Antrim Football Thread

[country bumpkin]

Sean og, is coming 21...
From good stock, Ciaran O' Neill / Sinead Mc Cann..Ann's agree with EOC will be surprised if he does not occupy a start berth come the league..

We are 20/1 to win Div 3.....

What price for relegation?

Did not make such enquiry.
Such is beyond comprehension ?

[Belfast GAA man]

Was thi Year mckenna cup performance better or worse than previous ones ? Seem about the same to me

[Saffsof82]

Was thi Year mckenna cup performance better or worse than previous ones ? Seem about the same to me

We beat Down last year in Newry and pushed Donegal in Portglenone

[realisticsaff]

Was thi Year mckenna cup performance better or worse than previous ones ? Seem about the same to me

Lol

[Belfast GAA man]

Lol

[Saffsof82]

Aquinas and St. Louis through to 1/4 of McLarnon. The Belfast lads are very strong and could go the whole way. St Malachy won the mcdevitt cup yesterday and will play in A ulster next year, a few positives in the youth of the city.

[bannside]

Maybe Duine but let's grab the positives here with two hands. St Malachys into Grade A competition for first time in many years is one. If an Antrim college claim Mc Larnon that would also be the first in quite a while.

There's obviously renewed impetus, probably fuelled by Gaelfast initiative, and any green shoots are most welcome.

[Saffrongael]

Maybe Duine but let's grab the positives here with two hands. St Malachys into Grade A competition for first time in many years is one. If an Antrim college claim Mc Larnon that would also be the first in quite a while.

There's obviously renewed impetus, probably fuelled by Gaelfast initiative, and any green shoots are most welcome.

Yeah nothing to do with the clubs producing players

[Milltown Row2]

Maybe Duine but let's grab the positives here with two hands. St Malachys into Grade A competition for first time in many years is one. If an Antrim college claim Mc Larnon that would also be the first in quite a while.

There's obviously renewed impetus, probably fuelled by Gaelfast initiative, and any green shoots are most welcome.

Yeah nothing to do with the clubs producing players

These clubs have producing the same players without any real success at school level

[BrendanAntrim]

Aquinas v Rathmore in McClarnon QF this coming week. Not sure about Gaelfast but in both cases the school teams are backboned by club players who have been well coached in their clubs from P1. Plenty of Antrim clubs represented in both school teams, and Down too.

[Saffrongael]

Aquinas v Rathmore in McClarnon QF this coming week. Not sure about Gaelfast but in both cases the school teams are backboned by club players who have been well coached in their clubs from P1. Plenty of Antrim clubs represented in both school teams, and Down too.

Yep, it's totally clutching at straws to try and credit Gaelfast

[Gold]

They've a lot of Bredagh players every year. But depends how many soccer heads are in a school year.  GAA isn't not number 1in many of these schools and not the reason lads go there like a Omagh CBS or Maghera so yes, every year will be different, some will have more fruit than the last

[BrendanAntrim]

The staff involved are putting in a huge effort, like many other schools I am sure. Suppose every year is different, given the crop of players available at any one time.

[bannside]

Of course it's not all down to Gaelfast, but some of their initiatives,  including year 8 and year 10 inter schools competitions have pushed the GAA agenda in schools a bit higher up the list than in previous years. I don't think anyone can doubt that.

But clubs is where the vast majority of juvenile development should be taking place over a ten or fifteen year period. School activity is a bonus.

[BrendanAntrim]

Yes - agree with that 100%