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FFS will the press stop putting a mic in front of this clown. its not the first time hes made an idiot out of himself but enough is enough
good to see the CB respond
Hes finished at county level now anyway so this should be his dying kick on the national press stage anyway
what an embarrassment

Lads to clear a few things up -

The cushendall money story is true

The county hurlers betting against their own team is true

PJ jumping before being pushed is true

The south Antrim game that was abandoned was to be replayed at St galls pitch but they declined that offer and were hence threw out of the competition. St. John's went on to play in the south Antrim final which was to manus bewilderment refereed by a North Antrim referee.

We can brush the whole lot under the carpet or make sure it doesn't happen again!! Ivan be sure if it were certain clubs time wouldn't be wasted in dealing with it.

Any Good news

I would have thought croke park intervention wouldn't be to far away
Let's face it headquarters have a responsibility to ensure this is dealt with right to set a president for again

The only saving graces if you like for the eejits that were gambling are the PJ sacking/resignation and the events in Cushendall. It'll take the heat of them but it shouldn't be left by our county board, it must be investigated.

Credit where credit is due, they acted swiftly with the shambles that was PJ tenure, but if they don't act on this then it's a failure in my mind.

I don't care if some of those betting against the county were from the same club as some high ranking officials, grow a set and discipline them.

I would have thought croke park intervention wouldn't be to far away
Let's face it headquarters have a responsibility to ensure this is dealt with right to set a president for again

As I stated from first pop - I don't know why anyone is expecting individuals who gambled heads to roll publicly.
It won't be happening.
Dealt with quietly - and never exposed in public.
That's the only way that's happening.

Why

Post from the hoganstand a week ago. Haven't heard the names myself but this something the executive need to deal with properly if they want to ensure their credibility.

First big (big) test for the new county executive and some involved are very close to home for said individuals. I'm sure they really could have done without this 3 to 4 months into the job, but the eyes are watching.........

bricktop (Down) - Posts:1307 - 25/03/2016 10:33:28   1837533

When you read the CB stating that it's vicious rumours I have a bad feeling it's already gone in to the case closed file
The accused have or will be invited to leave the panel and that will be it

SIE
ARGUING WITH YOU
it's like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good you are at chess the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, crap on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

You ranted for two years about the then hurling set up. All your suggestions came to fruition
Your a lost cause me thinks

The then manager was a joke. I stick by what I posted. Like I've told you ad nauseum I know what Ryan did. Like I also said before, you're obsessed and somewhat frightening with your devotion to him. And yes Kevin ryan was there for 3 years. PJ had more league wins in his short time in charge though. 

Both reigns are over. I'm moving on. I suggest you do. It'll be good for you.

There you go again let's move on
This latest exchange was initiated by yourself today mentioning Kevin Ryan fans
What an idiotic statement
You got your dream set up and it's all gone up in smoke
and  stop repeating that I Know what he did last summer
You sound like a bad teen movie
You put up and shut up and we can move on

 SIE
ARGUING WITH YOU
it's like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good you are at chess the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, crap on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

You ranted for two years about the then hurling set up. All your suggestions came to fruition
Your a lost cause me thinks

I wish I shared your confidence in the new executive Brocky.
havent seen anything resembling action from them.

I think today's announcement would clasify as action. At the end of the day the county senior hurling squad or some of it brought the county into disrepute and no matter what the press release they took the only action they could. The buck stops with the manager.

indeed. Try telling that to the Kevin ryan fans.

Could you define a kevin Ryan fan SIE is it someone who supported him
His tenure lasted a lot longer than the one you campaigned for
Thought you would be keeping a low profile today seeing as all your manager and player preferences where put in place and what a farce that was
Feel sorry for PJ but when he put all his eggs in the  "get the LG players back and we will blow all round us basket" he was doomed
so keep spouting the same old tripe, I'm sitting here ready for whatever response is needed

We haven't won jack s ever!!

Bad times.

We won the Christy ring quite handy the last time we contested it now we are looking at pulling out of it
I wasn't talking about all Ireland's just matches like Kerry and Carlow etc

Playing in the CR will be another farce after the run we've been on IMO. I can't see anyone's heart being in it regardless of the commitment shown by some. I'd give the players the final vote on whether they've ambitions to compete properly in the competition. If not .... pull out.

We have had disappointing league results.
Our manager has resigned.
There is suspicion that a couple of players bet against themselves.

That is not reason to tell a whole panel that we're wrapping it up for the year or even considering it. That's a kick in the stones to lads who have committed, who are proud to play for the county and who are probably hurting more than anyone about the year so far.

It's time to show those lads that the county are behind them and will do our best to improve things to hopefully end the year with some sort of positivity.

Pulling the plug would tell those lads "we're fed up with the whole fecking lot of ye."

How many would be willing to commit again if they think the county are just going to dump on them when the chips are down?

Again valid - which shows just what a mess we're in.

Wouldn't it be great if we had a new invigorated county executive to step in an show some conviction.

Again it's up to the players if you ask me
It's some mess
We haven't won jack s..t for years yet we have two big stories on hoganstand that's embarrassing and that's just today

Playing in the CR will be another farce after the run we've been on IMO. I can't see anyone's heart being in it regardless of the commitment shown by some. I'd give the players the final vote on whether they've ambitions to compete properly in the competition. If not .... pull out.

What are the consequences of not playing in an All Ireland Competition?

This I would imagine would result in banning from competitions for a number of years at this point.

That's the burning question are we obliged to play at this stage or is it mandatory
I think a players vote would be fair IF we do have the choice
I would be on for pulling out
We need a redress of the whole county system and how we are preparing players for county hurling
And playing away with the club  will not prepare them for inter county hurling
And a lot of our top club players are not committed enough
Gonna take years to fix this with more resources put in at minor and younger
Let's try building from the ground up for a change

There's more news on route.  Batten down the hatches.   

I know what your on about

Here it is
PJ mullan has just stepped down from the position as Antrim county hurling manager after a meeting with the county board

No April fools it's official

http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=252907

It's just gone national

It's been a couple of embarrassing weeks for Antrim

No matter whose to blame if its a person or persons, I hope the Cushendall club handle it with great care and sensitivity.  These people have families who will be affected by it and in a small closely knit community it will be devastating for them.
No doubt the guilty parties will need dealt with, but there could be underlying issues and at a time of great stress people do not think clearly. Maybe sometimes we are too quick to jump to conclusions.
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This board doesn't do balanced perspective
We are here to have a pop when the urge takes us
Refs are first on the hit list ( exept for rather touchy ones from Belfast ) then we work our way down
From there
You need to be squeaky clean to avoid our wrath
But we all love our hurling
Welcome to the board Brocky