Kilkenny GAA Thread

If he’s fit, Harry could have a job getting back on that team. All of the subs yesterday made an impact when introduced which is exactly what you want. Dunne was a handful in the FF line. Doyle turned the Galway lads with his running. Walsh was effective at winning ball. Thought Byrne would offer more but still put in a shift. Harry can catch fire but they need to put a fire under his arse.

I think lads are too critical of shine and as soon as things don't go well they jump down his throat. Is shine only in 5th year now?he was u17 last year. I don't know the chap at all but as someone else said we need to get behind this team and young lads like shine instead of anonymously being critical of chaps online. We all agree the day of being ignorant to lads is well gone now so. I think shine could be a very good inside senior forward in a few years. He will hopefully play senior this year with the boro and if he puts in the hard work I'm hopeful he'll make it.

I agree that the subs were good and a couple of lads who started could be under pressure next week. It's a pity bill hughes is still injured I liked this chap at minor. Cathal beirne is another chap who's injured but the biggest loss is probably Liam Moore who would be a big addition. Its great to see plenty of lads from intermediate and junior clubs. The two wingap lads were very good.Well done to everyone involved the players have endured plenty of heartbreak against galway and we see what it meant to them to get over the line hopefully they can finish the job next week and get to an all Ireland. I've seen Tallis a few times outfield and he's very good but he is a very confident goalie and we're lucky we have Mason,Liam dunphy,Darren brennan and Tallis and while scruff is a great shot stopper a few of these are better equipped with the modern game.

I thought I saw Liam Moore at the game with the panel?

I wish he was , he would be some asset to the team.

That's a bit over the top for a young lad. He has high skill levels, I watched him in the Minor A club final last year, the schools final this year and the Minor semi final v Galway last year and u20 game played Monday. Non of them were his best games but one thing he did show is that he has loads of potential and buckets of skill. Let the lad develop. No need to slate him after every bad match. We need skilful forwards like him develop

"Btw If as is being suggested TJ was subbed rather than injured, it would sum up the current Cody era for me, subbing off a hurling wizard for a subpar 35 mins and leaving likes of Buckley on. I’d say Shefflin couldn’t believe his luck when he saw no TJ at start of 2nd half."

Going by a few reports , TJ was violently ill all day before the game, and couldnt carry on.

Cody said after the game that TJ had a reoccurrence of an injury that he has been battling for sometime & also with regards Hogan didn't someone on here say he has a hamstring injury

How did he get on?

Did you see Derek McGrath on the Sunday game use Eoin Cody's legitimate handpass to Donnely for his goal as an example to try to legitimise the many thrown balls in all games. They even zoomed in on it to prove it was legal. However they did not zoom in on Curran's illegal thrown pass to Kiely in the W'ford Tipp game when Sheedy questioned it (that was the second throw in that move BTW). McGrath brushed it off as legal which they all chuckled about - ah shur! etc etc . But RTE have shown that they have the technology to determine whether that pass was legal. But they did not use it. Why? What's their agenda in this? Why are they interested in distorting the laws of the game?? McGrath need's to grow out what little hair he has over his ears, dye it red, put on a red nose and paint his lips. Couple that with a checked suit and a big pair of shoes and you'll see him in his true form. An absolute clown who cannot comment in any objective way on hurling. And don't get me started on Donal Og.

Cusack had issues with the spare hand until his own county started to blatantly use it. And Cork are up there as one of the biggest offenders of the throw ball, hence his indifference to it. Ditto McGrath.

I'm pretty sure I replied to your post last year to say that I agree with your thinking. And I 100% agree with you now. Cody has always said that players won't make the team on reputation and that they must be performing in training to get picked. He doesn't hold himself to the same standard.

We gave away alot of easy scores and didn't get enough from our forwards. Galways workrate was very high and Henry had his homework done. I think he went after deegan and smothered him and put him under pressure and turn overs. I know players interchange but monaghan and cooney have being scoring freely we should of being tighter it's not like we didn't know they were scoring freely. I was at the match Sunday and it was nearly a throwback to years ago with not a huge deal of tactics but for most of it we had Billy and cody on the inside line. Billy was poor but we should of gave cody more ball when he was on fire. I know mannion went back on and galway reacted but he still made the 3rd goal and was influential near the end.Mannion bought two handy frees off cody when he grabbed his arm. We needed another forward to play well on the day.Theres not much between the two teams. I'd like to get another go at them in a few weeks. This squad is on the go a few years but we lack movement in attack. There is a lack of cohesion and understanding between defence and attack.Do we have a game plan or puck out strategy?We simply don't look comfortable working the ball out of defence,we are jittery and nervous and this isn't year one it's probably the 3rd year but are we any further advanced?I think hard work,determination and fighting till the bitter end is getting us over the line in some of these games but when we go up a level we're opened up.

I heard something recently about gillane how when he's inside what he does sometimes is goes out to the end line and as soon as byrne,morrisey or who ever has the ball he sprints to the middle for a easier score. Most lads sprint to the corner for a harder score. it's things like these I just couldn't see us practicing in training.Id wonder how much we work on the short game in training and is there actually purpose to it or just doing it for the sake of it.

I still think the two handy games done us no good and the wexford game stood to galway and the dissapointment of the last free so hopefully we can get a similar response. We'll have no other choice but to go out and perform and win the last 2 games or it would be a very dissapointing season altogether.

Huw would be a massive loss if he's injured. He has improved a huge amount over the last few years and is a modern full back. It's the one position where replacements are scarce. Delaney would probably go to three but has played very little in a long time and needs plenty of games to get to match fitness.

Do we know the extent of Harry shines injury?

Midfield is massive problem, trying every combination this year

• Antrim - Deegan, Carey
• Tipp - Deegan, Kenny
• Laois - Donnelly, Kenny
• Dublin - Murphy, Kenny
• Waterford - Buckley, Kenny
• Cork - Buckley, Kenny
• Westmeath - Mullen, Kenny
• Laois - Mullen, Maher
• Galway - Buckley, Maher

Maher and Donnelly aren't going well this year. Deegan cant pass but cant fault his workrate. Kenny needs a lot more game time. Mullen isn't going well, think the Laois game made him look like he was getting his form back. Dont think I would move Carey out of the half back line. Guessing Murphy, Buckley for the next game, Murphy might be needed for frees

And a lot of matches Kilkenny had the 3 of Murphy, Buckley and Kenny playing midfield together and we still lost the midfield battle.

Could Deegan not do a job for us in the full forward line? He is never found wanting when it comes to commitment and physically he is strong as an ox. Would allow Richie Reid in as centre back and still include Deegan as a leader on the field (as Brian Cody seems to see him). Would improve distribution from the backs to the forwards as Reid is far superior in that part of the game while possibly playing to Deegan's strengths?