Down Club Hurling & Football

[SQUAREBALL]

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Cheers passedit

[Maiden1]

Yesterday was one of the worst days of being a down supporter, I was one of the few who travelled to watch the game and it was nothing short of an embarassment. I know it was a division 3 final and it doesnt compare to championship, but it was our last competitive game before fermanagh .....we need to be getting the small things right so the big things can happen on the big day!!

Tipperary...famous for hurling played as well as they could but Down just didnt seem to have a clue. No sign of a game plan and certainly no sign of team play. It's unfair to criticise individual peopl but as an honest fan - hughes needs to recognise he's not on his own playing footbal there are others around to help!!
there were several lads who tried hard, but to be honest when one man on the line is shouting one thing and his sidekick is shouting the opposite it's hard for the players to know who to listen to.
carr continues to hit all the free;s which says nothing for the 6 forwards that we have, who each convert frees to scores for their club.Along with each game there is always controversy and yesterdays chat in the stand was the noteable absence of damien rafferty. he appears to have fallen out of favour in recent weeks and has been shafted from the captains role to make room for the managers son.

Hopefully gordon & co will make speedy recover's for the big clash in 3 weeks: They are badly needed!!

I have read recent posts regarding the players who are absent, Clarke & Walsh noteably - In my opinion each have played well for Down: Clarks league performance last year was incredible and Walsh put in an excellent season in 2006 collecting man of the match V Cavan & having trials with Ireland for Aussie Rules. These two players would be a welcome addition to any county team but as long as Dumb N Dumber AKA Ross N DJ are in the driving seat they shall remain out in the cold.

I don't understand why Carr hits all the free's either.  He scored a couple of great free's in the championship last year from the wrong side but they where only great frees as he was hitting them from his wrong side.  Is there no left footed players on the panel who can hit a free from the right side?

[goldenyears]

Allianz NFL Division Three final: Tipperary 0-18 Down 1-14 (aet)
Compiled by Niall McCoy and Paddy Tierney
27/04/09

DOWN Ratings

Michael McAllister: Good under the high ball and varied his kick-outs. Poor pass led to a Brian Coen point in extra-time. 6

Ciaran McGovern: Started off on Barry Grogan before quickly switching to James Tierney, who grabbed three points. 5.5

Conor Garvey: Had a good battle with Coen but came out on the wrong side. Kicked a beautiful point in extra-time. 6

Luke Howard: Started brightly but found Grogan a handful. Conceded a number of frees and gave away the penalty. 5.5

Aidan Carr: Impressive from frees and kicked a beautiful point at the death. Too often wasted possession. 6

Peter Turley: Won a couple of break balls and pushed forward well, but failed to stamp his authority. Yellow-carded. 6.5

Declan Rooney: Found Mulvihill elusive but fared better on John Cagney, who did get on the scoresheet late on. 6

Dan Gordon: Excellent in normal time and scored two points from play. Ran out of gas in extra-time. 7.5

Stephen Kearney: Lost his battle with George Hannigan. Dropped deep in the second half, but will be disappointed. 6

Brendan McArdle: Started brightly with the opening score, faded after that and was replaced by Joe Ireland. 6

John Boyle: Down's chief ball winner in the opening half scored a classy point. Some bad passes, but played well. 7

Ronan Murtagh: Steady. Took his goal well and also grabbed a point. But the game bypassed him for large periods. 6.5

Cathal Magee: Played a big part in the goal and took the right option when pointing in the second half when a goal looked on. Didn't impress under the high ball. 6

Daniel Hughes: His direct style caused problems, but wasted too many balls. Down's best player in extra-time. 7.5

Ronan Sexton: Came in for the injured Benny Coulter. Finished scoreless and failed to get involved. 6

Substitutes

Joe Ireland: Immediately added a presence in the middle when introduced at half-time. 6.5

Damien Rafferty: Introduced when Turley was yellow-carded. Suffered a similar fate 10 minutes later. 5

Martin Cole: Found it hard to get involved when introduced late on. Did cut out a number of balls. 6

Kevin Duffin: Found it difficult to adjust to the pace when introduced. 6

Paul Murphy: Little time to make an impact. 6

[Mourne Rover]

Although people are linking the cases of John Clarke and Michael Walsh, different issues are involved. Walsh was left out after the 2007 championship because the management concluded he was not playing well and others should get their chance. They were perfectly entitled to take such a decision, as Walsh is a talented but inconsistent player who sometimes gives the impression that he lacks self-belief when the pressure is on.

For example, he came off the bench against Monaghan in the 2007 USC and kicked two fine points. He kept his place for the qualifier against Meath, but made no impact. The previous summer, he was MoM in the win over Cavan at Casement and poor in the next game away to Donegal.

However, he is still only 27, and by all accounts is in the best form of his career at club level. We have tried a range of options at CHF, and none have proved particularly convincing, so we have little to lose by bringing him back now.

Clarke was dropped for non-footballing reasons before this year's McKenna Cup, and most people believe that a relatively minor breach of squad rules was involved. Although again the management were entitled to make the call, the problem is that Clarke has now been out of favour for almost four months. We do not know the attitude of the two parties at this stage, but it has all dragged on for too long and should be capable of being resolved.

Apart from the Wexford game at Croke Park, when almost everyone  failed to deliver, Clarke was excellent throughout the 2008 league and championship. He can do a job in both defence and attack, and is probably best as a ball-winning wing forward.

Recalling Walsh and Clarke would freshen our squad and provide us with genuine competition for places. Let's hope it happens.

[DownFanatic]

Could anybody post up this weeks East Down fixtures? Yet again they havent been put on the Down website.

I see Ballymartin beat Shamrocks by 3 points in Division 2 yesterday.

[Statto-Gael]

Could anybody post up this weeks East Down fixtures?

DF - here u go ....

Date  Tuesday  28th  April Time 7.30pm 
U-18 Football League Section "A" 2009    
     Round.Four              
     Carryduff    v    St. Mary's    D Laverty
     Bredagh    v    Bryansford    S Mc Greevy
     Downpatrick    v    Loughinisland    L Morgan
     Kilcoo    v    Castlewellan    P Gelston
                    
Date  Tuesday  28th April Time 7.30pm    
U-18 Football League Section "B" 2009    
     Round Four              
     Cill Darrach    v    Ardglass    M Lynch
     Drumaness    v    Cill Breactain    M Brady
     St, John's    v    St. Paul's    E O' Hare
     Teconnaught    v    St. Joseph's    G Corrigan
                    
     Gerry Hynds Trophies Downpatrick    
Date  Wednesday  29th  April Time 7.30pm    
U-16  "A" Football Championship  Round One
     Downpatrick         Cill Darach    M Curran
     St Joseph's         Carryduff    M Brady
     Ardglass         Castlewelan    D Lavert y
     Drumaness         Kilcoo    F Holland
     St. Paul's         Bredagh    P Brownlee
     St. John's         Saul    M Lynch
     Bryansford         Loughinisland    C McAlinden
     Cill Breactain         St. Mary's    G Brannigan

     Plus 2 Print Downpatrick U- 14 League    
U-14 Football League Section "A" 2009    
     Date  Thursday 30th April Time 7.30pm    
     Round Three              
     Carryduff    v    Bryansford    S McGreevy

U-14 Football League Section "B2" 2009    
     Cill Breactain    v    Carryduff    G Marks
                    
     Plus 2 Print Downpatrick U- 14 League    
U-14 Football League Section "A" 2009    
Date  Friday  1st May Time 7.30pm         
     Round Three              
     Saul    v    Castlewellan    J McMullan
     Kilcoo    v    Bredagh    M McNulty
                    
U-14 Football League Section "B1" 2009    
     Round Three              
     Downpatrick    v    Bredagh    F Holland
     St. Joseph's    v    Darragh Cross    M Brady
                    
U-14 Football League Section "B2" 2009    
     Round Three              
     Liatroim    v    Dromara    C McAlinden
     Drumaness    v    St. John's    L Morgan
     St. Paul's    v    Loughinisland    S McGreevy
                    
U-14 Football  Development Squad  Venue Saul 12.30pm.    
                    
Date Sunday 3rd  May Time 12.30pm    Plus 2 Print Downpatrick    
U-12 Football League Section "A" 2009    
     Round Five              
     Bredagh    v    Downpatrick    P Brownlee
     Kilcoo    v    Bryansford    J Magennis
     St. Paul's    v    Carryduff    F Holland

U-12 Football League Section "B" 2009    
     Round Five              
     Saul    v    Ardglass    A sharvin
     Carryduff    v    Dromara 1.30pm    M Davey
     Castlewellan    v    St. John's 1.30pm    M McNulty
     Liatroim    v    Cill Darach    

U-12 Football League Section "C" 2009    
     Round. Five              
     Kilclief    v    St. Paul's    G Marks
     Drumaness    v    Bredagh    G Tumelty
     Teconnaught    v    St. Joseph's    P Gelston
                    
   Minor Feis Sevens    Venue Liatroim    
Date Sunday 3rd  May Time 2.00pm         
     Section A              
     St. Mary's         Drumaness    
     Bryansford         St. John's    
     Bredagh         Loughinisland    
     Carryduff         Cill Breactain    
                    
     Section B              
     Teconnaught         St. Joseph's    
     Kilcoo         Ardglass    
     St. Paul's         Castlewellan    
     Downpatrick         Cill Darach    
                    
Quoile Tile & Bathroom Centre Reserve League
Date Sunday 3rd May Time 7.00pm         
     Section A1              
     Round. Five              
     Castlewellan    v    Bryansford    G Brannigan
     Drumaness    v    Dundrum    S Lowey
     Liatroim    v    Kilcoo    M Lynch
     St. John's    v    Teconnaught    L Morgan
     
     Section A2             
     Round. Five              
     Bredagh    v    Bright    K O' Brien
     Darragh Cross    v    Saul    J Killen
     St. Paul's    v    Kilclief    E Mulvenna
     Carryduff    v    Ardglass    J McMullan
                    

[dundrumite]

Could anybody post up this weeks East Down fixtures? Yet again they havent been put on the Down website.

I see Ballymartin beat Shamrocks by 3 points in Division 2 yesterday.

I know someone who will be very happy DF  bookies taken to cleaners and their nose rubbed in it

[T O Hare]

Kilcoo beat Longstone in the stone 2-7 to 0-9. finished 13 aside with 4 players recieving straight reds in an ill tempered second half.

Any word what happened at this game, i suspect that Longstone started this and Kilcoo were the innocent victims

[DownFanatic]

Thanks Statto

[Square Ball]

Could anybody post up this weeks East Down fixtures?

U-16  "A" Football Championship  Round One[/b][/u]
     Downpatrick         Cill Darach    M Curran
     St Joseph's         Carryduff    M Brady
     Ardglass         Castlewelan    D Lavert y
     Drumaness         Kilcoo    F Holland
     St. Paul's         Bredagh    P Brownlee
     St. John's         Saul    M Lynch
     Bryansford         Loughinisland    C McAlinden
     Cill Breactain         St. Mary's    G Brannigan

[                    

A local Derby and forerunner to the senior game on Thursday

[guevara]

Mourne Rambler,
It seems a few of the Irish News boys have Warrenpoint tinted glasses too??
In my opinion people on here should be asking the questions of the players on the panel 5 & 6 years not fellas that are on it 1 or 2!
Too many of our senior players let games pass them by & know fine well they will be around next year.
If certain players on this board who are getting slated played for the more fashionable clubs there probably wouldnt be a word said.
Big Improvement needed for Championship & hopefully this weekend will help

[Square Ball]

Think your right Imagine, but just sticking to the fixture lists, you never know whos watching..

[stpauls]

Think your right Imagine, but just sticking to the fixture lists, you never know whos watching..

i presume the 2 managers sorted this one between themselves. frankie sent our chairman a text this morning saying the game was back to Friday!

[TORGAEL]

DIV3 RESULT

ST.JOHNS  0-12
DRUMGATH  0-9

[Lecale2]

Think your right Imagine, but just sticking to the fixture lists, you never know whos watching..

i presume the 2 managers sorted this one between themselves. frankie sent our chairman a text this morning saying the game was back to Friday!

Correct.