Kilkenny GAA Thread

Was talking to one of them a while ago at match so they're definitely not all gone.

Buckley's stag..

Great news about Mikey

No. He only said they are hoping everyone will be fit.

Heard something similar to Brookville about Blanch, apparently they got a second opinion and haven't ruled him out just yet. Hopefully he'll be fit and able to play but with an injury like that if he isn't right they shouldn't risk it. Great news about Mikey Carey hopefully he'll be back hurling with us next yearhe'd be a massive addition to the panel.

If Blanch is out it'll be a huge call for Derek as to who replaces him. The tactic of introducing Buckley and Walsh late in the game has worked really well so far this year so would Corcoran be the best option? I know he isn't the fastest but he is big and strong and would be able to compete physically with Morrissey or Hegarty. Hopefully the Clare game will have brought Mossy on and he will be back in form for Sunday, we're going to need someone to help take the scoring load off Cody. Hopefully they will leave Mossy close to goal as he isn't as effective further out the pitch but it's interesting that the last 2 games they've started him centre forward on Dathi Burke and John Conlon, with Hayes likely to start centre back for Limerick will they start him centre forward again?

There didn't seem to be much wrong with him after the semifinal anyway he was out on the field celebrating with the rest of the panel,andJK seemed fairly hopeful in his post match interview too

I don't think Corcoran would have the pace to deal with Hegarty tbh. Blanchfield will be a huge loss if unavailable. I wasn't overly impressed with Buckley when he came on V Clare.

Would putting Fogarty back on Hegarty and starting Kenny be an option??

Who’s going to watch lynch too ? As Henry said it’s just like trying to put fires out all over the place

Would rather if Brian Cody was still here for this one. Have a feeling we are going to be blown away by limerick’s management team

Didn't see the Limerick semi final but had heard that Hayes went in centre back but I suppose my point was more than playing a position it looked like Mossy was put on Galway and Clare's most physical and best high ball winning back and would we do something similar on Sunday. Personally I think Mossy has to be closer to the goal a it's where he does his best work and is most dangerous! Your right hard to know who to put on Hayes, do you put someone on him to stop him hurling or do you put someone on him and run him around and make him defend!

In the good old days prior to 2010, you could pop in to Nowlan Park, see who was training, see how they were going in a full on practice match, see who was on the A team and see who was getting treatment. You would often get people from other counties as far away as Antrim turning up to witness training.

I’m sure the hurling public in Limerick can only see one result. Usually over confidence sets in no matter how hard the management tries to counteract it this can only be good for us. Eoin Cody is right when he speaks of a lack of respect for Kilkenny from the media I don’t know should we bother going at all.

Every underdog that ever played sold the line that nobody gave them a chance, it's what you come to expect. It doesn't mean it's true and I don't for a second believe that this Limerick outfit will be overconfident on Sunday. That's not to say they can't or won't be beaten but it won't be because of taking Kilkenny lightly that's for sure. If we win it will be because we're the better team on the day, not because Limerick went in with the wrong attitude.

In fact if you think about what you're saying, you're buying into that same narrative yourself clearly as you're suggesting we need Limerick to be over confident for us to have a chance!

Limerick may well be timing their run perfectly this year but personally I expect us to give it a right rattle. I would agree with those who say Mossy should play closer to goal on Sunday. We will need goals and he's our best threat in there.

the main feeling is that if limerick at our full pelt and a performance of the 2021 final turns up the kk can’t live with them

kiely doesn’t do overconfident.

i didn’t suggest for a minute that John Kiely does over confidence. You go down to Limerick and come back and tell me the general public isn’t over confident. I am not talking about the hurling fraternity who by and large don’t get carried away. This air of confidence can always do damage. As for the team getting due respect I’ll ask you do you think they have got due respect, anytime we won this year it was always what the other team did wrong that they were beaten.