Leinster Championship 2024

Just tried again and only tickets available are either 328 or 334 or click on Map but when you click on Map and try and select nothing happens, I give up won't bother going too much hassle

totalgaa wrote:

Just tried again and only tickets available are either 328 or 334 or click on Map but when you click on Map and try and select nothing happens, I give up won't bother going too much hassle

Yea there is only 1 seat available in section 309 .When you select that (the 1 blue seat) you get the option,
Hopefully more tickets might be released in these sections later.

Twentyeight wrote:

Fermanagh have a Catholic population not much bigger than Naas and they embarrassed us.

Are you suggesting only Catholics play GAA? Thankfully we've moved on from those times....North and south.

Ontheterrace wrote:

Twentyeight wrote:

Fermanagh have a Catholic population not much bigger than Naas and they embarrassed us.

Are you suggesting only Catholics play GAA? Thankfully we've moved on from those times....North and south.

I know we’re from a long way away from the border but you’re showing your naivety there.

Do you know how many Protestants are in the Fermanagh panel? I’ll give you a clue if you want.

Roamin in the glomain is still a very popular song at any Fermanagh match I’ve been at.

I’m sure Protestants that live in Dungiven in Derry would love to represent the Kevin Lynch hurling club or the Protestants of East Tyrone would love to compete in the Paddy Kelly Cup in commemoration of the East Tyrone Brigade of the IRA

Should we start the Protestants in the GAA thread now, or let this one build up...

Last negative post from me this season (I hope), but this is a really good breakdown of Derry tactical approach & gameplan.

After reading it, you can only just laugh at how far we are behind top teams. Lads, we are in the stone ages quite frankly. I am pretty nerdy in studying teams’ set-ups, and from what I see of Kildare this season, we seem to be playing (very badly) a version of what Dublin were doing 7/8 years ago - extended passages of lateral passing, and if that doesn’t work, booting it long to Feely (who to be fair, is performing heroics, and has had the misfortune of playing for this Kildare team when his talents deserved a serious, non-joke team like 97-2000 side).

Have to say I was a bit surprised about enthusiasm in over Colm Nally’s appointment, as all I ever heard about him was he was a great lad for strategies & theories, but a bit clueless on nuts & bolts of how to implement it. Yes, players attitude & mentality has been shameful this season, but they aren’t being given the right framework to play in.

Anyway, that’s enough from me on that.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2024/04/18/tactical-breakdown-how-mickey-hartes-side-have-evolved-into-derry-20/

It's sad really we still in ball game yet all we get here is lads wanting us to get beaten up I say we beat louth and get to all ireland series id love to shove it up to louth manager we owe him one

I honestly think some of these coaching gurus need to justofy their existence with over-complicating things and trying to be too clever.

You have the wind. You have Kevin Feely inside...so kick it in ta fook! Lads can be coached to the nth degree but when you have him inside and as I said Kelly and Masterson to deliver - let rip. And I don't mean coming down with snow on it. The nice angled ball could do damage.

But, instead we stroll up the field and don't even engage the men. I notice now how if a player feints to just turn back before contact on the opposition 45 but then turn to run on they catch people off guard.

Derry have a two men in the middle as strike runners who can go and stay gone if needs be. So do we in K Flynn and the likes, but we need to drag the defence out. Our forwards tend to mirror each other's movement too and we never create space...

Even when we are going well we rarely play our own game or to our strenghts unless the oppsoition lies down. That's been an issues before Glenn. It means that we sometimes can beat better teams when the game they play suits ours.

Like, I'd like to see one tactic from that list tried. Like pundits watching our games are openly wondering wtf we are trying to do at times. I wonder how much clarity the players have?

It’s true Ger Brennan is very dismissive of Kildare football, even for a Dub. Also, as a Moorefield supporter, I have to say he came in & he was fucking shit tbh.

Team should definitely be using it as motivation although you’d never know with these lads.

Twentyeight wrote:

Ontheterrace wrote:

Twentyeight wrote:

Fermanagh have a Catholic population not much bigger than Naas and they embarrassed us.

Are you suggesting only Catholics play GAA? Thankfully we've moved on from those times....North and south.

I know we’re from a long way away from the border but you’re showing your naivety there.

Do you know how many Protestants are in the Fermanagh panel? I’ll give you a clue if you want.

Roamin in the glomain is still a very popular song at any Fermanagh match I’ve been at.

I’m sure Protestants that live in Dungiven in Derry would love to represent the Kevin Lynch hurling club or the Protestants of East Tyrone would love to compete in the Paddy Kelly Cup in commemoration of the East Tyrone Brigade of the IRA

As a member of the selfsame group [Prods] I really did hope those days were behind us.
Funny, I do remember an opposition Dan at a league match, in Cavan I think, wondering whether Stewart Mackenzie-Smyth was a Protestant....simply because of his name !!!!

When Ger Brennan was a pundit on the smaller fish, he said Kildare players love “licking themselves after a win” would love beat them and shove his comments up his hole.

LillieLad wrote:

When Ger Brennan was a pundit on the smaller fish, he said Kildare players love “licking themselves after a win” would love beat them and shove his comments up his hole.

On the Gaa Hour a couple of years ago: "Kildare have a tendency to lick themselves after a good result" - Ger Brennan.

Would absolutely love to bring up that comment if we get a win.

Any word on Micko and Dan's injuries at the weekend?

MickosMen wrote:

I'm not buying the lazy argument that we are where we are because the Dubs have been given various advantages. It's too easy to look at it like that. Glenn was whinging last year about having to go into croker and get bet. We got them out of croker and it was embarrassing. We've been going down this path for a long time now. The gap has been 10-15 years in the making.
What are we doing to close it? What processes have we put in place? Why are Kerry, Tyrone, Mayo, Monaghan, Derry, Galway or Donegal not annually 15 or 20 points worse than the Dubs? Why?

It's like this. Either the likes of Meath and kildare stage a boycott of Leinster or we shut up and try to close the gap. That has to be done in house.

It's not just the Dubs we are way off and we know it.

I'm not buying into the lazy argument thats the Dubs getting every advantage known too man is not the main reason for our demise.

Every other team you mention above has a chance of a provincial title. Kildare nor Meath haven't a hope. Funny that they are in the same povince as Dublin!!

Sleeptight wrote:

MickosMen wrote:

I'm not buying the lazy argument that we are where we are because the Dubs have been given various advantages. It's too easy to look at it like that. Glenn was whinging last year about having to go into croker and get bet. We got them out of croker and it was embarrassing. We've been going down this path for a long time now. The gap has been 10-15 years in the making.
What are we doing to close it? What processes have we put in place? Why are Kerry, Tyrone, Mayo, Monaghan, Derry, Galway or Donegal not annually 15 or 20 points worse than the Dubs? Why?

It's like this. Either the likes of Meath and kildare stage a boycott of Leinster or we shut up and try to close the gap. That has to be done in house.

It's not just the Dubs we are way off and we know it.

I'm not buying into the lazy argument thats the Dubs getting every advantage known too man is not the main reason for our demise.

Every other team you mention above has a chance of a provincial title. Kildare nor Meath haven't a hope. Funny that they are in the same povince as Dublin!!

When have we ever been competitive against Dublin, we’ve only beaten them twice in the championship in the last 50+ years?

Back to next week, what changes are we making??
Who replaces Kev Flynn? Is KOC good to go?
Judging by how open we were in first half against Wicklow, i would bring in Houli or Harry (or both)and play McDermott as a half forward . Regardless of personnel, we have to plug up that defence or Louth will get goals.

Any chance the management have noticed our abysmal goal scoring record? We won't beat Louth with points only.

lilysavage wrote:

Back to next week, what changes are we making??
Who replaces Kev Flynn? Is KOC good to go?
Judging by how open we were in first half against Wicklow, i would bring in Houli or Harry (or both)and play McDermott as a half forward . Regardless of personnel, we have to plug up that defence or Louth will get goals.

Wicklow fluffed one real goal chance when Donnellan dived early.

McDermott has pace but he doesn't really carry out enough so maybe half forward is the place. Harry O'Neill has a great head on him.

I'd start Houlihan if he is fit any day of the week. KOC will just drop straight in if he is right too.

We’ll struggle to cope with Louth if they inject any pace into their play. I fear we’ll be chasing shadows as Louth run into vast open spaces.

IF we do stick with them I’d expect the usual 60 minute fitness collapse and that’s where they’ll pull away.

All in all, I can’t see a Kildare win. We’ve so few danger men that they can afford to double up on them. So Feely and Niall Kelly will be in for special treatment.

We’ve no long range free taker to speak of. Relying on Donnellan to throw a leg at it won’t suffice.

The lads who come off the bench aren’t impactful enough to change the overall trajectory of the team.

Taking all that into account, we shouldn’t win. But you never know.

Anyone watching Donegal v Derry.

Donegal playing a fantastic defensive game and breaking on the turn over. Ferocious in the tackle.
Relentless fitness and pace.

Kildare is like the Wish or Temu version of it.

FionnMcCool wrote:

Anyone watching Donegal v Derry.

Donegal playing a fantastic defensive game and breaking on the turn over. Ferocious in the tackle.
Relentless fitness and pace.

Kildare is like the Wish or Temu version of it.

This is what happens when a county has standards and demands success. Donegal were going poorly and Paddy Carr was put out the door.

In Kildare we give them an extra year and get relegated down to division 3

What is the advantage of winning a provincial final?

lily92 wrote:

What is the advantage of winning a provincial final?

What's the advantage of winning games?

Who knows really.

FionnMcCool wrote:

lily92 wrote:

What is the advantage of winning a provincial final?

What's the advantage of winning games?

Who knows really.

come on now. Derry have just been dumped out of Ulster but still in the All-Ireland.

Absolutely stupid having the goalie out contesting the kick outs, ridiculous