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Hopefully Callum McG is good to go for Sunday.  With him, Reo and CCV on the pitch Celtic are so much better (stating the obvious)!  illdecide usually hears a whisper or two, any word?!

Agree with that.  Scales had a couple of months when he played well above his normal level but he's been poor for a while.  It's not been a great season but I think there is still a decent chance that the league can be won, just need to win every game from here on!  Benfica didn't help Celtic's cause last night either.

Kilcoo - K Lacey
Burren - E McCartan
CPN - J Boyle
Clonduff - G Adams
Mayobridge - B Murray
Carryduff - F Moriarty
Loughinisland - C O'Toole
Bredagh - ?
Ballyholland - S Mulholland
Castlewellan - C McCabe

Longstone - C Brannigan
Bryansford - J Magorrian
RGU - K Duffin & C McCrickard
Rostrevor - DJ Morgan
Saval - P Morrison
Saul - D Lynch
Liatroim - P Murray
Shamrocks - DJ Kane
An Riocht  - C Kelly
St John's - S Curran

Glenn - S Clark?
Drumgath - P Hynes
Annaclone- J Clarke
Ballymartin- Barry Cunningham
Attical - M Rafferty
Tullylish - R McShane
Drumaness - L Sloan
Banbridge- P Feeney
Bosco - M McVeigh
Finn - M Copeland


Darragh - B Mason
St Paul's- P Hannigan
Bright - Aidan Clark
Dromara - J Fegan
Teconnaght - C Laverty
Kilclief - S Curran
Ardglass - K Smyth
Dundrum - R McCartan
East Belfast - C O'Neill
Aghaderg - K Blaney
St Michael's - L McAlinden
Glasdrumman - N McKibben


Would this list of Down senior football club managers for 2024 above be correct??

S Curran not with Kilclief and pretty sure K Smyth gone from Ardglass.

Also enjoying Shógun but the guy playing Blackthorne is a terrible actor and I can barely make out a word he is saying (might be my hearing tho!).  He's like a third rate Tom Hardy.  Second season of Full Swing was decent I thought.

Lucky win last night.  No pace or aggression at the moment and very slow and laboured playing out from the back.  In mitigation CCV and Reo are massive players to be missing from that team.  They also really miss Jota, he was a league above any of the other wingers we have but he was never gonna turn down whatever money he was offered.  I don't think getting rid of the manager would solve anything at this point.  Just need to dog it out this season and hope for the best.

I'm not really up on all the Board issues, has there been a major change there since Ange left or what is the craic? 

Don't know what Idah brings that big Oh doesn't already (which isn't much imo)!  Need a left back as we've all said but I don't know who is out there that has the quality Celtic want and is willing to come.  Performance against Ross County last week was not good and to add into the negative column the pitch is in an awful state.  I'd say the manager is having second thoughts about his return, never mind what the fans think about his return!

Atlético Madrid looking at O'Riley apparently.  Would be a huge loss.  Pretty underwhelming transfer window so far.

Could do with a bit of advice.

Currently running with Mizuno Wave Horizon 6 shoes, they are grand but I would be prone to calf strains so looking to further minimise impact.  Are there any in soles out there that any one would recommend?

Thanks.

Hoka Clifton 8's.  Hoka can be quite expensive but these have worked really well for me in helping with calf and achilles problems.  Not the most up to date version of the Clifton but you will usually find a good deal on some of the usual websites.

Agree with the boys also, the strength work is crucial and take the easy days really easy!

Reo looked very upset after the match last night, not sure what that was all about?  Things looking up but definitely need a couple of areas strengthened in January.

Any chance of a result this evening?  As the boys above are saying, not playing well at the moment.  I've kinda written Europe off this season already.  I'd take a decent performance and a draw!

Did wee John play a bit of football for you? didn't know that. I presume that's who it is, not big plebs McGrath... 

Prenter as much as he lives over here is officially a RGU player sanctioned to play hurling for us. I don't think he played any football this year, certainly not championship.
We'd two lads playing for Saul as well, don't think they did last year though.

Jordy Doran, some boy!  Haven't seen McGrath in a long time.

Would there be any love for football In Ards?

Think it was said here that Ballycran used to be competitive in Division 3 and the IFC. Know there's a few lads who come across the water to play football.

Personally think that the Ards teams look very fit, strong etc.- and I would imagine that could be enough competitive in Div 4/JFC level.

In my opinion, every club should be a dual club, and every child should have a chance to play both.

We had a couple of Ards men lining out in the football for us this regularly this season.  The boys who traditionally came over were either over just to keep a bit of fitness up or had fallen out with someone in their home club!  Any of the serious hurlers wouldn't even think about it.

JC's clubmate and Down hurling captain played one game for us in Div 4 this season was the outstanding player on the pitch.  Based on the 40 minutes he was on the pitch I reckon he could play Div 1 club football easily.  Might get a few red cards tho!

The Galgets have had a couple in the last few years with the O'Reilly's and Prenter I think?  JC can correct me if I'm wrong.

Kilclief no match at all for Swatragh. Tough draw for them. Interesting to see how Kilclief get on next year in Intermediate. A lot of lads heading away travelling so the story goes?

Swatragh should not be in the JHC by their own admission!

We have one player leaving for Oz this week and maybe a couple of retirements.  Very small squad all year and the JHC win probably reflects the weakness of the competition more than anything.

There are probably 5 or 6 of our strongest dual players currently working abroad or away travelling.  For a dual club with a limited catchment area it puts real pressure on us to field in either code, never mind be competitive.

There are so many opportunities for young fellas and GAA seems to be down the priority list, just the way of the world now!  I wouldn't fault any of them for choosing to go.

It's maybe easier to persuade fellas to stay if a club is successful on a continuous basis?

There is fantastic work going on at juvenile level and our facilities are excellent so hopefully better days are ahead!

Greg Taylor isn't up to it in the SPL never mind Champions League.  Scales has improved so much.  Decent result, just ran out of steam.

Can't make my mind up about Maeda.  Phenomenal workrate but he does some really stupid stuff!

JHC Final postponed until 1:30pm Sunday.