Kilkenny GAA Thread

Will Donnelly and Carey start? Seems to be something not right here but if they're OK then that's great news.

I'd expect Donnelly to start but maybe not Carey. Agreed, strong team, strong bench

well that’s what I meant find of the year.

s Murphy will surely start for Carey the rest same as last day I would imagine

Lining out as named on RTE coverage as well.

Hope things click for Billy Ryan

Why are we not seeing more of our bench, especially Shine and Drennan

Delighted with the workrate in the first half, won a lot of the rucks, got in blocks and hooks. Mullen was terrific, not just his scoring but got around the pitch and distributed the ball well. Good to see TJ back scoring from play. Blanchfield did well but could have got a black card. Kenny, Cody, Keoghan, Lawlor all had good games.

4 weeks to prepare for the next game. We had a very wet and windy Spring followed by nearly weekly games over the last 7 weeks so very little time to work on running patterns and ball usage. Hopefully Carey okay and no injuries.

Some excellent plays today and passing and Puck outs were sharper. I thought Donnelly (broken thumb) and TJ should have been given a break with 10/15 minutes left. Also to hear Jackie Tyrell calling his club mate Cian Kenny Cian Lynch was embarrassing (by mistake) 😳 has anyone got the scorers stat stuff 😳

I know Dublin were poor today but I thought we were really on it from the throw in today and deserve a bit more credit for our performance than we’re getting.

The work rate was savage all over the field but I thought Mullen and Billy Ryan worked their socks off , both were getting in hooks and blocks as far back as our full back line and were always available and giving options to a KK player in possession. Mullen really showed his class today and for me is the difference between us being a good team and being All Ireland contenders.

Everyone played well today really so too many to mention but also thought Cian Kenny was immense and has really cemented his place on the team.
Half back line were excellent in the first half and hopefully Carey’s injury isn’t too bad. Blanchfield has grown into a real leader on this team and Richie Reid used the ball really well even if today’s game suited him down to the ground.

Mikey did an excellent job on Burke and Huw was excellent as usual…. still worried about Tommy , thought he looked very unsure of himself early in the game but to be fair he played his way into it and got better as the game went on.

You have to be happy with that result and performance from us regardless of how poorly Dublin played. Fantastic workrate from the forwards, Mullen was everywhere in the 1st half from the full back line to the full forward line, Ryan and Donnelly harried and hassled further up the pitch and when we did win the ball Keoghan and TJ were moving to receive it. Half back line deserve credit also, they did the hard work and used the ball wisely for the most part. Kenny was excellent, always free to receive the ball and hit some excellent points. Hopefully him and Carey arent too badly injured.

Eoin Cody took the 1st goal brilliantly, he drifted in and out of the game a bit but there's always a hope of something special like his goal today and in Parnell. Puckouts were varied and on the money, full credit to Eoin Murphy and whoever realised that we needed to change it up after so many years.

Like some of the posters above I'd be a little disappointed in bringing on Wally and Fogarty in the 60th minute. The match was won and while we had to take Kenny off plus it was smart to take off Mullen and Lawlor, we really should have brought on the likes of Drennan and Shine to give them game experience. But it's a very minor complaint and overall it was a great day for us.

Great stint in the office only the opposition was poor. Hard to tell with a game like that.

Mullen was on song and definitely more intelligent use of the ball especially in the first half. The 15 that started are up there with any 15 in the game at present but in a competitive game I wouldn't have great confidence in the subs bench especially if we met limerick in all ireland.

When a match is that one sided both teams performances have to be a factor, it was crazy in all honesty how passive Dublin were, not taking anything away from ye but it shouldn't be happening at this level how often Kilkenny players could strike the ball in a standing position. Dublin for whatever reason crumbled mentally today and ye were ruthless enough to have the game done by half time.

Galway were arguably the worst team in the Leinster championship this year and are lucky not to be in the Joe Mcdonagh next year. No way did they deserve a draw against Kilkenny, Antrim had them on the ropes before a sending off, well bet by both Wexford and Dublin . Carlow had Galway in the first match and had they believed they could beat them or got them later they could well have beaten Galway

Great to get the win and be through the easiest route..mullen is outstanding..Carey looked to be holding his shoulder coming off I think?..other than that it's hard to learn much from last night..Dublin were very disappointing..as others said we could have brought on more subs and sooner..

Big question now is are we better off if clare win today and we have a chance to catch limerick in a semi..?

Poor old "for change" must be crying into his cornflakes this morning.