I think that’s simply because it’s been a desperately poor championship across the board and he’s one of the few individuals to really stand out.
More so than ever hurling is a team game now and individual performances that he’s put in on a consistent basis are becoming rarer.
He really really stands out and the media are always going to latch onto that.
Well today malarkey.
All joking aside I gave ye little or no chance tbh.
This would surely be Cody’s sweetest all Ireland win if Kilkenny go all the way?
I said the other day Kilkenny beating Clare could have a big impact on Galway v Limerick.
I think many were expecting a third game between Clare and Limerick. Will Limerick be distracted by the result? Where does this leave them? Kiely was saying they needed games like the Munster final to keep on improving.
Shefflin must be absolutely bulling tonight. He’ll desperately want another crack at Cody. Surely the Galway players will get some believe and confidence from today. They played poorly and still could have beaten Kilkenny in the Leinster final and Clare put Limerick to the pin of their collars in Munster final.
We should never underestimate confidence and believe in sport. It’s going to be interesting tomorrow.
Bulling that his nephew played well and won his way into an All Ireland Final?
I mean in wanting to meet Cody again in the final.
An iconic aspect of Kilkenny’s preparation tonight was third choice keeper, Dean Mason of Ballyhale Shamrocks partaking in the warm up in tracksuit bottoms and trainers.
And Clare would fear Kilkenny why? Or are you talking out of your hole?
Media blowing up TK as the GOAT he has one AI and one League medal Jesus wept🤦♂️
I felt strongly Kilkenny would win. But I did not foresee a Clare implosion. I predicted 2-24 to 1-24.
To be fair, the loss of John Conlon was massive – and preferring Paudí Fitzpatrick to Cian Nolan as a replacement seriously compounded the loss.
It’s mad the way he can do it. They had absolutely no right to win that today. He’s some manager to get a bunch of lads to overperform. No other manager in the last 50 years could get that bunch of players to do that today
Cody reminds me of sir Alex Ferguson.
He’s tactically outdated but as a man to prime a team for a day, he has no equal. He is the ultimate sports psychologist
You’d think jack Browne would even be better than Paudie fitz.
Anyone would have been better, including a stray steward, sad to say.
A great performance – but this manner is the way Kilkenny should have been hurling much earlier than today.
I mean, if Dublin had got a result in Salthill, Kilkenny were gone – and today’s performance would never have happened. Who takes the responsibility for that possibility?
To be fair to Cody up until this year there was no U21/U20 title since 2008 and no minor since 2014 when they staged an ambush against what transpired to be an extremely talented Limerick team. While still competitive at minor for the most part the supply lines had dried up so to speak. It’s mainly the strong club scene and Ballyhale’s remarkable penchant for producing snipers in Cooper helmets that’s the production line for them at present. Throw in the fact that a fair chunk of those lads lost to Westmeath at U21 and some were hammered by Wexford and you have to give Cody immense credit for knitting it altogether. He can be behind the times in tactical innovation but he has some sort of magical formula. I think they’ll give Limerick a good rattle in the final. They’re a good deal better than 2019 in my opinion.
Sounds like Cody and KK love the 4 week build up to a game with the intense training sessions in week 2/3 where lads are trying to break onto the team. A proper high performance environment.
Did they go back to the clubs for a week?
Agree. Joe a better writer than Kieran Shannon
That too
There’s some mighty A v B games coming up in next few weeks in Nowlan Park. No whistle needed.