Down v Cavan

[Maguire01]

First prize to Northern Sound for the quality of their broadcast!

[Maguire01]

Aye, it sounds like they are using their mobile phones!!

More like two yogurt cartons and a piece of string!

[Homer]

Micael Tynan could be talking to your face and it still wouldn't sound good.

The 5fm stream is a good job

[Maguire01]

Do you have a link?

[imdagaffer]

http://www.fivefm.co.uk/

[Maguire01]

Cheers.

[cavan4ever]

Typical Cavan

[Homer]

Typical Cavan

I was just going to post those exact words 

[Dubh driocht]

Well done to Cavan and back to the drawing board for Down. Poor, poor effort and maybe Division 3 is about right.Struggling to find a positive- Luke Howard was the pick of our defenders until he was yellow carded, Kevin Mc Kernan was one of the few up for it, typified by his block in the 70th minute but the defence remains our greatest worry.Dee Rafferty also got tore in but they badly need to learn to tackle- the first 15 of the second half was brutal .Down have struggled against teams who withdraw a HF to HB but , to be fair, Cian Mackey has some engine in him, and was the difference.Playing the spare man in front of the fullback only works if teams are lumping it in but Cavan's whole game plan was to work it in, particularly in the second half.Holding it up for the excellent Seanie Johnstone was the right tactic, particularly in the second half- Cullivan and the sub Keating were also good.
Jackie has become an embarrassment and Dan is far from match-fit- a bad move to throw Ambrose in on a dirty physical night - ironically he could have won the game if he had connected with Benny's fisted cross but he needs more time before coming back .I can't understand what happened to Kearney - if the team isn't named until Friday , what happened ?And is it true that Benny got injured at soccer or was that just a rumour from the stands?
Half forward line did not count, Daniel has lost whatever he had, Rony showed and tried and Mc Comiskey recovered after a poor start when he came on.If we don't get wins in Longford or Limerickwe could be looking down rather than up - I don't think it will happen but a bad night in more ways than one.
No surprise that Cavan produced - they are a big fit team- excellent FB line, strong spine and Mackey and Johnstone easily the best players on display.Obviously their Sigerson men bring a lot as hard to fathom how this team could lose to Tipp.Interested in their management- Carr was static and seemed to read the game like Harte- nothing like his time with Roscommon - while Peter Reilly called the shots.He was always a brainy footballer and not surprised he's in there. DJ used up a lot more energy than all 3 of our midfielders- would not like to have been in that dressing room. Ross will be sick. Somebody give me a reason to be optimistic.

[Azzurri]

Somebody give me a reason to be optimistic.

Down still top of the table.

[Mourne Rover]

Down were dreadful from start to finish, and Cavan should have won by much more  than two points. Sadly, our defence is just as poor as ever. The half forward line was also awful, and did not manage a score from play between them. Murtagh was just about our best player, but he did not have much competition.  Dan started but was nowhere near match fit and Ambrose,who came on early in the second half,was even further off the pace. Fair play to Cavan,who kept it simple and effective in the heavy rain. Mackey was outstanding, and ran us ragged,while Joihnston is a class act. It was a depressing night, and it is just as well we already have four points on the board. Three of our last four games are away, which is not a happy prospect.

[Mid Down Gael]

A woeful showing from Down tonight. when will Ross decide to swallow his pride and pick the best players in this county? Our half forward line was dreadful as was our defence as it usually is. Aidan Carr played ok going forward but got roasted by Mackey defensively.Same could be said for McKernan, 19 year old Eugene Keating scored 3 points off him after Lyng had got the better of him. Dan played rightly in first half but faded. Jackie was a disaster as usual. If Michael Walsh and John Clarke are not better than all 3 of the half forwards then i dont know. Ronan Murtagh battled hard and was our best perormer.

[Pangurban]

We could list a lot of problems apparent from tonights game, but in the end they would all boil down to one, Bad Management

[Mid Down Gael]

We could list a lot of problems apparent from tonights game, but in the end they would all boil down to one, Bad Management

You are 100 per cent right.

[mountainboii]

You Downmen have probably discussed this to death, but what's Carr's problem with Mickey Walsh? Is he even on the panel?