Kildare vs Meath to be broadcast live this weekend

Kildare's crucial Allianz Football League Division 2 meeting with Meath will be shown live on RTÉ 2 this Saturday, February 28. Throw-in is set for 7pm at Cedral St Conleth's Park and Tyrone referee Sean Hurson is set to officiate.

The news will be a welcome change for many given a recent lack of streaming options for Kildare fixtures, but The Lilies themselves will be hoping for strong home support in the ground with this young team in need of points on the board as the closing stretch of the league approaches. Despite their recent defeat to Derry, Kildare have been solid on home soil since the county grounds re-opened and a huge element of that strength lies in the stands; as the Kildare hurlers can attest to when the home support was outnumbered for their game with Clare.

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Brian Flanagan gave an honest assessment after the Cavan defeat and will no doubt be looking for, if not demanding, a responding.

“It is the performance, first and foremost” said the Johnstownbridge man last week, adding “we were flat, flat from start to finish in that game, a bit like the second half last week (against Derry) a lot of mistakes, a lot of balls hand-passed away, a lot on unforced errors a lot of balls kicked away, lost in contact and a lot of balls lost in contact along with a lot of missed opportunities, scoring just 13 points with the new rules will not win a game, yeah, very disappointed all round.”

Asked if could he put his finger on the performance, or lack of it, the manager replied that “every team in the national football league seems to have one off day, where things just don't run for you, whether that is off kick-outs, off possessions, and all that and we are hoping this is a one-off for us, one of those days you can't explain, you look back on the week and you say preparation went quiet well, training went well, but coming down here to Breffni, conditions were tough but I won't use that as an excuse Cavan were very, very motivated, they were in a position to win against Meath, they didn't; last week for an hour they were very competitive against Tyrone and today they stayed in it for the seventy plus minutes and they deserved their win but it is hard to explain from our side.”

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