Quote from: marty34 on April 14, 2024, 09:33:17 AMQuote from: snoopdog on April 14, 2024, 08:56:34 AM20 pound in to watch that is crazy money. No wonder only 4k turned up. There was a but of a buzz last year, that's gone now. Same old souls turning uo in hope that it will change. But what do you do? Do we have the footballers? Armagh took a longtime to get to where they are today under McGeeney. We need to stick with it, i thought when Laverty started he needed 5 years, and I still believe that. You don't come from such a low starting point to being competitive with the likes of Armagh,Monaghan, roscommons etc overnight, unless you have a good foundation. Down hadn't won anything at any level since 2009 before Laverty came in. Our size is a major issue though. Has been for years. I'd be happy with a 5 point defeat to Armagh. We have little or no chance, and if we play like we did last night it's a thumping in the kip clones again.
The only way Down will get better is by playing in Div. 2, against better teams, for a year or two. Then try to get up to Div. 1.
No point in looking for one-off victories in thr championship.
All about moving up the levels and improving the panel via the league.
100% right. Ironically McCorry basically got the road for saying this in a post match interview after Wexford put us out of the championship.