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First to admit I was wrong , but  was there enough there to look forward to the next outing ,maybe. Cluxtons  mistake was totally unexpected but you have to take all that's given, but Dublin have some strength in depth.

Having seen Dublin team, we don't have good enough defenders,bookies reckon Dublin by at least 8 pts, I'm thinking 15pts at a canter

Tyson got beat, McGregor got beat , even the great Kerry team got beat by Offaly , so I'm heavy on hope light on expectation when the Dubs come calling, I was at the last one in Newry when we beat them,so who knows.

Not a great result by all accounts , hopefully management can take some positives , it will be a long league campaign but I believe we will have made some progress when the championship campaign starts.

On a serious note MrBrick , did you ever play senior football at club level, did you ever play county football at any level, because if you can answer yes to any or both of these questions you should hang your head in shame , Down doesn't need supporters who don't get behind their team.Our game is easy played from the stands or by the fireside, we haven't got the best squad in Ireland , that's fact but don't question their commitment or desire to win. As for clowns like you stay at home with your lap top.

Brick your a first class w**ker who is obviously has a pocket full of county medals and is clearly a legend in his own mind

It didn't take long for the knives to come out for Eamonn Burns , the man is in the job 5 mins and we have him out with James ready to take over. We all know we have a squad of players who are out of their depth in Div 1 but if we unearth some players for the future it may be all in vain.
As for the future, well no one has a crystal ball but if all the hard work currently being undertaken at academy level, minor and u 21 continues, then who knows the future may not be as bad as people would have you believe. Our problem is all programmes at underage level don't have longevity , after the 60s we expected the success to continue forever, sadly the opposite was true,the 90s should have been built on, but we failed to learn from the mistakes of the future.
We need a leader in the county , instead we have an executive who will be looking around for another manager shortly , which is wrong given Eamonn Burns took the job in good faith for the right reasons, the lads taking the field don't play badly deliberately, so KEEP THE FAITH success will come back, new stars will emerge and AN DUN will be back.

Isn't it typical of some so called Down fans who come on here to give an opinion on here about something they know nothing about. This is supposed to be a forum to discuss Down football and not to criticise Dan Gordon.The man for whatever reason has decided enough is enough, he has given great service to Down , let's remember that.
The same man will still play for his club , the same club that the CCC shafted this year over the play off game, that may have contributed to his decision but it won't have been the only reason for stepping back from county football, it's time for the criticism to stop and move on.

This is some site,full of would be comedians, sprinkled with a few doom and gloom merchants.Wake up lads we all know this season is going to be difficult, like it or not we are in Div 1 and face a hard league campaign followed by an equally difficult championship, so as the manager would say, suck it up lads and let's get on with it, we will have the pleasure of the odd good result and maybe the unearthing of some new young talent  so keep the faith

Watched last few minor trials, we will be waiting a while for the type of player necessary to cut it at the highest level, oh for a 1991-94 team, big, strong, athletic and ignorant when needed.
Let's not kid ourselves getting to the 2010 A I final was a remarkable achievement given that previous to that we were in Div3, so let's take stock of where we are now,have patience and build for the future, now that the management teams at minor, u21 and senior are in place let's get behind them, we all know management doesn't put a team out to be beaten , players don't take the field to deliberately play badly so let's keep the faith, it's harder than ever to achieve inter county success and the cause isn't helped it we don't get  behind the team.

All clubs within Down have to submit accounts to the county treasurer which may or may not tell the story has to how much it is taking to run teams every year, where the waters get muddied is when managers are getting cash payments and depending on the size of the club and the desire for success within a club , these payments can vary between a few pounds in diesel money to hundreds of pounds per week.
There are managers who regularly change clubs to line their pockets, and that leads on to counties who pay exorbitant amounts to coaches, managers etc etc to guarantee success and in order to keep up with the neighbours these amounts have spiralled out of control.
To stop these under the counter payments to managers of both club and county the revenue commissioners in the south and the tax inspectors in the north would have to be called in to ensure fair play, but as we know there are ways around every problem!!!!!!

So do you want the starred system to remain along with the play offs, which like you say tried to solve the problems of the nineties when we were winning titles, wakey wakey , we are winning nothing , the only purpose the current system serves is to provide more revenue for the county treasurer .Reverting back to winner takes all and the loser gets relegated wouldn't be a bad thing.However certain South Down clubs maybe in favour of keeping the current system for their own reasons, would they care to share them?

Hopefully there will be no starred games, and those teams that finish top of their respective leagues are declared the winners and those that finish bottom are relegated. Let's get away from the absurd notion that a team finishing third can ultimately be declared champions after a play of and such games are played under lights in October.

There's me thinking I was an ejit , I'm not blaming Sean og for anything yet, but he may be in the firing line at a later date if the fortunes of my county doesn't improve.
I must however say that Bannside should really keep his opinions about Down football to himself, unless of course he has something constructive and positive to say, but that of course would be dependant on his knowledge of football in general and given where he lives that knowledge may be somewhat limited, so Bannside rant on about your own county , and leave us Down people to sort out our own problems.

If he is the common denominator for failure then logically he would have to go but he alone is not the county executive , at the last count there were 13 of them , so I believe if there is further spiral downward then a few if not all of these gentlemen and ladies would have to go.So in answer to your statement Sean og is not the default position but he is judged by the success or failure of our county and it follows that his future should be determined by the success of our county.