Go on your big man took over 5 men to hold on to him!!
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Show posts MenuQuote from: Brick Tamlin on July 26, 2014, 11:29:07 PM
May be cynical but I f**kin hate the widespread eulogising whenever a player/manager retires or steps down from a team.
FFS he stood down he didn't die.
Wee James did a very decent job in his tenure i agree but i think he also could have done better in some areas.
There are very few men capable of taking on the managers role within the county. Dawson and McCorry are the height of it. Poacher is a coach not a manager and to put it blunty he hasn't the temperament nor maturity for intercounty management. Laughable he is being mentioned. Pete McGrath is another i wouldn't have near it. Had his day and it should be left at that. Mulholland is another i find confusing. Can anyone explain the merits for installing him as intercounty management material? And don't mention QUB, that's a jobs-for-the-boys gig.
Brick I couldnt have put it better myself....
If county board can afford to shell out for Tally & McIvor, then Aidan O'Rourke and then Niall Moyna well then they should be taking that money and giving it to the 2 standout candidates who know Down football inside out and that is undoubtedly McCorry and Dawson. If they go outside the county then its anyone's guess who they would look at.
I think the heroes of 91-94 well has dried up or has already been tried and tested. An argument could be made for an outside appointment with no ties or bias.
Iv mentioned it previously and id repeat again that i think our development of young footballers throughout the county needs looked at again from schools to development squads. Definitely think there is room for improvement there in terms of the facilitation of our young players, the coaching of them, the coaching and management personnel and also the overall development and progression of youngsters fit to produce for senior intercounty. Watching some club action recently from Div1 and to be fair not a lot of our county men are standing out for their clubs, whether that's down to the better standard of your average club footballer i don't know, but id be expecting intercounty players to make a big impact regularly for his club on a Friday night. Danny Hughes, Ronan Murtagh, Benny Coulter, Ronan Sexton would have all stood out a mile regularly for their clubs and were easy identified as county men when in club action.
Quote from: fingerbob on June 29, 2014, 01:09:48 PM
The game on the radio at all?
Quote from: armaghniac on June 12, 2014, 06:19:19 PMQuote from: Down Follower on June 12, 2014, 04:52:08 PM
- Derry were generally considered as sure things for the All Ireland and when Down won that game, the whole county knew we would win Sam.
A bit like 1991 when you beat Armagh!
Quote from: BarryBreensBandage on June 07, 2014, 02:25:50 PMQuote from: gaamann on June 06, 2014, 10:33:29 PM
Just home from Kilcoo v Glenn great performance from Kilcoo showed Glenn have a lot of work still to do when the first goal went in Glenn fell apart Kilcoo had better forwards and Glenn's main men didn't turn up hope its a realty check for some of our posters on here
I don't think anyone on here is surprised that Kilcoo beat Glenn at home, gaaman, so no reality check here. Kilcoo's score taking was outstanding, but I think it is a testament to Glenn's psyche and fitness levels that their strongest quarter was the final one.
At the start of the year, you would have picked this one as Glenn's toughest challenge; it is all about how they react to this defeat, get back up and go at it again. And the attitude they had at the end of the game last night gives me every confidence that they will.
Quote from: ardtole on April 29, 2014, 10:41:11 AM
McCommiskey?
Quote from: johnneycool on April 29, 2014, 09:58:30 AMQuote from: ardtole on April 29, 2014, 09:54:06 AM
I see Bryansford are 7/1 with paddy power to win the Down SFC, surely they must be worth a gamble at that price. I dont see much senior football but with Dawsons track record and the quality of player available 7/1 looks tasty.
I hear Scooby doo is trying to poach a former county player from a club not too far up the road from Newcastle, any truth in this?
Quote from: Mid Down Gael on March 20, 2014, 10:22:35 PMQuote from: thebar on March 20, 2014, 01:37:29 PMEast Down Reserve League which I also am led to believe will be 13 aside.
MDG what league will your 4th's play in??? some going to get 4 teams if it's true in any parish.
Quote from: 5 Sams on January 22, 2014, 02:18:06 PMQuote from: CHB1 on January 22, 2014, 01:36:08 PM
True that Keith Kelly is the new manager. What he like 5sams?
I haven't spoken to Keith in years. He's a good lad, played for us for a good few years and was a very skilful forward. He ended up going to Shamrocks but I would never have put him down as management material.....ever.....I don't want to be disparaging about the lad's ability as a manager...maybe he has come up through the managerial ranks in Hilltown and now has all the credentials to mix it with the big boys. I was just very surprised to see his name on that list.
Quote from: Courtney on November 27, 2013, 10:34:05 PM
Match tonight waste of time ,Burren don't really do Leagues and the body language of the players said that.As much as I hate to compliment Kilcoo they moved the ball well and Jerome Johnston hit a fantastic goal.
Playing League Football at end of November really isn't The Buren Way -that was obvious tonight.
One team happy to play for Leagues against a team really only interested in Championships , waste of time play the League as a League top team wins it .
Kilcoo v Castlewellan will be a typical ill tempered nasty East Down game ,I hope The CCC videos it with at least 5 camera angles .
Quote from: Jinxy on November 07, 2013, 11:27:38 AM
We were the peoples champions.
Quote from: Jinxy on November 07, 2013, 10:52:47 AM
'Down'?
Sounds a bit made up to me.
Like 'Narnia'.
Quote from: Jinxy on November 07, 2013, 10:17:38 AMQuote from: Hardy on November 06, 2013, 05:23:44 PM
Wow! What'd you be like if yiz had lost?
I know it's tough that the GAA world sees Down as the surrogate champions of 1991. All people remember about that year is Meath and, to a lesser extent, Dublin. All they remember about the final is that Meath almost won it despite being a few dozen scores down and that their star player came on with pneumonia and turned the game on his own. Who were they playing again?
Yeah, we really captured the nations heart that year.
I don't even mind that we lost the final.
Sure we only had half a team by that stage anyway and the Northern crowd (I forget which one) seemed happy.
Quote from: Ffsref on October 07, 2013, 09:53:13 PM
Who do we fancie for drumgath vs Bosco ?