No Kildare didn't deserve more

I know a lot of nonsense gets spoken at times after games but the type of comment by Kildare Under 21 boss Glenn Ryan that his team deserved more than a runners up spot in the final just puts years on me.
No they didn't deserve more for the effort they put in, Kerry were simply the better side, more clinical and they opened up the Kildare defence with some flowing football for the goals.
Kildare may well have worked hard to reach the final but is there any side which reaches the latter stages of any competition who haven't worked hard?
Hard work is all well and good but you have to match that hard work with ability.
I hope this season's campaign is a sign that the Lilywhites can become a power again in Leinster but hard work needs to be allied to ability and the Kingdom's lads had it in spades.

Tough at the top for McGeeney

Football manangement is a tough old game as Armagh captain Kieran McGeeney is finding out down in Kildare.
A late point by Laois' Beano McDonald, who had just returned from injury, sent McGeeney's side out of Division One at the weekend.
Now defender Brian Flanagan has been ruled out of the Lilywhites' championship match with Mick O'Dwyer's Wicklow on May 18.
McGeeney has had a baptism of fire.
Although his side played credibly in the top flight the Lilywhites are no longer a serious contender for honours in the championship.
There is also the little matter of former county captain and Kildare legend Glen Ryan enjoying some success at the moment with the county's Under 21 side.
All of this will put further pressure on McGeeney as he faces into his first championship outing against the man who took Kildare to an All Ireland with Ryan as his captain.