Kilkenny GAA Thread

corner back 2 · 26-03-2022 11:30am

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Would agree about Kenny but felt he improved against Waterford. You mustn't have been watching Buckley for the last two matches because he has been integral to the KK game plan. Without his massive workload and ground coverage there was no way we would have stifled the Dublin and Waterford half back lines. Also he frees up Padraig to drift off his marker and get scores. He also looks to be moving a lot more freely the last few matches which is a good sign considering his injury history.

Grats · 26-03-2022 1:44pm

I don't think Buckley miss hit the ball for his goal either. Give the chap some credit.

therealdonster · 26-03-2022 2:03pm

Any update on that U20 match? Is it in pairc UI chaoimh?

Rosita · 26-03-2022 2:46pm

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Wouldn't over-read this stuff. St Kieran's have won 6 of the last 10 Colleges AI titles. Kilkenny have won 1 of the last 10 AI minor titles. Galway have won 4 of the last 5 minor AI titles and when did their schools last win a colleges?

big_drive · 26-03-2022 5:37pm

Yes at 5.15 for u20 game

26-03-2022 6:54pm

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Cork leading 2-10 to 0-13 at HT. Yes game is at Pairc Ui Chaoimh. My own county Clare played the Kilkenny's U20's in a challenge match early in the last week. Does anyone know how that match went?

ttowncat · 26-03-2022 7:39pm

Clare won by a good bit. Clare had a full strength team out. Kilkenny were giving a look to a lot of players who had maybe not seen much game time up to now.

Rosita · 26-03-2022 8:22pm

Cork's throwing of the ball must be the most blatant of any county.

conor05 · 26-03-2022 8:42pm

Plenty of fire still left in Brian Cody’s belly anyway!

dzer2 · 26-03-2022 8:56pm

Gonna be hard to win this with that ref

JJs Left Hand · 26-03-2022 8:58pm

Very good first 15 mins and we've done well to hang with them in the last 20 mins. Free count is ridiculous but to be fair most of them were frees (some of them really really soft and the Blanchfield one just blatantly wrong) but that's always likely to happen against Cork due to their running game. Conor Delaney under serious pressure in the corner.

Mad about baa baas · 26-03-2022 8:59pm

Most of them were frees to be fair..looks like our backs are terrified of corks pace..corks full back line are shocking..aren't fouling cos they can't get close enough

Rosita · 26-03-2022 9:04pm

Eoin Murphy was lucky with the free given to Connolly as he made a gash of the save attempt.

As for the ref etc., in reality Kilkenny brought a lot more physical intensity to it so kept fouling. Getting stuck in is fine but if you can't do it without fouling it's no use.

therealdonster · 26-03-2022 9:05pm

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And Mark Cokeman is the worst culprit for throwing the ball of all. If refs properly managed Corks throwing I think they wouldn't be much of a threat as it would seriously curtail their running game.

conor05 · 26-03-2022 9:05pm

My granny would turn faster than the Cork full back.

We should get the win here as we are getting great success from the ball into our full forward line.

Cornerback1 · 26-03-2022 9:07pm

Even though foul count strongly against KK, most are correct.

Need to get the ball into Billy more as he's destroying O'Leary. Going really well- just need to cut out the silly frees.

JJs Left Hand · 26-03-2022 9:34pm

Our puck outs are a disgrace. Again.

mullinr2 · 26-03-2022 9:35pm

God this is constipated hurling we are playing in the second half

dastardly00 · 26-03-2022 9:37pm

Really struggling for the last 15 minutes.

Although great score from Donnelly just there now

brookville · 26-03-2022 9:50pm

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Fierce dissapointed with Murphy tonight.

26-03-2022 9:50pm

I had hoped that we had left what we saw in the second half behind us this year

JJs Left Hand · 26-03-2022 9:50pm

I don't mind us running out of legs against that Cork team but to revert to route 1 stuff for the entire second half again after playing so well in the first half is incredibly frustrating. Our puck outs are a major major problem. But simply put, they're just far better than us right now.

Rosita · 26-03-2022 9:50pm

Cork made hard work of it even Kilkenny struggled so much to score from play in the second half. Cork's style of play is so so demanding in energy and accuracy of passing and movement that I would find it hard to see an All Ireland in them.

dastardly00 · 26-03-2022 9:51pm

Played well in the first half, apart from some silly frees. Resorted to type in the second half with long ball after long ball driven down in to the forwards. Cork deserved the win.

briancoolcat · 26-03-2022 9:55pm

Eoin Murphy is a liability in the goal great shot stopper but gives away stupid scores with misdirected passes and we revert to type as usual in the last fifteen minutes. Didn't work last year in the semi final and didn't work tonight and won't work in the modern game yet here we are agaiy. Hit and hope balls down on top of Walter Walsh and hope for a break. Jesus wept It's getting depressing being a Kilkenny supporter now.

mullinr2 · 26-03-2022 9:55pm

All our problems laid bare in the second half. Cork were first to nearly every ball in the second half. The decent bit of hurling we did in the first half completely went out the window in the second half. I'm sorry but we won't be anywhere near good enough to win an All Ireland with with players like Walter and Cillian still making the 15. They just don't have the pace for it. Our puckout strategy was pure puke in second half and when they did go short they coughed up the ball and gave away silly points. We just don't have the skillful players to work the ball out of defence the way Cork, Limerick, Galway and Clare do. If we were in the other league group we would not have got out of that group. We will be lucky to get out of Leinster this year

Grats · 26-03-2022 9:57pm

What was all the booing for from the Cork crowd on the FEW occasions A Murphy was taking a free? God knows, Cork got the share of frees. Very unsporting behaviour.

Grats · 26-03-2022 9:57pm

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You wonder what the management are looking at.

Alonzo Moseley · 26-03-2022 9:57pm

Abolsutely ragged 2nd half display. Not a single puck out won all half. Accuarcy brutal. When a game is there to be won you have to have accuarte shooters and we didn't have them on field.

I said last night that I felt we were fooling ourselves on 4/5 players, the 2nd half today confirmed it to me.At least 4 players 9-15 aren't up to it or are past it.

Backs mostly ok but Deegan had one of his shaky games. Butler and Carey looked nailed on.

James Maher and Donnelly have to start in championship

Grats · 26-03-2022 9:59pm

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Blown just once!!!!

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