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Replying To crannumber2: "No chance of either from where im standing,i really want to see my county doin well,but the men in charge arent the men to do it,players wont by in,at the end of the day when ur county manager is givin u a team talk on a sunday,then calling u every name under the sun from the comfort of his goal mouth on a monday nite" Couldn't agree more. Seems a sound enough fella when you meet him but some of the outbursts not to mention the daft bickering and made up "picking on young lads by faceless people" rubbish being spouted. Crazy. And save this message... I'll predict very simply... with that management... We will win nuttin! Someone posted earlier about underage success. What underage success? Paul Coulter won them underage squad things and the Growler won the minor, only time Paudie sull seen a cup was at Tay time! In_da_ditch (UK) - Posts: 165 - 23/11/2019 03:59:48 2250963 Link
Replying To cahill: "Who is the county manager at the moment ? Is it mike or ronan?" Ronan as far as I know. Who's mike ? Awaywiththeferrys (Down) - Posts: 223 - 23/11/2019 07:19:03 2250967 Link
Some load of hurlers on the ditch about this week... Glad to see young lads coming through and from all over the county.. Will only go so far if picking teams based on club location and not talent.. When was the last underage win before the Celtic Challenge sounds like it was recent.. dingle82 (Down) - Posts: 187 - 23/11/2019 10:23:25 2250974 Link
Replying To dingle82: "Some load of hurlers on the ditch about this week... Glad to see young lads coming through and from all over the county.. Will only go so far if picking teams based on club location and not talent.. When was the last underage win before the Celtic Challenge sounds like it was recent.." Doesn't matter where the guys come from but we haven't got the players to either win league or ring cup Celtic challenge is more of a development squad tournament where you are only playin sections of other counties so not sure I'd get carried away with that ianog (Down) - Posts: 415 - 23/11/2019 13:41:18 2250989 Link
Replying To dingle82: "Some load of hurlers on the ditch about this week... Glad to see young lads coming through and from all over the county.. Will only go so far if picking teams based on club location and not talent.. When was the last underage win before the Celtic Challenge sounds like it was recent.." Paul Coulter managed the U14's I think it was for 2 all Ireland's and Growler got the minors over the line in Ulster against Antrim so it's not like there hasn't been success in recent years. Johnson era saw us lose most of them lads though In_da_ditch (UK) - Posts: 165 - 23/11/2019 14:40:54 2250994 Link
Growler???are u serious,thought he only drove the team bus,was mickey mc cullough not the main man in that minor sucess crannumber2 (Down) - Posts: 334 - 23/11/2019 15:56:42 2250998 Link
Replying To crannumber2: "Growler???are u serious,thought he only drove the team bus,was mickey mc cullough not the main man in that minor sucess" Growler was the coach all year. Other people came in later when it looked like it was going to be successful. But growler was the coach from day one In_da_ditch (UK) - Posts: 165 - 23/11/2019 17:14:24 2251006 Link
Lol,and hes pushed on since then?? crannumber2 (Down) - Posts: 334 - 23/11/2019 20:13:54 2251021 Link
Replying To crannumber2: "Lol,and hes pushed on since then??" I'd have him in senior set up ahead of some of them... sorry most of them! In_da_ditch (UK) - Posts: 165 - 23/11/2019 23:00:03 2251054 Link
Replying To In_da_ditch: "Growler was the coach all year. Other people came in later when it looked like it was going to be successful. But growler was the coach from day one" Growler was 100% not the main man, it was Micky Wing. Down_champs (Down) - Posts: 37 - 24/11/2019 14:40:05 2251110 Link
Replying To Down_champs: "Growler was 100% not the main man, it was Micky Wing." I don't see Micky wing anywhere in the photo of them celebrating in casement after collecting the trophy, so how are you 100% sure it was Micky wing? RedDog68 (Down) - Posts: 281 - 24/11/2019 20:00:40 2251166 Link
That doesnt mean he wasnt the main man,well then how come growler hasnt coached a team since,first down minor team to claim an ulster in so many years and the man that done it just vanished crannumber2 (Down) - Posts: 334 - 25/11/2019 17:46:35 2251379 Link
Where is paudie sull??? crannumber2 (Down) - Posts: 334 - 25/11/2019 19:03:46 2251391 Link
Replying To Awaywiththeferrys: "Ronan as far as I know. Who's mike ?" You should know who Mike is ? Everyone knows who Mike is. swan song (None) - Posts: 451 - 25/11/2019 19:38:32 2251397 Link
Replying To crannumber2: "That doesnt mean he wasnt the main man,well then how come growler hasnt coached a team since,first down minor team to claim an ulster in so many years and the man that done it just vanished" Just like most of the players that where on that team, how many are still playing?? RedDog68 (Down) - Posts: 281 - 25/11/2019 21:04:53 2251419 Link
Mikey Blair,coach and hurling giant crannumber2 (Down) - Posts: 334 - 25/11/2019 21:07:59 2251421 Link
Replying To crannumber2: "That doesnt mean he wasnt the main man,well then how come growler hasnt coached a team since,first down minor team to claim an ulster in so many years and the man that done it just vanished" Growler coaches away in St Columba's with a pretty high level of success considering the small pool of players at his disposal so credit where it's due. It's true to say the wing was involved with that minor team but Growler took them on when no one wanted them and it was only after a few good results that others jumped on the bandwagon and the GDO of the day got involved. He never got involved with any of the lesser teams either side of that campaign, a bandwagon jumper who's be run out of many towns over the years! bricktop (Down) - Posts: 2479 - 26/11/2019 11:08:07 2251509 Link
Replying To bricktop: "Growler coaches away in St Columba's with a pretty high level of success considering the small pool of players at his disposal so credit where it's due. It's true to say the wing was involved with that minor team but Growler took them on when no one wanted them and it was only after a few good results that others jumped on the bandwagon and the GDO of the day got involved. He never got involved with any of the lesser teams either side of that campaign, a bandwagon jumper who's be run out of many towns over the years!" Growler shoulda made the step up last year to senior manager, him an wilson could do it, havent realy gained anything in the last 3 years, notting to loose. cahill (None) - Posts: 2567 - 26/11/2019 14:06:04 2251552 Link
Replying To swan song: "You should know who Mike is ? Everyone knows who Mike is." I know mick not mike lol know who use mean now. He does his best but needs to let someone else take a go been about a while takes a lot to take teams every year a lot of commitment fair play to him Awaywiththeferrys (Down) - Posts: 223 - 26/11/2019 21:00:15 2251659 Link
What's the thoughts on Sunday's u21 games ? Awaywiththeferrys (Down) - Posts: 223 - 27/11/2019 21:05:37 2251869 Link