Down v Monaghan - Saturday 24th June at 7pm

[Main Street]

Well earned win for Down in an exciting game, Down worked hard to hold out in those last minutes. No complaints here.

[sid waddell]

The word "swagger" shall heretofore always be used to describe Down football in the way the same way the word "mushrooms" is about Cork hurling, "yerra" is about Kerry football, "infighting" is about Galway hurling and "chokers" is about Mayo football.

The last month has seen an unprecented quadruple red revival.

i) Arsene Wenger and Arsenal.
ii) Jeremy Corbyn and Labour.
iii) Cork hurling.
iv) Down football.

Down football and Wexford hurling both being back in the big time brings great pleasure to the romantics among us, like me.

Wonderful stuff.

What a championship season it's turning into. The GAA has become a bit like UK politics. A force-fed diet of negativity can sometimes provoke a joyous revival of hope.

[bridgegael]

A brilliant win by the Down men
Men against boys that was
Tony when Down get going they do not fear anyone unlike the orange man
Kevin McKernan immense all evening.Immense

Men against boys, after a 2 point, nail biting win.

Good lad, Smurfy!

Poor auld hardstation. Ripping!  Down won get over you imbecile

When have you ever heard of a 2 point win being referred to as "men against boys"?
Ridiculous comment.

Nah mate you have a bee in your bonnet about Down. They won get over it lad.

[Fuzzman]

Congrats Down. Amazing performance and just shows what can be achieved when you believe.
Monaghan outside of Clones are a different animal

[ONeill]

No better sight than Down with a bit of swagger about them.

This psychologist lad is working wonders.

[haveaharp]

Down will be hard stopped now. We have seen this Lazarus stuff before.

[bennydorano]

The bar.I broke even,by taking the 15/8 on Down on offer at half time

lol took the bait!!

Never has a losing bet, some pup.

[bridgegael]

A brilliant win by the Down men
Men against boys that was
Tony when Down get going they do not fear anyone unlike the orange man
Kevin McKernan immense all evening.Immense

Men against boys, after a 2 point, nail biting win.

Good lad, Smurfy!

Poor auld hardstation. Ripping!  Down won get over you imbecile

When have you ever heard of a 2 point win being referred to as "men against boys"?
Ridiculous comment.

Nah mate you have a bee in your bonnet about Down. They won get over it lad.

Ok, I apologise. It really was one way traffic from start to finish. Down were simply streets ahead of Monaghan throughout.

Now you're just being a silly boy

[naka]

Brilliant for the mourne men
Great performance
Thought mc Kieran excellent
But all over they all s Stepped up
Ref helped Monaghan

Hopefully they take Ulster 👍🏻
That's from an Armagh man
You did what we wanted to do
So fair play

[rrhf]

No better sight than Down with a bit of swagger about them.

This psychologist lad is working wonders.

Aye the down psychiatrist is worth his weight in gold. I

[Íseal agus crua isteach a]

Hardstation you are right. The boys against men comment was not suited to this game at all. However though, if it was the game last week where Tyrone beat a very young Donegal team then I would agree.

Thought that match was fantastic entertainment this evening and was delighted Down won despite most people including the  "experts" writing them off.

People usually base their opinions on past games to form an opinion. But i think its just all on the day. Down obviously put in a lot of hard hours behind the scenes to get to this level that quite a few didn't notice. It must be great to go into a game as big underdogs.

[Sheedy]

Unreal performance, every player give everything for the jersey. Great to see such a big and loud support turn out and have something to shout about. Still buzzing. Brillant to be back in ulster final.

[Schkite]

Congrats to Down. Monaghan can have no complaints, the better team won by far. In fact the two point loss flattered us. In a game where we had so many misplaced mistakes and sloppy passes, we still were only a kick of a ball away, and it would have been a robbery had we got something out of that. Beggan had a shocker and Harrison gave Drew the runaround.

All the best in the final, it would be great to see another day of the underdog.

[Dubh driocht]

Tell me what Down have shown for them not to be dismissed in such a derisory manner?

Beaten a disgracefully bad Armagh team? Scraped a draw with a Cork team that just got by Waterford?

Monaghan will win this game at a canter

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Good man

[Dubh driocht]

  This match still on?

Does "match" not have implications of similarity between the contestants?
This is Barnier vs Davis.

Good man