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Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football

« on: October 16, 2022, 09:15:56 PM »

Best team won although CPN will regret their caution. Hard to pick a MoM although Dabs (as always), Rooney, Ryan J and Laverty strong, as were McMahon, Murdoch, McCormack John Boyle.
O'Hare got most things right but made some strange/brave calls towards the end. So much so that Genie Brannigan gave him a mouthful after the final whistle earning himself a straight red. O'Hare certainly didn't deserve the verbal abuse from a fellow referee; a Kilcoo man who obviously didn't read the script about respecting referees!
Credit to the County board for a really well organised weekend and adh mór to Teconnaught, Saval and Kilcoo in Ulster.

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Down / Re: 2022 Down SFC Prediction Comp.

« on: October 13, 2022, 09:11:16 PM »

Missed last two weeks but anyway;
Dromara
Saval
Kilcoo

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Down / Re: 2022 Down SFC Prediction Comp.

« on: September 23, 2022, 06:55:12 PM »

Longstone v An Riocht
Castlewellan v Loughinisland
Mayobridge v Carryduff
Kilcoo v Clonduff
Burren v CPN

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Down / Re: 2022 Down SFC Prediction Comp.

« on: September 15, 2022, 06:06:29 PM »

Glenn v Castlewellan
Bredagh v An Riocht
Mayobridge v RGU
Clonduff V Ballyholland
Bryansford v Longstone
CPN v Saul

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Down / Re: 2022 Down SFC Prediction Comp.

« on: September 06, 2022, 11:23:25 AM »

Saul
Mayobridge
Clonduff
CPN
Carryduff
Bredagh
Burren
Kilcoo

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Down / Re: 2022 Down SFC Prediction Comp.

« on: August 25, 2022, 04:36:41 PM »

SFC
Bredagh
Loughinisland
Kilcoo
RGU
Longstone
Warrenpoint
Carryduff
Burren

IFC
Annaclone
Drumgath
Atticall
Rostrevor
Tullylish
Ballymartin
Saval
Shamrocks

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General discussion / Re: Weather 2022

« on: July 18, 2022, 07:54:19 PM »

Global warming caused by human behaviour is a con job, according to the DUP Environment Minister Sammy Wilson in 2009. And he stood by his words in 2020.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/feb/10/sammy-wilson-climate-change?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football

« on: November 20, 2021, 05:22:15 PM »

It's a bit of a worry alright to be managerless at this stage but things will work out.
One thought  I have is that Jim McGuinness hasn't covered himself in too much glory from this affair.
Like most people on this board I was absolutely amazed that the group charged with appointing the manager managed to keep it under wraps for so long. Both they and the McGuinness Laverty Clarke ticket successfully kept Schtum right up until the County final weekend when everyone I spoke to had heard the names in the frames. When the Irish News ran the story a few days later we were all upbeat so if it's true that McGuinness walked because the story was out, he confirmed that he really is unbelievably thin skinned.Kevin Cassidy had a point.
So while he was a successful coach he's a prickly character and if he can't handle this issue God knows what he would have been like if he had  a real crisis to deal with.

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Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football

« on: November 14, 2021, 08:20:33 AM »

The clubs that voted to shaft Tally were a bit like the DUP members who got rid of Arlene I.e. no plan B.
Remember Down lost more games in 2016 and 2017 than any other county and were relegated to Division 3 in 2018.
Tally steadied the ship without setting the world alight and paid the price for a shambolic performance against Donegal.  However starting from scratch when one club is consistently dominating is never a good tactic and while the plan seems to have been to get Kilcoo become part of the solution, rather than the problem, it has seemingly backfired.
We need to take stock and remember that a strong senior team requires all shoulders to the wheel

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Down / Re: Down GAA Championship 2021 Prediction Competition

« on: November 09, 2021, 06:18:38 PM »

Congrats DF and thanks to Niall and the organisers

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Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football

« on: November 07, 2021, 07:34:03 PM »

Three good finals for different reasons.
The Junior was an excellent game with the standard high for Junior football.  Delighted for the Fin but Dundrum gave it a great rattle, Rogers, Venney and McGrattan did well.
Darragh will be devastated after taking their eye off the ball in the last few minutes; fair play to James Colgan who stopped the ball going over from Marcus Miskelly's free, ball went down the field and Conor Doyle reduced it to 5. The two goals reminded us what passion can do in Gaelic football.
As for the Magpies; what can you say? Every man played his part and best of luck in Ulster.
The County board deserve credit for hosting an impressive weekend, the three referees were excellent and Down GAA TV brings another dimension 

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Down / Re: Down GAA Championship 2021 Prediction Competition

« on: November 01, 2021, 09:00:50 PM »

Kilcoo
An Riocht
Finn

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General discussion / Re: Death Notices

« on: October 18, 2021, 09:59:16 PM »

Dennis Hutchings, ex-soldier on trial for murder of Jon Pat Cunningham in Benburb

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Down / Re: Down GAA Championship 2021 Prediction Competition

« on: October 14, 2021, 08:46:08 PM »

SFC

Kilcoo
Burren

SFC Relegation

Bryansford

IFC

An Riocht
 Darragh Cross

IFC Relegation

Bosco

JFC

Finn
 Dundrum

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Down / Re: Down GAA Championship 2021 Prediction Competition

« on: October 08, 2021, 10:47:29 AM »

Morgan Fuels SFC Quarter finals

Ballyholland
Clonduff
Burren
Kilcoo

Morgan Fuels SFC Relegation Play off semi finals

Rostrevor
Loughinisland

Parador Lodge IFC quarter final draw

Annaclone
Darragh Cross
An Riocht
Liatroim

IFC Relegation Play off semi finals

Newry Bosco
 St John’s

Parador Lodge JFC quarter final draw

Aughlisnafin
East Belfast
Dundrum
Drumaness