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where did you see the team?Cant see it on county website?

Not that the original post in question was mine but:
Yes but u picked county attendance & a throwaway phrase - to detract from a post without addressing the main points of it being elsewhere - points u chose to ignore.
Buts that's ur prerogative - just like its seems it's our county executives!

Quite a few posters complaining recently about people commenting! On a chat forum - fancy that!
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I'm afraid you are seeing round too many corners....I've no interest in deflection. None at all.

I'm glad I'm not a johnnies stalwart listening to that debate 

The point about are salaried official remains valid Brendan - to deflect the argument doesn't deal with that.

I wasn't in Parnell and I have no qualms about that. I've spent a fortune travelling Ireland for good and bad times with Antrim - does not having the time or money to attend that game mean someone's opinion isn't valid?
Better still - many people couldn't go because they were so busy doing work with their own clubs.
Look at scheduling - does it allow club men to support our county? Does it hell! This from a county that scheduled club championship at the same time as the county U21 hurlers were winning an all-Ireland semi final!

But if someone can't afford to go to a game, has to work, or is busy in their club - then they cannot comment on their county.

Deflecting the point is another way of hiding from it.

Instead of trying to turn the argument by asking what others are doing - maybe the 1st step would be for our executive to acknowledge that something is seriously wrong. Heavens forbid.

And I will say again - it's an Internet chat room. If you complain about people offering comments then you can't grasp that concept.

I wasn't deflecting the point at all, simply pointing out that if someone regards working with kids as 'slaving away' then they should probably not be doing it. As for not being at Kerry game  - not was I. I have only made it to 4 county games in total this year - it doesn't stop anyone commenting on the state of our Association. Who is complaining about people offering comments?

I dont regard taking kids teams as 'slaving away' - frankly those are among the most enjoyable and rewarding parts of my week, any week. If you feel like its is slaving away - then don't do it, because you can be sure the kids aren't getting much joy out of it. What do you want, paid for taking a kids team?

Regarding the attendance last Saturday, I can't say as I wasn't there. Like everyone on this Board it seems. But, I was in Armoy for the regular league match V Laois - home game, lovely venue, critical match and with all of that there was about 200 people there. An awful level of support.

A very depressing few days.

Safe?? offaly are already in the league quarter finals...

But if we beat Offaly, and finish level on pints with them (they would have dropped at least 3 if that happens) then we finish above them on a 'head to head' basis. Point difference only applies if more than 2 teams finish level.

Offaly and Longford still have to play each other - points will be dropped by one or both of them.

I run the @Clubaontroma account. Its concentrated on county teams, and score updates depends on which matches I am at or for which I can get online radio commentary, which you can for most matches down south. On days like Sunday last it is limited due to lack of wi-fi / 4g connection on the north coast.

It was previously the 'official' county account but isn't since I stood down as PRO.

One last point before getting back to work. If we are in a play off to decide who plays 2a champions, then we will be away from home v either Laois or Offaly. We have  had 3 home games in regular season while they have each had 2.

And on Sunday last - poor performance all round, dire crowd, less than 500 Id say.

If ourselves, Offaly and Laois each win one match, then score difference will determine which of us goes into a relegation play off and who goes into quarter final. So it would be important not to concede a big amount this Sunday v Waterford. That also assumes Laois don't win any other games - they have to host Wexford (which they will be targeting as a win) and are away to Limerick.

But we could well be heading into final game - home to Offaly - with a quarter final place still up for grabs, and more importantly, an early opportunity to get out of the relegation battle. Perversely though, if Laois win another game ours v Offaly could be a reversal of last years Tullamore dead rubber from our point of view, though Offaly will need to win it to avoid the play off.

["Bottom Two Teams contest Relegation Play-Off (with formula outlined above forQuarter Finals to be used to determine Home venue) – Loser plays Roinn 2A winner in Relegation/Promotion Playoff"]

From GAA website

"Bottom Two Teams contest Relegation Play-Off (with formula outlined above for
Quarter Finals to be used to determine Home venue) – Loser plays Roinn 2A winner in Relegation/Promotion Playoff"

So as before we get two cracks at avoiding relegation.

Gallagher was really good today, was through for a second goal effort when he was tripped, leading to the Carlow black card. Laverty was good, Pollock good especially first half. Chris Kerr back in goals is a plus, he made a couple of v important saves - though the kickouts should surely be mixed up?

Our first black card was a wrong decision, given after Ryan Murray exacted a bit of revenge following a bad foul on him. But it was neither a trip nor a pull down - it was a yellow card offence if anything.

CJ was quieter than in McKenna Cup, lay in deep the whole time and didn't get much service. A big man in FF may be better option, Hasson? Mick McCann?

All in all - probably a fair result. Some Antrim teams of the recent past would have folded under that late Carlow onslaught - hell, last years team did fold under a late Carlow onslaught.

Small steps, and thats what its going to take.

If you are serious about heading up I'll pick u up from Central Station and bring you to game. No bother.

OK so its all opinion, so here's mine.

"That was as poor a Ranch team as i have viewed in a long time...."  They were well drilled, fit, with some powerful runners. Lets see how they do overall. They won't win Sigerson or anything like it, but I thought they were decent.

"We won the majority of possession at centrefield but insisted in lateral and backwards distribution" - you could call that patient build up play. I get as frustrated as anyone with sideways passing, but whats the point in lumping it into a blanket defence? Our goal came on the back of about 20 passes in a row, most of them backwards or sideways. It paid off.

"TS looked liked he didnt care when he came on" - again thats a view but I just disagree. He made runs, sought the ball and provided a useful supply line to the half and full forwards.

Daft post too, to be honest.