Two defeats from two for Kildare

Two defeats on the trot for Kildare as The Lilies went down to Fermanagh in Brewster Park this evening on a final score line of Fermanagh 2-10 Kildare 0-12.

And Kildare can have no excuses. They played second fiddle throughout the entire game; unable to match the pace and power of Fermanagh, in a somewhat familiar performance that we saw last week against Cavan.

Even allowing for missing players this result puts Kildare into big trouble and with Armagh next up in two weeks time, unfortunately Glenn Ryan's side will be eying the wrong end of the table.

Fermanagh led at the break 1-7 to 0-4, the goal coming from a rare Mark Donnellan blunder, when he failed to control a high bacll that fell from his grasp and over the line.

Kildare's four points in the opening half all came from frees.

There was some improvement from the visitors in the second half, that said Fermanagh were never under any real pressure and while the lead was cut back to three points on 60 minutes that was as close as they came with Fermanagh cutting through the Kidare for a Sean Cassidy goal to wrap it up.

A sign of Kildare's bad luck raised its head at the end when Kevin Feely after being awarded a penalty for a foot block then saw his spot kick well saved by stand-in keeper Ross Bogue.

Final score Fermaagh 2-10 Kildare 0-12.

Scorers: Fermanagh, Declan McCusker 1-1, Sean cassidy 1-1, Garvan Jones 0-2 (2 frees), Ultan Kelm 0-2 (1 free), Lee Cullen 0-1, Ché Cullen 0-1, Ronan McCaffrey 0-1, Josh Largo Elisl 0-1,

Kildare, Jimmy Hyland 0-4 (3 frees), Ben McCormack 0-2, Paddy Woodgate 0-2 (free), Mark Donnellan 0-2 (free, 45), Kevin O'Callaghn 0-1, Mick O'Grady 0-1.

FERMANAGH: Ross Bogue; Lee Cullen, Ché Cullen, Oisin Smyth; Declan McCusker, Shane McGullion, Josh Largo Elis; Brandon Horan Joe McDade Conor McGee, Ronan McCaffrey, Conor McShea; Ultán Kelm, Garvan Jones, Sean Cassidy; Subs: Cian McManus for Declan McCusker (73 minutes); Killian Galligan for Conor O'Shea (73 minutes); Diarmuid King for Sean Cassidy (73 minutes).

KILDARE: Mark Donnellan; Mick O'Grady cpt., Shea Ryan, Eoin Doyle; Kevin Flynn, Jack Sargent, Brian Byrne; Kevin Feely, Kevin O'Callaghan; Alex Beirne, Ben McCormack, Aaron O'Neill; Paddy Woodgate, Shane O'Sullivan, Jimmy Hyland. Subs: Luke Killian for Aaron O'Neill (half-time); Ryan Houlihan for Brian Byrne (half-time); Callum Bolton for Shane O'Sullivan (44 minutes); Aaron Masterson for Paddygate (67 minutes); Paddy McDermott for Eoin Doyle (67 minutes);

REFEREE: Seamus Mulhare, Laois.