Down Club Hurling & Football

[T O Hare]

Clubs should have a bit of common sense with regards to changing games though. Clubs and players don't forget that easily and it will inevitably come back to bite you in the future.

[whitegoodman]

Clubs should have a bit of common sense with regards to changing games though. Clubs and players don't forget that easily and it will inevitably come back to bite you in the future.

Exactly

[wobbller]

   Fair enough points alright. But do you oblige Clubs for Stags,Weddings, etc
if the proposed refix date weakens your own Club's chances?

[OgraAnDun]

I agree 100% WGM. We were lucky to escape with no reds against Burren. But I'm delighted to see our lads standing up to the (so called) big guns of Down football and not being messed about. We did the same against Rostrevor who started a melee down there in the first game of the league. We did the same to Kilcoo in the last game of the season last year. For far too long we have had a 2nd division mentality and we kowtowed to the aristocracy of Down club football. Those days are over.

What a load of bolli-s!

+1

[T O Hare]

   Fair enough points alright. But do you oblige Clubs for Stags,Weddings, etc
if the proposed refix date weakens your own Club's chances?

Usually both teams should come to an agreement. It's only a league game at the end of the day. If the stag or groom is a player and most of the team is away then clubs should accommodate. It only causes unnecessary grief between two clubs. Address two points really worth it??

[elk]

Should have had the stag before the league started

[Hedgehunter]

Should have had the stag before the league started

Nonsense.... What if the wedding is in August? Do ya go for a wee drink in Feb or March and that will do ya? These people are just regular folk like the rest of us.. Common sense should prevail, or is our local club scene heading the same way as the county scene?

[sdg]

As a ex manager off teams the rule I had about changing games was Change if it suits ur team and ur team only.

[supersub]

   Fair enough points alright. But do you oblige Clubs for Stags,Weddings, etc
if the proposed refix date weakens your own Club's chances?

If one date is offered obviously not, but if I'm sure if more than one option is given most would be able to come to an agreement. Don't really want to get drawn into this, just addressing a couple of points raised. Immaterial now anyway as the game is on tomorrow night 7.30pm.

[Brick Tamlin]

So there you have it. The battle lines have been drawn.
Not too often these teams have met in last 10 years so should be feisty you would imagine.

[Down Follower]

So there you have it. The battle lines have been drawn.
Not too often these teams have met in last 10 years so should be feisty you would imagine.

Local derbies are the best arent they  Blues v Reds and Saval v Glenn both on tonight.

[5 Sams]

Harps had a good 6 point win against the bridge tonight. Totally dominated the game. No dirt, no niggle, just toe to toe football. Best team won.

[wobbller]

Harps had a good 6 point win against the bridge tonight. Totally dominated the game. No dirt, no niggle, just toe to toe football. Best team won.

Good win. Glad it passed off peacefully.

[Down Follower]

Some interesting results over the weekend. Burren look to be a bit ahead of everyone at the moment. Saval and Ballyholland performing extremely well. The pack seems very close behind that. Not much in terms of perfomance between Clonduff in 4th and Longstone in 14th.

[Rodders88]

The Harps looking very good this year. Would have been most peoples favorites to finish in the bottom 6 and  be playing Division 2 football next year.  Few more wins should see them safe with half the league campaign to go. Looked very fit on Friday night and looked like they had more in the tank. Very impressive.

Was very disappointed in the Bridge, they looked very average and was expecting a lot more from them. Anyone know if they had many missing? Benny must have been carrying an injury as he didn't start the game and wasn't very influential. Showed in patches that he still has that bit of class but not enough over the 40mins or so that he was on the filed.

Joe Murphy had a great game in Midfield, surely must be worth a look for the county team? Also Tieran Rushe is going to be a special player, was excellent again on Friday .