Antrim Hurling

[imtommygunn]

Strong defense. Be interesting to see how McManus does on lawlor as he is some full back.

Hoping for a good performance here. Let's be honest a win would be a shock but it'd be great.

[Milltown Row2]

+8 is just about right... will give that a go

[Kidder81]

Horrendous conditions in second half  Did our best but that was a 10+ game in more benign conditions

[Milltown Row2]

Horrendous conditions in second half  Did our best but that was a 10+ game in more benign conditions

So we did well only because of the conditions that both teams had?

[BrendanAntrim]

The whole game just never really took off, there was never a big momentum shift towards us and nothing to engage the big crowd. All a bit too flat. Conditions didn't help for sure.

[imtommygunn]

Horrendous conditions in second half  Did our best but that was a 10+ game in more benign conditions

So we did well only because of the conditions that both teams had?

The wind shifted a lot in the second half and probably kept kk score down tbh.

On positive notes.... Paddy Burke is a fantastic hurler. McKenna also excellent after a poor start and James Mc naughton can be great when he gets in full flight.

[Milltown Row2]

Horrendous conditions in second half  Did our best but that was a 10+ game in more benign conditions

So we did well only because of the conditions that both teams had?

The wind shifted a lot in the second half and probably kept kk score down tbh.

On positive notes.... Paddy Burke is a fantastic hurler. McKenna also excellent after a poor start and James Mc naughton can be great when he gets in full flight.

It's a small pitch, we played well and the bookies had us bate by 8..

Glad we are playing div 1 than being dumped in div 3

[Kidder81]

Horrendous conditions in second half  Did our best but that was a 10+ game in more benign conditions

So we did well only because of the conditions that both teams had?

The wind shifted a lot in the second half and probably kept kk score down tbh.

On positive notes.... Paddy Burke is a fantastic hurler. McKenna also excellent after a poor start and James Mc naughton can be great when he gets in full flight.

Yeah we seemed to have the wind advantage in both periods, mind you for a while in the second half twh condtions were almost unplayable for both teams with the wind and rain,  as Brendan said above - never really got going & Kilkenny were just always a bit slicker & totally dominant in the air

[podge]

Horrendous conditions in second half  Did our best but that was a 10+ game in more benign conditions

So we did well only because of the conditions that both teams had?

The wind shifted a lot in the second half and probably kept kk score down tbh.

On positive notes.... Paddy Burke is a fantastic hurler. McKenna also excellent after a poor start and James Mc naughton can be great when he gets in full flight.

Thought McKenna was very poor throughout to be honest and was surprised he stayed on.  Fine player but not today IMO.

It was a game that we never looked like winning but had we nicked a goal with 10 or 15 to go who knows what would have happened. A bit like Dunloy v Ballyhale in that regard.

Too many free catches on our own puck outs, a few easy frees missed, shorts passes to a 50/50 situation (may as well go long if it's 50/50) were the sort of things we needed to cut out to make it really interesting.

Hopefully enough in this game to give the team the confidence to compete.

On a separate note, sad to see hurling going down the route the football did- short passing, people scared to take a shot unless a very high percentage chance of scoring etc.  too much of a premium on athleticism over raw natural hurling ability.

[Milltown Row2]

Short passing is common enough in hurling nowadays, and it's good to know we are disappointed in losing to Kilkenny in the league, not long ago Meath beat us twice in a final

[imtommygunn]

I wondered was the short passing more the wind. The wind was brutal second half.

Mckenna did a bit of damage on the scoreboard more than general play tbh.

While kk are a step up that's a decent enough team we have. Yes we can improve but it's not bad and the likes of the Dunloy boys are still getting back into it so I expect we will get better too.

[Saffrongael]

Is there any chance with all the money Antrim gave St Johns they could get a scoreboard that is visible to all areas of the ground ?

[Milltown Row2]

Is there any chance with all the money Antrim gave St Johns they could get a scoreboard that is visible to all areas of the ground ?

I'd be more concerned about getting Casement built tbf

[Saffrongael]

Is there any chance with all the money Antrim gave St Johns they could get a scoreboard that is visible to all areas of the ground ?

I'd be more concerned about getting Casement built tbf

Well Corrigan is our county ground for the foreseeable and you can do both tbf

Not sure how getting a scoreboard that everyone can see is stopping the Casement redevelopment

[Milltown Row2]

I just said I'd be more concerned about getting casement built than seeing a scoreboard at Corrigan.  Where were you placed that you couldn't see it? They used to have one on the clubhouse which was handier