Ciaran Kilkenny has a big decision to make shortly – football or hurling in 2014. Which way will he go? Personally I'd like to see him stay with football because I think he has the potential to become a footballing legend.
http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2014/0102/495579-gavin-rules-out-kilkenny-dual-role/
Hope he hurls :-P
If he was barred playing from both, he could play soccer just as successfully and be another Manchester United player.
Could he be another Teddy Boy ?
He's got bags of potential but the hype has went soft on him this past year. His stand-out performance was paying unmarked against Meath and then by the end of the year he was having next to no impact in games and being shipped off around half-time. He needs time to develop properly. A year or two hurling might benefit him in the long run, though the Dublin hurlers are hardly low-key anymore either.
The footballers are spoilt with prospects - Cormac Costello is perhaps an even better prospect capable of playing a similar role - so I don't think his decision will effect them too much either way.
It would have been asking alot from kilkenny to do both this year anyways. Maybe next year when he is no longer u21 and even then its a big commitment, plays both codes for Dublin at u21 level as well as well as college football and Hurling.
Quote from: Syferus on January 02, 2014, 10:12:55 PM
He's got bags of potential but the hype has went soft on him this past year. His stand-out performance was paying unmarked against Meath and then by the end of the year he was having next to no impact in games and being shipped off around half-time. He needs time to develop properly. A year or two hurling might benefit him in the long run, though the Dublin hurlers are hardly low-key anymore either.
The footballers are spoilt with prospects - Cormac Costello is perhaps an even better prospect capable of playing a similar role - so I don't think his decision will effect them too much either way.
I think Costello is more of an inside man.
Quote from: orangeman on January 02, 2014, 09:59:36 PM
Could he be another Teddy Boy ?
The intensity of today's games probably means that we won't see the likes of Teddy McCarthy again. The phenomenon of the great duel star is a thing of the past. Can you imagine a player in this era collecting an All Ireland Football medal two weeks after winning a hurling medal as Teddy did? Or could anyone emulate the great Des Foley who won two Railway Cup medals on the same day?
Hopefully he picks hurling as he'd be of more use to the hurlers than the footballers.
Quote from: The Hill is Blue on January 03, 2014, 11:27:33 AM
Quote from: orangeman on January 02, 2014, 09:59:36 PM
Could he be another Teddy Boy ?
The intensity of today's games probably means that we won't see the likes of Teddy McCarthy again. The phenomenon of the great duel star is a thing of the past. Can you imagine a player in this era collecting an All Ireland Football medal two weeks after winning a hurling medal as Teddy did?
Alan Kerins was the last to come close. Played in both finals in 01 but narrowly lost the hurling first. Hard to see where the next one will come from.
Quote from: Jinxy on January 03, 2014, 11:09:27 AM
Quote from: Syferus on January 02, 2014, 10:12:55 PM
He's got bags of potential but the hype has went soft on him this past year. His stand-out performance was paying unmarked against Meath and then by the end of the year he was having next to no impact in games and being shipped off around half-time. He needs time to develop properly. A year or two hurling might benefit him in the long run, though the Dublin hurlers are hardly low-key anymore either.
The footballers are spoilt with prospects - Cormac Costello is perhaps an even better prospect capable of playing a similar role - so I don't think his decision will effect them too much either way.
I think Costello is more of an inside man.
To be fair that's where Kilkenny played a lot at underage too. Costello played midfield for the hurlers and dictated games with his passing and ball winning, with a bit of meat on his bones he'd be a very good playmaker around the HF line. With the likes of Brogan, Rock, Mannion and even Andrews in the FF line he'd probably find it easier to get starts there too.
Quote from: GalwayBayBoy on January 03, 2014, 02:12:48 PM
Quote from: The Hill is Blue on January 03, 2014, 11:27:33 AM
Quote from: orangeman on January 02, 2014, 09:59:36 PM
Could he be another Teddy Boy ?
The intensity of today's games probably means that we won't see the likes of Teddy McCarthy again. The phenomenon of the great duel star is a thing of the past. Can you imagine a player in this era collecting an All Ireland Football medal two weeks after winning a hurling medal as Teddy did?
Alan Kerins was the last to come close. Played in both finals in 01 but narrowly lost the hurling first. Hard to see where the next one will come from.
Eoin Cadogen perhaps?
You could add Paul Hudson to the options, inside FF line. Class player.
Don't forget Eamonn O'Conghaile too. If he comes through like he can it would make the Dublin midfield frighteningly good.
Quote from: Syferus on January 03, 2014, 04:41:38 PM
Don't forget Eamonn O'Conghaile too. If he comes through like he can it would make the Dublin midfield frighteningly good.
You mean Emmet O'Conghaile? Parents from the Aran Islands so if the Dubs don't want him he can always come back west.
Sean Og came close too, Ciaran would be a massive boost to the hurlers and he's still young, he's got his medal and with the season the Dubs had last year (I thought they should have at least got to the final) he'd be a big asset to the team.
It's a major thing to hang up the hurl (although playing for the club) and concentrate solely on one code. When is he making his decision?
Quote from: GalwayBayBoy on January 03, 2014, 04:55:31 PM
Quote from: Syferus on January 03, 2014, 04:41:38 PM
Don't forget Eamonn O'Conghaile too. If he comes through like he can it would make the Dublin midfield frighteningly good.
You mean Emmet O'Conghaile? Parents from the Aran Islands so if the Dubs don't want him he can always come back west.
Aye, I can never spell his surname so I looked it up from a teamsheet and It only had the initial for his first name :-[
He's a bit like your own FOC and Flynn, talented ball players that still have some physical development left to do to make it at senior.
Quote from: GalwayBayBoy on January 03, 2014, 02:12:48 PM
Alan Kerins was the last to come close. Played in both finals in 01 but narrowly lost the hurling first. Hard to see where the next one will come from.
Pat Dunney, the great Kildare dual star, came close to equalling Des Foley's feat when he won Hurling and Football medals over the same weekend in 1974. However, unlike Des, Pat won his medals on different days.
Ciarán Kilkenny scored the winner today for the footballers in Mullingar. Is that an indication of which game he might choose this year?
http://www.hill16.ie/news/294505/Kilkenny_slots_late_winner_for_Dubs
Yeah, if he missed he'd be playing for the hurlers.
There is more chance of me toggling out for the hurlers this year than him
Quote from: heffo on January 05, 2014, 09:26:14 PM
There is more chance of me toggling out for the hurlers this year than him
I hear you're in heavy training at the minute.
alternatively he could just become a Dublin GAA supporter as you don't need to know sweet f.a. to be one of those....