School’s Football

It looks like there is a strong possibility of 3 Kildare schools making the semi finals of Leinster “A” competition. Can we use the success of these schools as a springboard to success with the county set up or is there little/no correlation. It does lead me to question how we couldn’t turn the school success into even one Leinster minor final appearance over the last 2 years. Other people may be far better places than I am as to why the schools success didn’t translate into success at county minor level.

Multiple reasons.
They’re young lads for a start and every young team can have a bad day for no reason.
Covid isn’t ideal. I know it effects every team, but again, pointing to the first reason, it can effect a team on a once off.
Tactics and managers. We had this right with Hackett and Burke. We’ve lost our way recently though.
The good signs coming from the schools teams is something to be positive about. Interestingly they schools in question are in areas of Kildare that have had huge population booms in the past 15/20 years. These are the kids of those people who moved here. And there more to come.
That brings me that to the old drum I’ve banged for years now. The county board needs to reach out to the new residents in Kildare and do everything in their power to get them interested in watching and playing for Kildare. “No thanks Dad, I don’t want a Mayo/Galway/Dublin jersey… can I have a Kildare one?”

Maynooth v Clane in semi final

Badger85 wrote:

Multiple reasons.
They’re young lads for a start and every young team can have a bad day for no reason.
Covid isn’t ideal. I know it effects every team, but again, pointing to the first reason, it can effect a team on a once off.
Tactics and managers. We had this right with Hackett and Burke. We’ve lost our way recently though.
The good signs coming from the schools teams is something to be positive about. Interestingly they schools in question are in areas of Kildare that have had huge population booms in the past 15/20 years. These are the kids of those people who moved here. And there more to come.
That brings me that to the old drum I’ve banged for years now. The county board needs to reach out to the new residents in Kildare and do everything in their power to get them interested in watching and playing for Kildare. “No thanks Dad, I don’t want a Mayo/Galway/Dublin jersey… can I have a Kildare one?”

You hit the nail on the head with Tactics and Managers. Some bad choices at minor and U20 level in last few years. I don't want to be dogging good committed GAA men but they were just not the right men for the job.

GoDownOnIt wrote:

Badger85 wrote:

Multiple reasons.
They’re young lads for a start and every young team can have a bad day for no reason.
Covid isn’t ideal. I know it effects every team, but again, pointing to the first reason, it can effect a team on a once off.
Tactics and managers. We had this right with Hackett and Burke. We’ve lost our way recently though.
The good signs coming from the schools teams is something to be positive about. Interestingly they schools in question are in areas of Kildare that have had huge population booms in the past 15/20 years. These are the kids of those people who moved here. And there more to come.
That brings me that to the old drum I’ve banged for years now. The county board needs to reach out to the new residents in Kildare and do everything in their power to get them interested in watching and playing for Kildare. “No thanks Dad, I don’t want a Mayo/Galway/Dublin jersey… can I have a Kildare one?”

You hit the nail on the head with Tactics and Managers. Some bad choices at minor and U20 level in last few years. I don't want to be dogging good committed GAA men but they were just not the right men for the job.

Colm Ward managed Kildare to a Leinster minor in 2019. He wanted the job again in 2020 but instead it was handed to a group with no experience at that level. It turned out to be a huge mistake

Just veering slightly off topic to add that the two starting midfielders in both OBC games so far we’re brought in by Hackett at minor level (at a time when north Kildare clubs were being neglected for some reason at that level). Went to championship games at all grades to find lads that hadn’t been brought in at the conventional u14 and very foolishly, didn’t get any further roles within Kildare after his two Leinster minor successes. I would love to be a fly on the wall of the county boards meeting rooms sometimes to be honest.

Naas CBS become the third Kildare team to take a Leinster senior A championship semi final spot. All teams in the semis so far are from Kildare

Naas used six subs today

This is great, but it makes me depressed thinking about how its not transferring to senior inter county level. Maybe it will in time to come

GoDownOnIt wrote:

This is great, but it makes me depressed thinking about how its not transferring to senior inter county level. Maybe it will in time to come

Naas cbs used six subs in game Sounds like the game will be replayed

Naas cbs have ordered to replay there quarter final game after Naas used 6 subs its on 22 January

Sloppy from the Naas lads, I take it the coaches aren't maths teachers

Best of luck to Maynooth SLS and Naas CBS in the Leinster Post Primary Schools Senior Football “A” Final at 12pm on Saturday in St. Conleths. It’s a first to have two schools from Kildare contesting the Senior Final. Also the fact Scoil Mhuire Clane lost out to Maynooth in the semi final goes to show how strong Kildare should be at this age group. There should be a big crowd at it and hopefully we will be treated to a good game on the day.

The club minor championship was of a very high standard this year. Not surprised to see this translate to success at school level. We should have done much better at county minor level the last 2 years. There should be a strong u20 team coming next year .

The great thing about the number of schools doing well is the massive spread of clubs within the schools being represented, it’s not just your Naas and your Maynooth.. players from clubs of all grades are being exposed to very high standards and excelling as well.. I remember Jack Bambrick from Ardclough being found at DCU and going on to be a massive player in the U20 Leinster final. More of that on the cards here hopefully!

Of all the nonsense people post here, not a word about Naas CBS today absoutley hammering a powerhouse in St.Jarlaths.

3 Kildare schools in the semi finals, Naas pushing onto the Hogan cup final surely must bode well for Kildare u20s, minors/17s over coming months.

Seruous achievement Naas. Still think letting Ronan Joyce do his trade outside of Kildare will come back to bite us in the ass... we have a habit of doing that.

The win over Jarlaths is probably the most significant in many years forthe future of Kildare football even taking the win today in Newbridge into account==== Jarlath's have always been a powerhouse and to not just beat but to hammer them is massive

Great win for Naas. Now close the deal and win it out ! Heard the final is on Paddy's Day in Croker.

This is a massive positive. Fair play to them.

Fantastic win for Naas CBS. Congrats.

Some win & some achievement... Hopefully this all translates to the success we all want to see at senior level over next decade. Congrats again to everyone involved & enjoy it to the full.

Well done to Naas CBS! Play a great brand of football. Well deserved.

Fantastic stuff. Congrats to all involved.

Any chance the county board would have to foresight to get Cribbin in as director of underage football in Kildare?

He sounded very passionate about the future of kildare football in the post match interview.