Kilkenny GAA Thread

who said Lohan intends to field a 2nd team next Sunday,? putting out a lot good number of the panelist's would be the sensible thing to do in my estimation, but that's not how the Red helmeted one works...

a leinster beating a munster team!! thats crazy talk

Oh, the Leinster final? Ta!

There's no doubt offally have got their house in order and fair play to duignan and all involved. U20 football and now leinster hurling is a good going.westmeath have being putting in the work underage and kildare have also made strides.I know its not great when it's at our teams expense but it's great to see the progress being made.We've sat on our hands in kilkenny for the last 15 years at underage and history shows winning teams are backboned by underage success.

Any news on whether Huw makes it for saturday?

Harry Shine is meant to be missing according to Richie Power earlier

Wexford will come with everything this weekend. The black and amber to Wexford is like a red rag to a bull. It will be a great test for this KK team. Physical tough game. Hopefully KK will come through it without any major injuries. Should be a thriller.

I know wexford can't just turn it on like a switch and play the system that davey used but I'd be shocked if they don't go with a sweeper. I think Kevin foley is only sub so maybe he'll start thats what I meant.

If anyone here has played hurling at any kind of a level they will know there was always digging and heavy hitting but players didn't go down as if they were shot. Its 30 lads with hurls all after the one ball. The game has changed over the last few years and you simply can't be loose with the hurl but lads going down rolling around taking off the helmet after a tip is a trend in the game now

Wexford whole season depends on this game, so I agree if there is anything in these yellowbellies (which the last 5 years shows there is) they will give Kilkenny plenty of it.

You're getting too fixated on previous form, yes it matters but look at Cork at the weekend v Waterford when they were fighting for their season. Cork were not playing well up to this and every media pundit and forum had them 4th in Munster and they went down to Walsh Park like a pack of wolves who hadn't been fed in a week.

Wexford may not win on Saturday night but they are going to die with their boots on and throw the kitchen sink in a knockout match v Kilkenny.

Expect they’ll fight and give it a good go alright, Wouldn’t want to be complacent. Be surprised if it’s within 5 points at the end though.

I think it was more a case of Waterford not turning up, they were shocking, one eye on the Munster final. They’re lucky now Clare have nothing to play for. Hoping the fact that Kk could be knocked out, however unlikely, would be enough to avoid a similar performance

There's no way kk will be complacent under cody. He always gives every team the respect they deserve.i know a different manager but the last few years wexford have really troubled kk and there has being little or nothing between the teams. We all know If wexford have anything in the belly at all they will throw everything at us. Wexford haven't being going well since the Waterford match but they drew with galway and lost to Dublin by a point but they got sucked into a dogfight against westmeath and were very wasteful and maybe had their eye on this match saturday.Dont forget westmeath gave as good as they got for 50 mins against kk and caused dublin problems also. We all agree we're not as good as we showed last Saturday but Dublin just blew up and they seem to have a mental barrier when it comes to kk. Wexford on the other hand will absolutely raise their game and they've had success underage and senior in kk so that won't faze them. They also have a couple forwards something Dublin don't have and chin,conor mac and Rory o could cause us bother. I'd like to see mikey butler go after Rory o and deegan will probably pick up chin. Delaney and McDonald should be a good tussle. It's a big day for delaney. They will try isolate him and Tommy Walsh.Lawor is a big loss.Hanlon has followed tj in the past and pauidi foley on wally.If wexford go with a sweeper I'd be much happier with Richie Reid as our loose man he just needs to improve the deliveries like most of our lads when giving ball into the forwards. Mullen especially against laois and dublin was very accurate. Himself and Murphy are accurate from distance so this is a big plus.Wally will be anxious for a good performance after being taken off at half time but his form has being very good to now. Padraig is a little concern after a good league he was poor against galway and taken off the last day. Hopefully he can go well Saturday. Mossy usually follows up a good game with a bad one and we mightnt see him for a few weeks again but mossy is a lad I like and gives us something different in attack. Not the most stylish but he's hurling is improving. He can never be faulted for effort. Kenny settled early the last day getting an early score Hopefully he goes well he definitely has good potential just maybe needs to fill out a little more. On paper anyway we've a much better bench than wexford and Billy and donnelly are very good subs to bring on when the game opens up. James maher,browne and blanchfield are also good options.

If galway beat Dublin and we lose we still qualify for the leinster final unless we get bet over 10 points.We all seen what cork done last weekend when no one gave them a hope. There could be a big twist in this round Robin yet. We know what kk will bring Saturday night and I'd be suprised If wexford don't come all guns blazing but we should have our homework done and we should be ready.The mood in our camp has to much better than wexfords. We've met each other enough recently and know what to expect. I just wonder will that westmeath result be hanging over them. Confidence must be low after a result like that. Kk could try go after them early and put doubts in their head straight away.

No doubt about it. Conor mac might suit him but I would be worried about delaneys pace. He hasn't much hurling done either but he is a good hurler. Conor mac is dangerous on his day but he sometimes doesn't put it on the scoreboard.Its a big day for delaney,hopefully it goes well for him.He looked to be our full back before he got injured a few years ago.we need to get the matchups right.Rory o Connor and chin have caused us plenty of trouble the last few years.im looking forward to the match its probably our last home match of the year,hopefully lads get out and support the team instead of waiting for us to lose and come on here looking for cody to go.

Any mad rumours this week???

Id imagine the same team that started the last day will be very close to starting again tomorrow.

Maybe with maybe blanchfield coming in and T walsh to lose out with deegan reverting to corner back.

The half forward line needs to do more damage. Walter and padraig were flying in the league but have been quiet enough the last few days. Both need a big game if they start

Been a poor week for rumours :)

Would prefer to see Deegan tried out in midfield than corner back. Think Padraig was always going to struggle there against Dublin, should hopefully get a bit more space this week

Too pessimistic on this thread these days