Down Club Hurling & Football

[RedBlackPurpleGold]

After watching the match I can only conclude that some on this feed haven't a clue about football. Down were excellent on-the-go first half. We had a terrible 3rd quarter but the game turned on the foul on Francis. Heads dropped after that but this was a very inexperienced team,  they will get better and with all the players missing coming back we can still have a decent league. PS Donnelly was at full back because of injuries and will be back to midfield in due course.

[outinfront]

Always so much negativity and crap slagging on this thread.  Would melt ye!

What 'new' lads did well? Any impact off the bench? What were the positives?

[Cuan12]

Stronger team out this week, should go well , still a few areas which can be improved but it's a must win game so I predict a comfortable win by 6 points , no negative waves here .

[grounded]

After watching the match I can only conclude that some on this feed haven't a clue about football. Down were excellent on-the-go first half. We had a terrible 3rd quarter but the game turned on the foul on Francis. Heads dropped after that but this was a very inexperienced team,  they will get better and with all the players missing coming back we can still have a decent league. PS Donnelly was at full back because of injuries and will be back to midfield in due course.

That's my take on it as well. Lots of promise shown by a very inexperienced side. Things will pick up

[Targetman]

Down-1 @ 5/6, can't ignore that!!

[Ed Hardy]

Showed some grit and determination to snatch a win today in brutal conditions. After a nightmare start had Sligo ahead 1.2 to 0. Down battled the whole way to claw themselves into the game. Darren O Hagen, RJ and Mooney all put in some performance  and D O'Hare also,  mf still a worry tho, struggled to win much but was a brutal day to be fair.

[Mourne Rover]

Sometimes you wonder why we are mad enought to drive to Connacht on the coldest and wettest day of the year, particularly when Sligo take the lead in injury time. Then Mooney hits the net with practically the last kick after a brilliant move and it all makes sense again.

The conditions were so bad today, on a pitch with unusually long grass, that it turned into a battle of attrition, with repeated handling errors and tackles flying all over the place. Sligo were quicker to realise the value of the long ball and it looked bleak for us when they led 1-2 to no score after barely five minutes.

Murnin and  Jerome were a little unlucky to be replaced so early but the changes helped us to get back into it with McKernan a steady influence when he went to full back and Darren O'Hagen always impressive beside him. The keeper, Burns, was rock solid under the dropping ball but midfield was a lottery and plenty of breaks went against us.

Poland had probably his best game for Down so far while O'Hare has a touch of class and it was important to give Harrison a run in the last quarter.

Mooney still takes the odd wrong option but his 1-2 from play was crucial in such a tight contest. Down showed great coolness by
putting together a string of passes right at the death, and, when a point was there for the taking, O'Hare was able to pick out Mooney for a decisive finish.

We will need to improve sharply against Westmeath next Saturday, but, with other sides dropping points this weekend, another win would put us right back in the mix for promotion.

[Smurfy123]

Moy appoint Shane Mulholland and Stephen Poacher as new managers for the 2019 season. Any other Down men managing outside of Down? Wobbler you kept that one quiet

[magpie seanie]

Sometimes you wonder why we are mad enought to drive to Connacht on the coldest and wettest day of the year, particularly when Sligo take the lead in injury time. Then Mooney hits the net with practically the last kick after a brilliant move and it all makes sense again.

The conditions were so bad today, on a pitch with unusually long grass, that it turned into a battle of attrition, with repeated handling errors and tackles flying all over the place. Sligo were quicker to realise the value of the long ball and it looked bleak for us when they led 1-2 to no score after barely five minutes.

Murnin and  Jerome were a little unlucky to be replaced so early but the changes helped us to get back into it with McKernan a steady influence when he went to full back and Darren O'Hagen always impressive beside him. The keeper, Burns, was rock solid under the dropping ball but midfield was a lottery and plenty of breaks went against us.

Poland had probably his best game for Down so far while O'Hare has a touch of class and it was important to give Harrison a run in the last quarter.

Mooney still takes the odd wrong option but his 1-2 from play was crucial in such a tight contest. Down showed great coolness by
putting together a string of passes right at the death, and, when a point was there for the taking, O'Hare was able to pick out Mooney for a decisive finish.

We will need to improve sharply against Westmeath next Saturday, but, with other sides dropping points this weekend, another win would put us right back in the mix for promotion.

If you're still optimistic about your promotion chances then what would you make of Sligo's prospects? I thought we were desperately unlucky to lose that game.

[Ed Hardy]

Carryduff going well reaching Ulster U21 final, county panellist Daniel Guinness hit winning point. Is the older brother James in reckon for county panel, or where is he?

[Mourne Rover]

If Sligo keep producing the kind of intensity on display yesterday, they will give anyone in D3 a game. The margins were very tight in Collooney, and the result could have gone either way in injury time. When Sligo took the lead, Barry O'Hagan had a decent late chance for a point but the ball faded wide. If it had gone over, two exhausted teams would probably have settled for the draw. Instead, Down had no option other than to throw men forward, and it paid off with the goal from Mooney. Sligo will find it tough going to Laois without Hughes this Sunday but, when back to full strength, have definite prospects away to Louth and at home to Offaly in their final fixture.

[RedBlackPurpleGold]

Carryduff going well reaching Ulster U21 final, county panellist Daniel Guinness hit winning point. Is the older brother James in reckon for county panel, or where is he?

James is studying in Dublin,  a good player and definitely worth looking at.

[downjim]

Good luck to Carryduff in the Ulster final. A proud time for the whole of East Down.
Kilcoo look to be flying in the much coveted Ulster senior league. Two big wins already and a tasty affair away to St Brigids at 11am on Sunday to look forward to for their players. As Downs only participants we are all behind you and hope you can claim that maiden Ulster title victory.

[razor]

I hear the Premier Reserve League games are now being played on Saturday night.

Surely this going to clash with the ladies club matches and will not be enough referees to cover both. 

Integration is going well in Down. NOT

[downjim]

Integration is the LGFA amd camogie boards fault throughout Ireland.