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A few tastey matches this week! My pick to watch would be the top of the table clash in division two between saval and Rostrevor! It is savals first real test so should be interesting to see how they get on, have they many county panelists?

As I said a few times,the first lot of games were against inferior teams,now comes the first real match.

Darragh Cross to struggle also.We've won our first four matches versus mediocre opposition.Not good for the tasks ahead.

Normal service has resumed where Sam??
At your home club Saval?

normal service being on here as someone posted,been quiet on here for three days.

I hear Danny Hughes got himself into a bit of bother last night in Newry.

 Normal service has been resumed. It's going to be a long season for Drumaness.

All games Off tonight?

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What an outcome today, I mean seriously, after two games, how many actually thought that we would still be in Div 2 come the end of the league. Fair play to the lads for turning it around. It appears we now have one of the highest scoring half back lines in the country in mooney and o Hanlon. It also FINALLY appears that we have scoring forwards on the team in the Johnston's and o hagan. If the kick out strategy can be sorted out, we will have come a long way from where we finished last season.

Yes we have come a long way but it's actually from the bottom of Div 1 to 6th in Div 2.

Very good 
You have to at least admit though that the spirit amongst the group is at the other end of the scale to what it was last year.  They are fighting for each other, and not with each other as some would have said earlier in the year.

Still in Div 2 is quite an achievement from the talk after our first two defeats.

Irish News have us ahead of Fermanagh on the league tble but surely they are ahead of us on the head to head.

Down v Galway Sunday
This is a game we can win if we go at them
Get the ball into O Hagen and Johnstone and they will destroy that Galway full back line
Same team as Saturday with Johnstone coming in for Millar?
Devlin in for Carr/Turley?
Any word on the injured lads
Can't wait for Sunday I have a good feeling about this game
Down 3-10
Galway 1-12

Smurfy you're in a really positive mood tonight.

I thought it was a fair result for Down,we were in it most of the game but Armagh finished very strong maybe due to the introduction of their Subs.Armagh looked fitter.

am sure everyone knows that opinions on here from 20 or so posters are only read by about 40/50 others

positivity is commendable but opinions cant be shoehorned into positivity for positivities sake 

we have no barometer for u21s other than this group at minor grade made no notable advances

Barometer doesn't look good alright.
2014 Minor Preliminary Round Healy Park  Tyrone 1-18 Down 2-6
Down – M Reid, M Harte, C Fitzpatrick, L Byrne, N Rafferty, J Donnan, K McEvoy [0-1], S Dobbin, C McCartan, P Lively, J Guinness [0-1], R Millar, P Og McCrickard, R Treanor [0-3], F Aiken [0-1]. Subs – CJ Barr for Dobbin, S McConville [1-0] for McCrickard, G McDowell for Millar, T Rushe [1-0] for Lively, S Hardy for McCartan, P Laverty for Donnan

If anyone believes our senior management team is not getting paid needs there head seen
We could have a top class management team for the amount we are paying out
And that's before the payment towards club Down staff
So the extra £2500 per month is basically going towards that
Well done

Settle the head there Smurfy.

I don't think a lack of transparency is the issue at all. We all know the financial state that the county are in and I'd say the clubs didn't learn much that they didn't already know before last weeks meeting in the Burrendale. The issue is they are asking the clubs to pay their debt. Some of the bigger clubs will be fine with that but I'd say there are a lot that simple can't afford it.

The  Clubs should have to pay on a sliding scale.But where or who does that start with and as important who is at the lower end?

massive win away from home for down 1-15 to 1-7. strong 1st half was the platform for a comfortable win. well done everyone.

Yes,a great win especially against Ulster opponents.

reading about marty Clarke in todays irish news. probably already been mentioned before on here but not one player from the 2005 minor team plays for Down today

Down minors: M McAllister; G Magee, C Garvey, H Magee, G McCartan, E McConville, K Duffin; J Colgan, P Fitzpatrick; D Lavery, M Clarke, S Grant; C Brannigan, R Kelly, P McCumiskey.

It's a pity about Martin Clarke.Tomorrow's result will probably shape our league season.Defeat and we'll probably be relegated but a win will settle us and push on towards June.