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Same suspects, same tripe.

same subject for some reason.

yep, you all seem to love posting tripe about him. Sure why bother with facts. Eh?

He's out until the weekend after next. Ankle injury. Simple as that.

wind your neck in its a bit of crack. sure he leaves himself wide open for this stuff. Great hurler though, I would put him in Antrims current top ten no problems. now that big hippys of the radar

Same suspects, same tripe.

same subject for some reason.

Any truth in the rumour that the messiah has left the building?

Sure its time he spat a dummy. nobody talking about him, no TV interviews.what the hell is wrong with people. time to devote some air time for the special one. Don t they know if hes not getting the diva treatment he might even turn on his own. There has to be a medical term for his condition

Now now!!  No need for that you little keyboard warrior you!!!  Matty likes firing those big shoulders about and thinks cause he's big he's hard!!!   Wonder if some of dunloys real hard men from teams gone by we're still playing, would he of been as rough.  Doubt it!!

Sorry dude I thought you where refering to shorty with death by sword quote . Ill retract the tool bit. I don't think Matty has any badness in him. I think someone had them all brainwashed. Sorry again

Not first time for player in question.  You live by the sword you'll die by the sword.

Your some tool

Dunloy 4-12 ballycastle 1-11. Tough game with a lot of nasty tackles. 
How shorty wasn't killed at the end up is anyone's guess. Matty tried to take his head off and didn't even get so much as a warning.
We had to take him off before someone ended his career!
Saul got a straight red and then sillily slapped c cunning as he was sent off which the ref told him would go in his report.
That said it wasn't that bad a game. We did play well and the goals made the difference. Ballycastle couldn't get their half forward line going at all.
Good win considering we were missing 3-4 starters.

DR ur being a little generous with the truth. Shorty was off very 5mins minimum and replaced by a blood sub as is the case in many senior games. He returned to the field of play and contributed significantly to dunloy's final tally......so hardly 'killed'. A very physical game, matched by both teams out there. Ropey refereeing played its part in things getting out of control. U win some, u lose some - not our night, Dunloy took their scores.

Maybe they where not trying to kill him,but Matty definitely tried to break his neck, when the ref refused to act on this it was a case of GET SHORTY(pardon the pun) for the rest of the match. Do you think mushy took him of the field to give him an ice cream. my guess is he thought  enough was enough. Ballycastle  had no interest in hurling tonight which is very uncharacteristic of them. Always where respected for there discipline but not tonight . Somebody had them to pumped up  me thinks. when the ref did nothing they took things up a gear.

[I said the current set was a joke and that something hasn't been right for 20 years.]

I never slated the players. I said the current set was a joke and that something hasn't been right for 20 years. Don't try and twist my postings please.

So if we're score the joke level over each of the last 20 years ...how does this years management score relative to the previous 20 years. If this years management are no worse than previous years then you'd have to wonder why your focusing on their efforts.

The fact remains that there's something seriously wrong, it's been that way for 20 + years. I'd love to know what the solution is from all you experts.

At the start you're very specific (i.e. the management setup is a joke), then when youre comments are put under scrutiny, you couldnt be any more vague 


Back to the leagues
We'd a good win against the ports yesterday, with some great performances in many positions. Was a fantastic end to end game on a perfect day for hurling. See the Dall and LG also had narrowish victories up in the ards (the referee probably won it for LG) . Tis a great place to play the game IMO. You always know that you're gonna a get a full blooded contest against any of the penninsula teams. We need them as much as they need us.

The alarm bells were ringing when Ryan came down to our club and said what he said. He then went back on his "closed door" policy after saying in the press that he wouldn't unless in the case of injuries. He has since drafted players in anyway. It doesn't instil much confidence in him.

Reading all the contradictions in your post its doesn't Instill much confidence in your opinion or reports on county managers. We don't you button up now while your still behind

I might offer up an alternative answer to our county woes. The match prior to ours on Saturday evening was there minors played Offlay and beat them handy. Apparently there's a lot of work going in at that age and lower. Contrast that with the fact we can't getting anybody to take our minors it doesn't bode well. Our best performers on Saturday (shorty, graffin mc manus) all came from the minor team that sambo and woody+ beefy before that put a lot of work into with regular trips south for higher octane challenge mathes etc

The fact remains that there's something seriously wrong, it's been that way for 20 + years. I'd love to know what the solution is from all you experts.

Your not offering any solutions yourself. At least no one is slating the players and managent. You said current set up is joke then one post later it's been a joke for 20 years. Make up your mind

the happy campers beaten by 6 points. Dreadful performance.

You'll be pleased with the result tonight.

not at all. If you believe that you're mistaken. I've followed Antrim all over Ireland for the best Part of 25 years. I want nothing but the best for them. Unfortunately the current set up is a joke.

why do you say that SIE

of course he's happy, thinks there is some vindication now for the sniping he's being going over. pathetic

just in the door home, bad result but they where the better team. shorty and Graffin hurled well, Hamill played well when he came on.

Maybe if he went off to new York to hurl during the championship or agree to go on county sponsored drinking jaunts down to cork with the lads he might have been more accepted. I doubt it though. Double standards alive and well in the county set up.

Or if he had just trained like everyone else on the panel, committed to the cause at any point during his county career then he might command more respect that he does now when he comes off with this rubbish, he didn't so he doesn't. Unfortunately on this one SIE you can defend him to you are blue in the face but his record speaks for itself. Something which was so conveniently omitted from the article.

Dead right nag hit the nail on the head, pen and paper refuses nothing. This column in the post is the equivalent of joey Barton or l bowyer writing for the sun. Worth a read if your buying it but completely dismissive of any substance or  Balance. Anyway as skull said we are talking about him so job done. While he's typing away lads like shorty and graffin etc are at the coalface this week training for Saturday. Lets talk about that what's everyone's thoughts, will be tuff going but I think we can Pull it off.

Maybe if he went off to new York to hurl during the championship or agree to go on county sponsored drinking jaunts down to cork with the lads he might have been more accepted. I doubt it though. Double standards alive and well in the county set up.

Or what about away on motocross bikes during the league one year when we where going well and had to play tipp away. ( Only one example) Stop dwelling on other players, they are not the subject here.  Bring up all the examples you want . Your not convincing anyone on here why no one wants to hurl with him. You have been very quick to have a crack At mc manus ,how do you rate his discipline and commitment to Antrim compared to your mate . As I said before brilliant player LG wouldn't have won an all Ireland without him and he would be a huge asset to the county if his attitude mirrored some of the players you are slating

As long as you know the truth then that's that done with. Mcmanus and his club mates on the panel basically have the final say on who's allowed on the panel. As long as you're all happy about that, fair enough.

Winker is no Angel, but then who on that antrim panel is? And you're correct, as a loughgiel man I'm happy he's not in the squad.

So the dall boys are calling the shots. You either have some in depth insight or your talking through butt. If there was some sort of stipulation by other players then its due to the behaviour of the said player and the discord he brought in the past. You say as LG man your glad he is not on the panel, well as a dunloy man imm glad as well. Better to plod on with some harmony than an undeniable talent that needs placated at every whim.  SIE stop embarrassing yourself on a thread on Antrim hurling, keep your inaccurate one sided excuses for the pound where you might get someone to indulge you. This guy has has left under every county manager he hurled for, long before kevin Ryan and mc manus came on the scene

Less of the harshness towards Karl, how many on here can say they have put in what he as for Antrim. A great gifted player with a hot streak in him, not the first and not the last in Antrim. Well done to all the panel yesterday. Laois give Westmeath a good beating in the league final, could be tight enough away to them.

+1 if Karl has one problem he ain't cute enough when reacting to some plank pulling on him first. When it comes to southern umpires and linesmen they never see the original offender. Either they are better at it or they just don't like us.

Problem with that theory NAH is that nobody pulled but Karl. The defender put his shoulder into Karl as nearly every defender that has ever lived has done to a sub coming on and Karl grossly overreacted and swung round him. The defender then went down roaring (which was an overreaction itself as, while contact was undoubtedly made, he got the "middle" rather than the "end" of the stick). All this happened 5 yards from the linesman who saw both the initial incident and Karl's reaction.

While we might have grounds to be paranoid about how (some) refs treat us (I have one in particular in mind), the way this incident was dealt with wasn't one of them.

Fair enough irish news got it wrong then. Good to hear a report from someone that seen it. After the shanagans of last year . Forgive me for being paranoid

He selects players for the panel. Hence he's a selector. Ryan manages the team, hence he's the manager. Not that hard to understand. 

If He isn't helping to select teams for matches he's not a selector. If he selects new panelist for Ryan to look at I would call him a scout. Main thing is he's helping so whatever he does it can't be a bad thing. Just think you have his title wrong

Not just a southern thing, the person that acts first normally gets away with it as by the time anyone notices the man is only reacting and thats what the crowd and referees/umpires/linesmen see. Get your retaliation in first seems to work.

That's a sad reality. Your right happens up here to. But we have had some red cards at county level the last few years are we that dirty. It's time our boys learn to react when the time is right