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Jim Robinson is also in Lost as far as I can remember!

He's only been in it once or twice but I think he's the one who owns that Dharma company so he may play a big role in later series!

He now plays an evil **** in everything he's in!

I think(and hope) that this match will be a lot tighter than a lot of people reckon. Hopefully Mr. Brolly will be giving some good advice.

Paddy "Hands" Cunningham should be back for Antrim by all accounts which would be a big boost especially with the unavailabilty of Kevin McGuckin. I would also anticipate a few younger boys to start - Loughrey, Crozier and even possibly young O'Boyle at corner back. I wonder who'll be full back. Would McVeigh fit the bill?

Hopefully Joe Quinn will be in there and give some physical presence. Close and Cunningham in the forward line are a bit small so I'm hopefully they'll have a big man in there to help them out and like other people have alluded to before I'd not have Kevin Niblock near the team... McGourty as an impact sub. too.

Derry , without Bradley, should lack real potency in attack. If Muldoon can be denied goal chances in there I don't think they have forwards capable of hitting 3/4 points in a game and if they can stifle Gilligan they should cut off any good supply. Have yet to see Lynch do anything of real merit at intercounty level - hopefully I won't eat those words!

Optimistically - Antrim by two...

I think Sam's idea of giving a small percentage of the ticket sale to the clubs is an excellent one.

A lot of it I think is down to success as well. I think if, for example, we had a draw in 1989 we would have sold significantly more tickets than we do now. If you did a draw like this in Armagh / Tyrone at the minute you would rake in the money. However if you had done it in Armagh 10 years ago it would not have been remotely as successful. Those people think like if I give this money it'll help us win Sam again. With Antrim at the minute obviously the mindset is different and it's win a game...

The name and shame I think is an excellent idea though. It's important everyone puts the effort in. I would go one step further and show the number of members per club and have a "ratio"/percentage or something of that effect. Numbers are all well and good but you would expect larger clubs to sell larger amounts etc.

This draw is a great idea and an excellent starting point. I think seeing benefit is something that is maybe a problem for a lot of people. I have no doubt that this money will be put to good use. However like I say a lot of people's mentality is what will this get me? Will we win the all ireland? It's a good starting point and such things will get better in time bu we also need time for people to buy into it. A wee bit of money to clubs would perhaps give people "visible" benefit which might help. It's hard to know. It's one which has provoked a lot of debate and most people are quite negative which is unfortunate.

I would also question Max about whether he thinks such a draw would be a huge success in Derry? I don't know if it would...

It's hurling on next wednesday. The football seems to be on this weekend - mostly on Sunday.

Check out the county web-site fixtures.

http://antrim.gaa.ie

Don't go anywhere near it Benny - the traffic is usually mad.

http://www.virtualfestivals.com/index.cfm?section=festivals.event&id=638&mode=lineup

Deadly lineup.

Sarsfields took a fair old hammering last night. Looks like they may be out of their depth at that level.

Gort Na Mona beat by Glenarm is an odd result too.  Maybe they were concentrating on the football.

Syd I reckon you sound like a nasty corner back...

Apparently they beat Galway by 5 points in a friendly.

Not sure who their stars are but I think most of the team would be from Belfast - I think one of the schools,can't mind which, did well in the McLarnon. I know of one Dunloy and one Stinsons too.

Who knows about management. Maybe your man O'Prey will be able to take that minor team right through. Two have already even made it into senior.

By all accounts your man Pollock is almost unmarkable this year though I've not seen him. The u21 setup this year really was proved to be a bit of a joke when the team with the a good bulk the squad got dumped out in the preliminary.I think there were players from last year, good players, who weren't played this year too.

Still - hopefully someone will notice this and they'll not get another chance.

I see Owen Quinn is the ref. for the u21 football final.

Fair play - must be doing well for someone so young.

That's not so bad then. A good few of those could strengthen up the half forward line.

To be honest I wouldn't put Kevin Niblock in St Galls best 15 never mind Antrim's.

Cunningham, Quinn, Brady,Scullion and I'd say maybe Loughrey should start in the c'ship which is a brave few.

Haven't seen much of Carlin so not sure what he's like but looking at that team the biggest changes I would see(or would like to see) would be to HB and HF lines.

Where's Doherty from Rasharkin at? He still on the panel?

How did the younger boys do - Shields and McAuley?

Is Kettle looking any good?

Interesting team - who would be to come back onto that team yet?

Very young half back line - I assume Carlin is the St Paul's Carlin? We could also do with a bit more in the half forward line - suppose it all depends on who's left to come into the team.

Good to see young O'Boyle back though - probably the best man marker in the county from what I can see.

I see someone else had a seperate post - Cargin 0-17 St Pauls 0-1 . That's an awful hammering. Still I suppose at least St Pauls kept a clean sheet...

Very young tem in general but it's good to build for the future.

Sean Leo scored 23 points in the derry intermediate final last year I think it was so he must be some hurler himself!!

Would have a few reservations although hopefully will not matter given the opposition.

Brian Delargy struggles with Cushendall and in most of the big games I've seen him in he's been subbed as well as I think being dropped late for the county final. Don't get me wrong big strong fella with a good left side but very very slow for county level and even top club level. Kettle and McAuley could be training reasons - would have thought McAuley(Barney) was our most consistent player for the last while. Like Podge says I wouldn't rate Micko Herron either. Some people reckon he'd be a very good half back - maybe worth trying there. He would need to stop mouthing and acting the maggot though.

Good to see Tosh and Micky back and the rest of the balance of the team looks good. Hopefully Pinky will give us good presence in the FF line. With Molloy to come back could be a decent half back line too when all fit and good to see the younger McAuley getting a game - hopefully bring him on.

Antrim Division 1 Hurling
Lamh Dhearg    2-11   1-14   St. Galls    Lamh Dhearg   
Glenariff    2-17   2-10   St. Johns    Glenariff   
Sarsfields    2-6   3-11   Portaferry    Sarfields   

Antrim Division 2 Hurling
Glenravel    1-9   0-12   Shane O Neills    Glenravel   
Gaeil Chluana    1-13   0-15   Armoy    Ahoghill   
Rasharkin    2-7   0-16   Tir na Nog    Rasharkin   

Antrim Division 3 Hurling
St. Agnes    6-10   2-8   Creggan Gaels    St. Agnes   
Ballymena    4-8   5-6   St. Teresas    Ballymena   
Cloughmills    4-9   3-9   St. Endas    Cloughmills   
Sarsfields 2   3-7   2-10   O Mitchel Og    Woodlands   
Ardoyne    3-11   0-4   Larne    Mallusk   
St. Pauls 2   2-9   2-4   Na fuiseoig    St. Pauls   
Bredagh    3-4   4-9   Davitts    Cherryvale