Itās been many a year since Kk finished a game with half their forward line who canāt strike the ball on their weaker side
welcome to the big leagues
Jesus you are taking this badly ?
I am seething
Not like you
No shame in being beaten by a point against the full AI winning team from last year. In fact considering the KK team that lined out and finished I would be a little concerned with the winning margin if I was from Clare.
Now if those no hopers below in Waterford start to beat us then weāll have problems. Thatās unlikely however
Iāve had a tough week
Revenge in the League Final is something to look forward to, no?
Your boys took one hell of a beating.
[quote=āthe mixer walsh, post: 904425, member: 245ā]No shame in being beaten by a point against the full AI winning team from last year. In fact considering the KK team that lined out and finished I would be a little concerned with the winning margin if I was from Clare.
Now if those no hopers below in Waterford start to beat us then weāll have problems. Thatās unlikely however[/quote]
Davy will be very concerned.
This, Liverpool getting knocked out of the cup and a sick child all week long. It can only get better from here Mark
[quote=āthe mixer walsh, post: 904425, member: 245ā]No shame in being beaten by a point against the full AI winning team from last year. In fact considering the KK team that lined out and finished I would be a little concerned with the winning margin if I was from Clare.
Now if those no hopers below in Waterford start to beat us then weāll have problems. Thatās unlikely however[/quote]
Iām sure Davy is sitting at home tonight thinking about the worry of it all
Iām always here for you, mate.
Thatās nice to know, thanks mate
[quote=āSidney, post: 904383, member: 183ā]The living legend is back and raring to go in 2014, and here you can read his thoughts in the first in a series of columns, exclusive to thefreekick.com, Sliotar Magazine, and the Mullinavat Bugle (incorporating the South Kilkenny Standard).
[B]Caniceās Corner - The Canice Picklington Column
A narrow loss but weāre happy with where we are right now
February 16th, 2014[/B]
Well, the pleasantries have been dispensed with, and the real business of hurling in 2014 has begun.
We started off our defence of the Allianz National Hurling League title with a trip to face Clare today at Cusack Park in Ennis, a real glamour tie and one Iād been looking forward to for quite some time. Sadly, I wasnāt able to tog out for the match as I dislocated an elbow on Wednesday night inside in the Park helping up with the clean up efforts after the big storm. There was a bit of the roof still sitting precariously up on a stanchion, and I stupidly volunteered to climb up and remove it, and stretched too far and over extended my elbow. I was quite lucky to make it down in fact. It was a particular disappointment to miss out today as Iād been flying in training. But such is life - you have to take the ups with the downs.
I still thought nothing of travelling to Ennis today to give my support to the team - I wouldnāt have it any other way, in fact. Giving a guard of honour to Clare as they ran onto the pitch was one of the hardest things Iāve ever had to do as a Kilkenny hurler. You take it personally - these are only young lads, and when you hear the media calling them āAll-Ireland Championsā, it just feels wrong, like an affront to your manliness. Have no doubt, that moment will be at the forefront of our minds all year in our bid to reclaim what is rightfully ours - our All-Ireland title.
We lost out by a point - but we were very happy with the performance. John Jo Farrell had a fine game at corner forward - I like his style of hitting the ball - very similar to Taggy and Welter, and if John Jo can turn out to be half the player they are heāll be one to watch.
Henry was back to his brilliant best, and I particularly liked his little dance during the first half - the man is pure passion, and heās a hell of a mover as well, both on the pitch and on the dancefloor. Iām only sorry I couldnāt have joined him out there today.
Padraig/Padraic/Pauraic/Pauric Welsh had a promising debut at centre-field - I think he can be even better than his brother. That was a lovely point he scored in the first half. I was also very impressed with the performances of Michael Welsh, Brian Kennedy, Joey Holden and Mark Kelly - it just shows the production line of young talent in the county is as good as ever, and Iāll have a hell of a battle to get back in the team with the likes of them around.
Fair play to Clare - they just about deserved to edge it. However weāre very happy with where we are now.
Itās been a good start to the year for us, with another Welsh Cup already in the bag. The training this winter has been the toughest Iāve ever experienced. Thereās a fire burning inside of Cody like Iāve never seen before. Beating Galway in Freshford was a great way to get the ball rolling - a day for real hurling men, a passionate and knowledgeable crowd turning up in difficult conditions, but the kind of conditions I love. While I was happy with my five point haul that day it was the return of the King that stole the show. The love that people in Kilkenny have for Henry is unbelieveable. And itās not just down Noreside way either - I was talking to Aaron Kernan who had come down from Armagh just to see the great manās return, and he told me that the respect that true Gaels up north hold for our team has to be seen to believed. Thatās always nice to know.
The final against Dublin felt like a return home. We hadnāt played in Croke Park since the All-Ireland replay against Galway. It felt like it was light years since weād played there, but it also felt like weād never been away. I donāt know if that makes sense to you, but thatās how we all felt. People may say itās only the Welsh Cup, but it meant a lot to us to win it - you never tire of winning trophies
Thereās been a lot of good hurling action since the start of the year. I was delighted to see the Rower Instioge win the All-Ireland Intermediate title and I dropped down to the Spots for a couple of pints that night before I drove home and left the Rower lads to it. I didnāt stay too long as I didnāt want to be seen to be gatecrashing the celebrations but I heard they went on long into the night, and Iām sure there were a lot of sore heads the next morning.
'Tis also great to see the success that Tom Mullally has had with Mount Leinster Rangers. Tom is a Kilkennyman of course and weād consider Mount Leinster Rangers success to be almost an extension of our own.Weāll certainly be shouting them on come St. Patrickās Day.
Thereās been a lot of controversy about the comments of Brian Cody and Eddie Keher, but I donāt know why. Look it, theyāre just telling it like it is, and calling it as they see it, and I know real hurling people would be in agreement with them. Hurling is a manās game and we need to keep it that way. I donāt know, perhaps with new teams coming along, the D4 media has latched onto hurling and is trying to make it more like soccer. That shouldnāt be allowed happen - the traditional values of the game should be sacrosanct. Daithi Regan called it spot on on Newstalk the other night - hurling doesnāt have a problem with its rules, although like Eddie Iād like to see the abolition of the red and yellow cards. Theyāre against the spirit of hurling and arenāt needed.
Canice Picklington was in converstaion with PM OāSullivan[/quote]
I believe this may be made up - I did not see the phrase āI supposeā once in it.
Sunday Sport didnāt show Touhyās save in the 2nd half but showed about 5 frees from each side?
WTF
Eddie Keher was on the radio with Sean OāRourke just now talking more utter shite.
[quote=āSpecial Olympiakos, post: 904689, member: 366ā]Sunday Sport didnāt show Touhyās save in the 2nd half but showed about 5 frees from each side?
WTF[/quote]
Iām intrigued by the amount of wides, frees and breaks in play that often feature in GAA highlights packages.
Go onā¦