Antrim Hurling

Started by milltown row, January 26, 2007, 11:21:26 AM

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Tony Baloney

Quote from: Antrim Coaster on June 10, 2019, 08:41:22 AM
First northern hurling pundit since Ciaran Barr way back in the 90's.

Thought Neil spoke well and certainly wasn't overawed by Dalo and Donal Óg.
Thought he was good and and he'll definitely be back. He's not the type of fella to go into something unprepared so you know he will have done his homework beforehand rather than some of these lads who rock up and have nothing to say.

imtommygunn

The hurling is usually not too bad for that though. The football punditry on RTE is just full of bluffers these days.

You get debate and people get allowed to talk with the hurling pundits. They just talk over the top of each other in the football. (Well specifically Brolly).

I'd be surprised if he wasn't back. He did some decent analysis on that game too and fitted in well.

NAG1

Really disappointed in the game on Saturday.

It was like men against boys for most of it. Even with that with ten minutes to go the game was still there for the taking, but we didnt have enough about us to go and take it on.

Antrim Coaster

Westmeath blocked off the runs that would have been made by James McNaughton, Nigel Óg, Ciaran Clarke etc.

Physically they were too strong and had lads 6 foot plus all over the field who weren't shy about throwing their weight about.

Antrim Coaster

Quote from: imtommygunn on June 10, 2019, 09:20:40 AM
The hurling is usually not too bad for that though. The football punditry on RTE is just full of bluffers these days.

You get debate and people get allowed to talk with the hurling pundits. They just talk over the top of each other in the football. (Well specifically Brolly).

I'd be surprised if he wasn't back. He did some decent analysis on that game too and fitted in well.

Looked like Brolly was half cut at the Donegal v Tyrone match.

Kept mouthing and cutting in every time O'Rourke tried to make his point.

imtommygunn

Quote from: NAG1 on June 10, 2019, 09:30:10 AM
Really disappointed in the game on Saturday.

It was like men against boys for most of it. Even with that with ten minutes to go the game was still there for the taking, but we didnt have enough about us to go and take it on.

Hurling at higher levels has got much more physical over the last number of years (I think strength and conditioning programmes have a lot to do with it). We haven't really got any more physical at all.

We are very lightweight in comparison to some of the teams we play.

Milltown Row2

Quote from: imtommygunn on June 10, 2019, 10:01:06 AM
Quote from: NAG1 on June 10, 2019, 09:30:10 AM
Really disappointed in the game on Saturday.

It was like men against boys for most of it. Even with that with ten minutes to go the game was still there for the taking, but we didnt have enough about us to go and take it on.

Hurling at higher levels has got much more physical over the last number of years (I think strength and conditioning programmes have a lot to do with it). We haven't really got any more physical at all.

We are very lightweight in comparison to some of the teams we play.

The smallest player they had (11) was fielding balls off our 'bigger' players and winning dirty ball also.. we really need to look at this side of things, NMcM who usually in the physical side of things more than enough holds his own but even he was being bullied off the ball
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea

Na Glinntí Glasa

you would of swore that it was october last night in Ballycastle at that game. raining and the standard wind blowing one way down the pitch at last nights game.

was a decent game and Ballycastle put it up to us. scored two goals in the first half to put the pressure on and we were only up by 1 at the break playing with the strong breeze. second half we played a bit better and keep knocking the scores over to get over the line.

not a great performance but a good win despite not starting a full team.

on another note id love to see who sits down and looks at fixtures for the senior teams. they had us fixed to play a Countess of antrim match sat night with Armoy (reserve north antrim comp), county D2 senior football away to Lisburn Sunday, U21 hurling championship v Ballycastle Monday night and senior and reserve D1 v Portaferry Wednesday night.

For some of those lads its a potential 5 games in 7 days which wont happen but who really has the brains to sit down and fix things like this.
hurl like f**k boi!

johnnycool

Quote from: Dunloy realist on June 13, 2019, 09:08:43 AM
you would of swore that it was october last night in Ballycastle at that game. raining and the standard wind blowing one way down the pitch at last nights game.

was a decent game and Ballycastle put it up to us. scored two goals in the first half to put the pressure on and we were only up by 1 at the break playing with the strong breeze. second half we played a bit better and keep knocking the scores over to get over the line.

not a great performance but a good win despite not starting a full team.

on another note id love to see who sits down and looks at fixtures for the senior teams. they had us fixed to play a Countess of antrim match sat night with Armoy (reserve north antrim comp), county D2 senior football away to Lisburn Sunday, U21 hurling championship v Ballycastle Monday night and senior and reserve D1 v Portaferry Wednesday night.

For some of those lads its a potential 5 games in 7 days which wont happen but who really has the brains to sit down and fix things like this.

Down GAA are looking that game cancelled due to the Christy Ring final on the following Saturday, not sure how that will pan out.


north_antrim_hound

Quote from: Dunloy realist on June 13, 2019, 09:08:43 AM
you would of swore that it was october last night in Ballycastle at that game. raining and the standard wind blowing one way down the pitch at last nights game.

was a decent game and Ballycastle put it up to us. scored two goals in the first half to put the pressure on and we were only up by 1 at the break playing with the strong breeze. second half we played a bit better and keep knocking the scores over to get over the line.

not a great performance but a good win despite not starting a full team.

on another note id love to see who sits down and looks at fixtures for the senior teams. they had us fixed to play a Countess of antrim match sat night with Armoy (reserve north antrim comp), county D2 senior football away to Lisburn Sunday, U21 hurling championship v Ballycastle Monday night and senior and reserve D1 v Portaferry Wednesday night.

For some of those lads its a potential 5 games in 7 days which wont happen but who really has the brains to sit down and fix things like this.

Never head to Ballycastle without an umbrella not even in June, it was Baltic but worth the soaking.
Ballycastle put it up to us  and great result with so many players rested. Ballycastle did us a favor by moving Clarke into corner forward in second half. When he was playing in CHF he was creating havoc and involved in most of their scores. For us very impressed with Ronan Molloy and young Mc Cann
There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets

Na Glinntí Glasa

Quote from: north_antrim_hound on June 13, 2019, 09:41:11 AM
Quote from: Dunloy realist on June 13, 2019, 09:08:43 AM
you would of swore that it was october last night in Ballycastle at that game. raining and the standard wind blowing one way down the pitch at last nights game.

was a decent game and Ballycastle put it up to us. scored two goals in the first half to put the pressure on and we were only up by 1 at the break playing with the strong breeze. second half we played a bit better and keep knocking the scores over to get over the line.

not a great performance but a good win despite not starting a full team.

on another note id love to see who sits down and looks at fixtures for the senior teams. they had us fixed to play a Countess of antrim match sat night with Armoy (reserve north antrim comp), county D2 senior football away to Lisburn Sunday, U21 hurling championship v Ballycastle Monday night and senior and reserve D1 v Portaferry Wednesday night.

For some of those lads its a potential 5 games in 7 days which wont happen but who really has the brains to sit down and fix things like this.

Never head to Ballycastle without an umbrella not even in June, it was Baltic but worth the soaking.
Ballycastle put it up to us  and great result with so many players rested. Ballycastle did us a favor by moving Clarke into corner forward in second half. When he was playing in CHF he was creating havoc and involved in most of their scores. For us very impressed with Ronan Molloy and young Mc Cann

thought the both of them played well. A good work rate for the whole hour and both took good scores when presented the chances.

I do think we over complicated clearing the ball from the back with short passes that got themselves into bother but second half we were much more solid. Bunga was as always solid and worked well.
hurl like f**k boi!

imtommygunn

Just seeing the division 1 results from last night. All the down clubs did very well. Wouldn't have expected any of them to get points. (Though I guess maybe ballycran may be deemed stronger than Rossa but not sure on that).

johnnycool

Quote from: imtommygunn on June 13, 2019, 09:24:59 PM
Just seeing the division 1 results from last night. All the down clubs did very well. Wouldn't have expected any of them to get points. (Though I guess maybe ballycran may be deemed stronger than Rossa but not sure on that).

Jonnies didn't look full strength down with us, we were missing a few too, but taking nothing away from our lads it was one of their better performances of the year and the fitness levels are improving, hence work rate is improving which was sorely lacking earlier in the year.
St Galls on Wednesday night is a relegation battle for us (if it goes ahead)

imtommygunn

Is the ring final not on saturday? I don't know the down team but surely you have quite a few on it?

johnnycool

Quote from: imtommygunn on June 14, 2019, 09:20:34 AM
Is the ring final not on saturday? I don't know the down team but surely you have quite a few on it?

Next Saturday, the 22nd is the date for the CR final.

We have three or four on the panel, as light as we've been in a while, but no bad thing as it impacts on club training less.
We'd had more but there's still some lads out in Australia for the year.