Down Club Hurling & Football

[Leonardo]

Might have been discussed before, apologies if it has, but how many of Sundays team would have made the 91 Team for example. For what it's worth, I think Darren O Hagan and Kevin McKernan would have started in any of the teams we have produced in last 25 years

[Mourne Rover]

It's notoriously difficult to compare players from different eras, and the team spirit from 1991 would be even harder to replicate. However, for hypotherical discussion purposes, Darren O'Hagan and Kevin McKernan might edge out Brendan McKernan and John Kelly.

[sdg]

Not one player would have got on 91 or 94 team. Fact!!!

[thebar]

not one player would get on the 91/94 Down team

[outback]

  My posts about Sunday's alleged Minor Football misbehaviour have been removed.
I can't understand why?  These allegations are more than just rumour and have every
right to be posted on here.

[TooLongRef]

  My posts about Sunday's alleged Minor Football misbehaviour have been removed.
I can't understand why?  These allegations are more than just rumour and have every
right to be posted on here.

You're a real yap outback, did ur poor wee fella not get on the minor panel?

[snoopdog]

Mullholland may just be unlucky in that the quality just isnt there the last 2 years. end off

[outback]

  My posts about Sunday's alleged Minor Football misbehaviour have been removed.
I can't understand why?  These allegations are more than just rumour and have every
right to be posted on here.

You're a real yap outback, did ur poor wee fella not get on the minor panel?

i wasn't blessed with boys.

[OgraAnDun]

Mullholland may just be unlucky in that the quality just isnt there the last 2 years. end off

The removed posts had nothing to do with what happened on the pitch.

[Sheedy]

half way through the league in division 1 it looks like leitrim, clan na banna are gone and longstone and downpatrick look like joining them in division 2. any 2 from 4 or 5 clubs for the last relegation places.

[T O Hare]

We put in our best performance of the year last night beating the point. Our experienced players were key to the victory. It was great to see Conor Garvey play and he was outstanding at full back before moving out the field and scoring two fine points. He will be a miss to us next week when we travel to Kilcoo.

[OgraAnDun]

Saw a bit of an U10 tournament today and I noticed Kilcoo were playing with the packed defence/midfield like their seniors and Down do. I think it's absolutely crazy playing a blanket defence at U10 level. The only justification I can think for it is that they're trying to get the players used to playing a system early so they fit seamlessly into it when they're older, which is still stupid. By the time those lads are playing senior or even minor, tactics could well have moved on. I can't imagine how boring it is for natural forwards at that age being told to drop back and defend en masse instead of expressing themselves as forwards. The opposition's two full backs just stood beside each other talking for half the game. Surely Kilcoo and other clubs that try this would be better served trying to produce good players so that the need to play defensive tactics is negated in the future?

[Highlander3]

It's notoriously difficult to compare players from different eras, and the team spirit from 1991 would be even harder to replicate. However, for hypotherical discussion purposes, Darren O'Hagan and Kevin McKernan might edge out Brendan McKernan and John Kelly.

Don't agree with the john kelly comment, I thought kelly was a great player, and as hard as rocks

[Mourne Rover]

Highlander, there was no negative comment on John Kelly, who was a brilliant half back, but the suggestion was that Kevin McKernan mght be a slightly better all-round footballer who has represented his country with distinction, covers his defence, wins the ball down the middle and gets up to take exceptional scores. Are you saying that Kelly was better than McKernan ?

[thebar]

Highlander, there was no negative comment on John Kelly, who was a brilliant half back, but the suggestion was that Kevin McKernan mght be a slightly better all-round footballer who has represented his country with distinction, covers his defence, wins the ball down the middle and gets up to take exceptional scores. Are you saying that Kelly was better than McKernan ?

I'd take Kelly over Mckernan for what he brought to the team you cant compare the two Kelly was a wing half back? Mckernan is a more central player if I was picking the team for the 91 all ireland final and I had the wing back berth to fill John Kelly would have been my pick. Kevin McKernan is still a good footballer and probably in the top 3-4 footballers when he is on song in the county today.