Kilkenny GAA Thread

He would sentenced to 40 lashings after mass in Ballyhale in front of the whole county!

Anyone at the semis today.? .heard some on the radio..shamrocks seemed to be slow to get going..then again a lot gets lost in translation on kclr .. Brazzill worth another chance on county panel I'd say pity tullaroan got bet it would have been nice to see Tommy get to a final

I thought Colin Fennelly and the 2 Mullens were well off the pace today, Joey Cuddihy also quite after playing well the last 2 days. Problem for everyone else is that the Shamrocks have so many good players. Niall Brassil did well at centre back for the Village who put up a decent effort but the soft goal in the first half hurt them. Thought TJ's penalty was struck inside the 20 meter line?

Tullaroan hit some poor wides but OLG probably deserved to win. Needed a bigger performance from Mossy Keoghan, Padraig Walsh not as dominant as the last day, Paddy Deegan either. Huw Lawlor very effective at centre back, may be his best position

Can the intermediate the senior be on the one day or is that allowed this year.

Shocking again Hughes no better in the first game..

I heard the other day that the clubs were asked to send in their best players to the various development squads. Surely the management teams should be out scouting and deciding who should be brought into the squads, wouldn’t this avoid all the favourtism that has ruined the whole concept of the squads . Firstly this would take away the awkwardness of the local because some would be under pressure to send in both friends and relations and secondly these up and coming management teams should be at as many matches as possible like what was done years ago. They are taking the lazy way out . On a different topic the refereeing at the weekend matches was atrocious ,all they are doing is counting steps and other minor demeanors instead of letting the game flow . There is really very little dirty play in Kilkenny.

success for Henry in Galway will be 2 leinsters in 3 years.🤔

But to us it's a meaningless competition 🤯

Who was the best player on view Sunday who left the county panel because of the atmosphere??

Was it the village centre back?

When we don't win the All Ireland we should be judged on the level of our performances not on league or Leinster titles and our performances have been shite for 5 years with the exception of an occasional bolter like Limerick in 2019. 2020 and 2021 has been consistently poor regardless of the Leinster titles won.

You talk about us not judging ourselves fairly. Personally, I don't think we have the talent to win the All Ireland so I don't judge on that. I want to see progression and we haven't seen anything approaching that now in 5 years. The same errors being repeated in the same situations over and over.

Bring in a coach capable of improving the players we have and who can put a game plan in place which suits them.

More importantly, who is the current player, in his prime, who is considering retirement.

This section of the article really strikes a chord first of all who are the players in question leaving the panel? And secondly who’s the player from the Village? Is it Brassil?

Surely if all this plays out Cody’s position becomes untenable, to replace that many players of the required quality is surely too much of an ask for us at this point

The biggest thing seems to be the toxic atmosphere in around the squad which seems to be there a while now going back to the Waterford game last year which seems to be something to do with why Colin Fennelly walked away.

I think we're all braced for a few retirements.Hogan has being plagued by injury and I think most will agree the lack of game time himself and joey got the last few years was very unfair.Then you have lads like Buckley,wally,fogarty who have given us great value but have become impact players.Blanchfield has lost all confidence.

PM does have a few valid points.Cody has made a few terrible decisions over the last few years and in any other county its unlikely he would get reinstalled without any fuss.Our puck out strategy against particularly cork last year and brining on a player who missed a years hurling and let him get roasted by Kingston was very poor.

The talk here a few weeks ago was eoin Murphy isn't happy so thats probably who he is talking about.The only positive I'd say is cody unlike what Liam sheedy done last year is he wasn't loyal to the older lads and he has blooded a good few lads but there's no getting away from the obvious.We lack a puck out strategy and game plan.

I was at alot of matches over the last few weeks and theres not many lads putting up their hands for inclusion.

Extract from Irish Examiner article by PM O'Sullivan - That obvious topic, Henry Shefflin’s decision to take on managing Galway? People shake their head, lost for wryness. From what I hear, there exists no animosity towards the Ballyhale native. Disappointment and frustration, yes, but his name is not being held to a flame. -

This is bull! Practically everybody I spoke with in the last week would not be at all happy with Shefflin.

Many former players have got involved with Kilkenny squads, minor, under 20 etc over the years. Some have gained experience with Meath, Laois, Kildare etc and various clubs. That to me is putting your hand up and showing genuine interest in getting involved with the seniors when Cody steps down, or told to go. I'm not aware of Shefflin getting involved at any level with the County. Why then should he be considered the successor to Cody? He certainly hadn't shown obvious interest.

On the expected retirements from the senior setup - any of us could name at least six players likely to go. You don't have to be a journalist with "inside knowledge"! Liam Blanchfield is the young player he's referring to. Again, fairly common knowledge.