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My club mate has been accused of trying to influence the Loughgiel team through being one vote in a committee of five, which seems strange knowing the make up of that co, pretty strong characters involved. Now if he was a referee from Loughgiel picking this weekends ref's their could be a conspiracy theory, but like the Ref he works hard as a volunteer for the association so its a load of balls but he doesn't deserve a crowd of louts giving him abuse every time he goes out the door.  I heard tonight that new info will come to light that will clear the ref who was supposed to have lied,
I do believe and having seen the official dvd Ding did hit with intent and so deserved punished. If it had been against Loughgiel the culprit would have deserved punished. Anyway anilis have you a fit team for Sat? I was told yesterday that SW only had ten players in any case for the cancelled match.

James, like lots of others I have been watching this thread with interest for a while now and have noticed that on a couple of occasions you have made reference to a fellow clubman of your own and his alleged potential involvement. I could be wrong but you appear to be the only one on here making this association, is there something you know that the rest of us don't? Perhaps this is why you are so vociferous in your replies

[anybody at the Lamhs game, where is the lone Loughgeil poster]

anybody at the Lamhs game, where is the lone Loughgeil poster

Milltown,

Here I am!!

The game last night threw up no surprises, but fair play to Lambs they never quit right to the end. They just couldnt score, won plenty of ball and although the scoreline doesnt reflect it, they actually made a match of it, quite physical.

Our boys played well as a unit with perhaps still a couple of places unconfirmed. We had a couple of goals dis-allowed for reasons only best known by "Eugene" so the difference in the score line could have been greater. Not entirely sure what NAG thinks we should do, drive the ball out over the corner flag instead of taking scores??

Anyway, looking forward to our meeting with St Galls as you Milltown men always manage to put it up to us.

WRT the group stages,I think every one and their dog know that they are not "The finished article", however, we do need to remember that the likes of the Gorts, Glenarriffe, and Lambs, now have at least had a taste of Hurling at this level, whereas in simple Knockouts they may have had only one game. I know that repeated hammerings does no-one any favours but the players involved now know the levels that they need to raise their game to. There is still work to be done.

I do feel that the open draw after the qualifiers is silly as, if and I repeat if, we beat St Galls, then ourselves and dunloy are through before we play each other. Therefore, our group stage match is a nonsense before its played. I think that there is merit in grading the top 2 in each group, so that they have something to play for, ie: no. 1 seed from group 1 vs no. 2 seed from group 2 and vise versa. The problem with that is that we then potentially end up doing exactly what NAG is saying we shouldnt, and try to gou out to stuff everyone into the ground so that if it comes down to scores difference at the end of the group stages, the club with the highest scores ends up top. Dammed if you do, dammed if you dont.

Well McCracken - do you play? Will you lads deliver this year?

No, vastly over the hill I'm afraid. Never was that good anyway.

WRT delivering this year, I'd love to see it, its been a long time coming, but I think we have lost with better squads than the current one. There are alot of young guys knocking around at the moment who are excellent propects, but I think it may be too soon for them. Hope I'm wrong.

IMO its between Cushendall and Dunloy, with Dunloy shading it. Not because Cushendall are a worse team but simply because Dunloy have had a rest and are now as hungry as before!! Their only problem will be lack of experience with a young team, although they seem to be managing ok so far.

Aye Winker will be aserious blow to you hopes....we are going well ourselves this year in comparison to other years. Our u-21's had a great result last week and look good for our first ever title. It all augers well for the future. We are realistic this year to no that we wont win a senior but Humpy & Micky mcshane are creating a good set-up and things are improving. Noel Brick, think he was involved with you lads a few years ago as joined our group to take the fitness. By the way McCracken how is Joe cassidy being recieved around loughguile?

@ North Antrim

WRT Joe Cassidy, the general feeling is that he is doing a good job, and he is well liked by the players. Its always good to have someone around with an outside perspective on things. Noel Brick was with us for a number of years and he certainly knows his stuff, from a fitness perspective. He is a real gentleman and has done a lot of work throughout the country in various codes and at all levels. He can definitely bring something to the table.

@ North Antrim,

Too soon to say. We are seeing glimpses of form from time to time, and had a big win over Ballycran yesterday at home. However we still have the ability to make things hard for ourselves. Lamh Dearg drew with us the other week in Loughguile. Not sure what to make of it though as it was a complete piss of an evening. Lots of new faces around at the minute, which is no bad thing, but loosing Winker has been a big blow. Swevey Sneeky and Joey Scullion out injured at the moment too.

Underage we are going well, U16 minor and U21. U21s will get their fill of it against Dunloy though. Not sure about the younger ones.

Johnneycool,

Ive watched Glenarriffe a couple of times this year and would have to agree with you. If they stuck to the hurling then perhaps they would be in a better position than they are. They have some fine hurlers coming trough, but their problem seems to be the way they are being instructed from the side line. They are being activly incouraged to be dirty and their mentors, one in particular, are letting them down a bagfull. When they played us in Loughguile, the referee actually had to push one of their mentors off the pitch as he was on trying to start a row with one of the players!!

Ruairi Og Exile, It would be nice to see Antrim do well ok, but If i'm being honest I cant see it, and I'm really sorry to say I dont really care. I've gone to the south too many times full of hope, decked out in my colours and found myself sat beside people from the big counties looking down their noses at me because I was from Antrim. They pissed me off before a ball was ever hit and then we failed to perform.

I would however really like to see club games back to the good old days where there were meaningful senior and reserve matches every Sunday throughout the summer. Despite every clubs usual bad apples, there is generally good will between most clubs, and a fantastic level of rivalry. There is simply no substitute for the feeling you get when your club does well. It s also particularly shitty when you lose 4 Championship finals in a row, but thats the way it goes. Is is never someones turn, you just have to go and win it!!

Cant see me making it to the match on Sunday, but will be willing them on quietly from Loughguile.

Gents,

I am and will always be a Loughguile man. I have been involved in the past with our seniors and in the end had to step back due to Family commitments. During my time involved, both myself and my colleagues were, on more than a few occasions, on the wrong side of our fellow parishioner who was involved in the incident the other night. I would have to say that because of some of the things that he has come out with in the past, I have little or no respect for the man, and to be honest I can see exactly why someone would like to smack him.

However, Also in my time, I have been jeered, taunted, spat on and even kicked by players and officials of the opposition. I am proud to say that even with all this I have never got involved. Its something that we should not do or condone. To me this is and shall always remain to be the greatest game on earth, and whilst we will always have a few loudmouths in each of our clubs, we should always remember that as fellow Gaels we should be able to keep the fierce rivalry on the feld and shake hands afterwards. You win some you lose some, but every dog will have his day.

I was at the match the other night, and it was a cracker. Even with the sendings off, both deservedly, the game had everything. The scuffle was something that shouldnt have happened, but its over and done with, lets move on. I'm sure that the Dall will give us that one if they get one over on us again later in the year.