Kilkenny GAA Thread

I think a match is 70 minutes?

It's funny. All Ireland's are hard to come by and it's been so long for us it seems like Everest. Yet last year Tipp won one from absolutely nowhere. From further back than where we are now.
I said that they were possibly the most fortunate and maybe even the worst All Ireland champions ever, and now we now that's probably true.

I also think the gravy train they're convincing themselves they have coming, may not be quite what they thought.
From what I've seen I wouldn't swap what we have coming, with what's coming from across the border. Our issues the last 2 or 3 years may have been less to do with talent, and more to do with Co Boartd incompetence.

Tipp virtually gone now probably some of those lads might not see an all Ireland medal again, too young to appear what they achieved and thought it would be no bother to repeat it, never going to be easy. They could make a big mistake by replacing Liam Cahill.wonder will Sheedy give an analysis of Tipps demise tomorrow night on the Sunday game

My feeling on Tipp last year is they got a head of steam up through the back door and then lady luck was on their side. They have a lot of young hurlers and will come back.

Have to disagree on Cody, he set up the first two goals brilliantly and really stood up at the start of the second half, yes he might not of scored until well ahead but he linked everything and worked his Bollix off, he is clearly lacking some confidence with the missed chances but he doesn't shy away.

The most fortunate All Ireland champs? To win an AI in the round robin era? Hardly.

And what exactly is coming from across the border?

All I am seeing is a team getting worse, year on year since Cody stepped down and no obvious well of talent to draw on over the next number of years.

Yes. It did click for him 2nd half but we are so reliant on his creativity we need him on it from the start. Let's hope he pushes on in parnell Park. It may not be coincidental that mullen coming on had a role in this.

I thought Cody was busting a gut to get on the score sheet and had himself under pressure.He actually passed good ball yesterday and if he could only see the benefits of this he would be brilliant. Keher, DJ,Shefflin and TJ, the greatest of all time always placed the man in the better position leaving defences wondering what they are going to do next.

I have to see Dublin v Galway yet. Galway had to win that match to secure their position and I was surprised with the Dubs win on that alone. I said it here about the team I feared most was Dublin and posters scoffed and said we are always able to handle Dublin. They have a good manager and players. They usually do not travel well and that kills them in the back door system, no back door for them this season. Watch this space.

Not expecting to win and being lucky are 2 different things. Nobody in Tipp thought we would win it out at start of 2025 but nobody i talked to called it lucky to win a final by what 15 points, it would be lucky to score a last minute goal deflected in off a seagull.

Its not lucky to win so many games, things fell right but any team that wins an All Ireland gets the rub of the green on the way. It is disrespectful the talk online about the 2025 win now and tbh the Kilkenny lads i know never mentioned tipp being lucky to beat Kilkenny or win the final.

Some online especially this thread seem to always have a lucky reason why tipp win any championship at any grade.

well Newhouse any AI you win everything has to go in your favour and that’s for sure.

just heard Darragh Fitzgibbon gone for Cork, a big blow for them.

Lucky is probably the wrong word, you're right. Tipp deserved to win the final but it was definitely a case of the stars aligning for what is a fairly mediocre team. I'm not being anti- Tipp by saying that and I'll back that up.

On my comment that Tipp came from further back than we are, Tipp came from absolutely nowhere whereas this Kilkenny team at least have been ultra competitive at the business end of championship for a number of years and has won 6 provincial titles in a row. We can scoff and say it's only Leinster, but that's not in our control. It would have been far less of a surprise had Kilkenny won the All Ireland last year for example, than it was that Tipp won it. That's a fact.

Tipps 2025 unquestionably looks a complete outlier now. Since 2022 Tipp have won 3 of 19 games in Munster. Three. Most recently they won none in 2024, 2 last year, and none this year. Absolute respect for whey they achieved in 2025 but they went from absolute zero to hero, and straight back to zero again. I don't recall a similar example at that scale in All Ireland hurling history. That's why many people, not just me, are saying they are probably the worst All Ireland champions in recent memory.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still very jealous of that win and I'd much rather have a poor team win one, than have a decent team never win one. But any time I looked at the players Tipp have, I couldn't escape the thought that the team was far greater than the sum of its parts, which is very admirable and a credit to Liam Cahill and his management last year. Seems to me now though, that they are now performing closer to the ability of those players. 🤷‍♂️

so you don’t agree with that the above mentioned don’t deserve praise for their performance’s last night, one of which didn’t hurl for a year.