Kildare curse returns to leave McGeeney scratching head

Kildare 2-05 Galway 2-10

When the Kildare manager stared into the innards of this All-Ireland U21 semi-final he could only deliver the same prognosis as everyone else. This was football’s equivalent of death by a thousand cuts. This was defeat by 19 wides as well as the four shots that dropped short, the one that came back off a post and another handful that were blocked by Galway defenders.

For the neutral, it was a dispiriting litany of inefficiency. For McGeeney and anyone else with ties to Kildare it was the latest in a lengthening line of disappointments caused by the county’s ongoing problems in front of goal.