Down Club Hurling & Football

[ck]

If this runs much longer then it'll be into the farcical situation that happened last year where a manager was appointed too late.

[Smurfy123]

He hasn't given his view on the season
Was it the managements fault when he was through 1v1 in the last minute against Meath to win it and fisted onto the crossbar
3 points up against Offaly with 2 minutes to go
1-1 v Galway after 15 minutes and playing into a Gael force breeze and he gives the ball away Galway score a goal
Is that the managers fault?

Agree the County Board need to make a decision asap
Does it have to wait until the next monthly county board meeting?

[Truth hurts]

After listening to that, what manager would come in anyway?

[Leftmidfield]

Mooney done an interview with Parkinson on his podcast.. Seen Conan Doherty said it was worth a listen. Will share the link here for those interested https://twitter.com/conandoherty/status/1541535155575312385?s=21&t=PZmVaAluLDeVR8AnDzNUNQ

Can you listen to this for free or do you have to become "a patron " @ £5.00 per month ?

[Hard2Listen2]

Mooney done an interview with Parkinson on his podcast.. Seen Conan Doherty said it was worth a listen. Will share the link here for those interested https://twitter.com/conandoherty/status/1541535155575312385?s=21&t=PZmVaAluLDeVR8AnDzNUNQ

Can you listen to this for free or do you have to become "a patron " @ £5.00 per month ?

You'd need paid to listen to Parkinson!
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[Leftmidfield]

Mooney done an interview with Parkinson on his podcast.. Seen Conan Doherty said it was worth a listen. Will share the link here for those interested https://twitter.com/conandoherty/status/1541535155575312385?s=21&t=PZmVaAluLDeVR8AnDzNUNQ

Can you listen to this for free or do you have to become "a patron " @ £5.00 per month ?

You'd need paid to listen to Parkinson!
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I want to listen to what Mooney has to say.  Do you know the answer to my question?

[Mourne Red]

Mooney done an interview with Parkinson on his podcast.. Seen Conan Doherty said it was worth a listen. Will share the link here for those interested https://twitter.com/conandoherty/status/1541535155575312385?s=21&t=PZmVaAluLDeVR8AnDzNUNQ

Can you listen to this for free or do you have to become "a patron " @ £5.00 per month ?

You'd need paid to listen to Parkinson!
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I want to listen to what Mooney has to say.  Do you know the answer to my question?

Need to pay unfortunately - I used to listen to his Podcast on Joe was decent enough, only thing he done that annoyed me was talk about his All-Ireland Minor with Laois any chance he could get 

[Hard2Listen2]

Mooney done an interview with Parkinson on his podcast.. Seen Conan Doherty said it was worth a listen. Will share the link here for those interested https://twitter.com/conandoherty/status/1541535155575312385?s=21&t=PZmVaAluLDeVR8AnDzNUNQ

Can you listen to this for free or do you have to become "a patron " @ £5.00 per month ?

You'd need paid to listen to Parkinson!
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I want to listen to what Mooney has to say.  Do you know the answer to my question?

Need to pay unfortunately - I used to listen to his Podcast on Joe was decent enough, only thing he done that annoyed me was talk about his All-Ireland Minor with Laois any chance he could get

I listened to him on the Joe pod too.
He had good guests who were worth listening to even though Parky & his mate from Derry are a pair of head melters.
I wouldn't pay to listen to him though & honestly Darren O'Sullivan is much better now as his replacement.

[Leftmidfield]

Mooney done an interview with Parkinson on his podcast.. Seen Conan Doherty said it was worth a listen. Will share the link here for those interested https://twitter.com/conandoherty/status/1541535155575312385?s=21&t=PZmVaAluLDeVR8AnDzNUNQ

Can you listen to this for free or do you have to become "a patron " @ £5.00 per month ?

You'd need paid to listen to Parkinson!
💩
I want to listen to what Mooney has to say.  Do you know the answer to my question?

Need to pay unfortunately - I used to listen to his Podcast on Joe was decent enough, only thing he done that annoyed me was talk about his All-Ireland Minor with Laois any chance he could get

Cheers MR

[SHEEDY]

After listening to that interview we're in an worse place than first thought. Mooney saying the set up was a shambles all year from communication to the players, to a lack of s+c programs, to training being very poor.
Players obviously are to blame as well for what looks like a terrible attitude and lack of buy in to the management.

If Mooney is speaking for the majority of the squad it's hard to see how the management can go back next year and expect things to be any different.

[SHEEDY]

Mooney done an interview with Parkinson on his podcast.. Seen Conan Doherty said it was worth a listen. Will share the link here for those interested https://twitter.com/conandoherty/status/1541535155575312385?s=21&t=PZmVaAluLDeVR8AnDzNUNQ

Can you listen to this for free or do you have to become "a patron " @ £5.00 per month ?

as usual in these cases there's a free version doing the rounds on what's app 

[wobbller]

Is it not the right thing to do to keep him involved?? Who else is going to take the role or indeed do any better? Take the current u20 setup in with him this year and it's a smooth transition next year for Laverty to take the post.

That would be a smart move. Laverty, whilst brilliant in his own right could learn from James for a year.

Learn what exactly?The rot has set in with the current Management and bringing others in won't improve this.

Mooney's interview versus Forker's podcast one.Chalk and Cheese.I had aired my views with our County Delegate earlier in the month and he said at the weekend there was similar chat at last Thursday's CB Meeting.

[ck]

It's hard to ignore the sentiment from Mooney. The entire set up sounds like a shambles and it's pretty clear that's why he and others walked.
It's hard to justify keeping James if this is how the players feel. Players should always be consulted as part of any process IMO.

[PTC]

See burren seconds dumped out in the first round of premier reserves championship tonight having only scored 3 points.

[supersub]

The only way we are going to go further is to introduce a new culture with our players and players like Caolan etc cant be part of it.
If we go to division 4 then so be it and the younger lads learn their corn and come through with a new culture.
I have listened to that grand national story a few times now and it gets worse every time  The captain of the team rings a manager on a Friday before a training weekend prior to a championship game to see if they need to take the dancing shoes.

You can blame the county executive, the county board etc but the players need to examine their own conscience. As Peter McGrath junior said on last week's podcast, the Rostrevor players are now starting to question themselves after years of blaming managers and boys throwing the dummies out. Now they are realizing what it takes to be a senior footballer.

What has the Down discussion got to do with Rostrevor? Don't assume everything you read, watch and hear is true either. No harm to you but 'years of blaming managers' is firstly not what he said and secondly not true. Make sure you have the full picture if you're going to start opening that can of worms. Pretty easy for things to become 'true' just because they are said a few times. So this one needs parked.