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Fair play, but he does have bullet proof windows as well. 

Heard a few of the county panel are nearly sorted for there long haul flight across the atlantic  . Will they be slated in the same manner.
Think you'll find Jody not only plays with Paddy heaney but also lives on the same street. Maybe thats why he supports him.

Maybe that explains how the story was leaked within hours when it was supposed to be kept in house to give the boys time to reconsider. also heard that O'neill never missed 1 training session never mind 2 so Jodys talking more crap, and trying to explain his decisions.

Think more of the truth is starting to come out now about the real reasons boys have left, that the set up is a complete shambles.
Fair play to Kel for not airing the problems  of antrim all over the papers when it could have been quite easy to do so and would have got the press and everyone else of his back.

Well hardstateion known Sean Kelly as i do, the thought of getting beat by Cavan would never have crossed his mind, and as i seen on Sunday night when the rest of the team were out getting drunk having a laugh about getting beat, Sean Kelly was nowhere to be seen, as he seen nothing funny about last sunday.
If he had of decided to go to america would people be so harsh, if his heart wasnt 100% in the tommy murphy cup then fair play to him for having the balls to stand up and say so, lets not forget noones even sure if this Tommy Cooper cup is even going to happen, as already wicklow and sligo have said they arent going to take part in it, which leaves Antrim, Waterford Kilkenny and london. Now if you think this is going to help improve antrim football in any way then fair play, but i can just imagine the intense sessions the county footballers will be doing before these matches  . You can be sure that with 10 minutes to go on sunday that Sean Kelly and some like him still believed, but unfortunately alot of there teammates didnt.

I would say YES these boys will be back playing next year, and i'm sure they will be as committed as ever. I personal think they've been too honest, but maybe it will highlight the joke, that is our county teams preparation for this competition. These four lads of whom I have no great love for, as Milltown row will tell ya, never stop training they will train prob harder in the next 3 months with there club than they have in the last 6 with the county, so why should they commit to a shambles of a setup where you arent guaranteed more than 10 at a session, esp as ch'ship approaches more boys will drift back to club. they've give there all and come up short. Rem the week after the waterford game there was 10 at training, the four people that are being slated here, were there. At least they've had the guts to stand up and say what they thought, lets see how many real good training sessions the county has in the next few months

Fair point Nag     but the likes of kilkenny and london are seriously S**t.

Think your right, back to the clubs, and start from scratch looking for potential players.
I've never seen Jody in Milltown!!!

I'm near sure there was more than 4 that left the pane!!
It will maybe give other guys a chance to get county experience against weaker counties.
the fact is even last year in the run up to the TM cup there was only 7 or 8 at trainings as club became every players priority. so for these guys to pull out of the panel, i dont think is a big deal as im sure more will follow. 

I wouldnt say these four represent whats wrong with antrim football, I think you'll find they are four who actually show whats right with it, with regards commitment etc. But they give the county there all for the last prob 7 months and it came to nothing, so now its time to go back and give something to there club. What would they be training for with county, to play kilkenny again? dont know how anyone could get motivated for that, now there determined to win something with there club, who they say train harder than the county anyway!! Maybe thats whats wrong with the county, but to blame players who dont want to play in a joke of a competition thats getting scraped next year is a bit unfair   .   

The man that could turn this county around, if its possible is John Rafferty. Theres no way any team of his would have conceded as many scores as antrim did.

Casements will be a tough test for us in the 1st round, could be a banana skin

Surely the numbers couldnt be that good rower man if your still getting a game  .

Always the same scenario hardstation while one code is very sucessful the other will suffer, and surely you couldnt mention kevin and strange in the same sentence.

Dont worry about what they say rower man, your still my hero  and I seen the ball sail over the bar. And no mention of your super strike for the goal, from all of half a yard 

Milltown rower if i thought giving my job up as the club barman would help, I'd be more than willing  , 
Maybe if i started a new club, Belfast Elite GAC, that would help the current predicament that Belfast hurling now finds itself in. 

Dont think it was the coffee milltown rower, think you've either forgot your medication or have been smoking something, with them suggestions.  
Some of us, UNLIKE YOURSELF, have played for the same club all our lives, and would rather lose with our own clubs  than win with others.

The issue in hurling is quite simple, you get out of it what you put in!! I have no doubt that talent wise, Rossa, St.Galls and St.Johns are up there with the country teams, but do they put in as much effort and show as much committment, my a**e they do. I stil think the league changes were wrong and will not help these teams, but they have to help themselves 1st and foremost by putting the effort in.
I'll tell you about St.Galls, the dual thing is a problem, but it was when they were under 21 and competed in 4/5 U21H finals in a row, while still winning 6 football in a row, this was due to co operation in the club and everyone buying into it, I think St.Galls are now happy with having a go every year rather than setting serious targets of winning something, Cruise control.

have to disagree milltown rower, yes the leagues should be a bit more meaningful, but surely teams deserve to know a season in advance of the consequences of finishing in certain places. we played at least three games at the end of the season last year were it was seen by us as a "bit of craic" as there was no meaning in it, as we were already safe- I even think you got a run out  . i would say the same applied to rossa and other clubs also. 

F**K that is some leap.

unfortunately didnt make the match but i hear the return of the prodigal son wasnt too great... heard  he wouldnt pass the ball, and got a right good rollicking from Jody at half time...
antrim always seem to struggle around midfield and a player not mentioned above who could fill that role is Sean Burke, think hes part of the squad but is with queens at the minute