Brian Flanagan expressed disappointment at the timing of the criticism levelled at him and his management by delegates at a recent county board meeting following Kildare’s All-Ireland SFC Round 2B defeat to Kerry.

The Kildare manager came under fire from Kilcock’s Brendan Nurney and Rathcoffey’s John Flood ahead of last Saturday’s 0-17 to 3-22 loss at Cedral St Conleth’s Park.

“The timing of it was poor first of all,” he told reporters.

“The year wasn’t over. It is now and whatever conversations have to happen in the next few weeks I’ll live with that and I’ll sit down with Mick (Mullen, county board chairman) and we’ll review the year in detail.

“I think blaming the manager is a well-worn path in this county. Very few managers in the last 25 years, particularly home-grown managers haven’t had to face that. Personally, I pay very little attention to it, it doesn’t hold a whole lot of water with me. People can say what they want to say at these meetings.

“As regards my own future and what that means, today’s not a day to be making decisions.”

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