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Post by hurlingman on Mar 19, 2023 21:23:25 GMT
Kerry did relegate Offaly a few years back. Offaly have that extra desire to get over the line. The losses to Offaly and Kildare suggest Kerry are not ready for Division 1 but it's consistent with Kerry's league form for the last few years when they have got to McDonagh finals. Looking ahead to the McDonagh, it is hard to gauge where Laois are. Antrim beat them by 2 goals. The Laois v Westmeath relegation final might give better insight. Division 1 hurling will be a big advantage. In reality whoever goes up is at a disadvantage straight away imo. Teams just don't get enough time at that level before going back down again. Kerry are an example of how hard it can be to get back up there again.
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Post by kerryexile5 on Mar 19, 2023 23:44:20 GMT
Kerry did relegate Offaly a few years back. Offaly have that extra desire to get over the line. The losses to Offaly and Kildare suggest Kerry are not ready for Division 1 but it's consistent with Kerry's league form for the last few years when they have got to McDonagh finals. Looking ahead to the McDonagh, it is hard to gauge where Laois are. Antrim beat them by 2 goals. The Laois v Westmeath relegation final might give better insight. Division 1 hurling will be a big advantage. In reality whoever goes up is at a disadvantage straight away imo. Teams just don't get enough time at that level before going back down again. Kerry are an example of how hard it can be to get back up there again. Division 1a and 1b have been set up to make sure no traditional hurling county can get relegated to 2a. Westmeath were cannon fodder in 1a for the bigger counties to try out their panels against and Antrim and Laois for fighting for bottom and second bottom in 1b. Antrim ran Dublin and Kilkenny close to be fair and bet Laois so they are in a decent place but you’d imagine Laois playing higher opposition in 1b will stand to them in the Joe McDonagh cup. In relation to Kerry I think they have gone slightly backwards this season, next weekend against in Offaly will be a tough one but they will have a good cut off anyway.
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Post by mossie on Mar 19, 2023 23:47:31 GMT
A win for Kerry today, the semi final v Offaly will inform whether Kerry are pushing on or are no better than last year
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Post by hurlingman on Mar 20, 2023 7:51:40 GMT
In reality whoever goes up is at a disadvantage straight away imo. Teams just don't get enough time at that level before going back down again. Kerry are an example of how hard it can be to get back up there again. Division 1a and 1b have been set up to make sure no traditional hurling county can get relegated to 2a. Westmeath were cannon fodder in 1a for the bigger counties to try out their panels against and Antrim and Laois for fighting for bottom and second bottom in 1b. Antrim ran Dublin and Kilkenny close to be fair and bet Laois so they are in a decent place but you’d imagine Laois playing higher opposition in 1b will stand to them in the Joe McDonagh cup. In relation to Kerry I think they have gone slightly backwards this season, next weekend against in Offaly will be a tough one but they will have a good cut off anyway. Realistically the 2A winner should be going into 1B, but instead are more or less moved up two divisions.
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Post by legendz on Mar 20, 2023 19:51:42 GMT
It's a frustrating setup. Laois, Antrim and Westmeath would want a couple of games in 1B. Some hurling supporters are starting to question paying 18 euro for Division 1 shadow boxing. The Offaly game is a dilemma for the management. Can they go all out in a semi-final, play a final a week later if they win and then be expected to be at full tilt for the first three rounds of the McDonagh?
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Post by hurlingman on Mar 20, 2023 21:05:58 GMT
It's a frustrating setup. Laois, Antrim and Westmeath would want a couple of games in 1B. Some hurling supporters are starting to question paying 18 euro for Division 1 shadow boxing. The Offaly game is a dilemma for the management. Can they go all out in a semi-final, play a final a week later if they win and then be expected to be at full tilt for the first three rounds of the McDonagh? 1B should be made up of the likes of Laois, Antrim, Westmeath along with Dublin etc If Kildare are to win 2A and go up for all the progress they've made they'll be totally out of their depth. What adventures will they get from it? As for Kerry. I've never been one to see playing games as a bad thing. At this stage of year you'd imagine most of the heavy training will be done and training between would be mostly ball work.
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Post by legendz on Mar 20, 2023 22:29:47 GMT
As for Kerry. I've never been one to see playing games as a bad thing. At this stage of year you'd imagine most of the heavy training will be done and training between would be mostly ball work. Down away, Carlow home and Kildare away. Of the next five weekends, these are the three weekends that matter. Down as we found in Tralee last year are dangerous on their day. They have 3 weeks to get ready for Kerry.
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Post by mossie on Mar 21, 2023 0:05:43 GMT
It's a frustrating setup. Laois, Antrim and Westmeath would want a couple of games in 1B. Some hurling supporters are starting to question paying 18 euro for Division 1 shadow boxing. The Offaly game is a dilemma for the management. Can they go all out in a semi-final, play a final a week later if they win and then be expected to be at full tilt for the first three rounds of the McDonagh? Kerry's form has been patchy, if it remains so they wont beat Offaly so a league final wont arise Matches beat training any day of the week, training can be scaled back to keep the players fresh for the matches I hope Kerry start Jordan Conway and Dan Goggin v Offaly, they scored 1-5 between them the last day when they came on, that kind of form needs to rewarded, bringing them on if Offaly build up a big lead will mean that the match may have slipped away before they come on We should start our best 15 and also play a more direct style of hurling, pick natural forwards esp those in form like Conway and Goggin
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Post by givehimaball on Mar 21, 2023 11:44:58 GMT
It's a frustrating setup. Laois, Antrim and Westmeath would want a couple of games in 1B. Some hurling supporters are starting to question paying 18 euro for Division 1 shadow boxing. The Offaly game is a dilemma for the management. Can they go all out in a semi-final, play a final a week later if they win and then be expected to be at full tilt for the first three rounds of the McDonagh? 1B should be made up of the likes of Laois, Antrim, Westmeath along with Dublin etc If Kildare are to win 2A and go up for all the progress they've made they'll be totally out of their depth. What adventures will they get from it? As for Kerry. I've never been one to see playing games as a bad thing. At this stage of year you'd imagine most of the heavy training will be done and training between would be mostly ball work. One thing that might cause the hurling league structure to be changed is that I've seen a few articles/heard a bit of comment saying that the hurling league is looking like the poor relation in comparison to the football due to the lack of competition in some of the games/lack of peril/danger of relegation for the established teams. Throw-in the fact that the league has become even more important on the football side of things due to the new championship structure which makes the hurling league looks even more inconsequential by comparison. There's two different pieces in the Indo today that make reference to the state of the hurling league. I'd say it would be illuminating to compare attendances between the various hurling league games versus the football. There's basically close to no match in the football in the league where you'd say that the result is pretty much a foregone conclusion but there's a fair few matches in the hurling where the result is pretty much set in stone before thrown-in. However I fear that any changes made to the hurling league would most likely make sure to protect the established strongest hurling teams as much as possible as opposed to giving any sort of favour to the 2nd and 3rd tier teams.
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Post by hurlingman on Mar 21, 2023 14:29:18 GMT
1B should be made up of the likes of Laois, Antrim, Westmeath along with Dublin etc If Kildare are to win 2A and go up for all the progress they've made they'll be totally out of their depth. What adventures will they get from it? As for Kerry. I've never been one to see playing games as a bad thing. At this stage of year you'd imagine most of the heavy training will be done and training between would be mostly ball work. One thing that might cause the hurling league structure to be changed is that I've seen a few articles/heard a bit of comment saying that the hurling league is looking like the poor relation in comparison to the football due to the lack of competition in some of the games/lack of peril/danger of relegation for the established teams. Throw-in the fact that the league has become even more important on the football side of things due to the new championship structure which makes the hurling league looks even more inconsequential by comparison. There's two different pieces in the Indo today that make reference to the state of the hurling league. I'd say it would be illuminating to compare attendances between the various hurling league games versus the football. There's basically close to no match in the football in the league where you'd say that the result is pretty much a foregone conclusion but there's a fair few matches in the hurling where the result is pretty much set in stone before thrown-in. However I fear that any changes made to the hurling league would most likely make sure to protect the established strongest hurling teams as much as possible as opposed to giving any sort of favour to the 2nd and 3rd tier teams. Despite what the likes of Donal Og and others say the established teams have no interest in anyone else making the step up and everything is done to keep it like that.
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Post by thehermit on Mar 22, 2023 8:59:50 GMT
One thing that might cause the hurling league structure to be changed is that I've seen a few articles/heard a bit of comment saying that the hurling league is looking like the poor relation in comparison to the football due to the lack of competition in some of the games/lack of peril/danger of relegation for the established teams. Throw-in the fact that the league has become even more important on the football side of things due to the new championship structure which makes the hurling league looks even more inconsequential by comparison. There's two different pieces in the Indo today that make reference to the state of the hurling league. I'd say it would be illuminating to compare attendances between the various hurling league games versus the football. There's basically close to no match in the football in the league where you'd say that the result is pretty much a foregone conclusion but there's a fair few matches in the hurling where the result is pretty much set in stone before thrown-in. However I fear that any changes made to the hurling league would most likely make sure to protect the established strongest hurling teams as much as possible as opposed to giving any sort of favour to the 2nd and 3rd tier teams. Despite what the likes of Donal Og and others say the established teams have no interest in anyone else making the step up and everything is done to keep it like that. I heard he couldn't help himself again last week on League Sunday specifically bringing up Kerry while on a rant that the incoming Uachtaráin 'isn't a hurling man'. We're not a 'great' GAA county he says because we've only one senior hurling title from the 19th Century. Suppose the All Ireland B's etc down all the years mean nothing. Well Donal Og the Rebels are almost 20 years without a hurling title for all yer hurling county guff. And ye've won what, 4 football titles since the Second World War? Not too great a GAA county either given ye've 260 odd clubs and the largest player population by far in the country. But what would you expect from the Corkonians
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Post by hurlingman on Mar 22, 2023 11:29:13 GMT
Despite what the likes of Donal Og and others say the established teams have no interest in anyone else making the step up and everything is done to keep it like that. I heard he couldn't help himself again last week on League Sunday specifically bringing up Kerry while on a rant that the incoming Uachtaráin 'isn't a hurling man'. We're not a 'great' GAA county he says because we've only one senior hurling title from the 19th Century. Suppose the All Ireland B's etc down all the years mean nothing. Well Donal Og the Rebels are almost 20 years without a hurling title for all yer hurling county guff. And ye've won what, 4 football titles since the Second World War? Not too great a GAA county either given ye've 260 odd clubs and the largest player population by far in the country. But what would you expect from the Corkonians His recent gripe with Kerry is very odd even by his own standards. It first came up after the McDonagh cup final last year. It wouldn't in the least bit surprise me if at some point he'd applied for the Kerry job and obviously hadn't got. How he's still being left use RTE to push his agendas he has against others I'll never know. He's the worst type of "hurling person" think there's nothing else in the GAA bar hurling. The last GAA president who was a "hurling man" was one of the worst and did more than most to actually create the gap between the top and everyone else.
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Post by legendz on Mar 22, 2023 18:17:13 GMT
I heard he couldn't help himself again last week on League Sunday specifically bringing up Kerry while on a rant that the incoming Uachtaráin 'isn't a hurling man'. We're not a 'great' GAA county he says because we've only one senior hurling title from the 19th Century. Suppose the All Ireland B's etc down all the years mean nothing. Well Donal Og the Rebels are almost 20 years without a hurling title for all yer hurling county guff. And ye've won what, 4 football titles since the Second World War? Not too great a GAA county either given ye've 260 odd clubs and the largest player population by far in the country. But what would you expect from the Corkonians His recent gripe with Kerry is very odd even by his own standards. It first came up after the McDonagh cup final last year. It wouldn't in the least bit surprise me if at some point he'd applied for the Kerry job and obviously hadn't got. How he's still being left use RTE to push his agendas he has against others I'll never know. He's the worst type of "hurling person" think there's nothing else in the GAA bar hurling. The last GAA president who was a "hurling man" was one of the worst and did more than most to actually create the gap between the top and everyone else. His gripe against Kerry last year appeared to be a smokescreen. It was Cork who pushed for the playoff if Kerry won the McDonagh. The Irish Independent is suggesting that the hurling league format is up for review. Hopefully they can just apply the 2A format to 1B and leave it at that. There has been enough chopping and changing down through the years.
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Post by kerryexile5 on Mar 22, 2023 23:01:01 GMT
His gripe against Kerry last year appeared to be a smokescreen. It was Cork who pushed for the playoff if Kerry won the McDonagh. The Irish Independent is suggesting that the hurling league format is up for review. Hopefully they can just apply the 2A format to 1B and leave it at that. There has been enough chopping and changing down through the years. He is what's known as a hurling snob. Does he think Kilkenny are not a gaa county as they have no senior football team. When hurling people slag me about football not a real game I tell them at least 33 teams are playing senior. In the hurling you only have a few so it's much easier win a hurling title. Also many would remember when every 2nd year a provincial winner would go straight into an all ireland final. Jimmy Barry Murphy was a great Corkonian and he knew what to do with Donie óg.I don't like him but I'll give him credit on two things!, One he was a an ireland senior winner and two he is the undisputed all champion of whingers and criers. Only 16 Senior football teams in Ireland now and 11 senior hurling teams. Not 33 teams playing senior football anymore Mick. And realistically there was never was it was football snobbery that stopped big egos in football counties admitting they hadn’t a hope in hell of ever winning a provincial, never mind an all Ireland in football. The Tailteann cup is the equivalent of the Joe McDonagh & Christy Ring cup. 17 teams in the Tailteann Cup last year. Let’s be honest there is about 3 or 4 teams that are in the mix to win the Sam Maguire each year, Dublin, Kerry, Mayo or Tyrone maybe Galway The hurling has Kilkenny, Tipp, Galway, Limerick, Clare & Cork so it is no easier or harder to win the football than hurling,
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Post by hurlingman on Mar 23, 2023 21:44:17 GMT
The minors play their first game in Leinster at the weekend against Wexford. Hopefully this will workout and benefit hurling in the long run.
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Post by mossie on Mar 23, 2023 23:25:21 GMT
His gripe against Kerry last year appeared to be a smokescreen. It was Cork who pushed for the playoff if Kerry won the McDonagh. The Irish Independent is suggesting that the hurling league format is up for review. Hopefully they can just apply the 2A format to 1B and leave it at that. There has been enough chopping and changing down through the years. He is what's known as a hurling snob. Does he think Kilkenny are not a gaa county as they have no senior football team. When hurling people slag me about football not a real game I tell them at least 33 teams are playing senior. In the hurling you only have a few so it's much easier win a hurling title. Also many would remember when every 2nd year a provincial winner would go straight into an all ireland final. Jimmy Barry Murphy was a great Corkonian and he knew what to do with Donie óg.I don't like him but I'll give him credit on two things!, One he was a an ireland senior winner and two he is the undisputed all champion of whingers and criers. Jimmy Barry Murphy knew what to do with Donal Og is correct JBM selected him as goalkeeper when he won minor and senior all irelands He selected Donal Og again as goalkeeper when he returned as manager He didnt reselect Donal Og but is was after he missed a lot of time through injury so it is fair to say JBM had good time for him, it was after a long absence through injury when Donal Og was in his 30s that his inter county career ended I am not a big fan of Donal Og but he has a point looks at some situations, it is now a case of play the kerry senior hurling championship as quickly as possible during the all ireland senior football championship so the two football championship club and county senior have a clear run of it when Kerry exit the inter county. What county does that to facilitate 2 championships in the stronger code ? none The kerry minor hurlers havent had a dual county minor in years, this weekend no different, always take to the field without some star hurlers as a result including this weekend. Would you say Donal Og is completely wide of the mark?
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Post by mossie on Mar 24, 2023 0:15:01 GMT
Jimmy Barry Murphy knew what to do with Donal Og is correct JBM selected him as goalkeeper when he won minor and senior all irelands He selected Donal Og again as goalkeeper when he returned as manager He didnt reselect Donal Og but is was after he missed a lot of time through injury so it is fair to say JBM had good time for him, it was after a long absence through injury when Donal Og was in his 30s that his inter county career ended I am not a big fan of Donal Og but he has a point looks at some situations, it is now a case of play the kerry senior hurling championship as quickly as possible during the all ireland senior football championship so the two football championship club and county senior have a clear run of it when Kerry exit the inter county. What county does that to facilitate 2 championships in the stronger code ? none The kerry minor hurlers havent had a dual county minor in years, this weekend no different, always take to the field without some star hurlers as a result including this weekend. Would you say Donal Og is completely wide of the mark? Ah look Mossie I'm not denying Dónal Óg has nt made good points about hurling and weaker counties etc but he comes across as anti gaelic football and imo had no great love of Kerry either. I was a big fan of JBM and he did end Dónal Óg s career and Dónal Óg has spoken of this and has passed snide comments about JBM on more than one occasion. While Dónal Óg is knowledgeable he has come out with some ridiculous stuff over the years about black and tans etc. He was a very good keeper but I just can't take to him. I am not a big fan myself and he may not like Kerry but it doesnt mean some of what he is saying re Kerry hurling and where it lies in the overall scheme of GAA in Kerry isnt true. The points i raised would support his argument
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Post by hurlingman on Mar 24, 2023 7:56:07 GMT
He is what's known as a hurling snob. Does he think Kilkenny are not a gaa county as they have no senior football team. When hurling people slag me about football not a real game I tell them at least 33 teams are playing senior. In the hurling you only have a few so it's much easier win a hurling title. Also many would remember when every 2nd year a provincial winner would go straight into an all ireland final. Jimmy Barry Murphy was a great Corkonian and he knew what to do with Donie óg.I don't like him but I'll give him credit on two things!, One he was a an ireland senior winner and two he is the undisputed all champion of whingers and criers. Jimmy Barry Murphy knew what to do with Donal Og is correct JBM selected him as goalkeeper when he won minor and senior all irelands He selected Donal Og again as goalkeeper when he returned as manager He didnt reselect Donal Og but is was after he missed a lot of time through injury so it is fair to say JBM had good time for him, it was after a long absence through injury when Donal Og was in his 30s that his inter county career ended I am not a big fan of Donal Og but he has a point looks at some situations, it is now a case of play the kerry senior hurling championship as quickly as possible during the all ireland senior football championship so the two football championship club and county senior have a clear run of it when Kerry exit the inter county. What county does that to facilitate 2 championships in the stronger code ? none The kerry minor hurlers havent had a dual county minor in years, this weekend no different, always take to the field without some star hurlers as a result including this weekend. Would you say Donal Og is completely wide of the mark? To be fair it was happening in Kilkenny when they'd play the football championship around this time of the year. What Donal Og says is true but the problem is his only interest is self interest imo. A few years ago he was all about Ulster hurling and the ridiculous Team Ulster idea. Imo he was trying to put himself in the mix for a managers job there. When it didn't happen he turned on Antrim as well. Not forgotten his pitch for the "Director of Hurling" in Cork on the Sunday Game. He was a great player in his day no doubt. However he's never done anything outside of playing to justify this view he has of himself to be a manager etc
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Post by kerryexile5 on Mar 24, 2023 9:20:54 GMT
Donal Og most definitely showed interest for the Kerry hurling job, when it was at interview stage but I heard the county board were very impressed with Stephen Molumphy so that could be where his gripe with Kerry hurling lies.
On a separate note I think Davy Fitz would be an excellent appointment as Kerry hurling manager after Molumphys tenure is over, love him or hate him he would give kerry hurling a massive profile and all the dual players might commit to hurling under Fitz.
Let’s not lose track of a big match in Tullamore tomorrow, a win would be a great shot in the arm for the lads and another crack off Kildare in the division 2 final.
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Post by kerryexile5 on Mar 24, 2023 9:27:58 GMT
He is what's known as a hurling snob. Does he think Kilkenny are not a gaa county as they have no senior football team. When hurling people slag me about football not a real game I tell them at least 33 teams are playing senior. In the hurling you only have a few so it's much easier win a hurling title. Also many would remember when every 2nd year a provincial winner would go straight into an all ireland final. Jimmy Barry Murphy was a great Corkonian and he knew what to do with Donie óg.I don't like him but I'll give him credit on two things!, One he was a an ireland senior winner and two he is the undisputed all champion of whingers and criers. Jimmy Barry Murphy knew what to do with Donal Og is correct JBM selected him as goalkeeper when he won minor and senior all irelands He selected Donal Og again as goalkeeper when he returned as manager He didnt reselect Donal Og but is was after he missed a lot of time through injury so it is fair to say JBM had good time for him, it was after a long absence through injury when Donal Og was in his 30s that his inter county career ended I am not a big fan of Donal Og but he has a point looks at some situations, it is now a case of play the kerry senior hurling championship as quickly as possible during the all ireland senior football championship so the two football championship club and county senior have a clear run of it when Kerry exit the inter county. What county does that to facilitate 2 championships in the stronger code ? none The kerry minor hurlers havent had a dual county minor in years, this weekend no different, always take to the field without some star hurlers as a result including this weekend. Would you say Donal Og is completely wide of the mark? I fully agree with your last paragraph Mossie. You’d imagine if the Kerry minors had everyone available to them they’d have a right cut off Wexford tomorrow. Even beyond senior you have one of the best hurlers in Kerry on his day, Barry Mahony wasting away between number 26 and 32 on Jack O Connors football panel when he could be a star for the Kerry hurlers, but again that is more Barry’s choice than anyone elses. Another great hurling talent from Kilmoyley Robert Monahan (who won Kilmoyley senior hurler of the year in 2022, aged 19) is with the Kerry under 20 footballers, he’d also be a massive addition in the forward line for Stephen Molumohy. I read recently the difference is now in places like Naas and Celbridge in Kildare, the super talented dual players are choosing county hurling over county football. That’s tells you all you need to know on the trajectory Kildare hurling is on, 10 years ago that would be unheard of.
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Post by hurlingman on Mar 25, 2023 16:01:13 GMT
Another case of so close but yet so far. Looked good at half time but outscored 13-6 in the second half. Just have to regroup for the McDonagh Cup now.
Minors also had a heavy loss to Wexford this afternoon.
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Post by legendz on Mar 25, 2023 17:06:10 GMT
Yeah, look, the Kerry hurlers will just have to regroup. They have two weeks to prepare for the McDonagh. The decision to put the Kerry minors in Tier 1 in Leinster is a bizarre one. It's the Tier 2 section that would benefit the minors to be playing the likes of Meath and Westmeath. I can only imagine they are in Tier 1 for a year and then it is to be assessed of they should be in tier 2.
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Post by legendz on Mar 28, 2023 13:11:38 GMT
The Kerry U20 hurlers take on Carlow in Leinster Tier 2 on Saturday. Laois and Kildare are in the group as well.
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Post by kerryexile5 on Mar 28, 2023 14:25:09 GMT
The Kerry U20 hurlers take on Carlow in Leinster Tier 2 on Saturday. Laois and Kildare are in the group as well. I think Tier 2 is Kerry’s level in all hurling competitions. We are not a Tier 1 hurling county. That was a bad beating Wexford gave Kerry in the minor.
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Post by hurlingman on Mar 28, 2023 15:20:20 GMT
The Kerry U20 hurlers take on Carlow in Leinster Tier 2 on Saturday. Laois and Kildare are in the group as well. I think Tier 2 is Kerry’s level in all hurling competitions. We are not a Tier 1 hurling county. That was a bad beating Wexford gave Kerry in the minor. Until such time as Kerry schools are at the very least regularly play at "B" level this is going to be the case. Getting lads playing at a some what decent level from as young as possible is the key. It was quite odd to be put into Teir 1 at minor level. I don't know who's idea it would have been but it was a bad call.
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Post by legendz on Mar 28, 2023 17:29:59 GMT
The Kerry U20 hurlers take on Carlow in Leinster Tier 2 on Saturday. Laois and Kildare are in the group as well. I think Tier 2 is Kerry’s level in all hurling competitions. We are not a Tier 1 hurling county. That was a bad beating Wexford gave Kerry in the minor. The Kerry minors should be in Tier 2. It was a bizarre decision to place them in Tier 1. The Kerry manager admits that they should be in Tier 2. Leinster are known to play silly beggars on outside counties joining. Hopefully this is just some form of induction and that Kerry minors, like the u20s, are in Tier 2 next year.
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Post by hurlingman on Mar 29, 2023 7:28:22 GMT
I think Tier 2 is Kerry’s level in all hurling competitions. We are not a Tier 1 hurling county. That was a bad beating Wexford gave Kerry in the minor. The Kerry minors should be in Tier 2. It was a bizarre decision to place them in Tier 1. The Kerry manager admits that they should be in Tier 2. Leinster are known to play silly beggars on outside counties joining. Hopefully this is just some form of induction and that Kerry minors, like the u20s, are in Tier 2 next year. Good point Leinster have been know to make it awkward for others. Considering Galway are only now playing in the Leinster minor championship. Going by the way the Wexford game went Kerry would have been as well off staying in Munster.
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Post by kerryexile5 on Mar 29, 2023 11:07:38 GMT
The Kerry minors should be in Tier 2. It was a bizarre decision to place them in Tier 1. The Kerry manager admits that they should be in Tier 2. Leinster are known to play silly beggars on outside counties joining. Hopefully this is just some form of induction and that Kerry minors, like the u20s, are in Tier 2 next year. Good point Leinster have been know to make it awkward for others. Considering Galway are only now playing in the Leinster minor championship. Going by the way the Wexford game went Kerry would have been as well off staying in Munster. A quote by the Kerry minor hurling management probably didn’t go down well in the Wexford minor camp last week. ‘The rationale behind the move [to Leinster] is solid. The Munster counties are so strong that it might give young Kerry players a better chance to shine against the likes of Wexford and Dublin in a slightly less hostile environment in the East. Theoretically at least.’ Wexford obviously wanted to teach Kerry a tough lesson!
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Post by legendz on Mar 29, 2023 12:20:02 GMT
Good point Leinster have been know to make it awkward for others. Considering Galway are only now playing in the Leinster minor championship. Going by the way the Wexford game went Kerry would have been as well off staying in Munster. A quote by the Kerry minor hurling management probably didn’t go down well in the Wexford minor camp last week. ‘The rationale behind the move [to Leinster] is solid. The Munster counties are so strong that it might give young Kerry players a better chance to shine against the likes of Wexford and Dublin in a slightly less hostile environment in the East. Theoretically at least.’ Wexford obviously wanted to teach Kerry a tough lesson! He was asking for trouble with those comments! The U20 hurlers anyway are in Tier 2 anyway. Hopefully they will show that it is the right level for themselves and the minors from next year.
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Post by hurlingman on Mar 29, 2023 13:43:27 GMT
Kildare had a big win over Carlow in teir 2 on Monday. A year at that level is going to be a big advantage for them in the long run.
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