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Great win. Closer than what I thought though
Jim McG now in with Down. After the merry dance he give them last year I'm surprised.
Doesn't say much for the selection team that tried to get him last year.

No government funding secured for the Ballykinkar centre of excellence

Where to now for Down GAA

No I watch a lot of reserve football

With the top 25 starred as such it is affectively Burren and Carryduff thirds teams playing in division 4

Both teams along with kilcoo would be seen as the strongest 3rds teams in Down

A big blow to senior teams to get beaten by 3rds teams

The kilcoo faithful tht have added lots to the successful Down teams

Anyone know why John O Hare hasn't been about the squad this 2/3 years

He's been a revelation this 3 games

That was a major problem under Tally and McCartan last year

Kane and Burns have a fight to regain the number 1

O hare has to play. Yes Kane is good but it would be a big call to take him in after the 3 games o hare has had. But a good position to be in with 2 really good keepers

Gilmore has to start. BOH not smart enough for a 10-12. Thought he was poor today for long periods

O hare
Magill
Mcevoy
McCarthy
Brannigan
McParland
Laverty
Donnelly
Murdock
Dougherty
Donnacha
Millar
Kerr
Havern
Gilmore


Good bench
Kane
McCarthey
O Hagan
Rooney
Annett

Good performances all round
Really encouraging from our so called lesser players
Donnelly O Hare McCarthy Donnacha Gilmore very good
Dunno what to do with O Hagan. Impact player. He just doesn't fit into Downs new regime.
Bring on Tipp

Down reserves played Louth in kilcoo tonight

He can play both. He played the first 2 national league matches last year then the under 20 championship against Tyrone.

There we have it

Both Newry schools out at the first hurdle

The abbey didn't even make it to the first fence St Colmans fell at the first

No it wasn't DOH

CM
CQ

I'll leave the other name out of respect for a great career maybe just got caught up on a bad year

That's what happens when you get rid of the bad eggs
The lads who thought they were doing Down a favour by playing
The 3 ringleaders of the Dublin fiasco are no longer on the panel

Strong team. You have Francis in twice. I would like to see Kane in for the semi final to see how he goes. O Hare has been brilliant so far but Kane is really good too. He needs game time before the league starts. Ryan Magill should start to

Truth you are right they seem a really likeable bunch of players
Watching them yesterday. Working hard and no bullshit along the way
The bad eggs in the squad have been finally routed out
The management team deserve huge credit for that
The last few years boys thought they were doing Down GAA a favour by playing. Not anymore. I would say the same boys now want back into the squad
Kerr Havern O Hagan Gilmore to start v Tipp
Donnelly Murdock Mid
McEvoy McParland in defence
O Hare Kane nets
That leaves 6-7 positions up for grabs