Bad news for Down ahead of championship

[Orangemac]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/17917205

Real blow for Down,seem to get a lot of injuries for some reason. Despite a lot of skillful nippy forwards Benny is still the go to guy for Down after all these years.

[haranguerer]

Good news for Down ahead of championship - they've a bye to the final 

Just read that, nasty for Benny, hope he recovers ok

[yellowcard]

Big blow for Down. They are on the soft side of the draw and may not come through now with their one class forward now ruled out.

[5 Sams]

Big blow for Down. They are on the soft side of the draw and may not come through now with their one class forward now ruled out.

WUM

[Leo]

Between injuries, emigation and opt outs, how's this for a Down no-show in the championship?


Alder (Manchester)
Howard (Australia)
Bonny (Australia)
Rafferty (injured)
Murphy (?? - great game for Ballyhooland the other night)
Doyle (injured)
O'Hagan (ban g back in form with Clonduff but is he interested?)
Colgan (New Zealand)
Fitzpatrick (Australia)
Mooney (Australia)
Clarke M (Australia)
O'Reilly (disinterested??)
Murtagh (miffed?)
Coulter (injured)
Clarke J (still a loss)

[5 Sams]

Between injuries, emigation and opt outs, how's this for a Down no-show in the championship?


Alder (Manchester)
Howard (Australia)
Bonny (Australia)
Rafferty (injured)
Murphy (?? - great game for Ballyhooland the other night)
Doyle (injured)
O'Hagan (ban g back in form with Clonduff but is he interested?)
Colgan (New Zealand)
Fitzpatrick (Australia)
Mooney (Australia)
Clarke M (Australia)
O'Reilly (disinterested??)
Murtagh (miffed?)
Coulter (injured)
Clarke J (still a loss)

Possibly Hughes and Gordon + McCumiskey not back yet!!

I count at least 8 players who would be first choice that probably won't start on the 3rd ofJune..

[PAULD123]

I hope Hughes can recover in time. If so I would like to see:

Hughes - Poland - Carr

McComiskey/Maginn - McConville - Laverty

But things could change from Doom very quickly. If Gordon & Doyle can recover then we could release King to Full Forward and play Dan at Midfield.

The main thing is that we must dig deep to beat Fermanagh and then there will be enough time before the semi-final or all our players, with the exception of Benny, to recover.

Benny's injury depends on how bad it is. If it is a simple fracture he will be clear to start light training in just over 8 weeks, with a full return around 4-6 weeks after that. But if requires surgery/plate fitting then it could be 12 weeks before he is able to even restart gentle movement like walking and up to another 8 weeks before resuming full training. So he could be available at earliest for an Ulster Final (if we get that far) or potentially not until All-Ireland Sunday

[Dont Matter]

How old is Benny now? Sad to see him miss the championship (Unless Down get far).
Always like to see the best forwards in the country in action.

[sammymaguire]

Bad news for Down was when the championship draw was made - Fear Manach Abu 

[In the Onion Bag]

Bad news for Down was when the championship draw was made - Fear Manach Abu 

Aye there, a bloody long trapse to wet Ekn.

[The Real Gael]

Between injuries, emigation and opt outs, how's this for a Down no-show in the championship?


Alder (Manchester)
Howard (Australia)
Bonny (Australia)
Rafferty (injured)
Murphy (?? - great game for Ballyhooland the other night)
Doyle (injured)
O'Hagan (ban g back in form with Clonduff but is he interested?)
Colgan (New Zealand)
Fitzpatrick (Australia)
Mooney (Australia)
Clarke M (Australia)
O'Reilly (disinterested??)
Murtagh (miffed?)
Coulter (injured)
Clarke J (still a loss)

Are you for real with those names in bold? Either had their day or not good enough. Dont even go down that line or we could throw another 20 names on top of that

[yellowcard]

Big blow for Down. They are on the soft side of the draw and may not come through now with their one class forward now ruled out.

WUM

Not at all. Just stating my opinion. I think Fermanagh could be a banana skin, you obviously beg to differ.

[omagh_gael]

Anyone got the odds for this game? A wee slippy tenner could go on the boys in green.

[BarryBreensBandage]

How old is Benny now? Sad to see him miss the championship (Unless Down get far).
Always like to see the best forwards in the country in action.

Think he is 31. I don't hold much hope for Down this year.

[downjim]

he is 29