Kilkenny GAA Thread

Just wondering what Donovan has done to seem to be a good coach ?

I would think we are one of the worst coached teams in the country. We never seem to have any sort of a game plan. That's just my opinion maybe I'm way off

Leinster hurling won't get a look in next year with the demise of Galway. It will all revolve around the rivalry between, Clare, Cork and Limerick .

DCU have quiet a few KK players. Hard for KK players to break onto UCC and UL teams fair play to those that do

Quiet a few Kilkenny on the DCU and Maynooth college teams. Very hard to break into UCC and UL team

KK only beaten three times this year, by Clare in Ennis, Clare in Thurles league final and Clare in Croke park.

In 2023, TJ Reid, Adrian Mullen and especially Eoin Cody bet Clare in the semi final.

Adam Hogan was able to shut down Cody this year bar that wonder final he got, TJ was off with a few frees and McInerney hurled Mullen out of it, albeit a supposedly injured Mullen.

Billy Ryan scored 1-2 in the semi this year but look at what Clare’s subs contributed in the semi and final.

If the hurlers are out there why are still bringing on the Wallys, Fogartys and Buckleys. No offence to them 3 great servants who I have great respect for.

But where is our Ryan Taylor’s, Ian Galvins, lads who are going to add pace and tack on scores down the home stretch.

If a strong bench gets sorted for 2025, KK won’t be far away again.

I think a few lads are going to retire for Wexford and Galway so they might be in a small bit of transition in Leinster.

And in saying all that, I genuinely believe Kilkenny could of won this years all Ireland.

Had KK finished off Clare like they should have, Cork didn’t hit the heights in the final like they did v Limerick in the semi and Kilkenny would have had a right chance.

All ifs and buts now though.

Camogie news .

The Golden Jubilee of Kilkennys first Senior all ireland win will be celebrated in Nowlan Pk on Saturday.

Players lunch before the All Irl semis, and the Jubilee team will be presented on the pitch at half time.

A nice touch, A shame our present players wont be playing in the semi that day !😏

Ah stop now. Ridiculous statement. They would not beat KK 10 times out of 10. You're correlating the game Clare played on Sunday with any game they'd play against us which is just wrong. Cork setup to say we can score more than you and Clare were happy to match that by going man on man. That would not / has not happened in any of games between KK and Clare in the last 3 years. There's **** all between KK and Clare when they meet each other which is an undeniable fact. Any statement to the contrary is recency bias.

Better bench. Agreed.

More flair. Probably at the top end.

Stronger. I doubt many intercounty teams are physically stronger or harder than Kilkenny.

Literally one and a half games ago Kilkenny were 5 points ahead of Clare having left about 8 points out there. To now say we'd never beat them is nonsense.

Stronger team boils down to better hurlers around the pitch. Kilkenny cannot match players like O'Donnell, Fitzgerald, Taylor, Kelly, Rodgers. If we out work Clare and essentially dog them we can beat them but when they get rolling we have no chance.

I’d have to agree with most of that statement. Except having Lyng for another year and I’ll tell you why.first year you sort out things in your head without necessarily implementing your plan but maybe trying a few things. Second year you should certainly be implementing your ideas. Third year your plan should be working out if not resign.so as it is we are a year behind where we should be and for that reason I would not have him next year , but if he stayed I wouldn’t object that much once we could see rapid progress. That’s all people want to see. No one would mind being beaten this year if we could see a future in the team that finished against Clare.

now that you have seen what Clare are capable of in the All Ireland and the fox of a. Logan good at reading the game as it progressed! How do you think Kilkenny would have fared against Clare in the All Ireland?

In fairness with the tight schedule of the championship I'd imagine, especially during the round robin, that there isn't much chance of doing a lot in training to impress or try and stake a claim. I think for S Murphy and Molloy they did enough in the games they played to suggest that they deserved to be the subs brought on ahead of Buckley or Fogarty who haven't played a lot this year. I'd have no problem with Wally being the first sub on he has been good off the bench for us the last couple of years. I agree 100% with your point at the end, a lot of doom and gloom here but it was very tight in the semi final and could have went either way, we're not a million miles away but just need to sharpen up a few bits and find a 3/4 new options, especially a centre back and another forward.

I think it’s going to be a Kilkenny v Cork All Ireland final in 2024.

That Limerick half back line will never be as one unit again, Hannon their leader at 6, legs are gone and you wouldn’t even know if Kyle Hayes will be still hurling in 2025.

Kilkenny should be really hurting after that semi final v Clare, the video analysis alone of the missed chances in the first half should be enough to bring a hard chaw to the winter Pre-season training.

I think it was an All Ireland left behind should have bet Clare. I would have fancied us against Cork if there plan was to go long. Look who knows but like the All Ireland in 2022 (Limerick were better team but we threw the ball away at times). We are missing that coach to move us forward.

Also our puck outs (forwards movement, patterns strike plays) need addressing which a good coach will do.

now everyone knows TJ is near his end, where is the contingency plan for another free taker and don’t mention Billy, I don’t think he has the ambition nobody has been lined up last season.On the county board again I thought they got rid of a lot of genuine and regular supporters by pressing people into to buying online instead of bringing it along slowly look at all the revenue lost which would help in employing coaching staff. I really think they waste money in there where they think they are actually saving they are so bad at promoting our games locally I think they could be doing a hell of a lot more.

Logan is there 5 years to win an all Ireland. Could we wait that long with one man at the helm.

I agree a lot with this. TJ is the best ever but we need to play without TJ, spare him for the latter stages of the Leinster and All Ireland next year if he is back and see can new leaders emerge, he is doing so much work and taking away so much attention other players are benefitting. I want to see how good Eoin Cody and Adrian Mullen are without him. We need new leaders and youngsters to emerge and Tj in his pure brilliance is actually slowing down a re build.

Does anyone know has the Bord na Nog championship draws taken place , it was meant to happen a few weeks ago but nothing is up on the website

They have up to minor but as you say not on the website yet and to my knowledge no hard dates set which is criminal if true. It'll be very interesting to see how they schedule the minor championship now that these lads can play adult. Once you get past the first week of September the opportunity for midweek games are gone.