Under 20s 2023

Intercounty Posts : 377 Join date : 2022-01-09

Well done lads, always good to beat that shower. Let’s have a crack at the All-Ireland now.

All-Star Posts : 941 Join date : 2010-02-04

Fuck the lack of composure and mistakes, they’re teenagers playing in a provincial final against a team who were favourites for the All Ireland before Kerry rolled over Cork.

Finished extra time extremely strongly, plenty of turnovers at the back and in the middle third. Broke with pace and retained possession very well at times to run down the clock when needed.

Both teams made mistakes, both teams got dodgy decisions from the ref but luckily we came out on the right side of it for a change.

Delighted for them.

Derry or Down on Saturday the 6th now, hard to know what to expect from either of them really. Derry winning the minor All Ireland in 2020 and Ulster runners up at minor last year as well might edge it their way.

All-Star Posts : 909 Join date : 2013-05-07

Deferred coverage of U20's game on TG4 now

All-Star Posts : 1120 Join date : 2011-11-25

Great win. Up The Lillies. Can never beat them enough.

All-Star Posts : 1120 Join date : 2011-11-25

All the best scores were kicked by us, Dubs relied on frees mostly. Our tackling was fantastic at times and it was magnificent to watch a Kildare team squeeze an oppositions kickout .Mistakes made yes and a few brainfarts in that 5 min spell when we went ahead but they can be corrected. The fundamentals are strong. Kudos to Dalton for the cajones to work and kick that equalising point in injury time.

Senior Posts : 129 Join date : 2022-02-11

Great win. Hard fought and well fought. If you watch the deferred coverage don't miss the first minute of the Captain's speech !!!!!!

Senior Posts : 201 Join date : 2011-01-06

Well done to Brian Flanagan and all involved. 2 leinsters in a row. Hopefully they go one step further this year. The future is white!

All-Star Posts : 3060 Join date : 2010-01-31

Absolutely over the moon with that. Kildare much the better team. Squeezed Dublin until they eventually broke and withered away.
Loads of heart and effort. Nothing left in the dressing room. Even though plenty of mistakes were made they never lost their nerve and we're brave to a man. Talent all over that team as well.

Well done lads you should be proud of yourselves. Keep it going now.

Senior Posts : 129 Join date : 2022-02-11

The fact that we continue to beat Dublin at under age simply highlights the fact that money and professionalism take over at senior level and have destroyed and been allowed to destroy Leinster football.
Well done Kildare! Without the influence of Dublin's money we're better footballers.

Senior Posts : 154 Join date : 2018-05-22

Ontheterrace wrote:: The fact that we continue to beat Dublin at under age simply highlights the fact that money and professionalism take over at senior level and have destroyed and been allowed to destroy Leinster football.
Well done Kildare! Without the influence of Dublin's money we're better footballers.

I’m not sure about this sentiment. Dublin have got to the last 10 Leinster under 20/21 finals in a row winning 6 of them.

I don’t think we should focus on them anyway, we’ve enough good underage teams coming through to become an established division 1 team, that has to be the first step even though it feels miles away right now

All-Star Posts : 606 Join date : 2012-08-23

Absolutely

after tonight, great team performance its an awesome experience watching a kildare team with guts and talent beating a Dublin team hopefully senior boys watched and have a right cut at them Sunday

All-Star Posts : 1347 Join date : 2010-07-03

That wailing noise in the distance is the usual crying and whinging about the ref from the slums to our east. You love to hear it

Intercounty Posts : 323 Join date : 2017-01-11

Heroes one and all. I thought Dalton was immense. He’s a nephew of the great Davy Dalton I believe.

Senior Posts : 201 Join date : 2021-09-08

bigball wrote:: Heroes one and all. I thought Dalton was immense. He’s a nephew of the great Davy Dalton I believe.

He's a grand nephew of the great Denis Dalton, no relation to Davy as far as I know. Fantastic young footballer with a very bright future

All-Star Posts : 1143 Join date : 2011-01-24

if_in_doubt wrote:: Fuck the lack of composure and mistakes, they’re teenagers playing in a provincial final against a team who were favourites for the All Ireland before Kerry rolled over Cork.

Finished extra time extremely strongly, plenty of turnovers at the back and in the middle third. Broke with pace and retained possession very well at times to run down the clock when needed.

Both teams made mistakes, both teams got dodgy decisions from the ref but luckily we came out on the right side of it for a change.

Delighted for them.

100% on this. Of course there were mistakes and there were a few times when the wrong player was at the end of a move, but Jaysus sake, that's probably after they burst through a few lads.

What I loved was that when they went with the ball they went. They ran hard and straight. Tere were so many hard yards made and the Dubs wilted as it went on.

Really delighted for everyone involved and some of the scores were immense too.

All-Star Posts : 923 Join date : 2013-09-24

Last night was special, as someone said always good to beat that shower. That half back line is special James McGrath at six is an animal, reminds me of the likes of Glen Ryan Colm Boyle etc, incredible heart and is an absolute baller and something we don't normally produce. Really looking forward to the semi final now.

Intercounty Posts : 377 Join date : 2022-01-09

Down in the semi final next Saturday. They beat Derry tonight in the Ulster Final.

All-Star Posts : 606 Join date : 2012-08-23

We win 2 in a row leinsters at under 20 age group and lads on here only see negatively, I thought we were excellent at times and never gave up hunted in packs and sickened the dubs with a mixture of the good ,bad etc ,but it was brilliant the way they wiped out the dubs in cramp time oh and the f word was brilliant as well

Junior C Posts : 1 Join date : 2023-04-27

Southern Gael wrote:

bigball wrote:: Heroes one and all. I thought Dalton was immense. He’s a nephew of the great Davy Dalton I believe.

He's a grand nephew of the great Denis Dalton, no relation to Davy as far as I know. Fantastic young footballer with a very bright future

He's Colm Dalton's son who is a brother of Davy (was at the match) , Colm's grandfather was Captain of the 1956 team.. Originally from Sallins .. a great talent , no relation to Denis

Subject: Re: Under 20s 2023 Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:22 pm

Jigger wrote:

Southern Gael wrote:

bigball wrote:: Heroes one and all. I thought Dalton was immense. He’s a nephew of the great Davy Dalton I believe.

He's a grand nephew of the great Denis Dalton, no relation to Davy as far as I know. Fantastic young footballer with a very bright future

He's Colm Dalton's son who is a brother of Davy (was at the match) , Colm's grandfather was Captain of the 1956 team.. Originally from Sallins .. a great talent , no relation to Denis

He's also a first cousin of Jack Robinson

Intercounty Posts : 323 Join date : 2017-01-11

White Bridge wrote:

Jigger wrote:

Southern Gael wrote:

bigball wrote:: Heroes one and all. I thought Dalton was immense. He’s a nephew of the great Davy Dalton I believe.

He's a grand nephew of the great Denis Dalton, no relation to Davy as far as I know. Fantastic young footballer with a very bright future

He's Colm Dalton's son who is a brother of Davy (was at the match) , Colm's grandfather was Captain of the 1956 team.. Originally from Sallins .. a great talent , no relation to Denis

He's also a first cousin of Jack Robinson

And both are a cousin of former senior panellist and u20 All Ireland winner Jason Gibbons. Plenty of medals in that family which is unusual in kildare

Senior Posts : 201 Join date : 2021-09-08

Jigger wrote:

Southern Gael wrote:

bigball wrote:: Heroes one and all. I thought Dalton was immense. He’s a nephew of the great Davy Dalton I believe.

He's a grand nephew of the great Denis Dalton, no relation to Davy as far as I know. Fantastic young footballer with a very bright future

He's Colm Dalton's son who is a brother of Davy (was at the match) , Colm's grandfather was Captain of the 1956 team.. Originally from Sallins .. a great talent , no relation to Denis

I stand corrected, thanks for the info. Good bloodlines there, Davy senior and junior

Subject: Re: Under 20s 2023 Fri Apr 28, 2023 6:01 am

Semi final fixed for Saturday week @7pm in Parnell Park

Senior Posts : 284 Join date : 2023-02-09

Great win for the 20's. Always good to win a trophy. Hopefully a lot of them can feed into the Senior setup.

How many from the 2018 team are in the senior setup now?

All-Star Posts : 1143 Join date : 2011-01-24

Parnell Park is a grand tidy spot that isn't used enough in my opinion.

Kildare: Aaron O’Neill; Mark Dempsey, Mark Barrett, DJ Earley, Stephen Comerford, Jason Gibbons, Jack Bambrick, Aaron Masterson, David Marnell, Darragh Ryan, Padraig Nash, Tony Archbold, Jimmy Hyland, Brian McLoughlin, Paddy Woodgate.

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