Kilkenny GAA Thread

Seriously, picking on form in training I'd imagine. Fast alright but the wind would blow him over

Galway are very poor. The senior Leinster championship is like a second tier competition. Kilkenny could win the next 10 championships handy enough

I see Galway are beating Wexford by 14 points at halftime in the other Leinster minor semi final.

ye Galway won by eight or nine points

Imploding a bit here

That was poor overall even allowing for the wind being such an X factor. Didn't think the half time scoreboard reflected the balance of play. Richie Reid was shocking from a defensive point of view. He offers zero resistance there. It appears remarkably easy for an opposing forward to get free from our half back line on their puck out. All 3 of them plus Deegan were repeatedly 10 yards off their men after simple moves. Billy Ryan and Mossy are having great years and I love to see it. TJ struggling from open play in my opinion. Struggles to win his own ball clean and needs to pull the trigger quicker when he does get his couple of yards. That catch at the end by Huw Lawlor was immense. Eoin Murphy waits way too long to puck the ball out. They're doing all this off the ball movement on the half forward line and the whole thing has played out by the time he hits it. If he spent less time pointing we'd be far better off. Good save though.

Poor second half.need to get everyone fit in the next 3 weeks.mention to Luke hogan who really did well when he came on.hopefully the injury is not to bad.

yeh strange game, became complacent maybe but worrying to almost give up a lead like that. Hopefully Hogan injury not too bad, real shame from him.
Great to be in a Leinster Finall all the same.

100% win record across the 3 groups, 17/20/Senior and in 3 Leinster Finals. Can't really ask for more.

Was it sun in their eyes or what in the town end goals? Both sides were launching high ball into that end and it resulted in a number of the goals due to dropped balls. That said the catch by Huw at the end was immense alright.

Mossy is on fire up front, not only winning possession and scoring but also his vision and passing today was excellent. Billy has also become a key player up front. Felt bad for Luke Hogan as he was certainly putting his hand up for a place.

The switching off is a concern as it's happening in every game. I can also see why Blanchfield is not guaranteed his place as he would drive you mad sometimes hitting loose passes or taking too long.

Overall it was a tough match that was badly needed and good to see that they steadied the ship to see out the win.

14 point half time lead flattered Kilkenny as the goals were soft. Dublin movement was far better than ours. Only scored 1-4 from play in the second half. Billy Ryan our best forward again followed by Mossy. John Donnelly hasn't recovered his form from last year and TJ slowing down. Hopefully we have a full squad to pick from in 3 weeks time. Chance to see Moylan, Zack and Owen Wall against Wexford as nothing at stake for either team. I think Dublin will beat Galway to set up a repeat of today in the Leinster Final

Impossible to know we really are at seems like alot players are out of form or rusty not back to 100% fitness

It was mad having deegan corner back and t Walsh playing so well last week on the bench

Not sure why Mullen didn’t play the full 70 he needs the minutes

Tj needs to lay off the ball he was to greedy today which is unlike him

Hogan was flying until going off hopefully he won’t be out to long

Dublin got all there scores so easy including the goals

That second half was hard work and Dublin really came back into the match, fortunately Billy Ryan buried that goal chance after a great run from Jordan Molloy and now we're into the Leinster Final with a match to spare. Billy Ryan and Keoghan really stood up today and are becoming key players in the forward line. Cian Kenny is now a crucial player for our midfield and we started to struggle there once he went off.Stephen Donnelly had a good 1st half but wasn't in the 2nd half much. Luke Hogan did well when we came on and hopefully the injury isn't bad.

Half back line was poor this afternoon, Richie Reid isn't a centre back if he has to man mark, he's a sweeper or a midfielder, he was brushed aside too often in the tackle. Blanchfield and Carey allowed the Dublin players way too much space at times, both have struggled at times this season. Paddy Deegan shouldn't be in the full back line, he's not a man marker and his biggest strength is running with the ball, he's too deep doing that if he is in the full back line. In the forwards John Donnelly struggled and TJ from open play wasn't great. He's so slow nowadays even in the full forward line and was too slow getting his shot in much too often, even his goal had a huge amount of luck too it. TBH he's not a 70 minute player this year I feel. Mullen had a strange game, he doesn't look fully fit and was very deep for large chunks of the first half, still chipped in with a useful 1-1 though. I assume he was taken off because of fitness reasons or because after getting the yellow card it looked like the Dubs were going to go after him to try and provoke him into getting sent off.

With nothing at stake next weekend for either team, I'd like to see wholesale changes on our starting 15. Huw Lawlor, Cian Kenny, Mikey Carey, Mossy Keoghan, Eoin Murphy and Billy Ryan should not be starting at least and tbh I don't want to see Lawlor or Kenny even on the bench in case Lyng gets tempted to bring them on. It's a great chance for the likes of Tallis, Moylan, Hammond, Doyle, Drennan, Dunne and Wall to get good game time at championship level even if it is unlikely to be a blood and guts style match. If Mullen and TJ don't need match fitness I'd be inclined to rest them too.

Noticed Mullen rubbing his calf before he was taken off and he had been over talking to the sideline. He gid huge work in first half and was instrumental in shutting down Dublins puck out to the new stand side. Also agree the team suffered when Kenny went off.

Just seen Luke Hogans injury back on Buffs Snapchat, looked like non contact when he was trying to get back up and grabbed the side of his knee which is never a good sign. Hopefully it's not the ligaments because he looked sharp and direct when he came on.

Limerick defence really tightened up and stopped cork scoring goals probably one of there best performances in a few years