge momentum after two big wins. Yes galway drove near 20 wides but Dublin know what they are doing and have lots of pace in their team. Another positive for kk u20 is they have left eoghan lyng with the 20s the last few weeks and there's no distractions like previous years and no doubt himself and marty wil be on the senior panel once the u20 is finished.

No surprises with the senior team. Obviously numbers on the jerseys doesn't matter anymore. Although the 3 up top is coming back alot of the time teams only have 2 in the ff line which will give deegan the opportunity to push up. Donal Burke is a huge loss for them Sunday but they have done well without him. Interestingly only 3 na fianna lads named to start. Kk will look at the wexford match and see how they got in for a few goals. I think eoghan o donnell will be missed against the better teams. To be fair kk hurled well against galway but haven't really being tested in the last 2 games and it's hard to turn it on like a tap but kk are very experienced In the leinster round robin. They know it's all about the 2 points and moving on. Nothing flashy. I'd expect kk to go after goals when they can but there usually isn't much between the teams at this stage of the year. Kk will want to to get the win and qualify for a leinster final and go experimental the following week. A win for Dublin would be a big statement but they have rely struggled getting over kk teams. They are cementing their place as the second best team in leinster and backing it up at minor,u19 and u20. A great weekend of hurling to look foward to.

The reason I think Wall hasn't made the breakthrough is he's inability to win ball and get it into hand. His first touch often lets him down and I'm not sure he uses his pace enough to get out in front and secure possession because of his touch, he slows to secure possession. He's not the biggest man so when his man is touch tight Owen rarely gets that ball in hand.

Now when he has the ball in hand he's super fast as you point out and he's a good eye for goal and the posts. If he could get the ball in hand more he would be a terror for defences but I would suspect that's why he's struggling to get a start. In saying that he won't learn on the bench either and I agree he should have been introduced as a sub against Clare last year, a lucky break falls his way and he will cause damage.

All this playing out from the back is killing the minors.turn overs leading to scores against is way more than were scoring from working the ball our.could loose this if we're not careful. Pulling what hair I have left out.

It is frustrating but is it not better that they play that way and make some mistakes at underage level than play a more direct game and then look lost at senior level when a back line gets on top of us and starts winning ball after ball launched up into the air when the team gets under pressure, we cant have it everyway.

the minor team got a bit of a fright in the second half when most of their passing movements were intercepted.but they pulled through to win by eight points.

Anyone offended at the coverage the munster championship gets compared to the leinster should be made look at galway and antrim today. A desperately one-sided mis match, with no tension or atmosphere where everyone knew the outcome b4 the match started, including the 2 teams.

Strange thing is, galway were no great shakes either. First 20 minutes they were awful.