Cian O’Neill doing Cian O’Neill things
It’s pissing rain, the dry weather has fucked off again out of nowhere, and speaking of fucking off again out of nowhere - It got me thinking about Cian O’Neill..
I don’t mean this as an insult necessarily but Jesus - his lack of loyalty is astonishing considering the obviously immense effort players go to for him at each team he gets involved in.
I’m not from Kerry so maybe it was actually well known for a while, but personally, this took me by surprise. Surprised there hasn’t been more talk around it like there was when he left Galway. But I’m genuinely curious to know - what are the thoughts in Kerry - both about him in general but also in terms of his decision to leave?
I still find it hard to forgive him for downing tools and fucking off from Galway out of nowhere after the job he had done up to that point, but in hindsight, he obviously thought that that was far as that team could go and I’m afraid to say - it looks like he was right….the bollox…so it’s hard to blame him for leaving when he did i suppose. But Jesus there’s still a lot of miles left in that current Kerry panel surely? Similar to Tipp hurlers in 2011 and Mayo the year after…he’d have one definitely, but maybe even another couple of All-Irelands to his CV had he stayed with either of them a bit longer.
Maybe there’s a specific reason I’m not aware of but otherwise, I cant understand at all why he’d pack Kerry in now.
And for what it’s worth - If he’s anywhere else next year other than with the Kilkenny hurlers, I’ll be shocked.
Posted Aug 12, 2026, 11:08 AM UTC