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Poacher unlikely to get another job in Down football. The merry go round stops at some point. Mayobridge was always split on his appointment. Not a nice thing to say but there will be Mayobridge supporters happy enough tonight as that confirms his exit.

Low scoring boring affairs and teams setting up not to lose.  The Down Championships has been a snore fest so far!  I think everyone is waiting on Kilcoo v Burren and hopefully the two teams go at it with no nonsense. 

Ardglass
Dundrum
Kilclief
Drumaness

Parador Lodge IFC Quarter Finals
An Riocht
Ballymartin
Liatroim
Shamrocks

Morgan Fuels SFC Quarter Finals
Burren
Clonduff
Kilcoo
Mayobridge

Morgan Fuels SFC Relegation play off
Bryansford
Bredagh

Parador Lodge IFC Relegation play off
Clann na Banna
Attical

Morgan Fuels SFC R3
Ballyholland
Loughinisland
Mayobridge
RGU

Morgan Fuels SFC Relegation play off
Bryansford
Bredagh

Parador Lodge IFC R3
Darragh Cross
Rostrevor
St John's
Annaclone

Parador Lodge IFC Relegation play off
Clann na Banna
Attical

Morgan Fuels SFC R2 Draw
Qualifiers
Carryduff
Ballyholland
Bredagh
Warrenpoint

Winners
Kilcoo
Longstone
Clonduff
Burren

Parador Lodge IFC Draw

Qualifier draw:
Annaclone
Teconnaught
Clann na Banna
Tullylish

Winners draw:
An Riocht
Ballymartin
Rostrevor
Liatroim

Can the Co Board take retrospective action against the Kilcoo No 10?  it is clear he put the knee on the lad on the ground?  Fair enough refs can miss things but can this go unpunished? 

Do the Co Board have the stones to take any action?  Probably not as they don't want to rock the boat with our county manager.

RGU DOWNPATRICK
CLONDUFF
LOUGHINISLAND
MAYOBRIDGE
GLENN
LONGSTONE
BURREN 
KILCOO


IFC

NEWRY SHAMROCKS 
ST JOHN'S   
ST JOHN BOSCO 
BALLYMARTIN   
DARRAGH CROSS   
AN RIOCHT   
ROSTREVOR   
LIATROIM   

Gough is probably the best and a good call by HQ to give him the final.

Pint in the local now £4.50 but expected to rise 10p.  That means it'll be £5 as it only goes up in 50p's!!!

12 bottles of good beer in the off licence is a tenner..... But it's not the same drinking at home!

My fear before the game was our lack of physicality and so it proved. Wiped out in the middle third. I also had a bad feeling we wouldn't get a goal. So often the case a team bangs a load of goals and goes out the next day and nothing. The first goal could've been avoided. Bobo still lacks presence for me and was totally flat footed. After that he wobbled and in fairness the whole team did it was a big turning point. Kerrs miss was the other big turning point. If he hit the net I think it's a different game 2nd half. It's fine margins. Maybe some players got a bit carried away with the hype. Meath had played at a higher level. Some Down folk thought it was just a matter of turning up based on the laois game. Realistically a div 1 team in down would probably have beaten laois that day. This year has been an improvement but there is a lot of work to do.

Conditions will be a leveller.  Makes it more difficult to play the running game but I'm sure Down will not be afraid to go direct at times.  Can't see McEvoy start.  The Armagh game done him no favours. Andre Murnin had a field day.   He  can't play the same game he does for Kilcoo as he does for Down.  Full back needs to stay at home and marshall the square.  Let the corner men attack if need be. Meath will go direct and probably more physical.  Won't be much between the teams.  Down by 2.  I hope we haven't used up all our goals!!

Ref was threatened at HT apparently and walked off. Can't blame him.

It looks nailed on for Armagh v Monaghan followed by Kerry v Tyrone on the Saturday.

With Derry v Cork followed by Dublin v Mayo on the Sunday.


Id be shocked if that's not the way of it.  Ulster fans will be on the road early! 

Great result and you can only beat what's in front of you but Laois were dreadful!  Can't really see any of the players you mentioned getting into the current team with the exception of O'Hagan.  I would have concerns about the lack of physicality though.  However the sheer pace and movement of the smaller guys will trouble any team.  Shout out to Conor Lav and a few of the players (Danny Magill, Daniel Guinness & Ryan McEvoy) who remained along the line well after the final whistle and were happy to sign jerseys and get photos with the kids.  That's what it is all about and yesterday was a great opportunity to do that in a sparsely populated stadium.  The kids were on cloud 9 on the way home.   

yeh Duinrell that's the one, their website makes it look great but it easy to do false marketing!  Would like to hear from someone who has been. fingers crossed for the weather