Kildare 0-14 Donegal 1-12

End of the road and once again refereeing decisions went against us. Why was a Meath referee picked for a game like that?

On the playing side though once again our shot selection and shooting cost us the game!

Hard luck lads, chins up!

i thought the ref did a good job on it he let a lot of football flow, look Pat Spillane said that in total
that Donegal went 57 minutes without scoring out of 90 plus minutes so you can't blame the ref for that kildare have came up short again because they haven't 3 or 4 top forwards that you need to win
tight big games.

Fair enough townend and I did mention that in my post. Its when you haven't got a Gooch or a Brogan that you need the rub of the green......

O'Connors disallowed goal was a disgraceful decision and the turning point of the game. Kildare would have went 6 points clear and probably would have kicked in from there.

The upire waved the green flag, referee came in and told him to disallow it. Whats the point in having an umpire so tell me? After last years fiascos they decided to make them look more professional by giving them a new uniform.... same stupid results though.... get the big decisions either wrong or taken off them as they aren't trusted!

Two years running we've been punished by the square ball rule both decisions both completely wrong.

yes i agree kildare have been robbed again with a square ball, why was james kavanagh took off for
i thought he could have got a few points in Extra time as Donegal got tired bad call by gezzer

But sure O'Conner shouldn't have been taken off either!

thats true they had no target man when o'connor went off johnny Doyle was hurt and was finish at full time and couldn't run O'Connor should have been brough back on for the last 10 minutes anyway
to late now over till 2012 now think they have miss the boat meself.

Heartbroken.. How much more can these lads give when they keep coming up just short. We just didn't have the skill and composure when it mattered, and in all honesty if we can't overcome a very limited Donegal and their brand of anti football it's hard to argue we would have beaten any of the four remaining teams. We were robbed by the referee again it seems but we should not have been in the position for it to matter if we had more composure when we attacked. That was a problem from first minute to last. Some strange decisions on the line but tonight is not the time for criticising McGeeney.

One big shout out to Daryl Flynn : absolutely awesome display out there - my man of the match by a mile.

Also fair play to the lads for digging out the draw in normal time.

Dublin 2009, Cork 2009. Down 2010, Dublin 2011. Donegal 2011. What's the commend trend? Lost them all. Blame everybody bar ourselves, we're just not good enough. Thanks Kieran, 4 good years of hard work, but it's somebody else's turn now

the only thing that worried me before this game as a outsider as i am a kerryman and only new to this site, is that kildare have beaten poor teams up to this game Laois poor, meath poor 2, Dublin
as seen in leinster final are poor and wexford going out to limerick after proved this as they could and should have won the leinster, and i think tyrone will take the Dubs next weekend.

i think kildare needed to win the leinster this year for them to get to the all ireland final they don't have the squad to play 4 games on the trot as Cork and Kerry have done over the last few years.

Still cant believe we lost , it was there for the taking and we just threw it away , GUTTED

Maynoothlillie wrote:

Dublin 2009, Cork 2009. Down 2010, Dublin 2011. Donegal 2011. What's the commend trend? Lost them all. Blame everybody bar ourselves, we're just not good enough.
Thanks Kieran, 4 good years of hard work, but it's somebody else's turn now

Insane post. I notice you didn't list the results from 2004 to 2007...careful what you wish for.

What of note did we win between 2004 & 2007?

townend wrote:

the only thing that worried me before this game as a outsider as i am a kerryman and only new to this site, is that kildare have beaten poor teams up to this game Laois poor, meath poor 2, Dublin
as seen in leinster final are poor and wexford going out to limerick after proved this as they could and should have won the leinster, and i think tyrone will take the Dubs next weekend.

i think kildare needed to win the leinster this year for them to get to the all ireland final they don't have the squad to play 4 games on the trot as Cork and Kerry have done over the last few years.

Disagree.. Squad is not the issue, it's unfortunately the quality of our forward play when the pressure is really on that's at fault. I do wonder what we would have done today with a fit Lynch or Earley or even Conway fitter - he looked class when he came on despite the miss near the end. Lots of Ifs and Buts unfortunately

Maynoothlillie wrote:

What of note did we win between 2004 & 2007?

Exactly my point- how many all Ireland QFs were we competing in during that period pre Geezer. Surely anyone can see the improvement?

We need to win a National League or a Leinster, forget about All-Irelands we need to start winning trophies and creating that winning culture that Tyrone have done in the last 10 years. Then and only then can we push on to really challenge for an All-Ireland when the chips were down we lost to two sides who could match us for belief and attitude Donegal and Dublin, the only difference is they have won trophies.

Anyhow immensely proud of Kildare, the future is bright we just need to harness it correctly.

Lads long time reader first time poster. Just wondering if someone can check this out. On the official Gaa rules book it says that during a game you are allowed to make 5 subs, and in case of extra time you can make 3. Kildare in total made 8 which is bang on but Donegal made 10.

Subs: M Murphy for McBrearty, E McGee for McGrath, M McElhinney for Gallagher, D Molloy for Hegarty, C Toye for McFadden, McFadden for Molloy, K Rafferty for McElhinney, Gallagher for Rafferty, Molloy for McFadden, McBrearty for Bradley

Can anyone explain this..

Again Gutted here in Celbridge, was looking forward to a Semi.

Crofter wrote:

townend wrote:

the only thing that worried me before this game as a outsider as i am a kerryman and only new to this site, is that kildare have beaten poor teams up to this game Laois poor, meath poor 2, Dublin
as seen in leinster final are poor and wexford going out to limerick after proved this as they could and should have won the leinster, and i think tyrone will take the Dubs next weekend.

i think kildare needed to win the leinster this year for them to get to the all ireland final they don't have the squad to play 4 games on the trot as Cork and Kerry have done over the last few years.

Disagree.. Squad is not the issue, it's unfortunately the quality of our forward play when the pressure is really on that's at fault. I do wonder what we would have done today with a fit Lynch or Earley or even Conway fitter - he looked class when he came on despite the miss near the end. Lots of Ifs and Buts unfortunately

fair enough Earley is a big lost but his better days are behind him, my point is that kildare would have to play well in every game when they are in the backdoor
where kerry and cork would only have to play in first gear for most backdoor games untill the last 8, look at kerry two years ago just about got over longford and sligo
but yet blew the Dubs out of the water after also Cork and Mayo when it matter. what i am saying is kildare have to play there best team and be good every game they play in the backdoor where if they won the leinster they would only have two games to get to the all ireland plus the buzz of been leinster winners would bring kildare on a tone remember 1998 when they beat kerry in the semil thats because the won leinster its just my opinion on why kildare have failed again.

As far i know extra time is taken as a new game therefore your allowed 5 more subs

alcho0 wrote:

Lads long time reader first time poster. Just wondering if someone can check this out. On the official Gaa rules book it says that during a game you are allowed to make 5 subs, and in case of extra time you can make 3. Kildare in total made 8 which is bang on but Donegal made 10.

Subs: M Murphy for McBrearty, E McGee for McGrath, M McElhinney for Gallagher, D Molloy for Hegarty, C Toye for McFadden, McFadden for Molloy, K Rafferty for McElhinney, Gallagher for Rafferty, Molloy for McFadden, McBrearty for Bradley

Can anyone explain this..

Again Gutted here in Celbridge, was looking forward to a Semi.

don't go down this road again remember offaly in 2006 you could be right but i wouldn't like to go that road to get a replay best leave it and move on.

Gutted for the lads. They gave it absolutely all for the entire championship and a lot more. Last 4 years years unbelievable work has been put in by the whole squad.

Sometimes the rewards for the efforts aren't always immediately evident. Keep it up lads and we'll always be one step right behind you.

I'm pretty sure you're allowed three extra subs in extra time.

Anyway those calling for Geezers head take a chill pill. Lads were unlucky tonight and did kick good few bad wides. On another day we'd have won but the major flaw here is the system. Look at Kerry's proposed path to the All Ireland Final. Beat Limerick and Cork, draw Limerick and probably Cork again. So basiclly win Munster twice to get into All Ireland Final.

Anyway We can make all the excuses we like, if you don't put the ball over the bar you won't win.

Footnote: Never want to see a Meath ref again

Aaaaaaaarghhhh!!!!!!! How much more of this do we have to go through. It's torturous, sadistic. The constant near misses, no little bit of luck when we really really need it. Players must be gutted. I can't take much more of this heartache.
Anyone else feel the same?!!!

I still think rules are rules an if the rules are eight which we adeared to and they played 10 the county board need to look into it. Soz bout the spelling lads in da pus drowning my sorroows.

Not feeling too great tonight, How in the sweet name of jehovah did we lose that game, we played by far the better football and we were so much the better team on the day.

bricktamland wrote:

Aaaaaaaarghhhh!!!!!!! How much more of this do we have to go through. It's torturous, sadistic. The constant near misses, no little bit of luck when we really really need it. Players must be gutted. I can't take much more of this heartache.
Anyone else feel the same?!!!

Yes!