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Nigel Elliot is quite possibly the best in Antrim at breaking the tackle, over the last few years he has added some real power to his game. Much more suited to breaking the line from deep.  Much more effective from half forwards/midfield than stuck in the inside forward line.

Campbell no doubt will get the sweeper role.  I'd expect McManus & Armstrong to find themselves in a two man full forward line for large parts.

I believe a decision is to made this week!

Far to many unanswered questions for anyone to make an informed decision!

1. What will be the cross over of players from u17 to u19
2. What happens to the u21 grade
3. Will feile be u13 or u14
4. Will u11 be outdoor (21 to 21) like last year u12 or go games like u10's
5. At what point are you consider an adult team?

Between now and the end of June div1 clubs have 6 fixtures, plus in NA we have potenitially another 3 Feis cup games. That's at least 7 games! Nothing wrong with the fixtures so far!

The fact he has a press conference announced certainly suggests he's for calling it a day, otherwise he'd just tog out at training.

In the Ballyhale run he certainly looked good enough and given 6 months puts the season by from here I thought he might have went on for one more given the experience that has been lost in that changing room.

I'm with the moderator on this one, advertising outside the club has obvious implications and I don't think the guestbook was the right forum.  Indeed I think the guestbook took the right response in taking the opportunity to reassert our opposition to paid management. 

Good luck to the club in question, I hope whoever it is gets a good clubman to take them.

I think yous got ridiculous decision back in the 2000 semi final

who was that against? i cant rem who we beat then. i know we beat cushendun handy in the final that year

From memory we didn't really get away from the dun that til the last 5 or 10 minutes that day DR. They had us on the rack for a decent part of the game.

my memory is vague of that final! lol

who did we beat in the semi that year? was it cdall at casement by any chance?

Cushendall, with Damien McMullans 100 yard free at the death!

Congratulations and Good Luck in the Final!

For the record it was SIE started this with a snipe at perceived sniping years ago!

But any fool would agree those teams didn't compare to the team I mentioned in their pomp! They weren't in their pomp that year so others came through! Simple really!

Was the Greek team that won the euro's the same standard as the Spanish/french or germans!

SIE wanted someone to raise to the bait so he could flog the whole thing again! I'm the fool for responding

The Lord delivered us Buffers Alley and Mount Sion in the 80s. We love the Dall really in Glenariffe 

Tony Doran. He was 42 you know. Legend.

Its when you meet Kilkenny teams you're in trouble 😉

played one, lost one. 

We aren't alone in that regard.

Is it really hard to accept that given the quality of the teams that had been competing in the AI series in previous years that drawing Na Paisaigh and Coolderry was a good draw.  Neither where the quality of Birr, ballyhale, portumna, james Stephen, Newtonshamdrum etc.  Credit you did the business when it mattered and accepted it sounds like sniping when your neighbours say it (especially given our record) but it is what it is!

Greece want a euro's, they took advantage of a dip in fortunes of the big euro nations, Germany, Spain, Holland and France! In doing so achieved something amazing

Did anyone actually say Cushendall would win? 2 said they thought Loughgiel would struggle to get back to their best!

There you go, for some reason I thought just Rossa came up! So Ballygalget are down too! A lot less travelling to Ahoghill than the Ards!

I don't think you were down in the Ards with us last year anyway, so no odds other than Seamus Elliott losing out on the extra red biddy being sold out of the pump behind the shop!!

not been Seamus selling that for a while now! But you are right we had you at home only last year. I actually enjoy all the games in the Ards, you earn anything you get!

There you go, for some reason I thought just Rossa came up! So Ballygalget are down too! A lot less travelling to Ahoghill than the Ards!

Happy enough with that draw.  Nothing easy in Championship and Clooney will be a new team we've never faced before.  Will be difficult to get a handle on them with them not in our division.  Our side of the draw is a great opportunity for all the teams to reach a final with a couple of good peformances

Ballycastle v Rossa will be a good one, don't see a lot in those teams.  Cushendall and Loughgiel should come through to set up a mouth watering semi final.

Anyone doing the race over the glens on New Years Day.  I've only ever completed Parkruns and I think this is just under 6mile.  If nothing else it's a lovely Forrest park in Glenarriffe

I actually think it's a disgrace the amount of money being pumped into county teams, across the whole island.  The issue being paid management being judged on performances and demanding near professional approaches. If we keep feeding the beast who knows where it could end up but our Association is changing every year.