Down Club Hurling & Football

[OgraAnDun]

Are the seniors training tonight?

Meeting at Quinn's in Newcastle for a 7pm start.

[snoopdog]

Are the seniors training tonight?

Meeting at Quinn's in Newcastle for a 7pm start.

gear optional

[Johnnysboys]

I see the u17 leagues started last night and there were some big results. Newry Bosco sits on top of division one, this is great to see.

After one game - great to see!! My god..
this group of Bosco won U14 South Down title so it's not really that much of a surprise..

[supersub]

this is class 

Class?No other County has the word gossip in it's main thread title but our Mod is worried about liability.🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️
  Is one of our or more of the alleged drinkers at the weekend going to sue because someone on here
said they were drinking beer when in fact they were drinking Cider???Jesus wept!

First with the news then?  Odd how these stories are nowhere else though...not that I can see anyway, but I'm not looking too hard. 

Poster 'the wobbler' says let it be and we can put up with what some other poster called the U12 posters on here, which might be a good start.  What do you think needs to be done, if anything?

Or, as johnnycool says, there is nothing to see here.

Personal attacks on players or county board officials need to be struck down and posters struck off immediately. This is no place for personal vendettas. As for rumour mills and the like, especially regarding the weekend past, there was plenty doing the rounds on social platforms about it so a discussion of sorts is merited I suppose.

[Smurfy123]

Where was the personal attacks?
Talking facts about what happened
Player lead session last night in Mayobridge
Management back after an apology
And total commitments to Down GAA until season over
I expect the squad to batting down the hatches and go full hit at Monaghan

[wobbller]

this is class 

Class?No other County has the word gossip in it's main thread title but our Mod is worried about liability.🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️
  Is one of our or more of the alleged drinkers at the weekend going to sue because someone on here
said they were drinking beer when in fact they were drinking Cider???Jesus wept!

First with the news then?  Odd how these stories are nowhere else though...not that I can see anyway, but I'm not looking too hard. 

Poster 'the wobbler' says let it be and we can put up with what some other poster called the U12 posters on here, which might be a good start.  What do you think needs to be done, if anything?

Or, as johnnycool says, there is nothing to see here.

"Yes Mod-"First with the news" Irish News runs the story today.

[Truth hurts]

The Irish News understands that following the outcome of last night's meeting, McCartan is likely to remain in charge but Down officials could not be contacted last night for comment.

It's understood McCartan wasn't present at the meeting or the training session the players conducted themselves afterwards.

The turmoil comes less than three weeks ahead of their Ulster SFC opener against Monaghan, which takes place in Clones on April 30.

The Mournemen suffered relegation from Division Two of the Allianz League, picking up just a single point in their seven games in a draw away to Meath.

It has been a difficult season since before it even began.

A management team of Conor Laverty, Jim McGuinness and Marty Clarke was pursued but the former Donegal All-Ireland winning manager backed away, while Laverty and Clarke decided to stay with the U20s.

McCartan was only subsequently appointed on November 24, by which stage most counties had been back in training for weeks.

After losing McKenna Cup games to Donegal and Antrim, their sluggish start to the league was unsurprising in the circumstances, but their form never picked up.

Besieged by injuries and absenteeism from the beginning of the year, they hopeful of a significant Kilcoo influx after their All-Ireland winning campaign.

However, of the four that did join up they've lost Jerome Johnston and Ceilum Doherty again, both of whom have opted out.

They followed on the heels of Liam Kerr and Finn McElroy, who both opted out having been arguably their best two players through the league.

Down's relegation in the league means they will play in the inaugural Tailteann Cup unless they find a way to the Ulster final.

That will mean having to get past Monaghan before whoever emerges out of Tyrone, Derry and Fermanagh.

An All-Ireland winner himself as a player in 1991 and '94, James McCartan's first spell in charge brought them to what appeared an unthinkable high of reaching the All-Ireland final in 2010, where they lost by a single point to Cork.

They qualified for an Ulster final in 2012 but were well beaten in the end by eventual All-Ireland champions Donegal.

McCartan stayed five years in total, stepping down at the end of the 2014 season. He returned to coach the county's minor teams in recent seasons and had continually been linked with a return to the senior post.

When it arrived however, it was out of loyalty to the county rather than out of any designs he had on the job.

The pursuit of McGuinness and Laverty left Down with very few options very late in the year, and McCartan reluctantly stepped up to pull them out of the hole.

Yet after another tumultuous week on the back of a difficult league campaign, expectations of a Down upset against Monaghan will be low.

Down officials had denied on Monday night that McCartan had stepped down, and could not be contacted last night.

Taken from the Irish News (GOSSIP section )   

[ck]

Mods need to shut down the Irish News! 

[mourneman9194]

Irish news must have some serious liability issues after that article today.

[stiff breeze]

Just announced . The paper formally known as the Irish News is now the Irish Gossip 

[supersub]

Where was the personal attacks?
Talking facts about what happened
Player lead session last night in Mayobridge
Management back after an apology
And total commitments to Down GAA until season over
I expect the squad to batting down the hatches and go full hit at Monaghan

You are obviously either having a laugh or only look at the previous page of posts. Multiple attacks on 'older players' in the panel as well as naming a ridiculing County Board officials. Not talking about the last few days, I'm talking longer term. Hence the reason the Mods have been in here a couple of times prior to this week.

Facts about what happened at the weekend is fine, as I said in my post, it deserved discussion. The other stuff does not.

[clubman21]

Wheres this news been circulating

[lumpitin]

Big news circulating that a management team of Pete McGrath, Pete Jnr, Kevin McKernan and Shorty Trainor is taking over to the end of the year after last nights peace negotiations broke down

Who the hell is this guy?
Moderator can you please ban him for making false accusations as the two McGraths will be managing burren reserves to a junior title in down next year after they walk the reserve championships this year by winning with 40 points to spare in each game

[clubman21]

Wheres this news been circulating

Email sent out to all clubs regarding starred players for tomorrow night had this information contained in it

If it was sent to all clubs a more regular poster would have heard, ie not an account who started posting today

[Brick Tamlin]

Its ridiculous.
Bit of a climb down from Burren Reserves mind you