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Yes we are in Intermediate

U20 league is not fit for purpose and clubs can't take the blame on this. This is a result of the age group moves and personally I think we need back to u18 again next year.
The county are in a situation of trying to create something here that shouldn't be in the mix at all.
This year's competition will run poor, let's hope the significant change made so from next year it will work for us all.

Sean O'Neill a standout player for sure, class

The gem at 11 BS

Credit to players and management tonight, just fell short. Around half the squad still eligible next year

With the league games in full flow, a big shout out to the Saffron Gael team for reports on the night/morning after of games. If you arent making a payment towards the work they are doing you really should.

The CB needs to stand firm on this but questions have to be asked on what goes on at Ulster council.

Sharkin winning in sharkin doesn't surprise me, it is like galatasary away! Davitts yes that was a bit of a surprise but St Paul's capable of anything. Div 2 will be interesting this year.

You could a seen the flares in Gortgole

Surprise Surprise, Tyrone school casts net a bit wider to attract grade A footballers. Are we saying this ambition us wrong? Heaven forbid an Antrim school would ever start thinking like this!

Perhaps just annoyed that Antrim loses it's grade A footballers to schools like Magherafelt and St Ronan's Lurgan.

Maybe they are Grade A because they went to Magherafelt and Lurgan?  Apart from the grammar schools we also have to encourage our high schools and vocational schools.

There is a good point, a good number of our lads go to St Conor's, and although a Derry school their success is as important if not more to us as Saint Louis. 

Had a look into it last week and there are 42 teams in the MacRory(14),MacLarnon(16) and Markey(12) competitions.

We have 3 MacLarnon (Rathmore, St Marys CBS and St Louis) and 1 in the Markey (St Malachys Belfast).

Donegal has 9 teams across the 3 and it'd be interesting to look at their county squad and see which of these schools they came through.

Then you have Derry who have 5 schools competing but when you have Maghera and Magherafelt as two of them you are in a strong position.

As has been said before it's up to us in some of our clubs to up our game before we blame either school or county development squads.

Good points on that oggie and shows the level of effort being put into coach teams isn't to the standard it would need to be.

Any school would need someone driving football first mentality and it is either hit it lucky with someone just appearing or put that person in place.

There won't be a massive number of capable people for that role and to appoint say a head of PE purely on their Gaelic Football prowess would take a lot of work within a school to make happen.

Clubs need to be providing the calibre of players and we cannot say that in Antrim we are bring enough quality through our schools to compete with the schools in the competitions on a regular basis.

Cesar what year was that St Louis team, saying it could have competed at Macrory is a big speak

If we could get clubs doing that we will be in a strong position alright

Calling schools an embarrassment, who are you actually blaming for that BS, who is ultimately responsible?

You are spot on in your example of the team you played in, I saw something similar when 1 man took the bull by the horns and brought about success. Although he did have plenty of talent to work with

You're  taking the piss Jim, I suppose Oran Kearney has all the cross and passion lads playing soccer not hurling.

Cross and passion have really stepped up their work in hurling and camogie and Saint Louis have improved in the last 10 years with Dunloy input having helped. Around 10 of Dunloys winning team this year were past pupils of St Louis

Not sure if it's true or not but from what I read on google, St. Louis have 1 title since 1990? I thought they would have favoured football over hurling in that school.

They are competing for success a lot better than they would have been historically but the Dunloy and Loughgiel players the main reason for that

I played Mageean hurling there and that said something of the standard at that time

You're  taking the piss Jim, I suppose Oran Kearney has all the cross and passion lads playing soccer not hurling.

Cross and passion have really stepped up their work in hurling and camogie and Saint Louis have improved in the last 10 years with Dunloy input having helped. Around 10 of Dunloys winning team this year were past pupils of St Louis