Down Club Hurling & Football

[thewobbler]

You're suggesting 2 down and 2 up, with a further playoff between a D1 and D2 club. That makes 3 up, 3 down, and 12 teams in D1 next year again.

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Btw when we are aiming for 10 teams in D1, there is not a whole lot of point in finding ways to get the teams in 3rd or 4th in a 12-team D2 an opportunity/playoff to get into D1. Speaking from experience throughout the noughties, when you're the 15th-16th best team in the county, D1 isn't your level.

[upandwin]

Surely the county board will decide on 3 down this year and next year. I think it'll be a manic season in Div 1 with any number of potential candidates to go down. It'll be between Castlewellan, Rostrevor, L'Island and Ballyholland or Warrenpoint IMO. Town and Reds have a massive task in front of them but any of the more established teams can be dragged in to the dogfight.

What are the predictions for Saturday's games? I fancy Kilcoo by 2 and Down to get a draw in Owenbeg

[Truth hurts]

You're suggesting 2 down and 2 up, with a further playoff between a D1 and D2 club. That makes 3 up, 3 down, and 12 teams in D1 next year again.

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Btw when we are aiming for 10 teams in D1, there is not a whole lot of point in finding ways to get the teams in 3rd or 4th in a 12-team D2 an opportunity/playoff to get into D1. Speaking from experience throughout the noughties, when you're the 15th-16th best team in the county, D1 isn't your level.

apologies i would like it to go to 11 teams in div 1 in 2023

[Truth hurts]

Surely the county board will decide on 3 down this year and next year. I think it'll be a manic season in Div 1 with any number of potential candidates to go down. It'll be between Castlewellan, Rostrevor, L'Island and Ballyholland or Warrenpoint IMO. Town and Reds have a massive task in front of them but any of the more established teams can be dragged in to the dogfight.

What are the predictions for Saturday's games? I fancy Kilcoo by 2 and Down to get a draw in Owenbeg

Warrenpoint? Last year's leagues winners??

[upandwin]

Surely the county board will decide on 3 down this year and next year. I think it'll be a manic season in Div 1 with any number of potential candidates to go down. It'll be between Castlewellan, Rostrevor, L'Island and Ballyholland or Warrenpoint IMO. Town and Reds have a massive task in front of them but any of the more established teams can be dragged in to the dogfight.

What are the predictions for Saturday's games? I fancy Kilcoo by 2 and Down to get a draw in Owenbeg

Warrenpoint? Last year's leagues winners??

Yep...was a very poor SFC campaign from them and heard they have a number of lads not committing this year...think they could be dragged in to a battle unless there's a number of young lads that are ready to step up...

[Truth hurts]

Surely the county board will decide on 3 down this year and next year. I think it'll be a manic season in Div 1 with any number of potential candidates to go down. It'll be between Castlewellan, Rostrevor, L'Island and Ballyholland or Warrenpoint IMO. Town and Reds have a massive task in front of them but any of the more established teams can be dragged in to the dogfight.

What are the predictions for Saturday's games? I fancy Kilcoo by 2 and Down to get a draw in Owenbeg

Warrenpoint? Last year's leagues winners??

Yep...was a very poor SFC campaign from them and heard they have a number of lads not committing this year...think they could be dragged in to a battle unless there's a number of young lads that are ready to step up...

Who is not committing? I ma not sure they would have great youth coming through as never seem to be in the all-county league

[Johnnysboys]

Have to say I dread this year from a club perspective.. Think we could really struggle. Our best with this group is behind us for sure, it's now about blooding a few lads for the future. Think we will see a few youthful players at times this year with the elder statesmen resting up for the championship..

[wobbller]

Have to say I dread this year from a club perspective.. Think we could really struggle. Our best with this group is behind us for sure, it's now about blooding a few lads for the future. Think we will see a few youthful players at times this year with the elder statesmen resting up for the championship..

Elder Statesmen is a term that could only be used to describe older Kilcoo players not any other elder ordinary Club footballers.

[upandwin]

Any announcement on the squad travelling to Owenbeg Saturday eve?

[BigRipper89]

No squad seen anywhere yet. Anyone brave enough to take a stab at the starting team.

R. Burns
G. Collins
C. Mc Cartan
N.McParland
D. O hagan
A. Doherty
C. Mooney
B. Ohagan
K.Mc Kernan

All sure to start i would say.

O.murdock
T. Close
F. Mc Ilroy
D. Gilly
R. Mc Cormick
P. Fegan
T. Rushe
J. Mc Cartan
C. O Rawe
R. Higgans
D. Murtagh
J. Connery

Could be a nice mixture of experience and youth. Depending on whos injured etc.

[rosskarr]

 Good news here.Two home games and one away game starting this Saturday plus a home Hurling fixture.'

https://www.gaa.ie/news/bbc-sport-ni-to-livestream-gaa-allianz-league-matches/

Saturday 29 January – Derry v Down (Division Two Football) 6pm
Saturday 5 February - Down v Galway (Division Two Football) 5pm
Saturday 12 February - Antrim v Dublin (Division One Hurling) 2pm
Saturday 19 February - Armagh v Monaghan (Division One Football) 530pm
Saturday 26 February - Down v Roscommon (Division Two Football) 5pm
Saturday 12 March - Armagh v Kildare (Division One Football) 6pm
Saturday 19 March - Down v Kerry (Division Two Hurling) 2pm

[wobbller]

If all players were available (inc kilcoo), to Wee James what would the likely team be v Monaghan?

N Kane; N Branagan, R McEvoy, Aaron Branagan; M Rooney, D Branagan, E Branagan; D Ward, Aaron Morgan; C Doherty, J Johnston, S Johnston; C Laverty, R Johnston, P Devlin.

Down v Donegal June 27th June 2021
  R Burns; P Fegan, G McGovern, G Collins; P Laverty, D O'Hagan , D Guinness; C Mooney , R McEvoy; L Kerr , C Doherty, B O'Hagan ; C McCrickard, L Middleton, C Quinn.
Subs: S McConville for McEvoy D Savage for Middleton J Guinness  for Kerr , C McCartan for Fegan , K McKernan for McCrickard .

  There'll be a lot of changes for Sat's game from this line out 7 months ago.

[Truth hurts]

I would imagine the Down team will be announced this morning. We need a bit of PR about the game.

[Truth hurts]

Good luck to the magpies tomorrow, I really hope they can do it. I am looking forward to a few drinks in Dungicen tomorrow and then heading over to watch the new Down play.
Also, can they stop saying that they are a small club because they are not! It's tiresome, they field at every age level and have fielded 3 adult teams for over 20 years. There are clubs in the county struggling to field one team.

[DuffGael]

Truth Hurts, I think people mean Kilcoo has a small pick. Its actually a compliment and I for one think what you have done over the last 20 years has been the template for other clubs to follow. Good luck versus the Barrs.
Good luck to Down too, I'm feeling optimistic that we will stay in Div2 and have a decent championship.