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Lads heads up. Down have shipped some big beatings over the years. We are only starting to get things moving but it has taken a lot of hard work. Laois just havent done the work that down have done this year and you could see their fitness was not up to the same level so they need to prepare better for these games.

Yeah Jonnyboys I agree with summary. This team has had a few defeats this year but they seem to learn quickly from them which is a good trait. I wasn't excited about this tailteann cup but to tbh it is what we need  now, we are moving upwards and I think we will be in better position to compete with the bigger teams next year and on.

Good performance today.
I found it strange though that the bookies fancied cavan. They are not great. Down dealt with them handy enough.

No issue hasn't gone away. A kilcoo lad got busted in an off the ball incident at a reserve at the weekend so unfortunately problem still exists. Also brannigan has been suspended for a month so it wasnt overlooked.

Was there any altercations in the match between brannigan and Connery aside from the punch? Maybe the video will show something...

Off course they detest lavery sandstorm... it's very clear from their posts to date.

Lads ffs... Down havent been anywhere near competing at any level for a lifetime. We were beat by the last kick of the game in AI semi final and we could have won it...

The reality is that the support for the monarchy is dwindling at a very fast rate in England so it has to be a matter of time until these folks start to catch themselves on and direct more of their finances at projects that support the mainly diverse population and culture of their land.

I agree bad result yesterday but we are in a better place and we learned yesterday that that there is a bit of development needed to the squad to compete at this level. I think we will get there with this setup.

Off course we have to stick with it. Armagh are a seasoned outfit but I think if we keep working at it this setup and  team will get there...

The management of the underage teams is so important. Thankfully we have got it right at u20s this last few years and hopefully this will continue.

These games are about match ups. I dont think we are ready to match up with Armaghs key men. If oran murdock, barry o Hagan were available and Dylan ward and Capolan mooney were added to the squad for next year then I know we could better match up and would be confident of challenging. I still expect us to be competitive though but Armagh will have too much this time.

Martin mc hugh not to impressed with Downs quality writing in todays irish news.

Yeah looking forward to this one. Armagh have been playing at a high level recently so are rightly the favourites. I think we are making progress and hope we can give a good account of ourselves.

What a stupid stunt and waste of money.