Kildare GAA General Discussion Thread

NHL Div 2B:

Armagh 3-14 Kildare 3-23


NFL Div 2:

Cavan 0-14 Kildare 2-13


Two good results. Well done to all.

Hurlers team to face Mayo:

Paddy McKenna
Colm Chan
Mark Grace
John Doran
Dinny Stapleton
Martin Fitzgerald
Kevin Whelan
Mick Purcell
Eanna O'Neill
Willie Greene
Leo Quinn
Johnny Byrne
Ryan Casey
Niall Kenny
Bernard Deay

klairondavis wrote: »

It's a pity this couldn't have played a double header with the football tomorrow.

Thought it was suppose to be. Any reason why it was changed?

Two changes:

Gary White for Hugh Lynch
Tomas Connor for Podge Fogarty

Tommy Moolick amongst the Subs

Absolute rubbish Second Half. D3 here we come and its deserved based on this performance

My patience with the current state of affairs is gone **** sake no passion from the team..

Sad day tbh...

From the glory of division 1 relegation to 2 and probably straight relegation to 3!!!! Disgraceful

And Jason Ryan ffs

It must be one of the first times in over 130 years that the Kildare hurlers are performing at a higher level than our footballers. I don't know whether that says more about the strides our hurlers have made or how bad our footballers have gotten.

Hopefully the u21 team can put a bit of pride back into Kildare football on Wednesday night.

Division 1 Semi-Finalists, a two point loss to Tyrone that could have went either way and an U21 Title doesnt look too bad now.. is there any point in Ryan staying on until were knocked out of the championship? Surely its in the players minds too that they are playing for a man who wont be with us in 5 months time?

Glenn would not be very popular among a lot of the current footballers. He was approached post McGeeney but John McMahon went with Ryan instead to appease the players.

We haven't the finance to bring in an expensive managerial set up. County panel expenditure is a fraction of what it was four or five years ago.

The next managerial set up will have to work within the same constraints (our Croke Park loan of €100,000 per annum won't be paid off until 2018) so you can forget about the likes of Cian O'Neill, Jack O'Connor and also McStay. If the Mayo county board were baulked by the cost of his plans then he has no hope with cash strapped Kildare.

If Murphy was interested then I would like to see him given a chance. He would be popular with players and supporters alike, he would be very familiar with our underage structures and personnel, and the Kildare minor teams he managed were always competitive.

Tough game in store tonight. I'm surprised we're favourites for it. Meath have a lot of senior panelists on their team. We only have two.

Neil Flynn with a great goal at the start of the second half.

Kildare 2-15 Meath 0-13 FT. Cein McMonagle with injury time goal

Good spread of scorers again tonight:

Neil Flynn (1-6, 4fs), Niall Kelly (0-4), Cein McMonagle (1-0), Chris Healy (0-2), Chris Fenner (0-2), David Fitzpatrick (0-1)

Chris Healy was dangerous particularly in the first half while Neil Flynn really grabbed hold of the game in the second half. Niall Kelly oozed class all the way through.

David Duke had a fine game and Brian Byrne did a good marking job on Eamon Wallace. Colin Heeney just like the Offaly game made a great stop from the impressive Meath centre forward at a crucial stage. It would have been a different second half had that chance gone in.

you wonder why they would bring kildare and Dublin to navan, wouldn't portlaoise be better view for both sides.

Kildare SH (v Donegal):

1. Jack Sheridan - Nás na Riogh
2. Conor Gordan - Coill Dubh
3. Mark Grace - Coill Dubh
4. John Doran - Léim an Bhradáin
5. Dinny Stapleton - Sean Traceys
6. Mark Moloney - Cill Droichid
7. Eanna Ó Neill (capt) - Coill Dubh
8. Mark Delaney - Coill Dubh
9. Paul Divilly - Confaí
10. Bernard Deay - Claonadh
11. Leo Quinn - Cill Droichid
12. Johnny Byrne - Coill Dubh
13. Ryan Casey - Coill Dubh
14. Niall Kenny - Cill Droichid
15. Evan Dempsey - Éire Óg Corrachoill