John Kiely - Same old Kiely, 🐐 always winning

[Thomas_Brady]

He’ll be slated for being a coward now and apologizing

[mikehunt]

What a coward, apologising like that…

[gilgamboa]

@balbec after pulling Kiely back into line

And Limerick posters giving themselves a hernia trying to justify what JK has clearly now seen as ill judged, unfair and incorrect comments

[Thomas_Brady]

I believe a number of 6th year students wrote a letter asking him to review things and to apologize…

[myboyblue]

Hard to have a respect for a lad who backs down like that.

[Mullach_Ide]

An awful lot of Limerick posters have to do the needful and apologise their Galway counterparts now.

[Tierneevin1979]

Fucking hell, that’s some backtrack. He wouldn’t last long on TFK.

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

The big house’s PR team must have been called in to crisis manage.

[myboyblue]

@balbec will have to step down, he sent a lot of lads down a bad road here.

[Thomas_Brady]

@myboyblue

@balbec will have to step down, he sent a lot of lads down a bad road here.

This is it for me … first he couldnt control them, then he gave them bad advice … He has to go.

[Tierneevin1979]

Have you written your own apology yet? You need to be a good soldier and follow dear leader’s example.

[Mullach_Ide]

@Big_Dan_Campbell

The big house’s PR team must have been called in to crisis manage.

Threw his players under the bus there, admiiting they are filthy.

[balbec]

We have a very deep panel

[Thomas_Brady]

3 times on this thread I said he comments about Galway were poor and ill advised. I’m a man of honour.

[myboyblue]

Kinnerk will be in charge by the weekend.

[TheUlteriorMotive]

I’d expect a few resignations and rebrands after that.

This is senior hurling.

[backinatracksuit]

Fair play to him, that’s the type of class we’ve come to expect from him, he crossed a line on Sunday but he’s put his hand up

[myboyblue]

I hear Hego has dropped off the panel.

[Mullach_Ide]

I feel a lengthy ban is in order after his ill judged comments about the Galway players.

[artfoley]

@Iggy

Limerick manager John Kiely has retracted his comments about Galway being guilty of simulation in last weekend’s Allianz Hurling League clash between the teams, apologising to the Galway team and management for his remarks.

“I should have paid more attention to my own performance and that of the team than to the opposition,” Kiely told the Irish Examiner.

“At the time I was of the opinion that I had seen an incident that I wasn’t happy with: It was late in the game and very much to the forefront of my thoughts after the game.

“But over the last two days, I’ve been going through the video footage of the game and have had a very clear sight of those incidents I referred to. The bottom line is that what I thought I had seen was absolutely not the case.

“I wish to wholeheartedly retract those comments with regard to Galway and to apologise for them. It’s important that I set the record straight now that I’m certain that what I saw was not what I believed I had seen.

“We’ve had a fantastic relationship with the Galway players and management over the last number of years. We’ve had some fantastic battles, and I’ve known their current management team, Shane O’Neill and John Fitzgerald, for a long time and have tremendous respect for them. I want to apologise to them for any insinuation that might have been inferred from my comments last Sunday.

“In the past the Galway team and management showed tremendous grace and dignity when we’ve met them. They showed that in 2018 and again last year, and that was the least I owed them after they beat us on Sunday.

“They were far better than us on the day last Sunday in every facet of the game and fully deserved their victory, and I should have dwelt on that aspect of the game afterwards, instead of focusing on what I felt was simulation. In doing so I fell far short of the standards I set myself.

“It’s important when we make a mistake that we have the wherewithal to put our hands up and say, ‘listen, I got that one wrong’ and learn from it and move on.

“Hopefully over the last four years, I haven’t made that many mistakes, but those comments on Sunday were certainly not accurate or fair and I am very happy to correct the record and apologise.”

The Galbally man also said last Sunday that nobody would be watching hurling in 12 months unless something was done about new interpretations of the rules, and he remains concerned about this aspect of the game.

“Players and managements are struggling with the situation at the moment, but I believe we can come to a resolution on this with better communication and better interaction with officials in Croke Park.

“I think we can work on this and come up with solutions that will work for the year ahead, but it’s a work in progress.”