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Great game last night and i have a good feeling for loughgiel this year ! last year they had a lot factors against them , the feis debacle, suspensions (conspiracy) and injuries.
They undoubtly have the best players and maybe haven't had it right on the line the last few years but by all accounts they have great team spirit this year , a great organised  management set up and i feel  they will be really hard to beat .
As long as they keep focussed , keep the discipline and put the effort in i feel 2010 is the year of the shamrocks.They have history on their side too as the only club to have the all-ireland and really i expect big things from them this year .

its idiots like you that give loughgiel a bad name. yes loughgiel have good players and had hard luck with injuries etc.. last year, but how do you think that having history will help win a championship - please open your eyes to the real reasons that Loughgiel have not been as successful as Dunloy and Cushendall over the last 20 years. 

Never, never and never!

He scored a big score against Dunloy in a county final years ago now and is still living off the back of it, dont forget he ended up on the losing team that day and has hardly done a tap since.

If Dinny couldnt keep him inline with his cotton wool and laid back approach then no one could. Maybe throwing his shoulder firmly behind the loughgiel cause now with all the big men involved behind the scenes there now 

NAG1  - what a life you live, constantly making snide remarks about other clubs.  What is your problem?  you are certainly a larger than life character with not a lot going on between those BIG rosy cheeks. 
your statement 'never, never, never' means that not only do you sound like the big man, you also act and look like him.  and funny enough you retired around the same time as him.

go and catch yourself on.

Minder I see your point (And Im not getting at the ref). But my point is that the ref in this case didnt see what happened and therefore to send someone off i that kind of situation is harsh IMO. I know you cant ref a game like that but if you compare some of the tackles that werent even fouls in the all Ireland to this, I think just  a little bit of compassion in this situation wouldnt go a miss.

Agree to a certain extent skull but dont think he was taken to the cleaners either.

Yeah maybe next year they can start a whole new series. 

NAG1, you are a bit of a Pr--K.  Your comments are all the same, try to talk a bit of sense (a very wee bit), and then come back with a smart childish comment. It sort of sums you up, as you go about all your work the same. Say one thing and do another.

Maybe you can get the video evidence out again. Or do you only do that when it suits.

Wino,

The same could be said of every club in the country so dont be picking loughgiel as special in that way.

As for OE I havent any relationship with him other than to recognise the hard work he puts in as an unpaid official and referee in this county something that we are increasingly sadly lacking. My dig is not at the loughgeil club but when you and your friend keep putting them up there what are we supposed to do sit back and listen to rubbish.

Obviously, I think Loughgiel are special the same as you are special (licking many windows lately).
OE does a lot of work for the GAA but that does not mean that he can abuse his position because of his own (or his mates) personal views.  Let the powers that be deal with him because me or you have no control over the situation he has found himself in.

Glenariffe have had their league game against Ahoghill called off tonight, which should help preparations.

Yeah JameH but sure they have been getting away with that kind of thing for years.

Who have you got missing for the weekend, if you dont win comfortably I will be very suprised even with the weather doing its upmost to make the games at the weekend a mud bath.

Being a tad hard on us Loughgeil people, dont you think?

Yeah JameH but sure they have been getting away with that kind of thing for years.

Who have you got missing for the weekend, if you dont win comfortably I will be very suprised even with the weather doing its upmost to make the games at the weekend a mud bath.

Being a tad hard on us Loughgeil people, dont you think?

Is there something wrong with you 2 (NAG1 and JamesH) - you talk steady about fair play and how you are whiter than white and continually have a dig at Loughgiel. Bit hypocritical I think.
You obviously have no real knowledge of Loughgiel Hurling - they have been a very successful club who provide the people of our parish with a great pastime. They help to bring our young people up as proud Irish men and women with strong traditions in GAA - much the same as Cushendall I would imagine.
As far as OE is concerned if he is guilty then I'm sure he will be dealt with accordingly, if he is innocent then he has nothing to worry about - answer me this, why are you 2 coming out in such strong support of him - do you have some close relationship with him?

Sorry to disappoint lads but think your way off the mark there and if you care to check my post history before spouting such balls then you would know.
But then again that would take a bit of common sense which is sadly lacking in your area of the world!

Anyway,

Predictions for the games at the weekend?

Fair enough - I dont think he would be out of his bed at 8.37am.
Funny enough I'm surprised any of you are out of your bed at that time.
Maybe the kids are up watching the muppets!

NAG1  -  I've finally figured out who you are, and heres me thinking that you really didn't enjoy these types of discussion boards.  But by some of your comments, by how strongly you defend certain people, by your sarcasm, by your anti Loughgiel nonsense, its plain to see you are "the Fat Controller".  Wise up - people in your position should be seen to be neutral, yes support Cushendall, but not by using your position to only benefit Cushendall - you should represent all clubs in NA.

Cushendall doing their usual stuttering through the early stages.

Loughgiel dont seem to have the heart anymore for it, when was the last time they finished any game with 15 players on the field?

I think your right NAG1 - Cushendall are hot favourites for the title again.
Not so sure about finishing games with 15 players - thats a bit low. Have the Dall never had a man sent off for 2 yellows?

Fairhead,  you have obviously been well versed (but not well informed) by someone very close to the centre of NACCC.  I think you should get the facts correct before talking such nonsense.  You defend it that strongly I am beginning to wonder if you yourself are involved with NACCC and trying to put some positive spin on the whole matter.  I can understand why you want more positive spin as none of this does Hurling in NA any good, but, if the accusations are true then why should that type of person or persons be involved in running the association in NA.

As far as Loughgiel needing a conspiracy to motivate them is concerned - nothing could be further from the truth.  I could guarantee that none of these players care about what is going on with administration, they are just happy Ding and Skinner got fair play in the end.

Almost forgot - the discussions seemed to be mostly about Hurling until you woke up again and started your rant.  Maybe you just want to keep it going to try and help your mates perception in the public eye.

Is it okay for someone who is on the Dunloy senior hurling panel to be in charge of a game in the same championship that his team plays.  Nothing against young Cunning, I actually think he is a very good ref and very fair, and obviously takes his duties very seriously when his parents assist him in any game that I have seen, but I thought there was a rule on this sort of thing. 

I think you are all missing the point - the hearings committee threw out Paul Gillans case as proper procedure was not followed. And in a more serious development someone who is supposed to be neutral and fair when representing North Antrim deliberately tried to mislead the hearings committee - this is something that should not be tolerated - he is supposed to be a top ref and administrator, looks like his career may be put on hold for a while.
Secondly, bringing video evidence into local games is a dangerous development - how many matches could we not pick something up - does that mean all games should be recorded and watched closely afterwards - to me if this happens then the great sport of hurling will become less attractive for our young men as they will go to other sports.
Who decided to use the evidence in North Antrim? and for what reason? - Skinner was sent off by the ref and obviously noted in his report.  Should this not have been enough evidence for them?  Or was it that the fat controller was trying to look after his own club interests? - it wouldn't surprise me as his record of being fair and neutral isn't that great. 

just testing