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And so the apathy continues. It just goes to show it doesn't matter who may be in charge, or what squad of players available, it'll always be the wrong call, the wrong man, the county boards fault, Kilcoo's fault, Sean Og's dogs food suppliers fault. Sick to the teeth of it. Get behind the management, team and county whoever it may be instead of forensically examining the whataboutery of yesteryear to try and unearth some damning statistic to bark at us all.

I have no issue getting behind the team and the county, we all want them to do well but the management is a different issue. I, like many others, despise our current manager and will never back him. The track record of ill discipline and unacceptable behaviour by every team he has ever been involved with says more about him than it does of the players, hopefully the Down players take a strong line and tell him to do one if he tries it on, just the Monaghan players did.

I would like if you would get your facts right Lotto about the current Down manager.  With my job based in the Monaghan area I am in conversation with several of the Monaghan players on a regular basis and they hold this individual in high regard! 

Just because your club didn't have the ability to beat Kilcoo in the past 10 years, doesn't mean that you take this out on the new Down manager.

There you go now, that's me told. Funny, that's not what I have heard and if he was such a wonderful coach why did they not want to keep him?

I don't know what you heard but I know for a fact, from the players I have spoken to, that they wanted him to stay.  There were other issues within the camp, which are the reason why the goal keeper coach John Devine and the S&C coach Peter Donnelly left at the same time as our current Down Manager.

And so the apathy continues. It just goes to show it doesn't matter who may be in charge, or what squad of players available, it'll always be the wrong call, the wrong man, the county boards fault, Kilcoo's fault, Sean Og's dogs food suppliers fault. Sick to the teeth of it. Get behind the management, team and county whoever it may be instead of forensically examining the whataboutery of yesteryear to try and unearth some damning statistic to bark at us all.

I have no issue getting behind the team and the county, we all want them to do well but the management is a different issue. I, like many others, despise our current manager and will never back him. The track record of ill discipline and unacceptable behaviour by every team he has ever been involved with says more about him than it does of the players, hopefully the Down players take a strong line and tell him to do one if he tries it on, just the Monaghan players did.

I would like if you would get your facts right Lotto about the current Down manager.  With my job based in the Monaghan area I am in conversation with several of the Monaghan players on a regular basis and they hold this individual in high regard! 

Just because your club didn't have the ability to beat Kilcoo in the past 10 years, doesn't mean that you take this out on the new Down manager.

It was 1982 that Teconnagh  beat Burren . Ballyinderry beat Burren in the Ulster final in 81

Congratulations Kilcoo. I remember playing against Kilcoo in the late nineties when they were in Division 3. Someone in there club must take great credit for setting the correct structures in place to set them on the path to be Ulster champions back to back.

If the rumors are correct that Gavin Devlin from Tyrone was interested in the Down job it amazes me how he didn't even get a interview.  It says a lot of our county board leadership and the selection committee which was formed.  It's 7 weeks to the National league and we have no one to lead us into our next year.  No management, no panel and no training program commenced.  It's time we got rid of these county board beaurocrats who are  steering our proud county in the wrong direction.

Johnny, you speak like Kilcoo are the New York mafia. As far as I can see the county board take Kilcoo to task at all times but technicalities seem to get them off the hook. Wouldn't it be better if a leaf was taken out of the Portglenone club, be gracious and go more more dignity.
And I'm fairly sure they don't appoint referees, have you ever read your posts ffs wise up fella. May be you believe your own hype.

Not quite the mafia but they do pull sway.. technicalities - don't make me laugh. Our esteemed county secretary didn't get told to go to his office through Kilkeel and not Kilcoo for the craic. Your 100% they don't appoint referees but they do put in their objections if it's the one who challenges them and ain't afraid of them on the pitch - who then gets verbally abused leaving the pitch and through messages for days on end after the game (Mafia style). But in your eyes they are probably just a small parish of 600 who go to mass and have a few sheep each..

Johnny maybe your a bit like myself and haven't a championship medal to your name, but back in my day if I thought having a few sheep & going to mass would have got me a least one championship medal, I would have been quite happy to do so!   But again a bit of jealous is hard to hide!

For clubs to train from early new year with the aim to win a county championship, to then be presented with Brian Higgins as referee along with his six officials in a semi final at Newry this afternoon is a disgrace.  This was a diabolical decision by the county board or who ever is responsible for appointing him! 

No disrespect to Brian but he was completely out of his depth this afternoon!

After last nights performance I can see Clonduff going on to win Frank, they won it in 81 and 2001, they are due one

Truth hurts just to correct you, Clonduff won Frank in 1980 & 2000

You must have been some player Lotto in your time, if you have as many medals as Paul Devlin - for I thought it was only at swimming you got medals for diving but then again jealousy effects people in different ways!

Great game in Newry tonight, best team won.  As a long time follower of Down football, how Kevin McKernan & Donal O'Hare are still on a county panel really  baffles me??