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Article: Kildare's strengths just not enough to shift title favourites
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- August 1, 2009
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Tyrone v Kildare: IN THE not so distant past this would have been
viewed as the classic clash of football styles - the pure football
of Kildare, and the, well, puke football of Tyrone.Things have
changed. No one can deny Tyrone now play the most impressive and
effective brand of football in the country. It's lovely to look at
and difficult to foil.
Kildare have gone through a little metamorphosis of their own,
and in many ways come closer to the style and indeed strengths of
their opponents. No prizes for guessing why. Kieran McGeeney, the
former Armagh captain, has been feeding them beef cakes rather than
rice cakes since taking over as manger and every Kildare player has
the biceps to ...