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I know unlikely but a possibility still exists that if drumaness win the junior championship and Glenn overtake drumgath, then within the space of one season drumgath will have went from senior status to junior, surely this would be a first within Down? Any real stat heads out there able to correct me?

dundrum beat bright, so that looks like barring a freak set of results tullylish, saul, dundrum and bredagh to make up the top4

another impressive result for saul, after the poor start in their first 4 or 5 games, surely the in form team in the county. are any saul posters on the board whom could tell what exactly their record is over the last 14 or 15 games

sb did ardglass beat bright and did glenn beat st pauls?

dundrum beat teconnaught by 5. sorry down fanatic to steal your thunder   scrappy game they lost their discipline getting 2 sent off meaning we were never under much pressure. who did tullylish beat squareball?

Senior: think this could finally be the year for Kilcoo, though they continue to fail to deliver when it matters, but im goina stick my neck out and say them, be a hella of a party if they win. Also watch out for Longstone, Dawson has them gearing to peak at the right time when it matters.

Intermediate. think its between Saval and Ballyholland, like kilcoo saval always seem to come up short when it comes championship time, but they are without doubt the strongest team in this grade, them and Ballyholland would be a hum dinger of a final.Saval to win it

Junior. Between drumaness and Bosco, again would be a great final, im goina say Bosco, simply because Drumaness have of experience of tight games this year,whilst nearly every game in 3 is tight, sorry to put a bit of pressure on boscomo

yes conor laverty is employed as a full time coach by the county board as a coaching office and has being for the last 2 or 3 years,so its full time job to start with. He has guided kilcoo to numerous east down and county titles at under 12 and 14 as well as being part of the management team which took kilcoo to an all-ireland under 14 success. As well as this he is taking a part time degree in coaching in Jordanstown, Would rather have someone with such experience and success behind them coaching my kids than a 6 ft + coach.

I thought the meath fans were excellent tonight bringing a bit of atmosphere to a very dull lifeless game. Judging from that and tv their seems to be a better atmosphere in leinster than ulster would I be right?  The Down team had no intensity to their play and never looked like penetrating the Meath defence. 

By the way Neil Cousins of An Riocht refereed our game tonight and I have to say he done an excellent job. Common sense can go a long way.

I think that hits the nail on the head, too many refs don't apply common sense to the game.

all referees are crap , all on a power rush

Would have to agree with dow fanatic in saying yer man from an riocht did a fine job in our game as did Burke from Bright in the game against Bredagh the week previous. However there is some truth in the statement that some see their whistle as a tool of power. Who was the ref in the drumgath ardglass game by the way? I believe that is three games that have been called short in division 3 this year. Surely the clubs have to take a greater responsibility in controlling their players and indeed in some cases mentors