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Mikeys in Belfast is decent..

[Take a chance we cant get relegated from division 4!!]

Made the trip over to Jtown last night to watch the seniors in a friendly v jtown. Jtown weren't far off full strength with McHugh Karl McK lee Brennan mckinless and a few other notable county players all featuring. However after what I seen last night it might be a long year in division 4. This is what I took from the game:

1. A few players are not upto the standard not naming names but a few players from aghagallon and Ballymena.

2. James Smith from St bridgets was excellent chipping in with 1.4/5 from play and that's with playing a tough ulster match yesterday - we will need him this year.

3. Ricky  J needs to be the county full back

4. Paddy Nugent needs to be number 1

5. We are really struggling at midfield and I feel in a few weeks time Chrissy McK and Bradley could dominate us.

6. Despite setting up defensively still leaked goals and let Jtown walk through the defence. I have no issue with setting up defensively however when attacking antrim did not commit enough players to the attack still holding 2/3 spare men in defence.

Take a chance we cant get relegated from division 4!!   

Can't fault your honesty..

Cheers for the responses guys.

I think a major reason has been working overseas, away from family for this best part of 3-4 years now.

Have began to take steps to move home (purchased a house) with the aim of moving back in 2020.

Having a goal/aim is certainly beneficial.

I honestly don't think I could work away from home. I've done it a few times for no more than a week and I struggled badly.

Second rate performances are accepted because we've come to expect nothing else. It's the reality of where we are.

Heard that Mr Donnelly was unpopular with some PG1 players due to outside interference.... or maybe inside interference depending on what way you look at it.

meant to get to the game on sat but was working and never got to it. I see that all 6 forwards got on the score sheet and by all accounts it was a good run out for the panel.

Was a competitive enough game, Antrim obviously missing a few and that will only improve once players start coming back. Hopefully Cushendall players are not available till after St Paddy's day and that will give other players a better run in the team.

Was expecting more on the panel from some clubs but some players are still with their college teams I suspect and others may be carrying injuries

What size was the panel for this game?

Antrim had, I think about 21 there, not sure TBH,  few lads came on during the game

Young rice came on at half time for Ronan Molloy, big lad with pace to  but I can't remember who else
Darren Gleason the tipp goalie was on the line helping. Got talking to him he's a sound big lad.
Lots to work on for sure, well done to all the lads who weighed in. The Ref was a bit iffy looking 😊😊

Is Gleeson helping Antrim?

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It's his community service/punishment

Anyone ever have issues with work getting you down?

The past 6 months have been a bit of a struggle - worrying about what if's/lack of sleep etc.

It all came from a problem I had with a job (work in construction) and confidence has suffered as a result.

Thinking of a job change/work for myself as I feel overstretched in consultancy role.

I've had issues with this. Totally fried my head last summer. Got a promotion and tried to hard to impress, ended up making 3/4 big mistakes and it really shattered my self confidence and the self doubting was unreal.

I took a step back and weighed up my options, and decided to stay put. Gradually I started to make amends and slowed the process down and things have fine since. None of us can change the world and work, although it pays the bills is only small on the grand scheme of things.

No doubt there will b one or two but can't think of any. Seems to b rife in SW

Who is there is the SW?

off the top of my head Cargin Creggan pg1 aghagallon glenavy

You left out St Endas   

depending on how wel they do that will be a Belfast club or a SW one 

How many players transferred between the Belfast clubs. Always seemed to b rile in Belfast.  Not as much in the SW

Belfast and Dublin would be more open to this type of stuff to be fair.. would be down to mainly (in my view) fall outs between players committiee men and so on, chasing medals would be lower end stuff TBH.. when you have as many clubs in Belfast within a small area that gives people choice unfortunately, the sticking to one club may not suit everyone, parish clubs are completly different and most clubs in Belfast would love that but not many people always live within thier parish as such, if they do then after they get married they move out of that area in most cases..

I lived less than half a mile from Naomh Gall, but half a mile the other direction was the lower Falls clubs and I passed O'donnell's and Corrigan before hitting the club.. In Belfast it's generally made up of kids that went to a certain primary school (St Galls, St Finians for instance) and that paved the way to join a club. the other and biggest factor was always being associated with a family that was in the club and that was the natural progression and would be the main factor to our recruitment.

How'd Mickey Pollock end up at St Galls?

I've no idea. Like asking how did Magill end up leaving Tir Na Og.. Like i said in my post there are various factors.. take one

Relax kid. Stop taking it so personal.

I didnt as I'm not MP.. I gave factors but you thought you'd try and be funny 

I wasn't trying to be funny! I was asking a simple question.

No doubt there will b one or two but can't think of any. Seems to b rife in SW

Who is there is the SW?

off the top of my head Cargin Creggan pg1 aghagallon glenavy

You left out St Endas   

depending on how wel they do that will be a Belfast club or a SW one 

How many players transferred between the Belfast clubs. Always seemed to b rile in Belfast.  Not as much in the SW

Belfast and Dublin would be more open to this type of stuff to be fair.. would be down to mainly (in my view) fall outs between players committiee men and so on, chasing medals would be lower end stuff TBH.. when you have as many clubs in Belfast within a small area that gives people choice unfortunately, the sticking to one club may not suit everyone, parish clubs are completly different and most clubs in Belfast would love that but not many people always live within thier parish as such, if they do then after they get married they move out of that area in most cases..

I lived less than half a mile from Naomh Gall, but half a mile the other direction was the lower Falls clubs and I passed O'donnell's and Corrigan before hitting the club.. In Belfast it's generally made up of kids that went to a certain primary school (St Galls, St Finians for instance) and that paved the way to join a club. the other and biggest factor was always being associated with a family that was in the club and that was the natural progression and would be the main factor to our recruitment.

How'd Mickey Pollock end up at St Galls?

I've no idea. Like asking how did Magill end up leaving Tir Na Og.. Like i said in my post there are various factors.. take one

Relax kid. Stop taking it so personal.

No doubt there will b one or two but can't think of any. Seems to b rife in SW

Who is there is the SW?

off the top of my head Cargin Creggan pg1 aghagallon glenavy

You left out St Endas   

depending on how wel they do that will be a Belfast club or a SW one 

How many players transferred between the Belfast clubs. Always seemed to b rile in Belfast.  Not as much in the SW

Belfast and Dublin would be more open to this type of stuff to be fair.. would be down to mainly (in my view) fall outs between players committiee men and so on, chasing medals would be lower end stuff TBH.. when you have as many clubs in Belfast within a small area that gives people choice unfortunately, the sticking to one club may not suit everyone, parish clubs are completly different and most clubs in Belfast would love that but not many people always live within thier parish as such, if they do then after they get married they move out of that area in most cases..

I lived less than half a mile from Naomh Gall, but half a mile the other direction was the lower Falls clubs and I passed O'donnell's and Corrigan before hitting the club.. In Belfast it's generally made up of kids that went to a certain primary school (St Galls, St Finians for instance) and that paved the way to join a club. the other and biggest factor was always being associated with a family that was in the club and that was the natural progression and would be the main factor to our recruitment.

How'd Mickey Pollock end up at St Galls?

No doubt there will b one or two but can't think of any. Seems to b rife in SW

Who is there is the SW?

Great experience. Just amazes me the amount of money many SW clubs have to spend when Belfast clubs are selling tickets to cover the league fees

How many outside coaches are coaching around the city?

Rangers beat Celtic in 2016 and bought Barton & Kranjcar. How'd that work out for them? They are banking on short term gain and possibly winning a league title which won't happen.

Keep the faith. In Brendan we trust.

Happy New Year lads & ladies. Keep talking, keep smiling and don't let anything stand in your way.

Wife was out tonight with work, In laws had the kids so I took the chance to go for a dander and ended up in a mates house with a pot of tea and a pool table. Craic was serious and some memories were brought up.

It did me a world of good and although there was a few tears from us all about what's happened, it's proved that we are all there together.

I see Ahoghill had 2 players in the moneyglass u21 team that won last night so sanctions aren't just a city way of strengthening your team as previous posters have suggested

Any Fermanagh men?