Kildare GAA General Discussion Thread

klairondavis · 04-02-2013 6:30pm

full_irish wrote: »

klairondavis, I thought we'd all agreed.... sheesh!

'Purely football perspective'

Should be interesting to see how we line out against Cork on Saturday. They ran through us at will last summer and Donegal did the same at stages in the second half at the weekend. We will need another big game from Brian Flanagan and we might see Foley positioned on our own forty to try and block up the space. I could also see either Eoin Doyle or Morgan O'Flaherty coming back into the backs to try and crowd out the space and stop Cork running through us.

The forward line will probably remain the same. Only possible change I can see would be Johnston dropping to the bench for either Eoghan O'Flaherty or Paddy Brophy. I think Smith might have to wait until the Kerry match to make his first appearance.

DARK-KNIGHT · 04-02-2013 10:10pm

Ok I'm gonna leave Johnston talk behind but last word on him overrated there I said it sorry lads..

Now hopefully cork won't turn up fighting back after Dublin game..

Here's to a great adventure in division 1 lads love playing quality teams

DARK-KNIGHT · 05-02-2013 10:56am

Would love to see brophy starting against cork. ^^ignore lads^^

klairondavis · 05-02-2013 11:33am

Reading the interview with Brian Flanagan in the Kildare Nationalist you get the impression that Conway at 6 is going to be persisted with and developed in the weeks and months ahead.

“Mikey pulls the strings there at number six, he tells you where he wants you and how many he wants back, we just listen to him, he is a loud voice on the pitch, you hear him no matter where you are,” said Flanagan.

http://www.kildare-nationalist.ie/2013/02/05/forward-flanagan-happy-to-do-the-back-peddling/

I think they see him as a sort of defensive organiser sort of like the scrum half in rugby. We can expect Flanno and/or Morgan will be played as defensive wing forwards to drop back whenever Bolton, Lyons, McGrillen or Peter Kelly drive forward.

DARK-KNIGHT · 05-02-2013 11:42am

klairondavis wrote: »

Reading the interview with Brian Flanagan in the Kildare Nationalist you get the impression that Conway at 6 is going to be persisted with and developed in the weeks and months ahead.

I think they see him as a sort of defensive organiser sort of like the scrum half in rugby. We can expect Flanno and/or Morgan will be played as defensive wing forwards to drop back whenever Bolton, Lyons, McGrillen or Peter Kelly drive forward.

Yeah mickeys gets way too much criticism. Emmett Bolton told me few months back that he does wonders on the pitch a real orchestrator.

Felexicon · 05-02-2013 11:54am

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Yeah mickeys gets way too much criticism. Emmett Bolton told me few months back that he does wonders on the pitch a real orchestrator.

I have to I've been really impressed by Conway anytime I've seen him play. Can never understand why he gets a hard time off some Kildare supporters.
Best of luck to Kildare in division 1 this year. Great for them and great for Leinster football.

Max Power · 05-02-2013 1:54pm

I'm not a huge fan of Conway. If he is persisted with at CB I can't see us doing anything this year. He is more suited to wing back where himself and Bolton have license to roam. IMO Conway is weak in the tackle and lacks pace. He possesses the best left foot in the country though, no doubt about that.

With Callaghan, Smith, Morgan Flah and Daryl Flynn out, I'd like to see this team for Cork.

Connolly
Lyons
Foley
Kelly
Conway
Flanagan
Bolton
White
Daniel Flynn
Eoghan O'Flaherty
Niall Kelly
McNally
JD
O'Connor
Brophy

That leaves a pretty strong bench with the likes of McGrillen, Rob Kelly and Johnston.

Also, what is the situation with this years captain, Conway was captain for the O'Byrne Cup but Peter Kelly was captain the other night even though JD was starting. I wonder is it going to be changed around for every game?

DARK-KNIGHT · 05-02-2013 3:19pm

Felexicon wrote: »

I have to I've been really impressed by Conway anytime I've seen him play. Can never understand why he gets a hard time off some Kildare supporters.
Best of luck to Kildare in division 1 this year. Great for them and great for Leinster football.

thanks felex.

bad start for meath, hope you get out of division 3 this year. meath are too good a football county to be that far down the pecking order. but change is needed urgently in meath camp i know a guy big into skryne football and he is giving out ****e bout the county setup in meath

DARK-KNIGHT · 05-02-2013 3:21pm

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

I'm not a huge fan of Conway. If he is persisted with at CB I can't see us doing anything this year. He is more suited to wing back where himself and Bolton have license to roam. IMO Conway is weak in the tackle and lacks pace. He possesses the best left foot in the country though, no doubt about that.

With Callaghan, Smith, Morgan Flah and Daryl Flynn out, I'd like to see this team for Cork.

Connolly
Lyons
Foley
Kelly
Conway
Flanagan
Bolton
White
Daniel Flynn
Eoghan O'Flaherty
Niall Kelly
McNally
JD
O'Connor
Brophy

That leaves a pretty strong bench with the likes of McGrillen, Rob Kelly and Johnston.

Also, what is the situation with this years captain, Conway was captain for the O'Byrne Cup but Peter Kelly was captain the other night even though JD was starting. I wonder is it going to be changed around for every game?

i think best player from each previous game should be awarded captaincy and they can wear it like a badge of honor....

CILL DARA ABU

cormac halpin · 05-02-2013 3:28pm

Interesting.

DARK-KNIGHT · 05-02-2013 3:36pm

^^Ignore^^

Pride Fighter · 05-02-2013 3:37pm

Calm down or I'll hand out bans

Mod

DARK-KNIGHT · 05-02-2013 3:45pm

Ok again on topic,,

Do you think we can stop cork running at us like last summer? Think team from last year were lacking confidence this team seems to have grown balls.. Great to see cant wait for the game

Btw I know second half Donegal ran at defence but lads stood firm to get the result so well done

klairondavis · 05-02-2013 7:57pm

Why would you drop McGrillen Fionn?

Max Power · 05-02-2013 8:03pm

Mainly to accommodate Brian Flanagan. I think Flanagan has been very good so far this year and I would like to see him at CB.

McGrillen is a very good defender but he can off days sometimes.

There's going to be some competition for places when the likes of Smith, Callaghan, Morgan O'Flaherty and Flynn return

klairondavis · 05-02-2013 8:22pm

I would like to see more of a traditional stopper at centre back too but I don't think McGeeney is going to change his ways now. The last time Flanagan played at centre back from memory was in 2009. Leper played a few games there in 2010 but he was used in a similar type of role to what we are trying to do with Conway now. Morgan wore the 6 jersey the last two years but he was more of a sweeper with one of the midfielders dropping back to hold the centre. Cork and Meath exposed this tactic badly in Croke Park.

Max Power · 05-02-2013 8:28pm

Indeed, that's why I cannot understand why he is persisting with it.

DARK-KNIGHT · 05-02-2013 10:36pm

Anyone going to cork this weekend?? Bus leaves my locality at 330 back that same night

roy rodgers · 05-02-2013 10:59pm

Bring glen Ryan back to no 6 problem solved.

Won't make the game this weekend but i just hope they don't freeze and get another hammering from cork it would wreak the good thing we have going at the moment.
It will be tight and hopefully we can get one up on them as it would start setting us up nicely for the rest of the league.
We will probably have to win at least 3 games to stay up in division 1 but looking at cork Kerry this week they could be the ones in danger of going down.
Meath would have a field day playing them next year.
So sorry i forgot that they are in division 3 heading for division 4 :-)

Max Power · 05-02-2013 11:02pm

This time last year we were in danger of Division 3 football. We were propping up the table after getting our arses handed to us by Tyrone and Monaghan in the first 2 games. It's a funny old game.

klairondavis · 05-02-2013 11:39pm

There are always some funny results at this time of year. You don't know which team has done a heavy training session the day before and which team is experimenting with new formations and tactics. Even if we were to win well on Saturday night, I doubt anyone would be getting ideas above their station. Football on heavy pitches in early February is a whole world away from the hard sod of Croke Park in high summer.

Felexicon · 06-02-2013 12:18am

roy rodgers wrote: »

Bring glen Ryan back to no 6 problem solved.

Won't make the game this weekend but i just hope they don't freeze and get another hammering from cork it would wreak the good thing we have going at the moment.
It will be tight and hopefully we can get one up on them as it would start setting us up nicely for the rest of the league.
We will probably have to win at least 3 games to stay up in division 1 but looking at cork Kerry this week they could be the ones in danger of going down.
Meath would have a field day playing them next year.
So sorry i forgot that they are in division 3 heading for division 4 :-)

We were a division 3 side when we destroyed you lot in the championship don't forget. You'd do well to keep the smart comments quiet until you beat a decent side in the summer months

DARK-KNIGHT · 06-02-2013 12:47am

Felexicon wrote: »

We were a division 3 side when we destroyed you lot in the championship don't forget. You'd do well to keep the smart comments quiet until you beat a decent side in the summer months

Please don't tar with one brush. One poster made a comment referring to Meath and wasnt fair to be honest but pm him and air your thoughts Kildare thread has become a no arguing thread recently.

Also yes Meath were hammered in clones but they have always been a championship team. Slagging Meath off is low and there's no need for it.

I for one would love to see Meath turn good and win promotion. They are not a division 3 team really.. Just seem to be stuck in a rut..

Kildare last summer in no way did themselves justice the Meath game and cork games were terrible

cormac halpin · 06-02-2013 9:06am

Felexicon wrote: »

We were a division 3 side when we destroyed you lot in the championship don't forget. You'd do well to keep the smart comments quiet until you beat a decent side in the summer months

I wouldnt worry about Meath one bit yet. The mood in the camp seems to be good up there despite that setback last Sunday. Pucks of talent in the that panel, a better range of forwards than some sides in Division 1 and good men at the helm. Promotion would be ideal, but come Championship Meath will still be feared.

largepants · 06-02-2013 9:29am

cormac halpin wrote: »

I wouldnt worry about Meath one bit yet. The mood in the camp seems to be good up there despite that setback last Sunday. Pucks of talent in the that panel, a better range of forwards than some sides in Division 1 and good men at the helm. Promotion would be ideal, but come Championship Meath will still be feared.

This is a Kildare thread.

cormac halpin · 06-02-2013 9:44am

largepants wrote: »

This is a Kildare thread.

I was addressing a previous posters post, this is a discussion forum.

largepants · 06-02-2013 9:47am

A discussion thread on Kildare GAA.

Im not engaging with you anymore because you're only here for one reason.

cormac halpin · 06-02-2013 9:49am

largepants wrote: »

A discussion thread on Kildare GAA.

Im not engaging with you anymore because you're only here for one reason.

I take offense at that accusation. You engaged with me, I did not seek to engage you. Please take back your comment.

full_irish · 06-02-2013 10:38am

cormac halpin wrote: »

I take offense at that accusation. You engaged with me, I did not seek to engage you. Please take back your comment.

Oh would you ever pipe down and get ta' (expletive) with your faux-offence. Lets get this back on topic - I see a 4 point victory for Kildare.

DARK-KNIGHT · 06-02-2013 2:14pm

Cormac to be fair if you were genuine and wanted to discuss a matter sensibly here I and more like me would be open to you posting opinions and discussing gaa related. But the problem that a lot have here is you have proved yourself troublesome here and a windup merchant. I can't blame anyone for being negative towards you tbh, it's well deserved attention that you get.

CILL DARA ABÚ

klairondavis · 07-02-2013 4:07pm

Some interesting exerts from the county budget report:

- Kildare's spending on team preparation is 10% lower than the national average at 45%.
- Fundraising makes up only 6% of the county board's coffers. This compares to the national average of 16%.

That second figure is a poor indictment on the organisation within the county. For such a populous and affluent county with a large following, we should be well above the national average for fundraising.

Max Power · 07-02-2013 9:01pm

klairondavis wrote: »

Some interesting exerts from the county budget report:

- Kildare's spending on team preparation is 10% lower than the national average at 45%.
- Fundraising makes up only 6% of the county board's coffers. This compares to the national average of 16%.

That second figure is a poor indictment on the organisation within the county. For such a populous and affluent county with a large following, we should be well above the national average for fundraising.

Does the first point relate to both footballers and hurlers?

On the second point are we really surprised? We have the second highest population in Leinster yet we are still up to our eyes in debt. Our county grounds are nothing short of a disgrace.

largepants · 08-02-2013 9:27am

What we really need to know is are the KCB doing anything to address your first point. We need a bit of creativity with the CB to drive this.

Ok we're in the midst of a recession but we're still a Gaa mad county. There is no reason why this cannot be tapped into.

DARK-KNIGHT · 08-02-2013 11:01am

largepants wrote: »

What we really need to know is are the KCB doing anything to address your first point. We need a bit of creativity with the CB to drive this.

Ok we're in the midst of a recession but we're still a Gaa mad county. There is no reason why this cannot be tapped into.

agree, kildare are football gaa gaa

DARK-KNIGHT · 08-02-2013 11:04am

jesus someone going to pathetic lengths to wind me up there searching through profile pics to get same pic as mine lol ah its sad really isnt it? just hope people dont associate him with me...

Felexicon · 08-02-2013 7:22pm

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

jesus someone going to pathetic lengths to wind me up there searching through profile pics to get same pic as mine lol ah its sad really isnt it? just hope people dont associate him with me...

Lol
To be fair anytime I see that avatar on this thread I just assume its you and rarely read the name.
Good job Cormac

DARK-KNIGHT · 08-02-2013 9:56pm

Felexicon wrote: »

Lol
To be fair anytime I see that avatar on this thread I just assume its you and rarely read the name.
Good job Cormac

Petty petty way of behaving to be honest. Ah well sure I suppose we all have to worship someone and it just happens to be that cormac worships/stalks me..

Still petty though.

Novella · 09-02-2013 9:32pm

Another great win for Kildare tonight. Niall Kelly is unbelievable. Good substitutions.

bootybouncer · 09-02-2013 9:33pm

Ye are flying Kildare buckos.................deffo moving in the right direction, excellent win over the langers

DARK-KNIGHT · 09-02-2013 9:57pm

Great result lads playing the football we all know they are capable of.. A very very proud Kildare man here tonight

CILL DARA ABÚ

commiserations to cork

roy rodgers · 09-02-2013 11:38pm

Well done kildare. Our status in division 1 is looking good now but still very early days.
The changes in the second half is what won it for them. Kelly brophy and o Connor turned the game in the right direction. Brilliant.

Up the lilies

Tom Joad · 09-02-2013 11:43pm

Cracking result for Kildare especially down in Cork - early days of course but already looking like it could be a very good year..

DARK-KNIGHT · 10-02-2013 1:39am

Tom Joad wrote: »

Cracking result for Kildare especially down in Cork - early days of course but already looking like it could be a very good year..

I have no expectations I just love seeing Kildare playing great football..

So Tom will ye win neighbour battle with Meath??

should be a good game

klairondavis · 10-02-2013 2:52am

Great result all told. Excellent travelling Kildare support as well.

DARK-KNIGHT · 10-02-2013 5:28pm

Kildare kehoe cup winners for first time after beating Meath..

Kildare ladies beat Cavan in league and senior footballers had another great win vs cork in league, fantastic weekend for Kildare gaa

CILL DARA ABÚ

klairondavis · 10-02-2013 5:56pm

Great result for the hurlers. They have done very well considering the interrupted preparation. We're probably a few weeks behind after all the messing over the new year.

DARK-KNIGHT · 10-02-2013 7:48pm

PROUD TO

PROUD TO BE

PROUD TO BE A

LILLY

Felexicon · 10-02-2013 8:05pm

Congratulations on the Kehoe Cup lads.
Always nice to see a new county win the title.

DARK-KNIGHT · 10-02-2013 9:06pm

Felexicon wrote: »

Congratulations on the Kehoe Cup lads.
Always nice to see a new county win the title.

Thanks felex huge achievement for Kildare hurling.

largepants · 11-02-2013 11:41am

Nice win in Cork at the weekend. Dont care how it came its two points in the League.

Fair play to the hurlers too. Great w/e for Kildare Gaa.

I thought our friend might be on this morning congratulating us. Or maybe he has spontaneously combusted.

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