Antrim Football Thread

Started by theskull1, November 09, 2006, 11:48:40 PM

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Belfast GAA man

Anyone at saffron business forum today? Did the chairman give a casement update?

Sportacus

There's going into a first round Ulster Championship game under the radar, and then there's this

playwiththewind1st


Belfast GAA man

the lack of a build up is part of a cunning plan to lull Tyrone into over confidence!  ;)

paddyjohn

Can we not discuss Brexit instead?

imtommygunn

It seems an easier challenge than antrim beating tyrone.

Na Glinntí Glasa

whens the the qualifiers?

thats what we should be looking to cause unless the Tyrone players go on the piss sat night and play with 10 players we wont get close to them
hurl like f**k boi!

Belfast GAA man

they can go on the Piss on sat night if they want as the match in sat evening! You mustn't have bought your ticket yet!

Pointless match just shows need for tiered Championship

JimStynes

The preparation sounds like it's been a bit of a joke. Fair played to the lads who are hanging in and trying their best because it couldn't be easy being an Antrim footballer.

bogieman

Catch yourselves on lads, it's a football match between 30-42 or so local men, all of whom are super fit and surely playing competitive football most of their lives, how can it not be finely balanced ?

Assuming Antrim pick from a potential players pool of 109,653 twenty to thirty-four year old taigs, spread in 34 senior teams, Tyrone from an equivalent pool of 48,019 in 49 senior teams,  this is an imbalance.

The math is elementary, we all know it...
Must be a culture thing; twenty year CB compunction maybe, or more...

Ps and they say there are too many teams in Belfast... 8)

Pss we'll park casement in the shortstay for now.

Psss the phrase brexit will be consigned to the history books soon, same as Ukexit or GB&Niexit
This is not Irish dancing. -RH

Sportacus

Best of luck to all concerned.  Hopefully the players will rise to the occasion.  If we scrap for every ball and play a good brand of football then that's all we ask, put some pride into the jersey.  I'll only be on here moaning on Sunday if we are pedestrian and use negative tactics (the Marshes last year).

Caesar

In Colm Coopers book he has a chapter where he talks about his admiration for players in the weaker counties. Its easy for players in Tyrone and Kerry to be highly motivated and giving a massive commitment when they are seen as heroes in their community, have big financial backing and a realistic chance of reaching the latter stages of the All Ireland and playing in front of 40,000 people.

In Antrim we have players putting in the same hours every week, making the same commitment and getting no thanks or respect from anyone. Playing in front of just 30 people at Corrigan Park. Some of them probably getting bad manners for choosing to commit to county instead of just their own club. Its hard to find a good reason why any of them would want to be there, but they are. 

Lets keep that in mind if they are hammered by Tyrone and are being ridiculed in the media and throughout the country.

Na Glinntí Glasa

Quote from: Belfast GAA man on May 22, 2019, 03:23:44 PM
they can go on the Piss on sat night if they want as the match in sat evening! You mustn't have bought your ticket yet!

Pointless match just shows need for tiered Championship

no, most def not.

I dont want to see our county get beat but thats the reality of where we are. we not good enough to compete and a tiered championship is whats needed. Its been required for a long time but sadly theres too many counties feel they should be competing for Sam, despite the fact that they will never come close to winning it.

The hurling has proved that it works and that teams are where they can be to compete and get more games. Its just the lack of coverage thats killing  it.
hurl like f**k boi!

Belfast GAA man

Good luck to the boys tomorrow night and regardless of the result fair play to them for the effort they put in

Spike

Wheres Bannside at?  Need some optimism at this juncture 😕