Down Club Hurling & Football

[SamFever]

Rory Burns. 2/10

Peter Fegan 5/10
Finn McElroy7/10
Gerard Collins 5/10
Ruairi McCormack 6/10
Niall McParland 6/10
Darren O'Hagan 5/10

Anthony Doherty 6/10
Odhran Murdock 7/10

Caplin  Mooney 6/10
Liam Kerr 5/10
Cormac McCartan 4/10
Barry O'Hagan 6/10
Kevin McKernan 4/10
Andrew Gilmore 6/10

Management 5.5/10

[Sheedy]

Galway hammered Meath today, Meath never scored until 43rd minute, Down play Galway next so it's definitely not getting any easier

[Truth hurts]

Time to give Charlie Smyth a chance in nets

[general]

Time to give Charlie Smyth a chance in nets

I'd go with John O'Hare first

[whitegoodman]

Smyth / Kane

Fegan
McEvoy
McElroy

Rooney
D O Hagan / McParland
Mooney

Doherty
Murdock

Ward
Kerr
R Johnston

S Johnston
B O Hagan
J Johnston

Pace Pace Pace

That assumes none of the Brannigans will commit and the Johnstons will.  Mooney has played his best football for Down when he is running onto the ball from half back.  I dont think we are going to out defend a team as we arent good enough at it so lets attack teams with our strengths, speed and accuracy.

[Truth hurts]

Time to give Charlie Smyth a chance in nets

I'd go with John O'Hare first

He is not even on the panel ffs

[Truth hurts]

I see the Kilcoo PRO has begun the siege mentality in preparation for the final on Twitter LOL

[upandwin]

Any decision made yet on the Div 1 debacle? Is there going to be four down or what?

[Truth hurts]

Smyth

Fegan
McElroy
Docherty


D O Hagan
McParland
Mooney

O'Rawe
Connery

Murdock
Kerr
McCormick

C Francis
B O Hagan
A Gilmore

My team for Saturday

[BigRipper89]

Poor result at the weekend. Same glimpses of life in this team but will have to improve quickly in a short space of time.

Keeper- didnt look that secure/ confident throughout.

Defence- Mc Elory very good 1 on 1, Mc Parland stopped 2/3 goal chances first half, fegan and collins marked tightly, mooney showed in flashes and mc cartan was a good outlet from defence. overall i think they were let down by a poor night for the forwards.

Midfield- Worked hard but Derry came out on top. No obvious target for kickouts. ( O rawe out hurt I think)

Forwards-Poor handling, shot choices and finishing was the main downfall. Ohagan plenty of effort but gave up possession to many times, mc kernan not a threat inside, Kerr and gilmore looked good in flashes, Mc cormick took a good score but looked abit lost sometimes

subs- too late for them to make a difference. Would of liked to see Rushe and Mc Cartan on earlier to ask different questions inside 

[wobbller]

Smyth

Fegan
McElroy
Docherty


D O Hagan
McParland
Mooney

O'Rawe
Connery

Murdock
Kerr
McCormick

C Francis
B O Hagan
A Gilmore

My team for Saturday

So you are dropping Collins from defence and bringing back Doherty to fill his place?What sense does this make?

[Hard2Listen2]

Aw listen here! If it's sense you want you're addressing the wrong group.

[SamFever]

Aw listen here! If it's sense you want you're addressing the wrong group.

There are a few of us on here of a sound mind.

[toby47]

Have any of the Brannigan's ever played for Down?

What age would Eugene or Darryl be? I'd be beating their doors down to get them involved.

[yewtree]

Down v Monaghan Ulster SFC

Smyth

Collins
McArdle
Aaron Brannigan

D Brannigan
McParland
D O'Hagan

Murdock
Mooney

B O'Hagan
J Johnston
McGovern

S McCartan
Kerr
Ryan Johnston

This is the team that Down are hoping to put out in Championship.
Already there has been talk to try and get the money together to buy out the soccer contracts and wages.
Lots of talk about scholarships and other ways to compensate the players if this can be done within GAA rules.
At the minute QUB GAA have scholarships but talk is they don't want to offer any more scholarships if players aren't playing for club and counties.
It would be some addition to Down if this can happen.