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Congratulations to Michael Fennelly on outstanding career in the black and Amber of Kilkenny. Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 29/12/2017 18:10:27 2066174 Link 0 |
What a player,would of loved him in the tipp midfield,a REAL warrior,not a dirty stroke in him,hard and fair, And such a skillful classy player.working in Thurles now,we might poach him for a few training sessions, Hope he enjoys his retirement and gets fully over the last bad injury,a top man Tipptipp (Tipperary) - Posts: 62 - 30/12/2017 11:17:26 2066236 Link 2 |
Class player, even injured he stood out , could play no doubt but his real qualities were his steel and leadership. Not easily replaced , Kilkenny over the years are slowly losing some of the modern greats Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 30/12/2017 17:40:20 2066287 Link 0 |
realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8592 - 30/12/2017 18:28:16 2066292 Link 0 |
Well said, can you imagine how different the recent Tipp/Kilkenny rivalry would have been if he was wearing blue and gold. I think Fennelly, Larkin and Richie Hogan have been the biggest thorns in Tipp's side over the last 10 years of our rivalry.
Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 30/12/2017 18:53:16 2066296 Link 0 |
You only really realise these players value when they finish up as it will be so hard to replace them. Kilkenny will be a lot more beatable without him. Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 30/12/2017 19:17:54 2066301 Link 0 |
Hard to disagree with you Killarney 87,don't think Jackie tyrrell got the memo lol Tipptipp (Tipperary) - Posts: 62 - 30/12/2017 20:18:55 2066308 Link 0 |
Another huge loss to Kilkenny. keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 31/12/2017 13:19:46 2066358 Link 0 |
Great player and a huge loss to Kilkenny. Injuries cost him another couple of years no doubt. catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 31/12/2017 14:39:36 2066369 Link 0 |
If id to pick one man on the KK team to not play against Tipp in the height of the rivalry it would be him. He dominated nearly every game against us and if he started slowly he would thunder into the games! tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 03/01/2018 12:32:29 2066592 Link 0 |
This loss is a huge blow to Cody and Kilkenny. Great hurler and leader, hard as coffin nails and with the other battlers gone in Brian Hogan, Tyrell, Wee Tommy and Larkin, Kilkenny have lost the engine room that allowed Shefflin, Reid and wee Hogan to show their wares. Wouldn't be surprised not to see KK in the AI semi-finals this year again. bricktop (Down) - Posts: 2503 - 03/01/2018 12:46:03 2066596 Link 1 |
One if not the best midfielders of his generation, big, athletic, amazing engine and a great player to boot, Kilkenny have lost yet another great leader and a true legend. gilly0512 (Galway) - Posts: 1176 - 04/01/2018 11:58:27 2066767 Link 0 |
Big blow to Kilkenny but what a player running through the middle in his pomp woops (Kerry) - Posts: 2073 - 04/01/2018 13:50:05 2066794 Link 0 |
has any clan contributed more to a county than the fennellys have to kilkenny? perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 08/01/2018 10:53:39 2067301 Link 0 |
I think he was the best Kilkenny midfielder of the Cody era. If you tried to genetically engineer a player for the midfield position you couldn't recreate a better specimen, just a beast of a midfielder. Bedevilled by injuries in latter years, particularly his back, and he must have been rumoured to retire for the past 2 or 3 years, so it was inevitable. ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 09/01/2018 10:18:21 2067458 Link 1 |
An athletic machine, great description of Fennelly. Galway couldn't handle him in the 2015 All-Ireland final and he probably only half fit that day with ongoing back injuries. He was a mighty player.
PortInFaithful (Offaly) - Posts: 472 - 09/01/2018 14:03:53 2067514 Link 0 |