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Game today to see who loses to Kilcoo in the final?

That was some performance last night, but Scotstown were awful

Was a contest for 28 mins.  2 goals before half time killed off Scotstown.  Kilcoo were ruthless tbf, not always a great thing to run riot in a semi final but if they play like that in the final it will take a big performance from Errigal to beat them.

All club championships imo should be straight knockout.  I think group stages are a total nonsense, ending up with meaningless, dead rubber games or the shadow boxing games early on if two of the big teams in the county meet each other (ie Slaughtneil vs Glen). The championships in Antrim, Armagh, Derry are completely diluted as a result of their formats, it doesn't really work for me.  You end up with clubs and players maybe not playing a proper knock out game which simply shouldn't be the case.  Tyrone championship is by far the most exciting Ive seen based on their format, great crowds, great hype and it feels like a big game for all the players.  That all feeds into the game as well.  The big issue with the group stages for me is say the likes of a smaller team takes a scalp of a bigger team, if they happen to meet again later on in the championship, say in a semi final, its very difficult and rarely happens where that smaller team will beat that bigger team again. 

Now lads don't be getting nasty.

I personally didn't see that scoreline coming. Home advantage, preparation time, experience, familiarity..

Lots of pluses for me leading into this game, yes the Cavanas have ability, yes EC have tradition in this competition but genuinely thought the game would be close but Cargin would edge it.

I think if they played that game tomorrow they'd approach it differently, when teams set up against you all year differently you are playing a different game, but when a team of your equals put you on the back foot then it changes, adopting to being the team with less possession or fearing another team changes the dynamic.

Must try and watch it

Subtle from the St Galls man 

Cargin just don't have the firepower up front to test teams at ulster level, still very dependent on  the brilliant Tomas McCann to try and create openings and take scores.

Big change in the Antrim league though last season.  They made it a 16 team senior league and something like a 10 team intermediate and a few teams went up by default. Ballymena would typically be an intermediate team I believe if the leagues didn't change. 
Wouldn't pay a whole lot of attention to Antrim division 1, all games are essentially played without county players

Any Tyrone team would be favourite against any Antrim team of the same grade,  let's be honest.  Expected DL to win that yesterday,  sounded like a cracker.

Tyrone teams have the poorest record in Ulster, you'd want to be getting a Tyrone team when the draw is made.

No excuses now

True MR2, we've beaten Tyrone team in Ulster before, we can do it again. Positive vibes

What Tyrone team have Cargin beat before in Ulster EOC as a matter of interest? Probably a while is it since had an Antrim vs Tyrone in the senior ulster club? Incidentally,  did St Galls in their dominance of Antrim come up against and beat many Tyrone teams in Ulster?

It's the reason why the club championship is great,  it's because clubs in Antrim, Fermanagh, Down can beat teams from Tyrone, Derry, Armagh etc. Great leveller.

Tyrone teams have the poorest record in Ulster, you'd want to be getting a Tyrone team when the draw is made.

No excuses now

Know your on wind up obviously but very difficult to see Cargin beat Errigal, will be a massive step up from anyone they have played in Antrim this year. Plus with McGinley over Errigal, he will know Cargin inside out. Errigal by 7

I don't get this 'will know a team inside out'.

Every team plays the exact same way now.  The style is exactly the same.  You don't need to analyse the opposition nowadays. They, when out of possession, park the bus and put 15 men behind the ball.

The key is who scores the most when they get their shots away.  Look at last night, St. Eunan's should have won that game. They had far mre chances, but by rushing shots and poor decision making, they threw it away.

EC, on the otherhand, hung in there, battled away and took their couple of chances at the end very well. They made good decisions on the ball.

A lot of games nowadays boils down to taking chances in the last 10 mins when the pressure is on.

Good decision makers required!

You think? Errigal in first half missed around 5 scoreable points and a penalty, they should have been well ahead

Tyrone teams have the poorest record in Ulster, you'd want to be getting a Tyrone team when the draw is made.

No excuses now

Know your on wind up obviously but very difficult to see Cargin beat Errigal, will be a massive step up from anyone they have played in Antrim this year. Plus with McGinley over Errigal, he will know Cargin inside out. Errigal by 7

Errigal do enough when it mattered.
Fancy Cargin to beat them.

Not a hope.  Errigal will beat Cargin I think by a good 5 points.  St Eunans would be more of a challenge than Cargin, certainly in the forward line department

What make you think 5 points?

I ask because I don't think they've beaten anyone by 5 points so far?
And Glen didn't even beat Cargin by 5 last year. Cargin had 14 men for a long time too.

I think Errigal will improve as the championship goes on.  Cargin I dont think have the firepower up front to really have an impact in Ulster, still heavily reliant on Tomás McCann.  Think that Aidan McCrory will cancel out Pat Shivers and I just dont see where Cargin pose a threat thereafter.  Think If Errigals forward line really gets motoring that the Cargin defence will struggle to maintain them if they aren't making any headway up front.

Errigal do enough when it mattered.
Fancy Cargin to beat them.

Not a hope.  Errigal will beat Cargin I think by a good 5 points.  St Eunans would be more of a challenge than Cargin, certainly in the forward line department

Getting ahead of yourself.  Donegal champions followed by cargin before they can think of playing glen

Will beat both comfortably

How far is Myler away? Hopefully see him back soon. Did he play much for Omagh this year?

GET RID OF THE PICK UP,  PUTING YOUR TOE UNDER THE BALL IN 2024. SHOULDN'T BE NECESSARY

In the grand  scheme of things the throw in has absolutely no bearing on the game

I wouldn't say that at all. Just off the top of my head,  Eoin Murchans goal in the AI final vs Kerry that time had a huge bearing on the game as just one example.

You what they should have got rid of,  the pick up.  What value does it add to the game?

On the 1 vs 1 throw in,  Connacht worked one well but it's a total advantage to the team facing the ball if you get me.  Aidan OShea just boxed the ball from the throw up, put his fist straight though it over to his player facing opposite him.  Thats a huge advantage vs the team whose other midfielder is behind them
Your never going to be able to generate the power to do that if your midfield partner is behind you if you get me