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Another strange one.

"He/she would eat shite". for someone being fat but cute. "He would eat shite and you wouldn't know it".

Shane dropped a hand in Lem's lap, afraid he was going to blow the lid

Selective quoting indeed

Shane dropped a hand grenade in Lem's lap, afraid he was going to blow the lid on the Armenian money train, and an awful lot more!

One of the best shows on the box.

The only solution is to ring them everytime you are not happy with the coverage they provide.

If they had 50-100 calls every evening from disgruntled GAA members looking to speak to Shane Glynn, would that make a difference?  Not sure but if it was me taking the calls, I would be too happy.

[Taken website from Down]

Taken website from Down


Down GAA is planning a Youth Convention for Saturday 21st of February to take place in the Burrendale Hotel Newcastle. The Convention will commence with registration at 9.30 am and will finish at 3.30 pm with a break for Lunch at 12.30 pm.

A Number of guest speakers have been invited and ALL clubs are asked to nominate 4 delegates to attend, 2 Male and 2 Female all of whom must be under 30.  If you are interested or know someone who may be interested inform your club secretary and get him/her to fill in the various registration forms which they have now received.

Closing date for registration is Saturday 14th of February, which will allow the County to forward further details to all of the delegates.

This will be a great opportunity for young people to debate and contribute to the future direction of the GAA in Down


Jez, our young people are very old in Down.  Surely it should be under 20 and not under 30? 

I called him a clown earlier in this thread and was reprimanded for it.

Sigerson was always renowned for being the toughest brand of football in any competition.  Rarely would there have been any sendings off, never mind four in one game.  The referees always let the players get on with it and didn't seek to be at the centre of it themselves.  Sigerson was always tough, hard and brutal at times but it was the same for all teams.

It seems to be reduced to a namby pamby affair not helped by clowns like Padraig Hughes.  Others can referee Sigerson sensibly, why can't he?

I see on the Clonduff website that Aidan Carr was the Down captain last Sunday V Tipperary

Nothing like keeping it in the family.  

Ridiculous comment of the Year nominee

Please explain.

I see on the Clonduff website that Aidan Carr was the Down captain last Sunday V Tipperary

Nothing like keeping it in the family.  

[Packie Downey got sent off for two yellows]

Was at the QUB V UUJ game there. Its time James Colgan was back on county panel. he marked Charlie Vernon very well. some difference in Colgan than Jack Lynch or joe Ireland, the pairing that Vernon cleaned two weeks ago. Ireland never even got a run out. hear jamie orielly quit the queens squad because he never got on in McKenna cup. thats queens and loughinisland he has quit on in his career and stil only 21. and yeah he starts for Down at present. Time Ross picked the best players in Down.

Who won the game??

UUJ won 1-12 to 1-7. Paul Courtney and Joe OKane got straight reds as did UUJs Nial McKeever. Packie Downey got sent off for two yellows. he played well alongside colgan in midfield.

think it was mckeever from antrim who got the line 4 uuj

Yeah McKeever from Antrim got straight red and packie got two yellows.4 in total got the line. ORielly is stil at loughinisland but during 2007 season he quit his club because a selector told him to leave free kicks to the clubs first choice free taker then during a league game with clonduff and he couldnt accept it. he quit for remainder of season, league and championship and returned when the 2007 management stood down.

O' Reilly's attitude, in this instance, smacks of a prima donna who couldn't accept a management decision so he took his ball with him and walked home.  Hopefully Ross doesn't ask him to hit the frees, or even worse tell him not to hit them.   

[does anyone know what happened queens.]

does anyone know what happened queens. perhaps overconfidence  UUJ played more direct foot ball and controlled midfield

They got beat.  

[clown Hughes]

Courtney skelped donnelly by the looks of things

http://www.sportsfile.com/id/336379/5000/

Who in their right mind put that clown Hughes in charge of an important Sigerson match like this?

Respect !!!! He's one of the top refs in the country at the moment. And it does look they boxed in front of him - so what else was he supposed to do ?.

You must be joking.  Sigerson football had always been played on edge and rarely ruled with cards like this.  It may not be right but has helped make Sigerson what it is.

I couldn't agree more but the powers that be don't want this sort of football anymore - they want non contact, a pile of scores, good behaviour - a wee bit like basketball I suppose. So you can't really blame the referees.

The referees who will go places, and get the biggest games, are those who ref with a modicum of common sense, combined with an application of the rules.  The best games at the weekend were those reffed by referees who did not apply the new rules completely.  Referees like Hughes, and he's not alone in this, have no common sense and in reality will go nowhere.

[clown Hughes]

Courtney skelped donnelly by the looks of things

http://www.sportsfile.com/id/336379/5000/

Who in their right mind put that clown Hughes in charge of an important Sigerson match like this?

Respect !!!! He's one of the top refs in the country at the moment. And it does look they boxed in front of him - so what else was he supposed to do ?.

You must be joking.  Sigerson football had always been played on edge and rarely ruled with cards like this.  It may not be right but has helped make Sigerson what it is.

Courtney skelped donnelly by the looks of things

http://www.sportsfile.com/id/336379/5000/

Who in their right mind put that clown Hughes in charge of an important Sigerson match like this?

[ginger genius]

Before the game today all the talk on this board and elsewhere was off a certain red headed midfielder who was a star of the future.  Well despite his greatest efforts him or his teammates could not contain another ginger genius who ran the show who goes by the name a Packie Downey - in the words of Andy Gray take a bow my son.

Always found him over rated.  Did he do the business today? Fair play to him.

Packie has always been a bit of an enigma.  Did he not, nearly singlehandly help UUJ get to the final (or possibly the Sigerson semi final) a few years back but didn't get a run in the final at all?

Also, Ross Carr had him on the Down senior panel but Pete Mc Grath didn't think he was good enough for the U.21's - strange

[Taken from HS website]

Taken from HS website

Wee James takes Ballinderry reins

Former Down star James McCartan has been appointed manager of Derry giants Ballinderry.

Wee James - an All-Ireland medalist with the Mourne County in 1991 and '94 and part of a legendary Down GAA dynasty - succeeds Michael McKinless, who led Ballinderry to county SFC glory last year.

McCartan's grandfather Briney was the first member of the famous Mourne clan to play for Down, while his father James, uncle Dan and cousin Greg Blaney are all All-Ireland winners.

Ballinderry, previous All-Ireland club champions, reached this season's Ulster club final only to lose to Crossmaglen after a replay.

McCartan was involved last year with Antrim senior champions St Gall's and also helped Queen's University to Sigerson Cup success in 2007. He has also previously managed Burren, the club he once transferred to from Tullylish.


Didn't know there was a caravan park in Ballinderry.