Slightly underwhelming showings from our minors and u20s on Saturday.
Absolutely no shame in losing to an exceptional Kilkenny side; they'll be very close to an All-Ireland.
We lined out with just five players in their final year (Cathal Cuddy, Aaron Phelan, Cody Comerford, Colin Byrne and Conor Fitzpatrick) but we were just dominated physically and athletically.
I feel we as a county need to invest more determinedly in our Strength & Conditioning. Managers coming in for a year or two will care little about overall player development so it needs to be sorted 'in-house'. I know Laois GAA have appointed someone in this role but I think it's important that his responsibilities cover all development panels, minor and U20.
There's still the nucleus of a talented team there but we're relying too heavily on the individual talents of too few.
Improved showing from the minors after being caught like rabbits in the headlights in Newbridge. Kerry were decent but we just about did enough. Kavanagh made a big impact off the bench and hopefully his injury can be managed to allow him stay in the full-forward line. The positional switches helped too with Cunningham a huge boost after recovering from injury.
I'd expect to see them account for Carlow in the last group game.
Absolutely no shame in losing to an exceptional Kilkenny side; they'll be very close to an All-Ireland.
We lined out with just five players in their final year (Cathal Cuddy, Aaron Phelan, Cody Comerford, Colin Byrne and Conor Fitzpatrick) but we were just dominated physically and athletically.
I feel we as a county need to invest more determinedly in our Strength & Conditioning. Managers coming in for a year or two will care little about overall player development so it needs to be sorted 'in-house'. I know Laois GAA have appointed someone in this role but I think it's important that his responsibilities cover all development panels, minor and U20.
There's still the nucleus of a talented team there but we're relying too heavily on the individual talents of too few.
Improved showing from the minors after being caught like rabbits in the headlights in Newbridge. Kerry were decent but we just about did enough. Kavanagh made a big impact off the bench and hopefully his injury can be managed to allow him stay in the full-forward line. The positional switches helped too with Cunningham a huge boost after recovering from injury.
I'd expect to see them account for Carlow in the last group game.