Great win for the u20s, into the all Ireland B final after a 1 point win over Mayo
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Show posts MenuQuote from: snoopdog on May 12, 2024, 08:15:22 AMI didnt get to Newry yesterday. But sounded like a routine win yesterday. Limerick tried to flood the defence to keep the score down. Anyone make an impression? How did Ben McConville play. McKibben and McGovern both got a few scores. London up next who demolished Offaly in Tullamore. The group stage doesn't get the imagination going.it was a very 'professional' performance from Down yesterday, turn up get the job done and get plenty of players game time in doing so. Apart from first 10 minutes Down were always in control without really blowing Limerick away.
Quote from: Orior on May 07, 2024, 06:40:08 PMI need tickets.no tickets going on general sale according to latest Ulster council update
Fingers crossed that some will go on Ticketmaster, else I'll be out with the begging bowl :-/
Quote from: snoopdog on May 04, 2024, 08:51:03 AMHave the gaa announced the date and time for the London game? Anyone thinking of travelling.Limerick match is in Newry next Saturday (11th) at 4pm.
Quote from: sdg on April 30, 2024, 02:06:34 PManyone who watched last night's match against Fermanagh wouldn't be looking at calling up too many players to the senior set up. It was a really low quality match with loads of turnovers and some really poor wides.Quote from: snoopdog on April 30, 2024, 01:24:03 PMQuote from: sdg on April 30, 2024, 01:14:35 PMQuote from: Truth hurts on April 30, 2024, 11:24:05 AMQuote from: Johnnysboys on April 29, 2024, 09:10:09 PMQuote from: Gaelforce123 on April 29, 2024, 04:34:29 PMI for one enjoyed the game, having went to Clones expecting Down to be on the wrong end of a heavy beating, I was hoping to see what the Management where tactically capable off in order to make a much less physical and skilfully developed team cope with a top 10 team and thats exactly what I got. It was tactically spot on! Frustrated a team in every area they thrive on and hot them for scores outselves, only issue is our pack of ability to shoot from distance. In fact, the final score from Armagh there was a foul on Doherty that the ref didnt call. Was it great free flowing football? no because we would now be reading comments about how poor we are and unable to put it up to better teams if we had of tried. Tyrone and Donegal have won Ulsters playing frustrating football, you do what you have to. There are no rules that will change football back to the 90's. Coaches and backroom teams are too smart and professional now to use rules to advantage. Just leave game alone. Same people complaining probably spend a few hundred pound to fly to england and watch 90 mins of 0-0 scoreline and lads falling like they broke their leg and walk with the ball. Least we get it for £20
Did u not watch Doherty on Saturday diving around the place?? It was embarrassing - I think he got 1 free out of 4 diving attempts. But in the Down club championship he gets all of them frees as our referees fall for them every time.
U20s win the Leo Murphy cup tonight - Laverty should introduce a few of them to the panel going into the B cup. Time a few were cut adrift as they are not getting near the match day squads.
Who would you take up?
Doran is the only one who would make senior, the rest forget
Only 1 player from the whole group?
Write the rest off? They were in an extremely tough group. Drew with Tyrone who are in the final.
IMO
Quote from: Truthsayer on April 28, 2024, 07:31:46 PMNiall MorganQuote from: Cunny Funt on April 28, 2024, 07:24:00 PMWhat a difference a year makes for Donegal. Organisation, high work rate and fitness they have in abundance now. It was decent game in Celtic Park, competitive throughout made it intriguing watch and I'll be surprised if the same doesn't happen for the final. Is it a gimmick for Philly McMahon to give the Man of the match to a player from a losing team?Who'd he give it to? I switched over after..
Quote from: snoopdog on April 28, 2024, 05:26:30 PMsome people need to get real, Armagh have been playing consistently in the top 2 divisions for last few years, they've been in Ulster finals and later stages of all Ireland series. We've just got promoted from division 3, we couldn't win it this year or get out of it last year. We couldn't win last year's tailteann cup, that's the reality of were we are at.Quote from: ardtole on April 28, 2024, 09:53:02 AMI've been going to Down matches since the 80s and yesterday was nothing short of dreadful.Do Down have the players to go toe to toe with Armagh? Should the ball be kicked aimlessly up the pitch to come straight back at you? Down needed to sort out their defence and it looks like they are getting there. The forwards will hopefully improve
We were 2 points up with approx 15 mins to go v Armagh in an Ulster semi final and my main concern was, I hope this doesn't go to extra time.
If playing like that is what it takes to be competitive, it's not a price worth paying as far as I'm concerned, and judging by the size of the crowd, I'm not alone. Would there have been 2000 Down supporters in Clones yesterday?
I recognise that plenty will take positives from yesterday's performance and to a degree, I can see where they are coming from. Laverty done nothing wrong yesterday, he broke no rules as such but mother of God, the powers that be must take action sooner rather than later because as a spectacle that game yesterday is unacceptable.
And I don't think I'm looking through rose tinted glasses about games from previous era's, plenty of them were poor too. I know Jarlath Burns has put together an impressive looking task force to deal with the predicament football finds itself in, and I'm sure they can use yesterday's game as an indicator of what drastic measures are needed to cure our game.
Down are not alone either, a lot of counties employ similar tactics, at times we have played excellently under Laverty, Cavan away last year in the Tailtain cup was a great performance. But I really do hope there are rule changes made to avoid what happened yesterday repeated. And even if we won yesterday, I'm sure I would be saying the same thing.
Quote from: omagh_gael on April 13, 2024, 08:32:10 PMDown v Armagh (or Fermanagh) on 27thQuote from: JoG2 on April 13, 2024, 08:27:39 PMQuote from: statto on April 13, 2024, 08:12:53 PMWhat are the dates for Ulster semi finals?poor show from down against a antrim team with serious injury list.
27th / 28th
Which side of the draw is on 27th and 28th do you know?