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Any team news for tomorrow anyone?

Team named now. Looks strong. Great boost to see Eunan Walsh back.

Any team news for tomorrow anyone?

Just checked social media and nothing. Hurling team out since yesterday. It says football team to be announced "tonight" (which was last night). Pretty poor.

Carlow game moved to Portglenone

Wise decision. PG1 best pitch in the county.
Playing McKenna cup match on Cargin training pitch was embarrassing. A mud bath.

A wonder kick from Tohill.

UU continue their extraordinary knack for making it look like the 15 men who take the field have never met each other before the throw in.

UU in a nutshell

Has big Conor Stewart stepped away from the panel?

Not sure where I stand on KK. If what I'm hearing is true then it was a terrible incident. Not sure if an amateur sport are in a position not to allow him play his game though particularly before he's sentenced.

Was at game on Sunday in Toome. Hard to know what to think about it. The conditions played into Antrims hands defensively as Donegal missed a lot of chances. 0-7 scored in the last 2 games doesn't bode well. Good to see a few new faces given a shot. Not convinced at all by the older faces back as they're race has run but I could be wrong on that?. Despite things not looking rosy I do see Antrim getting out of Div.4.

UU very poor, unable to handle the pace and movement of Lorcan O Dell Dublin and Jack Tumulty Roscommon and toothless themselves in the forward division.

UU were a bunch of individuals with no clear plan whereas DCU looked a proper team

[It speaks mercenary vibes to me.]

It's not as simple as that for me. Technically of course he's free to take teams the other 4 nights (the best county teams operate on a 5-7 session basis btw).

But it would be based on two things. The first being the bad message that it sends out to be players and the county in that he might not expect Antrim to be playing into the latter stages of competitions and therefore he can focus on his club team thereafter.  The second thing would show to me that his focus isn't 100% on Antrim, which it clearly wouldn't be.

There is another question to be asked as to why he wants to take more than one team. It speaks mercenary vibes to me.

I want them to do well and I want to watch them but there's something to me not right about a man taking money from multiple places whilst the players knock their balls in for love of the county.

Are you only realising that about him now?

He's been in a heap of counties and moves from club to club. From what I gather, Slaughtneil never developed much under his control over the few years.


I'm surprised Antrim didn't go after Kevin Brady. I think he'd have been a decent option. Although probably has unfinished business with Newbridge. 
 

Anyone I've spoken to is disgusted by him going after a club job whilst manager of Antrim. It smacks of a number of things and I certainly would question his commitment to Antrim at very least.

Antrim need to win Div.4, anything less and he will be told to focus on his club job permanently.

See in today's Irish News Kavan Keenan has pled guilty to his various offences, will he see a custodial sentence ?

I hope so. Horrendous what he did and makes even more hard to take that he was poster boy for the county.

Absolutely spot on.

Yep disgusting that Antrim GAA continued to use his face for team sheets on social media after what he had done. No remorse shown throughout the whole time since it happened too

Horrific thing to do by Keenan. I take it he will do time?

The new county manager has meet with the top table, he wants the league structures to remain as is, thus very little pressure on county players to turn out in league games for their clubs. The issue is this current system , while suiting inter county football, is making a shambles of our club game,  16 team div 1!

No county manager should be dictating to the county board. 16 team Div.1 is a sham and only the county manager wants to retain it for sole self interest. An 8 team Div.1 and Div.2 would be to the betterment of football in the county.

I see Antrim home NFL games are in Cargin this year. Is Corrigan out of action?

Antrim will be well up for it and last season I would have be not quite as optimistic, but with Mark Doran in charge of Antrim you fully expect them to take at least 3 steps back

His record at county level is 2 relegations with Clare and Wicklow. Not very inspiring. 3 years at Slaughtneil, they ran Glen close but never kicked on. He has hauled a few Antrim lads out of retirement I believe, could work or maybe just desperation. Time will tell.
Derry won't lose any sleep. 

Disappointed in those names released so far for the Antrim squad. Seems we are using division 4 to massage some aging egos rather than develop the future.

Yep agree. Bringing back a host of players who have retired is a great way to ensure there is no team in 2/3 years. Need to get in young players and develop them surely? Really surprised at what I'm reading in on-line media, if true!

Cahir is a class act. He played under Tally I think. He'd be in my squad. Improving every year.
Big Tohill not selected? Meenagh seems to be going after the panel he had with RG.

[sometimes you have to appoint the best man.]

Senior and intermediate champions this year had internal managers.

Yes but they had outside coaches. My own club have always had internal managers but they are usually not coaches so they hire in some expertise in that area. Has worked well at times.
I'm not a fan of paid Managers but I'm a realist and sometimes you have to appoint the best man. Players demand and expect this.

But who decides on what the 'best man' is?

Experience, track record, player feedback. It' not hard to measure against the inside man. Players have a lot of power these days and increasingly they are involved in the selection process. Players in my own club have actually gone out looking a manager in the past.