Antrim Football Thread

[BelSaft]

Hard to see from tv coverage if that tackle by Tomas deserved a red card , Glen have been wasteful in front of goals in the first half

Happened just in front of me. Seemed Tomas sort of lost the head a bit after losing the ball. Harsh enough red in fairness. Mick just didn't have the same influence on referee as he does elsewhere, but he tried his best! Not sure how Conor Glass stayed on the pitch at the end. Looked like Glen had another gear if required but some effort from Cargin considering 14 men for 45+ mins.

[bannside]

Cargin had a go, but unfortunately came up short once again. Beat the handicap odds as expected whilst spurning enough genuine chances to bring it to the wire. Tomas red card had an influence when it was,a one point game.

Gutsy effort and definitely not disgraced in defeat, but no doubt there will be a winter of head scratching around Toome about another one that got away.

Antrim football completed for another year.

[Spike]

I personally came away from derry thinking antrim club football is in a better place than I had thought.  If Glen are the 2nd best team in Ireland the the top 4 or 5 in antrim are physically in a good place.  Cargin the equal of them though were visibly frustrated at a (I'll be generous and say curious) curious performance from the official. Glen were protected throughout.  A lot of positives to take from it for the county as a whole. Cargin cant seem to get the rub of the green in these last 2 ulster games.


Glenravel had a horror show on the day but a big winter awaits them. 

[BelSaft]

Was it a red MR2?

[Milltown Row2]

Was it a red MR2?

Seen it, but doesn't matter if it was a soft or easy red, the ref will call it either way when a the player presents the opportunity.

Personally I'd not have given it, that said I'd be personally more inclined to give a straight red on what I see at the time...

The game was tough before with 15 on 15, I'd never send Tomas off before as he's not a 'dirty' player but that puts the brakes on how the team performs.

[BelSaft]

I'm confused. Personally you'd not have given it, that said you give it based on what you saw at the time. What did you see at the time? Also, what has Tomas' history got to do with it?

[BelSaft]

Sorry, not trying to be twisted. I just thought it would be a yes or no answer. It's either a red or it's not in your opinion?

[Milltown Row2]

Sorry, not trying to be twisted. I just thought it would be a yes or no answer. It's either a red or it's not in your opinion?

A lot of it depends primarily on  the position of the ref, so like I said from how I seen it live id tend to think it was a yellow..

Tomas is not a dirty player, some players are tackling on the edge, he doesn't

[Hoof Hearted]

Looked harsh at the time, I was sitting just behind glen subs. Saw a video from the other side, and at full speed, can see why the referee went the way he did.

[Hoof Hearted]

Cargin had a go, but unfortunately came up short once again. Beat the handicap odds as expected whilst spurning enough genuine chances to bring it to the wire. Tomas red card had an influence when it was,a one point game.

Gutsy effort and definitely not disgraced in defeat, but no doubt there will be a winter of head scratching around Toome about another one that got away.

Antrim football completed for another year.

St pauls minors still have another game ( at least 1, but with home advantage who knows )

[Oso]

Hard to see from tv coverage if that tackle by Tomas deserved a red card , Glen have been wasteful in front of goals in the first half

Happened just in front of me. Seemed Tomas sort of lost the head a bit after losing the ball. Harsh enough red in fairness. Mick just didn't have the same influence on referee as he does elsewhere, but he tried his best! Not sure how Conor Glass stayed on the pitch at the end. Looked like Glen had another gear if required but some effort from Cargin considering 14 men for 45+ mins.

When you know football like Mick does maybe someone will listen to something you say.

It was never a red, full stop. Just like it was never a free for the block down for Glen's third point from Crozier I think it was. Just as it was never a yellow card never mind even a free when John Carron won the ball cleanly. Just as the ref copped out giving Glass a black card. It was a weak weak referring performance from another guy who read the pre match narrative and thought he needed to make sure the big team would win.

There's no extra gear in Glen, that's 2 years running they got out of jail against Cargin thanks in no small part to the ref.  What makes you think they have an extra gear that they didn't avail of today after the scare they got last year??

Your comments are petty and  disrespectful but hardly surprising. As other posters have stated the teams at the top of Antrim club football can hold their own in any company.  Bit of an inferiority complex going on there.

[Milltown Row2]

I still think the best team won on the day though, regardless of other calls, it's ok to lose a man against weaker opponents but to do that against a team that got to an All Ireland final, well it's just harder to stay in contention

[SaffronSports]

Probably the best view of the red card incident here.

https://x.com/OrlaghMullan/status/1723808569751929049?s=20

[Oso]

I still think the best team won on the day though, regardless of other calls, it's ok to lose a man against weaker opponents but to do that against a team that got to an All Ireland final, well it's just harder to stay in contention

We will never know because of bad calls.

Glen looked like they were going to rip Cargin apart in the first 10 minutes. But that was it, Cargin played their way into it and were more than holding their own when they went down to 14 unjustly and getting a foothold in the game. They could still have went in level a man down at HT had they not missed scoreable frees.

The better team were Glen with 15 vs 14 but that should never have been the case, so you can't say that the better team won. It shouldn't have come to that.

[imtommygunn]

Probably the best view of the red card incident here.

https://x.com/OrlaghMullan/status/1723808569751929049?s=20

Ah jaysus that's not a red.