Kilkenny GAA Thread

Windgap were very unlucky to lose that match. They were up for it and a few poor mistakes cost them in the end. Freshford were backed earlier in the year by some in that they were playing Intermediate grade hurling at a level above any of the other Junior teams but having seen them on a number of ocasions this year and in particular the last 2 matches against Ballyraggett and Windgap they have only scraped through without impressing too much. Their form 6 weeks ago was impressive. On the other side Tullogher didnt get any test really against the Emeralds in the quarter final and Dicksboro last Sunday. They are scoring heavily and in Walter Walsh, Cian O Donoghue, Conor Hennessy and Marty Murphy they have a serious threat. Add to that Danny Glennon, who can be a matchwinner on any given day, and they have the tools to get up Intermediate. Freshford will no doubt have their homework done on these forwards and i think Freshford will up their game and its going to be 50/50 on Saturday.

Freshford have not lost a game all year as far as I know, got 2 serious tests in championship and passed them both, that will stand to them Saturday. I expect Freshford, Thomastown to win the weekend

You're correct. Freshford won all their matches and only had one draw, which was against Tullogher. Expect a serious battle whatever the outcome but i wouldn't rule out Tullogher. On the Intermediate i expect Thomastown to finally clear that hurdle. They are playing well together and from their point of view really need to get there. Mooncoin have done remarkably well, having wont the junior just 2 years ago and being on the verge of going up senior. Mooncoin had 5 adult teams competing this year which must be some kind of record. They competed at Intermediate, Junior, Junior C, Junior E and Junior F afaik.

I see Lisdowney won the intermediate Football Final tonight and congratulations to them but was there any reason as to why this was held over to now compared to the other football competitions which were finished by June?

In fairness to Flynn he has the right to give out he very poor ref but the standard of ref in kilkenny is probably the worst in the country not one of them capable of getting on main national panel

Burke gets county final again and he hasn’t a clue how to ref listening to commentary last day and they making a joke of his referring

He stood by as a linesman in boro v shamrocks and a lad sitting on a player digging hurl into a players neck clearly visible on tv he at most 3 feet from play and took no action

I would also question his honesty after he ref Thomastown v Glenmore The greatest robbery I have ever seeing in any sport

another ref gets top matches is Evarard

another man not capable of keeping up with play and seems to have a problem with players running in front of him

Patrick o Reilly was ref in last 2 village matches against ballycallan dermod Cody should have got straight red worst tackle I saw in years

The person that summed up boro v shamrocks. For kclr said at least 2 shamrocks players should have being sent off in first half

I don’t know what linesman are there fore

then again some of the linesmen are nearer to 70 than 60

Raymond Byrne doing intermediate again not capable of doing job about 3 stone over weight seems to look after senior selectors clubs I wonder why really looked after village last year

That was some statement in an interview TJ done this morning

TJ states that the Shamrocks wanted to play a “brand of hurling that The Village haven’t seen before”

Where was that interview?

Another four matches in the park over the weekend after all this rain. Pitch will be some mess by Sunday evening. Pity that the Junior and Intermediate aren't both on Sunday, it had been great day the last few years. That and the senior semi finals are great days, crowds love the two matches.

You need to reel it in a good bit on the refs there fella. You`re way out of order.

That's hard luck on those chaps but inevitable given the rain we've had.

That is tough on the lads in those games but it probably is the right decision as pitch is getting plenty of traffic of late. Looks like senior is standalone game as well.

It’s an absolute disgrace that he has gone to Tipperary. Imagine Darren Gleason coming into KK as goalkeeping coach. This is about money and nothing else. Herity should be ashamed of himself going into Tipperary. The real TIp supporters will be sick at this and rightly so. Liam Cahill then again was in Waterford so he doesn’t understand loyalty. There will soon be high profile player transfers because money will be involved. Good luck to Herity and I hope he never gets a position within KK. Joe Brolly summed it up when he said f**k Micky Harte and F**k Derry.

Can't disagree with you. It is all about money, no loyalty whatsoever. The likes of Shefflin and Herrity will say they're not wanted by our County Board but it's really about money. Did either of them offer their services with our underage? Galway have realised their mistake and are attempting to shore it up by bringing E O'Shea in to oversee matters. Is Richie O'Neill disposed of I wonder.

In 2023, ‘loyalty’ has gone out of the game by-and-large, especially for people wanting to make a name for themselves in Coaching/Management

Ya of course a lot of it is for the money…. F it, why not? Things have changed now