Better than to let them in for the goals they’re obviously craving already. Keep frustrating til half time and build for. There.
Are KK rattled? or are they jaded?
Great point Brian Carroll.
That was never a freee…
Another soft free. Daithi Regan getting what he wanted here, Offaly working like dogs.
Their full-back line has always been a little dodgy, regardless of what people say.
In saying that, they’ll win this by 4-5.
David Kenny owns Richie Hogan.
Ref, you are some cunt
Its a pity Offaly don’t have a few extra clubs , strength in depth etc cause their direct first time hurling is a joy to watch.
Brian Carroll shafted by the ref there. That was a free and Kilkenny get one seconds later
He’s scared shitless, Fogarty is in bother too, shit shaken in him. Offaly not getting the same soft frees as Kilkenny here, surprise surprise.
can´t see offlay keeping this up second half…fired up biffo´s will be come ratty biffos in the afternoon sun…can´t see them finish with 15 either…
Unbelievable how KK (and alot of the top teams) get looked after by the refs. A passage of play showed exact same incident of pulling and dragging by forwards as backs came out, KK get free, Offaly get nothing.
Great pressure from Offaly forwards. That’s beating KK 101.
kk should have had a peno for a hurley thrown when fennelly was hooked…
Offaly are over hitting a lot of ball into the FF line… lot of wasted chances there.
Shame the ref fucked over Offaly in the last five minutes. One point is nothing.
some bad wides by the biffo’s in da end there.
mighty stuff by them though. The last few times Dublin played Kilkenny in the championship, they were beaten after 20mins.
Offaly will be the happier obviously, Cody has gone to the bench twice already and a generous referee has helped keep them in touch. Kilkenny have gotten on top again in their full back line which has steadied the ship somewhat and those two late frees missed by Slevin could be costly. Lester Ryan hasn’t been mapped at all so far.
Tomas Mulcahy has got the Gerald McCarthy hairstyle off to a tee here.
I know logic would tell us KK should pull away, but 2 points from play? 9 frees? You can’t survive doing that.
What shocks me most is Ollie Baker is coaching this bunch.
Cathal Parlon is a fine heir to Michael Duignan.