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Looking forward to it. Hopefully it's fairly competitive and Mickey keeps his teeth this time out!
Is Colm O'Rourke starting this time?
Rumours that Gerry McEntee will line out for O'Rourke.
Quote from: Aristo 60 on November 06, 2013, 01:02:02 PM
Looking forward to it. Hopefully it's fairly competitive and Mickey keeps his teeth this time out!
Best to leave them in the dressing room, I'd say.
Well done all involved. 22 years. Be good to see some old style football.
I'll do a baldy count for each side.
Can someone else please take responsibility for beer gut and dodgy hip/knee counts.
When Down are under pressure near the end from the O'Rourke led comeback, Will Down be allowed to bring on Ambrose Rodgers Jnr as a sub?
Will the referee be allowed to blow up 2 minutes early just because Meath look like winning?
Will the referee turn a blind eye to meath's cynical fouling in the first 15 mins because they had a duty to do that because Down were a soft Northern bunch and sure no Northern team has the right to win a big game of football this past 23 years sir and if we go out big style on them in the first 15 mins we'll have them rattled and we'll bring sam back to the royal and sure didn't we bate the dubs this year anyhow
And f3ck them anyways for having so much red and black on the hill and fr1g that withnell lad where did he come from and how did he flick lyons on his hole when lyons was roiding him nobody does that to our mick
thang frick Linden missed a sitter in the second half but when he was in on goal one on one - that would of put us 43 points behind.
And what about all the hand passing that led to the down goal sure that was contemptible and they never even let us near them to land a tackle and sure it was nearly a square ball anyhow and the camera man's jerk tells ye that sure and carr and mason never had a better day since on the frees and didn't it take down 4 scored frees til Burns put one on the board from play and ..
Mental note - we'll not let tyrone do this to us next time out - no way sirs
Wow! What'd you be like if yiz had lost?
I know it's tough that the GAA world sees Down as the surrogate champions of 1991. All people remember about that year is Meath and, to a lesser extent, Dublin. All they remember about the final is that Meath almost won it despite being a few dozen scores down and that their star player came on with pneumonia and turned the game on his own. Who were they playing again?
Quote from: Hardy on November 06, 2013, 04:36:24 PM
Will the referee be allowed to blow up 2 minutes early just because Meath look like winning?
I'd be writing some petty shite like yours ::) ..
I wonder will we go 11 points up again? ;D ;D ;D
Haha easy lads.
But remember...no one remembers second place ;)
Quote from: Hardy on November 06, 2013, 05:23:44 PM
Wow! What'd you be like if yiz had lost?
I know it's tough that the GAA world sees Down as the surrogate champions of 1991. All people remember about that year is Meath and, to a lesser extent, Dublin. All they remember about the final is that Meath almost won it despite being a few dozen scores down and that their star player came on with pneumonia and turned the game on his own. Who were they playing again?
Yeah, we really captured the nations heart that year.
I don't even mind that we lost the final.
Sure we only had half a team by that stage anyway and the Northern crowd (I forget which one) seemed happy.
Quote from: Jinxy on November 07, 2013, 10:17:38 AM
Quote from: Hardy on November 06, 2013, 05:23:44 PM
Wow! What'd you be like if yiz had lost?
I know it's tough that the GAA world sees Down as the surrogate champions of 1991. All people remember about that year is Meath and, to a lesser extent, Dublin. All they remember about the final is that Meath almost won it despite being a few dozen scores down and that their star player came on with pneumonia and turned the game on his own. Who were they playing again?
Yeah, we really captured the nations heart that year.
I don't even mind that we lost the final.
Sure we only had half a team by that stage anyway and the Northern crowd (I forget which one) seemed happy.
Sure everyone is happy then Jinxy Down won the All Ireland and you felt the love of a nation ;D You don't realise how lucky you are!! ;)
Quote from: Jinxy on November 07, 2013, 10:17:38 AM
Quote from: Hardy on November 06, 2013, 05:23:44 PM
Wow! What'd you be like if yiz had lost?
I know it's tough that the GAA world sees Down as the surrogate champions of 1991. All people remember about that year is Meath and, to a lesser extent, Dublin. All they remember about the final is that Meath almost won it despite being a few dozen scores down and that their star player came on with pneumonia and turned the game on his own. Who were they playing again?
Yeah, we really captured the nations heart that year.
I don't even mind that we lost the final.
Sure we only had half a team by that stage anyway and the Northern crowd (I forget which one) seemed happy.
No problem Jinxy I'll refresh your memory for you:
Down 1-16
Meath 1-14
There you go now you remember exactly who beat you!!!!
'Down'?
Sounds a bit made up to me.
Like 'Narnia'.
Quote from: Jinxy on November 07, 2013, 10:52:47 AM
'Down'?
Sounds a bit made up to me.
Like 'Narnia'.
Well for your information the description of Narnia was inspired by the scenery in Down, and specifically the Mourne Mountains!!
Quote from: Jinxy on November 07, 2013, 10:52:47 AM
'Down'?
Sounds a bit made up to me.
Like 'Narnia'.
Ah no, it's real, OK. I think I heard of it in a song.
Is it by the riverside or something like that?
Quote from: Jinxy on November 07, 2013, 10:52:47 AM
'Down'?
Sounds a bit made up to me.
Like 'Narnia'.
Jinxy come on now your not behaving like someone who said they didn't mind losing the final... ;D
Quote from: Jinxy on November 07, 2013, 10:17:38 AM
Yeah, we really captured the nations heart that year.
Erm, you think?
We were the peoples champions.
Quote from: Jinxy on November 07, 2013, 11:27:38 AM
We were the peoples champions.
That must be a great feeling I'm telling ya you don't realise how lucky you are!! ;D I had you all wrong your a great fella! ;D
Quote from: Jinxy on November 07, 2013, 10:17:38 AM
Quote from: Hardy on November 06, 2013, 05:23:44 PM
Wow! What'd you be like if yiz had lost?
I know it's tough that the GAA world sees Down as the surrogate champions of 1991. All people remember about that year is Meath and, to a lesser extent, Dublin. All they remember about the final is that Meath almost won it despite being a few dozen scores down and that their star player came on with pneumonia and turned the game on his own. Who were they playing again?
Yeah, we really captured the nations heart that year.
I don't even mind that we lost the final.
Sure we only had half a team by that stage anyway and the Northern crowd (I forget which one) seemed happy.
So is that when the rot set in and it became acceptable to just compete? I always thought it happened sometime after the millennium.
took meath 12 games to get past a poor Dublin side that year. Sure Down romped the final, went that far ahead the boys were thinking of how many pints would fill Sam. the result was never in doubt.
Quote from: snoopdog on November 07, 2013, 05:27:03 PM
took meath 12 games to get past a poor Dublin side that year. Sure Down romped the final, went that far ahead the boys were thinking of how many pints would fill Sam. the result was never in doubt.
Did they find an answer?
Quote from: deiseach on November 08, 2013, 01:47:13 PM
Quote from: snoopdog on November 07, 2013, 05:27:03 PM
took meath 12 games to get past a poor Dublin side that year. Sure Down romped the final, went that far ahead the boys were thinking of how many pints would fill Sam. the result was never in doubt.
Did they find an answer?
Wouldn't happen nowadays. That sort of thing would be worked out well in advance by the entourage of statisticans and dieticians over a conference call.
Plus, Sam has holes in him now doesn't he? To avoid 'that sort of thing'.
Quote from: AZOffaly on November 08, 2013, 03:29:46 PM
Plus, Sam has holes in him now doesn't he? To avoid 'that sort of thing'.
You may never get to know AZ!
I may not, but like yerselves, we have our history :)
Quote from: AZOffaly on November 08, 2013, 03:29:46 PM
Plus, Sam has holes in him now doesn't he? To avoid 'that sort of thing'.
Jebus, imagine if the Rossies get a hold of him!
Quote from: deiseach on November 08, 2013, 01:47:13 PM
Quote from: snoopdog on November 07, 2013, 05:27:03 PM
took meath 12 games to get past a poor Dublin side that year. Sure Down romped the final, went that far ahead the boys were thinking of how many pints would fill Sam. the result was never in doubt.
Did they find an answer?
Not that year anyway!
Sure Roscommon would have beaten either of ye if the referee in the semi didn't have a Trimmer bias.
Quote from: AZOffaly on November 08, 2013, 03:29:46 PM
Plus, Sam has holes in him now doesn't he? To avoid 'that sort of thing'.
Sure it's only the replica you get to drink out of these days.
THE parents of a young man killed in a hit-and-run in New York have covered the cost of repatriating another young Irishman's body home to his family.
Collie and Eithne Bell, from Co Down, who lost their son Kevin (26) in a tragic incident in New York last June, have been helping other families through a trust in his name.
The fund has now been used to bring home the body of Conor Brady (24), from Skreen in Sligo, who died after a fall in Las Vegas last weekend.
He was based in Washington, DC, and had travelled to Las Vegas with friends.
So far, over £120,000 (€143,000) has been raised for the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust. It offers financial assistance to bereaved families to repatriate the body of loved ones who die abroad in sudden or tragic circumstances.
Mr and Mrs Bell have helped repatriate three other young people and helped two other families with their own fundraising.
Collie Bell said they were delighted to help the Brady family.
"The average cost of repatriating a body is about £5,000 (€5,900), but the further away the location, the more expensive it is," he told the Irish Independent.
"As we said at the time, with so many young people now abroad, Kevin's death would not be the last.
"Sadly, this has proved to be the case. We'd like the message to get out that the trust is here to help families in all 32 counties."
Funeral director Gerard Clarke, a close friend of the Brady family and Secretary of St Patrick's GFC – where Mr Brady played before emigrating – said the Bell family deserved "great credit" for helping others.
"It is the worst news that any family can receive to learn that a son, daughter or relative has died abroad," said Mr Clarke.
The Brady family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to the Kevin Bell trust.
"We hope that in this way we will be able to help another unfortunate family," said Mr Clarke, who praised the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Irish Consulate in San Francisco for their help.
Thousands of mourners are expected to attend the funeral Mass of Conor Brady in Saint Adamnan's Church in Skreen at noon on Monday, followed by burial in Saint Mary's Cemetery.
Donations to the Kevin Bell trust can be made at www.donations.ie.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/family-whose-son-died-in-us-helps-to-bring-another-tragic-young-man-home-29740028.html
A great cause and fair play to Kevins family for helping other bereaved families in their time of need.
Well done to all involved in the fundraising effort.
This sadly, is a great trust and i've considered the concept over the last couple of years. In Poznan airport about to fly home I learnt of the passing of James Nolan, then Kevin when I was in New York over the summer. This was compounded, when a friend from Wicklow who I lived with, tragically drowned 2 days before flying home from his J1. The ensuing search and repatriation costs for his family would have been significant. These are all young men, a few years other either side of myself, who tragically lost there lives when having the time of their lives. Touching down in Dublin airport each time was never as poignant.
Just saw this on twitter and thought I'd share it here. Well worth watching.
http://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/184/73154/0/