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I believe Sambo & Woody had the players out for a few pints the night before the Limerick match, would this come under the umbrella of "changing mindsets" & "cutting edge training techniques" that they were bringing to the setup this year. Excellent preparation for the most important match of the year.......

I see the United fans are getting a hammering from the Italian peelers, great stuff....No doubt they were innocent.....

Did youse get that one picked out ok chaps ??

I think Div. 2 mightn't be a bad place for Antrim to be in next year. It might encourage a bit more competitiveness with other counties around the same level in the pecking order as I honestly don't think they go out to play the big guns with the same heart.

Div 2 is certainlyour level. We have been either getting relegated or promoted since the year dot. We have suffered from delusions of grandeur for too long,we are nowhere near good enough. Maybe our players/management should spout off less in the paper about winning All Irelands within the next 3/4 yrs and take a reality check.

I have to say i like the way karl plays CHB, i think of the 6 backs its the one position where marking your man isn't the first priority.  To me good positional sense is the key to being a good centre half back.  Gary O'Kane is a fine example of such.  

all the top CHB in the country hold there position and influence the game from there, sure look at the AI final of 2005 alot of KK folk blamed that defeat on Peter Barry (a natural wing back) going with his man out to the wngs and opening gaps of Jerry O'Connor, Tom kenny etc to race through

So as long as you set up some attacks and clear balls to hell with what your man is doing? Interesting viewpoint......

you need to mark your man playing full back or else you may aswell standing on the line with keeper!!! chb is a totally different position.

CHB may be a totally different position but your first job is to stop your man influencing the game, you cant let the man run riot the way Mc Keegan has been prone to doing.

pniky cant mark a man, but whens hes fit he is hard to stop in foward and take shot and spread the play about, like last year.

Pinky cant mark his man, Karl Mc Keegan has been playing CHB for years and not marking his man.........But sure as long as he clears a few balls

I didnt see any post match comment attributed to Terry Mc Naughton, maybe he just has a soundbite when they win. I also think that in recognition of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery he should change his nickname from  "Sambo" to something in keeping with these more tolerant times.

What makes us think that we are any better than a 16 point defeat to Kilkenny? These heavy defeats are nothing new, but it does not help when we have players, Sean Delargy & Karl Mc Keegan to name 2 spouting about winning an All Ireland within 3-4 years. At some stage you have to back these claims up.....

vick- don't believe the hype

Vick may have been let down by his receivers but he is not accurate enough, his first instinct is to try for the highlight reel 50yd run. He is a frustrated running back

North Antrim......Go and consult a dictionary or else go to the North Antrim site with your text speak and strange grasp of English. So at the start of each year the Shamrocks main aim is Ulster League/Antrim League and winning the championship is a nice bonus??? Dont talk such shite......

will be interesting to see if the county players like winker, mcfall can stay off the beer???

Past history would say "no" !!

I think "going on the rip" has been one of the main issues with "the town" over the past 10-15 years. If they stayed out of the pub they might do more than make promises every year!

Have to agree with Tony Baloney,North Antrim was going great saying how hard Ballycastle were training until he mentioned their usual downfall "the demon drink".

Sean Og is a "clearance machine", what a fault in a back. He marked Henry in 2004 All Ireland Final & King Henry didnt do much. DJ may have given him a hard time unless it was in an All Ireland Final.....

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