Down Club Hurling & Football

[naomhmiceal]

the irish news gave Fitzpatrick a decent rating and said that Vernon started to dominate when he was subbed, i thought King had his best game in a while against Armagh. In 2 or 3 years Niall Donnelly for full back!

[whitegoodman]

Niall Donnelly could be a very good call for full back in 2 or 3 years time.  May struggle for pace slightly but a very good prospect

[NP 76]

niall is an excellent prospect but as you say WGM lacks pace was MOTM in the Mc Crory final but struggled in the semi final and final against speedy forwards but very brave and seems to be natural at full back .  To say we were very bad before Dan went to fb is a bit harsh on Benny Mc Ardle who did a good job through the league and against Donegal in the championship until he got injuried .

[whitegoodman]

Wasnt really having a go at mcardle more how much we struggled in that positon dating back to the brian burns days.  As someone else said on here mccardle may not be big enough or commanding enough to play 3.  Thought he struggled very badly last wk too.

[NP 76]

I know you werent having a go and agree totally with you . We havent had a natural full back since Burns and thus had to make one and i think Dan has grown into the role in a short period of time . Colgan may be an option at full back but he lacks pace although a good reader of the game . There is more options around the middle  with Murphy back Colgan and maybe James needs to maybe needs to give Fitzpatrick a rest to get his hunger back

[PAULD123]

Short of a lazarus like recovery from Ambrose, I don't think we have anyone better than Fitzpatrick. I can't see hhow giving him a rest would benefit either, it surely would hurt his confidence even more by basically saying he isn't trusted for the important games.

I still favour that we move players around in the process of the game, beacuse I really believe that when those periods come (and they always come) where the opposition start to take midfield from us, the only man who can win it back for us is Gordon. It is great having him at fullback but he's no use to us there if our midfield is wiped out and the result is that their corner forwards are pinging points over.

An alternative would be to make a switch in most every game. We could replace Fitzpatrick, move Gordon forward for the last 20 mins, and bring on someone to allow Rooney, McCardle, or whoever to drop into fullback. In the last 20 the fullforward will be slightly easier to mark as he has run around for 50 minutes.

It amazes me that everyone believes that a player must be picked for a position and then must play there for 70 minutes. There are different energy level uses in different positions, so we could look to capitolise on that, with clever switching.

[here comes 6]

can yous give it a break?   there wasnt as much talk about last years run to the All- Ireland.   Its becoming a bit of a joke the amount of pages that there has been on this. Wise yourselves up and move on

[whitegoodman]

Wind ur neck in would ya, its a discussion board, u no to discuss things.  The local discussion board for down usually discusses either one of the county teams or the club scene or both.  Dont like dont read

[knockitdown]

Wind ur neck in would ya, its a discussion board, u no to discuss things.  The local discussion board for down usually discusses either one of the county teams or the club scene or both.  Dont like dont read

+1

[DownFanatic]

Kilcoo beat Clonduff in a cracking Feis 7's Senior Final today in Castlewellan.

Reigning All Ireland Junior 7's champions St Johns retained their Down title with a win over Dundrum in the Junior Final.

Kilcoo also won the Minor title beating Shamrocks.

[PAULD123]

Wind ur neck in would ya, its a discussion board, u no to discuss things.  The local discussion board for down usually discusses either one of the county teams or the club scene or both.  Dont like dont read

Totally agree

[eyeswideopen]

We couldn't field against Saul......don't ask.

I find it rather strange that St Pauls were unable to field against Saul in Div 4 on Fri night yet they could put a reserve team out today to beat Darragh in they Championship.
I also wonder how many of those guys today played junior championship last year!!!

[st pauls mcgrath]

We couldn't field against Saul......don't ask.

I find it rather strange that St Pauls were unable to field against Saul in Div 4 on Fri night yet they could put a reserve team out today to beat Darragh in they Championship.
I also wonder how many of those guys today played junior championship last year!!!

you may open your eyes because as manager of the reserve team i can 100% guarantee you not one of those boys playing today played junior championship last year and if you dont believe me then how about you make the trip to bangor and i will go through the team sheet player by player.
friday was unfortunate, we haven't got a large panel looking to play senior football this year. alot of boys were away and a number including myself are carrying injuries. there are a lot of promising players still not ready for senior football who we had looked to possibly step in but all but one were unavailable. how about less of the smartarse talk and take your defeat like a man tonight.

[maldini]

We couldn't field against Saul......don't ask.

I find it rather strange that St Pauls were unable to field against Saul in Div 4 on Fri night yet they could put a reserve team out today to beat Darragh in they Championship.
I also wonder how many of those guys today played junior championship last year!!!

you may open your eyes because as manager of the reserve team i can 100% guarantee you not one of those boys playing today played junior championship last year and if you dont believe me then how about you make the trip to bangor and i will go through the team sheet player by player.
friday was unfortunate, we haven't got a large panel looking to play senior football this year. alot of boys were away and a number including myself are carrying injuries. there are a lot of promising players still not ready for senior football who we had looked to possibly step in but all but one were unavailable. how about less of the smartarse talk and take your defeat like a man tonight.

dont think he's a Darragh man, dromara it seems from past posts!

[eyeswideopen]

We couldn't field against Saul......don't ask.

I find it rather strange that St Pauls were unable to field against Saul in Div 4 on Fri night yet they could put a reserve team out today to beat Darragh in they Championship.
I also wonder how many of those guys today played junior championship last year!!!

you may open your eyes because as manager of the reserve team i can 100% guarantee you not one of those boys playing today played junior championship last year and if you dont believe me then how about you make the trip to bangor and i will go through the team sheet player by player.
friday was unfortunate, we haven't got a large panel looking to play senior football this year. alot of boys were away and a number including myself are carrying injuries. there are a lot of promising players still not ready for senior football who we had looked to possibly step in but all but one were unavailable. how about less of the smartarse talk and take your defeat like a man tonight.

dont think he's a Darragh man, dromara it seems from past posts!

Wrong. But i have every right to my opinion. And i still find it strange that St Pauls were unable to field againist Saul on Friday night yet were able to field today.