Down Club Hurling & Football

[manwithnoplan]

Great to see so many people can be certain of the outcome of the senior final based on the ref. There'll be serious money to be made in Toals now.

[Truth hurts]

Too many eyes on a game now so refs are over scrutinized.
There is still no announcement about the manager, everyone is getting worried at this stage even the players. 10 weeks to the beginning of the national football league, 10 weeks!!
There are club teams making plans for 2022 and we as a county have no management team in place. It is now 4 months since the backbenchers ousted Paddy Tally, you would think we would have something sorted in 4 months .

[Godsown]

Any update Smurfy on who is today's likely candidate ?

[5times5times]

We're really at a low ebb in Down football arent we these days? County team, club games and now referees

County team, less said the better.
Club football, 2 brutal bad negative football semi finals. Compare either game with Armagh semis (38 ponts & 23 points), to our 2 snooze fests
Referees, best ref in county not getting final, due to Kilcoo slabbers dictating to co.board that its not faloon.

On subject of themuns, has anything come out about the latest kilcoo melee? Was the sub from kilcoo suspended for a blatant punch on sideline?  video on whatsapp, its pretty clear who the main actors are.

[Truth hurts]

We're really at a low ebb in Down football arent we these days? County team, club games and now referees

County team, less said the better.
Club football, 2 brutal bad negative football semi finals. Compare either game with Armagh semis (38 ponts & 23 points), to our 2 snooze fests
Referees, best ref in county not getting final, due to Kilcoo slabbers dictating to co.board that its not faloon.

On subject of themuns, has anything come out about the latest kilcoo melee? Was the sub from kilcoo suspended for a blatant punch on sideline?  video on whatsapp, its pretty clear who the main actors are.

Nothing is being done about it, the ref dealt with it then so will be no repercussions. If it was two divison 4 teams it would be different, 2 divison one teams get preference as usual.

[Smurfy123]

2 of the worst semi finals in living memory
Worst championship in living memory
What was the stand out match?

Regarding the new Down manager
Everyone seems to be guessing at this stage
9 weeks to the start of the McKenna cup. Where has it been confirmed that no McKenna cup is to take place this year?
Club teams normally give themselves 10 weeks preparation for the start of a campaign with gym work and field sessions
Anyone who thinks 9 weeks is enough preparation time knows nothing
Say a manager is appointed next week that leaves 8 weeks preparation
Give or take 2 weeks to gather up a squad and a management team you are talking 6 weeks preparation
To ring around a squad of players and to not expect them to have plans made would be foolish. I hope the new manager doesn't expect that when he is appointed for a panel of players to be able to start the following week
Middle of November earliest which in such an important league campaign is quite worrying
Do we think for 1 second that the teams around us that we can actually beat like the Offalys are doing nothing

[lumpitin]

Dont worry smurfy plenty of time, theres no mckenna cup! Google it and you will find out that the competition is finished

[terrifictommy]

Would I be right that we've had over 60 games so far in the Championship? We have really only talked about refereeing in the senior semis and neither were terrible refereeing but actually terrible games. All year we have all praised and talked very little about those in the middle so I think this is all over exaggerated. I've heard good reports about those all year. Let's hope football wins in the finals, Inter looks set to be a good game I think.
As for County job. Not sure we could leave it any more last minute. Whoever takes over will need time, different styles can't be forged overnight and it's too late now to get off to the slide sired start. Maybe the person being appointed already knows and has been to club games, that would be a good head start.

[Mourne Red]

We're really at a low ebb in Down football arent we these days? County team, club games and now referees

County team, less said the better.
Club football, 2 brutal bad negative football semi finals. Compare either game with Armagh semis (38 ponts & 23 points), to our 2 snooze fests
Referees, best ref in county not getting final, due to Kilcoo slabbers dictating to co.board that its not faloon.

On subject of themuns, has anything come out about the latest kilcoo melee? Was the sub from kilcoo suspended for a blatant punch on sideline?  video on whatsapp, its pretty clear who the main actors are.

Nothing is being done about it, the ref dealt with it then so will be no repercussions. If it was two divison 4 teams it would be different, 2 divison one teams get preference as usual.

If it was two Division 4 teams nothing would be done either Truth don't spin that narrative.. Been plenty of melees after matches in that division and FA happened

[Truth hurts]

We're really at a low ebb in Down football arent we these days? County team, club games and now referees

County team, less said the better.
Club football, 2 brutal bad negative football semi finals. Compare either game with Armagh semis (38 ponts & 23 points), to our 2 snooze fests
Referees, best ref in county not getting final, due to Kilcoo slabbers dictating to co.board that its not faloon.

On subject of themuns, has anything come out about the latest kilcoo melee? Was the sub from kilcoo suspended for a blatant punch on sideline?  video on whatsapp, its pretty clear who the main actors are.

Nothing is being done about it, the ref dealt with it then so will be no repercussions. If it was two divison 4 teams it would be different, 2 divison one teams get preference as usual.

If it was two Division 4 teams nothing would be done either Truth don't spin that narrative.. Been plenty of melees after matches in that division and FA happened

Name them and where they shown on BBC newsline? Its not as if the county board are busy searching for a manager , i am sure they should investigate the scenes of thuggery. Ballyholland came to Newry to throw their weight about and a few lads got a fe hidings which has been coming to them for a few years. Do yu think the scenes are a good look on Down football?

[Mourne Red]

Dundrum v Finn, Saul V Drumgath, An Ríocht v St Johns.. Few underage games called off for fighting nothing happened suspension wise to any of the clubs.. I wouldn't be a fan of ballyholland but too say other teams in the county don't get off with stuff because they're lower down is just not true.

People just not at those games to give them the scrutiny they would get with an audience

[Truth hurts]

Dundrum v Finn, Saul V Drumgath, An Ríocht v St Johns.. Few underage games called off for fighting nothing happened suspension wise to any of the clubs.. I wouldn't be a fan of ballyholland but too say other teams in the county don't get off with stuff because they're lower down is just not true.

People just not at those games to give them the scrutiny they would get with an audience

These where no where near the scale of that row on sunday

[PTC]

Jesus Christ there was a few well deserved slaps handed out on Sunday and we are still going on about it, don't think we talked as much about Burren when they lost control of themselves after Kilcoo beat them in championship last year.

[manwithnoplan]

Dundrum v Finn, Saul V Drumgath, An Ríocht v St Johns.. Few underage games called off for fighting nothing happened suspension wise to any of the clubs.. I wouldn't be a fan of ballyholland but too say other teams in the county don't get off with stuff because they're lower down is just not true.

People just not at those games to give them the scrutiny they would get with an audience

Ah yes, that huge riot between Dundrum and the Finn 

[Mourne Red]

Dundrum v Finn, Saul V Drumgath, An Ríocht v St Johns.. Few underage games called off for fighting nothing happened suspension wise to any of the clubs.. I wouldn't be a fan of ballyholland but too say other teams in the county don't get off with stuff because they're lower down is just not true.

People just not at those games to give them the scrutiny they would get with an audience

Ah yes, that huge riot between Dundrum and the Finn 

2017/2018 both benches emptied and fighting up corner opposite their Scoreboard side.