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Hell I can't remember J Clarke at corner back.... must go check the programme to jog the old memory.  Happier with our options in 2012 than the 03 team listed.

Speaking of Clarkes does the aussie football season end anytime soon??

Yeah turn up. But best we don't give dem lads any more than 6 points of a headstart....

I miss the televised draw on the Sunday evenings.

Miss them myself. Will never forget waking from a Sunday afternoon slumber on the couch back in 2010 only to find we'd drawn Kerry in the QTF. Sure you never know says I.

If you were right about me, which you aren't, you've been too keen to talk to children in internet chatrooms....

Control yourself.

Yeah like they'd be up at 9.57am or 9.34am....

Good man Omagh I'll do that for you surely.

You do this for me now, repeat out loud:

"Medals in back pockets are for back door medals".

Clawing back from a nine point deficit does remind me of a certain game in 03 (albeit the team doing the clawing back that day had the referee on their side for most of the game and a certain, shall we say, diving pedigree about them which O. McConville acknowledged "too honest" Down just don't have).

Final word saved for Benny The Great. Even the most cynical man wouldn't deny this magnificent guy his day in the sun and the (slim?) chance to put right what tramps like McGuigan and Jordan cheated their way to in 03...almost 10 years later.

Long live Benny The Great , long live County Down.

Ineptitude is the only word to adequately sum up today's referee. I'd love to think that his wife, mother, sons and daughters are tiptoeing around the house to night in fear of this man's form!   

Well done Down, you did us proud.

B McArdle my MOTM.

Seem to remember Monaghan were susceptible to the high ball into the ff line in the mckenna cup in clones. Not sure that option open to down with the current starting line up. Maybe it''ll be McConville's turn to take his place on the edge of the square after the end of the match parade  ?

The weather forecast for Sunday is fairly bad.  I have tickets for the "Main stand", is it covered?

I'm in the "main stand" too, section 110 - does anyone know how the sections work in the MAG or have a seating plan?? Didn't pay any attention during at the league game.

Very big of Aidan Brannigan to take his punishment 'like a man' according to James McCartan. Pity he didn't throw a punch like a man during the game.

Move on. Down have.

I would be happy if McArdle has another run out giving Dan max time recovering. Hoping that the more game time and experience Mcardle gets now the more options we have during the summer

Any crisps but ready salted / plain

 Down for the final.  Wouldn't like to predict anything further than that.

Watching the Armagh/Tyrone game I saw a dozen or so empty seats at the rear of the MAG stand. I was up near these seats for Down's legaue game and couldn't believe the obstructed view from them.