Antrim Football Thread

[EOC1923]

I get your point RC, I can recall seeing some Antrim players posing for photos all smiles on the pitch with their families are being thrashed by Tyrone. Most of these players have been cleared out but RC is right the attitude now totally different than under the previous manger.

[Would ye whist]

Does MR2 spend his time on the pitch arguing over nonsense like this, the point was clear

[country bumpkin]

I get your point RC, I can recall seeing some Antrim players posing for photos all smiles on the pitch with their families are being thrashed by Tyrone. Most of these players have been cleared out but RC is right the attitude now totally different than under the previous manger.

On the same wavelength as yourself  EOC, talking to panellists regularly they are certainly on the right track

Current management do not suffer those who would be on board "just for the craic'.

Antrim are being led on a positive trail and they have learned to believe..
Long way such mindset linger.......

[Milltown Row2]

You probably didnt see the Hurlers yesterday after that defeat, very difficult to take considering we had a great chance to at least draw level. they posed with kids for photos and signed hurls for ages after the dust had settled.

Kids look up to the seniors so while they probably feel crap after losing the correct thing to do is pose and sign the hurls, nothing wrong with that.

I get the point that RC has laid claim to I don't understand why players in the past 50 odd years would be bothered to just turn up for the jersey and limelight it would bring, and then blame previous managers because of it, there are players on the team now that have been on the panel for over 12 years are they part of that culture of ones RC is talking about?

We'd have to go back to Baker to find a team that enjoyed playing with skill and determination, but we also had better players, its all very easy to blame previous managers but you'd be going back a brave few years and a lot of managers. There has to be a fair bitta blame on that players also.

[Kickham csc]

You probably didnt see the Hurlers yesterday after that defeat, very difficult to take considering we had a great chance to at least draw level. they posed with kids for photos and signed hurls for ages after the dust had settled.

Kids look up to the seniors so while they probably feel crap after losing the correct thing to do is pose and sign the hurls, nothing wrong with that.

I get the point that RC has laid claim to I don't understand why players in the past 50 odd years would be bothered to just turn up for the jersey and limelight it would bring, and then blame previous managers because of it, there are players on the team now that have been on the panel for over 12 years are they part of that culture of ones RC is talking about?

We'd have to go back to Baker to find a team that enjoyed playing with skill and determination, but we also had better players, its all very easy to blame previous managers but you'd be going back a brave few years and a lot of managers. There has to be a fair bitta blame on that players also.

The problem with Antrim football at the moment is that we seem to produce a solid team every 10 or so years, that last for 1-2 years.

In between times we are always rebuilding. The trick is how do we shorten the time period to produce the next team and how do we prolong their success.

We had a good team around the 2000's (White), then around 2007-2010 (Baker) and this group looks to have good potential 2023. And we're not talking about Div 1 std, we're talking about just being competitive

[bannside]

That is the trick KCSC. Solving it is the challenge.

[JimStynes]

Do primary school children play at half time during Antrim league games?

[bannside]

I went to it Ref. We were competitive for large parts as you say..Down got a good start and managed the game well after that, we never looked like getting a result. But fair play, we didn't throw in the towel and our best spell was the last ten minutes when we were chipping back at their lead.

I thought the subs made a positive contribution and had a bit of zip about their game that was missing in a number of starters. We continue to carry balls into tackles unlike the opposition and that's a regular feature across both games I've seen so far. Won't work at this level.

I'm not sure there is a couple of superstars that are going to hit the seniors in the next year or two and make a difference. But there are three or four who wouldn't be out of place given natural progression.

There isn't enough of a threat upfront either from what I've seen.  Maybe the team needs jigged about a bit, a couple of subs caught the eye towards the end during our best spell.

[Saffrongael]

Do primary school children play at half time during Antrim league games?

Yes i have been to both hurling league games and they were, I assume the football is the same

[Saffsof82]

Do primary school children play at half time during Antrim league games?

Yes i have been to both hurling league games and they were, I assume the football is the same

Yep, same in football

[tintin25]

Do St Galls have a 2nds team in Division 3 or is that a typo on the website?

[delgany]

Do St Galls have a 2nds team in Division 3 or is that a typo on the website?

It is a St.Galls Thirds team

[Caesar]

My own club would struggle to field a reserve team at times so fair play to St Galls if they have brought through the numbers to field a thirds team

[Saffsof82]

watched St Brigids last night in a challenge game, dont think they will be shaking up the league or championship this year.

[Milltown Row2]

watched St Brigids last night in a challenge game, dont think they will be shaking up the league or championship this year.

You can't go with challenge games to be fair as a reflection of how a team will go the rest of the season, I've seen plenty to know this over the years