tiobraid
County: Tipperary
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1296615 passtheball
County: USA
Posts: 23

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Looking at club level outside Kilkenny its very strong e.g Tipp, Cork, Galway etc

your not looking at club level in tipp too closely if you think its strong...back that up.... Cork to be honest hasn't looked that strong either for a few years


It looked pretty strong to me yesterday Tiobrad

thurlesblues (Tipperary) - Posts: 4475 - 12/11/2012 19:51:06    1296712

Brian Codys wife played camogie for Wexford....She taught him everything he knows about hurling:)

juniorbsub (Wexford) - Posts: 646 - 13/11/2012 16:41:36    1297121

Its not just one thing that makes them what they are. It starts in the schools were the children are encouraged to play the game ( A lot of ex kilkenny and currant players are teachers in these schools). They have the hurl in their hand every day and with the success that the seniors are having at present then their is a massive knock on effect of children wanting to become intercounty players for Kilkenny. They want to represent their county not play for Man United, Celtic etc,
Then they have secondary schools which are like development squads. This is the key age for children to develop and with Kierans and the Cbs they have the breading grounds for the future senior teams.
Finally they have a county board who is willing to back their manager to the hilt. Whatever Cody wants he gets.

galwaybhoy (Galway) - Posts: 83 - 13/11/2012 17:18:34    1297156

Well as a cynic I would always argue its more difficult to win the football championship as more teams compete.

Kilkenny have been the dominant force in what is effectively a small championship. Take Cork, Tipp, Clare, Limerick, Waterford, Kilkenny, Dublin, Wexford, Offaly, Galway and Antrim once in a blue moon........that's an 11 team championship. In recent times only Cork, KK, Waterford and Tipp have looked contenders for winning the Liam Mc cup. And besides KK.....the others have sporadically challenged. only Cork and Tipp have really threatened KK dominance in the past ten years.

So why are KK so good.....

1) Everybody else is bad
2) Kilkenny don't play football, so they don't have duel code problems
3) Other sports aren't popular in KK.....they don't have a huge population of soccer or rugby pulling players away from hurling, unlike many other counties
4) All monies generated for developing games.....are put into one sport.

They are terrible at most other sports (sorry it's true KK people....and before people rant....think about it realistically)

JayP (Dublin) - Posts: 1772 - 13/11/2012 17:53:31    1297186

I agree with you 100% JayP ~ WELL SAID, no other sport in Kilkenny is taken as seriously as the hurling, its a crying shame on their part....

Joe_Don (Louth) - Posts: 247 - 13/11/2012 18:00:58    1297194

Thurlesblues, If Sheflin stayed on the field in 2010 ye would have won nothing. But in fairness your management from 2010 got out when the going was good.

hound (Meath) - Posts: 234 - 13/11/2012 18:36:35    1297218

The last time I watched any of these so-called dominant sports in other counties, there was maybe 500 people at league of ireland football matches. Is that what people call dominant sports? Kilkenny have produced Olympic boxers and professional rugby players in recent years.
The fact of the matter is that everyone who beats Kilkenny over their attitude to football is jealous of their success in hurling, and are burying their own head in the sand regarding the attitude to hurling within their own county.

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 13/11/2012 20:55:03    1297320

hound
County: Meath
Posts: 54

1297218 Thurlesblues, If Sheflin stayed on the field in 2010 ye would have won nothing. But in fairness your management from 2010 got out when the going was good.
13/11/2012 20:55:03

Hound Tipp were 1-4 to 0-1 when Henry was still on the pitch if he had stayed on the pitch Tipp would have won by a lot more than they did

thurlesblues (Tipperary) - Posts: 4475 - 13/11/2012 21:01:59    1297329

I hope a different county win it next year...for the sake of Hurling

passtheball (USA) - Posts: 30 - 14/11/2012 17:30:06    1297766

passtheball who might that county be Kilkenny are
way ahead of the rest

4bythenore (Kilkenny) - Posts: 360 - 14/11/2012 18:17:31    1297808

4bythenore
County: Kilkenny
Posts: 291

1297808 passtheball who might that county be Kilkenny are
way ahead of the rest

Tipperary

thurlesblues (Tipperary) - Posts: 4475 - 14/11/2012 19:18:24    1297844

Thurlesblues i want to welcome you out of retirement but im sorry to tell
you Tipperary are no longer any danger to Kilkenny, to be beating by 18 pts in
a all ireland semi final would that not tell you something.

4bythenore (Kilkenny) - Posts: 360 - 14/11/2012 19:32:13    1297855

Honesty and hard graft , Tradition , Love of the game , Cody for maintaining the hunger ,
It's a way of life in Kilkenny.
Thurles Balloon
Tipp would win all irelands if it were played out on the internet ... On a pitch ? No afraid not.

Finsceal (None) - Posts: 559 - 15/11/2012 11:54:36    1298066

No Big Ball distractions end off argument.

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4954 - 15/11/2012 12:14:48    1298079

Kilkenny did not look so far ahead of the rest in this years leinster final.

johnnyhandsome (USA) - Posts: 31 - 15/11/2012 17:02:56    1298283

so much for hunger cody love of the game..what happened ? did they not drink their coco the night before.

johnnyhandsome (USA) - Posts: 31 - 15/11/2012 17:14:10    1298293

Anyway clare better at u21 and tipp at minors

johnnyhandsome (USA) - Posts: 31 - 15/11/2012 17:22:49    1298300

johnnyhandsom the looked far ahead of the rest in the all ireland final replay

4bythenore (Kilkenny) - Posts: 360 - 15/11/2012 17:26:04    1298302

Did not lok so far ahead in the Leinster final

cloud9 (Galway) - Posts: 92 - 15/11/2012 19:53:36    1298381

they are way ahead of everybody else??Galway made them look like a Junior team in the Leinster final

passtheball (USA) - Posts: 30 - 15/11/2012 19:59:25    1298387