Down Club Hurling & Football

[AnDúnAbú94]

Good to get another win, beat Offaly next week and Div2 will be within touching distance. Took a while to kill of Antrim today but subs worked well. John McGovern in with the squad now, would like to see him give it a real rattle, deadly man if left inside!

Where'd you hear that about McGovern? I haven't heard it reported anywhere else

He was on the pitch with the team warming up before the game on Sunday.

Eagled eyed! Fair play for spotting, interested to see how he gets on

[Blackandblue2]

Good win at the weekend. Down quietly going about their business and look to be improving all around. O Hare another solid performance, defense on shipped 7 scores, won midfield battle, forwards slightly wasteful but creating chances. Only worry is opposition is poor and Down will run into tougher tests soon enough. Wonder will the resolve be there to match the better quality teams. Time will tell 

[Truth hurts]

Any team for tommorrow? Good luck to St Malachys in the All-Ireland semi-final.

[Johnnysboys]

Any update on the Darragh Cross situation? No fixtures released until it's sorted apparently..

[Splash]

Any team for tommorrow? Good luck to St Malachys in the All-Ireland semi-final.

John O'Hare
Peter Fegan
Ryan McEvoy
Ceilum Doherty
Miceal Rooney
Pierce Laverty
Paddy McCarthy
Odhran Murdock
Shane Annett
Caolan Mooney
Liam Kerr
Daniel Guinness
Danny Magill
Pat Havern
James Guinness

[thewobbler]

I reckon that's the strongest XV named by Down in a decade.

Whether they're all fit and ready is a different matter.

But there's some serious pace in that team.

[upandwin]

Any reports from tonight's game? First match in a long time I've missed, great to get two points and surely that will be the last proper test before Westmeath.

Who was good?

[Hard2Listen2]

Any reports from tonight's game? First match in a long time I've missed, great to get two points and surely that will be the last proper test before Westmeath.

Who was good?

Another win.
Onwards & upwards!

[Dubh driocht]

Very few were good.
Ryan McAvoy did well but picked up a yellow which could have been a black; that's probably why Laverty took him off but we badly missed his leadership. Murdoch had an off-night but Ryan Johnson was excellent when he came on. Only Havern in the forward line was consistent; anyway two points and move on.

[downtothecore]

St Malachys castlewellan had a great win today. The game went to extra time after the Mayo school who were a good team scored 2 late points to level match in normal time. The castlewellan lads showed their quality in extra time to to win by 2 points. There is some good talent in this team and good boost for down football...

[SHEEDY]

Down mixed some decent attacking play with some really poor defensive play. Offaly scoring 2-14 is a real concern and they should've had a couple more goals, when they ran at us they caused us problems. We're still lacking a top quality forward to kick points from play. A win is a win but Laverty will be far from happy.

[Splash]

Hurlers in action tomorrow in Ballycran against Kildare.

Down had an amazing second half performance in their last game against Kerry, and if they can consistently perform like that, you'd be hopeful about this year.

Nonetheless, Kildare seem to have been Down's bogey team for a while now, so I wouldn't be getting too complacent. Very strong looking Kildare team named, who will be stung after we relegated them to the Christy Ring Cup last year. They also beat Down in the Kehoe Cup a few weeks ago, and will be looking to get their first win of the league.

Down have enough in them to win this game, though. Let's hope everything clicks tomorrow and we continue the good form.

Think I'm right in saying that after Carlow beat Laois today, Down can go to second place in the league based off of points difference (think it's points difference as opposed to head to head) if the result is kind to us tomorrow? That would leave Down in a very good place going into the final two rounds.

But one step at a time. Let's not be getting too ahead of ourselves, and focus on the task at hand. Kildare are a tough test. But hopefully Down are well fit for them.

[snoopdog]

Down mixed some decent attacking play with some really poor defensive play. Offaly scoring 2-14 is a real concern and they should've had a couple more goals, when they ran at us they caused us problems. We're still lacking a top quality forward to kick points from play. A win is a win but Laverty will be far from happy.

Last night was concerning. Offaly are better than their league position suggests, Down won nothing in the middle in 2nd half. It all seemed to swing on a few substitutions in quick succession, when McEvoy and mooney came off. . Play like that and promotion mightnt happen again.

[Johnnysboys]

Last night was concerning absolutely. There was a 15 minute spell we cud not live with them. But they missed the vital scores and 3/4 goal chances which kept us looking comfortable. Ryan Johnston was excellent when introduced and hopefully can stay fit. Liam Kerr had a great game but yet again it was Pat Havern that was our best player. We literally could not do without him at present. Sligo next week should be accounted for easily and then 2 weeks to prepare for Westmeath which is the only real test we have in the league.

[Truth hurts]

Our defence is a major worry at the minute