Kilkenny GAA Thread Part 2 **MOD NOTE POST 1***

Bring on larks fogarty mick fennelly if there fit.could see kennedy starting instead of jackie.

brookville wrote: »

I wouldn't be rushing larkin back and if there's any doubt over michael fennelly he shouldn't start.some papers are reporting both michael and colin are out and fogarty is back and larkin is returning to training tonight,lennon and paul murphy definitely out.it should be a good match sunday there's never much between the two teams I'd give clare a great chance

Be hard to see Larks starting but you never know. Fogarty could link up with Lester Ryan in midfield. Cillian Buckley could play there also.

It's a league semi-final and BC will want to be in the final to give the lads another match as well as winning the league of course.

It'll be interesting to see what the team is!

I think the team will look something like this.
Murphy
Prendergast
Holden
Tyrrell
Walsh
Joyce
Buckley
Ryan
Cody
Walsh
Hogan
Reid
Blanchfield
Farrell
Power

Brian hasn't given Chris Bolger a start so far as I reckon he has to improve his workrate. John Power chased hard the last day so I think Cody will opt for him. I wouldn't mind seeing Kevin Kelly in midfield instead of Diarmuid Cody. Our forward line will certainly be lacking in experience

Cornerback1 wrote: »

I think Kevin Kelly is too dangerous not to be around the edge of the square. He's sharp and a goal getter and i don't think he'd mix it enough around the middle third to be honest. Just an opinion.

I would agree with you, I was naming the team that I think Cody will pick rather than who I would pick. I think he likes the way JonJo battles for the ball and holds it up. If Kevin Kelly battled the same way, there would be no contest

Michael Kavanagh wrote: »

What is his injury

Think he hurt his knee in a farming accident.

dastardly00 wrote: »

From the Irish Independent:



Best of luck to him and fingers crossed he has a speedy recovery.

Hope his recovery is good. Not what the lad needs. Best he can do is focus on his recovery.

Other side of the story is that farms are dangerous places!!

dubcat51 wrote: »

Interesting to see if clare man mark tj and Richie. Cussack went on about it when he did the Sunday game.will see if he has influence on tactics Sunday. Expect to see a lot of short puck outs.just like cork of 06.

Are you talking 'man marking' as in not being positive but just following TJ and RH everywhere they go around the pitch and sacrifice their own game? They could try it but it'd be hard to do it 100% but Clare may think it's a risk worth taking if they can minimize their influence in the game.

Any tips for a first time driver re. parking etc. on Sunday???

dubcat51 wrote: »

Cussack advocated mikey cahill man marking richie in 2014 replay. Can see man markers and a sweeper

The sweeper will be a busy man if two team mates are following the lads around. Would be happy enough with that if Clare tried it on the day. Would even be scope for one of the midfielders to push up at times and put serious pressure on their backs. I'd see us winning comfortably if Clare try and be too clever about TJ and Richie (especially since Richie hasn't been at full tilt or anything like it this league so far).

JJs Left Hand wrote: »

I always park in the LIT campus

Cheers JJLH, Is that not at the far side of the town? What I mean is wouldn't you still have to drive throughthe town centre? Is there anywhere on th KK side?

brookville wrote: »

It looks like clare will have nearly everyone available,tony kelly,shane o donnell,david mac granted they haven't much hurling done.

Davy McInerney, Shane O'Donnell, Peter Duggan definitely out. Connor Ryan 'extremely doubtful'. Would have liked to see a full Clare team play Sunday. Tony Kelly will be a huge boost though and I'm expecting a big performance from Clare, they'll be out to prove they're still contenders for Liam!!

brookville wrote: »

It looks like clare will have nearly everyone available,tony kelly,shane o donnell,david mac granted they haven't much hurling done.

Where are you reading that?

According to the today's Irish Examiner:

Clare have been hit by a double body blow ahead of Sunday’s Division 1 semi-final against Kilkenny as Shane O’Donnell and David McInerney have been ruled out.

The pair, who missed out on the quarter-final win over Tipperary because of foot and back injuries respectively, will not be involved after scans determined they’re not ready to return to action. O’Donnell completed half a training session on Tuesday but will not be risked now.