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Anyone hear Frank Dawson got the sack from Ballymartin during the week?
Heard that last night anyone confirme?
What club team in Down will take him next year?

Heard he walked before he was pushed. For someone who is getting paid to manage clubs he surely has a very poor recent record since the late 00's/ early 10's.

who is number 29 for waterford?

[Show me any instance where he has went down when there has been no contact?]

If Sean gets fouled why would he not go down?
Show me any instance where he has went down when there has been no contact?

One of the most honest players in the game - because he goes down when contact has been made with him does not make him a serial diver 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d89cD7AbwxU  skip to 1.16.30

I recorded the game and watched it later in the evening. Don't think I fast forwarded once during the whole game. Mighty stuff.

I wish I'd thought to do the same!

I recorded it on both RTE and the BBC just to see the difference in vibe between the 2 stations.
As for the penalty decision, a monaghan player got a free in the 1st half when a down man was on the ground by simply falling over him so it was fair to give the penalty

Down have a poor defence,in particular 2 & 3.

Doherty was making not only his championship debut but his full county debut and he didn't do too bad considering he saved a certain goal. Ryan McAleenan pretty much had the corner back spot nailed down all year but his injury allowed Doherty to step forward. Also McGovern at 3 has proved himself in both club, county, college and province colours to be a talented full back who could probably play anywhere up to the half forward line

Congratulations Burren!
Any word yet on a Down panel for the mckenna cup? How are we getting on in challenge games?

Each of them have won all four grand slams too. Murray has won two of them.

He's a great player but saying he's just behind that lot is ridiculous. In their primes, they battered him for fun.

Hardly fair to compare Murray to them in their primes when Roger was in his prime in 06/07 Murray was just a fresh faced teenager, similarly during Nadals prime in 08 and 10. The one person he was really competing with was Djockovic as they are the same age. Djockovic benefitted from getting that early major on the board in Aus Open 2008. Even during Novaks prime in 2011-2015 Murray looked like the only one who could compete with him. And now that Murray is in his prime he would batter at least Federer and Nadal for fun.

Any confirmed dates for the senior intermediate and junior finals?

I'm a senior player who recently fractured a bone in my face leading to no contact football for ~3 months. So basically I have 6-8 weeks of pre-season training before I can get back to team trainings so does anyone know of any drills that i can do by myself that would be good to improve stamina and drills for speed work. Any advice will be appreciated

I fear I already know the answer to this question but I will ask anyway.  Anyone know if Marty Clarke will come into the Down squad for the championship?

No

I would argue that Gordon and Rodgers have proved themselves at the highest level, both have suffered injuries in recent years and slogging through winter is unlikely to have benefitted either of them. For the benefit of the squad they could have been accomodated. Kerry done it for Declan Osullivan last year and reaped the rewards, Dublin are doing similar with Alan Brogan this year, I think the two players in question have done enough over the years to have earned a bit of leeway. I understand McCrory might be taking a long term view with the squad but in a few weeks time against Derry id be more confident with them on board.

I agree that they have been great servants to Down over the hard years but with a new manager its effectively a clean slate for everyone. I would understand if James was in charge as he knows their capabilities but McCory will have only played against them a few times with Kilcoo and won't know if they fit into his plans. Have either of them confirmed they are opting out of the panel this year?

All in all it was nice to get a run out in croker but far from the performance that we would have wanted and can't see derry being too worried watching it. I think some posters on here need to get over the fantasy of Ambrose and Gordon making themselves available. If they didn't want to play during the hard winter months and league then you can be sure McCory won't be banging at their doors to get them back. We have limited big men in the county and we just have to work a game plan around securing primary possession through kick outs without relying on breaking even in midfield. I'm sure Aidan Carr wouldn't have imagined going from our top scorer in 2013 to being a make shift full back. Surely conor garvey would have been better suited for this role. PD probably had his quietest game this year. Mooney sort of burst into the game on and off. I don't know whether i'm expecting too much from someone who has played professional football for 3 years. He should be running about the pitch all game with energy to spare (barring his asthmatic problem). His skills are a little rusty too but with games starting now for Rostrevor he will benefit from the extra games. To sum up this post our defense was good and forced roscommon into kicking some amazing points which on another day could have all gone wide. Our midfield was non existent but this has now become a given expectation. Our forwards worked well on limited supplies and competed well. (No need to mention the bizarre sending off)