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I suppose with Shane on the bench he's great to come on as a impact sub, Wish i was heading down, have a christening (I'm Godfather) on the Sunday so i'm booked!!

From What i here shanes not 100% and may not be able to attend on sunday

He is called the Claw due to his catching ability, he was christened this by Eion Kelly(tipp) once he was up a few moons ago...

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A bit random the Dall men criticising one of their own. I would have thought given his size and age there is plenty of room for improvement and County hurling could do just that.

Antrim are seriously lacking in ball winning forwards


Best ball winning forward in the county is a minor hurler in our club, Dominic'The Claw' Delargy


At minor level perhaps, he would need to shift a fair bit of timber if he is going to play senior hurling.

Hes been hurling senior a brave bit now . tbh the man or should i say boy is 6.4 and is a brave lump to say the least, but what he lacks in speed he makes up for in sheer strength and accuracy.

A bit random the Dall men criticising one of their own. I would have thought given his size and age there is plenty of room for improvement and County hurling could do just that.

Antrim are seriously lacking in ball winning forwards

Best ball winning forward in the county is a minor hurler in our club, Dominic'The Claw' Delargy

Conor Liam and Darren are clearly better hurlers!!

Clearly not if shane has came on and scored several points each time, think hes being used as an impact sub atm but dont see why , In my opinion hes a better hurler than the three of them. Carsons big and strong under high ball , which i can see why hes on full forward , but shane would start ahead of liam kearns anyday

I was wondering this too. Asked my clubmate who tells me mcnaughton hasnt been turning up to training. There has to be some reason as hes a good hurler.  obviously we dont know the full story.  I know he played for cushendall last weekend when all the other club men were at county training?

Aye your club mate may be right its an other mc naughton as far as i knw that hasnt been to many of the hurling trainings ....
He played for the club on Saturday yes as he hasnt been getting the hurling he would of liked but the county training was on the sunday morning in armoy

Conor Liam and Darren are clearly better hurlers!!

Clearly not if shane has came on and scored several points each time, think hes being used as an impact sub atm but dont see why , In my opinion hes a better hurler than the three of them. Carsons big and strong under high ball , which i can see why hes on full forward , but shane would start ahead of liam kearns anyday

We'll probably get the Milltown men again.

I hope we get use

Looking in from the outside, I think you may be right.  All to often the goalkeeping position is forgotten about and there isn't generally a great challenge for the position.  If he concentrates his efforts on continuously improving I can see him making that push sooner rather than later.  At 18 he has the potential to be brilliant - and I've only seen him play in one championship season! 

Does he need help under the high ball?  I'm nearly sure he didn't drop a ball in any games I've seen?  He might be a wirey lad but he's got a brave height about him.  His progression onto the senior setup will be the real teller.

He is good under a high ball with no pressure yes (aren't we all) but when the usual roaming full forward is there to add pressure he tends to bat the ball out with his stick , may be alright at minor just about but a senior you wouldnt get away with it 

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Kearney probably is worth a look, only because of the current situation though. I would have thought a manager would have taken a chance on him at some stage by now if they thought he was up to it. IMHO he isn't mobile enough, but certainly worth a chance. I would also say that RK could be on the bench for Cdall in the next year or two as the young minor keeper, McAllister I think, is supposed to be a cracker. I saw him in the minor semi v the Town and it was as good a performance as I have seen between the sticks.

Also will agree with you on this one , mc allister is a great shop stopper , great poc outs and stick work is great , his only problem would be under the high ball but as a very light in build lad , hoping he will fill out next year or two and be braver and im sure hell be No1 for club and county, best striker of a ball ive seen , hits it as far as any senior kepper with deadly accuracy ... keeping his interest would also be a big thing though being in an undefeated minor team of cushendalls this year has made him keep interest for the moment

General, would you say that this boy, McAlister, should be pushing onto the Cushendall Senior panel in the near future?  From what I can see, the dall' have their pick of keepers at the moment in RK, FMcA, and EG, will CMcA push them all out the door?

In my opinion i believe he should be, hes got plenty of talent although he could do with some help under the high ball (like us all) i dnt think hell push them all out the door as such but i think he'd be contending for there places were it be between the sticks , or on the bench for the seniors...

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Kearney probably is worth a look, only because of the current situation though. I would have thought a manager would have taken a chance on him at some stage by now if they thought he was up to it. IMHO he isn't mobile enough, but certainly worth a chance. I would also say that RK could be on the bench for Cdall in the next year or two as the young minor keeper, McAllister I think, is supposed to be a cracker. I saw him in the minor semi v the Town and it was as good a performance as I have seen between the sticks.

Also will agree with you on this one , mc allister is a great shop stopper , great poc outs and stick work is great , his only problem would be under the high ball but as a very light in build lad , hoping he will fill out next year or two and be braver and im sure hell be No1 for club and county, best striker of a ball ive seen , hits it as far as any senior kepper with deadly accuracy ... keeping his interest would also be a big thing though being in an undefeated minor team of cushendalls this year has made him keep interest for the moment