Kilkenny GAA Thread

Just a few corrections there.....

Won Munster in 2019 having qualifed with a game to spare.

Only lost once in Munster in 2018 having being guaranteed a 1/4 final spot before the clare game. (Blessing in disguise probably getting skinned that day)

You cannot just talk about what ifs against Limerick.... 1/4 final in 2018 we should have been out of sight except for Murphy in goals.

Harnedy didnt "miss", Canning didnt "miss" also Peter Casey fouled in lead up to galway first goal that started the comeback. Should have been a tap over free.

Every team that wins an all ireland needs a large dollop of luck especially when you have to play 7 games.

Very glad to have won 3 of the last four. Deservedly beaten in 2019 no doubt about it. We got our ar*ses handed to us in the first half. The stuff about the sideline in the end doesn't matter to me as a Limerick fan.

When Tipp beat us in the final round robin game in 2019 there were 2 Tipp lads walking out of the ground discussing how Limerick won a handy All Ireland in 2018. Id like to think KK fans wouldn't be that disingenuous.

It is as you say swings and roundabouts and hopefully on Sunday it will be Limericks turn for the victory. 😉

Look, I agree with the sentiments of your post but I'm sorry, to claim you are "making corrections" to what I posted means I posted incorrect facts. I didn’t.

I said Limerick lost 3 times in the championship in 2019 and twice in 2018. That is 100% correct so cannot be "corrected" by you.

What you have done is provide some perspective, that Limerick had their 3rd place qualification secured both years before their last round losses, but that doesn’t "correct" what I said. And let’s face it no one wants to lose and miss the direct route, which happened to Limerick in 2018 and could have happened in 2019 if Cork hadn’t surprisingly been done by Clare the same day. So, essentially inferring both these losses shouldn’t really be considered “losses” is a bit “meh”.

Just as Kilkenny people excusing the awful loss versus Wexford in May with a "ah look we knew we were probbaly through anyway" are also codding themelves. It's a loss, end of story.

Hope Sunday is great occasion and a great match, I genuinely don’t know what way it will go, we could be hockeyed or we could win, but no question, Limerick remain comfortably the safer bet, they just have far less questions about them.

You said its 100% correct Limerick lost twice in 2018.... well it isn't.

In Munster they beat Tipp, drew with Cork, beat Waterford and lost to Clare.

In AI Series they beat Carlow, Kilkenny, Cork after ET and then Galway.

Maybe a bit of humility mightn't go amiss.

Correct, you won two matches in Munster in 2018 and 2019 but only lost one match in 2018 as you drew with Cork.

Just trying to make the point that losing 4 matches and drawing two more over a two year period cant leave you in position of saying (as some are, not you) that Limerick should have won both years.

One AI from that sort of strike right record is about right for me. Whatever luck they got in 2018 in winning got evened out in 2019.

2020/2021 a whole diffrent ball game, walked away with it, no one got close.

Not enough chat on weather, it's going to be very punishing and greatly increases chance that one team may run away with match.

It doesn't matter how much training you have done, you wont have experience of playing a major championship match in over 80 degree heat. All the strength and conditioning work in the world wont prepare you for that, in fact might it militate? Might the really bulky players struggle?

Funny to bring up 2019 and then saying a Cody team won't take a batin in a final.

Not really, we were buggered once Hogan got sent off and we were down to 14 men but sure ya knew that. They kept trying though and never gave up so I'll rephrase it for ya. No Cody team will give up trying like Cork did last year once things go south. They will keep trying to the end and give it their all.

If memory serves me right the Muster Final last year was 24/25 degrees and Limerick faired fine in that. Slow from the blocks but stayed the course. That game was actually this weekend last year.

It certainly will have a bearing on the game, different lads will react differently, but no team will be immune from it either. The bench will be massively important

Looking forward to the game Sunday but it is really hard to call. Clare waterford and galway have all been close to limerick this year but they played out of their skin and still lost, limerick also tend to hurl well in finals but two of their AI wins weren’t in front of a full house which prob means nothing really😂. We were good against galway and great against Clare but they were both poor and missed easy chances and frees which limerick won’t do. The best thing for me about the Clare game was the fact that there is still a huge room for improvement. Our backs have been going well but it’s hard to see gillane and Flanagan not winning ball in there. Physicality wise I say lawor on Flanagan but I think he’ll take gillane who is having a top class year and is a deadly player. Limerick backs will mark whoever is their area so where we position our forwards Will be very interesting. Cody mullen and TJ are our main ones but we’ll need everybody to chip in. Kenny was superb the last day but with the limerick physicality it’ll be tough going for him. The weather will play a part but hopefully it’s a great game and we can get the win.

Surely a roving Eoin Cody or possibly Mullen in an attempt to unsettle the Limerick HB line. Id like to see Mullen centre forward dropping back into midfield. Could make things awkward as he will score heavily if he gets space. Cody on Byrnes maybe, over and back across the HF line. TJ testing out the likes of Nash under high ball.

Mullins was also a big loss i know he played to half time but was not at the races .

The throwing of the ball is particularly useful when moving the ball at pace. If it's blown it disrupts that system. You don't throw the ball for the sake of it but it's a huge advantage when in tight situations. It's illegal for that reason.

I pop into the Limerick forum for a read occasionally. Like all forums, there are many decent posters but a few gobshites.

"Playing on the edge" = playing just within the boundaries/rules.

Throwing the ball = Blatantly breaking the rules.

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