Antrim Football Thread

[Sportacus]

i am hoping they are exploring all opportunities here though I appreciate we are not privy to the business case of the GAA but it is getting to that stage where something needs to be constructed on the site.     

Business case aside you would expect the ring fenced money to be able to provide something.  Are they exploring phased construction?  1 stand, 2 stand options with the closing in of the two ends at a later date as part of an overall 10 year plan?

How much would it cost to get the old Casement Park operational again with a new single stand down either side of the pitch with media & conferencing facilities, even just 1 stand down 1 side? 25 to 35mill?    £5 to 10mill just to get Casement Park operational again? 

The problem with a lot of this is that we don't know how much of the ring fenced money is going to be automatically hoovered up by consultants who require to be paid for their work to date.   

if someone has the business case presented by the GAA, can they post the link?        it would be nice to see Casement opened in some capacity which is not beyond us.  The shiny glowing new Casement Park appears in front of us like a mirage that we can never get near to

Unfortunately, the only people to see any merit in getting Casement operational, in a guise other than big new shiny, are those in Antrim GAA clubs. Our say on this matter was surrendered a long time ago. And we can have no complaints as we allowed it to happen in front of our very eyes.

Unforgivable, made worse by the white elephant ego project that was then conceived.

In fairness, I didn't hear too many complain when it was first announced.

Problem started with the decision to close it off for games and left to rot before and plans got made etc.

After that, it was one balls up after another and turned into a farce.

With absolutely zero accountability for anyone involved, including Antrim officials - just a lot of spoofing and press releases by politicians and Ulster GAA, while a whole generation of kids have missed out.

[Belfast GAA man]

It's time for casement to be handed back to Antrim to sort out

[Sportacus]

It's time for casement to be handed back to Antrim to sort out

I know it's not simple, but this is now a solution that needs proper debate.  Clean the place up and go again ourselves.  Cut the losses. There's very easily another decade behind closed doors otherwise. If you'd rather believe the press releases and spoofing politicians then each to their own. 

[imtommygunn]

I wouldn't have been impressed with the ulster Gaa heads on this in particular. More interested in self promotion.

[Saffsof82]

Moving on from the never ending Sh*tshow which is Casement, any predictions for the weekend?

Lisburn v Sarsfields- Sarsfields by 7
Glenavy v Antrim- Glenavy by 5
Rasharkin v Glenravel- Glenravel by 9
Teresa's v St Pauls- St Pauls by 4
Dunloy v Ardoyne- Dunloy by 2


St Galls v Creggan- Creggan by 7
Brigid's v Moneyglass- Draw
Gorts v TNN- TNN by 3
St Enda's v Rossa- Rossa by 2
LD v St Johns- Draw
Ahoghill v PG1- PG1 by 8

Have you ever been to a Portglenone v Ahoghill game? Ports by 8 🤦‍♂️

[imtommygunn]

Lisburn v Sarsfields- Sarsfields by 4
Glenavy v Antrim- Glenavy by 6
Rasharkin v Glenravel- Glenravel by 2
Teresa's v St Pauls- St Pauls by 7
Dunloy v Ardoyne- Draw


St Galls v Creggan- Creggan by 2
Brigid's v Moneyglass- Brigids by 3
Gorts v TNN- TNN by 3
St Enda's v Rossa- st endas by 2
LD v St Johns- johnnies by 2
Ahoghill v PG1- PG1 by 2

[stiffler]

St Galls v Creggan- Creggan by 5
Brigid's v Moneyglass- Brigids by 2
Gorts v TNN- draw
St Enda's v Rossa- rossa by 2
LD v St Johns- LD by 4
Ahoghill v PG1- PG1 by 5

[Caesar]

St Galls v Creggan- Creggan by 9
St. Brigid's v Moneyglass- Draw
GNMv TNN- TNN by 6
St Enda's v Rossa- Rossa by 2
LD v St Johns- Draw
Ahoghill v PG1- PG1 by 5

[Spike]

It's time for casement to be handed back to Antrim to sort out

I know it's not simple, but this is now a solution that needs proper debate.  Clean the place up and go again ourselves.  Cut the losses. There's very easily another decade behind closed doors otherwise. If you'd rather believe the press releases and spoofing politicians then each to their own.

i would 2nd that.  Give Ulster a time limit of 3 - 6 months and if no action then start the process.

[johnnycool]

It's time for casement to be handed back to Antrim to sort out

I know it's not simple, but this is now a solution that needs proper debate.  Clean the place up and go again ourselves.  Cut the losses. There's very easily another decade behind closed doors otherwise. If you'd rather believe the press releases and spoofing politicians then each to their own.

i would 2nd that.  Give Ulster a time limit of 3 - 6 months and if no action then start the process.

what process?

Centralised contracts for the fulltime staff means this is a non runner.

Frankie Quinn works for Ulster GAA, not Antrim GAA.

[Spike]

It's time for casement to be handed back to Antrim to sort out

I know it's not simple, but this is now a solution that needs proper debate.  Clean the place up and go again ourselves.  Cut the losses. There's very easily another decade behind closed doors otherwise. If you'd rather believe the press releases and spoofing politicians then each to their own.

i would 2nd that.  Give Ulster a time limit of 3 - 6 months and if no action then start the process.

what process?

Centralised contracts for the fulltime staff means this is a non runner.

Frankie Quinn works for Ulster GAA, not Antrim GAA.

the process of taking it back

[barnish oggie]

Moving on from the never ending Sh*tshow which is Casement, any predictions for the weekend?

Lisburn v Sarsfields- Sarsfields by 7
Glenavy v Antrim- Glenavy by 5
Rasharkin v Glenravel- Glenravel by 9
Teresa's v St Pauls- St Pauls by 4
Dunloy v Ardoyne- Dunloy by 2


St Galls v Creggan- Creggan by 7
Brigid's v Moneyglass- Draw
Gorts v TNN- TNN by 3
St Enda's v Rossa- Rossa by 2
LD v St Johns- Draw
Ahoghill v PG1- PG1 by 8

Have you ever been to a Portglenone v Ahoghill game? Ports by 8 🤦‍♂️

That was my thought as well!

Ahoghill might not win but they'll not let PG1 get that much of a lead on them.

[Dunsilly King]

Moving on from the never ending Sh*tshow which is Casement, any predictions for the weekend?

Lisburn v Sarsfields- Sarsfields by 7
Glenavy v Antrim- Glenavy by 5
Rasharkin v Glenravel- Glenravel by 9
Teresa's v St Pauls- St Pauls by 4
Dunloy v Ardoyne- Dunloy by 2


St Galls v Creggan- Creggan by 7
Brigid's v Moneyglass- Draw
Gorts v TNN- TNN by 3
St Enda's v Rossa- Rossa by 2
LD v St Johns- Draw
Ahoghill v PG1- PG1 by 8

Have you ever been to a Portglenone v Ahoghill game? Ports by 8 🤦‍♂️

That was my thought as well!

Ahoghill might not win but they'll not let PG1 get that much of a lead on them.

If they can't put them away by 7/8 they haven't chance against Creggan or Cargin. That result would demonstrate genuine progress. A 2/3 pts win is the same as the past few seasons

[geezer]

Lisburn v Sarsfields- Sarsfields by 3
Glenavy v Antrim- Glenavy by 3
Rasharkin v Glenravel- draw
Teresa's v St Pauls- St Pauls by 1
Dunloy v Ardoyne- dunloy by 4


St Galls v Creggan- Creggan by 6
Brigid's v Moneyglass- Moneyglass by 2
Gorts v TNN- TNN by 2
St Enda's v Rossa- st endas by 4
LD v St Johns- LD by 3
Ahoghill v PG1- PG1 by 3

[Would ye whist]

My view is that PG1 have to make a statement in this game and this is one JMK would have been targeting for quite sometime now, if they do not win this relatively comfortably they have not moved forward much


Moving on from the never ending Sh*tshow which is Casement, any predictions for the weekend?

Lisburn v Sarsfields- Sarsfields by 7
Glenavy v Antrim- Glenavy by 5
Rasharkin v Glenravel- Glenravel by 9
Teresa's v St Pauls- St Pauls by 4
Dunloy v Ardoyne- Dunloy by 2


St Galls v Creggan- Creggan by 7
Brigid's v Moneyglass- Draw
Gorts v TNN- TNN by 3
St Enda's v Rossa- Rossa by 2
LD v St Johns- Draw
Ahoghill v PG1- PG1 by 8

Have you ever been to a Portglenone v Ahoghill game? Ports by 8 🤦‍♂️
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That was my thought as well!

Ahoghill might not win but they'll not let PG1 get that much of a lead on them.
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If they can't put them away by 7/8 they haven't chance against Creggan or Cargin. That result would demonstrate genuine progress. A 2/3 pts win is the same as the past few seasons
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