Kildare GAA General Discussion Thread

The Talking Bread

It is going to be Mayo.................isn't it............

OttoPilot

What the hell was up with Paddy taking the 45 instead of Donellan, surely that kind of thing should be decided before a game? By the account of kfm it was a "dismal, dismal" effort...

Kristopherus

The Talking Bread wrote: »

It is going to be Mayo.................isn't it............

Unlikely.......... Mayo would'nt be that lucky:D

Bonner

All officials are now going to favour Carlow in 50/50 decisions as everyone loves a fairytale ending in the Championship.
That's why I fear for Laois in the semi-final.
On todays game Kildare looked like a team who still had goggles on, they couldn't see what was ahead of them, beside them or coming at them and their only answer was to foul the Carlow lads and give frees to a sharpshooter like Broderick ... Total braindead tactics. They looked very unfit and had no desire in them for a fight and Carlow sensed that and destroyed them.

John.Icy

So after a night if letting that stew, two things;


1) It can't get any worse...right...RIGHT??

2) Sure didn't we lose our first match against Louth in 2010 in what seemed like a disaster but ended up a crossbar away from an All-Ireland final? One can dre...wildly hallucinate right?

Actually add a third, O'Neill will remain for the season but barring a complete turnaround we'll most likely see a management shake up at the end of the season - hopefully with the addition of a psychiatrist or even a hypnotist at this stage. TBH McGeeney will likely be gone from Armagh this season too if they don't drastically improve and I'd happily take him back.

Derry. Bar Mayo and Tyrone, Derry would have been in a grouping with Armagh and Tipperary that I rather not have played. Couple that with what will be a tiny travelling support to Derry I'd imagine it will be an extremely tough game.

ixus

Wicklow. That happened too. People seem to forget.

Towards end of McGeeneys reign Meath and Cork figures how to dismantle that team. Run at them through the middle. Straight up. Carved open the team. Has been an issue ever since.

Kerry 7 goals under Jason Ryan. System and mental breakdown.

O'Neill tried to correct it with defensive strategy and failed. Then went back to "normal" style and we progressed last year. Players can't adapt, can't defend as a unit or individually, cant break down a blanket defense as default to ponderous possession resulting in turn over.

beertons

Doesn't matter who's in charge, they all seem to pick the same players.

kencoo

So anyway, the qualifiers, derry are no great shakes. Probably on the slide also given league form dropping into division 4 next year. But in the championship they have been seen as a banana skin for some I.e. almost beating mayo last year. Certainly beatable imho or are we expecting the end of our season?

kencoo

So anyway, the qualifiers, derry are no great shakes. Probably on the slide also given league form dropping into division 4 next year. But in the championship they have been seen as a banana skin for some I.e. almost beating mayo last year. Certainly beatable imho or are we expecting the end of our season?

John.Icy

The Kildare that played the league up till Donegal would beat Derry handily enough. Since then something has gone severely rotten.

Derry management if they have any sense will put 13 men back and play us on the counter. Add getting into our faces from early on into the mix and I only see a Derry victory. The team look hopeless and helpless and you just can't get that morale back in two weeks I don't think.

klairondavis

https://twitter.com/KildareGAA/status/1001182301399732227

klairondavis

https://twitter.com/KildareGAA/status/1003643067851788288

Likely to face Dublin in the semi final now. :rolleyes:

lillielad

https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/gaelic/317177/sparks-fly-as-kildare-co-board-boss-is-asked-to-resign-by-delegate.html

paulie21

No team announcement? Is he waiting to see who’ll turn up when the bus is leaving

klairondavis

LoughNeagh2017

Kildare will have a tough time against Derry at the Owenbeg ground, that is where most of the club championship games are played so it is more of a home ground than Celtic Park is.

klairondavis

Keith Cribbin starts in place of Paddy Brophy (injured before the throw-in).

klairondavis

All Ireland SFC Rd 1 (HT):

Derry 2-7 Kildare 1-12

klairondavis

All Ireland SFC Rd 1 (FT):

Derry 2-14 Kildare 2-22


N Flynn (0-6, 2fs), D Flynn (1-1), Conway (0-4), N Kelly (1-0), P Cribbin (0-2), Feely (0-2, 2fs), Moolick (0-2), K Cribbin (0-1), Murray (0-1), Donnellan (0-1, 1 45), Slattery (0-1), Byrne (0-1).

The Talking Bread

Neill Flynn............................... seriously impressive

John.Icy

Good win yesterday. Great to see N.Flynn back.

Will this throw abit of confidence into the lads and push them on after snapping the losing streak? Who knows. There isn't much danger teams coming into round 2 bar Monaghan and maybe Tipp/Down.

2 weeks to sort out the porous defence. Surely CON has to focus on that - we know the lads can put up a decent score. But there's goals and goals to be got against us. 2-14 in both games doesn't bode well.

klairondavis

Christy Ring Semi-Final:

Kildare 3-18 Derry 2-13


Kildare v London in the final.

paulie21

Tipperary
Clare
Carlow
Longford
Monaghan
Down
Leitrim
Sligo

Monaghan would be one to avoid I’d love another crack at Carlow

The Talking Bread

Can we play Carlow again in this round?

OttoPilot

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Can we play Carlow again in this round?

Yeah there's no restrictions on replaying previous fixtures, it just has to be a losing semi finalist.

paulie21

Away to Longford

paulie21

Footballers in Longford at 7pm on Saturday 23rd June while hurlers are in Croker the same day at 2pm

klairondavis

https://twitter.com/KildareGAA/status/1006617043750277120

klairondavis

klairondavis

https://twitter.com/KildareGAA/status/1010248369858666497

Good start to a busy weekend.