Messages

So what lines up as playing the players who are up to the standard RS? No point harking on about lack of Cargin or Creggan players lad. The facts are that Ricky Johnston, Kevin O'Boyle, Crozier, Laverty, the McCanns etc are all still the main men in their clubs. None of them are coming out of inter county retirement, nor should they. Outside of those players, who from Creggan/Cargin is ready to start in the current Antrim side and where? At least make an effort to state your best team selection. Live up to your name and make it 'realistic'.

Not doing this NSS everyone was saying the bench was better than the starting team that's a starting point.

Wow. Really? The bench was Luke Mullholland, B McCormick, D Lynch, S O'Neill, R. Boyle, O Lenehan, Dowling, McEnhill, P Finnegan. Some decent players there but better than the 15 listed? I don't think so. Then there was Loughran and Eastwood who I do think should have started ahead of mclarnon and Creggan McCann.

Make no mistake, i tip my hat to all of the lads above for their commitment to the cause this year. There's not a lot of experienced campaigners at this level there don't forget. So the experience this year will be a big building block for a lot of them.

So what lines up as playing the players who are up to the standard RS? No point harking on about lack of Cargin or Creggan players lad. The facts are that Ricky Johnston, Kevin O'Boyle, Crozier, Laverty, the McCanns etc are all still the main men in their clubs. None of them are coming out of inter county retirement, nor should they. Outside of those players, who from Creggan/Cargin is ready to start in the current Antrim side and where? At least make an effort to state your best team selection. Live up to your name and make it 'realistic'.

Truth is we were disappointing yesterday.

Change the word yesterday to all year and you are spot on

Genuinely realisticsaff fair play for promoting Antrim club football on the podcast. I think it's great. But to admit you haven't went to any of the county games this year on one hand, then batter performances on the other... well it doesn't add up does it? Outside of the Westmeath and Longford game which was a dead rubber, performances were encouraging, particularly against 3 of the best teams in the league. But sure push your own agenda.

No dressing up Saturday. Poor display. Those two line ups are on completely different levels of quality and that's the reality. Tailteann cup will be better, and so will next years league campaign. Give things a chance and get behind it.

No Agenda.

McKenna cup poor
League poor
Saturday poor

Facts

Plenty of agenda.

It can be hard to be positive being an Antrim fan sometimes but your negativity and cynicism is next level. Reading this it's like you are revelling in Antrim getting beat with a poor performance. Do you even want to see Antrim do well? I have no idea who you are btw but your posts don't read like you do.

Btw newsflash enda mcginley didn't get us to division two and we got beat by a division four team in the tailteann cup. (That is not a criticism of him but of your argument).

Mate I couldnt give a toss if Andy Mcentee, Jim Allistar or Jamie Byrson was managing the Antrim footballers *I judge results and performances* and this season has been dreadful. Antrim were literally that meme on Saturday of the guy holding the cardboard cut out "our expectations were low but holy f**k". The tactical naivety you wouldn't see from an u12 coach holy christ.. keeping Joe Finnegan on Conor Turbitt for the full game, our D area going unprotected all game and being pure blindly ignorant towards your defence and defensive structures and trying to stop the opposition scoring is laughable and picking lads who clearly arent anywhere near the level for county football and constantly persistently with them.

How do you judge performances when you haven't seen them perform 

Still hasn't answered whether he's actually watched an Antrim league match this year either.

Truth is we were disappointing yesterday.

Change the word yesterday to all year and you are spot on

Genuinely realisticsaff fair play for promoting Antrim club football on the podcast. I think it's great. But to admit you haven't went to any of the county games this year on one hand, then batter performances on the other... well it doesn't add up does it? Outside of the Westmeath and Longford game which was a dead rubber, performances were encouraging, particularly against 3 of the best teams in the league. But sure push your own agenda.

No dressing up Saturday. Poor display. Those two line ups are on completely different levels of quality and that's the reality. Tailteann cup will be better, and so will next years league campaign. Give things a chance and get behind it.

Yep, heard Ronan Devlin had a meeting with our boys suggesting targeting the O' Cahan Cup was the plan this year...

So CB you're comparing the number 1 antrim club team to the 20 somethingth ranked county team in the country. Great argument

Where you at the games or not to comment on performances?

Truth is we were disappointing yesterday.

Change the word yesterday to all year and you are spot on

Genuinely realisticsaff fair play for promoting Antrim club football on the podcast. I think it's great. But to admit you haven't went to any of the county games this year on one hand, then batter performances on the other... well it doesn't add up does it? Outside of the Westmeath and Longford game which was a dead rubber, performances were encouraging, particularly against 3 of the best teams in the league. But sure push your own agenda.

No dressing up Saturday. Poor display. Those two line ups are on completely different levels of quality and that's the reality. Tailteann cup will be better, and so will next years league campaign. Give things a chance and get behind it.

I've already been ridiculed in my own home here during lunch time predictions, but I believe there will only be a kick of the ball between the teams at the end of the game this evening. Here's hoping we're on the right side.

 

I have likely missed this information already, but is the championship format going to be the same as last year?

aye, sure it's been about for yyyeeeaaaarrrrs!

The refereeing was alot better than the standard of play. The quality of football was very poor from both.

Holy Ghost. Are things that bad? Honestly? Take a breath boys. The seniors survived again in division 3 in a new management teams first year in charge. Not bad going considering it takes time to implement a new system, set of standards and expectations etc.
The u20's have also been a big positive by all accounts. Surely there's enough going on at the minute to give cause for some hope. I'm looking at division 1 and 2 club fixtures over the next few weeks and it's a reminder of how competitive and exciting our senior and intermediate league and championship is again this year. Put the knives away and choose love 

Looking forward to club games Wednesday evening now with the light. A good few tight games this round one would imagine.

St.Brigids v Aghagallon  ( Aghagallon + 6)
St. John's v Moneyglass ( Jonnies +2)
Rossa v St. Endas (Rossa +4)
Cargin v Creggan (Cargin + 3)
Tir Na nog v Lamh Dearg (LD + 2)
Portglenone v Ahoghill (Portglenone +3)

County U20 players back now for Cargin will strengthen them significantly.

Have to agree MR2. Good forward planning I'd have thought? Does gallagher not do similar in Derry.