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Third Round
SFC
Ballyholland
Downpatrick
Kilcoo
Castlewellan

Third Round
IFC
Tullylish
Carryduff
Drumaness
Darragh Cross

JFC
Preliminary round
Aghaderg
Dundrum
Drumgath

Second Round
SFC
Clonduff
Bryansford
Kilcoo
CPN

Rostrevor
Longstone
Loughinisland
Ballyholland

IFC
An Riocht
Saul
Liatrom
Drumaness

Dromara
Clann Na Banna
Bosco
Darragh Cross

Kilcoo
Mayobridge
Ballyholland
Castlewellan
CPN
Longstone
Glen
Burren

IFC First Round
Bosco
Glasdrumman
An Riocht
Bredagh
Liatriom
Shamrocks
Clann na Banna
Tullylish

Wobbler is completely right...say what you want about Kane's kick outs the last day, but its up to the players out the field to move and make space for him to kick the ball into. Monaghan had it down to a tee the last day.

Every time Down had a restart from a kick out, there was very little movement which meant Kane had no other option than to put it long. Down have had no kick out strategy this past 6 years, until they start working on one, it will be the same old story.

Joe Murphy will be in the starting 15 in Clones..one of Downs better players in the National League

Poacher staying with the Harps next season...confirmed. Your information is wrong redandblackareback

Agree with Guevera's comment on Kane's kick outs. But over the past few years we seem to have no strategy on our own kick outs. We were getting cleaned in midfield and the ball just keeps getting lumped down the middle. Take note of how well the Derry's kick outs were used yesterday, they clearly had a kick out strategy sorted before hand and not just lump the ball down the middle.

Thought the defence played well yesterday,  to keep a team to 12 points in a Championship match wasn't a bad return. The defence has taken a lot of criticism over the past few years, rightly or wrongly but give credit were its due.

Midfield got cleaned out. Hopefully that game yesterday will bring big Pete on a bit. It's his 1 Championship match since he's been back from Australia and hopefully he'll be a lot better for it. I know people have been saying he's been flying for Ballymartin..but they are a 2nd Division team and the standard of opposition wouldn't be that great. Was very disappointed in Mooney yesterday. Maybe we are expecting too much too soon from him and it will probably take a year or so to get adjusted to life back as a GAA player.

Forward line was very poor yesterday.  Conor Laverty very quiet in the 1st half but stepped up in the 2nd half when brought out the field and was involved in everything. PD Devlin's free taken was excellent but other than that thought he was very quiet. Kevin McKernan hit two great scores but didn't do enough for me out side of that. Maginn and O'Hare were very quiet and you wouldn't have thought they were on the field. Poland tried hard but this will probably been his last season as a starting player.

Subs didn't make much of an impact. Thought Jermone was very naive at the end trying to go for the Hollywood score and probably seen his name in lights instead of working the ball into a better position and getting the score that would have earned us a draw. I know we keep harping on about players who aren't there but how big of a lift would Benny had been, bringing him on with 20mins to go. He would have had the experience and composer to settle the game down and maybe get us over the line. Fingers crossed we can get a good run in the qualifiers and prolong our summer.

In reference to Courtney's comments regarding the minor management set up, can you please let us all know what your problem is with Shane Mulholland??   

Agree with 5Sams...Harps were very poor on Friday night but take noting away from the Point. They looked an excellent side. Very disappointed in the Harps after our excellent performance the week before in the bridge but wouldn't surprise me if the boys go to Kilcoo this Friday night and come home with 2 points. Here's hoping 

Correct me if I'm wrong RossKarr but my understanding is that Tieran is training and playing away with the Harps seniors and Down minors and isn't playing any soccer at all. You know something the rest of us don't?

The Harps looking very good this year. Would have been most peoples favorites to finish in the bottom 6 and  be playing Division 2 football next year.  Few more wins should see them safe with half the league campaign to go. Looked very fit on Friday night and looked like they had more in the tank. Very impressive.

Was very disappointed in the Bridge, they looked very average and was expecting a lot more from them. Anyone know if they had many missing? Benny must have been carrying an injury as he didn't start the game and wasn't very influential. Showed in patches that he still has that bit of class but not enough over the 40mins or so that he was on the filed.

Joe Murphy had a great game in Midfield, surely must be worth a look for the county team? Also Tieran Rushe is going to be a special player, was excellent again on Friday .

Imagine...noting harsh about it...town and country knows about it. County board is broke. Read Danny's column from Friday, he mentions it in there. 

First of all reference Danny Hughes column in the Irish News on Friday. Think Danny is trying to go down the Joe Brolly route in being controversial. He's trying to build up a media profile and will be loving people talking about his column.  So job done.

County board seems to be a running joke. They can't even afford to pay the caterers, who I hear are owed a very large some of money. How long will it be util they go looking to Croke Park for a hand out? If they were a business, they would have been closed down a long time ago. There are people within the county board who are getting very well paid and are doing a terrible job. When will they be held accountable for this?

Kilcoo were in a different class yesterday. Conor Laverty and Ryan Johnston were the two best players on the pitch. Laverty was a joy to watch, was there ever a better goal scored in Pairc Esler? The ball into Laverty from James McLean was top class and and then Laverty done the rest! Big question now is how will Kilcoo fair next year with McCorry going to the county. Can they go four in row?

Burren were very poor yesterday. When Kilcoo upped the intensity in the 2nd half they didn't want to know. The seemed to throw in the towel, which is very unlike a Burren team. Had no leaders to step up and take it to Kilcoo. Was very disappointed in Kevin McKernan, you wouldn't have thought he was playing yesterday. Think Burren needa go in house for their next manager, I'd say Sean Ward will be the man for the job. 

Down Follower.....teams like Burren, Kilcoo & the bridge don't really care about the league. Its all about winning the Championship, end of story. If Burren end up winning the league and if you ask their players if they are happy with how their season went...I would say their answer would be no. Paddy Carr wasn't brought in to win a league title...he was brought it to win the Championship and even to win Ulster. End of story.

How bad is the standard of football going to be in Division 1 next year?  Take Glenn & Tullylish...no disrespect to both clubs but can you honestly say that these two teams have the players to be classified as a senior club in Down? I seen Tullylish play the Bosco in the Intermediate semi-final in Newry a few weeks ago and can honestly say that the standard of football was terrible. I feel both clubs will get hammered most weeks! What good is that to Down football?

The leagues should have stayed the way they were. 10 Teams in the 1st Division. I know it was the clubs that voted for the new structures to be put in place  but what good is it going to do for Down football? Most of the smaller clubs only voted for the changes so that they could say they are a 'Senior Club' . They might be a senior club by name but certainly not by quality!

Take Warrenpoint. They were by far the best Intermediate team in Down last year when they won the Intermediate Championship but couldn't hack it in the 1st Division this year! If they couldn't hack it how will Glen & Tullyish? I would classify the point as a far better team than either  Glenn or Tullyish. And I don't mean any disrespect when I'm saying this.

   

Town Gael - agree with some of your comments but the last one is ludicrous!

Whoever finishes top of the league should be crowned league champions. The whole play-off situation is joke. Happens every year that the league final doesn't take place until the end of November / middle of December. I feel for castlewellan on this. Its hard to keep players training if the league final doesn't take place until 6/7 weeks after your last league game.  We keep complaining about it every year but the clubs / county board do noting about it.

Agree with Courtney about the Championship. The big teams are more concerned about winning the Championship...league titles don't mean a thing to them. League football is for trying things out and getting things right for when Championship time comes.

I don't know why the county board doesn't have the league finished up before the Championship starts. It would keeps the players interested and have boys fighting to get their place for the Championship. Every league game would mean something and would keep it competitive. I know from personal experience  that after being safe and getting knocked out of the Championship early, having 3 or 4 league fixtures to fur-fill is a pain in the hole. Its hard to get players to train and even come match day its hard to get players interested. Most time you have to gather a few minors as you can't get enough senior players to play.  Also you wouldn't have the one side games when teams who are still in the Championship and have something to play for are playing against teams who just want the seaon to be over and don't give a fcuk! 

 

Can anyone clear this up...is Poacher with Annaclone or Ballyholland next year?