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winker was sent of on a sunday so his suspension shouldnt have been up until 12o'clock saturday night but all the lguile people are saying he's already back so im assuming his suspension has been lifted if this is the case.

yeah, your right, i was getting mixed up with the castle - n antrim game which was on the saturday.

didnt hear anything about it being up though

i agree thats its a disgrace if its not played Thurs, Fri or Sat

as for L Watson, he was sent off on a sat, does his suspension end on the Fri night then.

Never twigged onto that Max, does seem strange why one game can be fixed so quickly yet the other cant.

anyone any good contacts to find out whats going on.

Im not sure you will see a huge improvement from Dunloy, going on the Ballycastle and Glenariffe games I just don't think they have the players to beat Cushendall.

thats if it is Cushendall, ive a feeling Loughgiel might sneak that semi.

but i dont think Dunloy will play as badly in the Final as they have the last two games.

i heard the lguile v cdall final was on sun 13th..bit of a joke that u ave 2wait 2wks for a re-fix,means which ever team does get thru has little time 2prepare for the final!....shud suit lguile down 2t ground tho!

Two weeks is plenty of time, I would say Dunloy would prefer a two week wait as opposed to a month. Will Winker be back for the 13th?

would tend to disagree with that, although the Dunloy posters would inform us better im sure

IMO after their two poor performances Dunloy will welcome the 4 weeks of hard training to get things right and to get players back from slight injuries.

is this date correct, i think im working that weekend, need to book it off then.

First of all my condolscenes to the friends, family & respective clubs of both Arthur Forsythe and Mark McKeegan,

As for our own game v Glenarriffe.  A few points

1. Glenarriffe did not deserve to lose the game and Dunloy did not deserve to win
2. there is no subsitute for class - Ally Elliott has it in spades
3. Tosh is very much county standard
4. Herbie refereed the game well, not many contentious decisions, Tosh had to go and both yellows were unnessecary and quite blatant
5. Dunloy will need serious. serious improvement to be competitive

Any dates on when the postponed match will be played

have to agree with all those points there Max

i think Dunloy will improve considerably for the Final

Any word on when the other Semi will be played.

all i have to say is hard luck glenariife, really should have won.

but imo this again shows the standard as dropped significantly and i expect tonights match to confirm this again.

i would still expect Dunloy to raise their game for the final as so far they have been bad and should have been beaten by two poor teams.

as for tosh, again he is now (our) county standard due to the standard being so low.

something really has to been done about club hurling, are the officals so blind to see it,  i wish they would just do something rather than blame everyone around them.  clubs also have alot to answer for.

please, please let my 8 quid be worth it tonight as all the dosh i have spent so far hasnt been worth it.

god this is great stuff

really has brightened up my Wednesday afternoon at work.

wideball, was that text from Holywell - i think they are looking you back.

any chat about the games, why not talk about teams etc rather the Refs.

someone mentioned Cushendall missing a few as well - who are they. should be a very interesting game, which i think loughgiel will nick it by a couple of points

Dunloy i think will run out easy winners on the other side (depending on weather)

NAG1  -  I've finally figured out who you are, and heres me thinking that you really didn't enjoy these types of discussion boards.  But by some of your comments, by how strongly you defend certain people, by your sarcasm, by your anti Loughgiel nonsense, its plain to see you are "the Fat Controller".  Wise up - people in your position should be seen to be neutral, yes support Cushendall, but not by using your position to only benefit Cushendall - you should represent all clubs in NA.

think you must have been on the auld vino last night mate,  just looked back to check your theory out and my guess is your detective skills are way off the mark.

also, if you narrowed it down by using the anti loughgiel nonsense, it would then leave every club but loughgiel - even including my little football  club

i think he was talking about the linesman Max

i thought both teams where poor, if ever a day that Ballycastle could have beat Dunloy it was yesterday.

i think too much is being made of Dunloy's performance, they where poor imo and still won. they will improve for the semi and even more for the final.

as for them being Done, this is rubbish, one for sure (G O'Kane), maybe two are done but the rest are fairly young, they are still my shout for winners this year.

any word if the match is going ahead or not, sure has been alot of rain today

also just noticed the Mod on that "other site" was as helpful as ever when someone asked the same question   

same here, absolutley love the start, watching some of the idiots trying to sing is just cringeworthy.

i do start to lose interest by the time the live stuff starts, unless there is a few fit birds still in.

plus i could just watch Cheryl Cole picking her nose.

Cushendall doing their usual stuttering through the early stages.

Loughgiel dont seem to have the heart anymore for it, when was the last time they finished any game with 15 players on the field?

I think your right NAG1 - Cushendall are hot favourites for the title again.
Not so sure about finishing games with 15 players - thats a bit low. Have the Dall never had a man sent off for 2 yellows?

Wino,
Wasnt supposed to be a low blow it was merely a question about when they last finished with the full compliment. My point being that with the two Campbells injured that they cant afford to lose any more players to suspension. Also the question must be asked about the displine of the team when they lose players so regualrly.

i would have to agree with you NAG - not wanting to dwell on the sending off, but IMO it should have been a straight Red, but aside from that i found it disgusting that a large number of supporters applauded the player as he came off the pitch (this also happens im sure with other clubs)

on the championship - i think Dunloy are favourites in my book, not alot been said about them and they have Championship winning pedigree. Cushendall look stale and Loughgiel are missing too many players - mainly J Campbell.

im just hoping we finally get some good games - im out a fortune and havent seen a good game yet  

[Skinner got fair play in the end.]

Fairhead,  you have obviously been well versed (but not well informed) by someone very close to the centre of NACCC.  I think you should get the facts correct before talking such nonsense.  You defend it that strongly I am beginning to wonder if you yourself are involved with NACCC and trying to put some positive spin on the whole matter.  I can understand why you want more positive spin as none of this does Hurling in NA any good, but, if the accusations are true then why should that type of person or persons be involved in running the association in NA.

As far as Loughgiel needing a conspiracy to motivate them is concerned - nothing could be further from the truth.  I could guarantee that none of these players care about what is going on with administration, they are just happy Ding and Skinner got fair play in the end.

Almost forgot - the discussions seemed to be mostly about Hurling until you woke up again and started your rant.  Maybe you just want to keep it going to try and help your mates perception in the public eye.

would rather this wasnt brought up again, but this comment somewhat annoyed me, this is a big problem IMO among all clubs, as far as i saw it Skinner got sent off and rightly so, so how do you come by the above staement.

im not very big up in the whole commitee thing and only recently worked out who the Main NACC person yous are talking about is, but from posts on here its quite obvious that loughgiel have not much love for this person either, and if what JamesH said (i think) is true then its a total disgrace and that club and players should be ashamed of themsleves.

Now i think this conversation as someelse said should stay focused on the hurling, its anywonder our great chairman doesnt have a lot of love for this forum if the last few days are anything to go by.

My club mate has been accused of trying to influence the Loughgiel team through being one vote in a committee of five, which seems strange knowing the make up of that co, pretty strong characters involved. Now if he was a referee from Loughgiel picking this weekends ref's their could be a conspiracy theory, but like the Ref he works hard as a volunteer for the association so its a load of balls but he doesn't deserve a crowd of louts giving him abuse every time he goes out the door.  I heard tonight that new info will come to light that will clear the ref who was supposed to have lied,
I do believe and having seen the official dvd Ding did hit with intent and so deserved punished. If it had been against Loughgiel the culprit would have deserved punished. Anyway anilis have you a fit team for Sat? I was told yesterday that SW only had ten players in any case for the cancelled match.

James, like lots of others I have been watching this thread with interest for a while now and have noticed that on a couple of occasions you have made reference to a fellow clubman of your own and his alleged potential involvement. I could be wrong but you appear to be the only one on here making this association, is there something you know that the rest of us don't? Perhaps this is why you are so vociferous in your replies

would rather stay out of this discussion but i think you should maybe read back again, JamesH is only responding to comments made in an earlier post.