Fitness I would say. Played one game for us. Did play well in it but got injured.Originally Posted by Jd2793
Robbie Burton has signed back for us
Strange one with Burton, I looked him up to see where he went after his loan with Sligo ended at the end of last season. Turns out he left Dinamo Zagreb in January and hasn’t played anywhere since. I’d imagine Sligo would’ve taken him back earlier in the season, seems a waste of 8 months of his career probably holding out for a better offer elsewhere that never came
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Matt Keane has departed Kerry.
Billy Dennehy's mask will soon slip with regard to how he has treated players, not just Matt. By no means was he a world beater, but he's better than the minutes he got on a side at the foot of the First Division and I mean no disrespect in that.
I don't think there can be any complaints about Matt dropping down the pecking order. He hasn't delivered and other players have come in and played well, despite the continued poor run of results.
He was saying on his Socials that after he left the Showgrounds, when his loan deal was up, that he got really sick with meningitis. In an out of hospital for 3 months and then another 6 months to build back up his fitness. Sounds like he has had a tough road and hopefully eager to get going again.
Perhaps, but the game last night, for instance, was still tied at 1-1 in the 70th minute, and bringing on a player with his experience would have held see things through to the finish, instead of which the side just seemed to run out of steam, and Treaty won comfortably in the end.
Ideally he would come in like that. Has Matt come in in games like that this season to steady the ship?
Jesus that’s a tough break for the lad. I wish him the best of luck to him getting the career back on the road again
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I don't doubt that but he was cut out after the first trip to Longford for silly reasons, not to mention how he banished Andy Quaid, Trip & Sean O'Connell (the latter has since returned). Wayne Guthrie was declared injured for ages but was playing for Stacks as soon as he was released.
Billy Dennehy has thrown players under the bus on occasion but can only blame himself because many know some of those lads were not good enough.
I've no issue with Kerry but there's a stench from Billy.
Experienced players were given a chance. Before the start of the season, experience would have been seen to be key. From the opening night it was the younger players who were stepping up. None of the players dropped during the season can have any arguments. O'Connell as you say did return showing there is a pathway back. The continued poor return of results is frustrating. 3 months of competitive performances with only 2 points to show for their efforts.
With the pitch in Tralee the way it is it would be best to do your measuring on away performances.
Some of the players signed were never going to be good enough, I said same about some players on here. Dennehy needs to take ownership of this.
On the other side, I don't know if he feels obligated to use him due to him being on loan but Cian Barrett is really poor and spends a lot of time kicking lads.
Or maybe bawling Billy is just a poor manager?
Seems to be good at deflecting blame onto the players,very similar to our current management team....
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
After his work with the U19s, he was always going to get one full season, the question being whether a successor should come from within the county, or the club should cast its net further afield.
Looking at Killarney Celtic's win today in a Munster champions cup competition, Keane was the captain, Stephen McCarthy scored a hat-trick and Tryp Vrljicak was also on the score-sheet, so evidently man-management reasons were partly to blame for none of them excelling in a Kerry jersey, even if the standard here would be significantly below the First Division.
A local article suggests Matt leaving the squad was amicable enough and down to the lack of game time. It is acknowledged alright that losing the captain like that isn't good optics. If the first team were actually converting performances into results, dropping down the pecking order mightn't look so bad.
Interesting article on The Athletic currently. The main focus is around an England-Italy u16 game a few weeks back and the scouts and agents that descended on it. But there's a little bit about Adam Murphy and Sam Curtis as apparently the English scouts were talking about how they can't sign them yet, and giving out about Brexit. They reckoned Curtis could be off to "one of the big Dutch clubs". I think he was linked with Feyenoord wasn't he?
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
Ryan Kelliher has signed a contract extension, keeping him at Kerry until the end of the 2025 season.
Just noticed the deal is described on the website as a "professional contract", though presumably that just means part-time, rather than amateur, so you'd imagine other players will ultimately be re-signed on similar terms:
https://kerryfc.com/ryan-kelliher-co...essional-deal/
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