For what itâs worth, Killeedy beat Feenagh/Kilmeedy by 7 and top their group.
Tournafulla & Monagea in the other group but I really like the look of Killeedy this year.
Donât go antagonising me with a lot of beer on board. GloryâŚ
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Monagea looked to be the best team we faced this year by a stretch but if they lost herlihy theyâd be quenched
I did see Monagea play aswell, and I thought they were good too. Well-organised, and have been there or thereabouts for a couple of years.
I just think Killeedy have that extra bit of firepower. But yeah, I donât think there would be much in it either way if the two were to play.
I take your point about looking at the past in rose tinted glasses but it is utterly indisputable that hurling in west Limerick is in a much worse place than 30 years ago .
Back then many of these clubs were fielding two teams , no where near as many walkovers and clubs stood alone .
No!
Killeedy have 2 excellent forwards in Paudie and Jack Aherne. Cathal Mullane is also a fine player but picked up a nasty eye injury earlier in the year, not right since. I wouldnât go near backing them for the County though, thereâs a serious suspicion of a soft underbelly there and a lot of their players are quite average.
Feenagh/Kilmeedy by all accounts were looking very strong in the League campaign but seemed to have imploded a bit. Trouble in the camp again I wonder?
Rathkeale are the dark horses for the West in my opinion. The pace they have all throughout their team is frightening, and since theyâve started training properly for the Hurling theyâve beaten Feenagh. They finished the Killeedy game much the stronger team from what I saw and theyâd little or nothing done at the time. Ger Hegarty training them.
Cian Magnier Flynn might be carrying a bit of weight but heâs a natural goalscorer with a good paw on him. Heâll do damage against most teams.
And they have a reasonably good half-back line who try and feed the dangermen.
Jack Aherne is a seriously skilful player, must be one of the most naturally talented players at that grade.
Rathkeale may have pace & fitness, but theyâll be doing very well to beat both Monagea & Tournafulla as well as Killeedy to win a West Championship, which theyâd probably have to do.
The final sentence of that post will be the reason why Rathkeale wonât win anything.
Is getting a good response from them at the moment anyway. Feenagh/Kilmeedy were everyoneâs favourites for the West until Rathkeale came along and beat them. They were missing Paul White and Damien Quaid that night aswell, 2 of their best lads.
Monagea and Tour still the sides to beat back West. Monagea a bit too reliant on Herlihy though, Tour much more balanced and have a better panel than most if not having that one outstanding forward you tend to see a lot of teams have at that level
Kilmeedy will have a falling out with each other once the heat turns up theyâve no chance.
Already happened!!
Earlier than usual so this year.
West hurling has been fucked over by the structure of the junior A for a long time. At one stage there were twelve teams in the west and only 3 or 4 in the the other sides. Itâs evened up a bit recently but still lopsided. Teams get stuck down there forever and if your making no progress itâs impossible to keep it going. Any team that gets up to intermediate is well able to hold their own once promoted. Should be two up two down and on an all county basis.
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Agreed.
This is true. Killeedy, Tour, Monagea, Feenagh/Kilmeedy (while a united bunch!) would all be comfortable and competitive at Intermediate. County League results show this. I would also argue that Rathkeale, Askeaton and Templeglantine are better or as good as a few of the weaker Intermediate sides and though theyâd find the jump difficult theyâd have a chance to stay up.
Croagh are gone to shit completely, dunno whatâs going on there at all.
Knockaderry are in the shit because some key players are not available for whatever reasons. I think a few of them arenât too enamoured with Pat Davoren as coach but ffs if they drop down theyâll face a fair battle to come back up. Theyâre a side thatâs ageing a bit and their involvement with Deel Rangers super amalgamation has backfired imo. Hanley not playing any Hurling this year and isnât injured.
Kierans always look set for the drop but just about survive every year. I think Drom/Broadford should have enough to survive too. Knockaderry could be in trouble.
Feenagh/Kilmeedy were at intermediate level last year, and got relegated without winning any games. Christians were the only side they even got close to (and Kieranâs in the relegation final). So I donât know about them being comfortable at intermediate.
I think a couple of the others teams are better suited.
Feenagh/Kilmeedy last year had a lot of problems. There was a lot of lads not playing due to rows going on in the club. They were a bit of a shambles. They cleared the air last winter, got everyone back on board and looked very impressive earlier in the year, physically very strong and a fine big panel to pick from. They looked to be a bit stronger than the other West sides. Whatever has happened since I donât know but they seem to have imploded again. From what Iâm told in house fighting has been a bit of an issue there on and off for years
Always are bit of that there . Sound bunch of people there. A great tradition there too.
Tbf to the lower intermediate clubs it becomes very mundane after a few years and itâs so easy to stay and difficult to go down thereâs no incentive to improve. If you win the junior at least thereâs a buzz in training the following year facing new teams etc