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Published 09:58 26 Jan 2016 GMT
Updated 10:00 26 Jan 2016 GMT
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"At least you'd have a good pre-season, managers want that. It's January and February - not October, November and December as it is right now. It's gone into a full-year game and it's ridiculous. "Right now, the league has a championship feel to it and lads are trying to peak for February, and March, then again in summer. There are two cycles of peaking and it can't be done."After Richie Hogan, Fennelly becomes the second Kilkenny hurler (a breed not known for their contrarian opinions) to express his dissatisfaction with the status quo.
They seem pretty happy when they win it every year but then the endorphins leave their system and they start to look for a bigger rush, a greater thrill, a fecking challenge.
Last August reigning hurler of the year Richie Hogan also suggested the Championship system is FUBAR.
"I don't like the system at all," he told Newstalk's Off The Ball. "I hate it. I'd rather have a match every two weeks. This year we have played three games and we are in an All-Ireland final. Last year after three games we were in a Leinster final. It's a stark contrast."
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