Down Club Hurling & Football

[DownFanatic]

Is the U-19 grade not just a replacement for the U-21 grade and thus will be ran off in late Autumn?

Is there actually an U19 grade happening?

Yes, minor to be done away with.

Its a three year trial.

Would there not need to be more than a few euro in it for a county to be willing to t**ker with their underage structures.
Must be true what they say about county being broke.

Where have you been these last few years? Of course we're broke so give generously to get Sean Rooney, Sean O'g and several others of the county executive out of Crumlin Road Gaol.

Is U-17 not replacing Minor?

[johnneycool]

Is the U-19 grade not just a replacement for the U-21 grade and thus will be ran off in late Autumn?

Is there actually an U19 grade happening?

Yes, minor to be done away with.

Its a three year trial.

Would there not need to be more than a few euro in it for a county to be willing to t**ker with their underage structures.
Must be true what they say about county being broke.

Where have you been these last few years? Of course we're broke so give generously to get Sean Rooney, Sean O'g and several others of the county executive out of Crumlin Road Gaol.

Is U-17 not replacing Minor?

Well you could argue U17 is replacing U16, we're moving to odd age groups right the way down, so instead of U14 you'll have U13 and U15 or whatever!

[Downgaa88]

Is the u21 club competition still going to be played this year? and is it infact going to be u21/u20s? Anyone have an idea when it is due to begin?

[The Raven]

Just how broke are the County Board, do they make the finances public at the AGM?

I am aware of winners of the county draw waiting months for their prizes as well as been mentioned the clubs themselves receiving their money.

I know it is easy criticising while not putting the time in myself but the unprofessional nature of all things related to the county is worrying, more so than the future managers of the county teams. The absence of suitable facilities for our county teams, the finances of the county, the county website are all symptoms of the problem - I can't even go online to see who won the August county draw or how many teams are to be relegated from Div 2 this year.

We are paying off our debts to Croke Park 10k a month. That would be the County draw money

[EIREANNACH]

If the new grades are doing away with minor then would this mean

Football only (hurling to be overlaid)
Sun - U-13 / Reserves (with developing U19s)
Mon - Senior & U19s train
Tues - U-17
Wed - Seniors & U19s train
Thurs- U-15
Fri - Senior matches (with strong U19s)
Sat- Go Games U-11 & U-9

u21s to include u19 players perhaps


If that is the case then it might just help develop our minors and u21s a county level.

If not the case then its such a wick idea being guinea pig.

Also with the u17 rule meaning  no senior football it cant really follow the school year for age grading

Regarding potential senior manager.

What didnt work
Carr/Kane
ORourke
McCartan

Former Down stars dont equate to good managers. Certainly not in Down anyway.

[ardtole]

You cannot call McCartan a failure. He got us to an All Ireland Final. If anything he overachieved.

[EIREANNACH]

nope don't think I called anyone a failure 

anyone that tries their best.....does just that

[SamFever]

You cannot call McCartan a failure. He got us to an All Ireland Final. If anything he overachieved.

What McCartan did was certainly an overachievement of the highest order and that was five years ago. Goes to show how
bad we are now.

[Aristo 60]

Or, another outlook is that it was only natural to make an AIF with lads of the quality of Dan Gordon, Martin Clarke, Benny Coulter, Paul McComiskey and Brendan McVeigh on board.

[thewobbler]

Or, another outlook is that it was only natural to make an AIF with lads of the quality of Dan Gordon, Martin Clarke, Benny Coulter, Paul McComiskey and Brendan McVeigh on board.

All known evidence before and since suggests that it was far from natural.

[SHEEDY]

Kilcoo 2-9 mayobridge 1-7. Not much football played tonight especially at the end when a mass brawl broke out. Kilcoo struggled to get going at times but deserved the win in the end. The bridge were poor enough in attack and could have won it with a bit more quality in the final 3rd, they also lost their heads a bit at the end. Mayobridge ended up with 4 players getting the line in the dying minutes, while kilcoo had 1.

[qubdub]

Mayobridge sore losers tonight. Seem to be more interested in fighting and when it came to it the instigator and a couple of teammates were sent off. Kilcoo as usual came good in the second half. Theirs to lose

[Mourne Rover]

Poor game in which Kilcoo were there for the taking. Benny was off the pace for the Bridge and got caught up in the physical side. If he had been subbed, before what was always a likely second yellow, the Bridge might well have won. Instead, the extra man and the pace of the Johnston brothers got Kilcoo over the line. The row at the end seemed to involve almost every player, sub and mentor, so the video will be closely studied. The best player on view all night was the Glasdrumman midfielder Shane Harrison in the junior semi.

[Mid Down Gael]

Are ya wise man Jerome Johnston kicked 2-3 from play in a senior championship semi final against a packed bridge defence. A brilliant forward.

[wobbller]

Poor game in which Kilcoo were there for the taking. Benny was off the pace for the Bridge and got caught up in the physical side. If he had been subbed, before what was always a likely second yellow, the Bridge might well have won. Instead, the extra man and the pace of the Johnston brothers got Kilcoo over the line. The row at the end seemed to involve almost every player, sub and mentor, so the video will be closely studied. The best player on view all night was the Glasdrumman midfielder Shane Harrison in the junior semi.

Shane is a good footballer but this was a JFC game between two
teams ranked somewhere in the range of  32-44 in the grand scheme of Down football.