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Lets be honest we all know there is a few young Burren lads that have a chip on their shoulder but to question the senior pros that have been there and done it is an absolute joke, well they were fairly brought down a peg or two last night.

Some post for your 1st post. " Senior Pros who have been there and done that". You must be talking about the likes of Shorty, Tony McArdle etc. if you want to get on message you need to get down to the Busy Bee 🐝🐝 or the Oak Grill. That's where it's all happening among the prominent GAA heads

I just got a message that Mickey Moran is back with Kilcoo and the players went to ensure he was there for the championship games. Is there any truth in this?

Martin Luther King had a dream, Joseph ( Coat of many colours) had a dream. You got a message. So must be true

Loughinisland absolutely good value for their win. Best team on the night won, neither have a hope in hell of making it to the final. Have to say I very rarely comment on referees here but the young lad tonight in Kilcoo was a shambles in my opinion. Again, credit to island, 3pt win flattered the point

Presume you are a Point man. That's the third time I've seen young Curran referee recently and he has been excellent. Can't think of one major issue coming out of that game where you could say ref got it wrong . CPN brutal in second half with no heart and no plan. Loughinisland were changed team after half time.

Decent enough game in the marshes this evening. You can't help but wonder if the Bridge lost because all their players were cramping up in extra time when none of the Burren lads appeared to be suffering. Bridge lads aren't being trained appropriately, perhaps?

Bridge manager looks well conditioned and in good nick all the same

I agree also that Trent is become a liability, teams are deliberately targeting him now. While he is an exceptional player he is getting caught badly,
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WTF does that actually mean. He is either exceptional or a liability. How  do teams target an exceptional player

From the top down and not just this county it is time to come down on this thuggery. It's almost expected now in certain games

Won't affect the championship. Next league game 2023

Liz Truss is nice

Any truth in the rumour that Banty or Corrigan are joining the backroom ticket?
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Think there's legs in the story about Gavin. Heard he was in the Greenans at the weekend.
Some Danish guy called Lars ( didn't get his surname) joining back room as S&C coach. Has worked with Morgan apparently before

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That is correct Sam. Say Div 1 at the bottom part of the league where the teams have played each other twice, if two teams finish level points and have won one game each in their two games then the score difference in their matches comes in to play

Hear Benny is well placed for the minor job as he's with the County U16s. Him and some guy from Armagh originally, "Chinkie" McConvey who is also with that squad.

Some performance tonight by CPN. Missing over half a team at a wedding and produce the performance of the season. Jack Howlett, Ryan Boyle and Aaron McBurney outstanding ably assisted by Joe and Shea magee. Ballyholland are going down - very talented group of players but miles behind the rest.

Strange set of results in Div 1 B with big wins for Rostrevor and under strength Point. Hearing also that a half strength RGU team completely out played Bryansford and only for Reid in goal it could have been a real hammering. Some Ford folk unhappy within defensive nature of their play. Carryduff moving on nicely p

Unfortunately this thread has become a mirror image of what Hogan Stand used to be like with absolute drivel being posted

I would agree that the league and championship format in Down is good. However I would say that if the championship went back to a straight knockout format it could potentially open it up a bit more and give other clubs a better chance of winning it. Anyone is beatable in a one off game especially in the earlier stages. I realise that the revenue the multiple games bring in and giving lads extra games will make this unlikely to happen anytime soon. Would anyone agree?

I agree with the multiple games for players but I think the gates have went down over the years apart from Kilcoo ones. Maybe it's because there were games spread out over other grounds back then and they looked fuller but there seemed to be more people there.

Do you know that the gates are down or is that just opinion? No doubt the gates were down 2020 and possibly 2021 but that would have been down to Covid restrictions in the first instance and covid apprehension in year 2.
But not all counties use straight knock out. I think Donegal and Derry use groups initially though open to correction on that