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Anyone see the BBC coverage of the Live game is it just me or Austin (wind up toy) O'Callaghan absolutely terrible. He made an otherwise pretty slick production look very ordinary by some of his dicky comments and non ability to direct the comments. Shows a lack of understanding of the game at the basic level, add this to tomas o'kane and his woeful interviewing technique. Can we not get someone who understands the game and can actually string two sentences together to interview people in the know?

Yeah and paid well, but he can see that many autobiographies coming out of this that he doesnt care now. He is so skewed in his perceptions that he is no longer in a positon to be writing in a balanced way.

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I totally get where you are coming from on this one, it is a disgrace the way that hurling is treated and as for the competitiveness of the championship, in the football there is realisitcally one of two teams that can win it.

Anyway if they keep showing football matches like the ones yesterday you couldnt ask for a better advertisement for Hurling.

Antrim Gael, Thats two threads inside a day referring to the IN coverage? Are you Paddy in disguise?

Yeah thats what I mean Groundlie, you need a good blend of older players with the right attitude and bringing in a continual mix of younger guys to freshen it up.

I cant remember who said it earlier here that one or two good underage teams do not make a long term successful club. If you look at any of the successful clubs they are built on a conveyor belt system, they are not always successful at under age but they are coaching their players in the right way and not putting them off with any undue pressures.

If we take Dunloy as the prime example they have not had massive amounts of success but they have put good teams together and some very good teams. Each year they seem to get one two three minors u21's coming though of the correct standard and that is all that it takes to keep being successful. Cushendall are the very same and Loughgiel to a lesser extent as they seem to prize underage success above the long term goal. Just look at the number of players that have walked away before their prime.

So the lessons are there to be learned, instant success is not always a healthy thing when planning long term.

Skull what I had heard was that he was supposed to be getting the scan last week but infact had actually just been to see the specialist who then referred him on for the scan. (Even though sambo had reported in the paper that he had been through the scan and all)

He has since been through the scan this week.

The word I had got that it was bad news from the scan, can you fill us in?

I heard the injury to Paul Shields could be a long term problem but the injury list isnt looking good thats for sure. The boys heading off to Waterford this afternoon for a training weekend with a 'behind closed doors' game with Waterford.

That is the biggest load of rubbish I have read in a long time. Where in under god did get the connection between ROG and a second world war bomb disposal solider?

I am seriously fed up with this attitude which can only be described as west british coming out from the media in the pale.

We are not her 'subjects' and we live in a class-less society so it is up to ROG how he greets anyone.

We do not and should not have to cow tow to anyone in the world and that includes this drival from a paid mouth piece.

Ive seen him already and no doubt there is a talent there, he could do with 2 - 3 friends to make them seriously competitive.

Yeah I would hope so too, but is it just me or are they producing all these big men who have a tendency to be defenders if they had a spinkling of quicker nippier forwards to go along with these guys then they would be a force to be reckoned with.

Ballycastle are making a shape at it anyway it would seem. I would say if they could gather up one of two more serious players they would not be too far away with some decent training and committment.

Id agree with that Minder. But I dont see any harm in letting both of them prove themselve throughout the season and then make a call on it going on form running into the championship.

Hard to have faith in a keeper playing reserve hurling for his club good a keeper as he might well be!

From what I hear pinkie will do well to hurl again and on the other one Karma is a bitch!