Kilkenny GAA Thread

Great to have a bit of positivity at last 😁

You still have not said what Boro players should have been picked. You seem to have a problem with Village players or Brian Cody picking Village players?. Do you honestly not think that KK could do with Conor Browne this year? And Mikey Carey Young Irelands as well. If both were still around they would be on the KK team. Who are the other Village players you have an issue with since Martin Fogarty left in 2013?

Brian Cody’s honesty and dedication to KK has to be admired from Day 1 to his final year where he did what was best for KK every time. The bitterness amongst clubs you are coming out with is what he stopped in 1998 and hence this started our greatest period of all time as he United clubs, players and the county board backed him.

Ah boy Delaney

conor Browne was never good enough to hurl for kilkenny he can’t pass the ball all he has is big and strong can’t hurl

luke Scanlon in there for 5 years

Matt Ruth son

he had his 2sons on it one

of them could not even get on a Fitz gibbon cup team

what he done in 2016 with his son and Jackie Tyrell was a joke stood on sideline with arms folded that’s by experts on tv and made no changes it was well hidden about the blow up in dressing room after all Ireland panel announced

you hAve a very short memory in how he treated some of the great kilkenny players

and any manager that does not have the decency to shake players hand when the come of the field Cody always said it was about the players it was always about him they way he treated sheflin was disgraceful

if the man that should have got the job before Cody if he did get it god knows how many all Ireland’s we would have won George Leahy what a manager he so far in front of Cody I remember when Cody managed village and the village lads laughed at him

And there it goes again 🙄

The 2 names you mentioned were with KK in 1996/97 with different KK mgrs. neither played under Kevin fennelly in 1998 never mind under Cody later on. Not good enough.

since Fogarty left KK won 2 all Irelands and played in another 3 which most counties would be happy with. Won a couple of NHL and a bucket of Leinster finals. I am from a Junior club but what Cody did for KK j will never forget. As far as I am concerned he and his selectors picked what they deemed to be the best team always. I am sure you and I and others would all pick different teams but that’s the beauty of sport we don’t all agree but one thing is sure a good manager cannot afford to be bigoted towards any club. Brian Barry would have a few medals if he had to hang around. He to me was the second best Boro Hurler over last 25 years. Been honest I don’t know who else should have been on it from Boro. I hope with all their underage success that they will provide some Senior hurlers but I wouldn’t be sure.

Your comment about money and boro paying someone a load of hear say it’s like all the county managers nobody knows

The amazing think is anything I have said is fact it happened you not able to contract any of it

he went back in 2 years ago and they

got rid of him And everyone that was there pulled out because he back

Back to current times - Dublin under 20s come to Nowlan Park next Saturday on the back of two wins from two outings. Apparently Derek McGrath is having an influence on their success so we may be prepared for what that might be! Was he with Laois minors last year when they defeated us in the championship? Should we beat Dublin and Galway beat Wexford we'd go straight through to the Leinster semi final. I presume we'll have the three senior players with the under 20s again.

Collins at 14 for Galway was a joy to watch, best man on the field.

Such a game of two halves, I felt KK were blessed to be only 3 down at HT...couldn't really see the penalty, was towards the other end but a good few said it was very soft?

Huge transformation in the 3rd qtr, 9 unanswered points...Galway snapped out of it a bit after that but the damage was done.

Couple of great saves in the 2nd half from the GY goalie but then he was atrocious for Hackett's goal.

Drennan is an incredible freetaker, he must practice on very narrow posts, it's nearly always over the black spot.

Room for improvement in both teams.

Our lads will have to prepare to come up against two sweepers, four midfielders and opposition players running the ball up the field in crowds with throws and short passed.

Very hard to play against.

Any idea what happened to Tiernan Killeen? From reports, I heard he went down injured, without anyone being near him, and was carried off. Perhaps Galway's most influential player, a big loss when he departed.

No idea, he just went down as you said. Galway could have done with him when playing against the wind in the second half. Kilkenny first out onto the pitch after half time and thundered into it. Could have won by ten points or more. They could very well meet again and we could have a different outcome, especially if our three senior panel players are missing.

Wally will be out for another 4-5 weeks with his hamstring.

You've an awful down on Cody. No manager is ever going to make the correct decisions all of the time. But his record speaks for itself. As for conor browne, whatever he's done to you must be severe. We could certainly have done with him in the league this year.

Correct and hogan is out for about the same with that hand injury.

I'm only guessing but I think the 3 u20 lads were kept with the seniors to see out the league and will now stay with the u20 for a few weeks. They didn't go to cork with the seniors for the weekend away.The u20s are playing before the seniors Saturday evening so hopefully people can head in and support them. Dublin are going well. If we win Saturday we should be into the leinster semi but the games will come fast and I'd prefer to let the lads give the next couple of weeks with the 20s because the knockout starts after Saturday and we could be gone early. Them lads give that group a huge boost obviously. Niall Rowe and Harry were also a big help and eoghan lyng much more comfortable at 6. Hopefully denis Walsh can get back aswell.

The seniors with all due respect should get up and running Saturday evening.The league final drubbing will be fresh in their memory. It was a very dissapointing performance by management and players. I'd expect Lawlor to go back to 3 with conor Whelan coming the following week although we'd like him at 6 he's one of the best full backs in the country. Tommy and butler probably play better with him in the middle. I know he's being tried everywhere but I'd put padriag at 6 and Reid and blanchfield on the wings. We've being very inconsistent in a lot of areas but a return of a miserable 5 points in the 2nd half the last day was embarrassing. The return of tj and Adrian to the front 8 will be a huge help. I'd like to see Adrian and Paddy mullen at midfield later in the year.But like Lawlor we need Adrian in both areas of the field.We need to settle on a midfield pairing anyway.Fogarty and Murphy done well against cork in the semi but this is an ideal game for Paddy mullen he impressed before getting injured.

Up front too many of our fowards are inconsistent. Billy Ryan,eoin Cody,mossy and Donnelly.Our movement was catastrophic in league final but our puckouts were nearly as bad. Alot of people including myself are critical of deegan but cody and Billy Ryan and a few others need to step it up big time.Deegan altho headless does the bit of donkey work that's required. He will probably hold his place Wing foward.

Tj should come back and its probably a nice enough game to get going again. He will move around the place but is still so important to how we play.

Scruff-the spotlight is on his puckouts now but they're only as good as the movement but I never liked the snow he puts on them. He should be able to ping puckouts.

Butler,Lawlor,Tommy

Blanchfield,padriag,Reid

Paddy mullen,fogarty

Adrian,Donnelly,deegan

Cody,mossy,tj

It's a toss up between a few players who are at a similar level. Kenny,Murphy,Billy Ryan etc.

Ah boy where did you come out of all of a sudden. I didn’t mention anything about Boro lads being on the senior team I was only commenting on some village men being picked for being village men and not there hurling prowess. Go back in your box.