Antrim Football Thread

imtommygunn · January 07, 2016, 02:42:17 PM

How many creggan guys are on the panel? I take it they're not available until after the hurling?

I thought the two johnstons were there.

Na Glinntí Glasa · January 07, 2016, 03:05:22 PM

Quote from: Hectic on January 07, 2016, 02:36:54 PM
Quote from: Dunloy realist on January 06, 2016, 10:31:24 AM
yeah i thought that was the way its to pan out. 11 games then a split with a further 5 games to sort it out.

More or less the same format as last season that was done in Div 3 where we played a few at home and a few away to decide what happened.

It worked well from what i seen.

I am not so sure about the split on the basis of last years Div 3 - from what I could gather some teams ended up with more home games than others and fairly lop sided in some instances. I think it was a case that if you already played a team away for example you then got them at home after the split. Problem being that you could have ended up with as many as 5 games at home after the split while some of your rivals could have had as little as two and over the course of the season in this could have seen some teams with maybe as few as 8 home games compared to others having 12 or 13. Not good for gate receipts even allowing for television income and as for a level playing field.....

That was the way it worked out. We had already played Glenravel away in the league some when the split came we had to play them at home, which worked out as the decider for us to go up.

It works the same way in the hurling as well with the split. If you play them at home before the split i.e Cdall then if your still in the top 6 you play them away.

I suppose its about trying to balance it out fairly for each club.

Or what you could do is appeal it at the end of the season and waste everyones time in having a relegation/promotion scrap!

themac_23 · January 07, 2016, 03:14:10 PM

Quote from: Dunloy realist on January 07, 2016, 03:05:22 PM
Quote from: Hectic on January 07, 2016, 02:36:54 PM
Quote from: Dunloy realist on January 06, 2016, 10:31:24 AM
yeah i thought that was the way its to pan out. 11 games then a split with a further 5 games to sort it out.

More or less the same format as last season that was done in Div 3 where we played a few at home and a few away to decide what happened.

It worked well from what i seen.

I am not so sure about the split on the basis of last years Div 3 - from what I could gather some teams ended up with more home games than others and fairly lop sided in some instances. I think it was a case that if you already played a team away for example you then got them at home after the split. Problem being that you could have ended up with as many as 5 games at home after the split while some of your rivals could have had as little as two and over the course of the season in this could have seen some teams with maybe as few as 8 home games compared to others having 12 or 13. Not good for gate receipts even allowing for television income and as for a level playing field.....

That was the way it worked out. We had already played Glenravel away in the league some when the split came we had to play them at home, which worked out as the decider for us to go up.

It works the same way in the hurling as well with the split. If you play them at home before the split i.e Cdall then if your still in the top 6 you play them away.

I suppose its about trying to balance it out fairly for each club.

Or what you could do is appeal it at the end of the season and waste everyones time in having a relegation/promotion scrap!

Which is more important, playing your rivals both home and away or having a fair split of home games? i think the case of playing your rivals home and away is far better and the fairest way of a split. only thing could be possibly in year 2 the pre split fixtures are reversed, i.e. if St Johns played Cargin at home pre split in 2016 then it gets reversed the following season with new clubs taking over from relegated clubs so when doing fixtures 1st in div 2 takes bottom in div 1 place in the following years fixture calculation if that makes sense.

bannside · January 07, 2016, 06:30:11 PM

Both Johnston on Poly panel.

Hectic · January 07, 2016, 08:55:54 PM

Thing is you get the same number of points for beating any team and not just your rival(s). I have not bothered to trail through last years results but I would hazrad a guess that the majority of teams average more points per game at home than away. As such I believe that it is important to have a balance of home and away games.

Catch and Kick · January 08, 2016, 06:51:48 PM

Have Antrim now got the most lethal forward line ever to line out at inter county level? Those goals have gone viral! Promotion and a good run in the Championship are definitely achievable.

CentreHalfBack · January 10, 2016, 05:25:34 PM

Bam now up for an All Star

CentreHalfBack · January 10, 2016, 05:27:41 PM

I believe there is a CCC meeting tomorrow night.

Anyone know who sits on this committee this year?

Glensman · January 10, 2016, 10:26:12 PM

Quote from: CentreHalfBack on January 10, 2016, 05:27:41 PM
I believe there is a CCC meeting tomorrow night.

Anyone know who sits on this committee this year?

Is this the first meeting of he year. Usual time for people to start the cries of "When at the fixtures out?!".

So I'll start - When are the fixtures out or at the very least the dates for hurling/football?

Milltown Row2 · January 10, 2016, 11:19:07 PM

Quote from: Glensman on January 10, 2016, 10:26:12 PM
Quote from: CentreHalfBack on January 10, 2016, 05:27:41 PM
I believe there is a CCC meeting tomorrow night.

Anyone know who sits on this committee this year?

Is this the first meeting of he year. Usual time for people to start the cries of "When at the fixtures out?!".

So I'll start - When are the fixtures out or at the very least the dates for hurling/football?

Sure we know when they are starting and whose in the leagues...

Milltown Row2 · January 10, 2016, 11:44:05 PM

Quote from: hardstation on January 10, 2016, 11:22:23 PM
Any word on a manager for yourselves yet, Milltown?

Yep in house and a great all round clubman!! Paddy McShane.... Will bring plenty experience and undoubted passion to the seniors...

country bumpkin · January 12, 2016, 11:05:43 AM

What are the odds on a Cargin v Gall's pairing in the opening round of the championship again in '16 MR2?

Milltown Row2 · January 12, 2016, 11:11:23 AM

Quote from: country bumpkin on January 12, 2016, 11:05:43 AM
What are the odds on a Cargin v Gall's pairing in the opening round of the championship again in '16 MR2?

Well, I wouldn't think we would be top seeds now, that has gone so maybe yourselves and Lamhs may be kept apart this time

country bumpkin · January 12, 2016, 06:22:07 PM

Top four are seeded as per league placing at the end of the 2015.......think Gall's finished second Cargin in third.......

country bumpkin · January 12, 2016, 06:33:24 PM

The always generous Mr Power has ur lads installed as favourites MR2...............as follows; Gall's 6/5 Cargin 6/4, L Dearg 7/1, Creggan 9/1, Johnnies 16/1, Ahoghill 28/1, Aldergrove 33/1, St Paul's 40/1, Casement's 40/1, St Brigid's 40/1...........what u think?
Gonna have a tenner on the men from the Hill, hear they are likely to be busy on the transfer market................u wanna bet?