Kildare GAA General Discussion Thread

keane2097 · 15-11-2012 8:34pm

Rob Kelly is good enough to play MF for Kildare IMO. He was very effective as a third midfielder in 2011.

klairondavis · 15-11-2012 9:13pm

keane2097 wrote: »

Rob Kelly is good enough to play MF for Kildare IMO. He was very effective as a third midfielder in 2011.

I think he lacks the physicality for midfield. He's fine against some of the weaker teams in Leinster and in the backdoor but not against the better counties. His best performances for Kildare have probably come as a full-forward. I remember him kicking some great scores off both feet in a league match against Meath in Newbridge a few years ago.

It's a pity if Chalky isn't available for Kildare next year. I think he would be ideal as a midfield partner for Daryl Flynn. He has been superb there for Sarsfields but anytime he gets a run for Kildare it's at wing back where he can be exposed for pace.

qwerty93 · 15-11-2012 10:44pm

Anyone aware of any call ups or retirees for the panel lads? Iv heard Cathal MCNalley was called up but am unaware of anyone else,would be surprised to see us stay in division 1 but saying that i was surprised we won division 2 after the monaghan and tyrone games!

DARK-KNIGHT · 15-11-2012 10:52pm

Would it not make sense to play rob kelly full forward and play O'Connor midfield??

Jesus geezer wrecks my head playing O'Connor forward when he is a midfielder and quite a good one too to be honest!!!

Chalky is in flying form right now shame if he won't be available next summer!!

Might see geezer trying diff tactics this year as we are getting stale inject some youth maybe etc?

klairondavis · 15-11-2012 11:15pm

qwerty93 wrote: »

Anyone aware of any call ups or retirees for the panel lads? Iv heard Cathal MCNalley was called up but am unaware of anyone else,would be surprised to see us stay in division 1 but saying that i was surprised we won division 2 after the monaghan and tyrone games!

McNally, Conor Mellett and James Eaton have been called up according to the Nationalist a few weeks ago.

There might be someone from Carbury that has been called up since then given that they were still involved in the County Championship at that time. No doubt there will be one or two from Sarsfields (Tiernan, Cahill and Campbell perhaps?) who will be given a trial once their club season is over.

The numbers on the panel are to be cut due to the financial situation so how many of these lads are kept on for the league remains to be seen. There's a few lads who were there last year who won't be back according to those in the know - Paddy Dunne, Dessie Lawlor, Tommy O'Neill. I'd expect there will be a few more lads added to that list before February.

qwerty93 · 17-11-2012 2:01am

http://www.leinsterleader.ie/sport/gaelic-games/carew-new-waterford-manager-1-4496530#.UKbbDA8ZaK4.facebook Carew being named as Waterford manager? Theres something I didnt see coming, best of luck to him anyway and its great to see so many Kildare men managing outside the county! hopefully we will se the likes of himself Glenn Ryan and Rainbow in the Kildare set up again in due course:)

Deise Tom · 17-11-2012 9:04pm

qwerty93 wrote: »

http://www.leinsterleader.ie/sport/gaelic-games/carew-new-waterford-manager-1-4496530#.UKbbDA8ZaK4.facebook Carew being named as Waterford manager? Theres something I didnt see coming, best of luck to him anyway and its great to see so many Kildare men managing outside the county! hopefully we will se the likes of himself Glenn Ryan and Rainbow in the Kildare set up again in due course:)

What can we expect to see from him. He comes across from bits I have read that he is highlt thought of in Kildare.

Prop Joe · 01-12-2012 8:49pm

Kildare county board spent over 1.2m on football team (minor,u-21,junior & Senior) expenses over the last 2 years...They announced the hurling board have 75k for next year to prepare minor,u21 & senior teams.

Not doing much to promote hurling then :rolleyes:

Wouldnt mind but they have a decent side at Ring level

Clareman · 01-12-2012 9:09pm

Prop Joe wrote: »

Kildare county board spent over 1.2m on football team (minor,u-21,junior & Senior) expenses over the last 2 years...They announced the hurling board have 75k for next year to prepare minor,u21 & senior teams.

Not doing much to promote hurling then :rolleyes:

Wouldnt mind but they have a decent side at Ring level

I merged this post with the main Kildare thread.

DARK-KNIGHT · 02-12-2012 11:45am

Prop Joe wrote: »

Kildare county board spent over 1.2m on football team (minor,u-21,junior & Senior) expenses over the last 2 years...They announced the hurling board have 75k for next year to prepare minor,u21 & senior teams.

Not doing much to promote hurling then :rolleyes:

Wouldnt mind but they have a decent side at Ring level

There's actually quite a few handy hurlers in the county but its an awful shame the CB don't prioritise hurling more.

Tristram · 02-12-2012 11:48am

Seems like there are a handful of clubs in Kildare doing good work in hurling at underage but outside of that not much happening.

klairondavis · 02-12-2012 12:26pm

Tristram wrote: »

Seems like there are a handful of clubs in Kildare doing good work in hurling at underage but outside of that not much happening.

The likes of Naas, Celbridge and Confey are doing great work to promote hurling but the county board are hopeless. Celbridge won an u21 football semi-final against Athy yesterday and the county board expect many of the same players to line out again today for the u21 hurlers in their semi-final against Coill Dubh. Crazy scheduling.

bruschi · 02-12-2012 2:52pm

Prop Joe wrote: »

Kildare county board spent over 1.2m on football team (minor,u-21,junior & Senior) expenses over the last 2 years...They announced the hurling board have 75k for next year to prepare minor,u21 & senior teams.

Not doing much to promote hurling then :rolleyes:

Wouldnt mind but they have a decent side at Ring level

and yet the GAA find it necessary to hand over a crap load of money as a "loan".

cat in the sack · 02-12-2012 10:00pm

good win for monstervin today with ex offaly footballer pascal Kelleghlan over them has a good record over teams

DARK-KNIGHT · 04-12-2012 7:01pm

Oisín McConville linked to replace Carew!!!

Thoughts from fellow lillies??

Tom Joad · 04-12-2012 9:43pm

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Oisín McConville linked to replace Carew!!!

Thoughts from fellow lillies??

Not a lily but he would be a phenomenal addition to any county set-up - I've heard stories about him spending hours after training with young lads in Cross and Armagh working on their game so if he brought that dedication to Kildare that could only be a good thing..

DARK-KNIGHT · 05-12-2012 2:18am

Tom Joad wrote: »

Not a lily but he would be a phenomenal addition to any county set-up - I've heard stories about him spending hours after training with young lads in Cross and Armagh working on their game so if he brought that dedication to Kildare that could only be a good thing..

Yeah an awesome player and a true gaa man so much time for the game etc!!

Very excited reading he could be involved

Larries_Lad · 19-12-2012 6:51pm

Anyone have any update on that Celbridge hurler Conor Kenny who put in a transfer to move to a Tipperary club? Has it gone through?

klairondavis · 19-12-2012 6:58pm

Larries_Lad wrote: »

Anyone have any update on that Celbridge hurler Conor Kenny who put in a transfer to move to a Tipperary club? Has it gone through?

Cormac O'Malley ‏@cormacpro
Big news for Kildare Hurling in tomorrow's Liffey Champion. And it's not good news either. #gaa

Big loss for Celbridge. Quality hurler and a very good footballer too as he showed in the u21 final recently.

klairondavis · 20-12-2012 7:19pm

JD to give it another year according to the great man himself on KFM.

DARK-KNIGHT · 21-12-2012 2:03am

klairondavis wrote: »

JD to give it another year according to the great man himself on KFM.

thought he would run out at least this year..

he wasnt gonna leave without his big hurrah.. absolute genius footballer has been a pleasure seeing him give it all for us over the years.. thank you jd forever a lily legend

keane2097 · 21-12-2012 12:17pm

Delighted to hear JD is playing on, such a superb footballer.

premierstone · 21-12-2012 12:28pm

Larries_Lad wrote: »

Anyone have any update on that Celbridge hurler Conor Kenny who put in a transfer to move to a Tipperary club? Has it gone through?

Gone through as far as I know, he has transfered to Borrisleigh, the club where he's family are originally from, he is a grand nephew of the great Sean Kenny who won a number of All Irelands withe Tipp.

Davin Stand · 21-12-2012 5:35pm

Sean Kenny and Paddy Kenny were both on the Tipperary 3 in a row team from 1949 to 51. From what I have heard over the years Paddy was the better of the two and an exceptional forward. Young Conor won't be playing too much football with Borrisileigh, but he is reputed to be a handy footballer and might have better prospects of playing for Tipp in the big ball code. Still don't feel that this transfer is right. IMO he should have stayed playing with Kildare.

premierstone · 21-12-2012 6:10pm

Davin Stand wrote: »

Sean Kenny and Paddy Kenny were both on the Tipperary 3 in a row team from 1949 to 51. From what I have heard over the years Paddy was the better of the two and an exceptional forward. Young Conor won't be playing too much football with Borrisileigh, but he is reputed to be a handy footballer and might have better prospects of playing for Tipp in the big ball code. Still don't feel that this transfer is right. IMO he should have stayed playing with Kildare.

To be fair to the guy he is moving to Borris permanently and he's dad won an AI Club title with Borris, its not just a glory hunting transfer.

klairondavis · 23-12-2012 12:19pm

Willie Sunderland stepped down last night. A very bad week for Kildare hurling.

Larries_Lad · 24-12-2012 1:47am

Davin Stand wrote: »

Young Conor won't be playing too much football with Borrisileigh, but he is reputed to be a handy footballer and might have better prospects of playing for Tipp in the big ball code. Still don't feel that this transfer is right. IMO he should have stayed playing with Kildare.

Very average footballer, no where near county standard. I agree he should have stayed playing for Kildare. U21 All Ireland finalists, League winners with the senior team, Kildare hurling was on the up. Now things look very bad, county board are doing no favours for the hurlers, 2 players standing down and the management now also gone.

feargale · 01-01-2013 3:14am

Can anybody tell me : Did any Kildare hurler get inter-provincial recognition before the great era of 1962-1976? I think a goal-keeper in the thirties may have been a sub, not sure. Does anybody know?

largepants · 01-01-2013 11:35am

feargale wrote: »

Can anybody tell me : Did any Kildare hurler get inter-provincial recognition before the great era of 1962-1976? I think a goal-keeper in the thirties may have been a sub, not sure. Does anybody know?

I would imagine Pat Dunny did. He was quite a good hurler Im told.

Edit: Sorry only noticed the year now.

klairondavis · 03-01-2013 12:10pm

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/breen-joy-as-great-prospect-reynolds-seals-leitrim-switch-from-lilywhites-3341523.html

I presume he will continue playing for Athy?

DARK-KNIGHT · 03-01-2013 12:39pm

klairondavis wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/breen-joy-as-great-prospect-reynolds-seals-leitrim-switch-from-lilywhites-3341523.html

I presume he will continue playing for Athy?

Jesus that's a big blow for us.

Best of luck to him though..

Is he going to remain living in kildare? Would be a hard slog travelling to Leitrim for training etc. maybe Leitrim would be happy for him to train with club though??

klairondavis · 03-01-2013 12:42pm

He is in college in Carlow so I assume he will remain an Athy player.

DARK-KNIGHT · 03-01-2013 1:01pm

klairondavis wrote: »

He is in college in Carlow so I assume he will remain an Athy player.

Ah good athy have been losing players to emigration etc glad to hear he might remain to help athys cause

largepants · 03-01-2013 4:12pm

Kavanagh gonna be a loss too. Could do with unearthing a forward or two.

Felexicon · 03-01-2013 4:17pm

largepants wrote: »

Kavanagh gonna be a loss too. Could do with unearthing a forward or two.

Did James Kavanagh retire from inter county football?
Ahuge loss for Kildare if he has although as a Meath man I wouldn't be devistated

largepants · 03-01-2013 4:26pm

Felexicon wrote: »

Did James Kavanagh retire from inter county football?
Ahuge loss for Kildare if he has although as a Meath man I wouldn't be devistated

Not involved next year unless he changes his mind.

Possibly will not see him playing intercounty with Kildare again.

klairondavis · 03-01-2013 4:28pm

It has been on the cards for a while. He married a girl from Galway last year and they are building a house out there. I would not be surprised to see him back involved at some stage. At least it means that we should see some more of Dowling and/or Fogarty.

cormac halpin · 03-01-2013 4:49pm

It has been rumoured elsewhere on the internet that James will be considering joining the Tribesmen. I suppose if he's living up there, then it's fair enough.

bootybouncer · 03-01-2013 5:38pm

largepants wrote: »

Not involved next year unless he changes his mind.

Possibly will not see him playing intercounty with Kildare again.

whys he calling it a day..........handy job being a garda etc, and relatively young

DARK-KNIGHT · 03-01-2013 6:24pm

cormac halpin wrote: »

It has been rumoured elsewhere on the internet that James will be considering joining the Tribesmen. I suppose if he's living up there, then it's fair enough.

Really cormac?? Where did you read that?

Sad to see kavanagh go as he is a fabulously gifted footballer..

Wish him all the best no matter what he does or where he goes

DARK-KNIGHT · 03-01-2013 6:29pm

I reckon IF he wants to play for Galway he is going to be a massive player for them..

roy rodgers · 03-01-2013 9:18pm

Gary white wouldn't be joining the kildare team either this year. Big player big loss.

kencoo · 04-01-2013 12:00am

At least Johnny is sticking around for another season.

Max Power · 04-01-2013 12:05am

Sad to see Kavanagh go. Class act on his day, I will always remember his goal v Meath in 2010. Himself and Kieran McGeeney were not best buddies by all accounts.

DARK-KNIGHT · 04-01-2013 12:44am

so will we see a very different kildare side this year?? o`connor to midfield has to be a good move get our lads playing their club positions as best we can..

seanie johnston will have a big role to play i reckon now with kavanagh gone as can see forwards being reshuffled

will ryans influence open geezers eyes to change?? i really hope so...

cant wait to see how this unfolds..

Felexicon · 04-01-2013 2:44am

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

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seanie johnston

Hurling.....Transfer......Loyalty.............House..........Work..........Cavan.......Big Games..........Handy Frees........Disgrace.........Training..........Val...........McGeenny

There we go that's the jist of last years thread on this matter, hopefully it's put to bed now

DARK-KNIGHT · 04-01-2013 2:54am

Felexicon wrote: »

Hurling.....Transfer......Loyalty.............House..........Work..........Cavan.......Big Games..........Handy Frees........Disgrace.........Training..........Val...........McGeenny

There we go that's the jist of last years thread on this matter, hopefully it's put to bed now

I'm confused. I only mentioned Johnston will have a role to play?

I take it your just putting all discussion of Johnston down so it doesn't start again?? Lol

klairondavis · 04-01-2013 3:08am

Johnston would want to be an awful lot better than he showed in the club championship if he's to be anywhere near the Kildare team. I think he's behind a number of players in contention for a starting place in the forwards even with Kavanagh's departure.

DARK-KNIGHT · 04-01-2013 3:11am

klairondavis wrote: »

Johnston would want to be an awful lot better than he showed in the club championship if he's to be anywhere near the Kildare team. I think he's behind a number of players in contention for a starting place in the forwards even with Kavanagh's departure.

Honestly seen none of Johnston in club championship, was he poor klairon?? Are you of the opinion seanie might be wasting his time in Kildare camp??

klairondavis · 04-01-2013 3:22am

I watched him twice and he did not stand out. He was very poor against Sarsfields in particular. Maybe he was better in the relegation playoffs and during the league but he'd want to have been.

Is he wasting his time? I don't know. It's up to him and whether he's really committed to Kildare or whether he's just in it for himself. There's no doubt he has talent but it remains to be seen if he can put it all together for Kildare. Karl O'Dwyer gave great service to Kildare football after a ropey enough start. I'm unconvinced that Johnston can do the same.

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