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Apparently they beat Galway by 5 points in a friendly.

Not sure who their stars are but I think most of the team would be from Belfast - I think one of the schools,can't mind which, did well in the McLarnon. I know of one Dunloy and one Stinsons too.

Who knows about management. Maybe your man O'Prey will be able to take that minor team right through. Two have already even made it into senior.

By all accounts your man Pollock is almost unmarkable this year though I've not seen him. The u21 setup this year really was proved to be a bit of a joke when the team with the a good bulk the squad got dumped out in the preliminary.I think there were players from last year, good players, who weren't played this year too.

Still - hopefully someone will notice this and they'll not get another chance.

I see Owen Quinn is the ref. for the u21 football final.

Fair play - must be doing well for someone so young.

That's not so bad then. A good few of those could strengthen up the half forward line.

To be honest I wouldn't put Kevin Niblock in St Galls best 15 never mind Antrim's.

Cunningham, Quinn, Brady,Scullion and I'd say maybe Loughrey should start in the c'ship which is a brave few.

Haven't seen much of Carlin so not sure what he's like but looking at that team the biggest changes I would see(or would like to see) would be to HB and HF lines.

Where's Doherty from Rasharkin at? He still on the panel?

How did the younger boys do - Shields and McAuley?

Is Kettle looking any good?

Interesting team - who would be to come back onto that team yet?

Very young half back line - I assume Carlin is the St Paul's Carlin? We could also do with a bit more in the half forward line - suppose it all depends on who's left to come into the team.

Good to see young O'Boyle back though - probably the best man marker in the county from what I can see.

I see someone else had a seperate post - Cargin 0-17 St Pauls 0-1 . That's an awful hammering. Still I suppose at least St Pauls kept a clean sheet...

Very young tem in general but it's good to build for the future.

Sean Leo scored 23 points in the derry intermediate final last year I think it was so he must be some hurler himself!!

Would have a few reservations although hopefully will not matter given the opposition.

Brian Delargy struggles with Cushendall and in most of the big games I've seen him in he's been subbed as well as I think being dropped late for the county final. Don't get me wrong big strong fella with a good left side but very very slow for county level and even top club level. Kettle and McAuley could be training reasons - would have thought McAuley(Barney) was our most consistent player for the last while. Like Podge says I wouldn't rate Micko Herron either. Some people reckon he'd be a very good half back - maybe worth trying there. He would need to stop mouthing and acting the maggot though.

Good to see Tosh and Micky back and the rest of the balance of the team looks good. Hopefully Pinky will give us good presence in the FF line. With Molloy to come back could be a decent half back line too when all fit and good to see the younger McAuley getting a game - hopefully bring him on.

Antrim Division 1 Hurling
Lamh Dhearg    2-11   1-14   St. Galls    Lamh Dhearg   
Glenariff    2-17   2-10   St. Johns    Glenariff   
Sarsfields    2-6   3-11   Portaferry    Sarfields   

Antrim Division 2 Hurling
Glenravel    1-9   0-12   Shane O Neills    Glenravel   
Gaeil Chluana    1-13   0-15   Armoy    Ahoghill   
Rasharkin    2-7   0-16   Tir na Nog    Rasharkin   

Antrim Division 3 Hurling
St. Agnes    6-10   2-8   Creggan Gaels    St. Agnes   
Ballymena    4-8   5-6   St. Teresas    Ballymena   
Cloughmills    4-9   3-9   St. Endas    Cloughmills   
Sarsfields 2   3-7   2-10   O Mitchel Og    Woodlands   
Ardoyne    3-11   0-4   Larne    Mallusk   
St. Pauls 2   2-9   2-4   Na fuiseoig    St. Pauls   
Bredagh    3-4   4-9   Davitts    Cherryvale

Utd looked jaded but also realistically players can only raise their game for so long. You can't expect to beat the elite with players such as fletcher , o'shea and brown on your team.

Still all is not lost for Utd. Still two trophies to play for and the FA cup with chelsea going out and probably losing the league takes on added significance.

Still think you're lacking a defensive midfielder. Easy to see why Gattuso was high on Fergie's priority list. Hargreaves would be effective for them there too IMO.

what's delargy got to do with anything?

He's full back some days, wing half forward the next, centre half back the next so your guess is as good as ours!!

I'd say the chances are slim that he'll be at full forward though!

Am I behind the times or are there plans to make hurling division 1, 2, 3,4 like the football?

Until this is done the winners of division 2 always get a  raw deal as it's a massive massive jump.

The only way for them to improve is for those structures I'd say.

St. Johns have been on the way down for a few years. They seem to be relying on the u21s and they didn't get past the first round so can't be that good.

Creggan gave Dunloy some whipping - what is going on with Dunloy?? Have they lost many from last year?

The u21s seems to be run off on a weekly basis gallsman. Could be finished by next week. They've even done replays mid week and still the winners have played on the friday night.

It's throwing up some interesting results although there isn't too much south west interest in it unfortunately! I'd expect it to be between gorts and galls although brigids with Loughrey on board might be one to watch.(Hope I'm wrong and Dunloy win though but canny see it)

You're more than welcome to him!

Don't get me wrong - very very good footballer and would definitely get on your team. However way more trouble than he's worth - a lot of talk and a lot less action. How many news articles has he been in now?? Must be a record for a GAA player!