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I have to applaud the doc and thank him for his service over that last 5 years , i really think he has been outstanding. A talent like his hopefully will be able to flourish in some other channel within our association. Maybe ulster council, central council and dare i say it hopefully to the heights of president. he has the intellect and hopefully drive to get there.
there hasn't been as  an outstanding adminstrator in antrim for many many years in antrim and let's hope it is not the last of the doc....he also has that fair but no nonsense side to him too , he doesnt suffer fools gladly. he has been a relevation for us he presided over our footballers getting to an ulster final and  our hurlers at last showing glimpses of 89 again !!let's start the presendial campaign now !!!he is too good not to be pushed on in our association...

Will the club be bringing the fighters up in front of the commitee for bringing the association  and club into disrepute?
It is very bad example to the young ones around the area and what is acceptable behaviour and what is not.This behaviour should not be condoned and the club there needs to try and be a focus for postive contributions to society not drunken brawls.
I have spoken before of the pub culture there and it is obviously alive and well which really is quite sad. What example to the young lads of the village ! The club should take a lead on this and show the youth that it does not condone drunken brawls and take the guilty parties up on bringing the association into disrepute.

It is very sad that things have turned out the way they have .As usual for these people it revolves around drink , really pathetic behaviour by them all , sore losers really.I cant see a way forward for them.

Match is nearing and all things seem in place .As Tipp said years ago The Famine is Over , our battle cry will be the same.Cushendall at the minute aren't on the same page , I hear Monday coming is their cut off from going off the drink - 6 days before the game - some record that is.
Our boys are very much up for the game and our preparations going great , a good game last week and the boys are really ready to take the cup home and I believe we will.
Cushendall seem too concerned with us at the minute to have any chance !!!

NAG is just get frightened with all this and is just plain uncertain about his own team.Rightly so as all their main guys seem to do is Drink , Drink and more Drink .....  must be the best customers in the Cushendall bars...Cushendall think they are masters of peaking at the right time , absolute rubbish , their main players just dont care all they worry about is Drink , Drink..........I cannt wait until we destroy them ...

NAG this is a non issue if he is asked by clubs for his help and to take a session or two he will .Maybe cushendall management  haven't asked him for his help , if they did i'm sure he'd help them no problem.Cushendall maybe are lucky that their management doesn't need help , advice etc or just a different voice but if they asked i'm sure they'd have him ..
On what onthehill and just puck it were saying about the antics of players drinking , i feel this is more of an issue , We have a few like that but Cushendall seem to be infested with good timers we have the  county deserter who'd take it out of a sock , other pin up boys who are disiplined for all day sessions and more of them at it - this seems more of an issue for cushendall than others.Cushendall may have their gym boys etc  but really these guys are negative role models if they go out on drinking benders as they like in the middle of championship.But clubs having the foresight to get help in their teams prepararation is a non issue.

It is a disease brought from soccer and clubs most guilty of it tend to be full of soccer supporters paricularly the ones that follow the famous poppy wearing club Glasgow Celtic.
A policy of zero tolerance needs to be in place and believe it or not ex hurlers themselves who follow that soccer club can be disgusting too.
Club Commitees need to make examples of these people even during meaningless games to make the point we are gaels not soccer heads and are different and have a family positive culture in our games.

I wouldn't say we are a great team compared to the '83 side but we are a good side and with the structures , organisation and the detail we go into to improve our game we can be a great team to rival the '83 team. We are streets ahead of any club in terms of preparation and are very focussed and I have a feeling we will give the All-Ireland a good shot this year.

Well put Dunloy posters - I like your grace in defeat.
I will now leave Dunloy alone but one point is Maxpower in soccer ( the game lots in Dunloy follow Celtic etc.) it is called the box in hurling it is the square , small point but I don't like hurling people refer to it as the box, it is the square.
Now my sights are on Cushendall and I could write a book on the antics there.
2010 the year of the shamrocks continues with amazing things to come ...............

Well the dunloy posters must be taking the bank holiday off and getting a dose of reality , i knew it would be easy and the scoreline actually flatters Dunloy , now they can concentrate on Celtic their great soccer team.
They didn't finish with 15 surprise surprise ! It is just great to see the chickens come home to roost .
I am very keen to hear from Dunloy posters .Maybe they were missing a lot of players and we'll hear the rubb ish about great learning experience for our younger ones etc.. but if we had  A B C we'd have won  yawn yawn..........

Well Dunloy sorted  , dall next which should be easier if sat night anything to go by!
Dunloy posters I await your analysis .......
Regarding the All -Ireland presuming we get past Dall we would have leinster and that would be a tough draw but well who knows things have been very focussed this year so you just never know what this panel is capable of..

I feel the town match v 'dall should have been in Loughgiel , a better atmosphere ,dug outs etc.. but maybe the county board is giving Dunloy a chance of a gate to help them pay for their non fielding fines!
On the game itself it is getting near to the game and all is pointing to a Dall v otherselves final. All this week I feel Dunloy have totally lost focus on the big picture - championship hurling and have got bogged down in silly issues but fear does that !!!

Isn't great on the week of championship Dunloy concentrating on football ?
And I  kid you not it is not Celtic Football club but our own native game , they did well the other night anyone have a team  from it to see all these dual players ?
Again sad to see a once proud club not able to field in hurling.
On to Sunday any idea on the Dunloy lineout ? A bet is they'll start with 15 but definitely not finish with 15 if we have vigilant linesmen , umpires and a fair referee.!!

Well Sunday is nearing and good old Dunloy are focussing on an intermediate football game !
Maybe they should begin to think about hurling again but then maybe they have given up on the senior hurling championship and are very concerned about the intermediate football championship ! It is a long time since they were not capable of fielding in a senior hurling league game but their focus is on the football.
Well let's hope we have a fair referee and linesmen on Sunday and at last we will get our chance to show how hurling is played and I  bet there will be at least two Dunloy red cards on Sunday along side a heavy defeat for them.

Paddy Power deserves to be rid out - throw your money on us . We are certs , the 'dall are not the team they were and Dunloy are a downright poor nasty side. It is our championship to lose and as long as we get the right protection from refs and linesmen it is ours.