Down v Wexford

[Our Nail Loney]

Get through this match and we could be talking about benny getting an all star!

[Our Nail Loney]

How much do ya's think the tickets will be?

[Whitehair]

A Chara

As you may already be aware Down V Wexford is part of a triple bill of games in Croke Park on Saturday. This is an All Ticket Event.


12.00 Antrim v Wicklow
2.00 Down V Wexford
4.00 Tyrone v Mayo

Tickets cost           
STAND  £25.00
FAMILY                    EACH  ADULT £25.00   EACH   CHILD £5.00

STUDENTS AND PENSIONERS  ARE FULL PRICE TICKETS BUT A CONCESSION IN EURO WILL BE REFUNDED ON THE DAY AT A DESIGNATED STILE IN CROKE PARK .

[Our Nail Loney]

Wonder could I get away with the student rate!

I lived in the holylands all year like! Plus I went to the bot nearly once a week

[Whitehair]

If its like Portlaois at the weekend you'l need a student card as evidence, 10euro at the weekend was brilliant value!

[Down Gael]

down gael - you are saying that mc cartan and colgen should be brought in yet they did not even feature as one of the 5 subs brought on during the game on saturday? mc cartan is not good enough while colgen is no replacement for dan. just lets hope dan's appeal is successful. only option is rooney if he is fit enough.
if dan plays down will win

There isnt a man in Ireland who could really replace Dan Gordon, but we may be faced with having to do just that. I wouldnt be James Colgans biggest fan, like myself he is carrying a wee bit of weight and he isnt the fastest man on the planet, but after a shaky start against Armagh he came good and we may need him again before the summer is out. Monk is probably the best defender in Down and I hear he has a broken ankle, and there is a it of a comparison with me here as I broke mine today at work, so we may both miss Saturdays game. Yes Turley had a decent game when he came on, but McCartan had a good game on Cavanagh in Newry and has been hung out to dry because he was given the job of marking Ronan Clarke. Clarke is guaranteed his All Star already this year. Enough said.

Last week in Tullamore I was unlucky enough to be sitting in front of a few supporters from Annaclone. At half time they were complaining about most of the players on the team, no one could do any right. We were out of sight, guaranteed a place in the next round after 20 minutes of football, but these guys still werent happy. They only stopped moaning when Gary McArdle was thrown on for the last 10 minutes. Reading some of the comments on this thread is like being back in Tullamore. What do some people want? We are playing Championship football in Croke Park for the first time since 1994. We are 70 minutes away from an AIQF. There are probably some posters here who have only seen Down in Croke Park on their dads video collection or on TG4. Get real and stop bitching as one other poster says these lads have put in a lot of effort, made a lot of sacrifices, trained in the mud, the rain and the snow. And some people see fit to run them down. These lads have earned the right to play in Croke Park and each and everyone of us should be giving them 110% on Saturday.

[Leo]

Colgan played for An Riocht against Clonduff tonight and looked competent and keen if not exactly brilliant. Could do a job on this form.
Heard that Monk is definitely out. Expect Murney to line out at no.3.

[southdown]

Would like to see Turley at full back. 

[upthehoops]

Think Turley did well at Full Back given that he would rarely if ever had played in the full back line for his club. Has always been CHB or midfield. No nonsense player and you'll never find him doing a Clancy or Roper. Whether he would actually line out on the square would obviously depend on who Wexford would be playing there.
Yet as a lot of previous posters have said its great that we are still in the mix in August. Not many would have believed this as the league stuttered to a close in the Spring

[western exile]

Model Hammer, where are you?  Your contributions were welcome when these teams met earlier this  year 

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=6864.0

[lfdown2]

would the fact that colgan played last night not pretty much rule him out of contention for a start on sun?

[Roy]

Watch Down they are outrageously close to establishing an All Ireland winning momentum.  Wexford were tarred and feathered by the dubs and psycholgically could have done with this game outside Croke Park, if theyy react and beat Down they will have proven they are men of steel.  Good luck to both these teams, for their enthusiasm and flair they have brought to the championship in 08.

[Our Nail Loney]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/7530333.stm

Gordon seeks to overturn red card

Down midfielder Dan Gordon hopes to play against Wexford

Down midfielder Dan Gordon is taking his case to the GAA's Central Hearings Committee in an attempt to get his red card against Laois rescinded.

Gordon received a four-week suspension for an alleged head-butt but Mourne County officials are confident video evidence will clear their player.

If Gordon wins his case, he will be able to play in Saturday's crucial third round qualifier against Wexford.

The winner of the Croke Park clash goes into the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Down are adamant they have video footage which will prove Gordon did not make contact with Laois midfielder Pauric Casey's face.

Gordon's team-mate, full-back Martin Cole, will not play against Wexford after picking up an ankle injury.

Happy days

[amallon]

Down had their own camera man in Tullamore and I'd assume he was there in Portlaoise.  He may have been in the terrace as there wouldn't have been a spot for the tripod in the seats so his footage may not be much better than we got from RTE. 

[Feckitt]

Remember lads, ye don't have to go through Dundalk, Castlebellingham, Dunleer, Drogheda and Balbriggan.  They built a new motorway for Armagh since ye were last in Croker.  Also, I can hear the rattles of the money boxes emptying out the punt coins to get you a nice cheap seat in the Nally Stand.