Down Club Hurling & Football

[Smurfy123]

Lads fancy having a stab at the starting team?

It will be interesting

[passedit]

It's Longford Christ
Possibly in the bottom 8 teams in Ireland and we are playing them in Newry
Anything other than a 6 point win will be a disappointment
Let's call a spade a spade

Remind me what happened the last time we played longford in the championship? Or better still the last time we played anyone in the championship?

[SamFever]

Sam Fever, are you part of the executive or maybe a relative of an executive member because if you are , one question

What is the  alternative , on next weeks match, im predicting a tight game but a win by 5 pts

No cut the crap I've nothing to do with the body that you are going to overthrow single handedly.Really intrigued that you could think that but I know that you're prone to strange lines of thought.

[OgraAnDun]

It's Longford Christ
Possibly in the bottom 8 teams in Ireland and we are playing them in Newry
Anything other than a 6 point win will be a disappointment
Let's call a spade a spade

Remind me what happened the last time we played longford in the championship? Or better still the last time we played anyone in the championship?

I think the last time we played Longford was in 2010.

[cut the crap]

If we can't beat Longford we really are at our lowest point, Eamonn should mix it up a bit , let's go at Longford ,give it a lash and let's see what happens.

[SamFever]

It's Longford Christ
Possibly in the bottom 8 teams in Ireland and we are playing them in Newry
Anything other than a 6 point win will be a disappointment
Let's call a spade a spade

Remind me what happened the last time we played longford in the championship? Or better still the last time we played anyone in the championship?

A defeat by Longford was Pete McGrath's last game as Down Senior Manager

[SamFever]

If we can't beat Longford we really are at our lowest point, Eamonn should mix it up a bit , let's go at Longford ,give it a lash and let's see what happens.

What exactly does "mix it up"mean in relation to picking a Team for a game?

[cut the crap]

Sam Fever like you I am passionate about my county football team, I have played and watched a lot of football in my time and having watched some of our development squads I am confident we will complete with the elite but it will be 8 yrs min, in the meantime we need a base, we have no money , executive sorted that , so we need a centre , any suggestions ,and the ejection of certain individuals who run our county will occur quicker than you think if we get beat by Longford

[SamFever]

Sam Fever like you I am passionate about my county football team, I have played and watched a lot of football in my time and having watched some of our development squads I am confident we will complete with the elite but it will be 8 yrs min, in the meantime we need a base, we have no money , executive sorted that , so we need a centre , any suggestions ,and the ejection of certain individuals who run our county will occur quicker than you think if we get beat by Longford

Time will tell.

[cut the crap]

By mix it up , I mean changing our tactics, do we go man for man with no sweeper , we are playing Longford for heavens sake, man for man skill wise we surely are better.
I personally think we will get it tight initially because our guys will be nervous but once the nerves go we should run out 5 pts plus winners, bookies are offering evens giving Longford a 3 pts start, but I don't back against or for my team. Unlike some I'm hearing, ex players should have more respect for their former team mates,and as for Marty Clarke , the less said the better , if he had been that interested he would have lifted the phone but maybe the great and the holier than thou don't do that,this forum is to discuss team formations , personnel , and tactics, would you change the keeper, is their any body better

[snoopdog]

By mix it up , I mean changing our tactics, do we go man for man with no sweeper , we are playing Longford for heavens sake, man for man skill wise we surely are better.
I personally think we will get it tight initially because our guys will be nervous but once the nerves go we should run out 5 pts plus winners, bookies are offering evens giving Longford a 3 pts start, but I don't back against or for my team. Unlike some I'm hearing, ex players should have more respect for their former team mates,and as for Marty Clarke , the less said the better , if he had been that interested he would have lifted the phone but maybe the great and the holier than thou don't do that,this forum is to discuss team formations , personnel , and tactics, would you change the keeper, is their any body better

Change tactics? Looking at the monaghan game we don't have any. We lost an all ireland 6 years ago by not altering our kick outs and we still have that issue can different management times not see this. Look at Cavan yesterday they lost very few of their kick outs.  Winning ball in middle of the park has always been critical and we can't do it.

[Smurfy123]

Do we put Big Reid in for this game???

[Verticalball]

I think we should have enough to get past Longford in a tight game. O'Hare's fitness is key and McArdle would be a good addition to the defence for his experience alone, even if he only had a half in him. Another day out will likely be our lot.

As for this idea that Marty Clarke should have lifted the phone to invite himself back onto the panel, surely management invite the players onto the panel and not the other way around? Should we all give Burns a ring to offer our services? Too many stubborn people now who don't want to lose face. I'd say every other county would have him on the panel, Dublin and Kerry included.

[ballela-angel]

The last time we played Longford was in the 2010 championship in Newry and we won thanks to a jammy penalty

[Samforever]

The last time we played Longford was in the 2010 championship in Newry and we won thanks to a jammy penalty

And look what happened after that