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There is no other county like Kildare that lacks the bottle to win tight games at any level. Daith (Kildare) - Posts: 1171 - 04/02/2018 16:26:08 2073872 Link
Below par performance. Too much slow deliberate passing around the middle, playing in front of Monaghan where they wanted us to be. Nobody making a sniping run that might actually hurt the opposition. Monaghan's experience at this level showed. Brophy unlucky to hit the post from out wide late on but not sure we deserved a draw anyway. Won't be any easier next week. Our fellow promoted team Galway are doing well. Still enough points available to save ourselves but it just got tougher. kildare73 (Kildare) - Posts: 854 - 04/02/2018 16:30:23 2073874 Link
Replying To if_in_doubt: "Did McQuillan get jilted at the altar by a Kildare girl or something?" You didn't expect anything less from our friend Joe did you? Whatever it was he's not letting go of it. We lost that game due to lack of a free taker. They were like hens teeth to come by but we missed at least 4 that should have been converted. Chris Healy spurned the only goal chance we got. Despite their goal i thought the defence did well enough. Mountain to climb now, can't afford to have Joe again ! St.Conleth (Kildare) - Posts: 1700 - 04/02/2018 16:49:46 2073884 Link
Game was there for the winning without a doubt. McQuillan was vrry very poor. Some of his decisions against kildare were baffling. 11jm11 (Kildare) - Posts: 366 - 04/02/2018 16:59:28 2073891 Link
Lack of a decent free taker is killing kildare feely missed 3 in the first 10mins and went short from a 14m free on his left in the 2nd half that was turned over. jacktheDub (Dublin) - Posts: 944 - 04/02/2018 17:19:51 2073900 Link
Replying To St.Conleth: "You didn't expect anything less from our friend Joe did you? Whatever it was he's not letting go of it. We lost that game due to lack of a free taker. They were like hens teeth to come by but we missed at least 4 that should have been converted. Chris Healy spurned the only goal chance we got. Despite their goal i thought the defence did well enough. Mountain to climb now, can't afford to have Joe again !" Yeah there was times last year in the league especially when it looked like Feely couldn't miss. Without him and Neill Flynn though we wouldn't have any options at all which is a worry. The only positive I can take from today is the thought that the only way we could have played any worse is if we put the ball over our own bar. Monaghan kicked some good points and took their chances well especially in the first half - didn't waste much ball which is something our forwards really need to start doing. if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3685 - 04/02/2018 17:45:55 2073915 Link
Replying To kildare73: "Below par performance. Too much slow deliberate passing around the middle, playing in front of Monaghan where they wanted us to be. Nobody making a sniping run that might actually hurt the opposition. Monaghan's experience at this level showed. Brophy unlucky to hit the post from out wide late on but not sure we deserved a draw anyway. Won't be any easier next week. Our fellow promoted team Galway are doing well. Still enough points available to save ourselves but it just got tougher." Fair summary. Experience got Monaghan through along with some very disappointing missed frees by Kildare in the first half. Very happy with points on the board with 2 Wylies, Kieran Hughes and Conor Mc (cameo today) to return. PearseBro (Monaghan) - Posts: 459 - 04/02/2018 17:47:48 2073917 Link
Replying To MadgeKing: "This is a relegation decider if there ever was one. The loser will be going down, while the winner is likely to struggle also. Kildare are the type of team that Monaghan struggle to cope with and with home advantage you would have to give them the nod here. It would be a pity to see Monaghan relegated all the same. They have given a good example to the other weaker counties in recent years. Cill Dara by 3-4 points." Monaghan is not a weaker county....Cavan is ....your bitterness towards Monaghan is amusing....then again jealousy breeds sentiments like that....sorry we won today even though we are still relegated according to you ! Shelbourne (Monaghan) - Posts: 567 - 04/02/2018 18:07:58 2073936 Link
I think playing Fergal Conway as a forward has run its course too. His best games for Kildare was at centre back or wing back. Its not as if he's used to pressure defenders coming out with the ball, he hardly got a tackle in all game. St.Conleth (Kildare) - Posts: 1700 - 04/02/2018 18:23:51 2073949 Link
A game neither team wanted to win, Monaghan sneaking it in the end. kildare free taking was diabolical. Discipline cost them too, Cribben's black card was pure stupid. Especially after kicking three points in the first half. Monaghan butchered two goal chances in the first half that could have made the margin bigger at half time. But suppose it equalled out the bad free taking of Kildare. Monaghan in the second half had to withstand an early onslaught from kildare who scored the first three point and then bizarrely feely took a quick free instead of tapping the ball over for a draw. Then Monaghan continued to kick the ball into the keepers hand and a numerous wild efforts. Monaghan experienced players nearly cost them the game just to erratic shooting. In the end neither team deserved to win, but after being robbed the opportunity of two points by David Gough last week. We are quite happy to scrap by kildare today. shaggylegend (Monaghan) - Posts: 1928 - 04/02/2018 18:40:06 2073959 Link
Replying To Shelbourne: "Monaghan is not a weaker county....Cavan is ....your bitterness towards Monaghan is amusing....then again jealousy breeds sentiments like that....sorry we won today even though we are still relegated according to you !" Pound for pound the best team out there if you take money and low population into account. And there are some serious footballers on that side. Daith (Kildare) - Posts: 1171 - 04/02/2018 18:41:37 2073963 Link
Replying To Shelbourne: "Monaghan is not a weaker county....Cavan is ....your bitterness towards Monaghan is amusing....then again jealousy breeds sentiments like that....sorry we won today even though we are still relegated according to you !" Wouldn't even dignify that lad with a response. PearseBro (Monaghan) - Posts: 459 - 04/02/2018 18:41:37 2073964 Link
Replying To Shelbourne: "Monaghan is not a weaker county....Cavan is ....your bitterness towards Monaghan is amusing....then again jealousy breeds sentiments like that....sorry we won today even though we are still relegated according to you !" Some people have been writing us off for relegation every January since 2015, yet somehow we're still there. As usual it won't be easy, but that's a big 2 points today towards keeping our division 1 status. patk (Monaghan) - Posts: 936 - 04/02/2018 19:00:56 2073979 Link
Replying To Daith: "Pound for pound the best team out there if you take money and low population into account. And there are some serious footballers on that side." A wee bit more composure and Kildare will be a serious side.... I don't think I've sign a bigger team physically and naturally some great fielders .....best of luck for the rest of the year and hopefully meet you in Croker at the business end of the season ! Shelbourne (Monaghan) - Posts: 567 - 04/02/2018 19:08:44 2073987 Link
Replying To PearseBro: "Wouldn't even dignify that lad with a response." You're right of course but when I have the time I enjoy the begrudgery from some Cavan supporters ! Shelbourne (Monaghan) - Posts: 567 - 04/02/2018 19:11:16 2073989 Link
Replying To Shelbourne: "A wee bit more composure and Kildare will be a serious side.... I don't think I've sign a bigger team physically and naturally some great fielders .....best of luck for the rest of the year and hopefully meet you in Croker at the business end of the season !" Kildare are huge physically, but did you notice how much more dominant Monaghan were in the tackle? Composure is a huge issue in the county and it has run through all teams at all levels for the last 20 years. Kildare teams just do not win tight games. I think if McManus was fit there would have been 5-6 points between today. Daith (Kildare) - Posts: 1171 - 04/02/2018 19:49:30 2074017 Link
Take your points .....seems to me Kildare either kick unbelievable scores or very bad wides......can't think of a straight forward point they got today...have to say though that Monaghan kicked some bad wides today too. Our full forward line today were all left footers so very unbalanced & that's another plus when McManus fit again. Anyway, I believe Kildare can 'bate' Tyrone next week & that will be provide a great boost in confidence. Shelbourne (Monaghan) - Posts: 567 - 04/02/2018 20:27:40 2074039 Link
Replying To Shelbourne: "Take your points .....seems to me Kildare either kick unbelievable scores or very bad wides......can't think of a straight forward point they got today...have to say though that Monaghan kicked some bad wides today too. Our full forward line today were all left footers so very unbalanced & that's another plus when McManus fit again. Anyway, I believe Kildare can 'bate' Tyrone next week & that will be provide a great boost in confidence." A confidence boost is what our lads need. Just to pull a win out of somewhere and get the confidence up and running. We look like a team lacking in belief at this level, we had to work much harder than Monaghan today for our scores. We came out after half time and scored three quick points, momentum was with us then we try to be clever with a scorable free, mess it up and we never got the same momentum again. Too ponderous and slow in our decision making and when we do make a decision too often we take a bad option. This Spring could be educational for the lads, they will find out what's required as you try compete with the top level teams. Love to see us survive but today was a blow to those chances. kildare73 (Kildare) - Posts: 854 - 04/02/2018 22:06:34 2074099 Link
Think we just about deserved it today. Last 15 minutes of the first half we upped it and should have been more than 4 ahead at the break. Defended very well especially for the last 7/8 minutes when the pressure came on. Kildare had their chances to get a draw out of it, but the fact they couldn't take one, was enough for us to deservedly shade it. The black card and the decision to refuse to shoot a very scoreable free which led to a 2 point swing cost Kildare (we went straight up the other side and got a score). Ps. See the Cavan lads still looking over the hedge at us, any good free takers there that want to play at a higher level could get a place on the Kildare team mhunicean_abu (Monaghan) - Posts: 1044 - 04/02/2018 22:35:50 2074109 Link
What is with RTE? Reporter on the TV said Malone and McCarron combined to set up McCarthy for the goal. It was Darren Hughes and a lovely pass from Dessie Ward. I mean to get one player wrong is careless, but both?????? PearseBro (Monaghan) - Posts: 459 - 04/02/2018 22:40:16 2074110 Link