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Very poor performance tonight, a win is a win but two poor performances in a row is worrying. We're struggling to get scores and failed to get any sort of dominance with the wind in the second half.
Limped over the line in the end.

What are the dates for Ulster semi finals?poor show from down against a antrim team with serious injury list.

27th / 28th

Which side of the draw is on 27th and 28th do you know?

Down v Armagh (or Fermanagh) on 27th

Westmeath last game in league lose to Sligo, the next week league final beat Down (most would say deservedly), the next week lose Leinster first round to Wicklow, make sense of that.

How can McMahon not give Paddy Lynch motm.

to score 1-9 and not get motm is bit of a strange one, thought he was the clear stand out player

Think the man utd match is massive for Liverpool. If they win that I honestly can't see them dropping many points in the remaining games, spurs at home and villa away being the toughest, think Liverpool are still the favourites but utd is massive game now, a win and Liverpool will be hard to stop.

Derry to beat Donegal then Tyrone then Armagh just to win Ulster, compare this to Kerry or Dublin's run in the provincials. Derry be burnt out by time quarters come round.

Well done to mortified and well done to mod5 for organising

One of the best games in years and people still want to focus on the referee.
In games like this there's loads going on both on and off the ball, as a neutral I thought the referee had a decent game.

It was very clear. Down need to beat Armagh to compete in Sam this year...

need to beat Antrim first

Disappointing night, very poor performance especially in the second half. We looked miles away from being a top tier team, slow build up play mixed with poor defending.  Westmeath weren't great either and didn't even have to play great to win.
 
McGovern starting was a strange one after his performance last week but he wasn't the only one to have a poor night.

Charlie Smyth signed by New Orleans Saints - Very well done 👏🏻

fair play to him, brilliant achievement.

Laois by 4
Down by 3

Donegal by 2
Dublin by 4

Great result today, promotion was vital for this team. Probably wasn't as easy as the scoreline suggests, 2 goals in quick succession gave us a stress free last quarter. A trip to croke park now to look forward to. Well done all, first and probably most important target for the season achieved.

I am not big into hurling but love Splash's posts. Very informative and no resorting to abusing anyone.
Great to see the hurlers making the league semi finals. Let's have an update on yesterday's game Splash and keep up the good work.

Splash has certainly been a welcome addition to the Down forum. I enjoy the coverage of the ihc and jhc during the summer, games you would generally hear little about. It's encouraging to hear of progress at underage particularly at clubs like Castlewellan and CPN, where you would associate them more as football clubs.

Appreciate it. Just trying to keep as much hurling discussion going as possible. We all want the best for Down, Sandstorm,  no call to resort to bickering or insulting anyone, and glad you find the talk about the junior and intermediate interesting,  Ardtole.

Glad yous are enjoying the bit of hurling discussion going on, lately.

Anyway, a great day out for the hurlers on Saturday. A 9 point win on such a miserable day. Not bad at all.

Daithí Sands was unreal, scoring 3-3 from play.

That relegates Meath and sends us into a league semi final. 70 minutes away from being back in Division One. Will now face Laois next week, in Laois.

Will be a very tough game. Down gave Laois a scare in the first round, and they'll not be expecting an easy game, and Laois will feel as though they're well fit to compete with Antrim, Westmeath, and Offaly next year. But Down have been going very good this season. Undefeated at home, and biggest loss was only 7 points after a late goal and some last minute frees by Laois in the first round.

Couple injuries and Eoghan Sands likely to miss the game after getting sent off the other day, but there's a good depth to this Down squad, so let's be hopeful.

Would be great to see Down in the Division One, and they've shown they're well fit to compete with the likes of Antrim, Westmeath, Offaly, etc.

Let's hope the momentum keeps going until Saturday.
 

how did they decide that Down have to play their semi final against Laois in Portlaoise? Seen the division 1 semi finals are at neutral venues.

Derry
Dublin
Kerry
Mayo

Cavan
Armagh
Donegal
Louth

Antrim
Down
Offaly
Westmeath

Carlow
Laois
Wexford
Leitrim