Antrim Football Thread

Started by theskull1, November 09, 2006, 11:48:40 PM

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Milltown Row2

In fairness Derry are hammering Armagh and Tyrone hammering Fermanagh

These teams have had impressive schools and development teams over the years.

They are mainly one code counties too
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought.

Plugin

Not too often the bookies get it wrong

Milltown Row2

Quote from: Plugin on March 26, 2025, 08:15:05 PMNot too often the bookies get it wrong

I thought they were being generous
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought.

Take the Mark

Quote from: SlemishSoldier31 on March 26, 2025, 02:59:53 PMAntrim u20's as big as 9/1 tonight with the bookmakers at home to a Donegal side who wouldn't even be fancied to win Ulster at this age group.

From what I've gathered this is a decent u20 side with some real talent and under great management of Colin Toal who I see as the future senior county manager. 

I believe this is disrespectful from the bookies and a great chance for punters to clip them and rinse the crookmakers tonight.

Regards,
SS

Hope you didnt put your school lunch money on it kid

The_Saffron_serpent69

Quote from: SlemishSoldier31 on March 26, 2025, 02:59:53 PMAntrim u20's as big as 9/1 tonight with the bookmakers at home to a Donegal side who wouldn't even be fancied to win Ulster at this age group.

From what I've gathered this is a decent u20 side with some real talent and under great management of Colin Toal who I see as the future senior county manager.


I believe this is disrespectful from the bookies and a great chance for punters to clip them and rinse the crookmakers tonight.

Regards,
SS

I hope you didn't have the house and kids on it slemish  ::)

imtommygunn

Only the 30 points in it  :o

Gaelic man

Looks like another bad year for the u20s

Gaelic man

Colin Toal a future county manager? Not being disrespectful genuinely asking what teams has he taking before u20s?

paddyjohn

Quote from: Gaelic man on March 26, 2025, 09:12:57 PMColin Toal a future county manager? Not being disrespectful genuinely asking what teams has he taking before u20s?

Lisburn and Sarsfields

SlemishSoldier31

Quote from: Gaelic man on March 26, 2025, 09:12:57 PMColin Toal a future county manager? Not being disrespectful genuinely asking what teams has he taking before u20s?

Lisburn and Sarsfields, however a good modern day coach with great attention to detail and player management skills.

Both clubs absolutely loved him as a manager and left a great affect on the players, he would be a breath of fresh air.

Why do we keep insisting on pursuing the manager with the biggest reputation or name sure that worked well with McEntee. It's worth trying something new and hiring a man within the county who knows it inside out.

Regards,
SS

Take the Mark

Your Da done his prospects no good this evening young Toal.

Regards
TTM

Hectic

Do we benefit from keeping these young lads from playing club football?

Surely a few senior matches wouldn't do any harm in preparation for U20 football?

ck

Quote from: SlemishSoldier31 on March 26, 2025, 02:59:53 PMAntrim u20's as big as 9/1 tonight with the bookmakers at home to a Donegal side who wouldn't even be fancied to win Ulster at this age group.

From what I've gathered this is a decent u20 side with some real talent and under great management of Colin Toal who I see as the future senior county manager.

I believe this is disrespectful from the bookies and a great chance for punters to clip them and rinse the crookmakers tonight.

Regards,
SS

Disrespectful from the bookies? Mother of God.
Tell me this.. what has Toal done for you make a claim that he is a great manager?

erinsboy

The reality is this is where Antrim football is at and we are going to be in or around division 4 for a long time going by our underage results, nothing is changing for the foreseeable future.
Only when we get to the crux of our problems and do something to actually address the issues which some have already been highlighting on this board over the past few weeks.
I've always thought the grading system is a massive problem within the county with no grading until U16.
There is to many one sided games at underage  which help neither teams and also the retention of underage players.If the other sports that we are competing against can get this right why can't the GAA.
And now we have a senior league that isn't properly graded either....
We need to be playing competitive games regularly within the county to be able  to be competitive outside it.
We all realise the standards of coaching is well below our neighbouring counties and the what we are sending to the development squads is simply not coached to the correct standard for the development coaches to nurture.
The GAA culture that is needed for our games to thrive is missing in large areas of our county ,just look at the numbers that go to watch our games ,club or county and the large Villages/towns who struggle to get numbers for teams when in areas of Derry or Tyrone the same size of area can sustain 2-3 clubs.
We have lots of problems but we will just keep doing the same and we will actually get worse cause the enthusiasm will drain and drain.
Negative I know ,but it's hard to find or see anything to be positive around Antrim football ATM.

ck

#37019
Just in from Dunsilly. It was a horror show. 2 points in 65mins. No score in 2nd half after Donegal took off all their key men at half time.
I feel for the players as there clearly is some talent there and individually they are much better than what they showed tonight. There was no shape or structure to them but most disappointing there was no fight or spirit either on the pitch or on the line.

I don't want to be negative but tonight was abysmal.