Down Club Hurling & Football

[SHEEDY]

Is that Dawson finished in down football??  Will another team take a punt on him? he's been round alot of the top teams, can't see where he can go now.

[pointman2]

What sensible club would take him?
He has been around a lot of clubs (far too many) - clubs need to wise up and have their own club men manage the teams.

More importantly, who wil win the senior semis?

I go for Burren and Clonduff - time for a change at the top

[Nanderson]

Any confirmed dates for the senior intermediate and junior finals?

[supersub]

25th Sept Senior & Intermediate

[Leftmidfield]

Good win for CPN v Burren tonight in U16 MFC Q/F. The Point were better all over the field and should have won by more

[Samforever]

Good win for CPN v Burren tonight in U16 MFC Q/F. The Point were better all over the field and should have won by more

That's parful. Many teams in that U16 minor championship?

[Leftmidfield]

Not now 😀

[Mourne Rover]

Every year we convince ourselves that Burren are ready to give Kilcoo a game in the SFC knock-out stages and every year they flop again. Kilcoo were missing big Greenan tonight, with the Johnston brothers only fit enough for the bench, and Burren scored a goal in their first attack but still never looked like a championship team.

Kilcoo had a brilliant defence, featuring just the five Branagan brothers, and they squeezed the life out of Burren with the minimum of fuss. Laverty ran the show up front and the Johnstons were excellent when they came on, with Jerome finishing the contest with a clinically taken goal.

Burren seemed to confuse themselves with unusual positional switches and tactics which were hard to fathom, but they also failed to compete in key areas. McKernan had almost no influence on the game and he was not the only  one who dropped his head at an early stage in the second half.

Bredagh produced an impressive performance in the intermediate game and were never really in trouble against their neighbours Carryduff.
It is tough to be a dual player these days but Donal Hughes may well be worth a look for the county football squad as well as starting for the hurlers. Davidson is also a handful and, while An Riocht remain strong favourites for the title, we could yet have a decent final.

[5 Sams]

Good win for CPN v Burren tonight in U16 MFC Q/F. The Point were better all over the field and should have won by more

Harps gave Kilcoo a hiding so dont rule us out.

[whitegoodman]

Kilcoo are some outfit and Jerome is a complete assassin in front of goal.  Burren are physically talented but mentally as weak as them come.  (Plus a manager out of his depth)

[supersub]

I thought Darragh O'Hanlon was outstanding. A few well taken frees, 2 well taken penalties, marked McArdle well, came on to the ball at pace all night from corner back.

[charlieTully]

Kilcoo are some outfit and Jerome is a complete assassin in front of goal.  Burren are physically talented but mentally as weak as them come.  (Plus a manager out of his depth)

that goal was sublime.

[Line Ball]

Pity about all the mouths they have in the stand though.  Moaning and bitching about every tackle as if you are not allowed to put a hand on Kilcoo.  They are the most cynical team in Down but cry like a bunch of bitches in the stands about every tackle they don't like or decision they don't get.  Jerome got a wee welcome when he came on alright but if he had come on to face some of the Kilcoo defenders he would have gotten an awful lot worse than a wee shoulder with plenty more besides.  For neutrals wanting to watch a game of football, its very hard to listen to.

[outinfront]

Fair amount of ground and pound going on too haha. Kilcoo's intensity and pace was not matched by Burren.

[downup]

Was at both senior semi finals over the weekend and was pleasantly surprised at the amount of fast attacking football rather than the negative defensive stuff off late. Both Kilcoo and Clonduff were by far the better teams on the respective nights. For me Burren and Bryansford have flattered to deceive when getting to this stage in the past few years and Kilcoo definitely have got the mental upper hand in this fixture before a ball is even threw in. I thought their defence was solid on the whole and when they attacked it was at pace with Conor Lavery pulling the strings and then  when the two Johnstons appeared it was game over. I must say though that I was surprised at Burrens positional selection from the start and thought they were slow to make changes when clearly they had better players on the bench to add to an attack line that just wasn't functioning. Clonduff on the other hand against Bryansford after conceding two goals made a switch which won them the game. They switched a couple of defenders and the second guy put the clampers on Conor Maginn and that was Bryansfords biggest threat neutralised. Obviously the sending off for Bryansford had a big impact but for me Clonduff worked tirelessly throughout the game and were by far the better team. So for the final and off course Kilcoo will be strong favourites but the local derby factor may well have an impact on this and Clonduff wont allow Kilcoo to bully them like Burren did. Should be an interesting match.