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#1
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
February 09, 2025, 02:28:31 PM
Antrim being totally outthought and outplayed.  Miles behind.  Why do we constantly play balls straight up the line, tight to sideline , making it easier for defenders. 
#2
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
February 03, 2025, 05:16:31 PM
Quote from: imtommygunn on February 03, 2025, 04:31:17 PMRef was poor enough at times but in reality we were guilty of pulling and dragging too much in the FB line. I think definitely once and maybe twice twice they might have started it but definitely hand on the back and dragging we would need to cut down on or be smarter on. Westmeath always kept the arm in when in the tackle but sure most teams do that at that level. They should have had more yellows and had a boy or two walking a tightrope towards the end but that didn't happen. Also the linesman flagged the ref who seemed to ignore him or didn't know he'd flagged and then things moved on when a boy should have been booked.

Ref wasn't fantastic but I've seen a lot worse to.

It was pretty poor stuff from the ref now.  Yellow cards weren't hard to get.

My issue it that had he been reffing limerick, cork, tipp, Clare etc and applying the same standards there would be uproar. 
#3
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
February 02, 2025, 09:36:16 PM
Hard to judge today as Westmeath were pretty poor and the ref was a disaster for the game.  Not sure who he was but some really bizarre stuff. 

That said, we shouldn't scoff at a convincing win over Westmeath so credit where it's due.  Looked a lot fitter.

Next week will be a real test of where we are .
#4
Quote from: johnnycool on November 25, 2024, 09:09:40 AM
Quote from: J70 on November 24, 2024, 07:26:35 PM
Quote from: From the Bunker on November 24, 2024, 05:04:23 PMA lot blaming VAR for not interfering for the Penalty. No way you could say it is outside from this?



According to NBC's people, the issue was the "clear and obvious" thing. Once the foul was confirmed, there wasn't clear evidence either way to overturn the ref's decision to award the penalty. Which is fair enough.

It was a dumb tackle by Robertson anyway.

It wasn't the greatest tackle in the world but WTF was Van Dyke playing at, galloping into midfield and then to back heel it to nobody?

Konate had a mare and Van Dyke wasn't great either and they still won, but there's a wobble in those two against the better teams.

Is Van Dyke 34?

Great defender, with maybe another good season in him, Liverpool won't want his wages on the books for much longer than that!





I thought the back 4 all had mares to be honest.  Bradley was like a headless chicken in Southampton's second goal.  Initially he got sucked to the left back position when he didn't need to, leaving the middle wide open, then when they switched it he got sucked in again when he didn't need to leaving the man with a free shot.  Robertsons table was dim and he was caught sleeping at one point in second half.

But a win in a win.

I would be all for resting lads against Real- it's one we can afford to lose and better doing so with a ready made excuse !

One counter argument to that is that Real are under big pressure to qualify, particularly if they don't beat us.
#5
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
November 17, 2024, 05:22:28 PM
I see Derry representatives have made the Ulster finals at junior, intermediate and senior. 

Something doesn't sit quite right with the junior and intermediate representatives. Like Ballinascreen played in the intermediate Ulster last year and this year they are junior.

#6
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
November 16, 2024, 09:38:34 PM
Quote from: Saffron71 on November 16, 2024, 09:26:16 PM
Quote from: podge on November 16, 2024, 09:04:45 PMCdall management not hard to make hard calls.  At least 2 subs subbed so far..

Yea some strange calls alright.  Shows a lack of depth in the squad or a lack of trust by the management.

I don't say they were strange !  I think they were good calls to be honest
#7
Hurling Discussion / Re: Hurling 2024
November 16, 2024, 09:24:58 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on November 16, 2024, 08:46:50 PMThere wasn't any hassle the whole game between the teams, the hurling with a score of 30 each at full time is a credit to the players and the ref. Been about 5 frees the whole game!

Ok maybe 40 frees that haven't been given but who cares?

Cushendall been to the well here a few times, have they got it in their locker to see it out?

S'neil have been impressive and I expected them to be neck and neck with them but going into the final stretch thst last Rodgers miss coat them the game

Think they were complaining about the injury time but, not many stoppages in the game

Hopefully the Antrim refs take note 🧐
#8
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
November 16, 2024, 09:04:45 PM
Cdall management not hard to make hard calls.  At least 2 subs subbed so far..
#9
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
November 16, 2024, 08:13:03 PM
Huge credit to the ref who is contributing massively to a quality game ..
#10
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
October 21, 2024, 05:32:00 PM
Quote from: left peg on October 21, 2024, 05:13:00 PMAccording to todays paper portaferry are in line to take Cushendals title. You men reckon they'd have a chance?

I imagine Slaughniel shouldn't be written off either.  Interesting few weeks ahead.

I think Cdall are favourites. They won't be complacent after Portaferry more or less had them beat last year.  I also think the fact that few of the lower profile players had big games yesterday will stand to them over the next few weeks.
#11
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
October 20, 2024, 05:09:21 PM
From the first 5 mins Cushendall just looked like they were handling the conditions that bit better and in truth should have won my more.

I thought a few of cushendalls less high profile players had big games- gillan, mccollam, McAfee, McQuillan.  A really well worked goal as well.  McGill did it again when he came on. 

Most bizarre thing was how Cdall invited Dunloy on them in the last few minutes - looked like it was set up for a total sucker punch.
#12
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
October 18, 2024, 07:07:22 PM
Quote from: saffman on October 18, 2024, 08:59:04 AMAnyone the ticket link for sunday?

If you click right into the fixture on the Antrim website under 'upcoming club fixtures' there is a link to buy tickets there.  Which in fairness I find a very helpful feature as finding games on Universe is not always easy.
#13
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
October 07, 2024, 03:30:40 PM
Were Dunloy missing a few regulars like R Molloy, E Smyth etc or was that just a selection choice on the day?  Worked well for them...
#14
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
October 06, 2024, 05:57:55 PM
Dunloy were impressive alright and the one or two new players they have added to the starting team have freshened things up.  Could have been out of sight much earlier if S Elliot had his shooting boots on. 

On a separate note , that pitch in ballymena was no place for a championship semi final at any level.  I know the weather has been grim but there are still plenty of pitches around the county in good shape.
#15
Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling
October 05, 2024, 07:27:08 PM
I would think Cdall  will be slightly worried about the lack of depth in terms of quality but today will stand to them I suspect. 

P Burke, Campbell, McManus and Magill were leaders when required.  Not quite sure why people on here are being so critical of McManus...

The fact that they had to get M Burke stripped and on when he was injured and not expecting to be playing any part shows that St John's had them stretched to the max.

In fairness the keeper pulled off an important save in extra time.