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Meath Vs Kildare - 10 Like(s)
Replying To royaldunne: "I'd agree with that. And Kildare always up their game for Meath. A bad league for Glynn Ryan will be forgotten about if they beat Meath." That might have been the case 25 years ago, bot today beating what has got to be the worst Meath team I've seen in over 30 years of watching football is not going to gloss over the very obvious problems we've had throughout the league, although there were definitely positive signs
LilywhiteGael (Meath) - 26/03/2023 20:29:58
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Leinster Football Semi Finals 2022 - 8 Like(s)
Replying To royaldunne: "And you lot should be worried about Dublin more than ur obsession with Meath." No obsession here with what is in reality a Division 3 team. You're the one who has the obsession. Whatever happens on May 28 those Kildare players will play with pride in their jersey and their county. If Dublin are good enough they'll beat us and vice versa. Either way either team will earn a Leinster Title
LilywhiteGael (National) - 19/05/2022 12:50:26
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Leinster Football Semi Finals 2022 - 7 Like(s)
Replying To royaldunne: "We will see how Ryan does." Looking at Meath on Sunday ye have enough to be worrying about without looking at Kildare or Glenn Ryan
LilywhiteGael (National) - 18/05/2022 13:19:55
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Louth GAA thread - 7 Like(s)
Replying To wicklowsupport: "Is Kildare that good? I didn't expect Louth to win but didn't expect Louth to beaten this badly? After all ye will both be in Division 2 in 2023. Maybe just an off day for Louth. Thought it would be competitive." Kildare were very unlucky to be relegated. Drew with Kerry, beat Dublin and Monaghan. Today simply highlighted the gulf between Division 1 and 3
LilywhiteGael (National) - 01/05/2022 20:27:57
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Leinster Football Semi Finals 2022 - 5 Like(s)
Replying To bdbuddah: "Meath were never in the match even though your goalie had to pull off a point blank save right at the end to stop us getting a draw, that's a contradiction in terms. Despite Meath being down to 13 at the end with the momentum shift in that game I would have fancied us had the game went to extra time.
A win against Meath would hardly raise an eyebrow?, It was LilywhiteGael who brought up that league playoff win last year (which he elevates to 'effectively a championship match').
Kildare supporters down the years really buy in when there is a bit of hype about their team.
Kildare teams over the years have, on a few occasion, flattered to deceive, appearing to be in position to make a breakthrough but actually hardly ever beating teams in the championship above their level so ye have to big up wins against Meath as you have few championship wins against big name teams.
In 2017 ye beat us by 9 points in the championship and we never heard the end of it. In 2020 we beat ye by 9 points (we have won 3 of the last 4 championship matches against ye) but it was never thought of in the same way in Meath.
Kildare seem to have some talent at the moment on their team and maybe these Kildare will push on and be competitive at the top but Kildare supporters should wait until ye achieve something before ye get arrogant." Not arrogant simply assessing the evidence in front of us. Don't think we'll take lectures on arrogance from Meath.
When ye beat us in a bizarre match in 2020 one of your former stalwarts (Bernard Flynn) took to twitter to declare ye were coming for Dublin, and we all know how that ended. (In that match we actually should have been out of sight at half time. The pattern of that first half was a truer reflection of where both teams were at and this was confirmed in the League Semi Final the following June.) I described the match as "effectively a championship match because in terms of long term development it was arguably more important than any championship match with promotion to Division 1 at stake.
Something exciting is happening in Kildare football right now. A young generation not burdened by any failures of the past are carving out their own Kildare identity and winning tradition. When appointed last year Glenn Ryan talked about embracing and celebrating our Kildare GAA identity, you can see that playing out already.
The Hawkfield Centre of Excellence has to be one of the most exciting places to be in the GAA right now where our seniors prepare for a Leinster SFC semi final, our minors a Leinster MFC semi final and the U20s an All-Ireland all of them with dynamic management teams whose only agenda is the advancement of Kildare football. Looking behind that Kildare Post-Primary schools are now seriously contesting for provincial honours, three of the four semi-finalists in Leinster this year were Kildare schools and an all Kildare final, with Naas going on to win the All-Ireland. All-in-all exciting times in Kildare. Whether all this will be enough to challenge Dublin for honours in Leinster will be enough but certainly all the right building blocks have been and are being put in place.
C'mon the Lillies
Something is happening in Kildare football right now, a young generation of footballers
LilywhiteGael (National) - 08/05/2022 14:39:18
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Roscommon GAA thread - 5 Like(s)
As a Kildare man I would like to wish Davy every success (once it's not at out expense) I think it's a great move by Roscommon to appoint such a dynamic and charismatic young manager. I know in Kildare we will be watching with great interest how he fares managing a team at Division 1 level and in championship against the likes of Mayo and Galway. Best of luck Davy!
LilywhiteGael (National) - 27/10/2022 17:28:47
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Roscommon GAA thread - 5 Like(s)
Replying To Tarismelting22: "He would be one of the best footballers in the country if it wasnt for injuries joy to watch. Fully deserved your win. Prob worked out for the best for us some tricky fixtures if we had finished second.
The amount of wides we kicked is worrying. Glad to here Davie Burke is not doing any major trainings this week the work has been done over the winter the lads need to get the bodies and heads right this week. donie smith needs to start from the bench in my opinion" He would indeed, hopefully he can stay injury free and get a decent run in the championship to showcase his skills. Having him fit will also be a boon to Athy.
Thanks, best of luck to the Rossies next weekend
LilywhiteGael (National) - 20/06/2023 17:35:21
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Leinster Football Semi Finals 2022 - 5 Like(s)
Replying To royaldunne: "Again not been picky but Donal keoghan would walk onto any starting 15 in country including Kerry Dublin mayo Tyrone or any of them. He is unreal , and the best player in Meath by some distance.
If we going on last year I think we gave Dublin a better game than Kildare did. Anyway it's all irrelevant to this year." Keoghan wouldn't get near a Division 1 team now. Re Westmeath I think they are a more substantial team than Meath at the moment. Regarding last year Meath made a fist of it in the second half without ever looking like they would beat Dublin. We were saddled with a manager who had no belief in his team. We had the beating of Dublin that day but Jack O'Connor's tactics were not about winning but damage limitation. He lost the dressing room after that game.
The management team there now are all warriors. These men would bleed white. Glenn Ryan doesn't do moral victories and that is reflected in the Kildare performances this year. Ryan etc have brought these players up at least a couple of levels from where they were last year. Anyway as you say the coming weeks will tell us all where we are.
LilywhiteGael (National) - 07/05/2022 18:51:10
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Roscommon GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
Best of luck to Davy Burke and the Rossies on Sunday!!!
LilywhiteGael (National) - 26/05/2023 10:53:30
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Derry V Galway - 4 Like(s)
Replying To Vish: "Well done Galway but let's be honest here , Derry are bang average , over rated and gas lighted by the like of brolly .
Galway will now have to earn an All Ireland unlike the 98-01 finals where the opposition was either poor or way past their sell by date.." 1998 All-Ireland Final was one of the all time great finals, takes two teams to deliver a great game. Not that we take much consolation from that. Certainly far from a "poor" Kildare team. Along with Meath they produced arguably one the greatest games witnessed in Croke Park in 1997.
LilywhiteGael (National) - 09/07/2022 20:17:14
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Championship Predictions Competition - W5 - 4 Like(s)
Replying To royaldunne: "Tipperary v Limerick tipp by 2
Monaghan v Derry Monaghan by 3
Kildare v Westmeath Westmeath aet by 1
Dublin v Meath Meath by 2.
Hon the royal" Hahaha
LilywhiteGael (National) - 11/05/2022 14:25:43
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Derry V Galway - 4 Like(s)
Replying To Vish: "I never one blew any triumphant about Mayo in our conversation..
I merely pointed out that Kildare are in no position to mock Mayo football.
It's time you accept your position as a Div 2 team ,just like Mayo fans have accepted that they are no longer a top 4 team atm." You seem obsessed about Kildare's status, we're in Division 2 next year as are Dublin. I have no problem with accepting where we are atm, I'm not the one who came on here to belittle another county. It's your unfounded arrogance, that's based on nothing that tripped you up
LilywhiteGael (National) - 09/07/2022 21:55:10
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Leitrim GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
Replying To Mugatay: "Another very hard watch yesterday. As others said earlier, you can't but feel sorry for them and really, these young men would be introduced a couple at a time in an ideal scenario. We are so out of our depth all over the field in every way. And in the stand-outnumbered by Kildare supporters 3:1 - and they were decent and respectful of the situation on the field.
It's bad when the only highlight was the umpire slipping and falling front wards only to get up eventually and dutifully signal wide ball. Fair play to him!
I'm in no mood to critique anything on show football wise. The new rules seem to suit everyone except us. A game of Gaelic football is unrecognisable from 10, 15 years ago. Very hard to take to it.
And yet, I commend the players as I know from my own playing time how hard it was to keep going when you have a year like this - one beating after another. At least there wasn't a crowd watching us.
On a bright note, they are doing a great job in Ballinamore. Between Stewarts directing on the road and in the ground, the pitch itself being in great condition, you have to say fair play. It probably suits the low attendance to have us all huddled into the stand as Carrick would look empty which isn't a great look.
On a side note, well done to the ladies and the hurlers on their current run.
We just have to keep going." I was there on Sunday and first off I am glad to hear that the Kilsee out dare supporters in the stand were respeshioctful as that was my experience where I was at the fence pitch side. As Kildare supporters we know all too well how painful a watch it must have been for Leitrim supporters on Sunday. Last year was summed up by Kevin Feely in a recent interview as one of pain and humiliation.
I am not here to patronise but to say that things appear black now for Leitrim GAA supporters and players but that things can turn around. I hope you get back most of not all of your players for next year, that Barry McNulty soon returns to fitness and you manage to see out the league with something to build on for the summer.
Another poster here said Kildare with out population should not be in Division 3, and they are completely right. Hopefully we are beginning to turn the ship. I wish the same for Leitrim in the coming months and years. Leitrim is a proud GAA county.
Finally the decency and friendliness of Leitrim people, something which has always been my experience, was summed up for me by the gentleman who offered me the use of his brother's driveway to park my car which was close to Páirc Seán O'Heslin.
Wishing you well for the rest of the year
LilywhiteGael (National) - 18/02/2025 06:05:59
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Counties Sweating On All-Ireland Football Qualification - 4 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Allianz Football League Ranking 11 to 14:
11. Louth
12. Cork
13. Kildare
14. Meath
Clare or Limerick cannot be written off on making a Munster final. Cavan if they get past Armagh might fancy their chances against Donegal at this time to make an Ulster final. Kildare, Meath or both could be nudged out of the All-Ireland unless they make a Leinster final.
If Clare, Cavan and Meath make provincial finals, Cork and Kildare miss out. If Cavan and Meath make provincial finals, Kildare miss out. Kildare are on Dublin's side of the Leinster championship draw." Judging by Meath today I don't think they'll be anywhere near a Leinster Final in the near future
LilywhiteGael (National) - 26/03/2023 20:18:38
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Leinster Football Semi Finals 2022 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To bdbuddah: "It's kind of funny hearing Kildare talking about how easy they won the league match against us last year, ignoring the fact that their goalie had to pull off a point blank save right at the end which would have tied up the match." Even last year when we were operating at a couple of levels below where we are now we accounted for Meath with ease in a game where we had lost two of our best forwards in the first 20/25 minutes, (Dan Flynn was out injured) and were reduced to 14 men. Even in 2019 in the dying weeks of Cian O'Nelll's reign, which stage he had largely lost the dressing room and morale was at a low point, (Dan Flynn had taken a year out at that stage) Meath needed a last minute penalty to fall over the line. And this in the year that is widely regarded as the pinnacle of Andy McEntee's reign. The almost hysterical reaction of the Meath crowd afterwards was viewed with some bemusement by the travelling Kildare supporters that day. In many ways the reaction of the Meath supporters that day was/is symptomatic of the power dynamic and ambition of both counties. A victory over Meath now would hardly raise an eyebrow in Kildare and certainly would not be taken as a barometer of significant progress
LilywhiteGael (National) - 08/05/2022 11:04:45
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Leinster Football Semi Finals 2022 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To royaldunne: "Not having a go here. But how you could consider Westmeath higher than Meath. When they couldn't get out of division 3 and meath lost to Galway (beat mayo) Roscommon (which they should have won) and Derry (who beat all ire champions). Just my observation." I just think they are consistently better championship performers than Meath the last couple of years and in John Heslin they have a player who would make it onto the first 20 of most division 1 teams, something Meath don't have at the moment. Last year we played Meath in what was effectively a championship match and won it with relative ease, even allowing for losing Paul Cribbin and Jimmy Hyland in the fist 20 minutes and then being reduced to 14 men. We found Westmeath were a much sterner challenge in the Leinster semi-final and their league form last year underlined that running Mayo to 3 points in the league. As I said I do think they've regressed a little this year but I would still place them ahead of Meath in Leinster as Meath did nothing in the league to suggest any progress, in fact they seem to have regressed further
LilywhiteGael (National) - 06/05/2022 15:55:16
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All-Ireland U20 Football Championship - 3 Like(s)
Well done Tyrone, a commanding performance that would grace any All-Ireland Final. Commiserations to our lads, ye did yourselves, your families,clubs and county proud today and throughout this championship, worthy Leinster Champions. Well done to Brian Flanagan and his backroom team on what he has achieved with these young men. Look forward to seeing many of them play senior for Kildare in the years ahead.
LilywhiteGael (National) - 14/05/2022 19:19:48
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Derry V Galway - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Ulsterman: "More than Mayo know about winning All Irelands." I'd say almost everybody knows more than Mayo about winning All-Irelands
LilywhiteGael (National) - 09/07/2022 20:12:51
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Roscommon GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Maith sibh to Roscommon on a huge win..A special word of praise for our own Davy Burke, truly the most exciting young manager in the game at the moment. Go all the way and win Connacht now!!!
LilywhiteGael (National) - 09/04/2023 19:24:18
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Joe McDonagh Cup 2025 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To jobber: "Kildare are clearly improving but for me sad to say the standard in the 2025 Mcdonagh has been the poorest in it's seven years. Kerry is in disarray, Westmeath has it's worst team since 2004,Carlow are ageing and Down are limited.I don't think Laois are anywhere near where they were in 2019.
So well done Kildare but their improvement is arriving as others decline." A graceless post... I remember Kildare hurling people applauding the progress of Westmeath hurling. Anyway stew in your jealously, we have a Joe McDonagh Final to get ready for
LilywhiteGael (National) - 25/05/2025 10:39:39
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