Down Club Hurling & Football

[johnnycool]

Small margins really. Great 2nd half.

Cushendall looked as if they were comfortable in the game but kept conceeding silly goals (from their point of view). An early one, then 2 very soft ones in the 2 nd half. Portaferry got the goals at the right time and it gave them something to fight for.

Great entertainment in 2nd half. Mc Manus came out to No. 11 and got on a lot more ball.  I think he's more danger out the pitch a bit, rather than full-forward. Never mind the goal he got but he kept Cushendall in it - picking off crucials points from play at crucial stages to keep the Antrim men just about in touch.

Funny if Portaferry man didn't foul him in injury time, he probably wouldn't have scored a goal from open play. He'd had been crowded out. The lad just wrestled him to the ground and take the chances with the free.

Should you tell the defenders not to pull a man down in that case as there's usually enough bodies back but just a rush of blood?

Portaferry will be gutted as they played well. Cushendall will be also but in a different way - they'll be glad to get a good 87+ mins of high energy sapping hurling plus a good week to recover. 

That's white line fever... Big Barry wouldn't have done that in normal circumstances, panic set in rather than the cool head, holding him up and pushing him out the field and forcing him to pass. They'd the numbers back to do just that.

Yeah, rush of blood. He just dragged him down.  It wasn't as if he tried to tackle him even.

Portaferry had a chance of a point just before that to put 4 pts in it (iirc) but they went for goal and keeper saved it with his leg.

A point there and the game was over. As I say, small margins.

And a few poor wides, most notably big Fitzsimmons had just entered the fray, had went on a decent run through the middle of the Dall defence, had Daithi Sands in a good position to his right but pished at a shot that went harmlessly wide.

[Johnnysboys]

Any word how the county board meeting went last night? Proposals for league/championship and underage structures all up for decision....

[Splash]

Best of luck to Liatroim this weekend.

Cullyhana a tough game. Few Armagh men tell me that really Cullyhana should have been playing in the Senior Championship.

Take what you like from that. Doesn't make a difference to Liatroim, now.

Would be seriously impressive for them to win ulster in both codes in two years, but let's not tempt fate.

Always good to get a win over an Armagh side, anyway.

Wonder which is more dominant in Liatroim- football or hurling? Would have said a few years ago the big ball but the hurlers good form of late seems to have changed that.

Fair play to them. Massive respect to any team that can be competitive in both, particularly a small, rural area like Liatroim.

Been plenty of discussion the past year over who was lining out in a hurling shirt for the Fontenoys. Any interesting facts on the football front?

[Ed Hardy]

Heard on L.O.B. Podcast that Jack McCartan been called into the provisional panel,definitely worth a run imo. Any others called in?

[Hard2Listen2]

are all management teams now in place ?

Kilcoo?
Burren?
Warrenpoint?
Rostrevor?
Saval?

Sean Morrison to Saval.

Management team includes Patrick Morrison and Padraig Rafferty.

Rostrevor had post on facebook advertising their senior football manager position

[DuffGael]

Heard on L.O.B. Podcast that Jack McCartan been called into the provisional panel,definitely worth a run imo. Any others called in?

Pearce McCabe and Ronan Beatty from Carryduff

[ranch]

Best of luck to Liatroim this weekend.

Cullyhana a tough game. Few Armagh men tell me that really Cullyhana should have been playing in the Senior Championship.

Cullyhanna are certainly a better team on paper than at least 5/6 sides that were in the Armagh senior championship this year.
Unfortunately they're victims of the 'split season' and the league and championships being aligned in Armagh. A poor league run without their county players led to them getting relegated to the intermediate league and championship. 

[skat man]

john boyle staying in point

surprised michael walsh hasnt surfaced somewhere

[Applesisapples]

Is Kevin Faloon representing Forkhill late of Clonduff?

[Gaelforce123]

Kevin was always a Bosco referee. Didnt do too bad yesterday after some absolute terrible reviews on him in two separate Armagh championship
Games. 

[Nanderson]

Mark Doran must be the most travelled man in Ireland. Off to Wicklow with Oisin McConville next season

[5times5times]

Any word on when McKenna cup + league fixtures will be announced?

[toby47]

Any word on when McKenna cup + league fixtures will be announced?

The winter boredom must be in full flow!

[Truth hurts]

john boyle staying in point

surprised michael walsh hasnt surfaced somewhere

Is M Walsh not taking the u20 job?

[downtothecore]

Conor mc crickard and o hare would be worth a look at on the county from the leitrim club