star21 saying as your obviously from the point how could you not beat a div 3 team in the championship?? we were a totally different team when we ngot relegated last year! and if maybe your players had of concentrated on beating bandbridge rather than players playing soccer we may have stayed up!!

dj27legend (Down) - Posts: 641 - 12/01/2009 15:03:35    178420

Down gaa ,,,so ur sayin dat glassdrumman don't have da players,,,,, dj27 legend,, plz look who da div 2 champs r,,,, newryview do u just search through every counties page lookin 4 random stuff??? May I suggest u get a life

star21 (Down) - Posts: 87 - 12/01/2009 22:36:59    178827

i see no surprise then in who is being called back for U21 trials. typical down football does not matter how well you play if your surname or club doesnt suit then you've no chance. management going through the motions like every other year, quite obviously that team was picked long ago.

noddy (Armagh) - Posts: 10 - 13/01/2009 09:47:08    178945

star21. i went on to the tyrone page to gauge what they thought of sunday not to read a down person ranting on about the poor quality of the all ireland champions. are you for real? this is the county that all the others are modeling themselves on and you go on slating them! if nothing else have a little respect for youself

newryview (Down) - Posts: 748 - 13/01/2009 11:08:13    179027

and what is your point star21 i am saying we put the favourites out of the championship! quite possibly if we had not beaten yous yous may have never went up!! plus yous will go straight back down!!

dj27legend (Down) - Posts: 641 - 13/01/2009 13:41:36    179187

Newryview,,, am I not aloud 2 make da most of a win ova da all ireland champs?

star21 (Down) - Posts: 87 - 13/01/2009 13:48:51    179194

make as much as you like out of the win. but take into account all of the conditions of the win. i was as happy as anyone that we got a win against tyrone, but it was a mckenna cup not like the last time we beat them when we could gloat a bit.

newryview (Down) - Posts: 748 - 13/01/2009 15:50:45    179318

star21 - u hav no suport from ne1 in Down 4 the coments u made on the Tyrone page - u must hav a very limited football knowledge if u think that McKenna cup game is anything 2 go by. Firstly i will point out that Tyrone have had absolutely no training sesssions nd Down in my view even at this erly stage are not too far off der peak fitness so in my view come the important Sundays in June July August and September i think, unfortunatly Down wil not b in the reckoning.

My prediction is Tyrone for Ulster and All- Ireland

dabiglad (Down) - Posts: 155 - 13/01/2009 19:02:36    179575

noddy - i am fortunate 2 b in a position very close 2 da Down U-21 team nd i can assure u that ur comments are untrue - not least because the team hasnt even been picked yet. Like your name your comment is of cartoon standard

dabiglad (Down) - Posts: 155 - 13/01/2009 19:08:19    179581

Newryview.... A win is a win

star21 (Down) - Posts: 87 - 14/01/2009 14:33:22    180219

star21 - a win is a win but this was not a win to be getting seriously worked u about

dabiglad (Down) - Posts: 155 - 14/01/2009 14:59:39    180263

It just seemed like the usual old Down set up at the trials last saturday.The trials were held in Dundrum,a pitch which has a wind even wen nowere else in the county does and wen there was high winds everywere else on sat u can imagine the conditions at the pitch.The football was not 2 a high standard and no1 cud come away fom the trials saying they played good or bad. The players 4 the final trial were picked before the trial and it seems that Down county management teams continue to go on reputation and word of mouth rather than footballing ability.

Gael_Force_Wind (Down) - Posts: 2 - 14/01/2009 16:45:29    180395

anyone have any thoughts or opinions on the under 21 squad that has been choosen?

fullforward09 (Down) - Posts: 56 - 18/01/2009 15:41:23    183351

wats da team lyk dis year?

star21 (Down) - Posts: 87 - 19/01/2009 13:48:42    183755

malachy magee should be on the panel at least.

sumdownman (Down) - Posts: 6 - 19/01/2009 16:28:40    183976

Ok ladies, this page is for your opinion on this years U21's not to discuss weather a win is a win of wht not, wise up! U21's this year, lookin prosperous, Gavin Joyce is an obvious pic in nets lad, Gordan is good but i think joyer will get the nod, The two oreillys will defo be there aswell. But the big loss in Chris Killen of An Riocht, he away to australlia for a few months. Also is Jam,es Colgan still in the mix or what?

AnRiocht08 (Down) - Posts: 27 - 19/01/2009 16:29:57    183977

Gavin Joyce
Kieran Gordan
Cathal Murdock
Mark Digney
Joe Murphy
Timmy Hanna
Colm Murney
Damien Turley
Anton Haughey
Niall Higgins
Ryan Boyle
Conor Poland
Ryan McGovern
Aaron Somers
Ciaran Coffey
Luke Byrne
Peter Fitzpatrick
Eamonn Toner
Michael Magee
Ruarai Digney
Jamie O Reilly
Paul McCumiskey
Conor Maginn
Paul Devlin
Tony Havern
Joe Starkey
Conor Magee
Cathal Crilly
Conaill McGovern
Ben O Reilly
Cian Slevin

dj27legend (Down) - Posts: 641 - 19/01/2009 18:00:54    184100

disagree with joyce being a cert for nets.. if the rumours are true gordan lined out for the mckenna cup game against monaghan, then it only makes sense he will start for the u21s.... mayeb im slighty biased being from loughinisland...

superislanders (Down) - Posts: 4 - 19/01/2009 18:20:01    184122

id start him in nets! was gered mccartan at the trials? surprised he not on team!

dj27legend (Down) - Posts: 641 - 19/01/2009 22:16:13    184338

Well i seen him a few times this year and to be homest i was impressed, he's a really good keeper, nunt i think he needs a bita time yet, but he;'s one for the future. And my da did nets for loughinisland so i like to see them and there players doin well

AnRiocht08 (Down) - Posts: 27 - 20/01/2009 00:15:47    184439