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Don't disagree but previous comment based on structures as they are.

My preference :

Div 1a 8 teams
Div 1b 8 teams

That wouldn't be far away.

8 team senior championship
8 team intermediate championship
Div 2 Junior championship
Junior B championship for Div 3

Could go 10/10 for league and championships also, and still be along same lines, but would be a split rather than 2 way league to avoid overload of league fixtures.

Again wouldn't be far away and would put us in a better place for Ulster, below senior, as well.

But too many wouldn't like being labelled Intermediate or Junior even if it would make for far better competitions as well as competitiveness beyond Antrim.

Poor form from Ahoghill if true.

Surely they would have had a chance against the other teams in the bottom 4.  And also wouldn't rule them out in their Championship group.

However were they to finish last there you could have a team from group 3, say Ballymena who had a very strong league, finishing bottom of a tough group and straight into a relegation final.

Maybe the way forward is to have no relegation from league and let it be decided from championship where teams should be going at it closer to full strength.

Lurgan and Ballymena be well enough met towns in a pushing and shoving session.

Lol.

Maybe we will get the result before bedtime then.

Did that game finish?  Updates cut off before the end.

Didn't matter anyway as St Johns did what they had to do to see Aghagallon into the playoffs.

Wouldn't bother me if amalgamations were able to field 2 or 3 teams.

Might even be the way to go.

Always a big range of abilities across squads and difficult to push the best players on while also taking care of the weaker players.

A squad of 40 kids with teams in 2 different divisions and appropriate fluidity between the teams might be how we develop everyone best.

Ultimately clubs entering juvenile teams into competitions that are too easy for them are not maximising their development potential.

In leagues it's only one game for their opponents but it's a full year of missed opportunity for the clubs in question.

Unless of course they value a B or C title (do many teams even care who wins juvenile leagues?) more than developing lads at as good a level as possible.

You have to pick what you enter in advance, dunloy lost a lot of players from the football last year, there was absolutely no indication on wether they would get all come back. Hence why the managers had chosen div2 incase they were light.

On another note they played rossa last night, the referee was a young lad McNally, not sure what club. Very impressed.

Absolutely no indication?

There is a thing that's done in other parts of the world where they would ask the lads, or their parents, what their intentions are for the season ahead.

Does not guarantee that there won't be some further change.

But it gives a good indication.

Bar an upset in the last round of fixtures it looks like we have the 3 main championship challengers in the top 4 of the league in the form of Cargin, Creggan and St Brides. Doubt any will show their hand in league playoff.

Creggan will need someone else to take Cargin out of the championship if they are going to win it.

Ballymena the other team putting in a good league campaign and for the second year running. 

Be interesting to see if they can translate that to championship or if they go the way of Randalstown last year who finished top 4 league but were not near it come championship.

As for league bottom 4, Aghagallon can only overtake St John's at this stage but will have to beat Ballymena and hope St Paul's take something off the Johnnies.  Looks a long shot.

Thought the county board could have done more to stop the Trump/Musk row from escalating.

I don't mind seeing referees giving a bit back.

Normally it's a response.

Can't think of any time a referee has started on a spectator first.

And responses are occasional enough anyway.

But all adds to the entertainment you get for your fiver.

Creggan still can't beat Cargin then.

Playing but not entering Gaelfast competitions in boys football which is a shame as Antrim Cup/shield is probably most valuable to the lower tier schools.  If they have any sort of appetite.

But have to start at the bigger hubs anyway.

Maybe if CPC and St Killian's bothered to enter the boys Gaelfast Gaelic Football competitions they would be given more consideration.

If resource finite I wouldn't be wasting it on schools that are not meeting half way.

Though to be fair to CPC they seem to be making some inroads at Ulster level in Gaelic football, albeit down the divisions.

Our county panel would win the senior club championship at a canter if they were in it.