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Wouldn't disagree with that. If we were a single code football club I'd be confident we would have had at least one championship in the last few years.
But success isn't just measured with silverware. It also about promoting our games and providing opportunities to as many people across as many codes as we can. I think along with others we do that very well

Yes we won an Antrim and Ulster intermediate title in 2015 with more or less the same squad as we have now.

Over the last number of years we would have in the region of 10 starters on the football team that also start for the hurlers.

Those players could be easily plying 40 games in a 7 month period which is crazy when you think about it

More nonsense from McCavanagh.

From my understanding the minimum capacity required to host a world cup game is 40,000?

 I totally agree that a revised smaller scale stadium to meet the current budget would more than please the Gaels of Antrim.

But I think a lot are missing the point here.

Unless the new stadium can hold 34,000 to host the Ulster Final, then it's not a project that interests Ulster GAA.

Antrim GAA do not own Casement any more so with no tenure over the current site what say do we actually have in how the £70 million is spent?

Even if the DOC thought this was a good idea, I doubt very much it would happen.

I really hope I am wrong but there will not be any other show in town.

It isn't a case of casement will go ahead now but rather when and who will pay for it.
Regardless of what both parties say there is clearly going to be a standoff between the GAA and the department of communities to see who will foot the bill. As for talk of scaling down etc wise the bap! There is not going to be any other show in town.

The best part of a decade on I still find it infuriating how and why casement was allowed to close in the first place before planning had been passed. But what people seem to forget is that a primary motive of the then county chairman to close Casement was to get the social club closed. A personal gripe. At the time it had to close once the stadium had been condemned due to H&S reasons. Casement could and should have remained open only for some fairly minor repairs.

Did you ever hear the story about the building contractor that told the lay man that if he gave him his 2 up 2 down house he would build him a big mansion but with the caveat that he wouldn't actually ever own it? Well that guy has been homeless now pushing on 8 years. Welcome to the casement park fiasco

Fella that used to go goals for them. Think it's Benny but not certain.

Aghoghill fella with St T was a neeson

Yes both had external memory doing the coaching

Are you sure about that?

LD had the big heavy fella from Tyrone
Aggies had tiffi quinn errigal Ciaran
Johnnies Marron from Moneyglass
Teresa's big lad from Ahoghill
Ardoyne Ross carr

But you carry on BGM

Full house then MR! Let he who is without sin..

 I doubt those type of figures are to be believed.

Genuine question are there any division 1 clubs in Antrim that haven't paid an outside manager or football coach in the last 5 years? Cargin Creggan LD St endas Aghagallon portglenone st galls
ahoghill gort ma Mona have been paying. Not sure about the johnnies.

Go into division 2 and off the top of my head ballymena Whitehill Moneyglass Aldergrove have all had outsiders. You'd think by the chat from some on here that only 2 or 3 clubs paid and the rest had homegrown volunteers. Fake news!

Hearing there are lots of new and old cargin and Creggan faces on the county panel.
50 odd on the panel and going 3 nites a week  from now to Christmas. 
Be interesting to see who makes the cut

I'd say it's the same as last year. Hugh McG with 20's and Donal Laverty & Paddy Kelly with U-17s.
Both seemed like good setups.

Those odds are nuts. What price are Cavan to win?

EOC we are quite happy with the McNulty brothers in Creggan so we won't be bringing Madden or any previous managers back.

I have no inside knowledge of the process BS merely going by EMG interviews since the Cavan game which seemed to suggest he was considering the role.

We got two ex Tyrone all-stars with limited experience but undoubted potential. I've seen a time we might have jumped at that so it's not a bad appointment just not my preference as stated.

I'll be behind the team no matter who's in charge. Do people see many new faces being brought in? From ourselves I'd like to see Ruairi McCann and the Smalls back in and a few cargin men that have opted out along with some of there newer blood.

Bannside - if you are going to try and come across as balanced at least try and be truthful.

It was out there weeks ago now that EMG had been approached and offered the position. Any other ticket in reality were at a disadvantage and possibly wasting their time. Was the interview process just a bluff?

Surprised you weren't backing the madden/McEntee ticket btw Bannside with the Antrim connection & you being a portglenone man and all.

I'd be fairly hopeful that EMG can evolve into a good manager but I fear for potential conflict due to the family connection. That's a difficult situation for him to manage given his lack of experience. Perhaps a bigger concern is the fact the oneill is double jobbing with managing a club. I don't agree with that and should have been made choose as we won't get his full attention.

Never heard of this Quinn fella you speak of. Glad to see sean in there even if he is number 4 in the setup I'd expect he will be a good sound board for the players they should be picking.