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What channel is showing the game?

All teams who are still in all the competitions will have congestion, there was a World Cup to fit in also
Get on with it

Aren't Man United the only team still involved in 4 competitions. Wouldn't have players of the quality of Man City to come in if injuries are to happen.

Well they should have
Have spent more than anyone the past decade and have the highest wage bill

All teams who are still in all the competitions will have congestion, there was a World Cup to fit in also
Get on with it

[South Down/ Mourne]

For next years senior championship I would like to see something like this being trialed. It would give players from div 3 and 4 a chance to play senior championship. John Fegan should discuss on his podcast this week.

4 Amalgamations

South Down/ Mourne
Glasdrumman
Mitchell's
Attical
Bosco
Ballymartin

North Down/ Kinelarty
Kilclief
East Belfast
Tecconaught
St Pauls
Drumaness

East Down/ Lecale
Dundrum
Ardglass
Bright
The Fin
ST Johns

West Down/ Iveagh
Aghaderg
St Micheals
Dromara
Banbridge
Tullylish

Wouldn't appeal to me at all that
The championship the way it is is a lot better

Down senior team started training yesterday
Any word on the newcomers to the panel?

Won their cup final last week

Doran's part of the Clare management team

Dromara
Rostrevor
Kilcoo

Rostrevor
Dromara
Saval
Teconnaught
CPN
Kilcoo

[Overall he has decent players to work with.]

Kenny has unearthed two speed merchants who can score in Obafemi and Ogbene. Don't know if Ogbene was injured but he should have tried that combo yesterday. They will trouble any team. Overall he has decent players to work with. But I don't know if he's a strong leader where players will give an arm and a leg. He has a good football philosophy and if he was still U21 manager I think we would have qualified. I think he better serves Irish football in youth setups as did Brian Kerr. But that does not necessarily translate into a good senior manager. It was like when Mark Lawrenson scored the famous goal to secure that 1-0 win away to Scotland that was instrumental in us qualifying for Euro 88 and he thought Jack Charlton would have a big hug for him and all he got was a bollocking for a mistake he made. Jack had them in high alert. You don't get that sense here.

It's mainly a championship level team
There are 3 premier league players who start on what seems to be his first choice team now and a couple who are in league 1
Not exactly a golden generation

Two big calls from the officials today regarding umpires being over ruled
The ref over ruled his two umpires for Mayobridges first point, commentators were adamant it was wide and others in the crowd
Then a Duff point late on was given by the umpires and ref but ruled out by the linesman

That said Mayobridge were the better team overall

Loughinisland
Carryduff
Kilcoo
Burren

Longstone for relegation play off

Glenn
Bredagh
Mayobridge
Clonduff
Bryansford
CPN

Saul
Mayobridge
Clonduff
CPN
Carryduff
Bredagh
Burren
Kilcoo

[Town showed a fight and their aim now is to stay in the senior championship]

Loughinsinisland were poor but to be honest, the Town showed a fight and their aim now is to stay in the senior championship and regroup for the next season. Castlewellan is a strong club who needs to be producing players for our county like before, they need more male footballers involved in coaching as hurling has taken over. It's good to see the minors in a championship final albeit at B level but it's a start.

Are there going to be play offs for relegation from the SFC and IFC again, or are they going to go back to doing it via league position like they used to do