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Louth came off a complete battering by the dubs and were in poor form when we beat them. Hopefully Kildare will be similarly depleted in morale- another great opportunity to take a bigger scalp as far as I'm concerned. The lads will be growing in confidence and, as Paddy McBride has tweeted, #WhiterockOrNowhere

Have to congratulate Lennie Harbinson on preparing the lads for that performance. We were really well set up, breaking with composure and accurate kick passes into Ryan Murray with players breaking off his shoulder at pace had Louth scrambling throughout the 70 mins. Defensively we were excellent, Decky Lynch cut out a number of passes and when they tried to play the ball in high to the big full forward Conor Grimes (who has hurt us in the past), Johnston defended heroically. Yesterday's performance showed a style of confident, composed football which I hadn't seen from Antrim in years and it has given the squad and management a victory that they deserve. Roll on the next round #LennyHarbinsonsSaffronArmy

LD are no longer the title force they once were, I believe the Fermanagh man, O'Flaherty, is no longer with them, Nugent is also a big loss. C. Murray's comeback is a big plus but he may not be right for most of the league.

A grain of rice tips the scales folks. We showed against Derry that having greater pedigree and footballing history doesn't win games, and we came damn close to upsetting them. The problem is when the belief goes after a few disappointing results. In regards to getting the right players out on the pitch- I believe that the Aghagallon duo Eunan Walsh and Oisin Leneghan should be given more minutes.

Alright gents, who were our best  (and worst) performers in the encouraging display against Derry on Sunday?