Aidan Fogarty: Kilkenny job may come too soon for Henry Shefflin

Eight-time All-Ireland winner Aidan Fogarty believes that the vacant Kilkenny job may come a bit too soon for current Galway manager Henry Shefflin while also paying tribute to Brian Cody who he described as "the backbone of Kilkenny hurling."

Speaking on RTÉ Radio 1, Fogarty name-checked Derek Lyng, Michael Fennelly and Eddie Brennan as possible successors, but feels that circumstances may work against Shefflin heading back east.

"First of all, Kilkenny won't go outside the county. They’ll pick someone inside the county," Fogarty said when asked about who is next in line.

"There’s plenty of players that have won enough, that know enough about the hurling game to go in as manager.

"In terms of Henry Shefflin, I’d love to see him train Kilkenny. He’s only given one year in Galway, would he leave so soon?

"I suppose he saw [Liam] Cahill going to Tipperary with [Colm] Bonnar only getting a year. It totally depends.

"In my view I couldn't see Henry coming. I’m not counting him out, I’d love to see him come eventually.

"You have other guys, you have Derek Lyng there my own club man. [He’s] after winning an All-Ireland with the under-20s and in my view he won it in the same fashion that Brian Cody would have won certain matches over the years.

"He got the best out of that group of players. They weren’t the most flamboyant players but grasped it and worked hard and he got them over the line.

"If you’re talking about front-runners, Derek Lyng is up there, Michael Fennelly with Offaly, Eddie Brennan obviously as well over the years with Laois.

"It’s hard to know. Henry’s name will be bandied around the place, personally I couldn’t see him going after one year with Galway."

Fogarty also said that it was important not to rush into a decision