Kilkenny GAA Thread

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I agree never take anything for granted. Good night and good luck tomorrow.

I asked myself that very same question hopefully I'll get my answer tomorrow.

Safe travels to all later today

In 2015 I moved to America a week or two before the final for what I thought would be just one year away. Went into Chicago to watch it, met up with an American friend and after it we went for a few drinks with a bunch of people none of whom had probably ever heard of hurling. Didn't think about the match hardly for the rest of the day, once it was over.

If someone had told me that it was 1) the last championship match I would see for four years, and 2) the last kk all ireland I would see for at least eight, I would have cherished the win and regretted not being there a lot more.

Luckily got to go home for it last year and it was the most emotional I've ever been in croke Park, most proud I've been as a kk man as well (said as much to Brian Hogan on the way into the homecoming, he must have been thinking "jaysus that's some gratitude for all the ones we won!"). Anyway my point is I don't think I'll ever take another kk all Ireland for granted, if and when I get to see one.

Part of me is getting very pessimistic about tomorrow now, I think the half back line could seriously struggle. That would be true with it without blanchfield, he's a big loss but he is not the making or breaking of us (he's still young, very bright future ahead for him). I'm assuming Fogarty drops back again to do more of what he did last day. Could see tj doing the same. But we can't play too defensively either. We need to have another couple of forwards standing up tomorrow and taking scores, you can't just rely on Cody all day. Billy Ryan has had a million and one chances and threatened so many times, tomorrow he has to step up, has to. At the other end I have a sneaky suspicion huw Lawler might just be the man to finally frustrate gillane. And if he was to get the better of him in the opening couple of exchanges you could see the whole team get a lift from something like that.

Was watching a bit of 2006 there earlier, another year we were big underdogs with a missing half back and facing a team chasing history. If we came out of the traps like wild dogs the way we did that day...

So yeah wouldn't be claiming to be confident but this is a kk hurling team in a final, so you never know do you ;-)

not trying to rain on the parade but i think limerick will win tomorrow , but the work lyng has done is cody mark 2, he is a fantastic coach and i feel the over emphasis on underage success in clare , cork and tipp will not exactly reappear

if you take the game football manager and play a 4-14-1 formation thats all we done the last day in croke park and ran the ball through the lines for the entire second half , we created multipal goal chances but only took one , lyng spotted the gaps out wide and some unbelivabke scores from the likes of paudi walsh and ritchie hogan finished us off

the problem with limerick is that same football manager formation of 4-14-1 has been their game plan for years with hard running down the center and short passing off the shoulder , the one up front is beyond deadly too , its a hard system to play against so as a nutral i will be going local in my selection but long term ye are in seriously good hands on the line

It's a 2 horse race lads. There may be a few changes coming before throw in but the lads will give it everything. Hunger and desire won't be lacking. Best of luck to Derek and the lads. Roar em on!

Great post. Best chance kk have imo is. Start wally on Hayes and try and curtail him. Push up on Limerick backs, dont let them work it out and leave Lawlor and Gillane one on one and pray he gets the breaks. He cleaned Gillane last year so i am optimistic. Kilkenny are very average from 5 to 12 with the exception of Mullen. Hopefully our goalie, our excellent full back line and our 2 outstanding men in the full forward line pull us through.

Gillane v Lawlor and Casey v Cody are two battles to decide it. Cody is like a lad on a mission and heart over head fancy kilkenny to do it.

I know Kilkenny arent Mayo but Mayo lost 11 All Irelands since 1989. Anything is possible.

Is it not harder? A lot more intense game now, especially in Munster

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Munster hurling is not all its made out to be.