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 The J brothers are some shower!
RJ & JJ especially in line for bit of time out.

Can anyone tell me is next season or the following season that the big teams are allowed to enter reserve teams into the all-county leagues??

Je-us,you ask some stupid questions.

Its a common enough practice in other counties.

I know it is but this has never been discussed at County Board level in Down.TH is just an irritant.

This has been discussed on numerous occassions and Burren are mad to enter a reserve team in ACL

It has never been formally proposed at Convention.Put yourself up for election and make all the things you continually suggest happen.

Can anyone tell me is next season or the following season that the big teams are allowed to enter reserve teams into the all-county leagues??

Je-us,you ask some stupid questions.

Its a common enough practice in other counties.

I know it is but this has never been discussed at County Board level in Down.TH is just an irritant.

Can anyone tell me is next season or the following season that the big teams are allowed to enter reserve teams into the all-county leagues??

Je-us,you ask some stupid questions.

It's mad to think that Glenn is in trouble of heading to division 3, they need a win in the Stone tomorrow night

That's the way leagues work.

In roughly 12 hours you've gone from wondering why D2 teams aren't competitive at reserve level, to recommending seeding so we can ensure that it never happens again.

You're hard to keep up with.

Teachers.. you know what there like, career gets in the way of their drinking hobby, get a bit dopey during the summer so they do

And the other 3 seasons also.

[I would've liked to have seen a 4th bottom v 2nd in D2 play off to make sure we get the strongest D1 possible in 2023.]

Think it's rough on whoever goes down because so many team have equipped themselves really well in Division 1. I would've liked to have seen a 4th bottom v 2nd in D2 play off to make sure we get the strongest D1 possible in 2023.

I'd have to disagree with this. In the last four years, only four promotion spots have been made available to Div 2 teams (2018 - 1, 2019 - 1, 2020 - 0, 2021 - 2). From those four teams that went up, Loughinisland (2018), Carryduff (2019) and RGU (2021) all could go on to be safe this year, so what's to say that Div 2 teams coming up won't be strong and can't hold their own?
I'd also argue that a lack of relegation last year may have potentially saved Loughinisland or Bryansford, two teams who may end up being safe this year when in any other year could have been playing Div 2. Point here is that they got a free pass last season, why give them another escape route?

Fourth bottom in Div 1 is in theory a lot stronger than 2nd in div 2, and a playoff would likely reflect that  Thus maintaining a stronger Div 1 and possibly avoiding sending another team down to div 2, to trounce the bottom half of that division. So many relegations in one season is ridiculous. Leagues could have been restructured over 2 seasons. While it maybe meant less dead rubber games towards the end of this season, it could mean we get more non-competitive games next season. Applies to other divisions too, as between top and bottom in each division there is quite a difference in standard (in my humble opinion).

The process was voted in by the County Board earlier in the year.Spilt milk and all that.

I understand the tiebreaker for two or more teams is H2H, but what is the tiebreaker for 3 or more teams on same points? is it a H2H minileague or straight score difference? i see three teams are on 17 and Loughinisland on 15 so it is very possible a team could go down based on tiebreaker

2 is H2H,More than two it's point difference.

Down better going with 30 players who want to play for Down and not disappear to America, Australia or drop if the panel. Derry went through 107 players in less than 10yrs, it was a joke. Down beat Derry in Newry 2yrs ago. Gallagher got rid of maybe 8/10 players I have thought good enough to start / on the panel. Due to either attitude or couldn't commit. Down gonna go the same way. Derry keep Slaughtneil on board to backbone the team, Kilcoo seem to they too good for the county team.

I think we're all up for building for the future but if we look back at the most recent plan prior to this,we know the results of that by our current situation.Who was in charge of implementing that and who is in charge of bringing this latest idea to fruition?The answer to this is critical as to the prospects of this plan succeeding.

Can't get my head around James and Co. staying on.Dressing room has long been lost and will probably not be got back.Just leave and let's have a clean sweep of the whole set-up.

Thank the Lord!Common sense has prevailed.Let's get it right this time.

Name the top 15 intercounty standard players playing week in week out for their clubs at a consistent high level between the ages of 21-25....

What a daft post but go ahead you name 15 first.

Is it not the right thing to do to keep him involved?? Who else is going to take the role or indeed do any better? Take the current u20 setup in with him this year and it's a smooth transition next year for Laverty to take the post.

That would be a smart move. Laverty, whilst brilliant in his own right could learn from James for a year.

Learn what exactly?The rot has set in with the current Management and bringing others in won't improve this.

Mooney's interview versus Forker's podcast one.Chalk and Cheese.I had aired my views with our County Delegate earlier in the month and he said at the weekend there was similar chat at last Thursday's CB Meeting.

Is it not the right thing to do to keep him involved?? Who else is going to take the role or indeed do any better? Take the current u20 setup in with him this year and it's a smooth transition next year for Laverty to take the post.

That would be a smart move. Laverty, whilst brilliant in his own right could learn from James for a year.

Learn what exactly?The rot has set in with the current Management and bringing others in won't improve this.

 I listened to Aidan Forker today on the BBC Podcast.We are miles away from what Armagh are doing.

Down better going with 30 players who want to play for Down and not disappear to America, Australia or drop if the panel. Derry went through 107 players in less than 10yrs, it was a joke. Down beat Derry in Newry 2yrs ago. Gallagher got rid of maybe 8/10 players I have thought good enough to start / on the panel. Due to either attitude or couldn't commit. Down gonna go the same way. Derry keep Slaughtneil on board to backbone the team, Kilcoo seem to they too good for the county team.

I think we're all up for building for the future but if we look back at the most recent plan prior to this,we know the results of that by our current situation.Who was in charge of implementing that and who is in charge of bringing this latest idea to fruition?The answer to this is critical as to the prospects of this plan succeeding.

Can't get my head around James and Co. staying on.Dressing room has long been lost and will probably not be got back.Just leave and let's have a clean sweep of the whole set-up.

Why would they bring her,whoever she is,onto a GAA podcast?

Lol. Are you for real? On here giving your opinions & really don't know???

No I don't know who she is and if she is the podcast owner's other half,
he'd need to grow a set and leave her at home.Serious error of judgement
to bring her onto his show.Really it's quite pathetic.