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After some of the other rantings and ravings about county's poor performances over the summer from pundits/posters on this site, I'm amazed that at this stage, not to mention after their victory over Cork, that there is no rant/venting/out pouring from any Kildare posters after that pathetic display yesterday. keithlemon (Australia) - Posts: 920 - 03/08/2015 08:44:23 1762834 Link 0 |
what a nonsense post! We got hammered, it happens. How did ' Australia' do, I don't recall seeing them in the qualifier draw! The game has changed. The gap between the top 3 and the rest is huge. Hidings have come into the championship there will be so many next year too that this one will be forgotten. It was a very bad day but we made a QF, how did Derry, Down, Roscommon and others positioned above us in the league do. What does this 'take a long hard look at ourselves' mean exactly --then do what, somehow 'become' better footballers? How does that happen? It's a game, a past time. Players give up their time and put serious effort in. Sometimes they win and sometimes they lose. This need to 'investigate what happened' is knee jerk over reaction. This isn't the premiership! switec (Kildare) - Posts: 525 - 03/08/2015 09:29:43 1762847 Link 0 |
The GAA if they want to persist with qualifiers have to ensure teams go into games with an equal amount of preparation/ time.. Kerry had two weeks to prepare and Kildare had one week. Likewise Cork last week had only a week to prepare after losing the Munster final. crikey (Australia) - Posts: 355 - 03/08/2015 10:37:38 1762903 Link 0 |
switec - all you did there was deflect away from the points I'm making. What do the other counties you mention or Australia have to do with the state that Kildare find themselves in? Yes there's a gap building between some of the top counties and the rest but that's not stopping other counties from putting it up to them. If Kerry/Mayo/Dublin got trounced the way Kildare did, there would be uproar about it, so why shouldn't Kildare get a bit of flack? Judging by your response, in particular 'hidings happen', I think its safe to assume you're one of the shrug your shoulders and just accept it crowd. keithlemon (Australia) - Posts: 920 - 03/08/2015 10:44:20 1762904 Link 0 |
keithlemon switec (Kildare) - Posts: 525 - 03/08/2015 10:57:17 1762912 Link 0 |
cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1664 - 03/08/2015 11:50:16 1762970 Link 0 |
Maybe I'm just very different to how I'd take a defeat by 20+ points to yourself, I just find it incredibly surprising that Kildare posters seem to accept this fate so readily. keithlemon (Australia) - Posts: 920 - 03/08/2015 11:54:00 1762973 Link 0 |
"I just find it incredibly surprising that Kildare posters seem to accept this fate so readily." switec (Kildare) - Posts: 525 - 03/08/2015 12:03:38 1762983 Link 0 |
The qualifier system is unfair on any team who are expectated to field within 7 days. That's no excuse for what happend yesterday but it does explain it though. daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 03/08/2015 12:16:37 1762991 Link 0 |
Keithlemon. What exactly to you expect the kildare fans to do....? Spend the last day getting the knife good and deep into the players backs after they dedicated the last 9 months of their lives to the cause, and are fully willing to do the same again in a few months time? CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1639 - 03/08/2015 12:57:35 1763035 Link 0 |
The FA cup in britain contains all teams from all lower divisions. It is the same as the GAA all ireland series in that regard. To expect division 2 and 3 teams, never mind division 4 teams to get to the final, and win it is walter mitty stuff. Kildare are division 2, will be division 3 next year. They had a bad year, and there is little or no consolation that you can give them. I would say that they can improve, but I dont think too many will be thinking about next year at the moment. Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 03/08/2015 13:20:02 1763051 Link 0 |
CastleBravo - I would first expect them to get angry at least. I'm surprised that they're not. Instead there is an acceptance that yesterdays performance is good enough for them. Yes, I know, anger doesn't achieve anything but the first thing you got to do when you see something like that happen is get mad. keithlemon (Australia) - Posts: 920 - 03/08/2015 15:20:07 1763143 Link 0 |
There is no rant because the defeat was so comprehensive there is nothing to say. Believe me Kildare supporters do care about their football and their county team, but I think we are all ranted out at this stage, It has all been said before with our two consecutive relegations, some of our poor performances in the league and the hammering to Dublin, credit to the lads on a couple of terrific performances otherwise. Well done Kerry on a terrific display, the difference in class was numbing, Kildare would have had to set up like Donegal or Tyrone to have a chance, we didn't and haven't done so, I think a change of management is required to implement that, Its not the game that I as a supporter like to see, but if teams like Kildare wish to compete in the modern era we will have to accept that NorthKildare (Kildare) - Posts: 197 - 03/08/2015 15:26:27 1763151 Link 0 |
I'm not the only one who thinks this, Eugene McGee puts it better than I do: keithlemon (Australia) - Posts: 920 - 03/08/2015 16:38:08 1763191 Link 0 |
keith, give over will ya. We lost a game of football, nobody died. We're all in work today and we'll all be having a few pints on Friday night--- and we'll all be back for the obyrne cup in January--that's the way of it last I checked. switec (Kildare) - Posts: 525 - 03/08/2015 16:57:51 1763207 Link 0 |
Listen jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20587 - 03/08/2015 17:21:25 1763224 Link 0 |
This is what comes to mind when I think of the ranting the likes of ye want to see CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1639 - 03/08/2015 18:06:40 1763257 Link 0 |
I think most fans are too embarrassed and shell shocked at moment to even rant ! JJ1 (Kildare) - Posts: 547 - 03/08/2015 18:43:04 1763274 Link 0 |
The O.P is dead right. It is not acceptable to concede 7 goals in 35 minutes. You don't need to be Gooch Cooper or Diarmuid Connolly to be able to put a hand in and tackle players. Kildare had no black cards or booking yesterday. Our midfielders stood back and admired David Moran. Our backs jogged alongside Kerry forwards as if they were filming them. We played with one forward, yet there was acres of space for Kerry to run through. When we had the ball we hand passed it aimlessly and were embarrassing to watch. The players were not prepared for championship football. I know they were tired from last week but that is no excuse for a complete surrender. Make no mistake, what happened yesterday has completely destroyed Kildare football and it will take years to recover. How are we supposed to get young lads to commit when all they have to look forward to is division 3 football and a hammering in the championship? If we can't get some sort of coaching structure in place for next year, I would rather the county board pull out of the SFC and put the money into hurling and underage football rather than having the embarrassment of another summer like this one. Daith (Kildare) - Posts: 1171 - 03/08/2015 19:03:08 1763288 Link 0 |
Not the time to put the boot in , so I wont , Fairplay to the lads and lasses that STAYED behind and caught the second game , they were in upper tier of Cusack that took courage . Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 03/08/2015 19:08:36 1763293 Link 0 |