Kilkenny

[johnnycool]

Fennelly still has a lot to offer. I dunno if I've ever seen anyone as strong play the game. Some of those goals he was getting for Ballyhale last year he was brushing aside big big men like they were wee kids.

I have read there are some not happy with Cody(players). Hard to know whether just internet rumour though.

DJ also left the coaching set up after one year which normally doesn't happen in Kilkenny, maybe reading too much into that, but as said before I think Kilkenny are struggling with how hurling has evolved both sides of the white line.

[Milltown Row2]

Fennelly still has a lot to offer. I dunno if I've ever seen anyone as strong play the game. Some of those goals he was getting for Ballyhale last year he was brushing aside big big men like they were wee kids.

I have read there are some not happy with Cody(players). Hard to know whether just internet rumour though.

DJ also left the coaching set up after one year which normally doesn't happen in Kilkenny, maybe reading too much into that, but as said before I think Kilkenny are struggling with how hurling has evolved both sides of the white line.

Though the club teams (Ballyhale) still dominate, they need to find the right blend that sticks to the the Kilkenny way and bring it to the Limerick level also.. Very hard to do, as this is a work in motion for Limerick which will get better, and a change of styles for Kilkenny, should they try and adopt. 

They won't be out of it too long though, still Leinster champions!

[marty34]

Fennelly still has a lot to offer. I dunno if I've ever seen anyone as strong play the game. Some of those goals he was getting for Ballyhale last year he was brushing aside big big men like they were wee kids.

I have read there are some not happy with Cody(players). Hard to know whether just internet rumour though.

DJ also left the coaching set up after one year which normally doesn't happen in Kilkenny, maybe reading too much into that, but as said before I think Kilkenny are struggling with how hurling has evolved both sides of the white line.

Though the club teams (Ballyhale) still dominate, they need to find the right blend that sticks to the the Kilkenny way and bring it to the Limerick level also.. Very hard to do, as this is a work in motion for Limerick which will get better, and a change of styles for Kilkenny, should they try and adopt. 

They won't be out of it too long though, still Leinster champions!

Explain this.

I here statements like this all the time e.g. the Down way, the Liverpool way but wtf does it mean.

It means nothing really.

[imtommygunn]

Fennelly still has a lot to offer. I dunno if I've ever seen anyone as strong play the game. Some of those goals he was getting for Ballyhale last year he was brushing aside big big men like they were wee kids.

I have read there are some not happy with Cody(players). Hard to know whether just internet rumour though.

DJ also left the coaching set up after one year which normally doesn't happen in Kilkenny, maybe reading too much into that, but as said before I think Kilkenny are struggling with how hurling has evolved both sides of the white line.

Though the club teams (Ballyhale) still dominate, they need to find the right blend that sticks to the the Kilkenny way and bring it to the Limerick level also.. Very hard to do, as this is a work in motion for Limerick which will get better, and a change of styles for Kilkenny, should they try and adopt. 

They won't be out of it too long though, still Leinster champions!

Bally hale have tj Reid, the fennelly’s, Cody, that other wee half forward who’s name I can’t remember and Holden at the back too. They are pretty much half a county team then some Reid brothers etc thrown in. I think it’s just an exceptional club team so not even sure it means that much on the standard of kk hurling.

[Milltown Row2]

Fennelly still has a lot to offer. I dunno if I've ever seen anyone as strong play the game. Some of those goals he was getting for Ballyhale last year he was brushing aside big big men like they were wee kids.

I have read there are some not happy with Cody(players). Hard to know whether just internet rumour though.

DJ also left the coaching set up after one year which normally doesn't happen in Kilkenny, maybe reading too much into that, but as said before I think Kilkenny are struggling with how hurling has evolved both sides of the white line.

Though the club teams (Ballyhale) still dominate, they need to find the right blend that sticks to the the Kilkenny way and bring it to the Limerick level also.. Very hard to do, as this is a work in motion for Limerick which will get better, and a change of styles for Kilkenny, should they try and adopt. 

They won't be out of it too long though, still Leinster champions!

Explain this.

I here statements like this all the time e.g. the Down way, the Liverpool way but wtf does it mean.

It means nothing really.

Teams have traditional styles, Cork used to have the running game with the O’Connors
Waterford had the individual styles of McGrath and co.
Clare team of the 90’s had robustness with Daly Baker and co
Galway dog the 80’s had the flamboyant halfback lines Finitery and co but the toughness of Lynskey
Kilkenny have Cody, he has not changed his style since starting, big physical players in most positions and marquee forwards, DJ, Shefflin, Hogan and TJ, never played a system and cleared defence with ball raining down on the forwards and they fought and win their own balls..

Obviously these styles change with managers but Cody’s been there so long that it will take time to change.

[Milltown Row2]

Fennelly still has a lot to offer. I dunno if I've ever seen anyone as strong play the game. Some of those goals he was getting for Ballyhale last year he was brushing aside big big men like they were wee kids.

I have read there are some not happy with Cody(players). Hard to know whether just internet rumour though.

DJ also left the coaching set up after one year which normally doesn't happen in Kilkenny, maybe reading too much into that, but as said before I think Kilkenny are struggling with how hurling has evolved both sides of the white line.

Though the club teams (Ballyhale) still dominate, they need to find the right blend that sticks to the the Kilkenny way and bring it to the Limerick level also.. Very hard to do, as this is a work in motion for Limerick which will get better, and a change of styles for Kilkenny, should they try and adopt. 

They won't be out of it too long though, still Leinster champions!

Bally hale have tj Reid, the fennelly’s, Cody, that other wee half forward who’s name I can’t remember and Holden at the back too. They are pretty much half a county team then some Reid brothers etc thrown in. I think it’s just an exceptional club team so not even sure it means that much on the standard of kk hurling.

They have a great team but during the season they get tough games, the Village should have beaten them last year if memory serves me right, Cheddar had them going well, that’s two top notch teams, then you have the rest!

[seafoid]

Fennelly still has a lot to offer. I dunno if I've ever seen anyone as strong play the game. Some of those goals he was getting for Ballyhale last year he was brushing aside big big men like they were wee kids.

I have read there are some not happy with Cody(players). Hard to know whether just internet rumour though.

DJ also left the coaching set up after one year which normally doesn't happen in Kilkenny, maybe reading too much into that, but as said before I think Kilkenny are struggling with how hurling has evolved both sides of the white line.

Though the club teams (Ballyhale) still dominate, they need to find the right blend that sticks to the the Kilkenny way and bring it to the Limerick level also.. Very hard to do, as this is a work in motion for Limerick which will get better, and a change of styles for Kilkenny, should they try and adopt. 

They won't be out of it too long though, still Leinster champions!

Explain this.

I here statements like this all the time e.g. the Down way, the Liverpool way but wtf does it mean.

It means nothing really.

Teams have traditional styles, Cork used to have the running game with the O’Connors
Waterford had the individual styles of McGrath and co.
Clare team of the 90’s had robustness with Daly Baker and co
Galway dog the 80’s had the flamboyant halfback lines Finitery and co but the toughness of Lynskey
Kilkenny have Cody, he has not changed his style since starting, big physical players in most positions and marquee forwards, DJ, Shefflin, Hogan and TJ, never played a system and cleared defence with ball raining down on the forwards and they fought and win their own balls..

Obviously these styles change with managers but Cody’s been there so long that it will take time to change.

From the Irish Times

"Once Limerick shut down the things that made Waterford dangerous, they proceeded to overpower them in the middle third. They were physically dominant which made the game a nightmare mentally for the Waterford players. Imagine it – you’re in an All-Ireland final, you can’t win ball in the air, you can’t get your runners going through and you’re being pushed around the place in the physical exchanges. It’s very difficult to keep your head up and keep fighting the good fight in those circumstances.
Limerick’s championship record in 2020 is Played: 5, Won: 5, For: 3-141, Against: 3-104. That’s an average winning margin of 7.4 points per game. They have beaten teams in the trenches, in the physicality stakes, in shootouts, in monsoons and they have beaten teams tactically. It’s a case of pick your poison when you meet this Limerick team. They will take you on whatever way you want. There’s no style of game they feel uncomfortable playing."

The old KK would strangle the forwards with superior stickwork and workrate.
Limerick have stickwork and workrate plus physicality