Kildare GAA General Discussion Thread

Diego Maradona wrote: »

Great win today, 3-20 is great scoring in any championship game. Hopefully that 1-5 from Alan Smith will give him confidence. Cavan were very poor though but a win is a win. Delighted to hear Seanie getting great reception from the Kildare fans.

I'd love if we were to get Kerry in the draw tomorrow, that would give us a real idea as to where this Kildare team is really at.

I didn't see the game today but Cavan would be a very weak team to be fair. If they were anything like Offaly were then we have nothing to be shouting about. They're probably still doing that bull**** that they did against Offaly (slapping the ball down in Midfield), they were very lucky to get away with it but that was due to the very inexperienced Offaly side.

They didn't get away with that against Meath anyways, they saw exactly what ****e they were going on with in Midfield and brought it to a close. If they do it against any other half-decent team they will get humiliated, I guarantee it.

What needs to be done is that O'Connor has to be put to some use. He's simply too big to be a full forward, he can't turn. But that's the only thing he can't do, he's so strong and has steady hands. He should really be a Half forward so he can get a run at the goals, maybe even a midfielder (I mean, he can catch a feckin' ball which is what we need badly) if his fitness is up.

So yeah, I think Kildare has to sort out the squad, this year won't be our year if they don't do something with midfield soon. It's pathetic really that we can't catch a shaggin' ball.

Where is Hugh Lynch? When Dermot Earley got injured himself and Daryl Flynn formed a fairly solid partnership at midfield, but now neither of them are first choice picks. We started Eoin Doyle at midfield against Cavan and Offaly even though I can't remember him playing there throughout the league. Mick Foley and Paudie O'Neill each did stints in midfield. Emmet Bolton was in midfield for the first time ever (as far as I can remember) against Meath even though he always excelled as a half back. He was back as a half back today and played well.

It just seems like we are three matches into the championship and McGeeney is still experimenting. This doesnt inspire confidence. When he came in today Dermot Earley seemed to settle the game, he just stayed in midfield, challenged for balls and distributed it well. It meant the forwards (like Johnny Doyle) could stay up front without having to come deep to get possession.

I'd also like to see Mikey Conway as a wing back. He played his best football for Kildare as a half back before he got injured, he was excellent at distributing the ball into Doyle, Kavanagh and Smith.

So it was a great win today and we put up a good score, but we were like headless chickens against Meath and there was an element of that today, although it was mitigated by the poor opposition. Still loads of work to do before we can begin to challenge the big boys!

I want a decent toad trip on a saturday so we can make a night of it.

More importantly I want Kildare to get a decent test in the next round. Games like yeseterday wont be much use to ye in the final round or the quarters etc. Kildare need a good tight game getting through by about 2 points, let them prove themselves.

Ive the heaphones in my ears in work for rte!

Bad draw for Kildare IMO.
Think they need a good hard game to really see where they are at this stage and niether Limerick or Sligo will give you that.
This could see you in an All Ireland quarter final having beaten 3 poorer teams. The same thing happened to Meath a few years ago and we got a serious hiding off Cork

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Kildare won't be thinking like that!!! Eyes on the prize and all that!!!

Have you seen limerick or Sligo playing?? They are both very good IMO anyways Kildare won't be taking limerick for granted!!!!

Difference is Kildare have a great side of seasoned players I highly doubt they will take anything for granted

Yes I've seen them both play and they're really not as good as they were 2 or 3 years ago.
I know you missed Sligo as you were stuck on the side of the road yesterday but they were awful against Mayo.

My point is not that Kildare will take the games for granted ( I don't think your current squad take anything for granted after previous disappointments) it's that they won't face a team that can put it up to them in the next 2 games and that will stand against them when they meet one of the provincial winners.

Limerick mightn't be as good as they were a couple of years ago but we did get to a quarter-final last year for the first time in our history. But we'll definitely put it up to you, it won't be an easy win for Kildare... if it is, Horan's got to go. We did have a poor league and a poor Munster Championship but we showed flashes of what we were capable of and we finally delivered against Longford. Now we need to deliver on that again.

I reckon it'll be a decent game.

Diego Maradona wrote: »

Kildare v Limerick is in Portlaoise on Saturday at 7.

So much for home advantage!

I know it is close but this is so annoying :mad: Why o why did the recession have to come before we got our promised state of the art venue beside the Lidl warehouse.

Diego Maradona wrote: »

Kildare v Limerick is in Portlaoise on Saturday at 7.

So much for home advantage!

Ah not feckin portlaoise, tis a depressing aul drive down the motorway followed by a good 30 minute hike to the stadium from the country lane you've parked in 3km away.

The team know the pitch very well though on the plus side, and we really should fill the statdium with white.

Would have preferred a traditionally stronger team than Limerick in the draw, but sure we'll take what we can get.

Roll on the weekend!

baztard wrote: »

Whats the craic with Conleths? Last I heard it was up for an international architectural award.

Really? Where did you hear that?

On a non trolling note from baztard

Desperately needs work to be fair but pitch is very good IMO

Flukey wrote: »

Maybe they should have the game in Newbridge, but if there were thousands left standing outside of it due to overcapacity on Sunday, you'd have people in here by Sunday evening and on to Take Your Point and to the Sunday Game and the local Kildare radio stations, asking why it wasn't played in a bigger ground.

You had the Kildare representative on Morning Ireland complaining about it and also saying how there are thousands of fans wanting to see Kildare play. If they really come out in their thousands on Sunday, along with the Limerick fans and neutrals, the phones would be ringing with fury in the Kildare County Board offices next Monday morning complaining about not being able to get in.

There is a small travel issue, but once the ball is thrown in, be it Newbridge, Portlaoise or anywhere else, it's a piece of grass with people all around it and with posts at either end that you have to try to get the ball between and accumulate a greater score than your opponent. If Kildare do that on Sunday, fans coming out won't give a damn where it was played. If they are not happy with Portlaoise, move it to Ballybofey or Ruislip or New York, or maybe the Melbourne Cricket Grounds!

In all honesty, Kildare is a county of 200,000 people and the county board have just spent a huge outlay on a training complex.

Surely having an actual decent ground with a good capacity in the county should have taken precedence?

That's what has happened in Cavan. Breffni upgraded and 3G training pitch built first and now a training and development complex is to be completed.

ColHol wrote: »

Has to say Breffni is one of the best county grounds Ive been in, I'd say you'd have a great view wherever you are and the pitch was in great condition too.

Im happy enough to go to Portlaoise. Apart from the quality of the grounds, the pitch in Portlaoise is bigger which gives more space for our forwards to run into. Plus I believe that you get a goal when you hit the crossbar down there so we might just focus on that

Could not believe my eyes when I saw that on the Sunday Game.