Down Club Hurling & Football

[Leftmidfield]

Warrenpoint 0.15 Annaclone 1.5
Terrible conditions. Comfortable win for the Point
4 games no defeats for CPN (2 draws though)
Any other scores from today's matches ??

[5 Sams]

Warrenpoint 0.15 Annaclone 1.5
Terrible conditions. Comfortable win for the Point
4 games no defeats for CPN (2 draws though)
Any other scores from today's matches ??

Harps beat the stone by 5 in atrocious conditions. Burren hammered the Town. RGU beat Saval.

[supersub]

Warrenpoint 0.15 Annaclone 1.5
Terrible conditions. Comfortable win for the Point
4 games no defeats for CPN (2 draws though)
Any other scores from today's matches ??

Harps beat the stone by 5 in atrocious conditions. Burren hammered the Town. RGU beat Saval.

Rostrevor beat Liatroim by 7

[T O Hare]

Great performance by the Bridge today against the Ford. We were a point up at the break but blew them away in the second period. Cory Quinn scored two goals with Ryan Brady getting the other one.

[meatsy86]

Warrenpoint 0.15 Annaclone 1.5
Terrible conditions. Comfortable win for the Point
4 games no defeats for CPN (2 draws though)
Any other scores from today's matches ??

Harps beat the stone by 5 in atrocious conditions. Burren hammered the Town. RGU beat Saval.

According to the DownGAA results page Stone beat Harps 2-10 to 3-6.

[umpire]

Great performance by the Bridge today against the Ford. We were a point up at the break but blew them away in the second period. Cory Quinn scored two goals with Ryan Brady getting the other one.

Good stuff !

[Hedgehunter]

Now with a quarter of the season gone,how do folk think things will end up at the end of the season? Top 4 / bottom 6?

[rosskarr]

Now with a quarter of the season gone,how do folk think things will end up at the end of the season? Top 4 / bottom 6?

What Div are you talking about here? I see Mallon and Donnelly
have quit the Senior panel. Ryan Mallon is a big loss and even a young
player like Donnelly leaving shows how big the current commitment
is. Hope we see them back in the future.

[NP 76]

I am disappointed to see two big men who can play football leaving the panel when we are so small all over. In my opinion Mallon should of been a starter and Donnelly at least should of been a lad to work on as a future full back. From what I heard Donnelly was really enjoying keeping focused on the training so I don't think that was a factor. 

[wobbller]

   CPN and Tullylish will be the winners here with this news.

[PAULD123]

In my opinion there are not enough games for the commitment. In the 90's:

• Squads were rarely bigger than 30,
• County training was one night a week stretching to two during championship
• Players played for their clubs when there was no county match that week
• Training effectively ended at the end of the championship for between 3 and 5 months

A player was happy to make this commitment and accept a squad place just to be part of it, or sit on the bench for a few years getting a bit of action here and there with the chance that in 3-5 years he would get about 5 years of first team football

These days:

• Squads are around 40 (no chance everyone gets even a bit of action),
• County training is a near full week commitment
• Players don't play for their clubs for months during the summer (so 10-15 guys play no football at all)
• Training effectively is a full year commitment with restrictions on alcohol, holidays, and even what you eat

This is the commitment of a professional sports person who is at least being rewarded financially.But still so many young men make this commitment. And they do it for one reason - To play county football. But to play, not just to sit around. How can anyone seriously expect this commitment for five years or so before you get a regular start?

But with only about a dozen games in a season how can all players be accommodated?

If there were a full season of county football, like a single all county league of 31 matches and a knock out championship, then the commitment would be worth it as everyone would get a significant amount of game time and chances to earn the right for more.

The professional level of commitment is too much if we have amateur amounts of games.

[elk]

Now with a quarter of the season gone,how do folk think things will end up at the end of the season? Top 4 / bottom 6?

Top 4 - Burren,Kilcoo,,Mayobridge 
Bottom 6 - Liatroim,Clanna na Banna,Longstone,Rostrevor,Annaclone and Warrenpoint.

- a bit predictable I know and it's only my opinion.

[imagine]

In my opinion there are not enough games for the commitment. In the 90's:

• Squads were rarely bigger than 30,
• County training was one night a week stretching to two during championship
• Players played for their clubs when there was no county match that week
• Training effectively ended at the end of the championship for between 3 and 5 months

A player was happy to make this commitment and accept a squad place just to be part of it, or sit on the bench for a few years getting a bit of action here and there with the chance that in 3-5 years he would get about 5 years of first team football

These days:

• Squads are around 40 (no chance everyone gets even a bit of action),
• County training is a near full week commitment
• Players don't play for their clubs for months during the summer (so 10-15 guys play no football at all)
• Training effectively is a full year commitment with restrictions on alcohol, holidays, and even what you eat

This is the commitment of a professional sports person who is at least being rewarded financially.But still so many young men make this commitment. And they do it for one reason - To play county football. But to play, not just to sit around. How can anyone seriously expect this commitment for five years or so before you get a regular start?

But with only about a dozen games in a season how can all players be accommodated?

If there were a full season of county football, like a single all county league of 31 matches and a knock out championship, then the commitment would be worth it as everyone would get a significant amount of game time and chances to earn the right for more.

The professional level of commitment is too much if we have amateur amounts of games.

You may be correct in your observations but it's not
going to stop the Championship beginning this Sunday and ending
in September.

[5 Sams]

Now with a quarter of the season gone,how do folk think things will end up at the end of the season? Top 4 / bottom 6?

Top 4 - Burren,Kilcoo,,Mayobridge 
Bottom 6 - Liatroim,Clanna na Banna,Longstone,Rostrevor,Annaclone and Warrenpoint.

- a bit predictable I know and it's only my opinion.

You have only 3 in your "Top 4"

[Hedgehunter]

Now with a quarter of the season gone,how do folk think things will end up at the end of the season? Top 4 / bottom 6?

Top 4 - Burren,Kilcoo,,Mayobridge 
Bottom 6 - Liatroim,Clanna na Banna,Longstone,Rostrevor,Annaclone and Warrenpoint.

- a bit predictable I know and it's only my opinion.

You have only 3 in your "Top 4"

Maybe he's leaving the door open for a surprise...