Antrim Football Thread

[Belfast GAA man]

Madden ?

[Cranfield]

How did his club experience not go so well? Did he take the team backwards? Should they have won a championship and didn't. Did he alienate players?

An up and coming swatragh team didn't get past the quarter final stage in his 2 years and he wasn't offered another term. Sticking to the facts, hardly a CV that would merit being head hunted to manage a county team.

[123Bigball]

Surely there would be more than one person in for the job or have they been working behind the scenes this while now to replace the current management and have narrowed it to MC Ginley. And is it certain he is taking over.

[123Bigball]

MC ginley could bring alot to the table with his own playing experience with Tyrone and what a setup should consist of.

Few faces into the squad. Bring few younger players in and let them learn from a Mick MC cann or paddy Cunningham

You could have had 2 Johnston's,shivers ,ruairi MC cann on that team yesterday easily . Young gribben another one who should be about county set ups. MC enhill from rossa another great young player who was about panel for a bit this year.

[NAG1]

One that was totally left behind them on Saturday. There for the taking but none of our players looked like they could actually go and take it.

We can chat and slabber all we want back and forward about Lenny and who could do this and that, but when it came down to it the players didn't have it when it counted.

Not one stood up to be counted when it really really mattered. Harsh but true.

[bannside]

Partially true Nag but a thats harsh! A division 4 team playing against a team that had played all year in Div 2 and just after knocking out a division one team a week earlier. Id argue quite a few performed really well, led by Oisin Kerr who was simply outstanding...but saying that...we should perhaps question that if this performance was in the locker, why did we not see more of it!

Apart from some awful shooting and decision making when the fat was in the fire we could have been talking about a tactical masterpiece and celebrating a rare and famous victory. Such thin margins!

Lets take a few days and feel the pulse of the county. In the meantime maybe Lenny would let us know his thoughts. Is he going to pitch hard for one more year. Pre Covid we were looking like almost certain promotion material. He has more competition for places than ever. His system looked good on Saturday. With some fresh faces amongst squad and backroom staff tightened up, could his proposal carry enough weight for another term. Or is it time to put hands up and say that maybe another camp can set up and bring fresh impetus to the situation.

Ultimately the call may go out to clubs for alternatives and the case for and against can be debated when all the relevant details are made known. May whats best for Antrim Football be the winner.

[antrimman667]

MC ginley could bring alot to the table with his own playing experience with Tyrone and what a setup should consist of.

Few faces into the squad. Bring few younger players in and let them learn from a Mick MC cann or paddy Cunningham

You could have had 2 Johnston's,shivers ,ruairi MC cann on that team yesterday easily . Young gribben another one who should be about county set ups. MC enhill from rossa another great young player who was about panel for a bit this year.

Seemed to be a trend with lenny during the leaguenot giving to many of these guys a chance, ryan mcnulty, eoin nagle, eamon fyffe, adam loughran just to name a few

[BigBallWeeBall]

I see that Lenny has not chosen to extend his 3 year tenure. Wishing him all the best in future endeavours, he is a committed Antrim Gael.
So who's next then lads.. Time for a SW manager perhaps given progression in the teams this area? Any good ideas lads

[paddyjohn]

https://antrim.gaa.ie/news/antrim-football-management-statement


Thanks for the service Lenny.

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

I think instead of being criticised he should be thanked for the time and service that he give towards Antrim football. Things didnt pan out how he wanted but he give it all he could. I wish him all the best.

[imtommygunn]

Very much so. He put a lot of time and effort into it and deserves credit.

[BrendanAntrim]

Very good interview with Liam Bradley in the paper over the weekend.

Baker 3???

[BrendanAntrim]

Two campaigns out of 3 we missed promotion by a point. If one of those losses had been a draw...or one of the draws a win. The time and effort the management team puts in, its enormous. And Lenny had no luck at all.

[Milltown Row2]

Most defo needs to go to a SW man... with how well the SW west managers have been performing in the the clubs like Cargin these last few years and Creggan last year, even Aghagallon have done really well in the SW.. I'm sure anyone of those managers would love a crack at the job....oh wait

[imtommygunn]

Who is aghagallon manager?