Kilkenny GAA Thread

Neary was brillant in that defeat against wexford last year. Id be very suprised is himself,eoghan lyng and marty murphy arent on the senior panel next year. 3 really good prospects.

Was it not announced recently that current fund raising by the County Board is to amongst other things be allocated to new pitches etc.

It was and nedflanders posted a comprehensive summary of it here, pasted again below.

Joe Fitzpatrick started at midfield for UCC tonight, playing very deep, played very well in first half and landed a terrific point. 10 mins into 2nd half, taken off when UCC were leading by 3 points. Unless injured, an inexplicable decision, and UCC went on to collapse from there, conceding 1-9 without reply and UL won handily.

Ian Byrne came on as a sub very late on for UL.

Carlow v Waterford was poor stuff, miles behind the UL v UCC match.

Fitzpatrick looks very lean and is a great striker Has to be given a run

Don't like to say it but I just don't see it with Joe Fitz, he isn't aggressive, doesn't seem to have cut, doesn't bust a gut to get to breaking ball. Seems a bit passive and one paced almost like he doesn't have enough drive.

Had high hopes for him but just think there are missing ingredients there that are needed for inter County, still young so hopefully I'm wrong as we could really do with him.

Bit harsh but yes, a lad that big should impose himself more. But he looked in miles better shape than U20 last year, so def needs to get some game time.

Kilkenny have no curernt senior starters with Waterford IT, so we will have a full hand to pick from here. So will Cork!

That wonder Cork minor team from 2021 dont seem to be really kicking on, no stand outs for UCC tonight. Our minor team in 2021 on paper looked really good, but totally flopped v an average enough Galway in semi. I think that crop could go better this year. Neary, Marty Murphy and Ed Mc Dermott didnt feature in 2021 (too young) but will surely be included this year and strengthen.

That's it, thanks. Obviously the proposed facilities can't appear overnight. Hopefully Phil Hogan will keep the momentum going.

In fairness the night Phil Hogan spoke at the county board meeting he said the first things that will happen is a new sponsor being announced for the development squads/academy before the end of January which has happened, he also said they hoped to have more new sponsors announced before the end February so hopefully that will help too. One of his big things was having a better online presence and I think with the social media posts this year have been a lot better and more professional looking so there is obviously work been done in the background there also. I would have been very critical of the previous board but I think the current board do seem to be working better and going in a better direction, they are by no means perfect but a step up on the previous board. In a lot of ways Hogan's report has made it very easy for them and has given them a clear plan to follow, aligned with Mick Fennelly's role taking over the development squad side of things, that has improved things considerably. There is a county board meeting next week, if any further updates are given I'll post up here.

Junior & Intermediate Draws.

I'd 100% agree with you, made no sense what so ever. I remember some one suggesting that one of the reason's was that they didn't want to fall out with Glanbia, but look at it now and Glanbia have effectively less visibility i.e. there logo not on development squad jerseys, but there investment hasn't decreased! A bit of forward thinking back then and we could be in a far healthier position now.

Group A is a real doosie.

I'm kinda surprised to still see Conor Delaney still on the panel and not walking away, whether he's really hard done by all the time I'm not so sure, we needed legs for Saturday night going down to Cork and management have realised this, Good to see Lawlor, Donnelly back.

I would have given Mikey Butler another 2 weeks of a break as he looked like he needed it with struggling bit last few games, would have liked to seen David Fogarty involved too. Interested to see how Luke Hogan Goes.

Luke Hogan ? He wouldnt make a lot of senior club teams in Kilkenny

He’d be on every senior club team in Kilkenny. Best of luck to him

Correct.

There should be a rule that when a poster deems a player not good enough to be on the panel, they must suggest an alternative! Otherwise we won't even have a starting 15!