O'Byrne Cup & Bihatimber 2012

[Donnellys Hollow]

Davy Byrne & McCarthy were impressive last week.

Making a comeback is he, a bit old to be challenging Cluxton, Dublin's Thierry Henry!!!

I'd expect to see Supple getting games before the Championship. I believe he was promised game time to keep him away from the high flying Lillys

What's this about Heffo? Has by-passed me...

Different guy, same club. Davy Byrne the keeper moved to Rathoath about ten years ago.

Supple was approached by Kildare offering him a decent job etc if he'd move - he's working as a porter at the mo as he has no leaving cert (or is in process of getting it).

Sure that's silly season stuff, file that away in the Declan Browne section along with Seanie Johnson. Doubt Kildare could compete financially these day with Brigids never mind Waterford City or Dublin Province

It's true, there was a nice sales job lined up. Sure all Brigids can do for him is a porter job in Vincents through McEntee. He told them he was going to give Dublin another year and see how he got on.

I know of two Kildare players that are struggling for work at the moment. There was absolutely no truth in the Johnson rumours and I'm sure this is one is equally as fictional. The Maktoums aren't the patrons of Kildare football anymore...

Of the admitedly little I've seen of Supple, it's my opinion that he's an inferior keeper to Shane Connolly anyway.

[heffo]

Davy Byrne & McCarthy were impressive last week.

Making a comeback is he, a bit old to be challenging Cluxton, Dublin's Thierry Henry!!!

I'd expect to see Supple getting games before the Championship. I believe he was promised game time to keep him away from the high flying Lillys

What's this about Heffo? Has by-passed me...

Different guy, same club. Davy Byrne the keeper moved to Rathoath about ten years ago.

Supple was approached by Kildare offering him a decent job etc if he'd move - he's working as a porter at the mo as he has no leaving cert (or is in process of getting it).

Sure that's silly season stuff, file that away in the Declan Browne section along with Seanie Johnson. Doubt Kildare could compete financially these day with Brigids never mind Waterford City or Dublin Province

It's true, there was a nice sales job lined up. Sure all Brigids can do for him is a porter job in Vincents through McEntee. He told them he was going to give Dublin another year and see how he got on.

I know of two Kildare players that are struggling for work at the moment. There was absolutely no truth in the Johnson rumours and I'm sure this is one is equally as fictional. The Maktoums aren't the patrons of Kildare football anymore...

Of the admitedly little I've seen of Supple, it's my opinion that he's an inferior keeper to Shane Connolly anyway.

The source who told me is normally rock solid.

[thejuice]

Geraghty is included on the bench for tomorrows game and is expected to get a run. Hope he gets through it.

No mention of a starting line up yet.

[Jinxy]

Hope Louth don't rough him up.

[heffo]

Gonna be a chilly one tonight in Parnell Park.

[heffo]

Dubs 9 up at half time.

[heffo]

Cakewalk in the end for the Dubs, assuming Kildare account for the Biffos tomorrow, it's down to the Lions den in Newbridge Sunday week.

[thejuice]

Meath 0-05
Louth 0-01

half time

[thejuice]

Meath 0-06
Louth 0-01

we're back under way.

[thejuice]

Meath 0-07
Louth 0-02

Geraghty is warming up.

[thejuice]

Meath 0-10
Louth 0-04

Geraghty is on the field

The other Graham of the Reilly clan is knocking them over from all angles.

[thejuice]

Meath 0-11
Louth 0-05

Game over,

Bring on the Larries!!

[Jinxy]

Our hated rivals. 
Is it in Longford?
Will any of the Nevins be playing?

[thejuice]

Actually its DCU.

Lets just pretend its Dublin we're playing.

[Donnellys Hollow]

Kildare 0-17 Offaly 0-04

Little in the way of entertainment in Newbridge. Offaly were a bit of a shambles and failed to register a single score in the first half with the breeze. Kildare were very wasteful though and for the second week in a row they didn't really kick on in the second half. Had some of the players brought the shooting boots it could have been a lot more embarrasing for Offaly. Roli had a very good game for the second week in a row and Smith looked a lot sharper. Strong team out again with little in the way of experimentation. It seems daft to be saying this about an O'Byrne Cup match but next weekend is an important game for Kildare. Dublin have something of a psychological edge over this particular Kildare team (just like Dwyer's team in the early nineties) and Kildare really need to start believing that they can beat them.

Kildare lined out as follows - Shane Connolly, Peter Kelly, Ciarán Fitzpatrick, Ollie Lyons, Brian Flanagan (Morgan O'Flaherty), Tommy O'Neill, Eoghan O'Flaherty (Hugh McGrillen), Daryl Flynn (Conor Brophy), Ronan Sweeney, Tommy Moolick, Mikey Conway, Karl Ennis (Rob Kelly), James Kavanagh, Tomás O'Connor (Paddy Dunne), Alan Smith

Scorers - Scorers: Kavanagh (0-4), Sweeney (0-3), Smith (0-3), E O'Flaherty (0-3) (2fs), Conway (0-2) (1f), Moolick (0-1), M O'Flaherty (0-1)