Down Club Hurling & Football

[snoopdog]

What I heard when James was in charge of minors he was rarely at training on time and rarely interacted with the players so what would conor laverty learn from him.and I heard that from a parent of player James did a great job in 2010 because he surrounded himself with good coaches in Tally and mcivor.   He doesn't have that  around him anymore

[meatsy86]

Look the fundamental fact remains, James walked out of the job due to indiscipline within the squad all be it he came back a few days later. Now I may be wrong but surely the indiscipline within the squad stems from a lack of leadership of the management team. You add to that that if some of the best players in our county(Kilcoo not included) have refused to play for James this year what makes you think they will next year. Once again by keeping James on you are pushing it down the line before we can start to heal the divisions that currently exist. You cannot heal in the same environment that made you sick in the first place.

[SamFever]

 You would all need to settle down and stop your insulting.

[meatsy86]

No insults there SamFever, check your political correctness meter for callibration.

[SamFever]

No insults there SamFever, check your political correctness meter for callibration.

Not pretty reading all this.

[stiff breeze]

Sometimes opinion isn't pretty .

I'm a bit over the whole well done James for taking the job spiel . The man admitted he hadn't seen much of the Down club scene for years so was he really doing what was best for Down when he took the job on ? And I'm not having the no one else wanted it line either . Time to move on

[befair]

No point in running after the Kilcoo players; they'd add depth to the squad, but apart from Daryl Brannigan, don't have the individual calibre of the Slaughtneil players (Rogers and McKaigue, both exceptional talents).
James obs isn't the answer, but what other candidates are available?

[Truth hurts]

I will head to Liatriom tonight for the West Down derby with Annaclone, Liatriom really need to win this one, i expect a few rows too.

[imagine]

I will head to Liatriom tonight for the West Down derby with Annaclone, Liatriom really need to win this one, i expect a few rows too.

West Down does not include Liatroim.

[Truth hurts]

I see on social media that Bryansford are having an EGM tommorrow. Does anyone know what it is about?

[Godsown]

I see on social media that Bryansford are having an EGM tommorrow. Does anyone know what it is about?

Apparently it's to do with the Protocol

[Hard2Listen2]

I see on social media that Bryansford are having an EGM tommorrow. Does anyone know what it is about?

Says clearly that the meeting is to discuss future development of our facilities.

Bit of fake news from East Down County Board's number 1 fan.

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[Johnnysboys]

Massive result tonight for RGU. That's 3 of the top "big 4" they have beaten now. Loughinisland with a massive away win and Mayobridge full value for their win over Bryansford- even though they left it late. Carryduff beating rostrevor was as expected. I see Rostrevor have a new underage development coach that started his duties during the week - is this the way clubs are going to have to go now to get the best out of their youth? CPN have something similar set up but only for an initial 6 month period when it will be reviewed.

[upandwin]

This has been the best season in Div1&2 in a long time. It's amazing how tight it is in both divisions at this stage. Big wins for RGU and Loughinisland tonight. Two wins in a row can massively change the complexion of anyone's season. Also see Longstone hammered An Riocht in the big derby of the weekend. How many teams go down from D2 this year anyone know? As things stand, Rostrevor and the town are gone and looks like it'll be Warrenpoint and Ballyholland atm but Bryansford might get sucked in to that I think with 2 of them, CPN and Harps down. Massive win for mayobridge who I'm surprised at because I haven't been impressed with them any time I've seen them. RGU have racked up three brilliant results in a row and should be fine now. Hard to call. Burren seem to be stale under McCorry already, the patrons in St Mary's giving off about the negative football already. Apart from hammering CPN seconds, they haven't set the world alight.

[rosskarr]

Four go down from both 1&2.