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I hear the SA select is struggling which is such a pity as they were the one that really could have made an impact on the championship with some of the players available to them.

You mean someone has less to do than us!

I know at club level for sure there is a rule that if a player is not playing at his own age group level then he cannot play at the level above.

I dont have a copy of the rule book on me, but I am nearly 100% sure that it is in the regulations that a player must play his own age group before he can play elsewhere.

Im not getting at anyone dont even know the young lad involved but to me its not right that he is good enough tom play u21 but yet saw fit not to play for the minors?
That is not right on any level

Its not a matter of choice Colonel, he either plays his own age group or he plays nothing. Its not a matter or picking and choosing.

I thought that was against the rules to play for an age group above your own without playing your own?

What was the score skull?

Derry had a round of senior football fixtures tuesday night which would have involved over half their hurling squad, tough two nights.

I heard he was out for the season but should be back in time for next season.

What was the dunloy team Max?

Who played well for Rossa? Thats a big scalp for them and should be the motivation they need to get back up to Div 1.

Well I had been chatting to some of the County hurlers and they hadnt recieved any expenses from the county for over three months. This was around the start of April.

Sure the hurlers werent being paid any expenses at all earlier in the year.

Was this not always the case? TB

Im not talking about these new coaches I am prepared to give them time, but if they are working to the same plans as the previous ones then no progress will be made.

We are woefully under funded for the size of our county in terms of coaches on the ground.

Im not talking youth development by the county manager I am talk about him going around Senior sessions in each club to assess the standard then to help design a programme to coach these coaches etc

Yeah but they obviously arent doing it, maybe the county manager would have more sway with some of these coaches anyway and if it was part of a mandatory session thing then they would get more respect and would help them develop.

I understand what you are saying skull.

But my point being, what would be wrong with appointing a manger and giving him the remit to go around the senior and junionr clubs and assess the level of training that all our players are getting. Therefore he could see where the fall downs are and maybe run seminars for these coaches throughout the year that are mandatory.
Therefore lifting the level of coaching through out the county, yes it is short term for the senior panel for now but just one idea allied to the juvenille strucutures being sorted for future generations.

So we are all in agreement that we need to develop the grass roots and bring it through in a proper structured way.

But while that is happening is there anyone out there who can have the mangerial skills to get a team prepared while giving the clubs their fair share to get the hurling scene back up on to its feet in Antrim?

Max any names from Dunloy worth a mention?