Antrim Football Thread

[imtommygunn]

28 out of 29 and I'd say a fair chance that number 29 goes to school in belfast. Just feels a bit off.

[BelSaft]

A lot of Senior Football league games are being played on Wednesday nights according to schedule i saw. Plenty of weekends available to head away if you wish.

I heard PG1 have done a bit of decent business over the offseason. Enda Lynn in process of completing a transfer?

[Dunsilly King]

A lot of Senior Football league games are being played on Wednesday nights according to schedule i saw. Plenty of weekends available to head away if you wish.

I heard PG1 have done a bit of decent business over the offseason. Enda Lynn in process of completing a transfer?

Seriously what is wrong with Portglenone that they don't want to play their own. Lynn is from Greenlough, McGarry from Bellaghy. There is no team who can't claim to be wholesome in this regard, but to actively go recruiting is another. Poor form in my view.

[NAG1]

A lot of Senior Football league games are being played on Wednesday nights according to schedule i saw. Plenty of weekends available to head away if you wish.

I heard PG1 have done a bit of decent business over the offseason. Enda Lynn in process of completing a transfer?

Seriously what is wrong with Portglenone that they don't want to play their own. Lynn is from Greenlough, McGarry from Bellaghy. There is no team who can't claim to be wholesome in this regard, but to actively go recruiting is another. Poor form in my view.

Not sure they had to do much recruitment for that, also hearing that Greenlough aren't too badly concerned at the departure.

[Dunsilly King]

Yeah, I also forgot the keeper they also recruited, Mullan, both he and Lynn played for London in the NFL. Thats 3 now.

[OakLeaf]

Not sure they had to do much recruitment for that, also hearing that Greenlough aren't too badly concerned at the departure.

He transferred away from Greenlough a couple of years back (to a team in London). He's not the easiest to deal with from what I hear. Same issues with Derry back in the day.

[NorthAntrim]

A lot of Senior Football league games are being played on Wednesday nights according to schedule i saw. Plenty of weekends available to head away if you wish.

I heard PG1 have done a bit of decent business over the offseason. Enda Lynn in process of completing a transfer?

Seriously what is wrong with Portglenone that they don't want to play their own. Lynn is from Greenlough, McGarry from Bellaghy. There is no team who can't claim to be wholesome in this regard, but to actively go recruiting is another. Poor form in my view.

theres no evidence in active recruiting is there?

[BelSaft]

Didn't really mean they actively recruited. I don't know the ins and outs of it. Will be a really good addition to them regardless.

[Dunsilly King]

What is active recruiting? Phoning someone and asking do you want to play for us, or they phone you and you say, yes please, rather than if your living in the parish we would take the transfer, but if your outside of it we are not really interested. It doesn't work and the lads from your club are left out in the cold, next year is where it will come to roost. I think a player coming into your club in the city is very different to a rural club.

[OakLeaf]

Didn't really mean they actively recruited. I don't know the ins and outs of it. Will be a really good addition to them regardless.

He's getting on now but can still play a bit, so from a football perspective he'll be useful. However, from a team harmony perspective ... well, that remains to be seen!

[Cnoc Bán]

He lives in PG1 doesn't he, now he is back from London.

Pretty sure there was a fall out with Greenlough before he went there, so bridges burned and as someone said before, they aren't losing any sleep over him not returning there.

So I see no issue in it at all.

Don't know enough about the keeper involved to know if he had a fall out or not.

[NorthAntrim]

His home club and Portglenone are a stones throw apart so not really a reason him living in pg1. Like a creggan player transferring to TNN because they live in Randalstown

[OakLeaf]

Don't know enough about the keeper involved to know if he had a fall out or not.

He left Greenlough at the same time as Lynn (got caught up in Lynn's drama). Also played in London. Average enough keeper. Probably wont start for Casements.

[Cnoc Bán]

28 out of 29 and I'd say a fair chance that number 29 goes to school in belfast. Just feels a bit off.

28 out of 29 and I'd say a fair chance that number 29 goes to school in belfast. Just feels a bit off.

The panel that was named at the start of the year was the same set of girls so it hasn't changed.

It looked ridiculous at the time as well.

Moneyglass withdrew all their minors so that left a few spaces for more Belfast based players.

Still a surprise that the likes of Cargin or Glenariffe don't have any representation as they were strong at U16 last year, but then again, neither would have a coach on the panel so there you go.

The U16s are not much better, with 21 Belfast and 9 elsewhere.

[Cnoc Bán]

His home club and Portglenone are a stones throw apart so not really a reason him living in pg1. Like a creggan player transferring to TNN because they live in Randalstown

The transfer was for other reasons, as already stated by a few.

My point was he picked the club that was closest to him.

Should he have transferred to a further away club?

At least they aren't likely to play each other, as opposed to transferring to another club in the same county.

And there have been a few in the last 10-15 years have made that switch (boke!) from TNN to Creggan and vice versa because of similar reasons to Lynn.