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Mooney is nowhere near down seniors.. He doesnt even dominate games at his own level, he bursts in for a few mins and then disappears for 10.. Look at him closely, he doesnt dominate a game the way coulter, m clarke would have at that level..!! He s a superb athlete for his age but thats it i feel.. Im sorry but I just feel we are so quick to build young players into something they arent these days..!! Good luck to the lad at Collingwood but he s nowhere near the loss for down football that Clarke would be if he goes back.

The Down forward line needs a new lease of life .
Something that Caolan Mooney would inject.
If he is good enough he is old enough
i know he is off to Collingwood in the autumn but in my opinion the Down seniors need him.

Snoopdog seriously are you for real?? The lad is still a child.. Physically he would be well out of his depth at senior intercounty level, this time next year after Collingwood get their hands on him maybe.. but now! No chance!! Young Conor Poland possibly is an option in half forward line.

as an aside did we finish up playing 3-3-4-2-2 awful management,

thought moriarity was given a lesson by joyce on half a leg--still classy at his age is it 34( why was mallon not switched onto him)
down will hammer that team if we play similiar tactics, and what`s even worse is thst down supporters are laughing at us at the moment

Naka, I wouldnt say we r laughing at you ( ) na seriously I ventured up to the athletic grounds today as I was at a loose end with Down playing last night and I must be honest I sort of feel sorry a bit now for Paddy which I didnt a few months ago... He has such an inept and poor back room team its unreal, those 3 men along the line offer Paddy absolutely nothing. Sean O Hare from Burren, joke  !Mc Gurn is the biggest bluffer in the modern game and unfortunately continues to make a brave living out of it.. Donal Murtagh  whats actually his role?? Sad for Paddy but as I posted away back he should have replaced Justin Mc Nulty and he didnt!!

Roll on the end of May, I feel Armagh and Paddy will have a short summer.

Dubh Driocht I watched the game on sky plus this morning, I actually thought Eoin did well, I think it was the initial shock of Jees where did he come from while at the game.. Down had serious posession last night, Rony Murtagh will never learn, we should of closed that game out, Martins sideline ball towards the end also poor especially when keeping possession was vital at that stage. All in all though we v done ok this league campaign.

After Tonight a couple of worrying things have arisen... We did see a lot of ball and I actually thought we did ok but.. If Martin Clarke was any other player he would have been taken off tonight, he gets far far too much slack from the sideline, he was awful, Mark Poland must be wondering to himself. The Eoin mc Carten substitution was an absolute downright disgrace!! Seriously James what are you trying to do.... Couldnt wait to get Dan in tonight and then Eoin appears.. Seriously we need to draw the line..

Paddy Hunter 5 fm?? Think their broadcasting.. they had updates the last night in omagh..

Was going to go tonight but 8pm is very late and its a horrible night 

Anyone on here going could maybe post a report later?

[but as supporters who are asked to donate money to friends of armagh etc]

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we know that POR is not going anywhere fast  but as supporters who are asked to donate money to friends of armagh etc we need to see improvement, a forward line of say two clarkes, swift, stevie and say s kernan and brian mallon would have movement and should have some interchangeability, I dont see this developing under POR . I remember the ulster final in PORs first year with Down and realising then that he did not have to nous to close out a game in which you were 9 points up.
POR was not first choice for the gig at the time but i would have hoped that he would have learned from his time in charge of down, he hasnt and i think it is a telling point that if the down job came up next year and he was available most down punters wouldnt want him on board and he is a native of your county.
its not hounding of managers its realising that someone is making a poor fist of the cards he has been dealt with.
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Is the etc bit Paddy and Mike?? 

Would you have started this thread if Down hadn't been going so well lately?

By the way I'm Down as well.

Chill out ffs Don its created a discussion on a discussion page!! Imagine that eh?? 

Jesus some Down fans are embarrassing.

Explain please? 

1. Donegal
1. Down
1. Tyrone

4. Armagh
4. Derry
4. Monaghan

7. Antrim
8. Cavan
9. Fermanagh

Agree with you Western Exile that Ulster is a 3 tier province at the minute, and you v the 3 tiers perfect, the top 3 are way ahead of the middle 3 IMO and the middle 3 are ahead of the bottom 3. I think the gap between our top 3 and bottom 3 at the minute is as big as it has been in a long long while!!!

If you were to seed our 9 counties now what order would they be in.....

Mine would be....

1. Down - Think Down are currently the best team equipped to win Ulster this year, really do feel its their year.
2. Tyrone - I know they v stumbled early on but still provide biggest threat to Down for Ulster success.
3. Donegal - Huge strides made under Mc Guinness and could be a dark horse!!
4. Derry - Same as above but do feel they ll fall short when it matters
5. Monaghan - Think the Banty days are gone and they are no longer a threat.
6. Armagh - Havent progressed under our Paddy and think its going to be a short summer
7. Antrim - Baker has taken them as far as he can, back to where they belong
8. Cavan - New manager but same old Cavan
9. Fermanagh - Just horrifying how quickly they have fallen!!

  young poucher does get a wee bit excited at times, would love to see the lads heart rate levels during games

I felt for once we stood up to the cynical/physical game Tyrone bring so the men along the line deserve a bit of credit! The team looked reasonably well organised and only on occassions played as individuals, we could have worked the ball out of defence a bit better but maybe that was due to the intense Cavan pressure on our lads, O Reilly was obviously playing as the sweeper and he covered an enormous amount of ground to be fair to the lad.

Exciting game and maybe worth travelling to Omagh for, although hope Down havent missed the boat, there was a lot of mistakes from tyrone and I do feel they will get better, will we???  had a nice couple of pints after the game and I am looking forward to seeing the "Blue Army" do the business tomorow!! 

Team in Irish news this morning which is strange considering no other county has declared their team

C Heaney - what club??
M Higgins - Bmartin
P Boyle - Castlewellan
R Mc Aleenan - WPoint
A Brannigan - Kilcoo
P Bonny - BFord
D Mc Kibben - Bford
C Poland - Longstone
K Quinn - Mbridge
B O Reilly - Lisland
P Mc Polin - Cduff
C Clarke - Bford
D Savage - Bford
C Harrison - GDrumman
R Brady - Mbridge

Looks like a decent enough team but by all accounts Tyrone are fancied and have some really good players, we ll have it very tough tonight. Good luck to the lads anyway.

wouldnt be pressing the panic button just yet after saturday night, the most pleasing aspect of the whole performance was the amount of support we had in Cork and speaking to a few cork people after it were quick to praise it also. Fair play to all who made the journey.

Cork are hugely physical and competitive in all areas of the field. Technically they arent the best team in the country but for physciality there is not a team would touch them!

Heads up, 2 games in Newry for us this week!!

Anyone making the trek to cork on saturday??