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Strange one that Gerard McGovern is included given that he isn't committing this year...fair play to him

Make far too much sense that Wobbler...The long and short of it is that Burren have a reputation of winning and producing good players so anyone that's even remotely on the cusp of Burren's surrounding areas all want to go and play there...Decades of Ballyholland, Warrenpoint, Saval and Newry people making the trek to Burren because they had a great uncle that played for Burren thirds in the 70s and that's the justification for people choosing Burren. truth of it is there is a snobbery about South Down that if you want your children to get the best coaching and chance to be a superstar you send them to Burren...certainly supports the 'build it and they will come' theory

Burren 5ths team spotted training in Kilbroney this morning...apparently they had 27 lads running the stone. Burren 2nds would be challenging in Div2 lads let's be honest...them and Kilcoo need split in two to give everyone else a chance

New year, same old stuff. Rostrevor and more particularly, Saval, should know better.

Just goes to show that teams will do anything to win at all costs now, it's the way the GAA is going nowadays. Heard through a less prominent South Down CB member that Mayobridge and Burren lads are doing strength and conditioning programs ahead of the 2022 season as well. Where does it end? Next thing we know clubs will be appointing goalkeeping coaches, there will be stat men at games and players will be watching their diets etc. May as well just be soccer now...the magic has gone

Should be a ban on all training until 48hrs before the first league game...I'd suggest a motion but be unlikely to gain enough support from the glory hunters around the county who want to see their clubs succeed...farcical

DuffGael are you from Clonduff or Carryduff...just so we can understand if your comment should be taken sincerely or sarcastically...

Heard from a much less prominent County Board member, but still prominent enough to be called fairly prominent, that the Xmas dinner is to be split in two. South Down Turkey will be served in the Canal Court followed by a barn dance in the Mourne Country Hotel...with the East Down Turkey being served up on the Ballykinlar Centre of excellence site from the mobile hut that usually pitches itself outside Esler...

Burren are going to win every piece of senior silverware for the next ten years...they have too many unreal players coming through to be stopped. Fair play to their underage coaches over the last 5/10yrs...starting to reap what they sow.

Need to split Burren in two lads...there's at least a couple of All Irelands coming their way in the next decade...in 5yrs the two best teams in Down will be Burren and Burren 2nds #Facts

Hard to call that Kilcoo-WG game but my gut tells me that Glen are overrated a bit. A very good side obviously but Kilcoo are formidable...

The dark horses for the Ulster champ are Derrygonnelly...not sure why no one is talking about them, they absolutely outplayed Kilcoo the last time they met and only for missing free after free after free they would have won that day. I think D'Gonnelly/Kilcoo final and Fermanagh team to win it in ET.

(Can't wait for this comment to be rubbished when WG inevitably beat Kilcoo and D'Gonnelly lose their semi final as well now lol)

Keep us posted if there are any developments GO...I thought I had my ear to the ground in Newcastle but definitely seems the further you go down the promenade, the more prominent the figures become. People in Avoca are much more in the know than anyone I've spoken to in Savoy or Froth...anyone got any contacts in Olive Bazaar that are prominent enough to suggest who the backroom team will be for wee James?

Smurfy you named 716 people as confirmed Down Managers...wee James maybe the only man you didn't name drop.

Went to Railway St last night for a deluxe hot chocolate and saw the seven sisters ratifying the management, some extremely prominent figures eating caramel squares in there...heard it here first #InTheKnow

What rank was he exactly? Higher in the ranking order than the last prominent East Down Gael prophet?

Should Down not follow the United model and appoint an interim manager for now who can train the team until we get a proper interim manager who can oversee things until we can get a permanent manager in...Then the second interim manager can become assistant TO the permanent manager...

The Fish supper in Doc's is best in the business...#ForCodAndUlster

Burren scored the highest amount of point in Div1 ya moron. They had an average of almost 18pts a game...but yet they're defensive this last five years? Go watch a league game or two...There are other pitches outside of Esler boss. Ford are defensive because they're scrap...same way Ballyholland and Some other scrap teams went defensive over the last ten years to get results. Bridge actually have good forwards, my point is why would they go for Poacher who's septically bad brand of football has won him sweet FA to date...he's a relegation battle merchant

How are Burren defensive yet have outscored CPN, Kilcoo, Clonduff and all the other teams in Div1?

Have indeed...Think Ford are a by-product of having a poor team but they still attack when they can. Burren haven't been overly defensive past 5yrs....and when they have that's because they're desperate to try something different to beat Kilcoo and you won't do that with expansive football all the time.

If you watched a match other than semi final or final of the championship, you'd learn a thing or two. Try going to the odd league game fella...