Down Club Hurling & Football

[forevergreen]

Lotto...If there was any verbal it was not the cause of that disgraceful show as there was no slaps but punches thrown by the yella shirts. The video clearly shows it all.  It was a clean game to the point of yellow card tackle by n brannigan who was then punched by r Carr and then has head stood on by s mc conville and then darren lost the head. After this it was a disgraceful show from e brown and others at the kilcoo sub box was attracted by yella shirts . The kilcoo lads had to keep the head and take physical punishment and thankfully the officials seen it also. No one can be sure of what verbals were exchanged but when your getting punched .......

Yellow card tackle from N Brannigan..are you teeing up the appeal!! ..absolute BS he struck out unnecessarily and deservedly was red carded. Clonduff lost the plot at that stage and ref dealt with it. Conor Curran done what was needed. If you strike then you should be prepared to take the slap and consequences that follow. If a player is mouthing at all let alone anything personal then they deserve whatever comes. Hopefully a strong referee and linesmen with strong integrity are in place for the final who'll stand up to any of this crap that has long been ignored and excused.

[downtothecore]

I had a good view of incident at the match and I still think it deserved nothing more that a yellow. The reason he got red was due to the aftermath and official was under pressure to even the score. I agree with everything else you say....

[terrifictommy]

Was it really only a yellow card tackle though? It's a clever attempt to disguise as a clumsy tackle but for me the contact with both hands is on the head. But I've only seen it once.

But let's not get this sideways. The punching needs to stop and last night doesn't do our game any good. Doesn't reflect well for our county. Sledging or not, grown adults should be able to handle taunts, again I'm not condoning sledging either.

[PTC]

Lotto...If there was any verbal it was not the cause of that disgraceful show as there was no slaps but punches thrown by the yella shirts. The video clearly shows it all.  It was a clean game to the point of yellow card tackle by n brannigan who was then punched by r Carr and then has head stood on by s mc conville and then darren lost the head. After this it was a disgraceful show from e brown and others at the kilcoo sub box was attracted by yella shirts . The kilcoo lads had to keep the head and take physical punishment and thankfully the officials seen it also. No one can be sure of what verbals were exchanged but when your getting punched .......

Yellow card tackle from N Brannigan..are you teeing up the appeal!! ..absolute BS he struck out unnecessarily and deservedly was red carded. Clonduff lost the plot at that stage and ref dealt with it. Conor Curran done what was needed. If you strike then you should be prepared to take the slap and consequences that follow. If a player is mouthing at all let alone anything personal then they deserve whatever comes. Hopefully a strong referee and linesmen with strong integrity are in place for the final who'll stand up to any of this crap that has long been ignored and excused.

There was no sledging, if it was true why would e brown be apologising to Kilcoo player outside changing room. I seen a person on twitter saying it started over water getting sprayed on players leaving field. Not wise

[ck]

Hearing really horrible things that Kilcoo players are supposed to have said on pitch last night to instigate the fight. Is there no level too low for them?

[PTC]

Just seen videos of clonduff lads in Belfast last night continuing on there thuggish actions which is weird because there was no Kilcoo people there winding them up

[TakeTheMark]

Hearing really horrible things that Kilcoo players are supposed to have said on pitch last night to instigate the fight. Is there no level too low for them?

That can't be true, did you not hear Karl Lacey say again that his team is being targeted??

[downtothecore]

100% Correct they have been clearly targeted 2 games in a row.

[urbangael]

The appointment of the ref and linemen for the county final will be interesting.  Id safely say the Co Board wont have the stones to appoint the best ref in Down to do the County final.  If they don't they should look to appoint a ref from outside the county.

[skat man]

niall brannigan deserved the red , needlessly gave the ref a decision to make with the game already won. all clonduff players who seen red deserved it too. kilcoo didnt need verbals so id say that line of mitigation is clonduff fans clutching at straws and anti kilcoo folk wanting it to be true. not a kilcoo fan but they did show great restraint. for the game they were cruising and won at a canter which is very disappointing .

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Does anyone ever think maybe the verbals happened earlier in the game then revenge was sought when game was over as a contest. Not taking sides just saying to think outside the box...

[GAA Madness]

Maybe it's all true, Kilcoo player wrongly gouges eye of Clonduff player, Clonduff players take matters into own hands, over the top initially, Kilcoo players decide not to act to preserve place in team for final but verbals used (as has happened many times in past) to provoke the opponents further, actions now seem more understandable and spark further reaction which makes clonduff look bad. Kilcoo can then take moral high ground claiming victimisation, when they are nowhere near innocent

[supersub]

Tread very carefully folks. A lot of people believe what they want when it comes to this sort of thing. Serious rumours and allegations.

[Wildweasel74]

Kilcoo and moral high ground lol 😂

[KeyboardWman]

Kilcoo and moral high ground lol 😂

Kilcoo came out smelling of roses from footage. Officials hear and are told of the abuse players recieve, the choose to ignore it. But you mustn't say a word to the ref let alone ask a question or you will get a free moved up and a yellow card potentially.
If Paul Faloon isn't refereeing the final there's something seriously wrong within our county, the man is considered one of the best in Ireland. Simple.