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Full time athletes my hole

A decent amatuer 10K runner puts in more hours than a County hurler. Stop blowing the training these boys do out of proportion. And just like a 10K club runner, If he doesn't like what he's been asked to do or the people asking him to do it then I don't think I need to tell you what options are open to him.

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totally agree with the above post.

you dont like it, Do one, SIMPLE AS

[not a particularly gracious accusation to make to a winning team]

Nemo you may be making a fair point, not a particularly gracious accusation to make to a winning team, but in comparision to the great teams of the past we perhaps should look at County representatives, in 1990 we had one player on the panel, in 2009 we had 2, with only Paddy Richmond starting.

In the intervenning years we had on most occassions at least half a dozen. Now the 1990 team went on to great things but were exceptionally young at the time.

As a dunloy man, where this team ranks in comparision to other Dunloy teams doesn't really bother me, how it ranks in comparision to the opposition, now thats important, and thankfully this year we have come out on top

yep, i agree with you here and apologise, wrong time to bring such point up.

again well done Dunloy and thoroughly deserved - (i did tip them from early on btw)

Skull - i do disagree with your good self though.

well done Dunloy - totally deserved to win Antrim & Ulster

Dont know any of the players personally, but they all seem to have a great attitude which accounts for a lot

Paddy Richmond is a great Hurler and as you say Max a great target man

PS - not taking anything away  - i have mentioned the standard of antrim (& Ulster) hurling -  IMO this emphasises (sp) it - that IMO has to be the worst Dunloy team i have seen win Antrim & Ulster.   (disclaimer - im not saying they are bad-just the worst of the 10/11)

i think it will all hinge on the first 10 - 15 mins

Dunloys backs are poor, in particular their full back line - Ballycran need to score a goal or two in this period to have any chance.

i still believe Dunloy will win by 5 or 6 at least.

as said, the weather could swing things either way.

but still no where near as much shit as your good self

i would somewhat agree with that skull

i am talking about the standard of games, overall i didnt see a good game in the champioship this year. the quality of hurling in all the games i watched was overall poor to say the least.

i dont mean to take anything away from your win, it was well deserved on the day.

ps - im not from Cushendall btw.

why would anyone from cushendall be hiding?? because they were beat in 1championship final out of the last 4 theyve been in? sure if that was the case the shamrocks would never be able to speak!
Dunloy gave a performance on sunday that was worthy of winning our county championship and done so....Cushendall didnt turn up on the day and it wasnt a case of under estimating Dunloy, there is just no excuse..... post mortem monday is over, the better team won.  Good Luck to Dunloy in Ulster.

i would have to agree with that peggy, Dunloy hurled out of their skins and Cushendall didnt turn up. but then again it was Minder who posted it and he is the forum idiot after all.

overall a poor championship IMO though, standard really needs to get better.

that what i meant to write skull, just was to busy / lazy to go into that depth, but i totally concur regards  playing county players

[to get over the mind set of not playing without County players]

Well, new as I am to this board, and I'm sure that you have discussed the matter but we need to start with club hurling.

Our leagues are nothing short of a joke. To resolve this matter we need to get our clubs - yours and mine - to get over the mind set of not playing without County players. Why should 30 odd guys - two teams to play a match including subs - be held ransom because of 3/4 players? It's insane and it's not in anybody's interests not to play matches.

To place the blame at the door of the "County Board"is a kop out. Its the clubs who refuse to play the games. It's the clubs who look for excuses to avoid matches and its the clubs fault that our leagues are in the state that they are in.

I'm sure that this is all old news to those of you who are seasoned campaigners on this site , however, you will forgive me as I'm a newbie.

again i disagree - i think our clubs need to play every game with their county players, it doesnt matter what county game is coming up. playing games without the county players is IMO a large reason why the interest / competitivness in league games has diminished (sp)

i do agree with NAG's post though, i think we have a number of really talented players in our county, we need them and others playing competitive games week in week out.

[In fact, there is more time spent discussing refs than there is discussing the awful state of hurling in Antrim.]

I think that Owen or Herbie will ref the final but it will most likely be Owen. Good luck to who ever it is.

My reasoning behind this is that none of them has ever done the final. Herbie did the semi-final and its unusual for a ref to get the final after doing the semi.

I've been following this board for some time and I have to say the abuse given to refs is terrible. These guys give their time freely to facilitate the playing of games yet they are abused by particular individuals on this site.

In fact, there is more time spent discussing refs than there is discussing the awful state of hurling in Antrim. I think that the intermediate final has the potential to be a cracking game. On the day Lamh Dhearg can put in a solid display and Naomh Gall have some very good hurlers. I think that the Milltown men will have a wee bit too much for the Hannahstown men. But how knows.

i have to disagree, they are both sopke about roughly the same amount, albeit one poster tends to talk about refs alot more than others.

i do think refs are part of the problem though, its not just one wee thing, it is alot of things that are the cause, from spectators, players, refs and county officials.

WE ARE ALL TO BLAME IMO

@ Queenie

you seem to big up St Johns a lot, what was your views on the reffing / umpiring on sunday past. what would you do if you saw two players digging at each other then one falls like he was shot.?  which is exactly what i saw in the sending off - no striking.

who's gonna ref the final, is either team gonna be missing players. really looking forward to it and i believe the Minor Final is now on before it, it should be a good game and i hope Loughgiel can claim the 3 in a row (i think its 3)

well done cushendall, they didnt play well except for a 15 min spell but im sure they arent to bothered about that. i thought it was a poor scappy game, ref had a bad one IMO and seemed to favour loughgiel on most decisions, as for the sending off - i saw it and IMO it wasnt a red card, did the ref / umpire watch last weeks game. imagine if it had off been an antrim ref and umpires last week, jeez it would have ended 5 a side.

anyway, both teams know they need to improve for the final, i just hope its a good game as im out a damn fortune and still havent seen a good game yet.

queenie stay off the wacky big man.   

Sunday 13th Sept
SHC: Cushendall V Loughgiel 3.00pm @ Ballycastle

from the county website

[because no one in Bellaghy liked playing it.]

I Remember big red, Mal McTaggart from Dunloy, married to a Bellaghy woman, who came over a number of years ago and tried to get it going, but i just never took off. I love the game myself, and there will be as many in the bar in Sunday watching the AI as there will be for the football, myself included (and drumanee)

Why did it not take off....... because no one in Bellaghy liked playing it.

Of course everyone will watch the AI final... the two best teams.

Try watching Derry play Armagh!!!

you mean they couldnt play it, unlike football its a much harder to get a grasp off.

as someone said it a bit daft trying to compare two different games.

IMO the reason its more popular in Ulster is cause its much easier to play and is promoted much more widely than Hurling.

i believe Doc John isnt flavour of the month down in cushendall, not with the fact the match is now on the 13th, just the way it was handled.

only for the chairmans & or an unknown executive members intervention the match would have been this Friday.

the person i was talking too didnt go into any further details.

on the date of the match, i think this will benefit Loughgiel and still go with my prediction that loughgiel will win.

Colonel - any more info?