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If a club secretary publicly questioned its senior players committment in their AGM report they would not have a senior team for the incoming year.

i personally thought the report was emotionally driven and personally opinionated and a platform to blame everyone else but themselves.

a rule of thumb - if its not positive keep it to yourself

better to pen a few paragraphs of positivity than pages of drivel . everyone that follows Down GAA dont need a report on what went wrong - better to say how can we get it right

so two posts of a rumoured fall out but nothing substantiated

must be slow news day..........

i just cant see Mickey Linden being involved at all. Just doesnt strike me as someone who would, just like blaney, breen, mason and the like

Deegan on other hand does strike me as someone who has the man management skills to deal with county players having done so at Ballyboden & Kilmacud.

I dont think orourke and deegan would work together though as both appear to have strong personalities

but i do think O'Rourke with a very good trainer like Tally and someone of Brian McIlver's ilk would work as James McCartan nearly won an all ireland in his first season with such a combination.

orourke if he is interested might need to go outside the county for a number 2 like mcguinness did with rory gallaher as it does prevent the perception of bias when selecting players for the squad and more importantly the starting 15 .

missed it

do you run one for the ALLIANZ NFL ?

The starting Cork side has seen better development in terms of players making the step up to senior football. Why is that ?

Down - G Joyce; M Digney, C Murney, D Turley; T Hanna (1-0), J Fitzpatrick, J Murphy; M Magee, P Fitzpatrick (0-2); E Toner (1-0), C Maginn, J O'Reilly; P Devlin (0-3, 3f), P McComiskey (0-4, 2f), C Poland. Subs: N Higgins for Digney (46)

I thought this was the case and I completely agree. From the above team I can only see four players who have played in SFC? McComiskey, P Fitzpatrick, Devlin and Maginn.

Murney , o'reilly, hanna ,Turley also played UFC or qualifiers

Ah I didn't know of these boys getting game time for seniors during championship. I always thought T Hanna showed some serious potential when playing for the U21s. Big Mick Magee dominated in the lower divisions of Down football when playing for Ardglass, and since transferred to RGU. Any one know how he fared out for them since the transfer?

Magee part of the RGU team that just got relegated to div 2

The starting Cork side has seen better development in terms of players making the step up to senior football. Why is that ?

Will post my team on friday 

wouldnt want to give anyone ideas

Drumaness v Dundrum final in the JFC

Both clubs have strong panels and if Aghaderg or Aughislafin (sic) have any of their main players missing they will be up against it.

Good to see the underdogs thrive though