Agree completely. Despite playing badly, and despite a few patently wrong decisions, we were still well in it at half time. We loat this because of how we set up second half, and the subs choices we made.
we actually were on top for a while after Condon was put off and I was quite happy with how we were set up. Dan Morrissey went back into full back and seemed to be breaking even off Conlon. Hegarty came back to wing back and looked alright there.
bringing on Richie for Mul was fucking atrocious.
Leave it go, bud.
Letās move on to the next challenge.
Do we try out and start panel members and subs against the McDonagh team? Or go with your strongest with potentially KK 7 days later?
he needs to pick a team with Kilkenny in mind and use it as a training session for whatever plan he has in place for Kilkenny.
Iād use it to give Peter Casey game time, thereās no point giving panel members token games as he doesnāt seem to want to use them.
David Reidy is a waste of a subs jersey. Iād say he hasnāt even been told to warm up
There a huge load of question marks all over the field all of a sudden. Iād say at least half the positions in the team have major question marks over them.
Some major stick or twist calls to be made. I expect Kiely is going to have to double down. Like for like replacements if anything, we donāt have time for much rebuilding.
In fairness, kk are the team we prob suit best.
Which would you rather? No Munster final and end up in an All Ireland final?
The place nearly shut down a few years back when Limerick won the Munster final, and then Cork end up in the AIā¦
Would you learn much from playing a McDonagh Cup team? Say Reidy was brought in and scored 5 points, would it mean anything? Hopefully weāll use the next few weeks to get a couple of tough challenge games against Wexford or someone and give a few more lads a chance to step up. Donāt think major surgery is required just some tinkering. All the lads that played poorly yesterday have been phenomenal all year so I wouldnāt be throwing the baby out with the bath water. Mulcahy probably gets dropped for Casey if heās fit and youāve to decide between Gillane and Dowling other than that I canāt see any huge changes at this stage
the way we played yesterday Iād worry about Westmeath/Carlow first
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He acts the idiot doing it. Watch the difference with Duggan hitting drilled balls against the wind.
I would agree with you there. Morrissey had a wide given as a score I think.
I donāt think so mate, just a bad day at the office. We werenāt as good as we thought before the game and we arenāt as bad as we think now either. Nothing between any of the last 6 left bar Galway who seem to be a level ahead, although KK probably fancy their chances.
You may be forgetting the free against Lynch also.
Yeah, thatās the thing ā¦ you wont learn much so your damned if you start panel members and damned if you get an injury or two with starting 15ā¦ Casey will have to start and possibly a change in HF lineā¦ Maybe give Hickey a run also.
The bones of that 15 have been on the go constantly since the the Galway game. Itās a fine balance between having a settled team and keeping things fresh, but I reckon we came out on the wrong side of that yesterday. A worry that the subs bench has been regressing. Would be keen to see Casey, Malachy & Downes come into a matchday panel at least. And Pat Ryan restored.
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No. Mentioned already. But Clare had a few against them too.
We should have freshened it up yesterdayā¦ Relying on too much GPS stats 
On balance the guys that started and have been starting probably have to be backed to go again. But there are definitely massive questions over at least half the team.
Ah here, calm down. They have been doing well up until now, had only lost once (and not in 70 mins, as Kiely was keen to remind us). You canāt go ripping up a team based on one bad result.
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A swap of DOD and Hayes could be an option,DOD offers more of a scoring threat while Hayes could fill the defensive midfield role.