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#1
Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread
August 31, 2015, 10:51:08 AM
Is it not to accommodate double header?
Parking should be fun in those fields if it's wet at all, especially in the dark
#2
Antrim / Re: ANTRIM HURLING
August 30, 2015, 01:27:35 PM
Couldn't agree more btdtgtt.
Very frustrating from a hurling point of view in our club.
People don't believe us when we say we had 7 people at training last Tuesday and that's been a regular occurrence throughout the season.
We couldn't get a manager at start of season and hats off to the guys who stood in, they know their hurling but aren't coaches and as a result a lot of training we have had hasn't been great.

Not sure what the answer is, if there is one , but certainly I would love for our hurlers to train for one season the way our footballers do or hit the same number of balls dunloy or lougheil or cushendall do throughout the season .(I'd settle for half even )
Would it make a difference , certainly but I doubt we will ever know the full extent.

Lougheil weren't impressive and credit has to be given to our boys, there's nobody else who tackles the way we do
#3
Antrim / Re: ANTRIM HURLING
August 30, 2015, 10:03:15 AM
Heard a rumour that dall are missing a few , any truth in this?
Will these absentees make a difference ?

From talking to a few of our boys last night it was the lougheil boys who came out at start of second half trying to throw the stick in. Somebody forgot to tell our boys to stand down 😳.

But wasn't a dirty game and I really enjoyed it. With all things taken into account our boys done our club and themselves very proud and the result for me was never in doubt as impossible to sustain our good start due to these things but great to keep the infamous loud supporters quiet and worried for 40 mins😜

What it will do will give lougheil a bit of a shake as they weren't impressive and didnt seem to have a game plan which really surprised me and their pacy full fwd line was only utilised in second half.
It will also give the other clubs a bit of a boost as this championship isn't a foregone conclusion yet

#4
Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread
June 26, 2015, 07:41:08 AM
Isn't mc bride, who started against Laois , and mc aleer, who came on as sub, away to the states so CJ might squeeze in without affecting Murray or will he use Murray as an impact sub with his pace as the boys tire?

#5
Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread
June 24, 2015, 06:11:20 PM
Rumour has it there are a few away to states this week. Not rumours actually , fact
#6
Antrim / Re: ANTRIM HURLING
June 24, 2015, 04:50:30 PM
It's quite ridiculous when some of his team mates have said he said it.

Stop defending the indefensable.
Fair enough it may be out of character but he did say it, apologise , gain some respect from this and learn from it and move on
#7
Antrim / Re: ANTRIM HURLING
June 24, 2015, 09:07:08 AM
I heard what was said last night and it just baffles me why anyone would say anything like that to anyone at anytime , never mind at a game .
I know we all say things in the heat of the moment but that's bad
#8
Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread
June 21, 2015, 10:22:52 AM
Just to clarify a few things
St galls did agree to move the game at clooney Gaels request as they wanted to to okay the game before their feile team. So it was to accommodate clooney Gaels 4/5 weeks ago.
However this was agreed before the county game had been fixed for the Saturday .
When we realised this we asked county for it to be refixed only to be told no, various reasons given , one of which was that it was a refix which of course it wasn't .

This is a problem that we have akw says faced with having dual club players involved in county teams.
We actually get punished for promoting both codes.

However I have the upmost respect for the 3 boys involved , they knew the consequences and after training hard and sacrificing so much over the last 6 months training with the county it can't have been an easy one . Or was it? As we mustn't forget that the club is in their blood , it's their family and friends who they have grown up with, it is the club who has nurtured these guys, the county benefits from this, not the other way about .

But the bottom line is they should have never been put in that position to make a decision.

#9
Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread
June 20, 2015, 01:36:50 PM
A few changes from the Fermanagh game I believe
#10
Antrim / Re: ANTRIM HURLING
June 19, 2015, 09:02:43 PM
Good win for st galls tonight despite everything . Hopefully can kick start a few more
#11
Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread
June 19, 2015, 09:01:44 PM
Despite everything, st galls won
#12
Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread
June 18, 2015, 01:12:08 PM
It was the county management that requested it not st galls.
Wouldn't happen in any other county.
You are expecting boys to go out and give their all against Laois having played a club game less than 24 hours before hand?
#13
Antrim / Re: ANTRIM HURLING
June 18, 2015, 01:10:04 PM
I have to agree MR2, if I was a player I wouldn't be too happy as it is them that is missing out. They should have at least been consulted.
#14
Antrim / Re: Antrim Football Thread
June 18, 2015, 11:25:17 AM
I hear Fitzy asked for some senior hurling games to be called off on Friday but was refused .
St galls 3 county players have agreed to play hurling on Friday night.
Unbelievable from out county board if true
#15
Antrim / Re: ANTRIM HURLING
June 18, 2015, 11:23:23 AM
St galls could field.
From what I can gather the decision was taken by the team management in the interest of player welfare not to field .
There were some players expected to play games Sunday , Monday, Wednesday , Friday and Sunday again.
And one player expected to play for antrim on Saturday too.

Also I believe the county football management asked for some senior hurling games to be called off on Friday night but was refused .
St galls 3 players have agreed to play for club on Friday night.
Hardly great preparation for a championship match .