Antrim Football Thread

[Sportacus]

Armagh are nothing special and we're a Division Four team with nothing to lose. Hopefully the new management get us firing and well organised, and we can take them out.

[Calm Down]

So it seems competitive games can resume on May 7th, do we know if Antrim plans to kick things off for this date?

[Milltown Row2]

So it seems competitive games can resume on May 7th, do we know if Antrim plans to kick things off for this date?

Would it not be fair to have a few challenge games for the clubs to assess fitness levels and team set ups/panels? be hard just to dive straight in

[Belfast GAA man]

7th May official Now for real fixtures. Happy days we r off the leash ! A match a week and flexsble around subs would work

[bannside]

It's only the league MR - sure Galls don't take that too seriously. Give the young lads a run out and see what they're like. Have you many county panellists who will miss out for the first batch of matches?

[John Egans left boot]

It's only the league MR - sure Galls don't take that too seriously. Give the young lads a run out and see what they're like. Have you many county panellists who will miss out for the first batch of matches?

Yes milltown row let's here this retort

[Milltown Row2]

It's only the league MR - sure Galls don't take that too seriously. Give the young lads a run out and see what they're like. Have you many county panellists who will miss out for the first batch of matches?

Yes milltown row let's here this retort

Not at all, I'm sure Paddy has it sussed, I just don't want lads getting injured and getting the timing wrong. When you're playing in Croke you've got to get it right, ask any of those Antrim teams and they'll tell you that, peak for Ulster finals.

[John Egans left boot]

It's only the league MR - sure Galls don't take that too seriously. Give the young lads a run out and see what they're like. Have you many county panellists who will miss out for the first batch of matches?

Yes milltown row let's here this retort

Not at all, I'm sure Paddy has it sussed, I just don't want lads getting injured and getting the timing wrong. When you're playing in Croke you've got to get it right, ask any of those Antrim teams and they'll tell you that, peak for Ulster finals.

O milltown row bannside  side giving it to you about ur club having no county players and yet his club have no all Ireland and not even a single championship, in Kerry we would treat men like him with contempt no all Ireland's no standing to talk

And another think milltown row we don't count junior and intermediates you giving it  large last year when wait for it " Antrim hurlers won the all Ireland B " versus us and we were missing maybe 2/3 top class hurlers... sad state of affairs when a county like urs in hurling is celebrating that

We have fellas going home to tell there kids how they won 2/3/4 all Ireland's medal that's "A" have you - no lads heading home to cushnedall and the likes saying to their kids " dadddy won an all Ireland "B" title yet you let Bannside wind you and your club up, come onnnn !!

Bannside no "A" all Ireland's no standing

[Milltown Row2]

We've clubs like ourselves and loughgiel who've all Ireland titles, the hurlers at county level are back were they deserve, hard work and effort gets you over the line, thinking you deserve it will get ya nothing!

Don't run down Kerry, we beat them handy this year but that's taken a huge improvement from previous years, Kerry are fortunate enough that the Kerry board are willing to put a bitta effort in behind them. They live and play in the best province, it helps through school and college level.

As for best players missing, our most influential player was missing until the final. Other potential players/panelist's were missing.

Kerry played their best available team, as did we.

[bannside]

Have you many All Ireland's yourself Left Boot?

I've made my admiration for St Galls very clear over the years. Sure they are in transition mode but they have a lot of decent young players who can only improve if they get game time.

They are still firmly in the mix in Antrim but other clubs are stepping up, so competition will be greater which can only be good for Antrim football.

[bannside]

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40244966.html

Interesting article in today's Examiner. No doubt Antrim football was flourishing at the outbreak of the troubles.

[Belfast GAA man]

smashing article and shows why we i North deserve support to get back like Gaelfast program
Given corona the term of gaelfast should be extended if its going to make a difference. Also the chief of it jumping ship hasnt helped with momentum

[bannside]

Some real characters in Antrim GAA, and the likes of Fitzy still never misses a match (club or county) and Mickey Culbert still ploughing a furlough with St Galls between hurling and football. There's a quare book in there somewhere between them.

[bannside]

Hopefully Gaelfast can deliver the potential it promises and if HQ see we have the capacity to deliver, they may possibly extend or enhance the programme. Antrim ( as evidenced in the above article) is indeed a massive sleeping giant and represents the biggest potential for growth strategy in the province.

We can't expect Gaelfast to deliver senior county stars. That slack must be taken up in some joined up programme that involves secondary education, co Dev squads, and by far most important, clubs taking their OWN RESPONSIBILITY for elite player pathway.

Gaelfast has a massive role in creating the passion and ambition in impressionable juveniles, and in setting up coaching and game structures in schools. Soccer has had a free run in too many schools and areas in a way that simply wouldn't be tolerated in South Derry, all of Tyrone and South Armagh.

[Rodger Mona]

Guys honest opinions based on what we seen last year... want to hear your fancies for SFC,IFC and JFC. IMO this Covid malarky leaves all championships open and will come down to on the day and strength in depth of the panels. Looking forward to an exciting Antrim Championship this year and i think that our new Senior County set up will cause an upset when they meet Armangh. Hope all you gaels are well. Havnt been on as while and missed the gossip