Down Club Hurling & Football

[manwithnoplan]

i accept there hasn't been a trend i have heard of in years gone by but you also must accept that senior footballers are far more conditioned now and the power deferential between a young lad and a senior man has greatly increased. the other point is the level of commitment needed for 95% of senior set ups now is very very high and with kids at a very important point in their education minors was always tailored around exam times to cater for this . its done now , im just not sure it couldnt have worked this year and gave lots of lads around the country more opportuity than they have for 2023

Fair enough point regarding the strength and conditioning factor. But when it comes to exams etc well that's just part of learning how to balance life. That requires strong parenting and understanding from the coaches, which I accept you may or may not get depending on each individual club, but wouldn't we all like to believe clubs would take that in to account when it comes to these young players, and not "punish" them for taking time out for exams.

[Pocs pints and the gaa]

12 training sessions with an under 17 team already seems like a-lot considering the school season was/is in full swing

We are an antrim club and we don't have any lads on the county and St. Ronan's are out of the McCrory cup already. We have 4 or maybe 5 playing some sort of school football. No one in the squad is being flogged! And our season is starting 4 weeks this Sunday.

An Antrim club commenting on a Down forum about an Armagh school. Not hard to guess your club JS.

[Johnnysboys]

Barry O'Hagan out for the year, McAleenan away to Australia at the minute and big Pat Havern heading away soon too could have a lasting impact on the group in the latter part of the league campaign. Any word on when big Fin is ready to play again - a serious competitor?

[imtommygunn]

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Team on that link. Might not be an impartial report

[Leftmidfield]

Is the MacCrory final being streamed anywhere today ?

[Leftmidfield]

Got it. It's on bbc iplayer

[Mourne Red]

https://twitter.com/seanmcgoldrick1/status/1624734013305901056?s=46&t=Pl3d-puRwhOReV8UXGsWrw

Since 2007. We've had the lowest funding for Coaching/Games Development. Something wrong there when Derry got twice what we got.

[Johnnysboys]

The bottom half of this payment league table have brought a fair amount of success to their counties in either hurling or football. I count 16 All Ireland and 14 provincial titles - so it's not necessarily about the amount of money - it's about what is done with it and other financial backing county boards get from corporate sponsors and various club draws.
If down were to calculate how much they have paid management setups since this money started flowing it would be scary and very little goin to development in hurling and football at underage. That's our real problem - being bled dry from within - especially the current setup.

[Truth hurts]

The bottom half of this payment league table have brought a fair amount of success to their counties in either hurling or football. I count 16 All Ireland and 14 provincial titles - so it's not necessarily about the amount of money - it's about what is done with it and other financial backing county boards get from corporate sponsors and various club draws.
If down were to calculate how much they have paid management setups since this money started flowing it would be scary and very little goin to development in hurling and football at underage. That's our real problem - being bled dry from within - especially the current setup.

What does that mean ?

[johnnycool]

The bottom half of this payment league table have brought a fair amount of success to their counties in either hurling or football. I count 16 All Ireland and 14 provincial titles - so it's not necessarily about the amount of money - it's about what is done with it and other financial backing county boards get from corporate sponsors and various club draws.
If down were to calculate how much they have paid management setups since this money started flowing it would be scary and very little goin to development in hurling and football at underage. That's our real problem - being bled dry from within - especially the current setup.

What does that mean ?

That means that if you look at Tyrone, they didn't get much more than Down yet are second to none in the development stakes.

They are generating a lot of their own development funds and evidently are using it well.

[snoopdog]

Gaa bailed Down out after burrenbridge. Still paying that off and I think I heard somewhere that is an affect to the funding Down receive.

[johnnycool]

Gaa bailed Down out after burrenbridge. Still paying that off and I think I heard somewhere that is an affect to the funding Down receive.

Possibly, but I thought we were still paying it back to Croke Park.

[Smurfy123]

Down senior footballers have been shambolic for almost 10 years now. For a 5/6 year period between 06-12 we were knocking about division 1 and competed in a division 1 semi final if I'm correct
Trying to go looking for sponsorships on the back of what has happened in recent years you won't get much
Now thankfully we seem to have got the support back and that will also get sponsors on board
We had 200 people at our last league match last year and 6000 for our first this year.
The feel good factor is back

[Truth hurts]

We have the East Down and South Down paymasters who are making the management decisions in the county .

We need a sod turned in Ballykinlar ASAP

[Truth hurts]

By all accounts the Karl Lacey link to Kilcoo won't be happening but he was in talks with them. The round trip is the biggest issue. Its looking like a Choc and Jerome management until Laverty finishes with Down and then he can take the reigns.