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Leinster championship? Dubs have the next year's won already

I have no dislike for the dubs at all, but the game is crying out for a mayo like victory to rid a 60 year famine. Feels real anti climax with dubs winning, and yes they were dirty as hell in the last 5 mins.

Actually thought mayo were clueless, think I bought into a lot of hype about them, looking at them today they would have been the most ordinary team to ever win the all Ireland. Like how many top stars gave they got really? O' shea was hardly there.

Fair enough point, good post

Tipperary 5-22 : 0-12 Galway (All-Ireland final)

Was there much talk of Galway's poorer performance in 2010?

I can't believe someone has mentioned this, can we not see the clear difference!

Galway win loads of minor and u-21, getting the odd stuffing doesn't render them useless

was marty o rourke not too young to play in this? didn't play champo in the 90's!

They won't show the final will they? it's only ever on if an ulster team in it.

Overall, nothing to complain about here. They do a decent job. But Stephen watsons love of motorbikes is sickening

I can see that my comments haven't been taken too kindly, but some people need to wake up and smell the coffee. Comparing the defeat to Donegal etc is nonsense. This is now the 3rd year in a row ( prob nearly every year actually, but i'm just keeping it recent) that antrim have been beaten by 20-25 points in this comp, if that's not a farce then what is.

Ok, yes they beat wexford fair on the day, they played the better hurling on the day, maybe I didn't make that clear. But if they played them another 5 times who would likely win, who would you antrim lads put ur money on?that's what I meant by 'caught on the hop', no need to be so defensive.

Yes antrim are way ahead of the rest of ulster, good knows how much Armagh would be stuffed by, but it seems to me they are happy to being the big boys in the small ulster pond and then get trimmed down south every year.

We know what you mean by caught on the hop Orchardman.

Your use of the word disgrace is an insult to those guys out playing and is what people take issue with. Disgrace means disgrace sporting or otherwise so I don't know where you come up with the idea that it means differently in sporting terms than in any other terms.

How do you know that 5 out of 6 times Wexford would have won? Your argument now is that who would we expect to win? If antrim can compete with them one day they can compete with them the next.

Let me repeat what others have - that Clare team would have done anyone on saturday. People jumping on saying ulster hurling is rubbish etc didn't jump on it before the game and now they're coming in with the I told you sos?

As for your comments about being happy to be the big boys in the small ulster pond it doesn't even make any sense. What are they to do? They have entered Leinster in the seniors. They play national league every year and they play championship every year. If they were so happy doing that sure they'd just win ulster and not bother playing. They're happy to take trimmings you say - but they didn't get trimmed this year.

In addition as JC says they beat Down by 2. So what about them? Ulster wasn't that uncompetitive after all this year.

Let me explain further. When I talk about 'antrim', im not just talking about the 15 players last weekend. Has everyone forgot the article with the antrim manager ryan before the semi-final?
He said they had liitle or no prep done, had been no panel properly put together, and they were training with 7 players some nights. County board and selfish clubs to blame no doubt, maybe lazy individuals also?

I always like to see an underdog win of course, especially an ulster team, but an underdog that has been knocking on the door and bursting their balls with preparation and treating a competition with respect. This is clearly not the case with antrim, I don't think you can argue with anything I have said in this post.

And yes, like others have said, that clare team would take some stopping no matter who they played.

I stand by what I meant by 'disgrace', but i'll take it back on the grounds that other people clearly have a different view of the word  in sporting terms than I have

I can see that my comments haven't been taken too kindly, but some people need to wake up and smell the coffee. Comparing the defeat to Donegal etc is nonsense. This is now the 3rd year in a row ( prob nearly every year actually, but i'm just keeping it recent) that antrim have been beaten by 20-25 points in this comp, if that's not a farce then what is.

Ok, yes they beat wexford fair on the day, they played the better hurling on the day, maybe I didn't make that clear. But if they played them another 5 times who would likely win, who would you antrim lads put ur money on?that's what I meant by 'caught on the hop', no need to be so defensive.

Yes antrim are way ahead of the rest of ulster, good knows how much Armagh would be stuffed by, but it seems to me they are happy to being the big boys in the small ulster pond and then get trimmed down south every year.

If a team can't come out of Leinster and beat Antrim, they have no hope of giving Clare a game.

Clare would have beaten Wexford by a similar score.

sometimes teams get caught on the hop, it happens. You can't seriously think that one of the proper hurling counties like wexford would have suffered anything more than a 10-12 point beating yesterday? Antrim were a disgrace and yes it is a farce that galway are also straight into an all Ireland semi final. But the difference is galway are usually good enough to win their semi final or even final now and again. 18 points by half time tells the story

I love listening to newstalk and off the ball, I think they have done a great job especially having to pick up the shit after 5 guys walking out. Parkinson I used to dislike but he has fitted in really well.

Mainly though im on as I watched that second captains the other night, only watched the first half so didn't see o 'gara, but I couldn't look at ken early any more, he was nearly making me uncomfortable looking at him. He must be the most gormless looking guy on tv. He was one of them people who although had very good points to make on the radio, had a real annoying deep slow voice that I hated. I couldn't believe it till I seen the tv show the other night cause I didn't have a clue what any off them looked like.

But yes, big change from radio to tv, i'm sure they'll grow in to it

any other top gaa managers who love their hats? Wee james in down seems to be fond of his new Zealand one.

Big Joe never wore for Armagh, though peter McDonnell, paddy o rourke and even paul grimly have been spotted wearing them sometimes.

Is it the same hat that horan always wears? Is there a lucky hat that maybe he forgot it last year against Donegal?

Haha.....I was indeed wearing my Mayo polo shirt in the Lower Davin. Don't think I was in the vincinityof a grumpy Armagh man though, wish I had thought of shouting C'mon Mayo at that stage! 

Polo shirt is fine, and as you didn't shout C'mon mayo you havn't done anything wrong!

Intriguing... so wearing county polo shirts to games you're not involved in is fine, but wearing a replica jersey is not?

Not quite, the rule applies to games in general, including your own games, as polo shirts would be more suitable for men of a certain vintage. Maybe 27 was just a number I used, when do people grow up, 25? 35? never?

My main point was more that he was shouting rubbish anyway, that's what we need to get to the bottom of

Was he at it for the whole match or just the once? There was an awful lot of lads yesterday wearing jerseys, you'd have your work cut out orchardman telling them off!

to be fair to the lad I only remember him doing it twice

there no age for not wearing a jersey u dick, u sound like a plain clothes supporter to me

Of course I wear plain clothes. It's a day out, followed by an evening on the pints in town whilst not wearing a jersey. Id say I wore one in irish bars in oz when I was still 25, that's 5 years ago and I wouldn't have worn one since.

All the senior players in my club would have been the same, maybe at a push we would wear our club polo or training t-shirt, if not then a nice jazzie t-shirt and chinos
I can't believe people are so surprised at this!

Of all teams to get in the final Clare are a county who would tend not to hammer a team when a hammering was possible.
For what it is worth I think Clare will beat Antrim by whatever scoreline they want and now think that a hiding is what Antrim will get as a result of all this hoohah.

Cannnot believe this is still rumbling on.

was it not clare who stuffed them by 25 points last year