Cian O’Neill annoyed as sloppy Kildare almost slip up

Kildare 1-11 Limerick 1-10: Kildare recorded their fourth successive win in Division 3 at St Conleths Park yesterday to put them firmly on course for an immediate return to Division 2, but manager Cian O’Neill was left deeply unimpressed by their performance.

After a bright opening 20 minutes, Kildare’s performance tailed off badly and, in the end, Limerick were left feeling hard done not to have takenanything from the game.

Niall Kelly’s fifth-minute goal seemed to set Kildare up for a big display and by the 23rd minute they led 1-4 to 0-2. But a tactical switch by Limerick changed the course of the game. They dropped an additional man into their backline, where they were already fielding one sweeper, and Kildare suddenly found it very difficult to make the ball stick in their forward line.