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Well Harry Redknapp can do a column so can our dear Liam!

I think the way these things are done is normally by an interview over the phone which a journalist writes up.
The colunist can then approve the copy.

Obviously Winker is not the most popular on this forum - but he is controversial which is exactly what the paper wants.
And the fact is - people will therefore read it.

Your right.

It just pisses you off that he's now been given a weekly column that will be filled with attacks on Antrim county and the players. The players there at the minute deserve a break and less of that tripe he spins about them and rivalries etc. The rest will be loughgiel and himself.

Next time i see that Maggie doll running about a pitch with that camera i'll soon tell her.

On another note, I hear winker has signed up as a columnist for the county Antrim post. Should be interesting. 

If the County Antrim Post think their readership is going to go through the roof by signing up this clown as a columnist, they're mistaken. Don't think there is a spell check designed for this man's dialect.

Can just see the editors face when he receives his first draft!

This is one topic that really does get my back up when fellow gaels become fixated by anti S&C. Now i'm not saying that everyone's in the same boat, but  I want to state the facts about this.  Many professional sports use specific conditioning techniques to develop young bodies to be ready for professional sport. Everyone in professional sports will tell you the time to have this prep done is between 13-18. So developing our teams at these age levels is a real advancement on our outlook for the future for these players after 18 years of age. My one concern would be that the trainers in charge of these developments squads are focusing on GAA specific conditioning techniques, which I'm sure they are if they are taking this program on.

[People would not gripe for £10 in.]

Is there a match on before the county final? If not why in gods name play it in the dark?
Why not play it at half 3 on sat instead.
I see no sense in having to take small kids to Belfast at night for a game. Only one side of the grounds allowed to be open anyway is it not?

Assuming Casement could handle it and reckon it could I would have suggested the Junior, Intermediate and Senior be played that Saturday 29th (or Sunday if it hadn't been for All Ireland). 4pm, 6pm, 8pm. An Antrim festival of hurling. People would not gripe for £10 in.
Ps congrats to Endas Last Man. Fair play to Dunloy as well - fully deserved.

If there only there for the last game I'm sure they might! Dont think this is an option as the weather isn't going to improve much to allow the ground to take three games.

He has been there for quite some time. Helping out. Nothing more than that.

I didn't notice him until a dunloy man standing beside me says look Davys on the line now. Has he been coaching the team? Dunloy looked fit and playing a 'hand passy' kind of game.

Took a run to both semis. Loughgiel just to good for the johnnies and Dunloy fully deserving of the victory against a heartless cushendall. Looking forward to the meeting of my two neighbours.

Ps did anyone see a certain mr Fitzgerald on Dunloy line today? WTF?

Who are you saying will get the county job SiE?
I would have thought your lads would have been looking for a convinving win on Saturday? Getting close to peaking time?

if I was a betting man my money would be on the man from Carlow.

I'd hope the betting man would know that the man from Carlow is in fact from Waterford.

I haven't looked that much into him to be honest. All I know is he was Carlow manager. And will probably be next Antrim manager.

Appointed manager today. Not released yet.

Ryan got the job. Heard it here first.

This is embarassing.

Position went to the mans head. I'm sure he's wont be making any more paper statements any time soon.

There is also another point to this. He has brought the GAA and RTE into disripute and if I'm correct in saying this is punishable under the rules of the association?

Jerry. Jerry. Jerry.
What were you thinking my son.

Last ounce of credibility gone.

OnTheHill what did Wallace say in the Irish news about hippy?

I mean his hurling is on a par with the top counties and hd is genuinely injured!

Basically said that Hippy shouldnt have been on the pitch when the fraca started, that it was a 'players issue' and nothing to do with the management which hippy 'was a part of' for the day.

This statement wont help his case if they try to suspend him.

Hippy played the second half on sunday against cushendall i believe, so he must be near ready to play again.

[Well if the manager doesn't come into the changing room after the match that doesn't help things]

Well if the manager doesn't come into the changing room after the match that doesn't help things..big training session tonight. Interesting what the players reaction is. They need to take a look at themselves.

It is not the sign of a good leader/manager when you cant face your troops after a defeat.  Would love to be a fly on the goal post at tonights county training.

Ps Did anyone read the small section in todays Irish news.  Cant see Hippy being very happy with this...Wallace hung him out to dry!

[Jesus lads better not get to complacent here, these boys ran galway close last year, i know we tanked them at casement but they could be a different animal at home]

Poor poor result at the weekend, where do they go from here?

Lets be realistic we aren't in a position to think that we can just go to the likes of WM and take a handy win away. Their result against Galway last year should have alarm bells ringing but obviously not loud enough.

Jesus lads better not get to complacent here, these boys ran galway close last year, i know we tanked them at casement but they could be a different animal at home

I posted this last Thursday when most on here was saying we will win this pulling up. In hindsight this was always on the cards as a possible. we had selectors walking,bad turn outs in training and the manager storming of home from training. in the league this year v Clare,offaly and limerick we averaged 12 points per game and that's what scored again. we are 4 to 5 players short of a decent team mostly in the forwards. where to go from here, we just keep plugging away. Tomorrow night at training is going to be the most important session of the year, if the players all turn up have a chat and collectively take a good hard look at themselves and regroup for qualifiers. If there is anything in them you like to think they are a wounded animal at the minute. As for Jerry Wallis well the jury is out at the moment the players had to get him but now there not responding to him. He id maybe a good coach but management is a different kettle all together

Think we got the answer to this on saturday evening. Wallis hadnt a clue what to do. When he was appointed I was very hopeful of Antrim finally getting the right man, a man that players apparently thought very highly off. But his transition from coach to manager unfortunately hasnt worked out for him. There is fair bit of difference in the two roles. I give him to the end of the year and he'll be gone.

Antrim are by far more superior than WM. Fact. The players were brain washed into playing a gameplan that simply wasnt neccessary for WM. The result of this brainwash resulted in players being unable to express themselves as hurlers. Every ball that antrim won in the middle sector had to go into the corner, its as if they were told no shots unless within 30 yards of goal.
This resulted in repeated breakdowns of play and over passing the ball. For a wile I thought it was arsenal I was watching.

I hate to say it but I think we'll not have many more games to attend after the first qualifier if this continues.

Threatened to quit / left not happy - but no resignation and continuing to play happy families at minute.
All a bit of deja vu for Antrim.

Told you things where not good last week, but some clown sidetracked to topic to have a go at Dick(check out antrim post page 60). Sounds as if Jerry has lost the changing room. Hope imm wrong for the sake of the players but its all bad vibes at the minute.

Antrim Post "Well I just made a decision that it was time to step aside....myself and Jerry just weren't on the same wave length on certain things and at the end of the days he's the manager. I think it was for the best for everyone concerned" said Gregory O Kane

This in contrast to Wallace

"I know there's a name already being bandied around but I'm not; I'm going to hold tough at the moment.

"We're going quite well, there's a good training group, everything is good in the camp, the players are all involved.

"With Gregory stepping away, everyone is wondering are there problems in our camp. I could dispel those [rumours].

"The players are a happy bunch of players. They're looking forward to the match against Westmeath on the 19th, as I am. We'll move on."

I also was told that Sambo isn't happy either...so there's something not right.

Heard a rumour that Wallace has quit?

Walked out of training on Tuesday night...a few things recently would suggest alls not well. Does anyone else know what's goin on?