Personally, if super 8s are made this year I’d tend to give him another 2 years (I know many will disagree but just look at how he has developed the squad since he inherited an aging squad in 2014) but if not I think Aidan o’rourke would be a fantastic addition
Yeah I can agree with the two years "if" and totally with you on the development even if we got a rocky start after the previous year and our exploits in Croke Park v Donegal, but I think we were destined to go backwards then anyway with retirements and departures.
Aidan has been in already and didn't really set the scene alight. Maybe with the squad as it is that may be different, but I think we're moving along ok at the minute. A few years back on the old forum I said "take small steps forward and it's not so far to fall back and regroup" and a notorious member challenged that scoffing the idea and trying to belittle the idea that it might be sensible to not get ahead of ourselves and we should be much more ambitious.
Ambition is great, but must be mixed with reality..........yes I did say that, but it's because I can't find my orange glasses. I genuinely think that as supporters we have woken up over the last few years and realise we are in our place and can improve, but because we won one major title and our neighbours won three after us doesn't mean we have a given right or indeed any right to expect another success. It took the mighty Dublin many years to resurrect themselves through the late 80's, 90's and early 00's.
What we have now is potential. Massive potential in my opinion and I totally agree with
@Bert that promotion back to the top is possible. If not this year at least the foundation is set for next and if we continue "as is" then that would be expected next year.
For what it's worth, I don't believe Kieran wouldn't want an Ulster title. I seriously can't believe he'd be happy if Down beat us again. We were caught badly and, at the time, embarrassingly beaten by Fermanagh. As a supporter, even I wouldn't be happy leaving Newry in May without planning for tickets for a semi-final. Back to the here and now and I'm hoping to plan on Thursday where I'll be on Sunday for our semi-final. Yep a semi-final of a Mickey Mouse competition would be nice. It'd be the first time in how many years?? So I'll take that as a start for the year and let's see where we go after that, because unless I'm not around next year, regardless of what happens in this one, I'll be ready to go again and happily waste my money for each game.