Down Club Hurling & Football

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14 man tullylish bt 16 man Drumgath by a point

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Burren 1-8 Bridge 2-2 half time

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Burren 1-16 Bridge 3-7 full-time , Noel sexton and Ryan McGovern sent off at the end

[Square Ball]

14 man tullylish bt 16 man Drumgath by a point

one off for Tullylish v Drumgath and the ref?

[TheClutch]

Burren bossed midfield tonight and i think the scoreline flattered the bridge a wee bit with a fourtunate goal coming from off the post and landed in bridge mans hands. Sendings off were fully justified both men deserved to go for throwing diggs! Burrens to win now

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14 man tullylish bt 16 man Drumgath by a point

one off for Tullylish v Drumgath and the ref?

Aye shockin effort by the ref, i thoght he was going to kick some of th frees he was handing out.

Burren did their best to throw away the second game.

[Leo]

Burren bossed midfield tonight and i think the scoreline flattered the bridge a wee bit with a fourtunate goal coming from off the post and landed in bridge mans hands. Sendings off were fully justified both men deserved to go for throwing diggs! Burrens to win now

A good game, very well handled by referee. Declan Rooney & Eamon Toner immense for Burren but they fell too deep in second half and half back line in particular stopped playing. Couldn't understand them taking O'Hare off. Having said that Eoin  McCartan came on and scored the sweetest point of the game. Young Murdock played well too in a forward line that will win them the championship if they can find a wee bit more composure on the ball.

Mayobridge were courageous with the loss of all their key men but a couple of the goals were on the fortunate side and flattered them a bit on the scoreline. Woods faded after a strong start but the two wing half forwards were a threat all night to the Burren defence and Cathal Magee was a handful until he ran out of steam.

[redandblackareback]

Never ever thought the bridge would win that game tonight after the first 10mins. Burren bossed it for long periods and look big odds on favourites to capture the county title now. Cant see ford or kilcoo beatin them.

Looks like the bridge domination is now officially over! Thought with the big appointment at the start of the year of mc enaney they really meant business!

[Mid Down Gael]

People are quick to dismiss Kilcoo or Bryansford after Burrens victory but it was against a Bridge side minus thier top players and they only scraped over the line in last five despite their domination of possession. Benny didnt last a crack which compounded matters worse after starting without the injured duo Ronan Sexton and Conor Garvey.
McKernan was superb in the half back line with two exquisite points and a wonderful array of accurate foot passes. Eamon Toner had a fine hour at 14 while Murdock, OHare and the McGoverns had thier moments in attack.
I thought Rooney was average enough in midfield where Eoghan Woods gave an outstanding effort for the Mayobridge cause. He was the best midfielder on view and its a credit to him at the latter stages of his career to produce fielding like he did.
Ryan Brady destroyed the Burren defence in the first half and was well supported by Kieth Quinn while subtitute Gavin Walsh played his heart out when introduced.
Mayobridge can hold their heads high in defeat and it was always going to be a tough ask being minus their top players. Burren will be delighted and will start the final as favourites but they will have work to do in their defence after conceeding 3 slack goals. On the night they deserved their success but i believe the winners of tomorrow can trouble them and they are certainly no world beaters.

[westdowngael]

did the tullylish player get a straight red or 2 yellows? thought drumgath where desperate unlucky to lose, though fair play to tullylish, they dug in and ground out a result. thought burren where well worth their win, once they got to grips with the game there was no stopping them, eoin mc cartan came on and scored a cracking point!

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did the tullylish player get a straight red or 2 yellows? thought drumgath where desperate unlucky to lose, though fair play to tullylish, they dug in and ground out a result. thought burren where well worth their win, once they got to grips with the game there was no stopping them, eoin mc cartan came on and scored a cracking point!

I thought it was a straight red but was chattin to one of the tullylish lads after who reckoned it was two yellas. Great to see Eoin back in action. Hope he's fully recovered.

[fitzroyalty]

Was a neutral at both games, funny how Drumgath were the only team today not to have a man sent off! Cynical team and over the hour Tullylish played better football, especially considering they were reduced to 14 men (second yellow). Forwards were sharper and Drumgath had no answer to McAreavey who pulled all the strings.

Burren looked very sharp and going forward are good, fullback line is a bit suspect, too much fannying about & lack of communication. Leaking three goals is never good but their attacking play was brilliant and that saw them through.

[knockitdown]

Was a neutral at both games, funny how Drumgath were the only team today not to have a man sent off! Cynical team and over the hour Tullylish played better football, especially considering they were reduced to 14 men (second yellow). Forwards were sharper and Drumgath had no answer to McAreavey who pulled all the strings.

Burren looked very sharp and going forward are good, fullback line is a bit suspect, too much fannying about & lack of communication. Leaking three goals is never good but their attacking play was brilliant and that saw them through.

1. Why is it funny drumgath wer the only team not to get a man sent off? Wer did they deserve to get one sent off?
2. Mcareavy did very little, doubt annaclone or carryduff will be overly worried about him. Drumgath full forward played twice as good and also scored 1-3 (from play) to mcareavys 2 points

[umpire]

Prediction League update.

1   30   Bearly on loose
2   30   cokers
3   30   Mid Down Gael
4   29   Johnnie99
5   28   behind the wire
6   28   Dubh driocht
7   28   Maldini
8   28   Square Ball
9   28   True Blue
10   27   conormac
11   27   general
12   27   Green + Gold
13   27   John Martin
14   27   knockitdown
15   27   razor
16   27   TheClutch
17   26   An Cloch Scoilte
18   26   ApresMatch
19   26   DownFanatic
20   26   eyeswideopen
21   26   Niall Quinn
22   26   No hoper
23   26   No1
24   25   BRIDGE LAD
25   25   CHB1
26   25   Marsbarkid
27   25   Out In Front
28   25   T O Hare
29   25   westdowngael
30   25   western exile
31   24   bredaghgael88
32   24   Brick Tamlin
33   24   Cloneman
34   24   dodgy umpire
35   24   Mourne Rover
36   24   supersub
37   24   umpire
38   23   Hedgehunter
39   23   Lecale2
40   23   meatsy86
41   23   Minus15
42   23   souljaboy
43   22   batman
44   22   Maiden1
45   21   amallon
46   21   catch the high ball
47   21   Idontbelieveit
48   21   RGU08
49   21   sabhalphadrig
50   19   Bacon
51   19   DaUmpire
52   18   down6061689194
53   18   dundrumite
54   18   off the laces
55   17   5 Sams
56   16   DaddyLongLegs
57   15   thewobbler
58   15   When We Win
59   14   angermanagement
60   14   mournerambler
61   14   NedFlanders
62   14   Superstar
63   14   Trap 2
64   13   dunroma
65   13   fitzroyalty
66   13   Long Ball
67   12   goldenyears
68   1   Leo
69   0   Messy Gael

[fitzroyalty]

Was a neutral at both games, funny how Drumgath were the only team today not to have a man sent off! Cynical team and over the hour Tullylish played better football, especially considering they were reduced to 14 men (second yellow). Forwards were sharper and Drumgath had no answer to McAreavey who pulled all the strings.

Burren looked very sharp and going forward are good, fullback line is a bit suspect, too much fannying about & lack of communication. Leaking three goals is never good but their attacking play was brilliant and that saw them through.

1. Why is it funny drumgath wer the only team not to get a man sent off? Wer did they deserve to get one sent off?
2. Mcareavy did very little, doubt annaclone or carryduff will be overly worried about him. Drumgath full forward played twice as good and also scored 1-3 (from play) to mcareavys 2 points

1. Off the ball incidents. Bullying tactics. First 10/15 mins it was clear Drumgath were trying to knock it into T'lish. No5 could've went.
2. Very little? Near everything went through him in Tullylish attack. Bearing in mind they were a man down up front for most of it. Surprised he only got two.