Kilkenny GAA Thread

Well I know that GAA on Boards.ie is sort of the "Men`s Shed" of social media but you are naive if you think the minors don`t become aware of what is being said about them here. Some of the recent rhetoric has the potential to inflate a few egos and that is the kind of thing that can lead to complacency which isn`t ideal going into an All Ireland final. It should be remembered that this particular team has mixed the sublime with the ordinary on more than one occasion already in this competition. Anyway, the best of luck to players and management in the final. It would be great to get over the line.

Totally agree. I don't believe too much attention is paid to what goes on here. But if it did, we ought to be more concerned about the very negative criticism of these young players in recent weeks. That would do more harm to them than the positive comments now.

That`s kinda my point. They`re only kids. I remember Cyril Farrell saying the Limerick minors in 2014 were the best he`d ever seen and then our lads went out and beat them in the final. Let`s win it first.

I forget sometimes how whinging some GAA people can be.The quarter finals are on RTE 1, not hidden away on news now or the RTE player. The GAA messed up it's own scheduling with the Feile and Tailteann Cup matches and tbh I'm struggling to see what more Eddie wants.

What the hell is the story with these bloody second tier competition football matches taking up Sunday afternoon on TV and in Croke Park. They should be played on Saturday afternoon in some half way venue and not next to near TV coverage. The preliminary QF in football which is the proper start of the football championship cannot be on TV because of them and the hurling is also playing second fiddle to these waste of time matches. The Joe Mcdonagh is way more important as promotion is at stake, these glorified challenge matches should be got rid of and are in the middle of the way of a very important stage of the championship, it actually beggars belief what is going on, who gives a f**k about watching Sligo play a challenge match this weekend, what a shambles

It's a scandal what's going on Saturday, 16 hurling and 5 camogie teams from Wexford taking part out of 48 hurling & 48 camogie teams taking part in the Feile, so that's 21 set of players, mentors and families been denied a chance to see their county in an All Ireland QF, with timings even watching on TV is out of the question for some, all of the volunteers helping at 11 venues also denied a chance of going to Thurles. Was flagged well in advance the day after the Kilkenny Wexford game but nothing official could be lodged until after the game last Saturday. Eddie's issue in this instance is the hurling QF been pushed away from a prime slot to facilitate the URC final with now no Irish team in it and the Euros which we didn't qualify for. RTE helped turn this into a football v hurling think as they advised with the broadcast arrangement if 1 gets moved so does the other. Could the Tailteann games been left on Sunday and had the Hurling is on RTE 1 maybe played Dublin v Cork at 4.30 in Thurles Saturday and Wexford Clare at 6.45 in Nowlan Park allowing people at the Feile to get to Kilkenny, as Eddie and Mullane said a game like that in Nowlan Park would have been unbelievable.5 Senior intercounty games left in the year and 2 of them thrown away from a prime slot to suit the broadcaster.

I agree, RTE and the GAA could have moved things around to make this a blockbuster weekend, i would also have liked to watch the Derry V Mayo match but struggle with GAA Go and i have the yearly subscription. I have no interest in the farce of Irish rugby set up where Leinster are exempt from criticism, rest their players all year and import the best players and still cant win when the pressure comes on, so what interest do i have watching 2 other teams from other countries playing at the expense of top quality GAA matches. Congrats RTE and GAA ye have made a f**k of it again. This is not a split season problem its an RTE and GAA issue

Have you ever been involved in a Feile, its a massive undertaking, alot of people helping out for no financial benefit and there thanks is not being able to go to an All Ireland QF, if you can't see the issue in that well that says more about you. 21 sets of u15 players, mentors, players parents and siblings all been screwed over too. TBH if Clare had an issue with Nowlan Park they can suck it up, they played Dublin in aQF last year in Limerick which I taught was nothing short of outrageous.

I didn't I just paraphrased what Eddie Brennan said, other posters have the issue, if you think 1 and 3 on Saturday are appropriate times for 2 of the most high profile games of the year then we'll agree to disagree. The fact you see no issue with the games and the Feile clashing especially when a easy solution was there speaks volumes it must be said.

The Rugby and the glorified challenge matches in football on Sunday are the problem, who is even playing football Sunday ?
Ocean is 100% right, everything suited to fit around these 2 sporting events that the public have little or no interest in ,the rugby bandwagon is gone. It's a disgrace what's going on with Wexford, and also the real football knock out matches in the senior championship.

The worst case scenario for Wexford should be 7pm throw in Nowlan Park on Sat evening similar to Offaly u21 final.

Yeah…no…singling out individuals and calling them the "real deal", "superstars" or "dingers"….I`d be waiting till they win an All Ireland. I don`t bother with the doom and gloom either. Most of that is overstated too. In fact this whole thread tends to be a bit bipolar.

Ah Jaysus lad, I was the one who said young Phelan looked like the real deal, do you honestly think he'll need a psychologist to keep his feet on the ground as a result? Will you get a grip.

I wouldn’t ever call a young player a superstar but I would single them out for praise if it’s warranted and I think they have a lot of potential which a lot of these minors have I don’t think anything said on here is gospel or would affect any players performance in anyway

I certainly won’t be waiting to see if a player wins an all Ireland before I come on here give them some credit if they re handy il say it

Plenty of really good players have won no all Irelands there still great players

I'll be perfectly honest and say I don't care about the Feile. Sure it's nice for the players involved but to me it's nothing. The GAA can't sort out its own scheduling, that's the problem not the URC or the Euros.

What's the famous saying "No good deed goes unpunished"

The GAA had its vote, it rejected the switching of the matches. The problem is the GAA's and all those wonderful volunteers and players involved in the feile missing out are collateral damage. Why Eddie Brennan brought up the Euros and the URC is the crap I dislike. In this case the issues are the GAAs and instead of reflecting on the GAA's structural issues, he's whinging about other sports.