Has McGeeney taken Kildare as far as he can?
Number two turned to number one and asked if he thought they could beat a team that were not only sleeping rough in Division 4, but had never won a game in Croke Park. “No,” came the response. He didn’t think his Kildare players had bought into his seven-man defence, his diagonal balls into corner-forwards and, most importantly, his mindset. It was as honest as it was accurate.
But that’s what year one was all about under McGeeney. Laying foundations on a piece of land that had potential for decent development.