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U20 game tomorrow moved to Ballykinlar if anyone heading down

MR2 thoughts on the game on Tuesday night?

what was that game?

Jeez MR, i watched Rossa against the County U20s. Dommo was the only player who you could say won his individual contest, they were very poor.

Rossa have unfinished business in he hurling, melt down the week of and day of the final, a big effort to get back there i think. Their football results last year flattered them. Picked up 4 straight wins at the start of the season when there was no threat of relegation and everyone was playing the kids. I think they could find themselves in trouble this year.
Gort na mona are as sure a thing to be relegated as you could possibly find.
Ahoghill are the masters of survival but that run has to come to an end some time.

Div 1 relegation battle between Rossa, Ahoghill and Gort na Mona

Lamh Dhearg v cargin, St Johns v casements, Moneyglass v All Saints look the most interesting clashes in the leagues for the first day out, new mgt teams with them all.

Under 20s away to Down on Saturday at midday, then a few hours on down the road to Portlaoise, be there in plenty of time for our big test against Laois who are a hardened div 2  /div 3 outfit. This will be a good test of where we currently are. A draw would be a great result for us.

Huge test for Seniors. Laois have been hit an miss, a surprise defeat to Westmeath and an easy enough win over Louth, bit like ourselves with that loss to Limerick 
The u20 game has been moved to Atticall i heard this morning by the way.

Not many pitches available for all these games, 6th March a very early start.
What way will Antrim vote on the proposal for U19 at county level, it seems crazy?

Yep, our pitch is sitting in water, you wouldnt dream of training or playing a game on it, need a big change in weather next week if league games are going to happen, county voted against u19 proposal

County board some mess, championship draws put off again and league starts Sunday week and no one knows who they are even playing yet.

think are new sponsors or additional sponsors coming onboard and that was why they were put back to get deals finialized (championship draw)

Does anyone know has the county taken a position yet ahead of Congress on the best age for minor?

Not sure but I much prefer the previous under 18/minor set up, maybe going at under 20 rather that under 21 might have merit but under 17 at minor wasn't a great success

Agree with MR here.

County have backed the motion that each individual county decides what age group its own competitions are set at and not have to adhere to edict from croke on ages

Club secretary saying that we're to expect a radical restructure of leagues proposed by the end of this season, anyone heard anything about this?

It's a good balance playing small and McCann at midfield and dropping mick back into the d. Small is growing into an inter county player, improves with every game

[requires superb fitness levels. I though Tyrone look a good bit fitter]

Exactly MR. But to play the quick one touch game, especially off the shoulder requires superb fitness levels. I though Tyrone look a good bit fitter tbh. They have a few future senior stars in their ranks too. Ruairi Canavan something else, big Mc Gleenan a real handful too. Was always going to be a huge ask, the real test will be Doire in the cship.

Why are they not fit enough? Players at that level should be presenting themselves at county level to a certain fitness requirement, Its up to the coaches to provide a strength and conditioning program, its up to them to get to that level. You can't blame schools for unfit kids

I didn't really see fitness as a major issue on Saturday MR. After a bad start with the keeper making a huge error we matched Tyrone for most of the game. Problems really arose when we started introducing subs. None of the subs added anything but rather detracted from us were Tyrone were able to maintain their level or perhaps even up it.

True, but this aspect alone needs co -ordination. Someone needs to be overseeing it, joining it up from previous management team, and pulling it all together. Leaves current management behind the 8 ball before it even starts.

I've been involved at that level and you'll get punished if you're not getting your A game together fairly quickly.

Those fellas been on an S&c programme with Brendan Murphy since start of November before the mgt was even confirmed and also been told their program will continue and be monitored and feedback given all through 2022 even after they go out of championship. They do pitch sessions twice a week and group gym sessions twice a week, plus have to complete their individual programs onto of group stuff. Add it club manager doing his nut as only going to one club senior session per week. Tough ask.

Opposition on Saturday were so poor hard to gauge any of our own lads, final pass let us down so often or it could have easily been 12-15 point win