Replying To MicktheMiller:  "T J Reid is the main man for Kilkenny."

Replying To tiobraid:  "Spot on. The game yesterday will focus the KK minds and see a few changes also. They didn't become a terrible team in 35 mins. I'd say it'll be a 50/50 game. On paper KK are still a very good side. Its a decent KK forward line in my opinion but a huge lack of experience in the full back line and potentially not at KK standard. I still think Eoin Murphy is probably the best ever in goals but maybe not quite to the level he was a 2/3 years ago. I think you'll see a big reshuffle from positions 2-9 with a number of positional changes also.
Galway on the other hand look top class with even some room for further improvement. Easily second favs for All Ireland but as you said, anything can happen. Limerick lost a couple of games in Munster last year but in everyone's eyes they were going to walk the All Ireland but came unstuck (after winning 3 and losing 3 games in the cship).
That's the great thing about the present time, almost anyone can beat anyone despite what some people think."

Replying To Oldtourman:  "I would just. to say this much about two of last year's Limerick defeats, those in Munster. Cork have beaten Tipp (2010) Clare (13), Waterford (17) and Limerick (14) and last year and eack time fell in their butt after. This has been a pattern of theirs for most of the past ten years. As regards the Thurles if you rest Lunch, Hegarty, Hannon and Mulcahy going to Thurled, where are you going. I disagreed with Kielys approach there."

Replying To midlands:  "Right Oldtourman, I always thought that was a strange move by Kiely, a man who makes very few mistakes. Apart from their absentees that day, Limerick just didn't seem to play with their usual energy. Even when Tipp lost Barrett and Bonner to injury and Limerick (I think) introduced a couple of their top players, Tipp still looked marginally the better team. Of course, all was changed a couple of weeks later in the Munster final but, while Limerick started their best team that day, their attitude also seemed to be so much better. Maybe that was all part of a master plan by Kiely!"

Replying To katser:  "I know....god help them, and then in the All Ireland Semi Final v KK it was pure daylight robbery! Jesus it must have been a sickner to lose like that!"

Replying To munsterchamps:  "well kathleen all set for another limerick galway final......we had to send ye up a limerick man to get ye bk on track....."

Replying To Breezy:  "I keep hearing how Cody is gonna shake things up and drop some players but never hear who he should drop or call up.

You would swear KK have a bunch of next Henry Shefflins sitting on the bench to be rotated in"