Kilkenny GAA Thread

Good God! in the commentary I was listening to, the co-commentator Cathal Moore, was positively pro-Dublin, e.g. agreeing every time they were awarded a free etc. I don't think the main commentator is Galwegian. Thought also Dublin were physically a lot stronger than Galway, especially around midfield. It took until the closing stages for Galway's 'tippy-tappy' hurling to finally yield dividends. McDonagh is a spiky character but his first card was very harsh.

Should be well up here. Dominated the first 20 minutes but didn't put the scores on the board. The ref has been good to Wexford, the free count seems heavily in their favour. They face a battle here so let's see...

Ref is absolutely going to town on KK. Should have been well in control after 20 mins though and going to do well to win it now

Kilkenny were well on top in the first half despite the scoreline but struggled in the second half. Not sure if Wexford had a sweeper. Kilkenny the better team but could have lost it in the end.

Less said about the referee the better.

Hard luck to Wexford, they deserved to win.

Goalie saved us twice with blinding saves.

Our forwards were outworked by Wexford backs and similar to Offaly game, frequently overplayed the ball and/or took poor options.

Well done Kilkenny, they undoubtedly have some really talented players, but they will need a much better performance to beat Galway.

Yes on the weekend of the 14-15th. With the Munster Final being a de facto AI SF

Kilkenny wont be winning any All Ireland with them backs. Wexford opened them up every time they went forward. Kilkenny had much better players than both Offaly and Wexford but could have lost both matches. They got away with it tonight due to a great save and poor finishing by Wexford

Cork are definitely going in the right directiopn but for me, too much hype. I feel the brand of hurling they play is attractive and "sexy" and this is feeding in to the narrative.

I'd take Galway 18-21 year old crop ahead of theirs any day. It is actually isnulting to Galway in particaular how much hype there currently is about Cork. For me at least, Galway (and to a lesser extent Kilkenny) are producing better all round traditional type hurlers. Ultimately Cork might win the long game, especially if Hurling continues to evolve as a hybrid Lacrosse, but I have my doubts.

They beat a Dublin team that nver really performed on day by 4 pts in 2020 U20 Final. And tonight beat a Limerick team by 2pts that we beat by 16 pts as minors.

The ref sucked the life out of the minor match, blowing for no reason a lot of the time. Any chance of a decent flow was prohibited by his actions. As the game went on you could see the frustration getting to the players. Almost afraid to tackle. The young Kilkenny lads did well to pull a win out of the bag helped in the end by a bit of luck. In analysing the match, the conditions should be considered. Heavy showers beforehand and at times during the match made it tricky.

Great to win back to back Leinsters at minor.

Leinster will be interesting next year with a new man in charge of Wexford and a Galway likely in a full rebuild and definitely without Joe Canning.

It will be interesting to see does the new man in charge of Wexford trust his backs or was Davy right to have not trusted them. I think Wexford probably need a bit of new blood there is a lot of miles on the clock for a lot of those Wexford lads just due to the style of play he demands from his players in his system. Looking at how Waterford and Clare went after Davey left you could see Wexford probably struggle next year.

I think Galway need to start blooding some of their young guns whether they keep on Shane O'Neill or find a new man. This will probably lead to an erratic season or two for them.

Alot myself included wanted a change, there was plenty of good from Davy's tenure but felt like the time was right for a change. Eddie Brennan would seem like a popular choice down here and id welcome it, a few down here would say a Kilkenny man would never manage Wexford but from knowing lads through college and a previous job im well aware Tipp is your main rival. We all now how rumours work and ive been told he would be interested and that the dubs are lining him up with his work with Cuala so don't know who to believe. Derek McGrath would seem like a viable option with the short commute and been involved in faythe harriers where he has been very well received, i think alot of supporters might view it as groundhog day going back to the sweeper. Other option could be Joe Fortune a enniscorthy man living in Dublin, he managed Dublin to a Leinster u21 in 2016 has at least 1 county title with Ballyboden st endas, was involved in the Wexford u20s this year as a coach which is no endorsement after losing to kildare but Eddie had a similar experience with ye against Westmeath. Ive been told by people in the know finances won't be an issue especially with the financial support of a well known horse trainer.

Don't make me shout for cork, I don't want to be in that kind of position!

Same man has the S&C job this year as had it last year. Personally I think it's the addition of some form of game plan thats doing it for us this year.

Ok thanks for that didn't or don't know who he is. It's just we had both Dublin and Waterford bet up a stick at halftime last year and were either outhurled or just not conditioned enough to keep going. It was frightening how poor we played in both second halves compared to the first. We just seem to be more consistent this year.

Did we not get someone else in to help with s&c?I think they also worked with Limerick.

Looks like we're playing cork next.We will need to improve big time from the last game as tonight proves Dublin very average .Cork will cause us big trouble with pace