Kildare GAA General Discussion Thread

Redsoxfan · 14-01-2015 8:24pm

Anyone know if Jack Cooney is managing Celbridge this year?

klairondavis · 14-01-2015 9:01pm

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Anyone know if Jack Cooney is managing Celbridge this year?

He is

paulie21 · 16-01-2015 10:09pm

Team to play DIT

Tom Corley
Ollie Lyons
Peter Kelly
Mick O'Grady
Eoin Doyle
Kevin Murnaghan
Colin O'Shea
Gary White
Hugh Lynch
Gavin Farrell
Eoghan O'Flaherty
Eamonn Murphy
Seamus Hanafin
Padraig Fogarty
Fionn Dowling

Nib · 16-01-2015 11:19pm

That's a ridiculously strong full back line, looks mean.

Great to see the likes of Hanafin, Farrell and Murphy getting lots of game time. O'Shea at wing back could be an option for the Summer, he's a very tidy player.

klairondavis · 17-01-2015 12:23pm

Good to see Ollie back. Such an important player for Kildare. Interesting to note that 7 of that team by my count have played with the Kildare juniors at some stage.

klairondavis · 17-01-2015 3:54pm

The Kildare team to play Maynooth University in the Kehoe Cup:

1. Paul Dermody – Éire Óg Corrachoill
2. John Doran - Leixlip
3. Mark Grace - Coill Dubh
4. Conor Gordan - Coill Dubh
5. Gary Johnston – Éire Óg Corrachoill
6. Mark Moloney - Celbridge
7. Éanna O'Neill - Coill Dubh
8. Dinny Stapleton - Sean Treacys
9. Kevin Whelan - Naas
10. Bernard Deay - Clane
11. Mark Delaney - Coill Dubh
12. Willie Greene - Moneygall
13. Sean Gainey - Naas
14. Johnny Byrne - Coill Dubh
15. Richie Whelan – St.Laurences

Subs:
16. AN Other
17. Martin Fitzgerald - Ardclough
18. Niall Ó Muineacháin - Celbridge
19. Fiachra Ó Muineacháin - Celbridge
20. Gerry Keegan - Celbridge
21. Leo Quinn - Celbridge
22. Paul Divilly - Confey
23. Evan Dempsey – Éire Óg Corrachoill
24. Ryan Casey - Coill Dubh
25. Niall Kenny - Celbridge

klairondavis · 17-01-2015 7:24pm

Kildare u21 v Galway:

1. Colin Heaney – Celbridge
2. David Duke – Kilcock
3. Shane O’Hagan – Kill
4. Paul Mescal – Maynooth
5. Brian Byrne – Naas
6. Niall Fleming – Round Towers
7. Ryan Houlihan – Moorefield
8. Conor Leavy – Round Towers
9. Liam Power – Raheens
10. Chris Fenner – St Laurence’s
11. Shane O’Flynn – Celbridge
12. Ronan Fitzgibbon – Sarsfields
13. Chris Canning – Maynooth
14. Cian McMonagle – Clogherinkoe
15. Shane O’Rourke – Kilcock

Subs:
16. Craig Shannon – Rathangan
17. Liam Healy – Moorefield
18. Tommy O’Connell – Rathangan
19. David Fitzpatrick – Raheens
20. Eoin Cummins – Eadestown
21. David Hyland – Athy
22. Niall Kelly – Athy
23. Neil Flynn – Maynooth
24. Chris Healy – Two Mile House

paulie21 · 17-01-2015 7:53pm

That's a strong panel the under 21s have this year. Hopefully can make a push through this year

klairondavis · 17-01-2015 8:03pm

Getting a bit of a doing in the first half. 1-9 to 0-3.

klairondavis · 17-01-2015 9:31pm

Finished 1-16 to 1-10.

Nib · 17-01-2015 9:54pm

paulie21 wrote: »

That's a strong panel the under 21s have this year. Hopefully can make a push through this year

I'm sorry but I have to disagree. That's a very weak looking squad of players.

Has Chris Fenner played for Larries in the championship at all?

paulie21 · 18-01-2015 1:21pm

Nib wrote: »

I'm sorry but I have to disagree. That's a very weak looking squad of players.

Has Chris Fenner played for Larries in the championship at all?

Yep in 2013 done his cruciate that year so probably only getting back right now.

klairondavis · 18-01-2015 1:32pm

u21 panel will be trimmed in the next few weeks. They have been carrying a big panel up until now but have had a good few lads missing with college commitments in the O'Byrne Cup. We will see more of a settled team emerging in the next six weeks or so before the Leinster Championship starts. There are a few names I have seen featuring in the last three weekends who will struggle to cut it at county level.

klairondavis · 18-01-2015 4:34pm

Kehoe Cup
Kildare 0-22 NUI Maynooth 0-14

O'Byrne Cup
Kildare 2-15 DIT 0-9

O’Flaherty (1-4, 1f), Fogarty (0-4), Hanafin (1-0), Dowling (0-2, 1f), Murphy (0-2, 1 45), White (0-1), Lynch (0-1), Farrell (0-1)

paulie21 · 18-01-2015 8:12pm

Didn't get to the game today. Listened on the radio. Commentator said Fogarty scored a point from 60 yards with the outside of his boot. Impressive if true

klairondavis · 18-01-2015 8:50pm

We kicked some great points in that first half albeit with a strong breeze behind us. Fogarty and Lynch's efforts were out of the top drawer.

Dublin next Saturday which is great preparation for the Down and Meath league fixtures.

klairondavis · 20-01-2015 9:41pm

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/ryan-hails-brogan-role-in-getting-lilies-ready-for-dubs-30920889.html

I heard Keith Cribbin will be involved at the weekend. Paul Cribbin, Emmet Bolton and Fergal Conway also on the mend.

Nib · 21-01-2015 12:07am

David Young will hurl for Kildare in 2015. He played in Tipperary's All-Ireland win against Kilkenny in 2010. Nice coup for the hurlers.

westsidestory · 21-01-2015 4:55pm

Is Jack O'Connor's son Eanna involved with the Kildare set-up this year?

How is he rated?

klairondavis · 21-01-2015 6:01pm

He was invited to play in the trial games back in October but he couldn't play due to Moorefield's involvement in the Leinster Championship. Unknown whether he was offered a call up for the O'Byrne Cup and refused or whether Ryan just decided to stick with what he had on the panel already.

He'd hold his own at county level going on his club championship form where he finished as top scorer.

klairondavis · 23-01-2015 10:35pm

Kildare team (v Dublin 25/1/15)

1 Mark Donnellan (Maynooth)
2 Ollie Lyons (Celbridge)
3 Ciaran Fitzpatrick (Kilcock)
4 Mick O'Grady (Celbridge)
5 Eoin Doyle (Naas)
6 Daryl O'Brien (Carbury)
7 Peter Kelly (Two Mile House)
8 Hugh Lynch (Confey)
9 Pádraig O'Neill (St Laurence's)
10 Éamonn Callaghan (Naas)
11 Eoghan O'Flaherty (Carbury)
12 Kevin Murnaghan (Moorefield)
13 Fionn Dowling (Suncroft)
14 Tomás O'Connor (Clane)
15 Darroch Mulhall (Athy)

A team picked with the Down and Meath matches in mind by the looks of things. I would have liked to see how Fogarty would have got on up against O'Carroll.

Nib · 23-01-2015 11:04pm

O'Carroll has had O'Connor's number for a few years now, I would have liked to have seen Fogarty in there too. Daryl O'Brien will be given his first real test at centre-back, it'll be interesting to see how he gets on.

Not at all convinced of having Peter Kelly playing anywhere but in the full-back line.

Looking forward to this game, should be a good atmosphere in a packed St Conleth's.

klairondavis · 23-01-2015 11:19pm

I would expect Kelly to mark Eoghan O'Gara wherever he lines out for them. All three of the full back line named would be equally as comfortable out in the half backs.

It's about as strong a team as we can name with Moolick, Bolton, Smith, McNally, Fergal Conway, the Cribbins and hopefully Dan Flynn to come back in to contention. I guess Niall Kelly and David Hyland will be used sparingly until their Sigerson and u21 commitments are over.

klairondavis · 24-01-2015 3:31pm

Kildare SH team (v Wicklow, 25/1/15, Hawkfield 12:30)

1. Paul Dermody (Éire Óg Corrachoill))
2. John Doran (Leixlip)
3. Fiachra Ó Muineacháin (Celbridge)
4. Conor Gordon (Coill Dubh)
5. Kevin Whelan (Naas)
6. Mark Grace (Coill Dubh)
7. Niall Ó Muineacháin (Celbridge)
8. Éanna O'Neill (Coill Dubh)
9. Mark Moloney (Celbridge)
10. Mark Delaney (Coill Dubh)
11. Leo Quinn (Celbridge)
12. Bernard Deay (Clane)
13. Evan Dempsey (Éire Óg Corrachoill)
14. Johnny Byrne (Coill Dubh)
15. Ryan Casey (Coill Dubh)

klairondavis · 25-01-2015 7:10pm

Kehoe Cup

Wicklow 1-17 Kildare 1-16

O'Byrne Cup

Dublin 0-24 Kildare 0-19 (AET)

Mulhall (0-7, 7fs), Callaghan (0-3), Fogarty (0-3), Murphy (0-2, 2fs), O’Neill (0-2), Dowling (0-1), White (0-1).

Disappointing to lose out after a good second half display but great preparation for the two important league fixtures coming up.

homeofhurling · 25-01-2015 9:53pm

Dubs for the clean sweep in leinster me thinks.

Stoner · 25-01-2015 11:36pm

klairondavis wrote: »

Disappointing to lose out after a good second half display but great preparation for the two important league fixtures coming up.

didn't make this one but it sounded great for this stage of the season. I think both sides will be happy to have played as many competitive games as possible at this time of year and both teams got that out of today.

klairondavis · 26-01-2015 7:43pm

Kildare start their Division 2 league campaign at home to Down next Sunday before a trip to Navan to face Meath the following Saturday night. Ryan offered the latest update on their injury situation.

“Peter (Kelly), please God will be okay. Eoghan O’Flaherty we decided not to play him. He might have been able to play, but just to make sure things were okay for him for next week we left him out. Niall Kelly (UCD) and David Hyland (Maynooth) will be back and available for selection so after that we are pretty good."

“Paul Cribben, Cathal McNally, Alan Smith, Michael Conway, Fergal Conway, they are all there or thereabouts. They probably won’t be available for next week, but hopefully for the Meath game we’ll have another batch of guys available."

If we have a full deck from March onwards we should finish the league strongly. Very important to get a result next Sunday against Down with only three home games. Defeat and a very tricky match in Navan the Saturday after could leave us out of contention after only two matches.

klairondavis · 30-01-2015 6:36pm

http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2015-01-30/daniel-flynn-to-stay-in-ireland

roy rodgers · 30-01-2015 6:51pm

klairondavis wrote: »

http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2015-01-30/daniel-flynn-to-stay-in-ireland

I wouldn't like to get a thump from him

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