Barr first all star and was a good one. Some strength in him. Dessie Donnelly not too shabby either.
I saw a comment on it on facebook which i thought was fair. Nelson was fantastic and deserves immense credit but they probably should have mentioned Sean McGuinness too as he laid a very good platform.
Big Sean would still have been with Antrim through most of the late 80's and 90's but for the row within Sarsfields which he believed the CB washed their hands off, hence why he stepped down and was my own counties gain.
As for Sambo, he was one strong, effective hurler with a great touch and a better hand on him and whilst not blessed with pace took the shortest route to get passed you, more often than not it was over you.. I've been there as a young lad and one experience up in the dall i can barely remember as i think he knocked me out for a short while under a dropping ball and his elbow caught me flush on the jaw. The next thing i remember was getting up after he'd scored a goal.
My Da had great time for him and used to block up the main street in Kircubbin with his bus if he'd saw Sambo delivering kegs to the Village Inn for a chat.
Not sure if he courts publicity and i've listened to him on a few radio interviews on RTE talking about hurling in Antrim and Ulster in general and more often than not he's bang on the money. He was once asked whether a Brian Cody type figure would help Antrim hurling and his response to it was that "we don't need a Brian Cody, we need a Ned Quinn".
I'll get round to watching him on the RTE player sometime this weekend..
