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K, responsible?  Hoods?

To Blame?  County board

but then if us yokels down the sticks say anything we're just picking on the poor oul city people

After reading the responses I admit I was out of order naming individuals and I will delete my original comment. Point taken.

Fair enough.  I'll delete my comment too.

Congratulations to Cushendall.

They  deserve a lot of credit for their Championship campaign.  Up against it in QF v St John's, SF v Loughgiel and in the Final against The Town and had the skill & determination to come through and win. 
Personally I'm terribly disappointed but I'm sure not as gutted as our players.  They put in a great shift and were very close.  The width of a crossbar maybe.

If Ballycastle can keep these boys together I'd certainly be looking forward with a lot of hope.

Great work again by the Dunloy club.

"What you reap is what you sow"

Can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Darren Mc Keown, not one of the Ballycastle men who referee out of different clubs then?

Seems like a nice fella 

seen him the other night there, did a decent job. Cant complain lol

Wouldn't normally mention this DR, but there appears to be a wee brown stain on the end of your nose. 
Wasting your time anyway.  Everybody knows that Mr McKeown's integrity is undisputed.   

Who is looking after both camps? Last I saw Dunloy minors Gary O'Kane and Liam Richmond were on the line. Are they still there? What about the Town?

Malachy Molloy, Paul Molloy and Eddie McCurry are over our minors this year

Raymond McMullan and Paul Kelly take Ballycastle's minors.  I think Sean McCormick is there too.

Should be a good game.  As Jesus Jones says that Darragh Cup result followed by the league result was a bit odd but should give both teams reasons to be confident.

Darren Mc Keown, not one of the Ballycastle men who referee out of different clubs then?

We could maybe do with a couple refereeing out of our own club.  To be fair to the two (I think) you're referring to, I don't think I've ever heard either being accused of pro-Town bias.

Shoebox I've seen that Ballycastle minor team on a few occasions and they are seriously impressive. I know Dunloy beat them in The Darragh Cup but the town thumped them a week later in the league.

Aye, but have you seen who the ref is?   

who is the ref and why would that make any difference to a minor game?

Ref is Darren McKeown. i fail to see what difference this would have in the outcome of fri nights game?

explain for us all.

It was a joke DR, based on a recent comment about refs commenting on forums.  I'll try harder next time.

Shoebox I've seen that Ballycastle minor team on a few occasions and they are seriously impressive. I know Dunloy beat them in The Darragh Cup but the town thumped them a week later in the league.

Aye, but have you seen who the ref is?   

I won't speculate because I don't know the full facts about what has gone on. I am disappointed how things have worked out for Humpy. He is a good hurling man and gave it his all.

Yes. I've heard conflicting accounts going back some time now, so I'll not comment on that but I'm gutted and I don't think I'll be going anywhere to watch Ballycastle for a while. 
Maybe if they get to a championship final *ironic laughs*

As far as I see it, we are currently where we have been for many many years, more or less. Ok there has been the odd exception but they have been few and far between. It is therefore very unfair to point the finger at current individuals and paint the picture that they have somehow dragged our county to a new low. It just isn't true. Now, I have criticised our county executive many times on certain things they have done in the recent past, all of which I stand over.

Getting relegated to Div 2 is disappointing for Antrim, yes. There are, however, only two teams above us who we would hope to be ahead of (Laois & Kerry) and we would beat them as often if not more as they would beat us. Realistically it would be a bit of a shock for us to beat any of the other teams above us and it has been a long time since that was any different.

It isn't exactly "Antrim Hurling. Apocalypse Now."

I'd pretty much agree hardstation, and considering that it's a fairly young squad Div 2 might be a proving ground. Carlow, Westmeath & Derry will be tough enough for them.  My worry is when I look at what's coming after,  Minors got done by Derry in league final and once again we seem to have the story of players more than good enough but not it seems wanting to play for the county.
I also go along with the "get boys hurling for their clubs and pick the county team from that", with less county training restrictions.

I think Cushendall will beat Dunloy.  They have more all over the pitch and while Dunloy will work like dogs and have Shiels Cushendall will have too much for them.

I really hope St Galls come through the other side.  It'll mean that that cnut Duffy won't get the final and just to stuff it to him Cushendall will stuff them.  No offence MR2 but he screwed you as well as sticking it to the Town.

Any thoughts on Sky Sports coverage so far? 
Here's a link to an article written about 55 years ago by Kenneth "They think it's all over" Wolstenholme.

http://daltonr.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/52/

I think everyone needs to stop posting there 3rd hand info from "a man that knew a man", the incident is a serious one and both lads don't need this s*** going on, I hope it will all be dealt with in the manner it deserves.

Very true - but hearing these sob stories about the lovely little lads from the glens who just wanted a game of hurling being driven to this by corner boys from Belfast is fascinating.
Or depressing.
A lad had lost an eye - that the fact we know.
And yet some of the north Antrim posts are just an unfortunate reflection of myopia - it's just daily mail style writing. Pathetic.
Best wishes to the injured lad - and hopefully those poor glens boys can be left in peace to play their games like gentlemen without the violent city folk - with one eye.

Heard this myopic shite from you before when you were defending the McCooey U16s.  Who was awarded the U16 B final and why?

[Stephen McAfee (Antrim)]

Does 'Brick' McCarthy still hurl for Cushendall?  Remember him being a good player a few years ago but haven't really heard of him since.

I think Brick had knee problems and had an operation but never recovered fully and has packed it in now. He was a good player all right and not very old. I think he's only about 25 even now.

Will Cushendall and Dunloy field full teams and be competitive tomorrow?  If it was in June or July it would be a game worth seeing.

Lastly, congratulations to the two Ballycastle players, Stephen McAfee and Ciaran Clarke on their selection on the U21 Team of the Year.  Brilliant achievement.
TEAM OF THE YEAR

Ronan Taaffe (Clare); Paul Flanagan (Clare), David McInerney (Clare), Brian Kennedy (Kilkenny); Seadna Morey (Clare), Alan O'Neill (Clare), Ray Barry (Waterford); Colm Galvin (Clare), Lee Chin (Wexford); Tony Kelly (Clare), Padraic Collins (Clare), Stephen McAfee (Antrim); Stephen Quirke (Offaly), Jason Forde (Tipperary), Ciaran Clarke (Antrim).

http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/banner-dominate-u21-team-of-the-year-29649153.html