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Morgan Milk SFC Quarter Final Draw:
Ballyholland v Rostrevor
Loughinisland v Clonduff
Mayobridge v Burren
Bryansford v Kilcoo

Around a Pound IFC quarter final draw
St John's v Kilclief
Annaclone vs Clan na Banna
Ballymartin vs Bosco
Dundrum v Attical

Fck it'll be hard to predict winners for the SFC bar our game.

[Rostrevor]

Rostrevor v Downpatrick
Liatriom v Kilcoo
An Riocht v Bryansford
Loughinisland v Tullylish
Clonduff v Castlewellan
Saval v Mayobridge
Longstone v Burren
Warrenpoint v Ballyholland
IFC
Drumgath v Clan na Banna
St Johns v Glasdrumman
Ballymartin v Ardglass
Drumaness v Attical
Kilclief v Shamrocks
Carryduff v Dundrum
Glenn v St John Bosco
Darragh Cross v Annaclone
JFC
Bright v Mitchels
Dromara v Aughlisnafinn
Saul v Ballykinler

Yeah Ciaran Mooney (jnr) is a referee in the county. Had a bad knee condition and has stopped playing football and taken up the whistle! Why?

ive calmed down abit since last nyt, and im not one for comin on and givin off about referees. its great to see a young lad givin it a lash, but last night he simply had an aweful game from start to finish. a loughinisland player had a shot that went about 3 feet wide. the loughinisland umpire (under that post) gave it wide, as did the drumgath umpire, but he gave a point. When our captain queried the decision, he was told by the ref that he gave the point before the umpires gave it wide so he stood by his decision!

at the end of the half, he blew a free for a foul on a loughinisland player and ran over, in the mean time loughinisland had played on, the drumgath players had all stopped, but he then decided to let the game continue!

il not even go into the rugby tackle by magic on jackie lynch which resulted in nothin, or the rugby tackle on our forward 6 yars out by the keeper as he was rounded....resulting in a free out!

ive read posts on here in the past, but by the end of the game it was getting comical, even the loughinisland management acknowledged the decisions after the game.

i was suprised to see such a young ref in a div 2 game. at a guess, I would say this lad was no more than 22/23. he just seemed to get a bit overwhelmed by the whole thing.

rant over

Fair enough it sounds bad from what you say, maybe he had a bad night. Anytime I have seen him referee whether it under age or otherwise e seems to get things spot on. Must have had a poor game. I agree with the questioning of referees if they are consistently bad as I pointed out earlier in season. Why should they get away with it when players are openly criticised on here and elsewhere. However I would say Ciaran is a very goof referee and suggest that maybe the occasion did get to him in this case.

Have to agree he had a poor game, and although he appeared to favour us, gave some questionable decisions against both teams. He was doing fine until the wide he gave as a point and then appeared to lose control after that. He got a fair amount of abuse during the match too which is terrible to see. Fair play to him though, it's good to see young people becoming referees.

Honestly didn't realise Declan Rooney was playing until he got booked near the end. Management got it completely wrong today cost us the game.

[Ps Caolan played the second half for Rostrevor last night for those who were talking about him not having played senior football!]

Great result for Kilcoo - who were the star men MDG?

As a team Kilcoo where superb. All six defenders excelled while James McClean gave a great display of high fielding in midfield ably assisted by Felim McGreevy. In attack Anthony Devlin won his battle with Dan McCartan, Laverty caused mayhem while the half forward line of Paul Devlin, Darragh Ohanlon and Barry Kane worked like trojans and scored 1-10 out of the 2-13 between them.

Sounds like a fluid performance. Maybe we weren't so bad against you after all! However...I think one of your forwards won't be best pleased he is the only one not mentioned in your praise

Ps Caolan played the second half for Rostrevor last night for those who were talking about him not having played senior football!

How did he go?

Had a black lab pup now for just over 2 years and his coat has started to turn brown. I know the owners of the mother and he's definitely pedigree. It happened this time last year too and goes back to black in the winter, but still has a tinge of brown in it. I'm thinking it might just be the summer coat coming through. Anyone know if that's what it is or any ideas on what could be causing this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13700351.stm

Hope its news that he has been called into the senior squad super sub . I know we have talked about this before but i think he would be a good option to use if needed

Heard that myself. Think it's a terrible decision. The lad's never played club senior or county u21 game before. Huge step up from Minors to Seniors at club level never mind county.

[It's a cup competition and strange things happen. Chelsea have been one of the top teams in Europe for the best part of a decade and they can't win it.]

Lads, now that the dust has settled after weekend - a serious question?

Has Fergie under-achieved in the CL? 2 wins in all those years and with all the great squads he had. It could also be argued that both wins had an element of good fortune about them (which if course is always needed to win these ones).

But when you look back and see some of them teams that have won (including the great LFC team of 2005  ), its clear that United should have won more.

The question is why they haven't?

It's a cup competition and strange things happen. Chelsea have been one of the top teams in Europe for the best part of a decade and they can't win it. Since 1993, when Ferguson first got a crack at it, only Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Man Utd have won it more than once. So I don't think it is clear that they should have won it more often

What he says! Luck plays a part in the CL. Look at some of the teams to win it, Porto, Liverpool, even Inter in 10, none could claim to be the top team in Europe at the time.

I don't think Chelsea have been close to been one of the top teams in Europe, in England yes, but in Europe they've been consistently average.

In 2009 with a decent ref they would have beaten Barca convincingly. I'd say that's a lot more than average

Anyone seen or got pictures of the new jersey?

Barcelona are categorically the only team in the world who have divers.

They are also the only team in the world who hound referees.

They put up with that sort of thing in the Premiership. It's for real men.

No one is saying that. The point is they shouldn't have to dive as they are one of, if not the greatest team ever. For example Busquets will be remembered by most for his diving and play acting, when he should be remembered for his ability on the pitch.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12989762

The Down forward line needs a new lease of life .
Something that Caolan Mooney would inject.
If he is good enough he is old enough
i know he is off to Collingwood in the autumn but in my opinion the Down seniors need him.

Snoopdog seriously are you for real?? The lad is still a child.. Physically he would be well out of his depth at senior intercounty level, this time next year after Collingwood get their hands on him maybe.. but now! No chance!! Young Conor Poland possibly is an option in half forward line.

I am for Real. I think he would be strong enough for the challenge. Would he not be physically stronger than the likes of McComiskey.
Maybe im being naieve, but he wouldnt be the first 18 year old to play senior football.
He is gonna go out to Aus and take alot bigger hits from bigger guys than he would on a Gaelic pitch.

I'd agree with you snoop. Give him a go surely, Benny and Dan both played when they were 18. He would be hard to catch once he gets going. Don't think he'd be stronger than McComiskey though, he's built like a brick shithouse.

[Gotta remember that 3 years ago at minor we were well beat in Omagh at the first round.]

Fair play to this team - reminder of the seniors in 2008.I know the management ( at least Neill Collins and Stephen Poacher) have got a bit of abuse but they must have done something right as the switches seemd to have worked. Gotta remember that 3 years ago at minor we  were well beat in Omagh at the first round. It's a wonder Connaire Harrison didn't drive the bus home as he did just about everything else !

Was it not only bout 5 points?

Niall Donnelly man of the match