Kildare wary of Derry backlash

KILDARE selector Niall Carew has warned that Derry may see Saturday’s fourth-round All-Ireland qualifier as a shot at redemption.

John Brennan has been vociferous in his criticism of the six-day turnaround that faces his team after the dejection of losing an Ulster final to Donegal on Sunday and has queried why the provincial council cannot play its showpiece a week earlier.

It is a reasonable argument given that Leinster, with 10 games to decide every year as opposed to Ulster’s eight, could complete its senior championship a week before the equivalent decider in St Tiernach’s Park, Clones.