RTÉ GAA analyst Ciarán Whelan has said the questions continue to mount around Kildare following their less than impressive All-Ireland Group 3 draw with Sligo on Sunday.Glenn Ryan's side conceded the last three points in the 0-14 to 0-14 draw, and former Dublin star Whelan said that the Lilywhites’ ability to match their opponents – for better or worse – leaves a real enigmatic feel hanging over the team."Kildare, that lack of consistency and those question marks – they're the type of team that....there’s just so many unknowns about them," Whelan told the RTÉ GAA Podcast."They can raise their performance when they’re the underdogs but when they’re playing against a team that’s allegedly at a lower level, they drop their performance to that level."Even if you go back to last year, they beat Dublin in the league and they kind of got a step too far ahead of themselves and then got landed on their backsides in the Leinster final..@whelo35 on Kildare's inconsistency and the possibilty of the Lilywhites and Sligo advancing to the next stage of the All-Ireland championship with just one point #rtegaapodcast #rtegaa pic.twitter.com/xyqJuR05q5"Maybe there was a little touch of complacency following the performance against Dublin [Leinster semi-final], thinking 'yeah, we’re going to go down here and we’re at a different level here.’ They dropped to that level."It’s pretty poor from Kildare in terms of the quality of players that they have.
You would expect a lot better."While keen to pick at Kildare's faults, Whelan said that it was important to also recognise the character shown by Sligo at Markievicz Park, and he now sees a potential route to the preliminary quarter-finals opening up."You can’t take away from Sligo’s performance