Kildare GAA General Discussion Thread

The Talking Bread

Playing for Maynooth Wednesday (or tuesday) so probably smart choice.

Is he on bench?

The Talking Bread

So. How bad were Kildare for anyone that was up at the match. Was expecting a low scoring game up there, even in or around single digits on the points front for us but 6 points is shocking.
It's impossible to make any sense of a game listening to the awful commentary on KFM so if anyone was up here feedback would be great

1 score from play
No score in 25 minutes at one stage.

You can't even blame Fermanagh's 15 behind the ball "approach" for that. That is dirt.

klairondavis

It was very similar to the Carlow debacle last year. We were completely unable to break down a team who set up in the most negative way possible. To be fair to Carlow at least they kept one man forward! It was a dire football match to watch.

ixus

Ugh Fermanagh. Could never pay to watch them unless i had to for tactics analysis.

Fermanaghs league and champ form
2019
Kildare 8 - 6
Tipp 2-5 a piece
Cork 1-5 to 8 Ferm

Champ 2018
Beat Armagh 12 to 7 having lost to them in Div3 final and drawn in league.
Beat Monaghan.

Hammered by Donegal and KILDARE. Missing 5 or 6 from that day.

2018 League lost by 2 to Westmeath and 2 to Armagh in Final.

They are a horrible team to play against but you have to respect their record. Tough to score against and beat unless you are on top form.

Missing a third of a team from last year reflected.

No doubt it was horrendous and there are learnings but i would pay more attention to performance against Donegal, Tipp, Clare and Meath than this.

klairondavis

StupidLikeAFox

Good to see Peter Kelly back. Would probably swap him with David hyland though - always wondered why hyland never got a run further out the field as he covers a lot of ground and carries the ball well

klairondavis

Some improvement today but get the impression we will need to go up a good few levels to get a result next Sunday. Full forward line are all very dangerous when they get the supply and linked well today. Our half forward line need to improve and we badly miss Paul Cribbin's directness and physicality here. Tommy Moolick put in a good shift around the middle and got the better of the midfield argument along with Feely. The age old achilles heel of this team when a team runs at them evident again although Clare lacked the composure to capitalise when they got through. Donnellan had his best game in a while.

Result today should keep us out of the relegation mire but we'll probably need to in in both Navan and Ballyshannon to go up which would be a tough ask even if we were at full tilt.

klairondavis

Cian O'Donoghue in for Jason Gibbons:

paulie21

Promotion hopes dead in the water after injury time penalty gives Meath 1-9 to 1-8 win. 1 point in 2nd half is scandalous stuff, better off so O Neill can be gone get new manager to better utilise the quality forwards we have

EICVD

paulie21 wrote: »

Promotion hopes dead in the water after injury time penalty gives Meath 1-9 to 1-8 win. 1 point in 2nd half is scandalous stuff, better off so O Neill can be gone get new manager to better utilise the quality forwards we have

If you only score 1 point in a half, I don’t think you have ‘quality forwards’

The Talking Bread

paulie21 wrote: »

Promotion hopes dead in the water after injury time penalty gives Meath 1-9 to 1-8 win. 1 point in 2nd half is scandalous stuff, better off so O Neill can be gone get new manager to better utilise the quality forwards we have

Yeah, O'Neill has to go. He isn't a long term solution so what is the point making him a short term one. He earned his plaudits for the qualifier run but apart from that, he hasn't shown himself to be up for the job.

paulie21

EICVD wrote: »

If you only score 1 point in a half, I don’t think you have ‘quality forwards’

Yeah them Jimmy Hyland and Neil Flynn lads are ****e alright

beertons

Where was plan B though? I was only listening to it, same rigmarole as the first half but playing into a strong wind. Meath got more than a point in the first half, and they playing into the wind.

klairondavis

Poor second half display. Ben McCormack going off in the first half was a big loss. He was causing problems for Meath. The team fell apart when Eoin Doyle went off. We lost our shape completely and lacked quality replacements. Paul Cribbin looked half fit while a few other lads were running on empty by the end. To be fair to Meath I think they deserved it on balance. They created plenty of chances throughout and were very wasteful until the last quarter.

All in all a performance over 70 minutes that sums up our season so far. Kevin Flynn and Chris Healy will inject a bit of pace when they return and obviously a fully fit Paul Cribbin will be a big addition but there's still a brittleness about this group that haunts them.

klairondavis

Mark Hyland in for Mark Dempsey and Chris Healy in for Ben McCormack.

klairondavis

Gas to think we are still in with a shout of going up if we win this game. We've struggled and spluttered our way though the league. If ever there was a day to hit form, it is tomorrow.

Redsoxfan

klairondavis wrote:

Gas to think we are still in with a shout of going up if we win this game. We've struggled and spluttered our way though the league. If ever there was a day to hit form, it is tomorrow.

Are you talking about Donegal or Kildare?

beertons

Result?

klairondavis

A result that sums up our season so far. Not much to write home about.

klairondavis

Daniel Flynn back in the country.

The Talking Bread

klairondavis wrote: »

Daniel Flynn back in the country.

Ha, there was a whassap trend going around "spot Diarmuid Connolly" all last year! Is this going to be our own version!

But seriously, is there any hope he may make a return for Championship?

klairondavis

Naas CBS into the Hogan Cup Final.

klairondavis

klairondavis wrote: »

Naas CBS into the Hogan Cup Final.

Beaten by a point.

The Talking Bread

Good contest, Naas will rue many a chance but it is not easy making such a step up to playing in Croke Park so mistakes/missed chances are par for the course, St Michaels missed a few themselves. 4 points down towards the end and could easily have levelled on numerous occasions in last few minutes.

Better team, although very marginally, won.

klairondavis

Leinster MFC Rd 1:

Kildare 1-16 Wicklow 0-12


Closer game than the final winning margin suggests.

Scoundrel

Great to see the two Kildare championship matches live on TG4 yesterday some great performances from players not being considered for county duty.

klairondavis

Leinster MFC Rd 2:

Louth 0-16 Kildare 1-18

A win against Kilkenny next week will see Kildare into the semi-final.

paulie21

Kildare Team V Wicklow 1.M Donnellan 2 M Dempsey 3 M O Grady 4 D Hyland 5 P Kelly 6 E Doyle 7 K Cribbin 8 K Feely 9 F Conway 10 D Slattery 11 B McCormack 12 E O Flaherty 13 A Tyrell 14 P Brophy 15 J Hyland

klairondavis

paulie21 wrote: »

Kildare Team V Wicklow 1.M Donnellan 2 M Dempsey 3 M O Grady 4 D Hyland 5 P Kelly 6 E Doyle 7 K Cribbin 8 K Feely 9 F Conway 10 D Slattery 11 B McCormack 12 E O Flaherty 13 A Tyrell 14 P Brophy 15 J Hyland

It would be no surprise to see at least two changes to that. Quietest build-up to a championship game I can recall since the pre-Micko era. Can see there being a very small Kildare attendance.

klairondavis

Forgettable is about the politest word I could use to describe this evening.