Cadbury's All-Ireland Under 21 FC 2009

[INDIANA]

Totally disgusted....Dublin kicked that semi final away.....same old same old....... Still feel that our future full back will be O'Carroll who was outstanding today imo. THe sooner he gets into the senior team the better.

Anyway congrats to both Down and Cork.

To a point canalman- did you not feel that game was a microcosm of dublin football for the last decade. All huff and puff. Thought the lads worked fantastically well but lacked a little bit. I thought our backs were ropey in general and we missed too much. Cork had the little bit extra.

Thought Down were fantastic- where the f*** do all the players go up there. Mayo a bit like dublin- lacked a little bit. Definitely the two sides in the final for me anyway.

Jaysus, don't no about Cork having "that little bit extra". I thought it was a remarkable achievement of the Dubs to lose a game when we were dominant is so many positions all over the pitch. 16 bladdy wides, and Paddy Andrews will never miss as many chances.

Down look the class act of the four alright, but with Cork having rode their luck considerably against both Tipp and Dublin, maybe their name is on it.

Do you not think thought that is the bit extra. 13, 10 and 14 were class for Cork. I know their names I just can't remember who was who. They kicked some outrageous scores. At the end of the day -16 wides indicates to me we just didn't have it. All-Ireland semi finals are days to perform and we came up short.
They just had better forwards than we had. Surely thats the sign of a quality team. Anyway we did well to get to where we did. We hasn't won a leinster u21 championship match for 4 years so it was  a good season.

[Superstar]

Does anyone know what the ticket/admission prices are likely to be for the under 21 final, looking into bringing a coach load of kids from the club down to watch it and trying to work out the rough cost of it all

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Does anyone know what the ticket/admission prices are likely to be for the under 21 final, looking into bringing a coach load of kids from the club down to watch it and trying to work out the rough cost of it all

Free in for u16s surely?

[Superstar]

was thinking that myself, wanna be sure tho dont want 50 under 10's satnding with mius cash outside the ground lol

[Son_of_Sam]

Brilliant by Down, glad to see the hunger in them allowed them to hang on despite having 14 men and an anti-Ulster ref!!!

What's the face for?

Sure he was from the fecken EAST OF THE SHANNON REF., what else do you lot want, obviously he hates the West.

[Farrandeelin]

Why have you a Corkman in your pic Son of Sam??

[Son_of_Sam]

Why have you a Corkman in your pic Son of Sam??

WEST Corkman 

[corcaioch]

Totally disgusted....Dublin kicked that semi final away.....same old same old....... Still feel that our future full back will be O'Carroll who was outstanding today imo. THe sooner he gets into the senior team the better.

Anyway congrats to both Down and Cork.

To a point canalman- did you not feel that game was a microcosm of dublin football for the last decade. All huff and puff. Thought the lads worked fantastically well but lacked a little bit. I thought our backs were ropey in general and we missed too much. Cork had the little bit extra.

Thought Down were fantastic- where the f*** do all the players go up there. Mayo a bit like dublin- lacked a little bit. Definitely the two sides in the final for me anyway.

Jaysus, don't no about Cork having "that little bit extra". I thought it was a remarkable achievement of the Dubs to lose a game when we were dominant is so many positions all over the pitch. 16 bladdy wides, and Paddy Andrews will never miss as many chances.

Down look the class act of the four alright, but with Cork having rode their luck considerably against both Tipp and Dublin, maybe their name is on it.

Down looked impressive alright. They even got the better of O'Shea and Parsons at midfield.

You can see highlights of the game here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UaejepjfDs

[DownFanatic]

Id expect Down to go for the same starting XV that lined out against Mayo. Cork look to have a few dangerous forwards and I think it will be a case of Down having to outscore them as I dont think our defence is overly stingy.

Incidentally, this was the starting XV for the Down Minors in 2006. I.e. this years U-21's.

Gavin Joyce, Mark Digney, Andy Sloan, Conor Og O'Hagan, Gerard McCartan, Colm Murney, Fergal Doyle, Peter Fitzpatrick, Luke Toner, Jamie O'Reilly, Niall Mulholland, Seamus Grant, Conor Maginn, Sean Kelly, Paul McComiskey.

Only 7 of that starting XV are involved with the U-21 squad this year.

[western exile]

Good article / interview with wee Pete in the Sunday Tribune today.

http://www.tribune.ie/sport/gaelic-football/article/2009/may/03/down-but-nowhere-near-out/

[Trevor Hill]

Down team for todays game.

1 Gavin Joyce    Baile ui Mhairtin
2 Mark Digney    Seamrogai An Iur
3 Colm Murney    Caislean Ruarai
4 Damian Turley    Dun Phadraig
5 Timmy Hanna    Ath Bhriain
6 John Fitzpatrick    Baile ui Mhairtin
7 Joseph Murphy    Baile Cholmain
8 Michael Magee    Ard Ghlais
9 Peter Fitzpatrick    Baile ui Mhairtin
10 Eamon Toner    Boireann
11 Conor Maginn    Ath Bhriain
12 Jamie O Reilly    Loch an Oileain
13 Paul Devlin       Cill Chua
14 Paul McComiskey    Dun Droma
15 Conor Poland    Cloch Fhada

[Zulu]

Cork team for today

1. Anthony Seymoure

2 Sean Mc Loughlin         

3. Liam Jennings         

4. Noel Galvin

5. Conor O Driscoll           

6. Aidan Walsh           

7. Bart Daly

8 Chris Donovan     

9. Kevin O Driscoll

10. Ciaran Sheehan       

11. Mark Collins.         

12.Colm O Driscoll

13. Colm O Neill             

14. David Goold         

15. Paul Honohan

Cork have some very good forwards, Colm O'Neill and Sheehan in particular are as good as anything in Ireland at U21 level but I'd have my doubts about the midfield and backline. Having watched the two semis I'd expect Down to dominate midfield and as such should be able to create more scoring chances and therefore win the game.

[ildanach]

match is on tg4 now. even though it is not listed on papers to be shown

[Zulu]

Very strong wind at Portlaoise which could have a big bearing on things, hope it doesn't ruin the game but it appears to be a cross wind which will make scoring difficult.

[orangeman]

Good luck to both teams - hope Down win it but I think Cork will have too much for them.