Kildare v Dublin Podcast

Here's a link to a preview for the weekend's big game featuring audio from captain Eamonn Callaghan and Morgan O'Flaherty

https://soundcloud.com/kildarenationalistpodcast/kildare-v-dublin-preview

Some random stats ahead of Sunday's game:

- Eoghan O'Flaherty has now played 50 league & champ games for Kildare & needs 5 points on Sunday to reach 100 points in the league and championship for Kildare

- Emmet Bolton has played 75 league & champ games for Kildare without ever making a sub appearance, the only outfielder in the panel never to do so

- If Paudi O'Neill features on Sunday, it will be his 90th league and championship game for Kildare, more than all bar 3 of the current panel

- Kieran McGeeney Championship record: Pld 33 W22(inc 1 aet) L10 (inc 1 aet) D1(aet) For 29-482 Against 20-380

- Kieran McGeeney has used 53 players in 33 championship games, only Johnny Doyle & Morgan O'Flaherty have featured in all 33 games, Johnny has made 33 starts and Sunday will be his 65th successive championship game to start for Kildare. Morgan has made 2 sub appearances in those 33 games, both against Offaly, in 2009 and this year. Emmet Bolton has started 32 of McGeeney's 33 championship games.

-   In McGeeney's 33 championship games there have been 33 different Kildare scorers plus an own goal my Meath's Mickey Burke

- Top scorers under McGeeney in championship: J Doyle 4-140, A Smith 7-41,J Kavanagh 6-44, E O'Flaherty 0-50, E Callaghan 3-28, P O'Neill 1-25

- Andrew McLoughlin played most championship games under McGeeney without scoring, 27. Of current panel Peter Kelly has played 14 without scoring

-  Mark Donnellan became the 5th goalkeeper used by McGeeney in the Championship when he played against Offaly

Good listen Ger. Thanks.

No bother Rex.

One stat that I left out there is that Kildare have failed to score a goal in 7 of their last 9 championship games and have gone the last 4 without scoring one, that will have to change on Sunday if Kildare are to win!

Worrying stastistic that last one Ger. I think we will need a couple of goals to have any chance on sunday. No point playing TOC unless we can have players coming through at speed to take the pass and at least have a go at a goal attempt. We haven't done that in the past and I have given up hope that we will do it on sunday.

it will be dublins 37th consecutive championship game in croke park an obvious one but sickening none the less