Antrim Football Thread

[on the sideline]

When does the Antrim club season start?

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

Football league starts 16th March with Div 1 only playing. All the football leagues then playing on the 23rd of March.

Still to be officially confirmed but thats whats been run with at the moment

[country bumpkin]

As stated by La na Pairc previous...County management did not make invitation to Sean O'Neil to join the panel nor was Jamie Gribbin and Conor Johnston was not invited.

Only three received invites and are within.
Conhuir attended last year and was asked to train under injury which added aggravated to such an extent that he is to attend a specialist in Dublin soon.
Pat Shivers who seems to be out of favour with a few on this board also aggravated injury in the Saffron on the single outing he was given last term was not recalled...

As I said three from Cargin were invited and all answered the call....

[Milltown Row2]

As stated by La na Pairc previous...County management did not make invitation to Sean O'Neil to join the panel nor was Jamie Gribbin and Conor Johnston was not invited.

Only three received invites and are within.
Conhuir attended last year and was asked to train under injury which added aggravated to such an extent that he is to attend a specialist in Dublin soon.
Pat Shivers who seems to be out of favour with a few on this board also aggravated injury in the Saffron on the single outing he was given last term was not recalled...

As I said three from Cargin were invited and all answered the call....

Was Jamie not injured for a good bit?

[country bumpkin]

Jamie G was out for a while but had recovered by the end of the season.
Was  in the gym all winter but never received any invitation by the county.....

[NAG1]

Jamie G was out for a while but had recovered by the end of the season.
Was  in the gym all winter but never received any invitation by the county.....

Obviously the manager doesn't see a place for them in the squad then, end of the day he is the man who picks it and the team so he will have his reasons.

[antrimman667]

Poor Cargin, any time I'm on here they are whinging about something

[Milltown Row2]

Jamie G was out for a while but had recovered by the end of the season.
Was  in the gym all winter but never received any invitation by the county.....

By the end of the county season or club season?

[BigGreenField]

Is the league format the same as last year with semi finals/finals?

[Milltown Row2]

Is the league format the same as last year with semi finals/finals?

And the dates have been in place for them also. So it shouldn't be a surprise, nor was it a surprise last year, that if teams are wanting to win the league they'll have to 'show' up

[NatSoSaff]

Have any of the refs on here (or people involved in clubs) had any exposure to the new rules yet? Has the Ulster club league started? I would have thought most teams would be playing some form of games now with the league starting shortly. I'd be interested to hear and see how the games go from the referee and the players perspective! Poor man in the middle on his own will be a far cry from the 7+ officials we're seeing in the national league each week.

[thegladiator]

2 friendly games, both have went well. The refs we have had have both been good and have explained some of their decisions  based on the new rules to players during the game. Think the rules will benefit the refs in not getting as much back chat and abuse from sidelines. Still the odd bit of getting used to giving the ball back to the opposing team, but that should get better with practice. I like The solo and go and teams with pace could really benefit from it plus it reduces "a bit of afters" when a foul is given. Players have to "switch on" immediately. Keeping 3 up will be difficult for the refs but teams will be "helpful" in calling out their opposition on it. It has happened a few times and the ref has called it correctly when doing the count. The longer kick out works well and teams will have a better play book on them now. I have never liked the mark rule, but it is what it is. Overall, it has been good so far ,but will just take a bit of getting used to.

[Sportacus]

2 friendly games, both have went well. The refs we have had have both been good and have explained some of their decisions  based on the new rules to players during the game. Think the rules will benefit the refs in not getting as much back chat and abuse from sidelines. Still the odd bit of getting used to giving the ball back to the opposing team, but that should get better with practice. I like The solo and go and teams with pace could really benefit from it plus it reduces "a bit of afters" when a foul is given. Players have to "switch on" immediately. Keeping 3 up will be difficult for the refs but teams will be "helpful" in calling out their opposition on it. It has happened a few times and the ref has called it correctly when doing the count. The longer kick out works well and teams will have a better play book on them now. I have never liked the mark rule, but it is what it is. Overall, it has been good so far ,but will just take a bit of getting used to.

Great point.

[Milltown Row2]

2 friendly games, both have went well. The refs we have had have both been good and have explained some of their decisions  based on the new rules to players during the game. Think the rules will benefit the refs in not getting as much back chat and abuse from sidelines. Still the odd bit of getting used to giving the ball back to the opposing team, but that should get better with practice. I like The solo and go and teams with pace could really benefit from it plus it reduces "a bit of afters" when a foul is given. Players have to "switch on" immediately. Keeping 3 up will be difficult for the refs but teams will be "helpful" in calling out their opposition on it. It has happened a few times and the ref has called it correctly when doing the count. The longer kick out works well and teams will have a better play book on them now. I have never liked the mark rule, but it is what it is. Overall, it has been good so far ,but will just take a bit of getting used to.

Great point.

Yeah that does work and a lot of refs normally will let people play a quick free back in the day.. I'm not sure I can be bothered all the time checking behind me every time I hear an opposition player/manager/supporter shouting about 3v3 rule, We've plenty to contain with in front and on the ball plus any other carry on's that happen

Most will call it just to see if it works and the ref believes him, as what has to happen is he looks round then starts counting and seeing where they are standing, all the while the game carries on..

Sure we'll see how it goes

[statto]

Have any of the refs on here (or people involved in clubs) had any exposure to the new rules yet? Has the Ulster club league started? I would have thought most teams would be playing some form of games now with the league starting shortly. I'd be interested to hear and see how the games go from the referee and the players perspective! Poor man in the middle on his own will be a far cry from the 7+ officials we're seeing in the national league each week.

Ulster league starts at weekend.