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Paul.

In February 2010 Down went to Newbridge to play Kildare in the first round of the league. We had a new manager at the reigns and we had our Australian back and in top form.

But you know this Paul. As you were there that day. You scored 1-6. You were great. We won well.

This year Paul. We go back to Newbridge in February to face Kildare, again in the first round. People say the more things change in life the more they stay the same. We have another new manager and we have our now two Australians back.

The fact that this man is a hero member says it all, credit to your parish, keep up the good work !

But Paul. 2015 will be different if you're not there. The people of Down want you back Paul. In truth they NEED you back if the County is to even begin to replicate what happened in 2010.

Give us a sign Paul...

Please.

Great  to hear about Marty Clarke 'willing to putting his body on the line for the county' according to the Independent

He also has a wider selection to choose from

Wider?  How so?

He has the pick of both Shamrocks Minors and Burren minors and U16 from this year, as well as clubs like Saul, carryduff, liatroim,mayobridge, rostrevor and ballyholland, teams who performed strongly in both U16 and minor division 1-2 this year. Also teams like Glenn who won the B championship this year in minor level

He also has a wider selection to choose from

23 I think ? Fantastic player, brilliant dead ball accuracy, quick and strong and isn't one of the points best players from just hitting frees, he contributes a lot from play. Great shootin and passing off both feet too, but can be greedy sometimes

Saying as how the full squad can't train on a pitch until December 1st, has there been any trials yet? And will there be a Cardinal O'Fiach cup this year ?

It wa Neil Collins and Brendy McKernan want it ? Utter shambles

In my opinion the minors will mount a challenge next year

Will Dawson take on the role of a selector or is he just the new U21 manager?

                 Shane Harrison


  Gearard          Benny             Darren
McGovern       McArdle         O'Hagan


   Niall                Aidan            Kevin
McEvoy              Carr          McKernan


              Dan               Conor
            Gordon            Toner


   Caolan           Marty             Ryan
  Mooney         Clarke         Johnston

Donal             Eamonn         Conor
O'Hare              Toner           Laverty

During the first page of this thread, I took the liberty to create this team that I am hopeful will be te starting line up next year. However, there are lots of queries. Firstly, the goalkeeping battle is more than likely a straight up fight between Harrison and Cunningham, but Steven Kane could be thrown into the equation. Next, the full back line is the hardest to decide. Gearard McGovern is a strong, good ball carrying full back but he might not have the pace for corner back and he doesnt have much experience outside of club or U21, but he did win Queens freshers player of the year a while ago. The halfback line is also odd, but McEvoy has to be an automatic choice. In midfield, I was impressed by Conor Toners passing and ball carrying during the championship, but he wasn't putstanding for the club. Dan Gordon has to be there as the catcher whilst either toner or Mckernan can bring in the running and playmaking aspect. Lastly, both half and full forward lines are hard. Having to exclude both Conor Maginn and Poland will be hard and no one is sure whether Clarke will commit. However Ryan Johnston has to be in there as a link man between half back and half forward, maybe deployed as a sweeper. Also, O'Hare can no longer be an automatic choice, as he has the tendency to slip in and out of games, but on his St he is a live wire forward. Full forward is a real task. Niall Madine fits the bill and he has good patches last year but wasn't great during the Ulster championship. Eamonn Toner looked like the only player to scare the kilcoo full back line in the final and he needs a shot with that squad.

Did anyone see caolan mooney play against us in the U21's on Sunday? Heard he scored 1-2 but also heard he missed a bucket load of chances! Anyone care to tell me what really happened? I Alps think that mccorry should be looking to division 2 for possible new talent for McKenna cup. He should be considering key players from teams like Saul, CPN, ballymartin and clann na banna or the kingdom.

The junior game on Sunday seems like it will be a tighter afair than the intermediate. Would someone like to give me the rundown of both Drumaness' and Kilclief's best players? I already know of both Donal Kennedy and Brian McIlmurray from Drumaness but I'm not too familiar with any curren kilclief players!