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"The most disappointing thing for me is the way the Kildare Gaels have embraced this."

That's a rather sweeping generalisation from Brolly. Plenty of people in Kildare are against this move.

But the tide is turning DH, people are just pissed off with how it's been handled by the GAA and articles and comments like the above and others on Kildare's finances are creating rightly or wrongly a siege mentality in the county.

They are two simple truths yet everyone has an opinion regardless

1. It has not been disclosed by the Cavan Management or SJ why he was omitted from the Cavan squad.
2. It has not been disclosed by the Kildare Management or SJ how he ended requesting a transfer to Kildare.

Instead all we have is conjecture which as I far as I know is not enough to find anybody guilty of anything but is enough to send some posters into a rabid response.

if you can remember on kfm seanie johnson stated his reasons for coming to kildare. you just listen to paper talk. and fact is he lives in straffan and has been seen there many a times

When Killian Whelan asked him "Why Kildare?" in the interview you refer to, Johnston answered that he chose Kildare because he thought they had good setup and that he knew Davis and Carew from his college days. Would the obvious answer not have been: because I live in Straffan?

He may well be living in Straffan but why didn't he transfer to their club then? McGeeney doesn't have any problem picking players from junior or intermediate clubs if he thinks they're up to it e.g. Rob Kelly (Straffan), Peter Kelly (Two Mile House), Emmet Bolton (Eadestown). Instead of joining the local club, Johnston's transfer is to a club that is a twenty minute drive away from Straffan and also happens to be the club of the one Kildare native selector. I may be wrong, but I doubt there are too many lads living in Straffan that ply their trade with Kevin's.

yeah but he said he knew carew so asked him could he join kevins which is 5mins away

"The most disappointing thing for me is the way the Kildare Gaels have embraced this."

That's a rather sweeping generalisation from Brolly. Plenty of people in Kildare are against this move.

But the tide is turning DH, people are just pissed off with how it's been handled by the GAA and articles and comments like the above and others on Kildare's finances are creating rightly or wrongly a siege mentality in the county.

They are two simple truths yet everyone has an opinion regardless

1. It has not been disclosed by the Cavan Management or SJ why he was omitted from the Cavan squad.
2. It has not been disclosed by the Kildare Management or SJ how he ended requesting a transfer to Kildare.

Instead all we have is conjecture which as I far as I know is not enough to find anybody guilty of anything but is enough to send some posters into a rabid response.

if you can remember on kfm seanie johnson stated his reasons for coming to kildare. you just listen to paper talk. and fact is he lives in straffan and has been seen there many a times

yes i agree with you donnelly hollow that it could well be carew but i heard that johnston approached kevins!! And as i stated before if he went to Allenwood or Sarsfileds you could say it was Johnny Doyle and Dermot Earley who got them to go there. AND People would say that he had to go somewhere in the end of the day. And when this transfer goes through i wish him well seen as his county management dont want him

And Donnellys Hollow what is wrong with him goig to Kevins? He had to go somewhere and thats bull about Celbridge,  loads of clubs were quoted Straffan, Celbridge, Clane,Kevins even Nurney and Naas.

"We have heard the rumours like anybody else but there has been no contact about any possible transfer. We would not be looking for it either.

"We have plenty of young players here in the club and we are concentrating on bringing them through," said a club source.

http://www.kildare-nationalist.ie/tabId/205/itemId/13458/Celbridge-dismiss-talk-of-Johnston-move.aspx

He replied saying that there is no ban on the sheep shagging around the curragh in donnellys hollow haha you probably do be up there ha.

Mature. Anyway, I don't live in Athgarvan anymore.

yes thats what i said many clubs were rumoured to be all the ones i named. And Celbridge were quoted as saying that after it was known he was going to Kevins! Yeah it was mature was suppose to get a laugh like your post about the turf was. Doesn't matter who he plays for once he commits to both Kevins and Kildare! It is probably bull about his house in Straffan but if he comes down and trains like everyone else i wish him the best then. Because he will get the transfer and we can look forward to him scoring the winning point in the Leinster Final

DINNY BREEn you never replied to my comment a few pages back about the other players!! And Donnellys Hollow what is wrong with him goig to Kevins? He had to go somewhere and thats bull about Celbridge,  loads of clubs were quoted Straffan, Celbridge, Clane,Kevins even Nurney and Naas. And i said to a Kevins lads about your quote of the turf cutting ban which was funny !! He replied saying that there is no ban on the sheep shagging around the curragh in donnellys hollow haha you probably do be up there ha.

[St Kevins? Some addition to them, outside Gordon Kearney they lack some quality up front.]

St Kevins? Some addition to them, outside Gordon Kearney they lack some quality up front.

Dinny Breen i have played against ST. Kevins and know some of them they have a very strong forward line. Mark Fitzharris, Barry Noone, Eoghan Carew and add Johnston to this. Then they have Gordon Kearney, Jason Brosnan, Mick Kenny and Tom Barron all these have represented Kildare at different levels.

Johnston will very rarely be seen in the red and black if at all. If this whole thing had been handled properly then he'd be playing for Straffan what with him living there and all... 

It's not as if playing for a Junior club would have hindered hiis county prospects because it certainly hasn't for Rob or Peter Kelly. The Kevins/Niall Carew link is fairly damning and it reflects quite badly on the senior management.

as far as i heard he will play a few league and championship  games like the other seniors . That the same as saying if he went to sarsfields that Dermot Earley got him,abit stupid i think. He had to go to some team.

I'll believe it when I see it. A lad on the Kildare forum was suggesting that his cousin plays for Kevins which is fair enough but if he is supposed to be living in Straffan ( ) then Kevins isn't exactly the first club that would spring to mind. Even if he didn't want to play junior football with Straffan he could play with Celbridge who are in the same parish.

Why is that Kevins should have beaten Celbridge in the championship last year and with Seanie Johnston it will only make them beter! We will see in time if he plays much anyway!

[St Kevins? Some addition to them, outside Gordon Kearney they lack some quality up front.]

St Kevins? Some addition to them, outside Gordon Kearney they lack some quality up front.

Dinny Breen i have played against ST. Kevins and know some of them they have a very strong forward line. Mark Fitzharris, Barry Noone, Eoghan Carew and add Johnston to this. Then they have Gordon Kearney, Jason Brosnan, Mick Kenny and Tom Barron all these have represented Kildare at different levels.

Johnston will very rarely be seen in the red and black if at all. If this whole thing had been handled properly then he'd be playing for Straffan what with him living there and all... 

It's not as if playing for a Junior club would have hindered hiis county prospects because it certainly hasn't for Rob or Peter Kelly. The Kevins/Niall Carew link is fairly damning and it reflects quite badly on the senior management.

as far as i heard he will play a few league and championship  games like the other seniors . That the same as saying if he went to sarsfields that Dermot Earley got him,abit stupid i think. He had to go to some team.

[St Kevins? Some addition to them, outside Gordon Kearney they lack some quality up front.]

St Kevins? Some addition to them, outside Gordon Kearney they lack some quality up front.

Dinny Breen i have played against ST. Kevins and know some of them they have a very strong forward line. Mark Fitzharris, Barry Noone, Eoghan Carew and add Johnston to this. Then they have Gordon Kearney, Jason Brosnan, Mick Kenny and Tom Barron all these have represented Kildare at different levels.