Heading for Dublin soon and making the day out of it. All the best to the Down team and management today. We are very proud of your efforts so far this year and
if we can make the quarter final we will
most definitely have deserved it. Monaghan are a quality side and to defeat them once was tough enough. To beat them twice the same season would be remarkable. We have beaten Monaghan
so hope this gives the players belief and
we can do it again. An Dun abu.

REDANDBLACK30 (Down) - Posts: 1700 - 29/07/2017 09:40:18    2025245

Should be a good one this. Think Down are quite an underrated side, have turned things around big time during this season

PressureKick (UK) - Posts: 263 - 29/07/2017 11:47:48    2025287

Kevin McKernan is named at half forward
today. The diagonal ball worked well into
Harrison the last day against Monaghan
but if Monaghan close Harrison down
better today hopefully the Johnstons can
provide some scores. O'Hanlon and
Mooney have been playing well this
Summer, hopefully they will play well
again today.

REDANDBLACK30 (Down) - Posts: 1700 - 29/07/2017 14:55:25    2025347

Hard game to call, can Monaghan find their form or will Down recover from their Ulster final defeat? I think Down are a team that are going places in the next few years but its always hard to recover from a defeat in the Ulster final so I give a reluctant nod to Monaghan.

Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1905 - 29/07/2017 16:22:08    2025378

Not at the match. Freeman, k Duffy and mcanespie, in for McAdam, Jack and O Duffy. Good bench. Hope freeman makes his mark.

Monaghan by 6

muckla (UK) - Posts: 370 - 29/07/2017 16:49:34    2025391

Jerome Johnston dropped?? Thought he has had a good championship.
Hope it's a good game. Monaghan to win.

The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2093 - 29/07/2017 16:58:48    2025393

All square so far.

lilywhite1 (Kildare) - Posts: 3024 - 29/07/2017 17:14:37    2025398

Tight enough first half, some nice points scored. I don't think there will be too much in it in the second half too, hard one to call.

Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 29/07/2017 17:31:24    2025402

Very enjoyable game.

endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2368 - 29/07/2017 17:34:22    2025403

Harrison is class, great first half and season so far for him. No Monaghan forward has scored from play yet either, gona be some second half.

Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 29/07/2017 17:54:04    2025413

Well done Monaghan, that was some second half.

Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 29/07/2017 18:40:52    2025435

That was a shocking game of football. Christ Down were like rabbits in the headlights. Dreadful.

daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 29/07/2017 18:47:58    2025444

muckla (UK) - Posts: 370 - 29/07/2017 19:01:04    2025449

The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2093 - 29/07/2017 19:02:44    2025450

daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 29/07/2017 19:38:36    2025462

Based on that performance how good was the Dublin win? Armagh would be 4 or 5th Ulster ?

IrishGael3 (USA) - Posts: 1092 - 29/07/2017 20:36:32    2025487

Dissapointed again with our second half no show but all credit to monaghan. Goodluck against the dubs.

downtothecore (Down) - Posts: 349 - 29/07/2017 21:03:00    2025511

daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 29/07/2017 21:07:52    2025521

Great game and well done Monaghan on a very impressive second half performance. 3 teams out of 4 from Ulster on that side of the draw now, coupled with 3 out of 4 from Connacht on the other side, it doesn't say much for Leinster and Munster outside of the Dubs and Kerry.

Lads who was the co-commentator on this match on Sky Sports?

LetterkennyMan (Donegal) - Posts: 393 - 29/07/2017 21:13:30    2025526

Monaghan have come good and they have a game in Croker under their belts, they'll make a tough opponent for either ourselves or Tyrone and it's not beyond them to scalp somebody.

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8729 - 29/07/2017 21:29:01    2025540