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i keep coming back to the players - the current crop! we definitely have something with the players. getting them all out with a full pre-season behind them and injury free and can beat the best.

Sad news. thoughts and prayers with his family, friends and the club.

Still need to beat Dublin and Carlow and that was always going to be the case anyway.

You could depend on Galway for nothing!

apart from a nice pint and a good night's craic

half of me was thinking "sure if they can beat Galway, so can we" and the other half thought "oh Sh12"

Some notable results at club level at the weekend. the one i'm surprised the most over is with the scoreline in mckenna park. St Endas gave Ballycran a licking.

obviously cran have more than a few away with county in kerry but st endas must be going well. they've beaten ballycastle, put 1-16 on the board against cushendall and beaten cran. going well!   

Fantastic result against Wexford. Delighted for the players! Consistency is now key.
We need to do it again v Dublin and Carlow. Both games that are winnable but not easy games. Thought we looked stronger this week and certainly more solid at the back with the bigger men in there.

As a hurling county we deserve a big day out, with the right wins in the next month do we end up in all ireland quarter? or a prelim before the quarter? gaa website a bit confusing

https://www.irishnews.com/gaa/christy-oconnor-antrim-want-to-prepare-like-the-best-but-did-they-really-need-to-go-to-portugal-for-a-week-BUKUYTUFVNAQRPROHBQYGAHJOU/

Interesting article in todays paper, what does a 'hurling CEO' get up to 9-5?

I can't remember a beating as bad as that in a long time. conceding 5-30! only scoring 0-13!! We've great talent in the county - this isn't on the players in my opinion.

team selection is very questionable in that lads who hadn't been involved in any of the S&C from pre-Christmas, hadn't played a part in the league campaign and weren't about the set up until a week or three ago were automatic starters and boys just back from injury were straight in. Smacked of desperation on the management's part.

I really can't see any other Div 1, Leinster C'ship team doing this! its possibly our biggest low in county hurling in the last 6/7 years!

must have barra best on their committee

a brutal weekend weather wise for our hurlers. some gale blowing on Sunday in the glens and Belfast was a wash out from 2-4pm.
tight result in cushendall - anyone at the game? and Belfast St johns v Rossa looked like a low enough scoring game. all teams still without the county lads. Ballycastle and Loughgiele both with big wins.

Div 2 also fairly low scoring games. Brutal weather i imagine making these games sloppy etc...

Great news that these lads are back. A strange but welcome communication from the county manager by way of a player update as its been speculation and rumour as to who's fit and who's not.

I just hope its not too late in the day to bring lads into a panel. I don't know much about S&C but hope they've all kept themselves in good nick - to be able to compete in Leinster champ.

Ger Walsh a starter for sure, could slot right into full back to most likely line TJ Reid in the first game. The Kilkenny half back line were outstanding on Sat again Limerick (Paddy Deegan etc..). Our half fwds will have the work cut out for them.

But very positive! 

happy belated St Patrick's Day folks. Must say i miss the old format of the football and hurling finals on the same, a day off work, few pints of guinness and the Dunloy ones going home on the bus with nothing to show! maybe im just a nostalgic old fool.

re:u20s (two points if may, as the newbie)
Development / Mentally: those young fellas have been training all winter, training and playing games on heavy, wet pitches. surely the prize for them is some spring / nice weather hurling. players dont want a season to end at this time of year with nothing to show other than memories of cold dark nights at Dunsilly. How will Antrim hurling sell  the dream to those players that can also play again next year?

Financially: i think its maybe a tad disrespectful of the management team not entering into the lower tier competitions. think that group has been together for a few years now and will most likely move on / back to their clubs. bad loss to Derry at home in Corrigan, losses last year and the previous years by considerable margins against 'tier 2' Leinster teams. hard one to take for the players and management - espcecially for the county treasurer who's running the costing spreadsheet vs the return (out of competitive hurling before St Patrick's Day)

btw not having a go at the managers

Thats all i have, a positive attitude! particularly towards our lovely referees.

just recently signed up to this forum, been reading it for a while and never really wanted comment until now. I'm an Antrim hurling fan formely from Belfast but living in the sticks and get most home games in Corrigan... hopefully i'll be able to contribute on this forum.