Kilkenny GAA Thread

Both mullen and butlers injuries were from wild pulls. I'll have to look at it again if I see a replay but how we weren't awarded numerous frees in injury time is beyond me. To me the ref bottled it and that criticism is justified. We have to move on now and if mikey carey is near enough the pace he needs to start against Galway. Hopefully the injures lads are available but it didn't look good. Mullens touch and striking were poor before he went off. I thought eoin Cody was a genuine threat and if we fed him more he would do harm even though Wexford had an extra man back there.

Hatred? Jaysus man chill, it’s just a game😂😂

I’m looking forward to seeing our disallowed goal again considering he allowed the very same thing for one of wexford’s goals. I’m so tired of clutch decisions going against us at the end of matches with both wexford and galway.

Jackie Tyrrell’s stupid comments about Wexford probably didn’t help.

Having TJ, PW, Fogarty and Buckley on the field at the end of a game is not going to work. They're all really showing their age this year unfortunately. You can probably get away with 1 or 2 of them but definitely not 4.

I thought Tommy Walsh really struggled on Chin in every aspect.

Now I know Chin is a freak athlete, but still.

Tommy struggled I thought Lawlor might have picked him up and Tommy on Macdonald.lyng didn't even make a change. Deegan as much as we all give out would was a loss and always good for a few goals. We have issues in defense. 7 goals against Wexford and antrim isn't great.

Wouldn't be overly impressed with management and all the elder subs. Cian Kenny,Shane walsh and these lads must be well down the pecking order

Conor Cooney runs riot for St Thomas every year in Galway and gets picked on that basis.

Cooney never had and never will have the pace for top inter county hurling.

Galway blew their annual Cooke park cobwebs out today. They will be looking at our defensive performance, our midfield, and our injuries and licking their lips.

other thoughts..

Jesus Christ I thought we learned Padraig is not a center back or full back against Limerick. Nor is he a sweeper - he’s head down and run.. Can we not play him midfield?

We scored 5 (six?) goals today yet played with a sweeper with the breeze. All the messing around with the puck outs only unsettles the backs and didn’t offer anything in terms of quickly changing the point of attack. If we supported our forwards better we would have got the job done.

I have to admit I felt a surge of admiration for Lee Chins last point - the man was basically crocked but still pulled it out of himself to go again.

That said, in another era Jackie would have buried him at some stage.

Wexford had the nastiness/shithouserytoday and we didn’t (of course the completely uneven performance from the officials didn’t help)

We concede the same goal over and over - everyone attacks the ball and no one covers the break or the runner.

We have players that have given great service but are terrible on the ball and as a result concede scores from bad decisions. If we’re going to play a shorter game then they can’t be our go to- even with the injuries we had today. I’d rather we focussed on getting e.g. Cian Kenny back on form and developing our younger crew.

Why was Timmy Clifford not a option to come into midfield and chase and carry?

Seamed a tough day at the offfice for Bill Drennan but it’s part of his development - think of how many off days TJ had.

Tom Phelan was excellent - scored, worked his ass off, caught brilliant ball, was constantly fouled off the ball but got nothing. His confidence as a result will be a real positive.

I'd agree with the posters here saying management didn't have a great day at the office yesterday. They could have made a few changes yesterday at half time when they would have had most impact and could have helped stem the tide. With 5 subs allowed these days it was an opportunity missed. Thought the day was made for Clifford and was sure he would appear at half time. He likes to drop deep to pick up ball and has pace so I'm a bit stumped on that one to be honest.

The players missing through injury were really the difference in the end. With all 5 ot 6 on board we have a much better, rounded team than Wexford. Without them however it was even Steven and add the dodgy, biased referee into the bargain who couldn't handle the occasion and we were really up against it.

I wouldn't have feared Galway going into yesterday's game as I don't think they are all that but the injury situation is a big worry. Its not just that we are missing players- All those players are really important to the way we play. So without them I think we are really up against it and it could derail our year.

I know we had 3 early subs but the fact that it was effectively a free game wouldn't it of being ideal for Mikey Carey,Clifford and even Shane walsh.tommy struggled on chin so why not switch him with Lawlor. We were definitely poor on the line and the subs were conservative.

We certainly created goal chances we walked straight through them. Could of had 5 by half time.galway are like ourselves we're both in the final afternoon performances. Injuries now are a big worry. Donnelly,drennan and Ryan were all quite yesterday. Wally faded. Fogarty and Buckley had little impact.

And Padraig Walsh was lost in the spare man position far too often. The spare man needed to be alert and mobile , offering more assistance to the full backs, which he didn't. Under the circumstances R Reid was a major loss. Perhaps M Carey would have offered more than P Walsh in the second half.

I agree, T Walsh should have been switched with H Lawlor. And, once again, our puckouts needed more variation.

Come on Management, it's time to be brave and to dispense once and for all with the past. Smarter hurling is the order of the day. We have the players.

Yep, and Mullen has paid the price. His sesaon is over, having an operation this morning to have his thumb pieced back together!

Having saw the wound from a distance in the stand you could see it was bad. It went unpunished too, not so much as a free given for it. No doubt they will hind behind the accident excuse. Classic Wexford in fairness.

No surprises your defending them anyway!!