Kilkenny GAA Thread

Has anyone listened to the new Kilkenny Hurling Podcast that KCLR have brought out the last few weeks? I give out a lot about the coverage KCLR give Kilkenny GAA but this is a welcome addition in fariness, they do a team of the week for the senior games too which is good too. Hopefully the coverage and promotion CRKC have given the last few years have made KCLR up their game! For anyone who didn't hear it last week the senior team of the week was

Stephen Murphy (O'Loughlins)

Shane Murphy (Glenmore)

Tom Aylward (Mullinavat)

Eoin Fennelly (Boro)

David Fogarty (O'Loughlins)

Eoin Murphy (Glenmore)

Timmy Clifford (Boro)

Luke Scanlon (Village)

Kevin Blanchfield (Bennettsbridge)

Aaron McEvoy (GBC)

Mossy Keoghan (Tullaroan)

Adrian Mullen (Shamrocks)

Mark Bergin (O'Loughlins)

Andy Gaffney (Boro)

Ian Byrne (Glenmore)

Yeah I think it's good in fairness, I think if they had another couple of lads on with the current 2 presenters it would be even better but it is enjoyable and good to get discussions going on the local championships.

What were the results?

Flesh and blood you are dead right no one should feel washed up at this stage and that there is every chance of improvement and to make the panels the following year or the year after hope is always a driving force. I still think Ciaran Muldowney had it right that before the development squads there should be coaching development for all U14s.

Tipp and Cork seemed to have multiple teams were these all in the “A” competition. The whole new structure is confusing at U14

What the hell

I’m just wondering did the GAA stick its oar in here to make a balls of something that had worked well for years, and I’m not just talking U14 it’s all competitions at the weekend it’s hard to make head or tails of it all and it looks to have its fingerprints all over it.

Are you talking about the camogie and Marrooned talking about the dev squads?

Tipp & Cork both had 3 teams in the Forrestal A but one Cork team was withdrawn due to the Jack O'Sullivan tragedy. The other 2 Cork teams & Tipp3 ended up in a playoff with Tipp3 knocking out Cork1 & Cork2 then knocking out Tipp3. Still with me? The other 2 Tipp teams met in the semi with the competition winner coming from that.

Its the crazy carry on for the last year. .....

One thing said at meeting, you go home with fixtures, and then a different set of fixtures and now, Groups appear....

Its crazy....... 'they' blame the split season......

The development squads weekend was very successful and great for the young players. But I heard Cork or Galway didn’t field some of their “A” squads thus demeaning the whole competition, if true this is an absolute disgrace and shows arrogance beyond belief and could result in these competitions being abandoned. But hopefully this will backfire on these counties like it did with Cork in the U20 championship two years ago when they said they wouldn’t need their senior players. This situation is an insult to the organisers of these events which I’m sure is a logistical nightmare every year and they don’t need that situation. On the other hand if things were just, it would be great not to invite them anymore

Agree, Cork maintain they are losing too many players to other sports who were not making the "A" squad. So if the new format works for them more power to them.

Up to each individual county how they develop their teams,