Kilkenny GAA Thread

Eaxactly. Soft we are. Sorry but Derek has to go and I would hope he admits. That game was for winning and thats not a great tipp team. They wanted it.

Reid should never have hit that ball to Deegan. **** ball to forwards in 2nd half.....unfortunately we're further away this evening than ever.

The management deserve criticism but the players lost that. Extra man with 10 mins to go and were a mess. Reid, Deegan, Molloy all made crucial mistakes that cost us scores. That Deegan dummy for the goal. Jesus Christ

Very disappointing, we had control of that but we threw it away with some bad errors. Why do GAA teams always play so poorly against 14? We just bombed the ball down into the forwards and quite simply there was too many passes into crowded space. Deegan's error leading up to the goal is shocking, it was never the time for something like that. We really need to work on puckouts, our strategy both defending and taking them is awful. That's regardless of who the manager is.

Cahill was motm imo. That took balls to let tipp run at kk for goals in the two exposed corners. He had his homework done.

The messing in our clearances was brutal to watch. TJ is a player for the ages.

The big names never stood up when needed. We are miles off an all ireland.

Im going to say something very unpopular. I believe if BC wws manager last year or this year we would have won.

Like he did in the final in 16? Stupid comment to even mention Cody.

Very disappointing - feels like one we left behind. Bit of confusion at the end with the scoreboard. Umpires waved wide for Tipp but scoreboard added the point

Very disappointing. Beaten by an average tipp team. Another all Munster all Ireland final. Time for an overhaul of this team as they consistently come up short, when it matters. Unfortunately the players to replace them are just not there with a serious lack of good hurlers in their early 20s in the county.

Carey, Reid and Deegan is simply not good enough at this level in the half back line. 2 lack pace and 2 lack hurling and all 3 are poor in the air. Simply not good enough. Massive moment was Molloy effort that was short would have put us 3 up

not sure how we managed to lose that

Felt like we were on top of them for most of the game, but a few bad mistakes were punished severely

Tipp are average and if they play like that in the final, they’ll lose by 10+

The only comfort from that is thst Tipp will lose by at least 10 points in the final. We are just like them though, going nowhere. .

Laois man here. On the border with Carlow and Kilkenny.

When I grew up in the 1970s and 80s the Kilkenny end game and ability to come back from the dead, never knowing they were beaten, was feared by all other hurling counties.

Since 2016, this seems to be gone, at all levels, bar the 2022 All Ireland U20 win.

2016, 2019, 2022, 2023, 4 final defeats, with the caveat of Limerick being strong. 2018, 2020, 2021, 2024 and 2025 Senior All Ireland semi losses. 2023 and 2024 League Final losses.

The minors this year had good individual players but were less than the sum of their parts and didn't play as a team. Last year's minor loss to 13 men, something very 'un Kilkenny' about that. You want to be breaking 50/50 in winning finals you reach at least, in all grades.

The confidence seems to be leaving Kilkenny hurling. Adrian Mullen, Eoin Cody and others should be in their prime and leading in the forwards, 37 year old TJ still looked the only real leader upfront.

Lyng was destroyed tactically and the damage done in the first half. There's a flatness and lack of Kilkenny killer instinct across the grades. A lot of underage talent hasn't really come through.

Did some sort of complacency set in after the 2006-15 era where teams and management thought in the back of their heads they didn't have to work as hard anymore.

There is something a little wrong with Kilkenny hurling. Today was a game which should have been won, even without the brilliant players of the past. A young Tipp team, many unfamiliar with Croke Park, a second home for Kilkenny.

Lyng needs to go anyway. He's had 3 years and there isn't progression. I can't recall a longer gap for Kilkenny between All Ireland senior wins, 11 year now. 1983-92 was the biggest in my lifetime. Eddie Brennan, Dowling even Henry (Galway have regressed since he left) are probably next in line.

Kilkenny were favourites today! Limerick were favourites 3 weeks ago!

Tipp will score at least 3 goals v Cork .