Antrim Hurling

[johnnycool]

Yeah sounds like we need to update Corrigan and get a stepped viewing platform over there quickly as Casement might not even be open for finals

Surely its pointless for Antrim GAA if it isnt. County games then empty for 6months with the odd Luke Combs concert

Antrim GAA won't own Casement, but would be poor for the Ulster Council not to allow their clubs finals to be played there.

[imtommygunn]

You look at the crowd yesterday vs county games. A lot of county games wouldn't need casement.

[Jonkunlon]

Sad that the hurling is over for the season, as far as our own club scene goes. Hopefully our clubs can do well in Ulster: Cushendall, Creggan, Cloughmills, Cargin, Glenravel and Rasharkin. The competition is brutally tough in Ulster club football. You'd love to see the hurling having the same quantity of competition.

Finally, the group stages have been fantastic at Intermediate and Junior. Some seriously edgy games that definitely allowed the cream to rise to the top. Well worth the admission fee and effort. The senior groups were dull, flat, void of atmosphere, no bite. How could this be approved upon next season?

[Milltown Row2]

We really need other teams to get to a better standard for it to be competitive. After a decent league campaign St Enda's didn't have that extra gear the big teams have. Rossa have it in their locker to beat a 'big' team but not firing at all, maybe the Murphy lads can comeback and give it another rattle, some teams can get by without the odd player here and there but, Murphy's and Armstrong missing won't have helped them this year.

Dunloy will most certainly be back and Cushendall are always there or there about's, Loughgiel will grow, that standard they keep for all their games is hard to do all season, they throw a lot behind winning every game, the league isn't important, just stay in it is enough, and start peaking for finals.

Ballycastle gave it a rattle and caught Rossa napping, I would say the ballycastle lads knew they could beat them so no surprise there, but with injured players back next year that may change for the better.

St Johns, I don't know, one or two injuries this year, played well against Dunloy, up there, and came up against Loughgiel who never gave them a sniff, team is still young enough but getting near the end of those better players, better days.

Creggan will get it tough going back up but I'd say at the start of the year their hurling fraternity would not have thought they'd get to a final never mind win it.

The format is good, but I take that some of the games lacked that intensity, juggling for positions to try and win their group didn't bring much atmosphere..

Down South using the championship to have relegation battles seems to work well and give all games meaning. something to look at maybe

[NorthAntrim]

Do the likes of Creggan have to go up? Its a fairly pointless year to do so, and no guarantee they'd win intermediate again given the competitiveness.

[marty34]

People are missing the point.

Every county streams club games, Jerome doesn't give us anything that isn't available in any other county for their club games and he gets to monopolise ours.

Let him stream them, I don't care (I'm sure he's well renumerated) but that doesn't mean he needs to also do any of the talking or commentary, especially regarding hurling. My issue is with his complete lack of any knowledge or insight on commentary, he's a just a jumble of clichés.

Regarding the game. Loughgiel left that one behind them. The number of scores they coughed up and gifted Cushendall playing short out of defence cost them.  That wouldn't have been as much of an issue on the bigger pitch in Ballycastle.

If the game had gone on another few minutes loughgiel would have won.  Cushendall may well have the size physically for slaughtneil but I don't think they have the fitness and mobility to maintain the intensity required to beat them.

If, if Cushendall beat the Down champions, the final will probably be Armagh.

[Oso]

Cushendall will beat the Down champions.

[podge]

Any idea what the attendance was yesterday?  Would there be 5,000?

[Deerstalker]

Any idea what the attendance was yesterday?  Would there be 5,000?

Aye probably around that, I read before I think capacity was 4500 but obviously with it not being all seater you can pack more in. Biggest crowd I have seen in Corrigan, club or county

[MoChara]

People are missing the point.

Every county streams club games, Jerome doesn't give us anything that isn't available in any other county for their club games and he gets to monopolise ours.

Let him stream them, I don't care (I'm sure he's well renumerated) but that doesn't mean he needs to also do any of the talking or commentary, especially regarding hurling. My issue is with his complete lack of any knowledge or insight on commentary, he's a just a jumble of clichés.

Regarding the game. Loughgiel left that one behind them. The number of scores they coughed up and gifted Cushendall playing short out of defence cost them.  That wouldn't have been as much of an issue on the bigger pitch in Ballycastle.

If the game had gone on another few minutes loughgiel would have won.  Cushendall may well have the size physically for slaughtneil but I don't think they have the fitness and mobility to maintain the intensity required to beat them.

If, if Cushendall beat the Down champions, the final will probably be Armagh.

I thought Armagh would be the likely venue for the semi, not sure that would affect the final venue

[SaffronSports]

People are missing the point.

Every county streams club games, Jerome doesn't give us anything that isn't available in any other county for their club games and he gets to monopolise ours.

Let him stream them, I don't care (I'm sure he's well renumerated) but that doesn't mean he needs to also do any of the talking or commentary, especially regarding hurling. My issue is with his complete lack of any knowledge or insight on commentary, he's a just a jumble of clichés.

Regarding the game. Loughgiel left that one behind them. The number of scores they coughed up and gifted Cushendall playing short out of defence cost them.  That wouldn't have been as much of an issue on the bigger pitch in Ballycastle.

If the game had gone on another few minutes loughgiel would have won.  Cushendall may well have the size physically for slaughtneil but I don't think they have the fitness and mobility to maintain the intensity required to beat them.

If, if Cushendall beat the Down champions, the final will probably be Armagh.

I thought Armagh would be the likely venue for the semi, not sure that would affect the final venue

The semi is in Armagh on the 19th November.

[DearyMe]

Is there a new county manager? Or does Gleeson remain?

[NAG1]

As far as I have heard it remains the same as last year.

Now that the gym is nearly ready in Dunsilly 

[Milltown Row2]

As far as I have heard it remains the same as last year.

Now that the gym is nearly ready in Dunsilly 

Was there on Tuesday night, looks like it won't be long before its up and ready.. I'm hoping for free membership 

[Saffrongael]

Glenariffe/Glenravel look to have won the U-19 final handy enough against the Town. Was there much merit in this competition ?

Dunloy held back several minors in the semi v Glenariffe/Glenravel with the minor final a few days later. I assume Loughgiel did the same v Ballycastle ?

Just not sure there is room in the calendar for it