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Antrim vs Leitrim , any predictions?
Paddy Mcaleer makes his first start, mark jordan makes the bench for the first time this season, good to see him getting back to fitness, Conor Stewart out of action for a couple of months with a stress fracture in the ankle

That's a great idea, I'll do that. And thanks it's great to know everything in Antrim is perfect. Cheers

There was a message out during the week from sw about go games starting in a couple of weeks and asking who wanted a team in, think Karol Doherty is the organiser , you should give him a ring sure.

All that is being said on here but about schools and making more effort is true, but what about things that we can control that we aren't doing. Any follower on social media can look at what Derry are doing. GAA Hubs created at Celtic Park and Meadowbank for 6 weeks winter go games. We a really poor at this stuff. Other counties have go games every week, at some levels last season 3 or 4 Go Game dates between April and September - Not good enough, not enough emphasis put on this. This is where we will continue to lag behind other counties.

Are go games Divisional board supervision?

That's a great initiative by our county treasurer Donal Murphy to allow all juveniles in for free on Saturday for our game against Limerick if accompanied by team mentors. Some smart thinking that could pay rich dividends down the tracks.
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Yep,treasurer seems to be driving a lot at the moment, do you think he will be pushing to be chairman BS?

Secondary schools should be part of Gaelfast plan. No point doing works with primary kids only and if going to waste. Haven't heard much about Gaelfast recently?

Why, who did you ask?

So our club secretary at the county board meeting Monday night and says it was passed that all Derry teams were allowed entry to Antrim all county leagues from u15 up, but something seems to have changed today as no u15 and no u17. Don't understand how that can be it county meeting passed it last night?

Looks like leagues going ahead with a 6th March start according to feedback from the meeting last night.

Derry teams are in senior reserve , u20 and u17 leagues as of county meeting last night

Yep young Tom

Big pat on the bench tomorrow I see

Conchuir Johnston had some game , brilliant

Yes, MR which makes it twice as bad, because there should be so much tradition up there in the city that normally you would expect to trickle down through the generations. But that definitely does not seem to have happened.

The All Ireland under 21winning team were 95/% City men too, where's all that ability and interest and genepool disappeared to?

We play Fermanagh tomorrow night and if you take the players adoring families out of the equation you could count on a couple of hands the die hards who are there most of the time, through thick and thin.

The cub playing the u20s tomorrow in Fermanagh then the whole team for the seniors game, definitely help our representation

18 league games in u15 football plus championship, thats some change, obviously someone was listen earlier

[. How can St Louis' ever be attractive to such a player from a football perspective?]

not really sure what you want here Cloot.  Can't relocate St Louis and your posts suggest you feel its mindset cant be changed.

What I am driving at is that I think it is simply unrealistic to expect football ever to become the "main" game in St Louis or even for St Louis to get to and compete regularly at A level in football, no matter what steps the school may take to promote football.

In much of St Louis' hinterland, hurling is the main, if not the only, game. Soccer is strong in the area too. Those are just the realities.

As I pointed out in an earlier post, if a talented (or ambitious) footballer from the southwest is looking at secondary schools and sees St Louis' and St Mary's as equal academically, he goes to St Mary's if he wants a chance to play McRory. How can St Louis' ever be attractive to such a player from a football perspective?

That is the question being asked alright. So the discussion started off maligning our lack of schools competing in A competitions and even being consistent at the finishing line of B competitions. Alot of factors for that situation have been identified and some parts of a solution put forward in the context one one school St Louis.
No easy fix here fellas and we never even got started on the Belfast schools!

Guys I love my GAA and all that but would you not be sending your kids to the school that will give them the best education? Hurling/football aint going to pay the wages

That's the thing MR - they're all good schools - spoilt for choice

100% Spike, all good educational schools, the Derry ones offer top class Gaa action on top, so the question remains, how does St Louis get them to sign on with them???  Bring in a top class coach dedicated to football, what else?