I think the ground in Drogheda would have been big enough for this game. What do you think royaldunne?

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 29/04/2012 14:49:30    1162304

Thank God someone answered him there. He was having a right good chat with himself.

gearoid (Kildare) - Posts: 72 - 29/04/2012 14:57:01    1162307

Now wouldn't go that far clondalkin. But portlaoise would have been perfect and its a very good quality pitch

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 29/04/2012 14:58:07    1162310

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1162272 So much for Kildare and Tyrones great support, the place is empty
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brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 29/04/2012 14:58:46    1162311

shocking stuff , everything about this game is frustrating , tyrone arent as good as what theyve been made out to be theyre very negative and synical and both teams really took their time coming out after the ht break , time for the leinster match

stekhli (Dublin) - Posts: 3121 - 29/04/2012 15:10:41    1162314

So has most of Kildare brend.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 29/04/2012 15:21:17    1162318

You can see now why there doing everything to get Seanie. Jonny Doyle nowhere near the player he was.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 29/04/2012 15:22:39    1162319

Royaldunne there is a gale force wind blowing in Dublin.
Trevor Giles would struggle to kick the ball any distance in Croke Park today.
When you're playing into that wind you have to use hand passes to get up the field.

Coylers Elbow (Meath) - Posts: 1075 - 29/04/2012 15:35:25    1162331

Let's hope the next match is a improvement. This match epitomizes the very worst of football, hand passing cynical fouling , diving and basically a inability to play football.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 29/04/2012 15:40:25    1162333

Who the hell is this Fogarty fella?? Outstanding since he came on ,how is smith keeping him out of the team??

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 29/04/2012 15:40:34    1162334

Well done kildare on winning. But a lot to be done that performance will not get yous near a leinster.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 29/04/2012 15:45:09    1162337

Tyrone not good enough to win an all Ireland. I think Dublin will walk Leinster Kildare average at best.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 29/04/2012 15:47:39    1162339

Cant understand why fogerty isn't first name on sheet. One hell of a player.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 29/04/2012 15:48:16    1162340

Forget that crap RoyalDunne, the unsophisticated kicking the ball in to the full forward for less than 50-50 chance of winning it is gone. The 2 teams were super fit, yes some cynical fouls were committed, something which your county were the masters of for decades. So what is this lamenting for the past when there was all the ills of the current game without the science. Kildare were impressive as were Tyrone until last 10 minutes. Watch TG4 GAA gold and I have to say I think there were more hit and hope kicks that went no where. The tackle is the one rule I would love to see better defined, either a AFL style grab around the waist up to the chest or else almost no contact allowed as this rule as it is allowed far too much lattitude between almost no contact and a take to the ground grapple depending on the referees. The diving is an aspect of Gaelic Football that should be stamped out. I think if a referee should have the power to give a red card if a player tries to cheat a free.

bananapublican (Leitrim) - Posts: 878 - 29/04/2012 15:52:11    1162342

thank god for the last ten minutes of that game that was puke football at its worst and mickey harte tells us not to knock this sort of stuff.

chicago09 (Kerry) - Posts: 694 - 29/04/2012 15:57:07    1162348

Wasnt pretty but a win is a win. Unlucky Tyrone.

God royaldunne and clondalkindud ye nust be sick that we won. Thanks for tipping Tyrone royaldunne - knew we were certs after that.

sedico (Kildare) - Posts: 1682 - 29/04/2012 15:57:53    1162350

Good result for Kildare. It will only prepare us mentaly for the season ahead. David Coldrick should look up the definity of fair in the dictionary.

HighStoolBandit (Tyrone) - Posts: 133 - 29/04/2012 15:58:43    1162351

Hey bannahammock. I mearly pointing out what everyone else was thinking. It was a very poor game. Ill give kildare one thing at least the tried to play football at times. Tyrone didn't.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 29/04/2012 15:59:53    1162352

That result will hopefully help quell the Tyrone hype.

artisan (Down) - Posts: 1794 - 29/04/2012 16:00:14    1162353

I disagree with Royal Dunne and Clondalkin Dub (nothing new there). Another excellent performance from Kildare. They work so hard, tackling and supporting one another and not for the first time, they built up a bit of momentum going into the final ten minutes, and had the killer instinct to close out the game. In my opinion, they are two corner forwards short of the best (Dublin, Kerry, Cork). Fogarty made a massive impression. From a Kildare point of view, you'd hope he'd be capable of repeating that.

McGeeney has a great eye for spotting a weakness in the opposition and capatilising on it. Putting Callaghan half-back was a clever move and between himself and McGrillen, they had so much freedom down the wings. Mick Foley and O'Neill in midfield is another interesting partnership, maybe Meath could do something similiar? Neither would be your typical midfielder.

As for Tyrone, wouldn't be foolish enough to write them off but I wouldn't be convinced that they'll be able to improve on their Quarter-Final appearance of the last 2 years. They conceded a couple of soft scores in the first half with the wind at their backs. Shouldn't really have went in a point down playing with such a gale.

Loyal2TheRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 4522 - 29/04/2012 16:03:59    1162355