Henry will know who’s retiring off Kilkenny panel
He will wait to be the last to announce he’s hanging up the boots, to ensure maximum exposure and compliments.
Attention seeking prick (good hurler though)
[QUOTE=“Manuel Zelaya, post: 1049904, member: 377”]Four retirements in the past few weeks, all four had become very peripheral - none of the four started the All Ireland final replay and none of the four even came in off the bench.
They’ve all been replaced already. Kilkenny have more or less a new team overnight and such is the uncompetitive nature of the All Ireland Hurling Championship, Kilkenny are still winning it year in year out with different personnel and a new team.[/QUOTE]
Big characters in the dressing room and hard to beat experience
[QUOTE=“Piles Hussain, post: 1049915, member: 363”]The poster Ron Jones bumped into David Herity a couple of weeks ago in Cork. David said there’d be 6 retirements in total.
The 4 thus far, plus JJ and Henry.
Special place in my heart for Taggy. The filthiest swing to ever win an AI medal, let alone 7 of them.[/QUOTE]
8 medals, Taggy has Piles. I always thought he had the best attitude ever- never knew if he would start two games in a row!
I saw somewhere that Michael Rice might be the sixth to retire because of all the injuries.
[QUOTE=“Midshipman Asha, post: 1049927, member: 1508”]
I saw somewhere that Michael Rice might be the sixth to retire because of all the injuries.[/QUOTE]
Disappointing seeing any player having to retire after a dirty pull like that. Hope it’s not true.
I think it’s the leg injuries he’s had since about January last year more than the hand injury. He had a blood clot in his leg from a blow in training, then an ankle injury and then the acl.
You have a lot to worry about in Kilkenny. Pretty much every other county has 11-12 players max who are up to inter county standard. You’re fretting over fellows who were no longer part of the match day 20 departing the scene.
The Kilkenny team is now backboned by the likes of Eoin Murphy, Paul Murphy, Cillian Buckley, Richie Hogan, Conor Fogarty, Colin Fennelly and TJ Reid, all still young in hurling terms. Of that group only Reid at 27, even approaching his late 20’s. Practically all of them have at least 3 All Ireland medals. That’s experience that no other county has.
[QUOTE=“Manuel Zelaya, post: 1049945, member: 377”]You have a lot to worry about in Kilkenny. Pretty much every other county has 11-12 players max who are up to inter county standard. You’re fretting over fellows who were no longer part of the match day 20 departing the scene.
The Kilkenny team is now backboned by the likes of Eoin Murphy, Paul Murphy, Cillian Buckley, Richie Hogan, Conor Fogarty, Colin Fennelly and TJ Reid, all still young in hurling terms. Of that group only Reid at 27, even approaching his late 20’s. Practically all of them have at least 3 All Ireland medals. That’s experience that no other county has.[/QUOTE]
Realistically, the biggest loss will be/would be JJ.
Any insight as to Eoin Larkin’s intentions?
Larkin is only 30.
Are you insinuating something untoward between Eoin and Asha?
Lol I ain’t Kilkenny, far from it, would be delighted to see them out of the championship before July every year if I could!!!
The names of hogan, fogarty, Murphy, Joyce, etc wouldn’t strike the same fear into me as what Walsh, fogarty, hogan, Shefflin or Delaney would…
FFS, he only just finished his leaving cert.
Isn’t JJ’s partner gone to the USA?
he or she?
Yes, she moved over there last January. All the talk this year was that he was going to give it one last go this year and then move over there too and finish playing with KK
Now I hear she’s moving home.
Benny Coulter knows the score
“There is too much time spent in the gym and crap like that, or in front of TV’s watching stuff… With a lot of county footballers it’s more to do with how fit you are, stuff like that – it sickens me too at times.”
His take on club football was withering.
“There are games you got to at club level where two teams are playing defensive systems and it is ridiculous at times,” Coulter said. I was even reading stuff the other day, colleges games where they were playing two sweepers.”
[QUOTE=“myboyblue, post: 1050115, member: 180”]Benny Coulter knows the score
“There is too much time spent in the gym and crap like that, or in front of TV’s watching stuff… With a lot of county footballers it’s more to do with how fit you are, stuff like that – it sickens me too at times.”
His take on club football was withering.
“There are games you got to at club level where two teams are playing defensive systems and it is ridiculous at times,” Coulter said. I was even reading stuff the other day, colleges games where they were playing two sweepers.”[/QUOTE]
On a semi-related note, I thought the rules limiting hand passes and kickouts needing to go beyond the 45 yard line greatly benefited the international rules game at the weekend and think this would greatly improve the football as well. Obviously it would make it more difficult for officials but it’s definitely something that should be considered down the line.
[QUOTE=“Manuel Zelaya, post: 1049945, member: 377”]You have a lot to worry about in Kilkenny. Pretty much every other county has 11-12 players max who are up to inter county standard. You’re fretting over fellows who were no longer part of the match day 20 departing the scene.
The Kilkenny team is now backboned by the likes of Eoin Murphy, Paul Murphy, Cillian Buckley, Richie Hogan, Conor Fogarty, Colin Fennelly and TJ Reid, all still young in hurling terms. Of that group only Reid at 27, even approaching his late 20’s. Practically all of them have at least 3 All Ireland medals. That’s experience that no other county has.[/QUOTE]
Yeah KK are going to dominate for the years to come, regardless of who retires.