Antrim Football Thread

[imtommygunn]

Is Quinn big Eddie's son?

Best of luck to the team today. No matter what happens been a big year. Hopefully get another day out of it too.

[JimStynes]

Great effort but poor shooting and composure at times had a big impact. Great season overall and was brilliant seeing our clubmen getting some great coverage on RTE.
Well done Meath and Saffron Voice.

[Christmas Lights]

Good game that advert for the Tailteann Cup.  It definitely is the right way for the GAA to go with this "secondary" competition as it gives a platform for these players to get to croke Park. Things like that encourages the youth within the county

[Sportacus]

One helluva lot of positives to take out of today.  So much youth on display and they left everything on the pitch.  Yes there is plenty to improve on as well of course, and hopefully more players will put their hand up come the championship. Really well set up for next year if everyone keeps pulling in the same direction.

[saffman]

Certainly been a great year and massive strides forward

We all single players out who should/shouldn't be getting game time etc i find it strange Eastwood has played very little championship football. Certainly on the smaller side but to me he's one of those players when on the ball you feel like something is happening

[Saffsof82]

Is Quinn big Eddie's son?

Best of luck to the team today. No matter what happens been a big year. Hopefully get another day out of it too.

No. Eddie would be his uncle, he's a son of Martin

[bannside]

What a fantastic effort, lost nothing in that marginal defeat to a Meath team who know we matched them from start ti finish. Went down with swords held high, and what a first season from Andy and his management team.

Some massive performances today, maybe Declan Lynch and Patrick McCormack were top of that list imo..we have something very solid to build on next year.

[Milltown Row2]

There was some performances up and down the pitch, Dermot solid first half, blistering second half, Marc Jordan never stopped, Deccy was hovering up a lot of ball, yes we probably left that one behind but no one gave them a chance going into it.

Died with their boots on

[Gold]

Certainly been a great year and massive strides forward

We all single players out who should/shouldn't be getting game time etc i find it strange Eastwood has played very little championship football. Certainly on the smaller side but to me he's one of those players when on the ball you feel like something is happening

Agree, find it strange as he offers more from play than others

But a great year and I wouldn't question Andy too much!

3rd quarter killed us but we died with our boots on

Thanks to Andy and the team for the effort this year, massive positivity going into next year

[bannside]

Agree MR. Dermot and Jordy put in some shift..Peter Healy some loss too, was going well until he manly put his hand up.

Hopefully Andy & Co see the plenty of positives, next year is a new season and players like Ryan Murray, Niall Delargy, Paddy Mc Aleer, Jamie Gribben and plenty of others might check in and keep the selection panel busy.

Despite defeat today, very proud of our effort and to be a Saffron tonight.

[bannside]

One last thing, Conchuir Johnston was immense in the 15 mins he was on the field, played a massive role in our comeback. In top half dozen under 18s in the country? A player youde gladly pay in to watch..maybe a superstar we haven't had for decades.

[erinsboy]

Alot of pride put back into the saffron Jersey today!!

You couldn't fault the effort of any Antrim player ,just a few simple mistakes was the difference ,we where the better team only for 10min spell at the start of second half.
Alot of positives to pocket for next year.

It's funny though that we have to get to Croke Park till get a decent crowd out  !!

Nobody can question Andys methods now and hopefully next year he gets ever player in the County putting their hand up to play for him.

Maybe now the negatively some keep spouting can stop as we look forward to next year

[geezer]

Great performance today. Stood toe to toe with Meath & were the better
team for large portions of the game. Marc jordan was brilliant throughout. His running game is hard to stop. Thought decky lynch was excellent as well, massive game from him. And in fairness, all the lads played really well. Could have probably used mccann more as he was causing trouble with any ball coming into him. Loughran is a danger anytime he touches the ball. Thought the 2 cargin lads done really well too considering there age.

Thought we were a bit wiped out in midfield at times (hopefully bannside has a word with mckeever and delargy to get them on board next year)

In fairness to meath, they have some deadly shooters. Morris is a class act.

Ryan murray was a big miss, would have definitely made a difference.

But all in all a very positive performance from antrim. Played some really good football. Kick on for next year and no reason why we cant get upto div 2.

[BrendanAntrim]

Agree with all has been said about the performance yesterday, definitely a match we could, maybe should, have won. That's the county football season over for another year, next years league seems a long way off. The team is now totally transformed in terms of personnel and system. On another note the Antrim support yesterday was huge, a terrific atmosphere around the pubs (one in particular!) and indeed with the team and management mingling afterwards. What a pleasure to have a day out in Croke Park not just as an interested gaelic football follower but a supporter of a competing team. It was a day to remember.

[EOC1923]

Thrilling game, I was at our place as we had hosted Antrim ladies v Longford, the roar from the social club when Antrims late goal in Croke went in could be heard all around Toome! To be fair McEntee has managed CJ well and not over exposed him. Cant wait to see him on Wed night v Portglenone.
Something to build on for next year and something hopefully others will want to come and be part of. Was it just me or were there several scores Meath got when the shooter went completely unchallenged? Centre Half back is definitely a position we could strengthen for next season. Good year though all in all.