Down Club Hurling & Football

[Mid Down Gael]

surely ryan brady should have at least been on the u21 panel this year.

I agree ryan should definatly made at least the panel and would have been close to a starting place. Lookin at the starting team only about 5 or 6 are overage next year.

I may be wrong but Ryan didnt make himself available due to an ankle injury. 14 off the first 24 are available next year again along with Paudie Poland and David McKibben who where not on the 24 on wednesday.

[Mid Down Gael]

Well done to St Colmans on their ten point success and St Malachys on their facile 20 point win in their respective all ireland simi finals today.

[13aside]

great results for St.Colman's and St.Malachy's today hopefully will be a double header at Croke Park in a fortnights time-congratulations and well done!!

[Highlander3]

I assume that a large part of the reason we are doing so bad in the minor league is that there are alot of St Malachy's and St Colman's have still to join that squad?

[DownFanatic]

I assume that a large of the reason we are doing so bad in the minor league is that there are alot of St Malachy's and St Colman's have still to join that squad?

That would be a very reasonable assumption Highlander. Well spotted. 

[dundrumite]

I assume that a large part of the reason we are doing so bad in the minor league is that there are alot of St Malachy's and St Colman's have still to join that squad?

In a word....YES

[dodgy umpire]

Division One football next year   

[Highlander3]

In fairness great start by Wee James and the team, i did not think they would have got promoted this year

Just wish we were not going to have to play either Armagh or Donegal in the league final, it to close to the Ulster championship

Whats the story with Luke Howard is he still hurt?

[dodgy umpire]

In fairness great start by Wee James and the team, i did not think they would have got promoted this year

Just wish we were not going to have to play either Armagh or Donegal in the league final, it to close to the Ulster championship

Whats the story with Luke Howard is he still hurt?

Wouldnt necessarily agree. Good preparation for the championship and another game against Donegal would allow us to suss out how to best deal with their main threat, Murphy. Would like to play Armagh purely to demonstrate once more how we are the better team and put the manners on Fearon and co

[In the Onion Bag]

From the RTE SITE

Benny Coulter pulled the strings for Down as they secured promotion  to Allianz NFL Division 1 with a comfortable win over lowly Westmeath.
Coulter failed to score at Cusack Park but took to the play-making  role perfectly, with Mark Poland (1-04) leading the visitors' scoring.
Ambrose Rodgers helped himself to 1-02 as Westmeath, who are bound  for Division 3, trailed by 1-08 to 0-03 at half-time.
  Coulter and Rodgers then teed up Poland's goal, and Westmeath's woes  were compounded by Doran Harte's late sending-off.

[western exile]

scorers today were
Ambrose Rodgers 1-3 (1 from 45)
Mark Poland 1-4 (3f)
Ronan Murtagh 0-3
John Clarke 0-3
Danny Hughes 0-1
Conor Maginn 0-1

[Dubh driocht]

All that plus 12 wides.Need to be more clinical at Croke Park and Ballybofey.Would you play Big Dan in either ?

[Joe Umbrella (hey)]

All that plus 12 wides.Need to be more clinical at Croke Park and Ballybofey.Would you play Big Dan in either ?

It would always have been unthinkable that Dan would not be a cert for 1 of the 2 midfield positions. But King and Ambrose are playing some stuff at the minute however Dan is a better fielder than both and would do well under the current mark rule. I always thought that if the county could produce another quality midfielder then Dan could have been an option at full forward again, but at the minute there already is serious competition for places in the forwards. I hope come Ballybofey though he will be somewhere in the starting 15.

[goldenyears]

Ballyholland v Saval 5pm Saturday

[Long Ball]

Are the League games going ahead as scheduled on Easter Monday? I heard a rumour they are off as Down won