Kilkenny GAA Thread

Watch Paudie Clifford from Kerry, his brother David gets all the plaudits putting up 1-7 etc but Paudie makes Kerry tick. His workrate and tackling is through the roof.

TJ is a truly phenomenal hurler, I’ve never seen the likes of what he’s done consistently for Ballyhale and Kilkenny over the years.

I'm 6 years looking at Billy Ryan and the same posts are written before every match

Fenno and Cha...what a combination.

Our squad is looking much weaker overall than it has over the last 2/3 years in my opinion.

Still looking forward to going to Cork tomorrow evening and will be hoping for a good performance more than anything, result far from end of the world infairness.

Important that we get behind the team from here on in, I myself have been to only one game as it was a long winter going to support my club at matches which was great for that time of year. As others have said here before our support has been very poor over last while (I include myself in that BTW) lads can be happy to slate players on here, they need plenty of positive noise in their favour.

The team does look a bit frail in places. I'd much, much rather d blanchfield in cb, with deegan mf, or maybe k blanchfield in the middle. Whatever about getting a settled midfield I think the one named for this weekend is too small and will really struggle with the amount of physicality limerick being to that area of the field.

I don't see that we have the upper hand on any line of the field with the possible exception of our full forward line if eoin Cody really clicks and gets back to his best form.

But the reality is that lim just have too many weapons at the moment so there's no amount of moving players around that you can do that you'll eventually find a team that, on paper, should beat them. They just have a stronger squad than we do.

The good news is we are going in with very little expectations and a real opportunity for these players to lay down a marker, let us as fans, and limerick and every other team in the country, know that they are not to be taken lightly. Our play hasn't been joined up and fluid the way limericks has, our tactics are just not as well developed. But what we can do is front up, flight like dogs and let everyone know that we still mean business. That's basically what Galway did last week and it nearly worked. Ok they had an extra man and couldn't get it done, but also they were missing several key players but they fought like dogs in the muck and limerick will have woken up the next morning Knowing they were in a fight.

As long as we can do that, I wouldn't mind a loss too much, as long as we start within three or four of them. That would set us up well going into the championship. A hammering would be a disaster but i think our lads have a point to prove here.

Well I hope Eoin goes to support the lads tomorrow not like the time we got annihilated in Ennis he cut the s••t out of the players but wasn’t actually there.

Agree with all of this but I don’t expect us to line out as selected at all. Not sure how we will line out but I see positional changes on almost every line on the field.

I don’t see Shane Murphy as a corner back, and can’t see that midfield working at all never mind against Limerick. Cork will suit Limerick on top of all their other advantages too but looking forward to seeing how we front up .

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What do ye make of this lads?

https://www.balls.ie/gaa/picking-a-combined-limerick-kilkenny-hurling-four-in-a-row-fifteen-591172

By the way congratulations to the U19’s a good idea to retain a working panel for next year.

Maybe it wasn’t fair but you seem more annoyed with him for not going to the match.

Did they ever play midfield together for Kilkenny?

ICha last all ireland was 2010 he retired from the panel2011. Fennelly was captain as a sub 2009 moved into a permanent slot after that.⁹

Larkin was always good imo..in fact one of my all time favourite forwards.