Kilkenny GAA Thread

Is there anything interesting on today,challenge matches.

Jj's hook on callanan in 2014 was bravery, Colin Fennelly putting his head in to block a lad in 2011 the same thing, this will be my last point, because someone said it shows a lack of genuine knowledge by blaming certain players. I have been watching Kilkenny play for the past 30 years, and the one thing I have learned about the great kk team in the noughties was that All Irelands will always be one by the team that works the hardest, that does the simple things right. I don't believe deegan is up to selected on the team because he simply Will not tackle a player and struggles against even the least frightening of forwards. It has nothing to do with his legs. And I am well aware this will not stop Lyng from picking him, but I feel we are not getting anywhere with having him on defence.

TRASHTALK!!!

I do my best to try and avoid getting into slagging matches about the relative merits of individual player because it's very disrespectful and in most cases completely idiotic. Paddy Deegan is in his 10th season on the Kilkenny panel under two different managers and he's been pretty much an ever present, so i guess he must have something going for him. If the stick you are using to beat Paddy Deegan is that he's no JJ Delaney, well then it's a pretty sh**** stick you are holding.

It's rather amusing that someone should equate JJ's hook on Seamus Callanan in 2014 as an act of "bravery" when the man himself a few months later after he retired in an interview on "off the ball" specifically mentioned that incident as an indicator that his legs were gone and it was time to get out…. at the top.

Why?

This thread could really do with a 'down vote' button...

It might stop those with the Deegan obssession posting continously the same sh1te again, and again , and again ....

Fcuking echo chamber of oral scutter ....

Give it a rest....

**** boring weekend.

I suppose youd have nothing to moan about ??

I know one of the four-in-a-row team quite well and i was recently slagging him off accusing him and his colleagues of ruining Kilkenny hurling by winning too much and thus spawning a support base of moaning self entitled muppets!

You’re spot on, the poster from earlier today citing some of our current players lack of certain qualities said he’d been watching Kilkenny for 30 years, which is basically from the start of the Cody era.

I agree with pretty much everything you’re saying there , we should never accept mediocrity and our players deserve have the facilities available to them to give them the same chance as other counties and it definitely doesn’t seem to be the case at the moment.

I’d also say though that the success we experienced under Brian Cody wasn’t normal , eleven all Ireland titles in fifteen years was just ridiculous really and younger supporters who grew up during that period can’t expect us to sustain that level indefinitely. I agree that we should expect a certain degree of success though and as the most successful hurling county we should absolutely always be competitive and pushing for Leinster and All-Ireland titles but all counties go through lean periods and expectations need to be realistic.

More importantly some posters need to understand that there’s no justification for having a go at the current crop of players because they’re not JJ Delaney or Henry Shefflin . I know it’s only a minority but it’s galling to read some of the stuff (and I know I’m sometimes too quick to take the bait )but these lads are putting in the same effort and giving the same commitment as our past legends and not being as talented as players we’ve had in the past doesn’t make them any less deserving of our support and it certainly doesn’t warrant the kind of slating or disrespect you sometimes see here and elsewhere.

I agree that we are proud hurling people but we’re also fickle when it comes to showing our players support at matches and we have been poor in recent years when it comes to following the team. I know we’ve been starved of success recently relative to what we’re used to and thats why people don’t travel,but if anything thats when backing them matters most. That’s what real support is all about.

Edit…. @Realt Dearg Sec …. None of the above was in reference to you btw

Agreed. How many times have we been outnumbered in our own ground?…. that must be soul destroying for our players. I was at the minor final a couple of years ago in Nowlan park and we were so outnumbered it was embarrassing. I’m certain the vocal Tipp support carried those 13 Tipperary chaps to victory on the night. If we don’t turn up for an All Ireland final in our own field against our biggest rivals then we never will.
Does this affect players thinking who turn down invites onto county panels? … I honestly don’t know.

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My first all ireland was 1972 when we had Keher Delaney Purcell Henderson Fan etc etc .we have always had good players and we still have now.Agree with the poster above who said we need to play our best players in their best positions and play a style that suits them.playing short with the wind in galway was shocking. Pick.our best and play to their strengths .

Even our hardcore support of about 5,000 at an away league match is gone down a lot. I think myself there is a few ways to bring it back. We have to start winning again or at least performing we need floodlighting to bring the crowd to Saturday night matches and the socialising after it and weekend trips away should be encouraged with the help of local hotels and clubs playing challenge matches in the different counties on alternate years and build up something, it’s like GAA tourism. A few years past we had some sessions in West Belfast (second capital), Cork (third capital ) Ennis, Galway even Tralee in the bad old days, TV is a handy cop out although in the last few months I was glad of that coverage, but I can tell you honestly there is nothing like been there.