Down Club Hurling & Football

[Targetman]

Poor aul Stevie can't do right for doing wrong!!

[Last Caress]

Could be worse. .... Brolly comes to mind

[meatsy86]

A Chara

Saval GAC

In Aid Of Youth Developement

Presents

'A Night with The Dubs'

including special guests

Dean Rock & Cíaran Kilkenny- 5 Time All-Ireland Winners

Along with Danny Hughes, Mark Poland and compere for the night Steven Poacher.

Friday 15th February 7.30pm

@ Saval GAC

Admission - £12

All Welcome

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I don't know why we are letting this lunatic SP compere our Night.

Well Sam im sure the commitee will look forward to you volunteering your services at the agm to become a pro-active member of it. Better to air your grievances there than act the keyboard warrior on here but then i guess anonymity suits you. Personally i think SP willl be a great addition to the panel.i have seen him at a few similar events in this role and he was excellent. Plus he has an afiliation with the 2 Dublin lads in that he part managed the Carlow team.that played against them in last years championship which im sure will form part of the conversation on the night.

[downjim]

Samfever is the guy who sits in the corner of Saval and complains about everyone and everything.yet never lifts his hand.
SP might be a looper but he will be good at this.

[SamFever]

 I have said my piece and will not be attending.Amen.

[downjim]

Bet you said nothing to the organisers

[Mourne Rover]

Laois named a team tonight with no Donie Kingston, who has reportedly been carrying an injury. He is a huge loss to them, although Down will also be some way from full strength.

[downjim]

Any word on theDown team or do we have to wait to tomorrow evening again

[SamFever]

Samfever is the guy who sits in the corner of Saval and complains about everyone and everything.yet never lifts his hand.
SP might be a looper but he will be good at this.

Substitute myself and put in downjim. Samfever  downjim is the guy who sits in the corner of Burren and complains about everyone and everything.yet never lifts his hand

[Smurfy123]

I see both the hurling and football teams announced on twitter for tomorrow night. All I'll say if Down footballers win I'll eat my hat.

[Mourne Rover]

Smurfy is as positive as ever about our prospects but the reality is that we have a capable new manager who has been dealing with a fair amount of upheaval in his squad and has named a team to do a specific job in our opening game against what should be serious promotion rivals.

While almost half the side have never previously started a league or championship match and a few others are in unusual positions, did we really expect a settled and familiar line-up ?

O'Hare and O'Hagan will probably appear at some stage, and it would not be a surprise if Harrison is added to the bench, but we have plenty of pace and fitness by all accounts will not be a problem.

We will pretty clearly be keeping plenty of players behind the ball, and the question is whether we can build up enough scores against  decent opposition at this level. It's a new season under the Saturday night lights so bring it on.

[Smurfy123]

No I'm being a realist. No negativity at all just saying as I feel. It's not the strongest of teams.

[Ed Hardy]

Where is Liam Devlin from, Clann Na Banna? What age is he?

[ardtole]

I don't think it is unfair to suggest the team named is experimental. Il be at the game more in hope than expectation, but with a new manager you have to give them time to find their feet.
Derry went down a similar path last year and paid a heavy price, hopefully as the league progresses we get the likes of Mooney, Harrisson and the lads who are suspended back on the starting 15.

I would just be concerned that a couple of early losses can create it's own pressures especially when there are only 7 league games.

Hopefully we get something from tonight's game but I think it might be a bridge too far playing so many inexperienced lads together, I'd gladly be proved wrong.

[Tony]

From a Laois perspective, we're missing a few key players due to injury, and we're trying out a number of new faces. It's not the strongest possible Laois 15. However, by all accounts the mood in the camp is high and everyone is rowing in behind the setup this year after a promising 2018. I expect a 50/50 match.