Im not to familiar with the down club scene but ill give it a go heres my down team for the championship this year 1 mcveigh 2 howard(if fit) 3 murney 4 raffertey 5 carr 6 mckernan 7 garvey/hanna 8 fitzpatrick 9 gordon 10 hughes 11 rodgers 12 kearney 13 coulter 14 mccomiskey 15 clarke what do u think of this team lads and give ita go yourself in reguard to what down team you want taking to the field against donegal next year

stekhli (Dublin) - Posts: 3121 - 03/11/2009 19:32:37    474358

Young kevin magoran from carryduff should be given a shout playin sum great stuff for queens firsts big strong and a fine fielder with great vision and a good eye for goal

Red Head (Down) - Posts: 144 - 03/11/2009 22:02:34    474484

the duff lad in question is an antrim man n wudnt be seen dead in the red n black of down!

Streeeeking (Down) - Posts: 41 - 04/11/2009 00:33:59    474578

Brendan McVeigh (An Ríocht)

Luke Howard (Bryansford)
Aidan Brannigan (Kilcoo)
Damien Rafferty (Newry Shamrocks)

Kevin McKernan/Conor Garvey (Burren/Mayobridge)
Aidan Carr (Clonduff)
Timmy Hanna (Bryansford)

Callum King (Bryansford)
Dan Gordan (Loughinisland)

Ambrose Rodgers (Longstone)
Martin Clarke (An Riocht)
Daniel Hughes (Saval)

Michael Walsh (Mayobridge)
Brendan Coulter (Mayobridge)
Paul McComiskey (Dundrum)

But players like John Fegan from Clonduff, James McGovern from Burren, Ronan Murtagh and Paul Murphy (Ballyholland) among quite a few others from the likes of Kilcoo, Rostrevor and Castlewellan could possibly step up to the plate as well. My team is just a rough estimate of what our strongest team might be, in my opinion.

Down_man94 (Down) - Posts: 90 - 04/11/2009 10:50:07    474689

mc veigh
howard
mckeran
lennon(c'wellan)
carr
doyle
hanna
gordan
king
sexton/mcgovern
maginn
hughes
coulter
burns
mc comiseky

ill not be far away

downboy06 (Down) - Posts: 34 - 04/11/2009 11:13:45    474713

actually m clarke will wear 11 and a rodgers will partner dan in middle

downboy06 (Down) - Posts: 34 - 04/11/2009 11:15:17    474716

Brendan McVeigh (An Ríocht) Declan Rooney (Burren) Conor Garvey (Mayobridge) Aidan Brannigan (Kilcoo) Kevin Mckeran (Burren) Declan Rooney (Burren) Kevin Duffen (Castlewellan) Timmy Hanna (Bryansford) Callum King (Bryansford) Dan Gordan (Loughinisland) Ambrose Rodgers (Longstone) Martin Clarke (An Riocht) Daniel Hughes (Saval) Mark Poland (Mayobridge) Brendan Coulter (Mayobridge) Paul McComiskey (Dundrum) Subs Mark Doran (Longstone) Conor Poland (Longstone) Micky Walsh (Mayobridge) John Clarke ( An Riocht) Peter Fitzpatrick (Ballymartin) Conor Laverty (Kilcoo) Paul Devlin (Kilcoo) L.Lennon (Castlewellan) Aidan Carr (clondfuff) M.Higgens (ballymartin) Nial Brannigan (Kilcoo) Luke Howard (Bryansford) Declan Alder (Carryduff) Conor Maginn (Bryansford)

stonedog (Down) - Posts: 352 - 04/11/2009 17:34:40    475175

Brendan McVeigh (An Ríocht)

Declan Rooney (Burren)
Conor Garvey (Mayobridge)
Aidan Brannigan (Kilcoo)


Kevin McKeran(Burren)
Kevin Duffen (Castlewellan)
Timmy Hanna (Bryansford)

Callum King (Bryansford)
Dan Gordan (Loughinisland)

Ambrose Rodgers (Longstone)
Martin Clarke (An Riocht)
Daniel Hughes (Saval)

Mark Poland (Mayobridge)
Brendan Coulter (Mayobridge)
Paul McComiskey (Dundrum)


Subs
Mark Doran (Longstone)
Conor Poland (Longstone)
Micky Walsh (Mayobridge)
John Clarke ( An Riocht)
Peter Fitzpatrick (Ballymartin)
Conor Laverty (Kilcoo)
Paul Devlin (Kilcoo)
L.Lennon (Castlewellan)
Aidan Carr (clondfuff)
M.Higgens (ballymartin)
Nial Brannigan (Kilcoo)
Luke Howard (Bryansford)
Declan Alder (Carryduff)
Conor Maginn (Bryansford)

sorry made a mistake in the last 1

stonedog (Down) - Posts: 352 - 04/11/2009 18:20:23    475231

mark poland from longstone sorry

stonedog (Down) - Posts: 352 - 04/11/2009 20:40:36    475380

Luke Howard is in Australia lads...

trevor.ros (Down) - Posts: 42 - 05/11/2009 10:50:06    475814

what about anthony devlin, kilcoo? good strong fella, can walk through defenders, played great yesterday!

cillchuagal (Down) - Posts: 32 - 09/11/2009 08:25:29    479103

fair assessment stonedog thats a good strong panel. im going to change yours a bit with what i believe it could be Brendan McVeigh (An Ríocht) Conor Garvey (Mayobridge) Niall Morgan (Kilcoo) Aidan Brannigan (Kilcoo) Niall Brannigan (Kilcoo) Kevin Duffen (Castlewellan) Timmy Hanna (Bryansford) he is a great footballer although he does need to focus more on defending Callum King (Bryansford) Martin McClean (Kilcoo) Ambrose Rodgers (Longstone) Martin Clarke (An Riocht) Daniel Hughes (Saval) Mark Poland (Mayobridge) Brendan Coulter (Mayobridge) Connor Laverty (Kilcoo) Subs Mark Doran (Longstone) Conor Poland (Longstone) Dan Gordon (Loughinisland) Micky Walsh (Mayobridge) James Grant (Loughinisland) John Clarke ( An Riocht) Peter Fitzpatrick (Ballymartin) Paul Devlin (Kilcoo) L.Lennon (Castlewellan) Aidan Carr (clondfuff) Nial Brannigan (Kilcoo) Luke Howard (Bryansford) Conor Maginn (Bryansford) Declan Rooney (Burren) Paul McComiskey (Dundrum) Paul Greenan (Kilcoo) i think this team is good, it has good defence and good skilful forwards. i took dan out of midfield because i think the match between king and mcclean would be more effective against bigger and stronger midfields IMO

hitch06 (Down) - Posts: 24 - 09/11/2009 10:28:03    479164

Interesting to see this thread now - most of ye Down guys didnt even have Kevin McKernan on the team last November!

It's what's great about the GAA, the way teams/players can come from nowhere in the space of a few months.

istabraq (None) - Posts: 112 - 02/09/2010 18:04:12    763757

Can't believe Ronan Murtagh wasn't even among the subs on many of the teams listed here!

Gabriel. (Down) - Posts: 412 - 02/09/2010 20:00:33    763887