Codology of the highest order

Kilkenny manager Brian Cody is something else.
He has been at the helm of one of the most successful hurling teams in history and for ten of the last eleven years they have just sailed through Leinster.
Cody never puts a foot wrong in media when it comes to showing respect to the opposition no matter how poor but I wish just once that he would!
Yesterday he claimed after his team had just destroyed Wexford by 19 points that the Cats had been tested twice in Leinster this year against Offaly and Wexford!
That's Brian's codology at its best.
His team never had to get out of third gear at any stage of the game and when they upped their work rate they just blew the Model men away.
The current set-up allows the Cats to prepare for the All-Ireland series, a bit like Kerry do in Munster football, and they have hardly had to stretch themselves to make the All-Ireland semi finals.
Cody to his credit just gets on with it but it almost insults our intelligence to listen to the great man telling us his team had been tested, and yea pigs might fly!
The great thing about this Cats' team however, is that no matter what the system they would be in there at the death anyway as they are that good.

Shefflin still top Cat

Delighted that Henry Shefflin looks likely to continue his comeback from a cruciate ligament injury on Sunday against Wexford in the Leinster final.
Shefflin is a great player and brings something to every game he plays in.
There was a bit of speculation that an injury unrelated to the cruciate setback he suffered might keep him out but thankfully he will be there.
It won't make much difference to the result however, except that you might be looking for more than ten-point advantage for the Cats with Henry in full flight.
Wonder is Paddy Power still even taking bets on a margin less than a ten-point win for the champs?

Outhurled, outfought, who would be a Cat this week?

Would love to have been a fly on the wall during training in Kilkenny this week after their exit from the National League at the hands of Tipperary.
Brian Cody didn't look overly upset when his charges were leaving the field last week, which was a bit of a surprise as Cody doesn't exactly take defeat in his stride, despite having overcome his fair share of disappointment as a player and manager.
Now whether he has watched or reviewed the match since he sounds much more like the Cody we know.
He said that Tipp outfought and outhurled his team and that he "didn't like being outfought".
The Cats' boss said that there would be a serious review of things, love how measured he was but with Cody's passion and determination I'd reckon that serious review will is code for some of his players getting a roasting they won't forget in a hurry.
For Cody the Tipp result might just be the result to galvanise his team into a serious tilt at the three in a row.