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id lke to see mckernan starting at full back on sunday. He looked impressive in the 2nd half against queens but against derry our defence will get a much sterner test. I hope mick magee gets a chance at full forward i thought he would have featured before now, he was very good  for the u21s last year and was the stand out player in div 3 last season.

wud you be able to post the starting 15 for down beo thanks.

I was just looking at the teams in div 2 for this year. With 3 teams getting relegated again there is going to be a savage dogfight come the end of the season. There might not be a big difference in the points  between the teams in the promotion and relegation play-offs.

has mickey linden stepped down from drumgath?

i didnt suggest playing league games on all ireland final days, i just pointed out that they tend to disrupt the league programme. And when league games stretch into october {which they regulary do} they clash with with club finals, ulster  club championships etc, meaning that the playoff games  are often delayed, re arranged and played in dreadful conditions in late october early november.

i think it would be worth trying wobbler, september is a disaster of a month for club football, there are no fixtures on sundays because of county boards reluctance to play on all ireand football and hurling finals, the county final is usually on in sept as well. The ulster club cship starts at end of sept usually as well leading to more rearranged games as well. I think glenn suffered in particular last season in particular.

hopefully the leagues all start around the first sunday in march, before switching to friday nights when the evenings get brighter. That might mean they finish on time this year. Might be a problem with the national league programme but a few of downs games are on saturday evenings this year i think.

I was also wondering is there any dates pencilled in yet for the start of the leagues this year? ACFL Div 4 + EDRL would be of particular interest to me. Also there r now 9 teams in Div 4 this year, does anyone know if there will b 3 rounds (24) or just 2 rounds (16) of games this year for us? Just heard St.Johns r entering a 3rds team in EDRL this yr, can any of the St.Johns posters confirm that?

i havent heard any word either i would be keen to find out when div 3 is expected to start

there still seems to be a lot of vacancies for management jobs especially in div 2 & 3. Id imagine kyran smyth will still be with rgu next year he didnt do badly with them in the league last year.

when are the fixtures for the new season due to be published. And what dates are the leagues to begin.