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Where was Mooney yesterday? Injured? Didn't see him part of the subs either?

Monaghan will beat us by 20+ points.. Sean Og and CO to blame for this miss. Look at the job Tally is doing in Kerry now. Yet Down being Down, chased another good manager due to county exec idiocy.

County exec idiocy?? How do u work that out? I listened to a podcast last week where Tally said the executive voted him back in but he didn't feel he had the full backing of the clubs when it was put to them. Are players not entitled to a few drinks? It's not professional sport. Plus why train on St Patrick's day when you know there is a chance of this happening.

Ah Johnny come on of course lads are entitled to a drink but there is a time and place for everything. Turning up to training sauced (if true) is inexcusable, wouldn't be tolerated at any half serious club never mind county level. And with regards professionalism to even compete the level of commitment required is not far of professional levels, maybe this is (in part) why Down find themselves where they are today.

With Kilcoo now All Ireland Champions the question is can anyone realistically expect to beat these men or are we set for another decade of dominance from Kilcoo? Personally can't see any team stopping them in Down for the foreseeable and not sure if this is a good or bad thing. It has to be said they have taken the whole approach to club football up to a serious level and I'm not sure many teams have the appetite to compete with it.

Bryansford dominated
Burren dominated
Mayobridge dominated
This is Kilcoos time, it will come to an end sometime, that's just a fact of life. It's the middle of February, in two months there is a league to be played for, a new championship to be played for in August, that's only 6 months away! Teams should be excited that there is a chance to play the all Ireland champions this season. It's a free go!

Correct bud but being honest those 3 teams you named dominated for a decade before the those great teams naturally broke up due to age and had nothing coming after them at that level. Kilcoo have had a decade of dominance (more even) and as opposed to coming to an end they have just won an All Ireland with more in the tank for the future so its to simplistic to say Kilcoo's time will come to an end some time...of course it will but they aren't taking the foot of the pedal any time soon. Could they dominant for another decade? Wouldn't rule it out. 

With Kilcoo now All Ireland Champions the question is can anyone realistically expect to beat these men or are we set for another decade of dominance from Kilcoo? Personally can't see any team stopping them in Down for the foreseeable and not sure if this is a good or bad thing. It has to be said they have taken the whole approach to club football up to a serious level and I'm not sure many teams have the appetite to compete with it.

I'm a little gobsmacked that after two years of watching non-competitive D1 football, that anyone would want to see this continue for another season.

I mean is it more important to say "we are in division one" or to actually play and watch genuine division one football.

Give me the latter any day.

100% agree - competitive football is all we want.

As well as wishing Kilcoo well best of luck to Liatroim Fontenoys Conor McCrickard for tomorrows match, great achievement for that young man hoping he has a good one tomorrow. Stylish footballer I know alot wishing him and the Barr's well 

Maybe will come back to haunt me but Derrygonnelly look poor outfit to be contesting an Ulster Final

Also James in giving plenty of lads chances and a good mix from throughout the county. Great to see Carryduff and Bredagh players representing the county. This can only benefit us going forward as East Down clubs were generally forgotten about for years.

And here WE go again ZZZZZZ!!!.Who exactly was forgotten about for years.Name three players to back up your thinking.

Danny Savage, Donal Kennedy and Donal Hughes, do you want me to continue

Ps. Please continue...

Liam Lennon, Mal Magee, Chris Brannigan, Peter Telford, Aidy Burns would have been on the county panel if they were from Burren back in the day.

You talk alot of sense at times bud but in this case no.

Castlewellan take players from the Finn,
Downpatrick take players from Bright, Ardglass, Saul
Saul take players from Kilclief
Bredagh take players from Antrim Belfast clubs
Bryansford take players from Dundrum
Dundrum took players from Ballykilnar

Let's not get on like its a South Down clubs issue like some posters are trying to make out
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Don't forget Kilcoo taking players from clubs. They have a lad on senior squad at minute from Bryansford!!! Not so innocent our magpies
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I doubt it Johnny in the 1st 15?? cant be!

Need to split Burren in two lads...there's at least a couple of All Irelands coming their way in the next decade...in 5yrs the two best teams in Down will be Burren and Burren 2nds #Facts

All Irelands?? Doing what exactly? Can't be football they haven't done a big pile there for years.

Nice touch by Bryansford today thanking the current (old) management team on social media after sacking them. Not sure who benefited most from that post.

[Kilcoo will be worried about Burren IMO]

Some draw last night...who in the world could have foreseen that we'd get drawn with Clonduff? That'll be the end of the road for our lads surely...in fairness we are miles off Burren and Kilcoo so it makes no odds whether we play Clonduff now or a better team later as there's a big gulf. Streamed the Burren game last night and I fancy them to win the whole thing. Two easy fixtures has given them a chance to give lots of lads plenty of football and not have to risk any injured players like Fegan and Toner. Liam Kerr and Danny Magill are different gravy. Kilcoo will be worried about Burren IMO...The rest of the teams in the county are a side act...County board will surely keep Kilcoo and Burren apart in the semi finals hoping for a showpiece event.

Not much excitement other than our game this wkend. Should be a good crowd there on Sunday night. Fancy Mayobridge to do enough against Bredagh, they'll win by 2/3 pulling up. Castlewellan will fancy their chances against Glenn but that game will be close and I think Glenn will edge it. Carryduff and Longstone will be tight as well but I think Carryduff will see it through.

In fairness I think you got this the wrong way round...Kilcoo have no fear of Burren and have shown that clearly over the past decade...Burren along with everyone else have it all to prove.

[fantastic job over the last two weekends]

I had a quick scroll through Twitter and Facebook and can't see any negative comments but that is likely because they have since been deleted. But I know what you are talking about, and some comments have been very disappointing.

In regards to Championship coverage, I believe the County Board is going above and beyond to provide a good level of coverage for every game. Keep in mind that you can't expect someone from the CB at every game all weekend. Also, they shouldn't have to provide every score from every game, imagine the mess that would make if there were 5 or 6 games going on at once!

With that being said, the clubs themselves could be doing more to engage with their members/supporters. Some clubs give a fantastic commentary of the game, in particular Castlewellan have an excellent feed. A lot of other clubs do a score by score and allows you to easily follow the game. Other clubs don't post for months on end and it causes something of a media blackout for some Championship games when two of these teams play each other. I think that can be particularly frustrating as a lot of the time the person controlling the twitter account is probably standing at the game, how hard is it to whip out the phone at a water break and half time and send a quick tweet.

So for me, any frustration aimed at the County Board is entirely misplaced and I'll say the Board have been doing a fantastic job over the last two weekends.

Good job but get house in order with regards live streams of matches outside of Newry - don't advertise and take money for something you can't offer.

Very impressive display from Glenn tonight. Some great individual performances all over the park but they are a very cohesive unit and will be very dangerous. How'd they not get out of Div 2 ?

In fairness i seen Glen play the Stone earlier in the year and they were poor enough but missing a few key players at the time...Millar wasnt about for sure. Seems like they have got a few boys back...all helps.

Well done Glenn on a deserved win tonight. Bryansford in a poor place with not much leadership on or off the field it would seem in terms of their senior team...maybe Poacher wasn't so slow and got out early doors?

Some amount of disrespect to the stone on here earlier after reading some of their posts...total fools if they believed the stone wouldn't make a game of that tonight. There are a few teams you never get anything handy from them the stone being one. Fair play Longstone well deserved and not one bit surprised.