Kildare GAA General Discussion Thread

smelly sock

Hammer Archer wrote: »

So lads, what do you think will happen to your championships with the restrictions likely to be extended in Kildare for another 2 weeks minimum? Will they just void the whole thing?

Yeh might have to do.

Still think though if they had any balls they would void the first round in football and re configure it. Go knock and tell teams they will be playing twice a week until the end. Why not? Why can't they do that?

Hurling could be run off it two weeks.

klairondavis

County championships should be played even if the GAA plough ahead with their inter-county plans. Finish it up in the depths of winter if needs be.

smelly sock

klairondavis wrote: »

County championships should be played even if the GAA plough ahead with their inter-county plans. Finish it up in the depths of winter if needs be.

I'd agree KD but it doesn't need to be played that way. Let's revert proper championship football an hurling here and just go hell for leather. No reason why it can't happen either and there would be buy in too.

klairondavis

Next year would be an ideal time for a restructure. The only reason they brought in this crazy round-robin was they needed more games to fund the revamp of the county grounds. Realistically, that's going to be put on the back burner for at least a few years.

The number of teams in the SFC should be reduced. Sarsfields and Moorefield are way out in front and Celbridge and Athy are best of the rest by a distance. Looking at some of the recent results, it's hard to justify a 16 team SFC. Take Confey for example, league champions not so long ago and now struggling to field a team.

Clubs would be put out by regrading but they would probably be better off in the long run. IFC is always seriously competitive. Expand the number of teams in the JFC. Kerry have a Novice Championship for clubs below the Junior grade. Could be worth looking at for the smaller clubs like Ardclough, Athgarvan, Kildangan.

Hammer Archer

What was the format before this year? Meath went with four groups of four teams. Originally it was meant to be top 2 and bottom 2 in each group going to the quarter finals and relegation playoffs respectively. Due to covid it was changed to just the top and bottom in each group meaning that there are a number of dead rubbers in the final round next weekend. Kildare's format seems quite good in comparison. Though that may be because we were stuck with the ridiculous format of three groups of 6 for years.

Lundstram

Kildare is 4 groups. Top in quarters, 2nd and 3rd play 3rd and 2nd from another group for a shot at quarters. Bottom team into relegation semis.

Hearing they're considering finishing club championships in Kildare after Kildare are knocked out from AI Championship so you be looking at possibly December before it's all wrapped up.

Retired myself this year, glad now that I did. Don't envy lads trying to deal will this.

smelly sock

Lundstram wrote: »

Kildare is 4 groups. Top in quarters, 2nd and 3rd play 3rd and 2nd from another group for a shot at quarters. Bottom team into relegation semis.

Hearing they're considering finishing club championships in Kildare after Kildare are knocked out from AI Championship so you be looking at possibly December before it's all wrapped up.

Retired myself this year, glad now that I did. Don't envy lads trying to deal will this.

Yeh gave it up myself too. Joke stuff. Go knockout and play it off asap. All about getting bums on seats and making a few grand per game. Will lads play inti december like that.

klairondavis

https://twitter.com/KildareGAA/status/1299673281679839232?s=20

smelly sock

Wed 02 Sep
2020 Manguard Plus Minor Football A Championship
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 3, Sarsfields V Naas 19:30, Referee: Henry Barrett
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 2, Clane V Kilcullen 19:45, Referee: Billy O Connell
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Celbridge V St. Laurence's 20:15, Referee: Anthony Herbert
2020 Manguard Plus Minor Football B Championship
Venue: Robertstown, Newtown Gaels V Balyna 19:00, Referee: Colin Kearney
Venue: Oliver Plunkett's, Oliver Plunkett's V Leixlip 19:00, Referee: Eamonn Kelly
Venue: Sallins, Sallins V Aylmer Gaels 19:00, Referee: Matthew Redmond
Venue: Raheens, Raheens V Kilcock 19:00, Referee: P.J. Cummins
Venue: Moorefield, Moorefield V Carbury 19:00, Referee: Niall Colgan
2020 Manguard Plus Minor Football C Championship
Venue: Rathcoffey, St Edwards V Round Towers 19:00, Referee: Michael Malone
Venue: Monasterevan, Fr.Prendegast Gaels V Suncroft GFC 19:00, Referee: Paraic Mc Givern
Venue: Rathangan, Rathangan V Eadestown 19:00, Referee: John Knight
2020 Manguard Plus Minor Football D Championship
Venue: St Kevin's, St Kevin's V Milltown 19:00, Referee: Jack O Connell
Venue: Athgarvan, Athgarvan V St Vincent’s 19:00, Referee: David Coady
Venue: Paddy Martin Memorial Park, Ellistown V Abbey Rangers 19:00, Referee: Michael Meehan

Thu 03 Sep
2020 Manguard Plus Minor Football A Championship
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Maynooth V Athy 20:15, Referee: Billy O Connell
2020 Manguard Plus Minor Football C Championship
Venue: Naas, Naas V O'Tooles 19:00, Referee: Owen Murphy
2020 Manguard Plus Minor Football D Championship
Venue: Celbridge, Celbridge V Confey GAA 19:00, Referee: John Mc Loughlin

Fri 04 Sep
2020 Haven Hire Senior Hurling Championship
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 2, Confey GAA V Clane 19:30, Referee: Conor Daly
Venue: Round Towers, Coill Dubh V Éire Óg Corra Choill 20:00, Referee: Fergus Devereux
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Leixlip V Naas 20:15, Referee: Raymond Kelly
Venue: Kilcock Main Pitch, Ardclough V Celbridge 20:15, Referee: Alan Lagrue
2020 Pittman Traffic Intermediate Football Championship Group C
Venue: Ballyteague, Clogherinkoe V Rathangan 19:30, Referee: Alan Archbold

Sat 05 Sep
2020 Joe Mallon Renault Senior Football Championship Group A
Venue: Newbridge, Castledermot V Monasterevan 14:00, Referee: Henry Barrett
2020 Joe Mallon Renault Senior Football Championship Group B
Venue: Newbridge, Moorefield V Maynooth18:00, Referee: Colin Kearney
2020 Joe Mallon Renault Senior Football Championship Group C
Venue: Newbridge, St. Laurence's GAA V Johnstownbridge 16:00, Referee: Brendan Cawley
2020 Pittman Traffic Intermediate Football Championship Group A
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Kilcullen V Straffan 14:00, Referee: Matthew Redmond
2020 Pittman Traffic Intermediate Football Championship Group B
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Sallins V Two Mile House 16:00, Referee: P.J. Cummins
2020 Pittman Traffic Intermediate Football Championship Group D
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Kilcock V Ellistown 18:00, Referee: Declan Peppard
2020Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group A
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Cappagh V Rheban 12:00, Referee: Jack O Connell

Sun 06 Sep
2020 Joe Mallon Renault Senior Football Championship Group B
Venue: Newbridge, Raheens V Carbury 16:00, Referee: Billy O Connell
2020 Joe Mallon Renault Senior Football Championship Group C
Venue: Newbridge, Sarsfields V Eadestown 18:00, Referee: Kieran Harris
2020 Joe Mallon Renault Senior Football Championship Group D
Venue: Newbridge, Celbridge V Round Towers 14:00, Referee: Liam Herbert
2020 Pittman Traffic Intermediate Football Championship Group A
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Suncroft GFC V Ballyteague 14:00, Referee: Conor Daly
2020 Pittman Traffic Intermediate Football Championship Group D
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Ballymore Eustace V Milltown 16:00, Referee: Niall Colgan
2020Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group B
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Grangenolvin V Robertstown 12:00, Referee: Paraic Mc Givern

Tue 08 Sep
2020 Joe Mallon Renault Senior Football Championship Group A
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Clane V Athy 20:15, Referee: David Coady
2020 Joe Mallon Renault Senior Football Championship Group D
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 2, Naas V Confey GAA 19:30, Referee: Fergus Devereux
2020 Pittman Traffic Intermediate Football Championship Group B
Venue: Moorefield, Allenwood V Nurney 19:30, Referee: Owen Murphy
2020 Pittman Traffic Intermediate Football Championship Group C
Venue: Ballyteague, Leixlip V Rathangan 19:30, Referee: Colin Kearney
Venue: Paddy Martin Memorial Park, Clogherinkoe V St Kevin's 19:30, Referee: Joe Dooley
2020Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group A
Venue: Raheens GAA, Athgarvan V Ardclough 19:30, Referee: Fintan Barrett
Venue: Cappagh, Caragh V Rathcoffey 19:30, Referee: Killian Jones
2020 Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group B
Venue: Kilcullen, Ballykelly V Castlemitchell 19:30, Referee: Anthony Herbert

Wed 09 Sep
2020 Haven Hire Intermediate Hurling Championship
Venue: St Laurence's, St. Laurence's GAA V Maynooth 19:30, Referee: Brendan Cawley
Venue: Naas, Naas V Moorefield 19:30, Referee: Paul Donnelly
2020 Manguard Plus Minor Football A Championship
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 3, Clane V Maynooth 19:30, Referee: Anthony Herbert
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 2, Celbridge V Sarsfields 19:45, Referee: Lee Moore
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Naas V St. Laurence's GAA 20:15, Referee: Ryan Moran
2020 Manguard Plus Minor Football B Championship
Venue: Leixlip, Leixlip V Moorefield 19:00, Referee: Tim O Sullivan
Venue: Carbury, Carbury V Newtown Gaels 19:00, Referee: P.J. Cummins
Venue: Kilcock Main Pitch, Kilcock V Sallins 19:00, Referee: Thomas Smyth
Venue: Balyna, Balyna V Oliver Plunkett's 19:00, Referee: Sham Moran
Venue: Ballyteague, Aylmer Gaels V Raheens 19:00, Referee: Billy O Connell
2020 Manguard Plus Minor Football C Championship
Venue: Castledermot, O'Tooles V St Edwards 19:00, Referee: Stephen Foley
Venue: Round Towers GFC, Round Towers V Rathangan 19:00, Referee: Eoghan Fitzpatrick
Venue: Eadestown, Eadestown V Fr.Prendegast Gaels 19:00, Referee: Paul Donnelly

2020 Manguard Plus Minor Football D Championship
Venue: Confey, Confey GAA V St Kevin's 19:00, Referee: Michael Malone
Venue: Miltown, Milltown V Ellistown 19:00, Referee: Alan Archbold
Venue: Ballykelly, Abbey Rangers V Athgarvan 19:00, Referee: Barry Moore

Thu 10 Sep
2020 Haven Hire Intermediate Hurling Championship
Venue: Leixlip, St.Columbas V Ardclough 19:30, Referee: John Mc Loughlin
2020 Haven Hire Junior Hurling Championship
Venue: EOCC Donore, Éire Óg Corra Choill V Clane 19:00, Referee: Killian Jones
Venue: Sallins, Wolfe Tones V Naas 19:00, Referee: Killian Jones
Venue: Sarsfields GAA Club, Sarsfields V Celbridge 19:30, Referee: David Coady
2020 Manguard Plus Minor Football A Championship
Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Athy V Kilcullen 19:00, Referee: Paul Donnelly
2020 Manguard Plus Minor Football C Championship
Venue: Suncroft GFC, Suncroft GFC V Naas 19:00, Referee: Henry Barrett
2020 Manguard Plus Minor Football D Championship
Venue: Castlemitchell GFC, St Vincent’s V Celbridge 19:00, Referee: John Knight

paulie21

SFC QFs

Sarsfields v Raheens
Moorefield v JTB
Athy v Round Towers
Celbridge v Clane

paulie21

Relegation semi finals

Monasterevin v Confey

Eadestown v Maynooth

IFC Quarter finals:

Allenwood v Leixlip

Clogherinkoe v Two Mile House

Ballyteague v Ballymore Eustace

Kilcock v Suncroft

Relegation semi finals:

Kilcullen v Ellistown

Rathangan v Nurney

La Bamba

Been quiet on this forum lately so its good to see some club talk again!

Predictions:

Some very interesting ties for the quarters and aside from the Sars/Raheens game I could see either team winning the other 3 ties.
However, there can only be one winner:

Sarsfields v Raheens- Sarsfields by 6
Moorefield v JTB - Moorefield by 4
Athy v Round Towers - Athy by 2
Celbridge v Clane - Clane to make the semi final breakthrough with a 2 point win

Outright:
Again, its difficult to anticipate anyone outside of Newbridge winning it outright.
Sars would have to be favourites based upon current form but how many times have Moorefield been written off before they went to the well and proven everyone wrong?

I'll go with Moorefield.

2ndcoming

Results:

Sarsfields 2-14 Raheens 2-6
Moorefield 1-18 JTB 2-9
Athy 0-19 Round Towers 1-6
Celbridge 1-18 Clane 0-7

Fixtures:

Celbridge v Moorefield
Athy v Sarsfields

Hard to call from this point. Player availability and fitness levels will be crucial factors.

smelly sock

2ndcoming wrote: »

Results:

Sarsfields 2-14 Raheens 2-6
Moorefield 1-18 JTB 2-9
Athy 0-19 Round Towers 1-6
Celbridge 1-18 Clane 0-7

Fixtures:

Celbridge v Moorefield
Athy v Sarsfields

Hard to call from this point. Player availability and fitness levels will be crucial factors.

Moorefield got off to a slow start v JTB and they won't get away with that against Celbridge. Masterson will be a big loss for them no doubt. Celbridge weren't tested at all and that my not be the best thing for them either. Moorefield battle hardened at this stage but I'd still expect Celbridge to progress.

Sarsfields and Athy had straight forward wins also. That'll be a really interesting and tight game you'd think. Sarsfields will have the experience of winning Semi Final after Semi Final but the like of Felly Kelly and Hyland are hitting their prime and Foley isn't getting any younger. They will feel that they won't have to many more chances.

2ndcoming

https://boylantalksport.com/2020/09/28/controversy-reigns-in-kildare-football-championship/

Appears the Celbridge contingent have withdrawn from the Kildare set up for this season over irregularities cited above in the semi-final defeat on Saturday.

paulie21

Let them work away

2ndcoming

It's 3 usual starters I guess although probably not much of a season to be missing anyway.

Didn't see either match at the weekend so I've no clue either way, the article doesn't look great on paper but I suppose that's GAA up and down the country.

smelly sock

2ndcoming wrote: »

It's 3 usual starters I guess although probably not much of a season to be missing anyway.

Didn't see either match at the weekend so I've no clue either way, the article doesn't look great on paper but I suppose that's GAA up and down the country.

Blame the ref. That's the go to excuse to remove any responsibilty from themselves.

paulie21

See David Slattery has retired as well. Surprising timing with him and Kelly.

Scoundrel

Absolute scandal some of the frees that were given to Moorefield.

smelly sock

Scoundrel wrote: »

Absolute scandal some of the frees that were given to Moorefield.

Were they frees by the letter of the law?

Moores very quiet this week. They fairly laid into officials last week when Masterson was rightly sent off. When things go their way they are happy out though

largepants

Kildare football in a nutshell.

Lose a game and throw your toys out of the pram.

Terrible attitude and no wonder we are seen as soft.

smelly sock

largepants wrote: »

Kildare football in a nutshell.

Lose a game and throw your toys out of the pram.

Terrible attitude and no wonder we are seen as soft.

Tend to agree.

What I would say is though when reffing decisions went against Moorefield it was accepted for them to throw the toys of the pram and whinge to the local journalists eyc. But now a Northern Kildare team has an issue with a Referee they are maligned. To me thats double standards.

I streamed both games. I didn't think the ref was that bad and Celbridge lost because they didn't play good enough. Sure a lot of decisions went against them but a free is a free.

In the second game Ref was excellent. Athy were brilliant also and didnt let Sarsfields play at all. I think they will win the final.

beertons

They're back at training this evening, according to Tommy Callaghan.

Kevhog1988

beertons wrote: »

They're back at training this evening, according to Tommy Callaghan.

Did you see the response to his tweet with the screenshot of the refs whatsapp group?

smelly sock

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

Did you see the response to his tweet with the screenshot of the refs whatsapp group?

Go on......

beertons

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

Did you see the response to his tweet with the screenshot of the refs whatsapp group?

Don't leave us hanging now kev.

mightyreds

Must be deleted its gone now

klairondavis

Well done Clogherinkoe and Athy.

Hopefully Niall Kelly's injury isn't too bad.

Lundstram

smelly sock wrote: »

Delighted for Athy and the Cloghs. Still beyond me how the ref was let do it after his comment. Did well today to be fair, although it wasn't that difficult a game to do. I'm sure we haven't heard the last of it.

Get over it. This isn't the Premier League. :rolleyes:

He's the best ref in Kildare so that's why he was chosen. Excellent again today.