Down Club Hurling & Football

[Smurfy123]

Monaghan team named:

1. Rory Beggan (Scotstown)
2. Colin Walshe (Doohamlet)
3. Drew Wylie (Ballybay)
4. Ryan Wylie (Ballybay)
5. Dessie Mone (Clontibret)
6. Vinny Corey (Clontibret)
7. Karl O'Connell (Tyholland)
8. Neil McAdam (Monaghan Harps)
9. Kieran Hughes (Scotstown)
10. Shane Carey (Scotstown)
11. Dermot Malone (Castleblayney)
12. Ryan McAnespie (Emyvale)
13. Owen Duffy (Latton)
14. Darren Hughes (Scotstown)
15. Conor McManus (Clontibret)

Expect Collins McKibbin Harrison O Hagen all to start
Just heard from a good source there now at work

[ardtole]

Strong monaghan team.

[NP 76]

Why can we not just name our team like everyone else does. It's hardly like we are going to Spring a massive surprise

[SHEEDY]

Why can we not just name our team like everyone else does. It's hardly like we are going to Spring a massive surprise

Friday night and still no team news. Release the team and give the supporters something to talk about, get excited about. Doesn't feel like championship weekend in down.

[wobbller]

 Ridiculous and disrespectful to us all.

[Line Ball]

It's not as if he doesn't know his starting team, does it not have to be in Croke Park on the Thursday morning?

[whitegoodman]

It's out

[SHEEDY]

team just released on twitter, someone must have been reading here lol.

1 stephen kane
2 gerard collins
3 gerard mcgovern
4 darren o hagan
5 david mckibben
6 aiden carr
7 darragh o hanlon
8 peter turley
9 kevin mckernan
10 connor maginn
11 mark poland
12 joe murphy
13 conaill mc govern
14 connaire harrison
15 barry o hagan

[OgraAnDun]

I'm slightly surprised Shay McArdle isn't starting, I wasn't at the Monaghan game in the league but listening to it on the radio he seemed to be causing the Monaghan defence some problems. He mustn't have shaken off his injury fully.

Decent enough team and we can only hope for the best on Sunday.

[clowry13]

Who the hells gona get our scores. Team cannot line out like that

[whitegoodman]

Decent defence, probably the best midfield they could out but not sure where the scores are coming from in the forward line.  O Hare and McArdle have only recently returned to training but it may have been worth risking one of them.  Devlin would also have been usefully for frees from the right alone.

[wobbller]

Who the hells gona get our scores. Team cannot line out like that

Some of or all of the following will get our scores;

1 stephen kane
2 gerard collins
3 gerard mcgovern
4 darren o hagan
5 david mckibben
6 aiden carr
7 darragh o hanlon
8 peter turley
9 kevin mckernan
10 connor maginn
11 mark poland
12 joe murphy
13 conaill mc govern
14 connaire harrison
15 barry o hagan

[SHEEDY]

does anyone if road closures for the gran fondo cycle event will effect traffic travelling through hilltown going to the match tomorrow?

[snoopdog]

Best of luck to Down today. Watching from Salou. Putting in a good performance I reckon would please most down men regardless result

[passedit]

does anyone if road closures for the gran fondo cycle event will effect traffic travelling through hilltown going to the match tomorrow?

I'd say so. List of closures here http://www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/gran-fondo-2016-what-roads-11415071#ICID=sharebar_twitter