Kildare lack killer instinct

THE outstanding memory from yesterday’s Leinster championship encounter in Portlaoise would have been Kildare’s copybook football for the first 15 minutes, which yielded an impressive 1-7.

But, tough task master that he is, Kieran McGeeney wasn’t entirely pleased with the return from their most dominant period of a game where Offaly salvaged some pride with improved second half form and a deserved goal eight minutes from the end.

“I’d have felt that we did a few silly things when we were in top,’’ he said. “You have to be ruthless and when you get on top you have to be able to put teams away. We probably had a couple of chances in the first half to set up a few goals and take a few easy scores.