Down Club Hurling & Football

[Smurfy123]

Man with no plan it's the fact that it's the same problem
Yes we are not blessed with big men but surely after year 3 we would have a plan to gain primary possession
Forwards playing as individuals and not as a team

[Lotto]

[quote author=manwithnoplan link=topic=25.msg2051096#msg2051096 date=1621096135]
Beat by a team that played an All Ireland final six months ago, a very good side, on their own patch. Not sure what some people were expecting, but plenty of knee jerk reactions to be found after the first competitive game of the season.
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manwithnoplan welcome on board Paddy 

[Johnnysboys]

Despite a lack of kickout strategy and no tackling etc - basics were lacking.. plus my club man was absolutely cleaned out of it but yet remained on the pitch.. I don't understand that thinking. A few others got roasted today too.. are the current players on the panel the best we have in the county??? And please don't start about players from Kilcoo who don't want to play...

[Mourne Rover]

Today was very disappointing but not particularly surprising. We have struggled to deal with kick outs under successive managers and we are not producing midfielders who have either the size or the technique needed in the modern game. It would be wrong to completely blame Burns, who frequently had little to aim at, but the leading keepers are capable of organising their teammates and putting the ball into areas where we have a decent chance of retaining possession. Our related statistics from Castlebar could only be embarrassing, and we are heading back to D3 if there are not addressed. While Mayo are realistically a level or two above us, and Meath next week will be a better test of where we really stand, the indications are not good. Donegal's display tonight was also pretty ominous for the USC.

[Smurfy123]

First switch should be the goalkeeper
No where near good enough
Far to slow getting his kickouts away

O Kane Kilcoo keeper
McGarry CPN
Savage BFORD
Loughran BALLYHOLLAND
SMYTH Mayobridge

[manwithnoplan]

[quote author=manwithnoplan link=topic=25.msg2051096#msg2051096 date=1621096135]
Beat by a team that played an All Ireland final six months ago, a very good side, on their own patch. Not sure what some people were expecting, but plenty of knee jerk reactions to be found after the first competitive game of the season.

manwithnoplan welcome on board Paddy 
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What were your realistic expectations for today? Reading many of your posts, you either don't see Down football realistically, or you are just very negative. It's been 27 years since Down won Ulster, many managers have failed. Do you not think that the problem maybe doesn't lie with the current senior management? Like club football, there are varying levels to each team. Currently Down are not near the top half. As others mentioned, the physicality isn't there. This is vital in football now. Can't just go out and grow some 6ft 3 lads who can play football.

[Smurfy123]

Burns 4 Kickouts aimed long to the sideline
Paddy 5 tough days at the office. Destroyed
McGovern 6 looks a good bit of the pace
Collins 6 wasteful with the ball
Laverty 4 no impact on the game. What does he do?
Flynn. 5 no impact. A midfielder
McKernan. 4 sweeper. Was never in that position. Time is up
Poland 4 no impact. Not on the ball
McEvoy 5 quiet debut will improve
Guiness 4 fitness but adds nothing to the attack
Mooney 5 his quietest game for a long time
J guiness 4 poor. Doesn't tackle
O Hagan 5 misses a lot. One of better players
Quinn 5 poor ball goin in but lost all 50/50 battles
Dougherty 4 off early and could have been anyone
Kerr 5 direct and will start next week

[Johnnysboys]

First switch should be the goalkeeper
No where near good enough
Far to slow getting his kickouts away

O Kane Kilcoo keeper
McGarry CPN
Savage BFORD
Loughran BALLYHOLLAND
SMYTH Mayobridge

Kane isn't even the best keeper in kilcoo ffs... how could he play county level..
please tell me you are joking about McGarry??? Big games in county championship he disappears let alone playing at intercounty level..
Danny Savage has been tried by every manager from wee James to Tally in year 1.. NOT intercounty level... he must be 32 ish as well..
Loughran - dead ball specialist no doubt and suits the way harps play with 1 up and 14 back - he has pace to get the ball.. but I'd say Guinness x2, BO'H, CQ, CD, Poland are all better footballers tbh
Smyth - this has to be a piss take?? This lad scored a few dead balls in the championship last year and is now hailed our next hero. At 6'2 he can't win his own ball in midfield, doesn't compete well in crowded areas and doesn't tackle.. is it because he is over 6 foot we now feel we have a baller???

I despair at some of the suggestions on here...

[bannside]

There are guys from your community, your families and parishes who get a call up for county duty, consider it a supreme honour, train hard 4 nights a week, watch their diet closely, do gym work often twice a day, build life around representing their county. Not just the starting 15, but subs and boys who don't even get their name on the programme.

And some self righteous p***k thinks he has a right to come into social media and name names and denegrate  insult and cast judgement as if they were all Jack O Shea's themselves back in the day. Cyber bullies, that's what you are - can't you make a good point while leaving the names and personal shit out of it???

Mourne Rover made his point more than adequately without seeing the need to get personal.

[ardtole]

Hard to disagree with any of that bannside.

[Nanderson]

First switch should be the goalkeeper
No where near good enough
Far to slow getting his kickouts away

O Kane Kilcoo keeper
McGarry CPN
Savage BFORD
Loughran BALLYHOLLAND
SMYTH Mayobridge

Kane isn't even the best keeper in kilcoo ffs... how could he play county level..
please tell me you are joking about McGarry??? Big games in county championship he disappears let alone playing at intercounty level..
Danny Savage has been tried by every manager from wee James to Tally in year 1.. NOT intercounty level... he must be 32 ish as well..
Loughran - dead ball specialist no doubt and suits the way harps play with 1 up and 14 back - he has pace to get the ball.. but I'd say Guinness x2, BO'H, CQ, CD, Poland are all better footballers tbh
Smyth - this has to be a piss take?? This lad scored a few dead balls in the championship last year and is now hailed our next hero. At 6'2 he can't win his own ball in midfield, doesn't compete well in crowded areas and doesn't tackle.. is it because he is over 6 foot we now feel we have a baller???

I despair at some of the suggestions on here...

He is 28ish

[Smurfy123]

Catch yourself on bannside
It's a discussion board
I give a brief take on how the starting team performed yesterday and not 1 personal attack
That's what this is for
Nothing personal
And Ross is 29 and hasn't ever got an opportunity
Why not give him a go?

[thewobbler]

Lines have gotten silly blurry above.

Lotto's belief that he is entitled to continually attack and slander semi-public figures from the cover of anonymity is misled and downright disgusting. I sincerely hope he gets a knock on the door from PSNI one day, just so he realises that the playing field is more even than he thinks.

But when posters on a GAA discussion forum find it wrong that other posters might analyse and criticise the performances of players/management in GAA matches, then you really to have a good think about why the f**k it is you might tune into a GAA discussion board.

[Lotto]

There are guys from your community, your families and parishes who get a call up for county duty, consider it a supreme honour, train hard 4 nights a week, watch their diet closely, do gym work often twice a day, build life around representing their county. Not just the starting 15, but subs and boys who don't even get their name on the programme.

And some self righteous p***k thinks he has a right to come into social media and name names and denegrate  insult and cast judgement as if they were all Jack O Shea's themselves back in the day. Cyber bullies, that's what you are - can't you make a good point while leaving the names and personal shit out of it???

Mourne Rover made his point more than adequately without seeing the need to get personal.

Would you keep your nose out of this thread. You slabber enough on your own section without pontificating on here. You are a well known trouble maker in your own county so sort out your own problems, and believe me you have plenty, first before being a dick on here. Just f**k away off.

[Lotto]

Lines have gotten silly blurry above.

Lotto's belief that he is entitled to continually attack and slander semi-public figures from the cover of anonymity is misled and downright disgusting. I sincerely hope he gets a knock on the door from PSNI one day, just so he realises that the playing field is more even than he thinks.

But when posters on a GAA discussion forum find it wrong that other posters might analyse and criticise the performances of players/management in GAA matches, then you really to have a good think about why the f**k it is you might tune into a GAA discussion board.