There were 4 points in it with 4 minutes left, and had Healy kept the ball moving into Glynn instead of going for the top corner there could have been one in it. Doesnāt matter, I donāt think another draw with them would do us any good. We have plenty to work on for the next three weeks without preparing for another slugfest.
Just heard a stat on newstalk thereā¦ Galway had 60% possession of the ball up to the 55th minute of the game and yet still trailed by 4 points at the time. Says it all really.
Possession is of no value unless you can convert it into a scoring chance. The statistic that really tells the tale is that outside of goal chances, Kilkenny had 39 shots at the posts versus our 24.
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What it does show Labane is that we have an ability to win possession of the ball but we give it away cheaply. If you contrast that with both our games against KK last year I would suggest we would have been no where near 60% possession.
but you are correct of course, the key is turning it into scores and 15 point is a paltry tally. That heat map from the indo on where scores came from was pretty telling alright.
@cluaindiuic and @maroonandwhite are right on canning and @the_man_himself is wrong. They had it cracked in 2012 rotating him out to midfield and back which is a relatively simple tactic which will cause defences to have to keep shifting. Galway players can surely look up and see is joe at midfield or full forward and work the ball accordingly. Surely to fuck that canāt be hard to implement.
Itās almost as if theyāre too fearful of ābeing reliant on Joeā. Well guess what, heās the best player in the game and the team should be built around him. The same way Callanan has been designated the tip of the spear of the Tipp attack. And the same way kk relied on shefflin and now rely on Reid and Hogan. What canning would do with the ball sent Callananās direction -very few teams would live with it. He has a strong supporting cast of forwards too, him being the focal point doesnāt mean he has to do it all himself, again, look at Tipp.
The most damning statistic is eight points from play over 73 minutes or so.
The camera was very telling in the second half, galway backs winning ball, just a few players on screen in the galway defence. Then the galway backs launch it forward, the camera swings up the field and the place is black with players. Galway needed to find a pass to midfield and then run it but went long time and again.
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Some of that is tiredness. Galway are a very big team - natural they will fade a bit.
Kilkenny almost never fail to pick first time, rarely spill a ball. They are so efficient. Intensity of their chasing and tackling was unreal but Galway dominated them physically first twenty minutes or so.
Ehh??
Iām trying my best, have you no real moderating to be doing you lazy cunt?
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Absolutely they really tire at the back and Tannian canāt continue to hurl the way he does for 70. I donāt think thatās a criticism of him as much as the cover he gets, he really puts himself about but canāt sustain it for 70. If they were set up so he could hold position more itād probably keep their defence together better and help them see out a 70 minute game.
Eh? I was the one that wanted him to move around the place and switch positions. @cluaindiuic wanted him in at full forward at all times. I also said that he was their best player and implied that the team should be built around him. Bizarre that youāve said I was wrong when your post agreed with me
You seemed to want him out the field most of the time. My mistake if I misread you. He should spend most time at full forward with the occasional rotation to stop defences from settling and smothering him.
No I would like him brought out the field if he is being well marshaled and not winning much ball inside
Also I disagree that Canning is the best player in the game. Iām not one of these fucking idiots that thinks heās useless or anything, heās a smashing hurler but TJ Reid, Richie Hogan, Paul Murphy, Michael Fennelly, Padraic Maher, Bubbles, Callanan, Tony Kelly at least are better than Joe Canning
Maher callananā¦ Fuuuuuuuuck off. Bubbles not yet anyway, if canning played for Kilkenny heād be an all time great already
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Same for limerick in last years semi
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Well thatās purely guesswork. By the same token I could say Eoin Kelly would go down as the best hurler of all time if he played for the Kilkenny team of the noughties. The Galway team Canning is on is better than the Tipp team Kelly was on in the mid noughties and Kelly always carried the forward line and won games on his own
He is the greatest I have ever seen, didnāt have the longevity nor the medals but he is my all time favourite to watch.
All those players playing on better and dominant teams. Callanan my hole. Tony Kelly, fuuuuuck off.