kildare selector

All-Star Posts : 843 Join date : 2010-02-02

well said flourman

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only suggestions. A lot of players from his era were very clever the way they played the game and were very accurate from play and had a good footballing brain. Mcloughlin has been successful with straffan. Gilroy successful with ballymore. Dywer has coached. I def think we need more instinctive forwards. We seem to have mostly goos honest effective forwards but seem to have to work that extra bit harder to get the score

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gilroy was fairly poor training the minors

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centreback wrote:: gilroy was fairly poor training the minors

***Understatement alert, Understatement alert ***

Subject: Re: kildare selector Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:06 am

lastline wrote:: Are you takin the piss. No offence but NO WAY

Why not? I can't think of many better coaches in the county.

Karl Dwyer is coaching a club down in Wicklow at the moment I think.

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fionnmccool wrote:: Just because you were a good forward doesn't mean you can transfer that into a coaching capacity.

Very good point, but on the flip side of that, just because a lad was a poor player doesn't mean he can't go on to become a good coach. However if the name of a mediocre player was put out there, would the chap be put down, beacuse some people would look solely at his playing ability rather than at any achievements he may have earned as a coach or trainer?

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flourman wrote:

centreback wrote:: gilroy was fairly poor training the minors

***Understatement alert, Understatement alert ***

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Lads, there is no way he's going to pick a guy based on how he was as a player. He's going to go with someone with a coaching background. That's what he has done from the start. He's not going to be bringing in a lad and taking a chance that just cos he was a good player, he'll make the transition. He'll go on what he's done, his qualifications and obviously on conversations too. (and before someone says it, he had at least 10 years of coaching behind him before he came to Kildare).

Subject: Re: kildare selector Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:31 pm

I would love to see peter canavan get a go if he was interested and could commit to travelling down.and if him and mcgeeney could work together?
cant see why not....

but cant see it happening either

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The county boards financial situation may play a part here. I dont think we have a big fund to recruit the likes of Peter Canavan. The Dubs spent 2 million on all their teams this year. What do people think? I relly think Liam McLoughlin of Eadestown who trained straffan would be a good choice. He was pipped by Carew the last time for th ejob an ddid well with Kildare u-21s and straffan and is available. The straffan lads speak very highly of him.

Junior C Posts : 17 Join date : 2010-09-15

Hows things with you Liam ???

Subject: Re: kildare selector Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:06 am

ccm1 wrote:: Hows things with you Liam ???

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ha ha. Its just I think he did a good job with the forwards in straffan

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Cian O'Neill leaving Tipp, would he be one worth getting involved? Or is he too simillar to what Julie Davies does?
Maybe O'Neill has his eyes on Moorefield, seen him kitted out for a few of their games with walkie talkie

Subject: Re: kildare selector Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:11 am

Former Joe Kernan selector John Rafferty......apparently

All-Star Posts : 1723 Join date : 2010-07-31

If it is him, he managed St.Galls to an Ulster Club the year they reached the All Ireland Club Final, good appointment.

Subject: Re: kildare selector Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:16 am

Think it is alright, supposed to have massive respect in Armagh, players wanted him in ahead of O'Rourke

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Confirmed John Rafferty, rattified at County Board meeting tonight apparantly

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Know from talking to a lot of Armagh players a couple of years back the regard they hold him in. Great appointment.

Subject: Re: kildare selector Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:15 am

Have to say, i know very little about him.

Is he another defensive coach?

All-Star Posts : 858 Join date : 2011-07-18

A great appointment all round. The fact that he's an outsider, owes no favours to anybody and won't respect any reputations. He was an accomplished player in his day, played half back and midfield and was very very unlucky not to win an All-Ireland club with St. Galls in 05.

I was a little worried that we'd end up stuck with Alan Barry or somebody from Kildare, but I should've had more sense. Geezer is some man to pick these guys.

Roll on the draw tomorrow night and then 9 months of looking forward to Leinster

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Loads of Pints wrote:: players wanted him in ahead of O'Rourke

Ahead of Aidan, that's not what I've heard at all.

Anyway, Rafferty is a good man indeed, bit more old school, which may not be a bad thing. Tough as nails.

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armagh4sam wrote:

Loads of Pints wrote:: players wanted him in ahead of O'Rourke

Ahead of Aidan, that's not what I've heard at all.

Anyway, Rafferty is a good man indeed, bit more old school, which may not be a bad thing. Tough as nails.

presumably he means Paddy, as Aidan is gone to Down... But Stevie Mac wanted Paddy, so he has one more year. And then, we could lose Geezer

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Apologies, I got that wrong.

Rafferty is famous for the saying 'nice guys win nothing' - could be just what you lot need.

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Ogie wrote:

armagh4sam wrote:

Loads of Pints wrote:: players wanted him in ahead of O'Rourke

Ahead of Aidan, that's not what I've heard at all.

Anyway, Rafferty is a good man indeed, bit more old school, which may not be a bad thing. Tough as nails.

presumably he means Paddy, as Aidan is gone to Down... But Stevie Mac wanted Paddy, so he has one more year. And then, we could lose Geezer

McGeeney has publicly committed to 2 more year. I feel we will at least get that out of him if he's wanted.

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