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Conal Keaney: Dublin were a 'tactical shambles' against Kilkenny

The recently retired hurler pulled no punches after Kilkenny’s confident dismissal of the Dubs.

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FORMER DUBLIN STAR Conal Keaney was highly critical of the Dublin set-up after they suffered a 12 point defeat to Kilkenny in the Leinster SHC last night.

Keaney, who announced his retirement from inter-county hurling in April, vented his frustrations on Twitter following the game.

Dublin trailed by a single point at the break, but Brian Cody’s men blew them away after half-time, winning the second half by 1-13 to 0-5.

Kilkenny pressed up on Conor Dooley’s puck-outs, denying him the option of going short. In the third quarter, Ger Cunningham’s side struggled to get the ball beyond midfield.

Among the absentees against the Cats were talented trio Peter Kelly, Joey Boland and Danny Sutcliffe, who were not involved for various reasons.

Ger Cunningham will attempt to pick up the troops for the qualifiers, but a difficult road lies ahead for Dublin.

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    Jan 21st 2016, 8:51 AM

    Typical LFC supporter response get over it.

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    Jan 21st 2016, 9:28 AM

    Could be the beginning of the end for Gary, once the press start picking holes in ya then usually the pressure cranks right up from all angles, we all miss him on sky anyway even liverpool fans too

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    Jan 21st 2016, 9:57 AM

    Most Liverpool fans think he was great on sky hopefully we’ll see him back in August

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    Jan 21st 2016, 8:24 AM

    Typical manc. Full of s#@t

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    Jan 21st 2016, 9:04 AM

    Adrian I think your going to be late for school

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    Jan 21st 2016, 7:14 PM

    You know he said he didn’t think management was in his future after taking the job

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    Jan 21st 2016, 3:00 PM

    Perro y pato….take a bow whoever came up with that one

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    Jan 21st 2016, 8:04 PM

    Hilarious. Side splittingly hilarious.

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